The 2018 Asian Games will be the 18th edition of a regional multi-sport event in Asia which is planned to be hosted by Indonesia from August 18 – September 2, 2018. 38 sports and disciplines will be featured in the Games, For the first time, two cities will host the Games, in Jakarta, the national capital city, and Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra province. Two provinces that surround Jakarta, Banten and West Java also plan to support the Games with their existing sporting venues. Indonesia was approved as the host of the Games by Olympic Council of Asia executive board on September 19, 2014. They will host the Games in 2018 rather than the originally planned 2019 to avoid the presidential election.