2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship
On 14 December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top four teams of the tournament which had not yet qualified to the 2021 U19 World Championship qualified for the 2021 U19 World Championship as the AVC representatives.


2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, Qualification
The 18 AVC member associations submitted their U18 boys' national team to the 2018 Asian U18 Championship. But, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 17 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (6 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (2 teams).


2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
This was the first Asian U18 Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into six pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C. But, Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.


2018 Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018 Asian Cycling Championships
The 2018 Asian Track Cycling Championships took place at the Velodrom Nasional Malaysia in Nilai, Malaysia from 16 to 20 February 2017. while the Asian Road Cycling Championships were held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 8 February to 10 February 2018.


2018 Asian Development Tour
The 2018 Asian Development Tour was the eighth season of the Asian Development Tour, a second-tier tour operated by the Asian Tour.


2018 Asian Development Tour, Order of Merit
The top five players on the Order of Merit earned Asian Tour cards for 2019.


2018 Asian Fencing Championships
The 2018 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Bangkok, Thailand from 17 to 22 June 2018 at the Rangsit Campus.


2018 Asian Formula Renault Series
The 2018 Asian Formula Renault Series (aka AFR Series) is the 19th season of the AFR Series since its creation in 2000 by FRD. The season will begin on 17 March at the Zhuhai International Circuit and will end after six double-header events.


2018 Asian Formula Renault Series
Starting from 2015, drivers and teams compete in two classes, Pro (Class A) for drivers and teams competing with the 2013 FR2.0 car, and Elite (Class B) for drivers and teams using the FR2.0 old spec cars.


2018 Asian Formula Renault Series
As part of an enhanced agreement with Renault Sport, the season will feature a scholarship program for young Chinese drivers, called Road to Champion. The winner among these drivers over the last three rounds of the championship will secure a link to race the following year in Europe with the help of Renault Sport.


2018 Asian Formula Renault Series
By virtue of a 67 point lead in the 2018 Team Championship at the conclusion of Race Two in Sepang on August 26, BlackArts Racing Team won the Team Championship for the 4th consecutive year in the Asia Formula Renault Series, with one round remaining.


2018 Asian Formula Renault Series, Race calendar and results
The calendar for the 2018 season was published on 9 November 2017.


2018 Asian Formula Renault Series, Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 14 classified finishers. Drivers in Pro and Elite classes are classified separately.


2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018, Asian Games 2018), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta–Palembang 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.


2018 Asian Games
For the first time, the Summer Asian Games were co-hosted by two regions; the Indonesian capital of Jakarta (which was hosting the Games for the first time since 1962), and Palembang, the capital of South Sumatra province. Events were held in and around the two cities, including venues in Bandung and the provinces of West Java and Banten. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games were held at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta. The Games were originally awarded to Hanoi, Vietnam, but withdrew in 2014 due to budgetary concerns and other factors.


2018 Asian Games
Several non-Olympic events were trimmed from the event programme, but several new disciplines being introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (including 3-on-3 basketball) were added. eSports and canoe polo were also contested as demonstration sports.


2018 Asian Games
China led the medal tally for the tenth consecutive time. North and South Korea fielded a unified team during the opening ceremony and selected events, and also won their first-ever gold medal as a unified team at a multi-sport event. 6 world, 18 Asian and 86 Asian Games records were broken during the Games, while Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee was announced as the most valuable player.


2018 Asian Games, Bidding process
The OCA originally planned to hold these Games in 2019 rather than 2018, so that Asian Games would be held in the year immediately before the 2020 Summer Olympics instead of two years before. After they were awarded to Indonesia, the OCA backtracked on these plans and kept the Games in 2018, so that they would not interfere with the 2019 Indonesian general election.


2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Initial bidding
Hanoi, Vietnam was originally selected to be the host after they won the bid against two other candidates, Surabaya and Dubai. They were awarded the winning bid on 8 November 2012, with 29 votes against Surabaya's 14 votes. Dubai pulled out at the last minute, instead announcing their intention to focus on future bids. The UAE's National Olympic Committee's vice-president denied any pullout and claimed that Dubai "did not apply for hosting 2019 Asian Games" and had "only considered" doing so.


2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Initial bidding
However, in March 2014, there were some concerns about Vietnam's ability to host. These included concerns over whether the anticipated budget of US$150 million was realistic. There were claims that the government would eventually spend over US$300 million. In addition, critics were concerned that several stadiums built in conjunction with the 2003 Southeast Asian Games had not been utilized since. Former chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Ha Quang Du also claimed that hosting the Asian Games would not boost tourism in Vietnam.


2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Initial bidding
On 17 April 2014, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng officially announced Hanoi's withdrawal from hosting, citing  unpreparedness and economic recession as the main reasons for the withdrawal, saying "they have left the country unable to afford the construction of facilities and venues". Many Vietnamese people supported the decision to withdraw. No penalty was imposed for the withdrawal.


2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Appointment of Jakarta and Palembang
After Hanoi's withdrawal, the OCA said that Indonesia, China, and the United Arab Emirates were major candidates under consideration to host. Indonesia was widely regarded as a favourite, since Surabaya was the runner-up of the previous bid, and willing to do so if selected. The Philippines and India expressed their interest about hosting the Games, but India failed to submit a late bid because it was unable to get an audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after being given an extended deadline by the OCA.


2018 Asian Games, Bidding process, Appointment of Jakarta and Palembang
On 5 May 2014, the OCA visited several Indonesian cities, including Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, and Palembang. At this time Surabaya decided to drop their bid to host the Games and instead focus on hosting the already scheduled 2021 Asian Youth Games. On 25 July 2014, during a meeting in Kuwait City, the OCA appointed Jakarta as the host of the Games with Palembang as the supporting host. Jakarta was chosen because of its well-equipped sports facilities, adequate transportation networks, and other facilities such as hotels and lodgings for guests. On 20 September 2014, Indonesia signed the host city contract, and was ceremonially appointed host during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. An organising committee was formed soon after the appointment.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs
By 2015, the central government had allocated a budget of IDR 3 trillion (US$224 million) to prepare for the Games, with regional administrations also expected to supply some part of the funding. By July 2018, the budget allocation for the Games had been reported to be IDR 6.6 trillion (US$450 million) including IDR 869 billion (US$59 million) from sponsorships.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs
However, on 2 September 2018, the Finance Minister of Indonesia Sri Mulyani disclosed that IDR 8.2 trillion was financed by 2015–2018 state budget, which was used by the local organizing committee, namely the Indonesia Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) led by Erick Thohir, for all preparations, opening, organising, and finalizing the implementation of the 2018 Asian Games. The total cost for arranging the Games is estimated about US$3.2 billion, of which $2.4 billion being spent on infrastructure development associated with the games.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Volunteers
Phase 2 volunteering programme of Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games began on 18 December 2017 with target of 13,000 volunteers being set. The volunteers wore clothing which included jacket, polo shirts and trousers which they collected from the Uniform Distribution and Accreditation Centre at the Sports and Recreation Arena in East Jakarta. Volunteers also wore accreditation card which gain them access to specific venues and buildings around the site.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
On 10 May 2018, 100 days before their opening, the Asian Games torch was unveiled. The design was inspired by the golok and skin — traditional weapons originating from Jakarta and Palembang.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
The torch relay began at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, host of the 1st Asian Games, on 15 July 2018. The flame was generated from a parabolic mirror directed straight at the sun. On 18 July 2018, a ceremony took place in Brahma field by the 9th century Hindu temple of Prambanan near Yogyakarta, where the torch's flame from India were fused together with an Indonesian natural eternal flame taken from Mrapen, Central Java. Subsequently, the Torch Relay Concert were performed marking the start of torch relay throughout the country.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
The relay travelled through 54 cities in 18 provinces in Indonesia, including host cities. The relay covered a total distance of 18,000 kilometres (11,000 mi). The relay finished on 17 August, the 73rd anniversary of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, at the National Monument in Jakarta before being carried into the opening ceremony at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium the next day.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem and mascot
The initial emblem for the 2018 Asian Games was first unveiled on 9 September 2015, in celebration of the country's National Sports Day. On 27 December 2015, the Games' mascot Drawa was unveiled by vice president Jusuf Kalla. Both the emblem and mascot were a stylized rendition of the cenderawasih, a rare species of bird in Indonesia.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem and mascot
The designs were widely criticised for their outdated appearance, and Drawa was also criticised for having little connection to Indonesian culture and history (with some Indonesians joking that the mascot looked more like a chicken than a cenderawasih). Organisers ultimately withdrew the original emblem and mascot, and announced an open call for a new design. Out of 60 submissions, the new emblem — entitled "Energy of Asia" — was unveiled on 28 July 2016. The new emblem was modelled upon the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, and was intended to symbolise unity among Asian countries.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem and mascot
Three new mascots were also unveiled: Bhin Bhin—a greater bird-of-paradise; Atung—a Bawean deer; and Kaka—a Javan rhinoceros. They represent the Eastern, Central, and Western regions of Indonesia, as well as strategy, speed and strength. The mascots' outfits reflect traditional textiles; Bhin Bhin wears a vest with Asmat pattern details, Atung wears a Sarong with Batik tumpal patterns, and Kaka wears a Palembang Songket with flower patterns. Their names were derived from the national motto of Indonesia, "Bhinneka Tunggal Ika".


