East Asian Games

The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries.

Teams

All EAGA's members able to take part in the Games, they are:

*People's Republic of China [name designated to the team of the People's Republic of China – no athlete from the special administrative regions has represented People's Republic of China in any of the past editions of the East Asian Games]
*Guam
*Hong Kong, China [as Hong Kong in 1993 and 1997]
*Japan
*DPR Korea (North Korea)
*Republic of Korea (South Korea)
*Macau, China [as Macau in 1993 and 1997]
*Mongolia
*Chinese Taipei [name designated to the Republic of China (Taiwan)]

Kazakhstan is a former member of EAGA, however since it became an European Olympic Committee member, they do not take part in these Games anymore. Kazakhstan is now a member of Olympic Council of Asia(OCA).It joins Central Asian Games.

These countries and territories are mostly in the northern part of East Asia , and there is a similar event called the South East Asian Games for South East Asian countries.

List of East Asian Games

*1993: flagicon|PRC Shanghai, People's Republic of China
*1997: flagicon|KOR Busan, South Korea
*2001: flagicon|JPN Osaka, Japan
*2005: flagicon|MAC Macau, China
*2009: flagicon|HKG Hong Kong, China
*2013: flagicon|PRC Tianjin, People's Republic of China

2005 East Asian Games final medal tally

("Host nation in bold)

List of events

*Aquatics
*Athletics
*Badminton (1993, 1997)
*Basketball
*Bowling (exhibition in 1997)
*Dancesport (2005)
*Dragonboat racing (2005)
*Field hockey (2005)
*Football
*Gymnastics
*Handball (2001)
*Judo (1993, 1997, 2001)
*Karate-do (2005)
*Rowing (1993, 2005)
*Shooting (2005)
*Soft Tennis (since 1997)
*Taekwondo (since 1997)
*Tennis (2005)
*Weightlifting (1997, 2001)
*Wushu

References and footnotes

External links

* [http://www.internationalgames.net/east.htm East Asian Games Information]
* [http://www.east-asian-games2005.com/en/ 2005 East Asian Games Official Website]
* [http://www.2009eastasiangames.hk 2009 East Asian Games Official Website]