ASIAN YOUTH GAMES – Preparations continue to step up at Exhibition World Bahrain (EWB), which will be one of the main venues for the upcoming third Asian Youth Games in the kingdom.
EWB, one of the largest convention and exhibition centres in the Middle East, has been selected as the venue of choice for this prestigious event alongside other premier locations across the island.
EWB will host the opening ceremony indoors – a first in the Games’ history – alongside 13 of the scheduled sports competitions, including boxing, teqball, table tennis, mixed martial arts (MMA), jiu-jitsu, taekwondo, judo, weightlifting, wrestling, e-sports, Muay, kurash, and pencak silat.
Spread across six exhibition halls (halls one, two, three, seven, nine, and 10), along with the grand hall and the pre-function area, the events will take place over a combined space exceeding 62,000 square metres.
Each competition will have a dedicated setting, with hall nine hosting boxing, hall 10 featuring teqball and table tennis, hall one for MMA and jiu-jitsu, hall two for taekwondo and judo, hall three for weightlifting, hall seven for wrestling, and the grand hall for e-sports and Muay competitions.
In addition, EWB will provide a dedicated media centre in its meeting rooms area.
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