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Medals
The medal designs were unveiled in July 2018, featuring batik designs reflecting the unity and diversity of Indonesian and Asian culture.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Promotion
On 18 August 2017, simultaneous events were held at Jakarta's National Monument and Palembang's Kuto Besak Fort to mark the one-year milestone before the Games. The event in Jakarta was attended by president Joko Widodo, and featured performances by Taeyeon and Kim Hyo-yeon of K-pop group Girls' Generation. Countdown clocks were unveiled at the Selamat Datang Monument and in front of Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Promotion
Several fun run events were held in Asian countries to promote the Games, beginning with Lahore, Pakistan in December 2017.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Merchandising
The games' merchandises and licensing products which included mascot stuffed toy were sold in host city Jakarta including the Super Store in the Gelora Bung Karno sports complex from end of 2017 until end of September 2018.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Music
The official theme song of the Games, "Meraih Bintang" ("Reach for the Stars"), was performed by Via Vallen. The song was included in a larger official album for the Games released 13 July 2018, featuring various Indonesian musicians.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Music
As part of an effort to appeal younger spectators, the Indonesian-Japanese idol group JKT48 was signed to perform at some of the Games' venues, such as jet ski, softball, and volleyball. They performed in select events between 19 August and 1 September in a group consisted of eight members from each of its teams.


2018 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Philatelic
As part of creating a memorable and collectible item, the Indonesian postal service Pos Indonesia issued a philatelic collectible items of the 2018 Asian Games series. These  items were issued on 18 January 2018 and 18 August 2018.


2018 Asian Games, Venues
The Games used a mix of new and existing venues in Jakarta and South Sumatra (with organizers aiming to reuse existing facilities and infrastructure, such as those built for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games, to help control costs), as well as Jakarta's neighbouring provinces of Banten, and West Java. Venues were divided into four clusters, with three in Jakarta and its surrounding areas and one in Palembang.


2018 Asian Games, Venues, Jakarta
The Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta hosted 13 events. The 56-year-old Main Stadium was refurbished for the Games, replacing its existing bleachers and seating with an all-seater design (reducing its capacity to 77,193), and adding new sound systems and LED lighting among other enhancements.


2018 Asian Games, Venues, Jakarta
The Jakarta International Velodrome at Rawamangun in East Jakarta was rebuilt, at a cost of US$40 million for cycling, badminton, futsal, basketball, and wrestling. The Jakarta International Equestrian Park at Pulomas underwent a US$30.8 million renovation, with a capacity of 1,000, 100 stables, lodging for athletes, and other amenities.


2018 Asian Games, Venues, Palembang
Jakabaring Sport City was used as an event site. While there were preliminary plans to increase the size of Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium from 36,000 to 60,000 seats, they were shelved. The site still underwent some renovations, including also being converted from bleachers to an all-seater. A new 40-lane bowling alley was constructed on the complex, as well as eight additional tennis courts. The length of the canoeing and rowing venue in Jakabaring Lake was extended to 2,300 meters, while new rowing facilities and a tribune were built on the lake shore. Other existing venues which was used for Games were also renovated, including Ranau Sports Hall as sepak takraw venue.


2018 Asian Games, Venues, Athletes' villages
A 10-hectare ahletes' village was constructed in Jakarta's Kemayoran district, with 7,424 apartments in 10 towers, and a total capacity of 22,272. A second athletes' village was built at Jakabaring Sports City at Palembang, which housed 3,000 athletes and officials.


2018 Asian Games, Venues, Transport
As part of the Games preparation, the construction of the Jakarta MRT and Jakarta LRT was accelerated, though neither were ready for general commercial operation at the time of the opening ceremonies. A line of Jakarta LRT connected the athletes' village at Kemayoran in Central Jakarta to the Velodrome at Rawamangun in East Jakarta. City bus operator TransJakarta added 416 buses to serve the officials, and also provide free rides on selected days during the Games.


2018 Asian Games, Venues, Transport
Palembang upgraded their transportation facilities ahead for the Games by building 25 kilometres of the Palembang Light Rail Transit from Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport to Jakabaring Sports City which opened for public use in July 2018. Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport is expanding its existing arrival and departure terminals to increase its capacity and also connecting the airport with the light rail transit (LRT) terminal by building a skybridge. Other transportation facilities such as toll roads, flyovers, and bridges will be also built in and around the city.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony started at 19:00 Western Indonesian Time (UTC+7) on Saturday, 18 August 2018. Wishnutama, then-CEO of Indonesian TV network NET. was the creative director for the ceremony. The ceremony stage showcased a towering 26 meter-high mountain with a waterfall as its background, accompanied by Indonesian plants and flowers. North and South Korea delegates marched together under one unified flag of Korea, which marked the first time both countries did so in the Asian Games after 12 years.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The games was officially opened by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports
In March 2017, the Olympic Council of Asia initially announced that the Games would feature 484 events in 42 sports, including the 28 permanent Olympic sports contested at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the five additional sports that will be contested at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, as well as events in other non-Olympic sports.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports
In April 2017, the OCA approved reductions in the programme in response to cost concerns; belt wrestling, cricket, kurash, skateboarding, sambo, and surfing were dropped from the programme, and there was to be a reduced number of competitions in bridge, jet ski, jujitsu, paragliding, sport climbing, taekwondo (in particular, all non-Olympic weight classes), and wushu. These changes reduced the total number of events to 431.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports
The final programme was unveiled in September 2017, increasing it to 465 events in 40 sports (61 disciplines) as the second-largest programme in Asian Games history. Additional disciplines being introduced at the 2020 Summer Olympics were also added, including 3x3 basketball and BMX freestyle.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Sports
For the first time in Asian Games history, eSports and canoe polo were contested as demonstration sports in the Games. Six video game titles, most notably Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, were featured in the eSports events.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia participated in the games. North Korea and South Korea competed as a unified team in some events under the name "Korea" (COR), and marched together under the Korean Unification Flag during the opening and closing ceremonies. With a gold medal in the Women's 500 metre dragon boat competition, a unified team won their first-ever gold medal in a multi-sport event.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
Originally set to compete as Independent Asian Athletes, the Kuwaitis were allowed to compete under their own flags just two days before the opening ceremony.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
Below is a list of all the participating NOCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.


