The Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee announced today the establishment and holding time of the competitive events of the 19th Asian Games, and clearly stated that the Hangzhou Asian Games will be held from September 10 to 25, 2022. It has been determined that the number of competitive events will increase to 37, including 28 Olympic events and 9 non-Olympic events. Wenzhou, as the Sub-contest division of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, will host football matches and dragon boat races among the all the events.
 
  The journalist learned from the Wenzhou Municipal Sports Bureau that the Wenzhou Municipal Government has previously set up a leading group for the preparation of the Wenzhou Sub-contest division, and formulated the "Plan for the Construction of Venues of the 19th Asian Games in Wenzhou Sub-contest Division". The construction works are going smoothly now. The Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium was started in construction on June 29 last year and the project is going along the orbit. The Ouhai Dragon Boat Sports Base was started on October 29 last year, two months ahead of schedule. Wenzhou Sports Center Stadium’s renovation and improvement project, according to the venue function evaluation report filed by the Asian Games Organizing Committee, has finished the selection of the design unit by bidding. And it has initiated the conceptual plan and works of the preparation of project proposal and preliminary design. The sites of 4 training grounds for the football group-matches have been selected.

 
  Among all the venues in Wenzhou, Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium and Wenzhou Sports Center Stadium will undertake the football group-matches of 19th Asian Games. Wenzhou Sports Center Stadium is located in the downtown area of Wenzhou, with a land area of 58,300 square meters and a building area of 14,843.52 square meters. It was completed in 1997 and was fully renovated in 2016. The stadium has 14,862 seats for audiences (including 330 seats on the rostrum). The stadium has built a 400-meter plastic track and a football field lawn which are in line with international standards.