Bids for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2014 host city was elected during the 2010 IOC session in Vancouver, prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. This was the first election of a Youth Olympic Games host city held in an IOC Session. The elections for the host cities of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and 2012 Winter Youth Olympics were done through postal votes by IOC members. China bid for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics with the city of Nanjing. Nanjing is located in East Central China along the Yangtze River. The IOC noted Nanjing had "the least risk" of the applicant cities. Poznań bid for the
Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics chosen to compete in the girls' tournament and has therefore taken one of the two available Asian spots. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999. The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. Each day during the group stage will contain four boys' matches and four girls' matches. Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 27 August at the Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China. This