2018 Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony started at 19:00 Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7) on Sunday, 2 September 2018 and ended at 21:25. In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon, and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony. Mayor of Hangzhou Xu Liyi received the Games flag for the 2022 Games from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin.


2018 Asian Games, Medal table
China led the medal table for the tenth consecutive time. Korea claimed their first gold medal at the Games in the canoeing women's traditional boat race 500 m event. A total of 37 NOCs won at least one medal, 29 NOCs won at least one gold medal and 9 NOCs failed to win any medal at the Games.


2018 Asian Games, Medal table
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below.


2018 Asian Games, Broadcasting
International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS), a joint venture between Host Broadcast Services (HBS) and IMG Media was appointed by the organiser in July 2017 to serve as the host broadcaster for these Games. Involving 37 live production units, it distributed 2,400 hours of the Games content to its international rights holders. The International Broadcast Centre was constructed in Jakarta Convention Center, with a smaller one constructed at the Palembang cluster.


2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies
Before the Games, authorities in Indonesia were confident both host cities would be ready for the Games although they have had only four years to prepare rather than the usual six after stepping in to fill the gap when Vietnam, whose city of Hanoi was originally chosen to host these Games by the Olympic Council of Asia, dropped out in 2014 citing concerns over costs. On top of that, work in both host cities was delayed throughout 2015 because government funding was not immediately available.


2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies
Various concerns from traffic congestion problems, series of terror attacks, which local police claimed is a pre-Asian Games crackdown on terror suspects and petty street criminals, and already-provoked Indonesian fans at the venue.


2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies
Jakarta struggled with air pollution and river pollution problems. River pollution revealed where authorities covered a foul-smelling river near the athletes' village with black nylon mesh over fears it will be an eyesore at the showpiece event. Governor of Jakarta at that time, and the Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry quickly relieved the issues by various solutions.


2018 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies
A doping case from a Turkmen wrestler was recorded, which jeopardize the sport's existence for future Games.


2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations
During the Parade of Nations at the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, beginning at 19:00 WIB (UTC+7) on 18 August 2018, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in the co-host city of Jakarta, Indonesia, preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. In keeping with tradition, the host nation, Indonesia entered last. 44 teams marched in (43 nations and the Unified Korea team).


2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations
Although the Games were held in Indonesia, English was used to organize the Parade of Nations (as per Olympic Council of Asia protocol) instead of Indonesian, the official language of the nation. Had the parade followed the Indonesian alphabet, Afghanistan would have been followed by Saudi Arabia, and Jordan would have been the penultimate country before Indonesia.


2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations, Parade order
Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political and naming disputes. The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" under T so that they did not enter together with conflicting China, under C.


2018 Asian Games Parade of Nations, List
Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the OCA.


2018 Asian Games closing ceremony
The 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony was held on Sunday, 2 September 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta. It began at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:25 local time. Like the opening ceremony, host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) broadcast the ceremony live internationally. Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla, president of International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, and president of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah were among the dignitaries in attendance.


2018 Asian Games closing ceremony
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, accompanied by then-West Nusa Tenggara Governor Muhammad Zainul Majdi, addressed the ceremony via teleconference from an emergency shelter in Lombok, where a string of earthquakes struck four weeks earlier. Vice President Kalla delivered a bilingual speech, while Sheikh Al-Sabah officially closed the Games. Through the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee Gou Zhongwen, Mayor of Hangzhou Xu Liyi received the Games torch, the first Games flag and the OCA flag from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin, and Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Puan Maharani, respectively. Hangzhou-born and raised multinational holding conglomerate Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Hangzhou-born and raised gold medal-winning swimmer Sun Yang promoted their birth city Hangzhou, as the city will host the 2022 Asian Games.


2018 Asian Games closing ceremony, Performing artists
The closing ceremony featured tattoo-style performance from Indonesian National Armed Forces and Indonesian National Police Academy Drum Corps. In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment involving traditional dance and music, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon, and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony.


2018 Asian Games closing ceremony, Performing artists
Below is the list of artists who performed during the ceremony.


2018 Asian Games medal table
The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia  between 18 August – 2 September 2018, with 465 events in 40 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. This resulted in 465 medal sets being distributed.


2018 Asian Games medal table
Two bronze medals were awarded in some sports: all events in badminton (7), boxing (10), bridge (6), fencing (12), judo (15), jujitsu (8), kabaddi (2), karate (12), kurash (7), Ssambo (4), sepak takraw (6), soft tennis (5), squash (4), table tennis (5), taekwondo (14), tennis (5) and wrestling (18), most events in pencak silat (10) and some events in wushu (6). Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in athletics men's high jump event, giving a total of 157 additional bronze medals.


2018 Asian Games medal table
As a result, a total of 1,552 medals comprising 465 gold medals, 465 silver medals, and 622 bronze medals were awarded to athletes.


2018 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings
On 3 September 2018, it was announced that Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of team Mongolia had tested positive for stanozolol in a urine test conducted on 20 August 2018. Violating the anti-doping rules, Orkhon was stripped of her gold medal.


2018 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings
Due to the positive result of the test for stanozolol, the Athletics Integrity Unit declared to strip from Bahraini athlete Kemi Adekoya all results achieved after 24 August 2018, including her two gold medals in the 400 hurdles and the 4x400 mixed relay at the Asian Games. The medals were re-awarded to athletes of Vietnam and India, respectively.


