Asian Indoor Games

The Asian Indoor Games were a multi-sport event that was contested every two years among athletes representing countries from Asia. The games were regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia. The first games were held in 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Asian Indoor Games
Official logo of the Games
AbbreviationAIG
First event2005 Asian Indoor Games in Bangkok, Thailand
Occur everytwo years
Last event2009 Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, Vietnam
Games

The competition consisted of indoor sports with TV broadcasting potential, a number of which are not included in the Asian Games and Winter Asian Games Programs and are not Olympic sports. The sports program included electronic sports, extreme sports, aerobics, acrobatics, indoor athletics, dance sports, futsal, inline hockey, finswimming, and 25 metres short course swimming. The 2007 Asian Indoor Games in Macau also saw the first major test of FIBA 3x3, a formalized version of three-on-three basketball that saw its official worldwide debut at the 2010 Youth Olympics.[1] FIBA 3x3 was also contested in the 2009 Games.

Doha was given the rights to hold the fourth edition scheduled for 2011, but a year later, in June 2008, the Qatar Olympic Committee officially withdrew as host citing "unforeseen circumstances".[2] In response, the OCA said that the 2009 Asian Indoor Games would be the last edition of the games. The Asian Indoor Games and Asian Martial Arts Games would then combine, becoming the quadrennial Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The inaugural event was held in Incheon, South Korea in 2013.

Host Cities
Host cities of the Asian Indoor Games
Edition Year Host City Host Nation Opened by Start Date End Date Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Placed Team Ref.
I 2005 Bangkok  Thailand Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn 12 November 19 November 37 2,343 9 120  China (CHN) [3]
II 2007 Macau  Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho 26 October 3 November 44 1,792 17 151  China (CHN) [4]
III 2009 Hanoi  Vietnam President Nguyễn Minh Triết 30 October 8 November 42 2,456 24 215  China (CHN) [5]

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1246958251
2 Thailand (THA)586689213
3 Kazakhstan (KAZ)535140144
4 Vietnam (VIE)443634114
5 Hong Kong (HKG)33273393
6 South Korea (KOR)313539105
7 Iran (IRI)24242472
8 India (IND)22214386
9 Japan (JPN)19182663
10 Uzbekistan (UZB)13182152
11 Chinese Taipei (TPE)12122448
12 Indonesia (INA)942033
13 Qatar (QAT)88622
14 Macau (MAC)7131333
15 Saudi Arabia (KSA)74213
16 United Arab Emirates (UAE)5049
17 Malaysia (MAS)481426
18 Laos (LAO)3131935
19 Philippines (PHI)361019
20 Singapore (SIN)2151229
21 Jordan (JOR)25714
22 Kuwait (KUW)16916
23 Cambodia (CAM)14712
24 Bahrain (BRN)1315
25 Iraq (IRQ)05813
26 Mongolia (MGL)03912
27 Sri Lanka (SRI)0325
28 Afghanistan (AFG)0224
29 Pakistan (PAK)0213
 Syria (SYR)0213
31 Myanmar (MYA)0202
32 Brunei (BRU)0167
33 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0123
34 Tajikistan (TJK)0101
35 Lebanon (LIB)0033
36 Bangladesh (BAN)0022
 North Korea (PRK)0022
38 Oman (OMA)0011
Totals (38 entries)4864885941568

Sports
Main article: Asian Indoor Games sports

References
  1. "PR N°13 - Youth Olympic Games: It's Singapore… and it's FIBA 33!" (Press release). International Basketball Federation. 2008-02-21. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  2. Olympic Council of Asia newsreleaseArchived.
  3. "1st AIG Bangkok 2005". OCA. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  4. "2nd AIG Macau 2007". OCA. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  5. "3rd AIG Hanoi 2009". OCA. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
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