Asian Games 2026 schedule PDF download — Full list of Games at Aichi-Nagoya, timings in IST
Find the complete schedule of Asian Games 2026, with dates and timings as per IST, including a downloadable and viewable version of the list of events.
Updated : Sep 19, 2026 07:00 IST , Chennai - 2 MINS READ
On September 19, the Asiad will begin officially, with the opening ceremony scheduled at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya. | Photo Credit: AFP
On September 19, the Asiad will begin officially, with the opening ceremony scheduled at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya. | Photo Credit: AFP
The preparations for the 2026 Asian Games are almost done and dusted, with the early stages of some events already in action in Aichi, Nagoya, in Japan.
On September 19, the Asiad will begin officially, with the opening ceremony scheduled later in the day, at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya. The flag-bearers for India at the Asian Games 2026 Opening Ceremony are shooter Manu Bhaker and shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor.
— Olympic Council of Asia (@AsianGamesOCA) September 18, 2026
The Games, officially scheduled between September 19 and October 4, features 43 standard sports alongside new disciplines like freestyle BMX, mixed martial arts, paddle surfing, teqball, and virtual taekwondo.
Seven disciplines, namely archery, hockey, sailing, squash, surfing, tennis, and triathlon, offer direct qualification quotas for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Download the Asian Games 2026 schedule pdf here: Asian Games 2026 schedule.pdf
In case readers want to follow the schedule on the Sportstar website, following is the entire schedule of the Games:
| Date | Event | Time (in IST) | Venue | Time (in JST) | Competition stage |
| September 10-18 | Basketball | 06:30 / 09:30 / 12:30 / 15:30 | Aichi International Arena | 10:00 / 13:00 / 16:00 / 19:00 | Men/Women preliminary rounds |
| September 14-21; October 3 | Football | 10:30–12:30 / 15:30–16:00 | Seven football venues | 14:00–16:00 / 19:00–19:30 | Men/Women group, QF, SF, finals |
| September 16-20 | Modern Pentathlon | 06:30 / 11:00 / 11:30 | Anjo Sports Park | 10:00 / 14:30 / 15:00 | Competition |
| September 17-20 | Teqball | 5:30-15:30 | Nagoya City Higashi Sports Center | 9:00-19:00 | Competition |
| September 17–30; October 1–3 | Cricket | 05:30 / 10:30 | Korogi Athletic Park | 09:00 / 14:00 | Women / Men; group, QF, SF, final |
| September 18-October 3 | Hockey | 05:30 / 07:30 / 09:30 / 11:30 / 13:30 / 15:30 | Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium | 09:00 / 11:00 / 13:00 / 15:00 / 17:00 / 19:00 | Group / SF / finals |
| September 19 | Opening Ceremony | 14:30 | Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium | 18:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| September 20-23 | Cycling – Road | 05:30 / 10:00 | Shinshiro Cycling Road Course | 09:00 / 13:30 | Road events |
| September 20-23 | Rugby Sevens | 10:30 / 15:30 | Nagoya City Mizuho Park Rugby Field | 14:00 / 19:00 (session-dependent) | Group / QF / SF / finals |
| September 20-24 | Artistic Gymnastics | 07:30 / 09:30 / 14:00 | Nagoya City General Gymnasium [Rainbow Hall] | 11:00 / 13:00 / 17:30 | Qualification / finals |
| September 20-24 | Karate – Kata/Kumite | 05:30 / 10:30 / 16:00 | Toyohashi Gymnasium | 09:00 / 14:00 / 19:30 | Prelims / SF / finals |
| September 20-24 | Rowing | 05:30 | Nagaragawa International Regatta Course | 09:00 | Heats / SF / finals |
| September 20-24 | Wushu – Taolu | 05:30 / 11:00 / 16:00 | Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall | 09:00 / 14:30 / 19:30 | Competition / finals |