2018 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings
Kumush Yuldashova of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal in the 78 kg Kurash, but she was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games took place on Saturday, 18 August 2018, at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event commenced at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:25 local time. Wishnutama (then CEO of Indonesian TV network NET.) was the creative director of the ceremony. The ceremony featured a stage designed as a 26-meter-high mountain with a waterfall. It weighed 600 tons, was 120 meters long and 30 meters wide, and included a display of Indonesian plants and flowers, as well as a mock volcano. The volcano symbolized Indonesia's location in the "Ring of Fire" surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Host event broadcasting company International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS) filmed the televised coverage of the ceremony live internationally.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Prelude
Before the ceremony commenced, footage of the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, leaving Bogor Palace for Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in a motorcade, was shown. When the motorcade was blocked by a parade of Indonesian supporters, the President exited his car, put on a black helmet and rode a Yamaha FZ1 to escape the traffic jam. After performing some stunt maneuvers and helping a group of students and a teacher to cross the road, he was joined by a motorcycle escort and approached the stadium. As the first part of the footage ended, a motorcyclist dressed as the President entered the stadium and headed to the basement. The second part of footage then showed President Widodo riding the motorcycle before reaching an elevator, at which point the real President entered the VVIP seating area.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Prelude
It was suggested that the motorcyclist who entered the stadium was a stunt double: unlike the President, the motorcyclist did not wear a ring on the left hand. After the games' closing ceremony, Thai stuntman Withithep Komolhiran (a.k.a. Suddum So) revealed himself on Instagram to be the President's stunt double in the filmed segments. He initially revealed his identity on Instagram after the opening ceremony, but the original post was later deleted. It is unclear whether the motorist performed live in the stadium was the same stuntman or not.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Countdown
A ten-to-zero city central business district metropolitan countdown video was then shown featuring spots in Jakarta; the last two was the Jakarta's National Monument and the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
After that, 1,600 high school dancers from 18 senior high schools across Jakarta performed the Ratoh Jaroe dance, a traditional dance similar to Saman dance from Aceh, the westernmost province of Indonesia. As their performance progresses, they changed the colors of their costumes and forming different patterns which evolved into the flag of Indonesia in the end. The dance was choreographed by renowned singer and dancer Denny Malik.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
During the Parade of Nations, North Korean and South Korean teams marched together under one unified flag of Korea. As per tradition, Indonesia as the host nation entered last.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
The only dangdut song of the album, "Meraih Bintang", was chosen as the theme song for the 2018 Asian Games. It was written by Pay and sung by popular dangdut singer Via Vallen. She performed the song after all the athletes participated in the parade took their seat.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
The ceremony observed a moment of silence to remember the victims of the recent Lombok earthquake right after the Indonesian flag was raised by the Paskibraka youth group troop. The troop comprised 70 students with 17 people as guides, eight people as flag bearers and 45 people as guards, which represents Indonesia’s Independence Day, 17 August 1945.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
"In the name of all the people of Indonesia, we are proud, we are honored, by getting special guests from 45 countries. In the 18th Asian Games, we, the nations of Asia, want to show that we are brothers and sisters, we are united, we want to achieve. And, with saying Bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm, the 18th Asian Games in 2018, I declare [it] open!" – Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, declaring the games open in Indonesian.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
After speeches from the Organizing Committee chairman Erick Thohir and president Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah of the Olympic Council of Asia, President Widodo officially opened the games.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
Eight former athletes, who all had participated in the Summer Olympic Games, carried the OCA flag which was raised by the aforementioned troop.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
The former athletes were three badminton Olympic gold medalists, all in men's doubles; Christian Hadinata (1972 – albeit listed as 1978 Asian Games gold medalist since the 1972 event was not an official Olympic event), Candra Wijaya (2000), and Markis Kido (2008), two of the three athletes who won silver in 1988 women's team archery event – Indonesia's first ever Olympic medal; Lilies Handayani and Kusuma Wardhani, bronze medalist in 2000 Olympics women's 48 kg weightlifting Sri Indriyani, and two Asian Games medalists who did not win any medals in the Olympics; Lely Sampurno (silver medalist on 50 metre pistol in the 1962 shooting event, participated on 25 metre pistol event in 1984) and Suharyadi (gold medalist on mixed doubles in the 1990 tennis event, participated on men's singles in 1984 and men's doubles in 1988 and 1992). After the raising, Indonesian basketball player Arki Dikania Wisnu and badminton umpire Wahyana read the athlete's and referee's oath.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
Soon afterwards was the creative segments, divided into five parts: Water, Earth, Wind, Fire, and Energy of Asia. The water, earth, wind and fire depict the natural beauty of Indonesia and also the country's courage and competitive spirit, while Energy of Asia, the final segment named after the games motto, was about how future generations will help build Indonesia into a leader of tomorrow while remembering their guiding principles of respect and equality.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
During the Fire segment, there were Balinese-clad dancers carrying drums and some carried two-end torches. They formed a formation to make way for the final torch relay. The games torch was relayed by Indonesia's former Asian Games gold medalists; Lanny Gumulya (women's 3 metres springboard diving in 1962), Arief Taufan Syamsuddin (men's kumite 60 kg karate in 1998), Yustedjo Tarik (men's singles tennis in 1982), Supriyati Sutono (women's 5000 metres athletics in 1998), and Oka Sulaksana (men's mistral heavy sailing in 2002).


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
Indonesia's first Olympic gold medalist Susi Susanti – who won the coveted title in the 1992 badminton women's singles – became the final bearer and lit the volcano's crater. It was followed by aerial and ground fireworks bursts which ended on the actual cauldron located on the southeast of the stadium;  the flame itself lit up before the ground fireworks reach the end of the cauldron. The lit-up was followed by aerial fireworks bursts and a "Set Your Soul on Fire" song which sung by some singers, including Indonesian gospel singer Sidney Mohede.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Proceedings, Main event
The transition from the four elements segment to the "Energy of Asia" segment was filled by Indonesian-born French singer Anggun singing "Pemuda", a 1979 song written by Candra Darusman of Chaseiro band, who is the younger brother of politician Marzuki Darusman. He was also present during the ceremony. After some modern dances, the ceremony was concluded with the performance of the games' first-released official song "Bright as the Sun" sung by 4 of the song's artists; Ariel, Rian Ekky Pradipta, Sheryl Sheinafia, and Cakra Khan, complete with massive fireworks bursting from the stadium's roof.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, List of performers
Here is a list of artists and musicians who performed during the ceremony. All of them are Indonesians.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Parade of nations
All 44 contingents participated in the parade, the order begins with Afghanistan and ended with host Indonesia. Each contingent was led by a representative official that wore a bird-shaped Garuda costume while carrying each country’s name placard. The costume was designed by Dynand Fariz, founder of the annual Jember Fashion Carnaval.


2018 Asian Games opening ceremony, Reception
Joko Widodo's entrance drew comparisons to the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's Happy and Glorious segment, which featured Daniel Craig (as James Bond) and Queen Elizabeth II making an impressive entrance with a helicopter, and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony's Warming up! Tokyo 2020 segment, in which the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe made an appearance by "coming through" Warp Pipe from the Mario Bros. video game.


2018 Asian Games torch relay
The 2018 Asian Games torch relay preceded with a torch lighting ceremony on 15 July 2018 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, host of the first Asian Games. The flame was generated from a parabolic mirror directed straight at the sun.


2018 Asian Games torch relay
It was organized by Detail Communication Creative Agency who responsible for safekeeping, handling ceremonies and relay for the event itself from India through all the locations in Indonesia.


2018 Asian Games torch relay
On 18 July 2018, a ceremony took place in Brahma field by the 9th century Hindu temple of Prambanan near Yogyakarta, where the torch's flame from India were fused together with an Indonesian natural eternal flame taken from Mrapen, Central Java. Subsequently, a concert was performed marking the start of torch relay throughout the country.


2018 Asian Games torch relay
The relay finished on 15 August in Jakarta. In 17 August during the independence day of Indonesia the flame was stored in the National Monument, before being carried into the opening ceremony at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on 18 August.


2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia
19 July (day 1): Yogyakarta19 July (day 1): Mrapen19 July (day 1): Simpang Lima19 July (day 1): Prambanan19 July (day 1): Solo20 July (day 2): Blitar20 July (day 2): Kepanjen20 July (day 2): Malang21 July (day 3): Bromo21 July (day 3): Probolinggo22 July (day 4): Situbondo22 July (day 4): Bondowoso22 July (day 4): Banyuwangi


2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia
23 July (day 5): Gilimanuk23 July (day 5): Kuta23 July (day 5): Denpasar23 July (day 5): Garuda Wisnu Kencana24 July (day 6): Mataram


2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia
26 July (day 8): Raja Ampat27 July (day 9): Sorong


2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia
28 July (day 10): Tanjung Bira29 July (day 11): Makassar


2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia
31 July (day 13): Banda Aceh31 July (day 13): Lake Toba1 August (day 14): Pekanbaru2 August (day 15): Bukittinggi3 August (day 16): Jambi4 August (day 17): Palembang5 August (day 18): Banyuasin5 August (day 18): Pematang6 August (day 19): Prabumulih7 August (day 20): Jakabaring Sport City7 August (day 20): Ogan Ilir8 August (day 21): Bandar Lampung


2018 Asian Games torch relay, Route in Indonesia
9 August (day 22): Serang10 August (day 23): Purwakarta11 August (day 24): Bandung12 August (day 25): Garut13 August (day 26): Cianjur14 August (day 27): Bogor15 August (day 28): Jakarta18 August (day 29): Gelora Bung Karno Stadium


2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship
The 2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2018 SMM Est Cola Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the twelfth edition of the Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA) for the girls' under-17 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, from 20 to 27 May 2018.


2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship
A total of thirteen teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2001 eligible to participate.


2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship as the AVC representatives.


2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Qualification
The thirteen AVC member associations (included the India volleyball team under the Indian Olympic Association, who was suspended by the FIVB, and was lifted the suspension in May 2018) will participate in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country the eight teams participated in the 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship, and the three remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The thirteen AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, including, Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (5 teams), Oceania (2 team) and Southeast Asia (2 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate this edition.


2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
This is the first Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C. Pool D will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.


