Cambodia athletes of 18 sports begin gathering today to prepare for the Asian Youth Games in late October

Phnom Penh: With the permission of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the decision in principle from H.E. Dr. Hang Chuon Naron, Deputy Prime Minister, a group of youth athletes aged 14 to 17 from sports that will compete in the 2025 Asian Youth Games in Bahrain have begun training from April 1 until the end of the competition in late October 2025.

H.E. Vath Chamroeun, Chairman of selecting commission of the National Athletes and Grassroots Youth, said: "What the commission needs to do is to work hard with the National Sports Federations to select talented athletes with high technical level and high sports quality, to select coaches with good skills, experience, time conditions and good coaches who can train athletes well. Both coaches and athletes must be looked at the selection criteria in a comprehensive manner so that to avoid incorrect selection, without considering the true talent of the athletes and coaches, which affects the quality of the sport. We have already decided to select the grassroots youth and coaches. We have worked hard to seek training, encouragement, and monitoring from the National Sports Training Center and the Ministry to ensure that the training process is properly monitored and evaluated according to sports science."

Meanwhile, the sports that Cambodia plans to send to participate are 18 sports, including: Aquatics (water volleyball), Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Equestrian (horse riding), Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Cycling, Table Tennis, Taekwondo WT, Triathlon, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Volleyball, Table Football, Muay, and Boxing.

It should be noted that, the commission to select the National Athletes and Grassroots Youth, met on Monday morning, March 31, at the National Sports Training Center, with the participation of leaders including H.E. Secretary of State, Under Secretary of State, Director General of Sports, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, representatives of the National Sports Training Center, relevant national sports federations, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Sports Counseling of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, and the Secretary General of the Sports Council of the Ministry of Interior.

The 2025 Asian Youth Games, hosted by Bahrain, will be held from October 22 to 31, with 21 sports. After ending the 2025 Event, the Kingdom of Cambodia will take over the hosting duties from Bahrain.