The 21 sports that are set to feature in Bahrain are athletics, badminton, basketball, equestrian, e-sports, futsal, golf, handball, judo, jiu-jitsu, mixed martial arts, road cycling, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, wrestling, weightlifting, kabaddi, volleyball, and teqball.
The Asian Youth Games is highly regarded as the second-largest continental multi-sport meeting after only the Asian Games.