2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 12 players from 19 players of preliminary squad. (Regulations Articles 4.5, 4.6, 5.4 and 5.5).


2018 Asian Girls' U17 Volleyball Championship, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch forfeited: 0 match points for each.


2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was the eighth edition of the international indoor athletics event between Asian nations. It took place at the Aftab Enghelab Complex in Tehran, Iran, between 1 and 3 February.


2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Kazakhstan topped the medal table, winning 12 medals including 7 gold, ahead of the host nation Iran, and Qatar.


2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results
These are the  results of the 2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships which took place between 1 and 3 February 2018 in Tehran, Iran.


2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
The 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 18th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association and the Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Athletes born between 1999 and 2002 competed in 44 events, divided evenly between the sexes. The competition took place over four days from 7–10 June at Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium in Gifu, Japan.


2018 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships
The 2018 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships were held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, from 13 ‐ 18 August 2018. It was organised by the Myanmar Table Tennis Federation under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU).


2018 Asian Karate Championships
The 2018 Asian Karate Championships were the 15th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Amman, Jordan from July 13 to July 15, 2018.


2018 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship
The 2018 Asian Club League Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted by Kuwait Handball Association at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City (Kuwait) from 20 March to 1 April 2019. It was the official competition for men's handball clubs of Asia crowning the Asian champions whose winner will also qualify for the 2019 IHF Super Globe.


2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Myanmar Volleyball Federation (MVF). The tournament was held in Naypyidaw, Myanmar from 30 July to 6 August 2018. The champions qualified for the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship instead of the 2017 champions Sarmayeh Bank Tehran, who withdrew from the 2018 Club World Championship.


2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Qualification
The 13 AVC member associations submitted their men's club to the 2018 Asian Club Championship. The 13 AVC member associations were from 4 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (5 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams).


2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
This was the first Asian Club Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best four contested pool C. Final standing of the 2017 edition are shown in brackets.


2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship
The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.


2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship
Qatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33–31 in the final.


2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw took place on 13 September 2017 at 11:00.


2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship, Draw
Iraq withdrew on 4 January 2018 due to unavoidable circumstances. Iraq's withdrawal left only two teams in Group A, therefore Uzbekistan was moved from Group B to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.


2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship
The 2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship will be the 16th edition of the championship scheduled to be held from 16 to 26 July 2018 at Salalah, Oman under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It will be the first time in history that championship will be organised in Oman by the Oman Handball Association. It also acts as the qualification tournament for the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship. Top three teams from the championship will directly qualify for the Junior World Championship to be held in Spain.


2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on Friday, 13 April 2018 at 17:30 (UTC+04:00) in the City Seasons Hotel, Al-Khuwair City, Oman.


2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Draw, Seeding
Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.


2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Draw, Seeding
Palestine and Uzbekistan were drawn in Group B and Group C respectively. They withdrew from the tournament after the draw due to unavoidable internal circumstances.


2018 Asian Men's Softball Championship
The 2018 Asian Men's Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured nine nations which was held in April 2018. The games were held at the Gelora Bung Karno Softball Stadium. The top three teams qualified for the 2019 ISF Men's World Championship to be held in Prague, Czech Republic. The competition also served as a test-event for the 2018 Asian Games


2018 Asian Men's Softball Championship
Japan became champions of the tournament winning their seventh consecutive title. The Philippines finished second while Singapore finished third.


2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
The 2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Bahrain Volleyball Association (BVA). The tournament was held in Riffa, Bahrain from 21 to 28 July 2018. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives.


2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999. And they can enroll themselves maximum for twice championships.


2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
On 14 December 2020, the AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 U21 World Championship as the AVC representatives.


2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, Qualification
The 24 AVC member associations submitted their U20 men's national team to the 2018 Asian U20 Championship. But, Uzbekistan later withdrew. The 23 AVC member associations were from 5 zonal associations, including, Central Asia (7 teams), East Asia (6 teams), Oceania (2 teams), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (6 teams).


2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
This was the first Asian U20 Championship which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into eight pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2016 edition. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C. But, Uzbekistan withdrew after the draw. Final standing of the 2016 edition are shown in brackets.


2018 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup
The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup will be the inaugural edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup. The tournament will be held in Sri Lanka, from 15 to 21 September 2018.


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Qualification
The AVC members associations, some teams were participated for the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The AVC members associations were from many zonal associations, including, Oceania (1 teams), Central Asia (3 teams), East Asia (2 team), Southeast Asia (1 team), and Western Asia (3 teams).


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
The 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Men was the sixth edition of the Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association (CTVA). The tournament was held in Taipei, Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AVC), from 8 to 15 August 2018.


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
As hosts, Chinese Taipei automatically participated for the tournament, while the remaining 8 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship in Gresik, Indonesia.


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Qualification
The 10 AVC member associations qualified for the 2018 Asian Cup. Chinese Taipei qualified as hosts and the 9 remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Championship. But, China later withdrew. The 9 AVC member associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 teams), Oceania (1 team), Southeast Asia (2 teams) and West Asia (1 team).


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition
This was the first Asian Cup which used the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format saw teams were drawn into three pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the hosts was assigned into a pool according to their final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship. As the three best ranked teams were drawn in the same pool A, the next best three contested pool B, the next best three contested pool C. Final standing of the 2017 Asian Championship are shown in brackets.


2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship
The 2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 8th edition of the championship held from 16 to 26 September 2018 at Amman (Jordan) under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the third time in history that championship was organised in Jordan by the Jordan Handball Federation. The top four teams qualified for the 2019 Men's Youth World Handball Championship to be held in Republic of Macedonia.


2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 28 April 2018 in Amman, Jordan.


2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw
Teams were seeded according to the AHF Competition regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.


2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw
Uzbekistan and Palestine withdrew from the tournament after the draw.


2018 Asian Netball Championships
The 2018 Asian Netball Championships is the 11th edition of the Asian Netball Championships was held in Singapore. The championships which was held at the OCBC Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub from September 1–9.


2018 Asian Netball Championships
In the final, Sri Lanka won their fifth Asian title by defeating Singapore 69-50 as both teams qualified through to the 2019 Netball World Cup as the Asian representatives. Tharjini Sivalingam of Sri Lanka received the Player of the tournament award for her outstanding aggressive skills as she made a comeback into the national team after a 3 year hiatus.


2018 Asian Para Games
The 2018 Asian Para Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Difabel Asia 2018, Asian Para Games 2018), officially known as the 3rd Asian Para Games and also known as Indonesia 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event that held from 6 to 13 October 2018 in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta. The event paralleled the 2018 Asian Games and was held for Asian athletes with disability.


2018 Asian Para Games
It was the first time Indonesia hosted the games. Events were held in the host city Jakarta and in Bogor Regency of West Java province. The opening ceremony was held at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, while the closing ceremony was held at Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium next door. The games saw the debut of Bhutan as a participating nation and the introduction of chess to the Asian Para Games' program, with the removal of rowing, sailing, 5 and 7-a-side football, wheelchair dancesport and wheelchair rugby.


2018 Asian Para Games
China led the medal tally for the third consecutive time. North Korea and South Korea march under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony and for the first time competed as a unified team in some events. They also won their first medals, one silver and one bronze medal as a unified team. In addition, Philippines and Kuwait won their first ever Asian Para Games gold medals, while Laos and East Timor won their first ever Asian Para Games medals including their first gold medals. There were 16 world, 63 Asian and 246 Asian Para Games records broken during the Games.


