East Asian Games

East Asian Games

Abbreviation	EAG
First event	1993 East Asian Games in Shanghai, China
Occur every	4 years
Last event	2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin, China
Purpose	Multi-sport event for nations in East Asia

The East Asian Games was a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years from 1993 to 2013. Among those who competed included athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia, as well as the Pacific island nation of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

The East Asian Games was one of five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia. The others are the Central Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games, and the West Asian Games.^[1]

It ended after the 2013 tournament, the games later transforming into East Asian Youth Games, with Mongolia's Ulaanbaatar hosting the inaugural edition.