| September 20-25 | Aquatics – Swimming | 06:30 / 13:30 | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | 10:00 / 17:00 | Heats / finals |
| September 26-30 | Table Tennis | 06:30 / 13:30 / 15:50 | Sky Hall Toyota | 10:00 / 17:00 / 19:20 | Group / knockout / finals |
| September 20–29 | Badminton | 06:00 / 07:30 | Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium | 09:30 / 11:00 (session-dependent) | Group / R16 / QF / SF / finals |
| September 20-29 | Handball | 06:00–18:00 | Kasugai City Gymnasium / ENTRIO | 09:30–21:30 (session-dependent) | Group / QF / SF / finals |
| September 20-30 | Mixed Martial Arts | 06:00 / 10:30 | Nagoya City Inae Sports Center | 09:30 / 14:00 | Competition / finals |
| September 20-30 | Fencing | 05:30 / 14:10 | Aichi Sky Expo | 09:00 / 17:40 | Foil / Épée / Sabre; preliminaries to finals |
| September 20-30 | Volleyball | 06:30 / 09:30 / 12:30 / 15:30 | Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Gymnasium / Park Arena Komaki | 10:00 / 13:00 / 16:00 / 19:00 | Group / QF / SF / finals |
| September 20-October 1 | Shooting | 05:30 / 10:30 | Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery | 09:00 / 14:00 | Qualification / finals |
| September 20-October 3 | Water Polo | 11:00 / 12:15 / 14:10 / 15:30 | Nagoya City General Gymnasium [Rainbow Pool] | 14:30 / 15:45 / 17:40 / 19:00 | Men/Women competition |
| September 20-October 3 | Sepaktakraw | 05:30 / 10:30 / 15:30 | Nagoya City Mizuho Park Gymnasium | 09:00 / 14:00 / 19:00 | Group / knockout / finals |
| September 20-October 3 | Beach Volleyball | 05:30 / 09:30 / 12:30 | Hekinan Ryokuchi Beach Court | 09:00 / 13:00 / 16:00 | Group / knockout / finals |
| September 21-25 | 3x3 Basketball | 08:30 / 14:10 / 14:30 | Kinjo Futo Station Square Venue | 12:00 / 17:40 / 18:00 | Group / knockout / finals |
| September 21-26 | Kabaddi | 06:00 / 12:30 / 14:30 | Tokai Citizen Gymnasium | 09:30 / 16:00 / 18:00 | Group / SF / finals |
| September 21-30 | Equestrian – Dressage | 06:00 | Equestrian Park | 09:30 | Open / finals |
| September 21-30; October 2 | Boxing | 08:30 / 09:30 / 13:30 / 14:00 | Nishio Gymnasium | 12:00 / 13:00 / 17:00 / 17:30 | Preliminaries / semifinals / finals |
| September 21-October 3 | Baseball | 08:30 / 15:00 | Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Baseball Stadium; Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium | 12:00 / 18:30 | Preliminary / SF / final |
| September 21-October 3 | Softball | 05:30 / 07:30 / 09:45 / 11:45 | Anjo Softball Ground | 09:00 / 11:00 / 13:15 / 15:15 | Group / finals |
| September 23-25 | Wushu – Sanda | 05:30 / 11:00 / 16:00 | Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall | 09:00 / 14:30 / 19:30 | Prelims / finals |
| September 23-25 | Equestrian – Eventing | 06:00 / 07:15 | Equestrian Park | 09:30 / 10:45 | Open / finals |
| September 23-October 1 | Tennis / Soft Tennis | 05:30 / 06:30 | Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center | 09:00 / 10:00 | Group / QF / SF / finals |
| September 23-October 2 | Esports | 05:30 / 06:30 / 08:30 / 10:30 / 14:30 | Aichi Sky Expo | 09:00 / 10:00 / 12:00 / 14:00 / 18:00 | Open / competition / finals |
| September 23-October 3 | Archery | 04:30–12:30 | Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square | 08:00–16:00 (session-dependent) | Recurve/Compound; qualification to finals |
| September 24-26 | Skateboarding | 05:30 / 11:45 | Aichi Sky Expo | 09:00 / 15:15 | Qualification / finals |
| September 24-27 | Canoe Sprint | 06:30 | Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course | 10:00 | Heats / SF / finals |
| September 24–29 | Athletics: Track-and-Field | 05:30 / 06:30 / 12:30 / 14:30 | Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium | 09:00 / 10:00 / 16:00 / 18:00 (session-dependent) | Heats / finals |
