The first game of the Hangzhou Asian Games starts!, Just now
On the evening of September 23rd, the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou will be grandly held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium.
On September 19th, the first day of the Hangzhou Asian Games kicked off early before the opening ceremony, with group stage and preliminary matches including cricket, volleyball, football, beach volleyball, and other events taking the lead.
The first competition day schedule of the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Just now, at 9 o'clock on September 19th, the women's preliminary round of cricket began at the cricket court of Zhejiang University of Technology; The two men's beach volleyball preliminaries whistle at the Ningbo Banbian Mountain Sand Volleyball Center. This also means that the Hangzhou Asian Games competition has officially fired its first shot.
The Hangzhou Asian Games will light the torch on the 23rd, why are these competitions so urgent that they don't wait until the official opening before they start? This is because comprehensive sports events such as the Olympics and Asian Games, which involve multiple events, usually hold preliminary rounds for some events early before the opening.
This is not only a convention for comprehensive competitions, but also takes into account the actual situation of the project. On the one hand, there are indeed many events in the comprehensive sports meet - the Hangzhou Asian Games has 40 major events, 61 sub events, and 481 sub events.
On the other hand, some major and special ball games have long competition periods. Football is relatively popular, with a large number of registered delegations, as well as two sub events: women's and men's football. Considering the number of venues and the need for group and knockout matches, in most cases, group matches will be held before the opening ceremony. The Women's and Men's World Cups, which have the top 32 teams participating, have a total duration of about 30 days and no less than 8 stadiums. So, the football competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games started as early as September 19th, which is one of the earliest events of the Hangzhou Asian Games.