The 2019 Asian Games, officially known as XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It will be hosted by Hanoi, Vietnam, as announced on November 8, 2012 in Macau, after beating Surabaya, Indonesia, while the other candidate, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pulled out at last minute.
Originally, the Games were scheduled for 2018. However, in the Olympic Council of Asia's general assembly in Singapore on July 3, 2009, the committee decided to move the Games within one year before the Summer Olympics, this meant that the 18th Asian Games will now be held in 2019.
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