The central city of Taichung has won a bid against Mongolia to host the first East Asian Youth Games, slated for 2019.
On Friday the East Asian Games Association voted in favor of Taichung at a council meeting in Beijing. It will be the fourth major international sports event to be held in Taiwan, after the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipei, the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, and the 2017 Universiade in Taipei.
The East Asian Youth Games was formerly known as the East Asian Games, one of five regional games of the Olympic Council of Asia. The East Asian Games Association decided last year to rename the games the East Asian Youth Games and hold the event every five years, starting in 2019.
The East Asian Youth Games will feature 12 sports that are not included in the Olympic Games. The host country has the right to add up to three sporting events to the games.