Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center

The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in the middle of the city will be the focal sporting hub of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Its centerpiece is the Hangzhou Olympic Center Stadium, also known as the "Big Lotus", which will stage the Opening and Closing Ceremonies and athletics.

With a capacity of 80,000, the stadium covers a floor area of 229,000 square metres, comprising six floors and a basement.

It was completed in 2018 and has mainly hosted football matches since then.

Renovations have taken place in preparation for Hangzhou 2022.

The cluster is also home to the Hangzhou Olympic Center Aquatics Sports Arena, a new venue near to the main stadium which will stage swimming, artistic swimming and diving.

It features a design inspired by the Milky Way and space for 6,484 fans.

Also at the site is the Hangzhou Olympic Tennis Center, for both tennis and soft tennis.

The Hangzhou Olympic Center Squash Court will stage squash, and the Hangzhou Olympic Center Gymnasium will host basketball medal matches and some preliminary games.

At the Hangzhou Olympic and International Expo Center here, a large "Jade Cong" themed building will serve as a training base.

Chun'an

Chun'an County, which is a two hour drive and around 150 kilometres from Hangzhou, will be the home of cycling at the 2022 Asian Games.

A new velodrome has been built for track cycling which has a capacity of 3,040, while road cycling, mountain bike and BMX will also be held on courses in Chun'an.

The venue cluster is just two kilometres from a satellite Athletes' Village, one of four which will complement the main Village in Hangzhou.

As well as the cycling events, Chun'an will also be the location for marathon swimming and triathlon.

It is the home of Thousand Islets Lake, also known as Qiandao Lake, where athletes will take to the water.

The lake is a major tourist attraction.

Fuyang

Fuyang District is located to the south-west of Hangzhou, and is around 55 kilometres from the city centre.

It will be home to sports including canoe slalom, canoe sprint and rowing which will take place at the Fuyang Water Sports Center.

This venue is located to the north of Dongzhou Island and has a design based on the "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", one of the few surviving works by Chinese painter Huang Gongwang.

Basketball matches will also take place at Fuyang Sports Center Gymnasium, while archery will be at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center Archery Field.

Shooting will take place at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center Shooting Range and the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center Stadium will stage modern pentathlon.

Archery, shooting and modern pentathlon will take place on a site of 67 acres.

On the southern and eastern walls of the shooting complex, 34,000 pieces of rotary shutters have been set up to present Huang's painting.

Binjiang

Binjiang District is located in central Hangzhou, just to the south of the river and close to the Sports Center Park.

Badminton will be hosted here during the Asian Games, at the Binjiang Gymnasium.

The venue was a major project in the city in 2015 and cost 454 million yuan.

There is space for 5,000 fans, with the arena previously hosting Chinese Basketball Association side Zhejiang Golden Bulls.

Binjiang Gymnasium was chosen as the "demonstration venue" for Hangzhou 2022.

This means it is considered the "standard-setter" other venues due to be used at the Games need to meet.

A test event was held there in September 2020.

Gongshu

Gongshu District lies in the northern part of Hangzhou city centre and is home to the Gongshu Canal Sports Park cluster.

The park is the largest newly-built Asian Games venue in the urban area of Hangzhou.

It has been designed by Winka Dubbeldam, a Dutch-American architect.

Venues have been split between two halves of the park and are connected with a sunken shopping mall.

The environment is a key part of the project with wetlands restored and natural cooling systems used for the buildings.

Gongshu Canal Sports Park Hockey Field will host hockey, with boxing at Hangzhou Gymnasium.

Esports will make its Asian Games debut here at the Xiacheng District Esports Venue, which has 4,500 seats, while breaking will also make its maiden appearance at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium.

Table tennis will share this venue with breaking. It has 7,500 seats and an appearance based on a jade cong from the Liangzhu culture.

Lin'an

Located to the west of Hangzhou, Lin'an will be the host of both taekwondo and wrestling at the 2022 Asian Games.

Both sports will be held at Lin'an Sports and Culture Center.

Lin'an is around 50 kilometres away from Hangzhou.

The venue has a capacity of more than 5,000.

It was completed in 2015 and has a design based on the landscape of mountains and rivers.

Linping

Linping District is located to the north-east of Hangzhou City Centre, around 25 kilometres away.

The Linping Sports Center Gymnasium will stage both karate and volleyball during Hangzhou 2022.

It has space for 4,300 fans.

Also included at the site is the Linping Sports Center Stadium, which has a capacity of 10,200 and will be one of the venues for football.

Both venues reopened in September 2021 after reconstruction and expansion.

A swimming pool and training centre are also part of the complex.

Qiantang

Qiantang is a district in Hangzhou which straddles the river of the same name.

The district is home to Zhejiang Gongshang University which will host handball at its cultural and sports center.

It features two arenas, with one to be used for competition and the other for warm-ups, with both resembling a pair of sunflowers.

Work on the competition venue was completed in October 2021.

Elsewhere, a new UFO shaped building at Hangzhou Dianzi University will stage fencing.

This will boast more than 5,000 seats.

Roller sports will also take place at the Qiantang Roller Sports Center.

