Bids for the 2018 Asian Games
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| XVIII Asian Games III Asian Para Games | |
| Winner: Indonesia | |
| Details | |
| Committee | OCA |
| Election venue | Incheon, South Korea 33rd OCA General Assembly |
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| Important dates | |
| Bid | 17 July 2014 |
| Decision | 19 September 2014 |
| Decision | |
| Winner | Indonesia |
| Runner-up | |
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Three cities submitted bids to host the 2018 Asian Games that were recognized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The games were awarded to Hanoi, Vietnam. The other shortlisted city was Surabaya, Indonesia. This came after Dubai and the United Arab Emirates pulled out of the running at the last minute during the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly meeting on November 8, 2012.
Additionally, the Games were originally scheduled for 2018, but during the Olympic Council of Asia's General Assembly meeting in Singapore on July 3, 2009, the committee decided to move the Games to the year before the 2020 Summer Olympics, which means that the 18th Asian Games would have been held in 2019.
However, on April 17, 2014, the Vietnamese Government announced it was withdrawing from hosting the Games.
On 19 September 2014, the Olympic Council of Asia executive board approved Indonesia as the host of the 2018 games. The Games were rescheduled from 2019 to 2018, since they will hold elections that year.