2018 Asian Para Games, Host city
As is the tradition of the event, since 2010, the Asian Para Games are usually held after every Asian Games in the same host country. On 29 February 2016, Indonesia signed the 2018 Asian Para Games host city contract at a ceremony in Jakarta, having confirmed as host city of the event on 21 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. A local organising committee named the Indonesia Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (INAPGOC) led by Raja Sapta Oktohari was formed soon after it was appointed host country of the 2018 Asian Para Games for all preparations, opening, organising, and finalizing the implementation of the event.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Volunteers
Volunteer recruitment was held from 21 April until 31 July 2018 with a target of 8,000 volunteers.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
Like the torch relay of the 2018 Asian Games, the torch relay began at the Mrapen in Central Java on 5 September 2018 where the torch was lit using the Indonesian natural eternal flame to mark the 30-day countdown to the event. The flame was passed to another 8 Indonesian cities. Below is the schedule of the relay:


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
A day before the torch relay, the games' torch was introduced, in which its design is inspired by Batik parang motif.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem
The emblem of the games was Harmony - Energy of Asia, modelled upon the circular roof of the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, the main venue of the games. It represented harmony and balance within the natural environment and the people of the Asian community. The moving man in the center of the circle symbolize the movement and energy of the 2018 Asian Para Games participating athletes in achieving victory, while the 3 curves surrounding the man's silhouette represents unity in diversity among Asian countries for mutual achievement. 5 different colours are used in the logo to represent the basic elements in Asian philosophy of Living and togetherness. Blue symbolized the sky, orange symbolized the sun, green symbolized the nature, purple symbolized proximity, wisdom, loyalty, and pride and red symbolized the spirit of solidarity.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Mascot
The official mascot of the Games is a Bondol eagle named Momo whose name is short for motivation and mobility. Momo represents the icon of the capital city of Jakarta and also represents spirit. Momo wears a Betawinese Belt with Sarong.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Medals
On 5 October 2018, Indonesia Asian Para Games Organizing Committee (INAPGOC) released the medal design to the public which is inspired by the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics medal, featuring the Asian Para Games logo on the obverse and the braille letters on the reverse. Each medal contains differing numbers of metal balls to allow the visually impaired to audibly distinguish their colour by shaking them.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Merchandising
Merchandises including the mascot plush toy were sold at the Gelora Bung Karno Main stadium area including the super store during the games.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Music
Six songs were released to promote the games, including the official theme song "Song of Victory", which was used as the background music for the games' broadcast title sequence. Two songs were not specifically composed for the games, like "Sang Juara" by Naura and Zizi, which is a version of the former's 2017 song "Juara" and a short version of 2016-released song "Manusia Kuat" by Tulus.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Venues
The 2018 Asian Para Games uses most venues that are used to host the 2018 Asian Games events. They are located in Jakarta and neighbouring West Java province.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Venues, Jakarta Suburb (West Java)
The games uses the same Athletes' Village as the 2018 Asian Games which was built in Kemayoran.


2018 Asian Para Games, Development and preparations, Transport
Like during the 2018 Asian Games, TransJakarta provides free bus rides involving 300 disabled-friendly buses which consists of 200 low-entry buses and 100 high-entry buses during the games for disabled athletes everyday and on weekend days during the games for the locals to encourage people to watch the games.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Para Games took place on Saturday, 6 October 2018, at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event commenced at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time (UTC+7) and ended at 21:43 local time. Jay Subiyakto was the Associate creative director of the ceremony. North and South Korea delegates marched together under one unified flag of Korea for the first time.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The games was officially opened by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Sports
The Games featured 18 sports which were split into 506 events, including chess which was included for the first time in the games' programme.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Sports
In addition, there were 16 non-medal events contested at the games, 6 in Athletics and 10 in Swimming.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Participating National Paralympic Committees
43 members of the Asian Paralympic Committee participated at the Games. In addition, the two Koreas competed as one joint team in selected events, the first time doing so in any para sport event which makes it the 44th participant of the games. Both nations also marched together under one flag during the opening and closing ceremonies. Bhutan and Yemen participated for the first time.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Participating National Paralympic Committees
Below is a list of all the participating NPCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Participating National Paralympic Committees
* Including athletes represented  Korea (12). Unlike Asian Games, athletes of unified Korean team at the games also competed under respective national team in individual events.


2018 Asian Para Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The 2018 Asian Para Games closing ceremony was held on Saturday, 13 October 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium in Jakarta. In addition to local artists and a Hangzhou Asian Para Games promotional video segment, the South Korean girlband AOA performed in the ceremony. Vice Mayor of Hangzhou Wang Hong received the APC flag as the host of the next Games.


2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table
The 2018 Asian Para Games had 506 events, resulted in 506 medal sets being distributed. One additional gold medal was awarded as there was a first-place tie in Swimming men's S7 100 m backstroke event. As a consequence, no silver medal was awarded in that event. One additional silver medal was awarded as there was a second-place tie in Athletics men's T45/46/47 high jump event. As a consequence, no bronze medal was awarded in that event.


2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table
Two bronze medals were awarded in most events in racket sports (18 in Badminton, 23 in Table tennis and 12 in Wheelchair fencing) and one martial art (15 in Judo). Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in the Bowling mixed singles TPB10 event, giving a total of 69 additional bronze medals.


2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table
On the other hand, 7 silvers and 37 bronze medals were not awarded in 37 events in 7 sports due to lack of participants: 2 bronze each in Archery and chess, 1 silver and 4 bronze in cycling, 4 bronze in lawn bowls, 6 silver and 18 bronzes in athletics, 1 bronze in swimming and 6 bronzes in table tennis. A silver medal was not awarded in judo due to the disqualification of a judoka in the finals. Some medals in athletics and judo were reallocated due to doping violation.


2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table
As a result, a total of 1,541 medals comprising 507 gold medals, 497 silver medals and 537 bronze medals were awarded to athletes.


2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table, official changes by country
In accordance with the APC Anti- Doping Rules, expired the result of Mirzaev Nurbek in Judo Men’s 81kg event and Abdullaeva Kamolakhon in Women’s Long Jump T45/46/47. South Korea secures gold in judo after Chinese judoka’s disqualification in Judo Women’s +70 kg  event.


2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table, official changes by country
The official result of Men’s 81kg was revised as follows:


2018 Asian Para Games, Medal table, official changes by country
The official result of the Women’s Long Jump T45/46/47 was revised as follows:


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies
The 2018 Asian Para Games opening ceremony was held on Saturday, 6 October 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The closing ceremony was held exactly a week later; Saturday, 13 October 2018 at the nearby, far smaller Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium. Both ceremonies were started on 19:00 local time (UTC+7) and ended around 22:00.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Para Games took place on Saturday, 6 October 2018, at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event commenced at 19:00 and ended at 21:45 local time. Jay Subiyakto was the Associate creative director of the ceremony. The ceremony featured a stage designed as an ocean wave and functions as a video screen.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
Before the ceremony commenced, visual effects video of Indonesian traditional batik art, featuring Indonesian wayang characters, objects, buildings such as the National Monument, flora and fauna found within Indonesia such as Komodo dragon was shown.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
The ceremony began with countdown projection on the floor of the stage when a whipping dancer performed on the stage with a row of drummers. Rosalina Oktavia, an Indonesian prosthetic model carried a candle onto the stage centre. After that, dancers wearing traditional costumes of different Indonesian ethnic groups came onstage in groups, perform traditional dances while carrying miniatures of various houses of worship found across the nation to represent the Indonesia's religious and cultural diversity. Two guests of honour, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo and president of the Asian Paralympic Committee Majid Rashed who arrived earlier at the stadium were introduced to the crowd.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
Then, children elementary schools from Jakarta and Bengkala, the deaf village from Bali, who wore school uniforms entered the stage riding cycle rickshaws and sat on the stage, with the projection of a school and the flag of Indonesia shown on the stage screen. Puan Maharani, chairwoman of the games' steering committee brought the Indonesian flag into the stadium, and the flag was raised by three Paskibraka youth troop. During the flag raising, traditional dancers and the school children's translated the "Indonesia Raya" lyrics into sign language.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
Surya Sahetapy and Reza Rahadian Matulessy delivered the message of Pancasila in Indonesian sign and spoken language, respectively. Two Filipino para dancers, Jun Julius Obero and Rhea Marquez performed a ballet number together, which represents the harmonious unity of a society that accepts each other, regardless of their differences. The song played during the ballet was a variation of the second lyrical music part used in the Ratoh Jaroe dance performed on the 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
During the Parade of Nations, North Korean and South Korean teams marched together under one unified flag of Korea as they did at the Asian Games. As per tradition, Indonesia as the host nation entered last.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
A minute of silence to honour the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami victims was observed after speeches from the Organizing Committee chairman Raja Sapta Oktohari and President Majid Rashed of the Asian Paralympic Committee.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
President Widodo officially opened the games using sign language, on which he mistakenly spoke "Asian Games" instead of "Asian Para Games".