Construction here began in 2019.

Its design combines cultural elements from West Lake, Hangzhou folklore, silk and tea.

The venue can be lit up with multiple colours.

Shangcheng

Shangcheng District is the county seat of Hangzhou and is located in the heart of the city centre, close to West Lake.

Football matches will be held here, at the Shangcheng Sports Center Stadium.

The district will also be the home of mind sports with bridge, chess, go and xiangqi contested at the Hangzhou Chess Institute.

Tonglu

Tonglu is located around 120 kilometres to the south-west of Hangzhou, which is around a two hour drive.

The county will stage equestrian at the Asian Games at the new Tonglu Equestrian Center.

Construction began in September 2020 close to the town of Yaolin, with around 364 million yuan being invested.

Horses will be flown to Hangzhou and taken to Tonglu through a "biodiversity route".

This is part of an equine disease free zone, designed to ensure the safety of the horses.

Xiaoshan

Xiaoshan District is located to the south of the river in central Hangzhou, and will be home to the main Athletes' Village.

The Xiaoshan Campus Gymnasium at Zhejiang Normal University will be one of the venues for handball, and features a "water curtain" exterior.

Weightlifting will be held at the Xiaoshan Sports Center Gymnasium, with the Xiaoshan Sports Center Stadium one of the locations for football.

The stadium can be lit up from the outside.

Elsewhere, the Linpu Gymnasium has been reconstructed and expanded and boasts more than 2,700 seats.

It will host judo, ju-jitsu and kurash.

The Guali Culture and Sports Center has also been upgraded, and will stage kabaddi and wushu.

Xihu

Xihu District lies in the centre of Hangzhou and contains the famous West Lake.

Golf will take centre stage here, at the West Lake International Golf Course.

The Yellow Dragon Sports Center is also located here, which includes a 52,000-seat stadium which will be used for football.

Twin towers at the stadium are equipped with projection light shows, which mean matches can be beamed onto an external wall to be watched by anyone in the area.

The site also includes the Yellow Dragon Sports Center Gymnasium which will be used for gymnastics.

Water polo will be staged at the Yellow Dragon Aquatics Center and basketball will be played at Zijingang Campus Gymnasium.

Cricket will also find its home here, at the Pingfeng Campus Cricket Field.

Yuhang

Yuhang District lies to the north-east of Hangzhou, around a 35 minute drive and 25 kilometres away.

It will be the home of rugby sevens at the Asian Games, which will take place at Cangqian Campus Stadium at Hangzhou Normal University.

The stadium has been upgraded and was the first Games venue to pass the completion acceptance procedure in Zhejiang province.

Volleyball matches will take place at Cangqian Campus Gymnasium.

This venue has also been upgraded in anticipation of Hangzhou 2022.

Shaoxing

Shaoxing is a city situated on Hangzhou Bay which lies around 65 kilometres to the south-east of Hangzhou. Driving time between the two cities is around an hour and 15 minutes.

Five sports will be held in Shaoxing, making it the largest host city outside of Hangzhou itself.

Sport climbing will be held at the Yangshan Rock Climbing Center, which has a design inspired by a silk cocoon.

The newly-built Shaoxing Baseball Sports Culture Center has become the largest venue in China for international baseball and softball.

Basketball matches will also be held here, at the Shaoxing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, as well as volleyball at China Textile City Sports Center Gymnasium.

Deqing

Deqing is a city to the north of Hangzhou, which lies around 45 kilometres away and a one hour drive.

However, it is only 10 minutes away by high speed rail.

The city will host volleyball matches at the Asian Games at the Deqing Sports Center Gymnasium.

This arena has a snail shaped interior.

The 3x3 basketball tournaments will also be held in Deqing.

A bandstand like structure will be formed at Deqing Geographic Information Park.

Jinhua

Jinhua is a major city of more than seven million people. It is around 185 kilometres to the south of Hangzhou.

Two sports will be held here at Jinhua Sports Center - Sepaktakraw and football.

Sepaktakraw will take place at Jinhua Sports Center Gymnasium, while football will be split across two venues.

These are the Jinhua Sports Center Stadium, which has a capacity of 30,000, and Jinhua Campus Field, which is a part of Zhejiang Normal University.

Ningbo

More than nine million people live in Ningbo, a major coastal city lying on Hangzhou Bay.

It is situated around 155 kilometres to the east of Hangzhou.

Ningbo will host both sailing and beach volleyball at the Asian Games, and the city will also host a satellite Athletes' Village.

Sailing will take place at the newly-built Zhejiang Ocean Sports Center.

The facility was finished in March 2021.

A beach volleyball stadium has also been built for the Games in the Donghai Banbianshan tourist area.

Wenzhou

Wenzhou is a port city which lies more than 300 kilometres to the south of Hangzhou in the southeastern part of Zhejiang province.

It is home to more than nine million people.

The city was named as "Famous City of Dragon Boat Race in China" by the General Administration of Sport of China in 2012, and will host dragon boat racing at Hangzhou 2022.

It will take place at the Wenzhou Dragon Boat Sports Center.

Two stadiums in Wenzhou will also be used for football.