| September 25-26 | Cycling – Mountain Bike | 07:30 / 10:00 | Obata Ryokuchi Park | 11:00 / 13:30 | Cross-country / finals |
| September 26-27 | Athletics: Marathon | 04:00 | Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium (start/finish) | 07:30 | Marathon |
| September 26-30 | Surfing | 03:30–13:30 | Pacific Long Beach (Tahara) | 07:00–17:00 | Heats / SF / finals |
| September 26-30 | Aquatics – Diving | 06:30 | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | 10:00 | Prelims / finals |
| September 26-October 3 | Sailing | 07:30 | Kaiyoh Yacht Harbor | 11:00 | Fleet racing / finals |
| September 27 | Athletics – Race Walk | 04:00 | Aichi Prefectural Government & Nagoya City Halls Loop Course | 07:30 | Race walk |
| September 27-28 | Cycling – BMX Freestyle | 06:30 / 10:30 | Aichi Sky Expo | 10:00 / 14:00 | Qualification / finals |
| September 27-29 | Aquatics – Artistic Swimming | 07:30 / 13:30 | “ToBiO” Furuhashi Hironoshin Memorial Hamamatsu Swimming Center | 11:00 / 17:00 | Technical/free routines |
| September 27-30 | Jiu Jitsu / Kurash | 06:00 / 10:30 | Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall | 09:30 / 14:00 | Competition / finals |
| September 27-30 | Triathlon | 06:00 | Gamagori City Triathlon Venue | 09:30 | Individual / relay |
| September 27-October 2 | Squash | 05:30 / 06:30 / 08:30 | Nagoya Kinjo-Futo Arena | 09:00 / 10:00 / 12:00 | Group / QF / SF / finals |
| September 27-October 3 | Breaking | 10:30 / 14:30 | Aichi Sky Expo | 14:00 / 18:00 | Preliminary / finals |
| September 27-October 3 | Sport Climbing | 05:30 / 14:30 | Nagoya International Exhibition Hall [Portmesse Nagoya] | 09:00 / 18:00 | Qualification / SF / finals |
| September 28-29 | Cycling – BMX Racing | 06:00 / 08:30 | Nagoya Velodrome BMX Race Course | 09:30 / 12:00 | Heats / finals |
| September 28-October 1 | Golf | 03:00 | Kasugai Country Club East Course | 06:30 | Men/Women rounds / final |
| September 29-October 1 | Rhythmic Gymnastics | 05:30 / 12:30 | Nagoya City General Gymnasium [Rainbow Hall] | 09:00 / 16:00 | Qualification / finals |
| September 29-October 1 | Trampoline Gymnastics | 05:30 / 12:30 | Nagoya City General Gymnasium [Rainbow Hall] | 09:00 / 16:00 | Qualification / finals |
| September 29-October 2 | Cycling – Track | 06:30 / 11:30 | Izu Velodrome | 10:00 / 15:00 | Qualification / SF / finals |
| September 29-October 3 | Canoe Slalom | 05:30 / 07:00 / 08:30 | Yahagigawa Canoe Slalom Course | 09:00 / 10:30 / 12:00 | Heats / SF / finals |
| September 29-October 3 | Weightlifting | 06:30 / 09:30 / 12:30 / 15:30 | Nagoya City Trade and Industry Center | 10:00 / 13:00 / 16:00 / 19:00 | Competition / finals |
| September 30–October 3 | Judo | 07:30 / 13:30 | Aichi International Arena | 11:00 / 17:00 | Prelims / finals |
| September 30-October 3 | Taekwondo – Kyorugi | 06:30 / 10:00 | Toyohashi Gymnasium | 10:00 / 13:30 | Prelims / SF / finals |
| September 30-October 3 | Wrestling – Freestyle / Greco-Roman | 06:30 / 10:00 / 14:30 | Nagoya City Inae Sports Center | 10:00 / 13:30 / 18:00 | Prelims / SF / finals |
| September 30-October 4 | Equestrian – Jumping | 06:00 | Equestrian Park | 09:30 | Open / finals |
| October 1-3 | Taekwondo – Poomsae / Virtual | 05:30 / 10:00 | Toyohashi Gymnasium | 09:00 / 13:30 | Competition / finals |
| October 4 | Closing Ceremony | 15:30 | Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium | 19:00 | Closing Ceremony |
How to watch Asian Games 2026 in India ?
The Asian Games 2026 in Nagoya, Aichi will live telecast on the Sony Sports Network in India. The Games can also be live-streamed on the Sony LIV app and website.
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