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
A dance performance featured the fire, rain, ocean and fisherman was held which later revealed the word sign "DISABILITY" on the stage. It represents the challenges a disabled person faced in the society. A wheelchair girl named Bulan Karunia showed up at the stadium with a box containing the message of her and her friends to President Joko Widodo. The president, then, walked down onto the stage to meet her and opened the box which later revealed to contain the letter block that reads "Ability" in capital letters.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
Along with her and an archer named Abdul Hamid, he arched the giant capital letters "DIS" until it fell down, and left the word "ABILITY" to represents that disabled persons can also pursuing their dreams and do what normal people do also with their limited abilities. Martin Losu and Lil abilities dance troop then performed hip hop and break dance in front of the sign.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
Eight Indonesian athletes, including powerlifter Anto Boi carried the Asian Paralympic Committee flag into the stadium, and the flag was raised by ten Paskibraka youth troop as the Paralympic movement anthem was played. Indonesian table tennis player Banyu Tri Mulyo read the athletes' oath, table tennis judge Bayu Widi read the judges' oath, and swimming coach Dinda Ayu Sekartaji read the coaches' oath.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
Finally, the torch was relayed for the final time by Senny Marbun (president of the National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia), Imam Nahrawi (Youth and Sports Minister of Indonesia), Pribadi (general secretary of the NPC Indonesia), and Soeharto (gold medalist athletics in the 1977 FESPIC Games).


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Proceedings
Jendi Panggabean, five-gold medalist para-swimming in the 2017 ASEAN Para Games, as the last torchbearer lit the in-stadium cauldron start from the bottom of the left edge of wave-shape projector, with a gigantic wayang puppet's character named Gatot Kaca, on shadow projector guided the flame until it spread and lit in a Garuda-shaped cauldron – inspired by Blencong, source lighting in the wayang – with the wayang's hands "holding" it, which followed by the lit-off of the actual cauldron located southeast of the stadium and fireworks bursts. The ceremony concluded with various singers sang the theme song of the games, "Song of Victory".


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Parade of Nations
All 42 contingents (41 nations and the unified Korea team) participated in the parade, the order begins with Afghanistan and ended with host Indonesia. Each contingent was led by a representative official that wore local traditional costumes with Indonesian floral designs while carrying each country's name placard. The costume was designed by Chitra Subiyakto.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Opening ceremony, Parade of Nations
Like the Asian Games, the nations marched in English alphabetical order. Below is a list of parading countries and their announced flag bearer, in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by country name, flag bearer's name and flag bearer's sport. Names are given in the form officially designated by the APC.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Closing ceremony
The 2018 Asian Para Games closing ceremony was held on Saturday, 13 October 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium in Jakarta. Vice President of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla, and president of the Asian Paralympic Committee Majid Rashed were among the dignitaries in attendance.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Closing ceremony
Daniel Mananta and Ary Kirana were the ceremony's host while Riri Mestica was the ceremony's DJ. Vice President Kalla and Raja Sapta Oktohari, chairman of the INAPGOC executive committee both delivered bilingual speeches before and after the flag handover ceremony. Zhang Haidi, chairwoman of China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities received the box containing the Ability letters used during the opening ceremony from president of the National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia Senny Marbun while Vice Mayor of Hangzhou Wang Hong received the APC flag from Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan. A promotional video about the Hangzhou Asian Para Games featuring shots of the city, Jack Ma and disabled athletes was shown. After Majid Rashed officially closed the games, the flame was extinguished by the wayang puppet on shadow projector.


2018 Asian Para Games opening and closing ceremonies, Closing ceremony, Performing artists
In addition to local artists and a Hangzhou Asian Para Games promotional video segment, the South Korean girlband AOA performed in the ceremony.


2018 Asian Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 10th Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Championships was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 30 to May 2, 2018.


2018 Asian Sailing Championship
The 2018 Asian Sailing Championship will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia 24–30 June.


2018 Asian Shotgun Championships
The 2018 Asian Shotgun Championships were held in Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex Kuwait City, Kuwait between November 2 and 12, 2018.


2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships
The 2018 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 23rd edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and was scheduled from May 26 to 28, 2018 in Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.


2018 Asian Tour
The 2018 Asian Tour was the 24th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995.


2018 Asian Tour, Tournament results
The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.


2018 Asian Tour, Tournament results
Fifty percent of the prize money from two major championships (the U.S. Open and The Open Championship) and one of the World Golf Championships counts towards the Order of Merit, but these tournaments are not shown below.


2018 Asian Tour, Order of Merit
There is a complete list on the official site .


2018 Asian Trampoline Gymnastics Championships
The 2018 Asian Trampoline Gymnastics Championships was held at the University of Makati in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 19–20, 2018. It was the fourth edition of the competition overall and the second edition to feature senior level events.


2018 Asian Trampoline Gymnastics Championships
The tournament was contested by about 100 athletes from 10 nations. The competition was organized by the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines and was approved by the International Gymnastics Federation. Nations with medalists in the junior level events qualifies at least a berth for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


2018 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship
The 2018 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship was an international handball tournament held between 3 and 9 October 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was organized by the Asian Handball Federation.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an international volleyball club tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Volleyball Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (VFRK). It was held in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan from 11 to 18 July 2018. The tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with the champion qualifying for the World Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Qualification
Nine clubs from nine AVC member associations participated in the tournament including Kazakhstan, the host country. Of the nine AVC member associations, seven had clubs which participated in the 2017 edition.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
This is the first Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration's unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2017 ranking. The three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best three will contest Pool C.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch forfeited: 0 match points for each.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Supreme Chonburi
The following is the roster of the Thai club  Supreme Chonburi in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, NEC Red Rockets
The following is the roster of the Japanese club NEC Red Rockets in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool A, Jiangsu Zenith Steel
The following is the roster of the Chinese club Jiangsu Zenith Steel in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Altay
The following is the roster of the Kazakhstani club Altay in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, CMFC
The following is the roster of the Taiwanese club CMFC in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool B, Paykan Tehran VC
The following is the roster of the Iranian club Paykan Tehran VC in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, VTV Bình Điền Long An
The following is the roster of the Vietnamese club VTV Bình Điền Long An in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Garuda VC
The following is the roster of the Indonesia club Garuda VC in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship squads, Pool C, Lanka Lions
The following is the roster of the Srilanga club Sri Lanka Representative in the 2018 Asian Club Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship
The 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 30 November to 9 December 2018 in Kumamoto, Yamaga and Yatsushiro, Japan. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.


2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship
South Korea won their fourth straight and 14th overall title after defeating Japan in the final.


2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 6 August 2018 at the Hotel Nikko in Kumamoto.


2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship, Draw
Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.


2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship, Final standing
1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they had both placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.


2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
The 2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, referred to as the 2018 SMM Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the nineteenth edition of the Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam, from 10 to 17 June 2018.


2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
A total of fifteen teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2000 eligible to participate.


2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AVC qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship. The top two teams qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, as the AVC representatives.


2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, Qualification
The fifteen AVC member associations will participate in the tournament (included the India, who was suspended by the FIVB and was lifted the suspension in May 2018), Vietnam qualified as host country. There are thirteen teams participated in the 2016 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, and the one remaining teams did not participate in the previous edition. The fifteen AVC member associations were from four zonal associations, including, Central Asia (4 teams), East Asia (6 teams), Oceania (2 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate this edition and Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament.


2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
This is the first Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their 2016 ranking. The four best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best four will contest Pool B, the next best four will contest Pool C. Pool D will comprise teams finishing next best three teams.


2018 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loserMatch forfeited: 0 match points for each.


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup
The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup was the inaugural edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Kyrgyzstan Volleyball Federation (KVF). The tournament was held in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, from December 3 to 9, 2018.


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Qualification
The AVC members associations, some teams were participated for the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The AVC members associations were from five zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (3 team), Oceania (2 team), Southeastern Asia (1 team).


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, so-called 2018 AVC Cup for Women was the sixth edition of the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Thailand Volleyball Association (TVA). The tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from 16 to 23 September 2018.


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
As hosts, Thailand automatically qualified for the tournament, while the remaining 9 teams, qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in Biñan and Muntinlupa, Philippines.


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Qualification
The ten AVC member associations participated in the tournament with Thailand already qualified as host country, and the nine remaining teams qualified from the 2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. The ten AVC member associations were from three zonal associations, including, Central Asia (2 teams), East Asia (4 teams), Oceania (1 team) and Southeast Asia (3 teams). While any West Asian teams did not participate the tournament's qualification.


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition
This is the first Asian Women's Volleyball Cup which will use the new competition format. Following the 2017 AVC Board of Administration’s unanimous decision, the new format will see teams being drawn into three or four pools up to the total amount of the participating teams. Each team as well as the host side will be assigned into a pool according to their previous ranking (2017 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship). As the three best-ranked teams will be drawn in the same Pool A, the next best three will contest Pool B. Pool C will comprise teams finishing next best four teams.


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Venue
All matches will be held at Korat Chatchai Hall, Nakhon Ratchasima


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup, Preliminary round, Pool standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup squads
This article shows the women's squads of the participating teams at the 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup.


2018 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships took place at the Kojomkul Sports Palace, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. The event took place from February 27 to March 4, 2018.


2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (boys' field hockey)
The 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier for boys' field hockey was held from 25 to 28 April 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. Only the winner and runner-up are qualifying for the finals.


2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (boys' field hockey), Format
The eleven teams will be split into two groups of five and six teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The third and fourth placed teams will play for the 5-8th place classification. The bottom three teams play for the 9-11th place classification.


2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (girls' field hockey)
The 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier for girls' field hockey event will be held from the 25th until the 29th of April 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. Only the winner and runner-up are qualifying for the finals.


2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier (girls' field hockey), Format
The nine teams will be split into two groups of four and five teams. The top two teams of each pool advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The 3rd placed teams from each pool will play for the 5th/6th place. The and 4th placed teams from each pool and the 5th placed team from pool A will play for the 7th/9th place.


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup
The 2018 Aspria Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Milan, Italy between 25 June and 1 July 2018.


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup – Doubles
Tomasz Bednarek and David Pel were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup – Doubles
Julian Ocleppo and Andrea Vavassori won the title after defeating Gonzalo Escobar and Fernando Romboli 4–6, 6–1, [11–9] in the final.


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup – Singles
Guido Pella was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2018 Aspria Tennis Cup – Singles
Laslo Đere won the title after defeating Gianluca Mager 6–2, 6–1 in the final.


2018 Assam panchayat election
The 2018 Assam panchayat election were held in two phases, on 5 and 9 December 2018. The counting of votes started on 12 December and results were declared on 15 December. More than 15.6 million people were eligible to vote and voter turnout was over 78 per cent.


2018 Assam panchayat election
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 11,325 seats in total, while the Indian National Congress won 8,970 seats. Other parties won 6,489 seats.


2018 Assam panchayat election, Background
Assam Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for establishing a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State at the village, intermediate and district level.


2018 Assam panchayat election, Background
Total number of Elected Representatives and Chairpersons in the State


2018 Assam panchayat election, Election schedule
The Assam State Election Commission announced that the Polls would hold in two Phases. The polling for the first phase was held on 5 December 2018, while that for the second phase took place on 9 December 2018. The final counting of votes was started from 12 December 2018 in the 26 districts across the state.


2018 Assam panchayat election, Election schedule
In first phase, polls were held in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivsagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Nagaon, Dhemaji,Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Morigaon, Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup districts. In the second phase, the election were held in Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, South SalmaraMankachar, Goalpara, Cachar, Hailakandi, Karimganj and Hojai districts


2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Zilla Parishad
The election results for 420 Zilla Parishad Members are as follows


2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Anchalik Panchayat
The election results for 2,197 Anchalik Panchayat Members are as follows


2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Gaon Panchayat (President)
The election results for 2,197 Gaon Panchayat Presidents are as follows


2018 Assam panchayat election, Party wise results, Gaon Panchayat (Ward)
The election results for 21,970 Gaon Panchayat Wards are as follows


2018 Assam panchayat election, District wise results
Largest Party (BJP) — 17  Largest Party (INC) — 7  Largest Party (AGP) — 0  Largest Party (AIUDF) — 1  Largest Party (Others) — 2


2018 Astana season
The 2018 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2018 Athletics World Cup
The 2018 Athletics World Cup was held in London, United Kingdom, from 14 to 15 July 2018. This was the first edition of this competition.


2018 Athletics World Cup
Each team entered one athlete per event, and points were gained on the basis of finishing position. Although the majority of World championship events were contested, no races over 1500 metres were held, and no road events or multievents are on the program. The competition focused on an overall team prize, team prize money, The Platinum Trophy and Platinum team medals, but individual gold, silver and bronze medals were also awarded in each individual event.


2018 Athletics World Cup
While the event is organised outside of the official IAAF structures, the IAAF has expressed support for the event notwithstanding the existence of its own IAAF Continental Cup event.


2018 Athletics World Cup
The United States won the inaugural edition, finishing ahead of Poland, with Great Britain and Northern Ireland in third overall.


2018 Athletics World Cup, Participating nations
Participation was based on placings at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in World Cup events (multi-events, and races longer than 1500m were therefore ignored).


2018 Athletics World Cup, Participating nations
The following eight nations competed in the 1st Athletics World Cup:


2018 Atlanta Blaze season
The 2018 Atlanta Blaze season was the third season for the Atlanta Blaze of Major League Lacrosse. The Blaze created a lot of noise in the preceding offseason period. On September 12, 2017, the Blaze signed former Lizard Tommy Palasek. Later in the month, the Blaze also signed Matt Gibson from the Lizards and acquired Eddy Glazener from the Denver Outlaws for Christian Burgdorf.


2018 Atlanta Blaze season
On December 18, 2017, Blaze head coach Dave Huntley died unexpectedly at the age of 60. Former MLL player Liam Banks was named his replacement on January 15, 2018, becoming the third head coach in the young team's history.


2018 Atlanta Blaze season
For the second straight year, the Blaze improved their record, finishing .500 for the first time in franchise history at 7-7. The team entered the final week of the season just needing a win to clinch a playoff spot. However, the Blaze lost a close one to the Denver Outlaws, 15-14.


2018 Atlanta Braves season
The 2018 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 53rd season in Atlanta, 148th overall, and second season at SunTrust Park. They completely reversed their 72-90 season in 2017, and made the postseason and won a division title for the first time since 2013. They lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in four games in the NL Division Series.


2018 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, October
On October 2, 2017, John Coppolella resigned as general manager of the Braves amid a Major League Baseball investigation into Atlanta's international signings, having committed what the Braves termed "a breach of MLB rules regarding the international player market".