Asian Indoor Games
 Official logo of the Games | |
| Abbreviation | AIG |
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| First event | 2005 Asian Indoor Games in Bangkok, Thailand |
| Occur every | two years |
| Last event | 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, Vietnam |
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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.
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
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| Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Opened by | Start Date | End Date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top Placed Team | Ref. |
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| I | 2005 | Bangkok |  Thailand
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Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn | 12 November | 19 November | 37 | 2,343 | 9 | 120 |  China (CHN)
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| II | 2007 | Macau |  Macau
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Chief Executive Edmund Ho | 26 October | 3 November | 44 | 1,792 | 17 | 151 | China (CHN)
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| III | 2009 | Hanoi |  Vietnam
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President Nguyễn Minh Triết | 30 October | 8 November | 42 | 2,456 | 24 | 215 | China (CHN)
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Medal count
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 124 | 69 | 58 | 251 |
| 2 |  Thailand (THA) | 58 | 66 | 89 | 213 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 53 | 51 | 40 | 144 |
| 4 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 44 | 36 | 34 | 114 |
| 5 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 33 | 27 | 33 | 93 |
| 6 |  South Korea (KOR) | 31 | 35 | 39 | 105 |
| 7 |  Iran (IRI) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
| 8 |  India (IND) | 22 | 21 | 43 | 86 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN) | 19 | 18 | 26 | 63 |
| 10 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 13 | 18 | 21 | 52 |
| 11 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
| 12 |  Indonesia (INA) | 9 | 4 | 20 | 33 |
| 13 |  Qatar (QAT) | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 14 |  Macau (MAC) | 7 | 13 | 13 | 33 |
| 15 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 16 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 |
| 18 |  Laos (LAO) | 3 | 13 | 19 | 35 |
| 19 |  Philippines (PHI) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 20 |  Singapore (SIN) | 2 | 15 | 12 | 29 |
| 21 |  Jordan (JOR) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 22 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 23 |  Cambodia (CAM) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 24 |  Bahrain (BRN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 26 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 27 |  Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Syria (SYR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 31 |  Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 33 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 34 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 |  Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 36 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 38 |  Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (38 entries) | 486 | 488 | 594 | 1,568 | |
Sports
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3x3 basketball ()
Aerobic gymnastics ()
Archery ()
Athletics ()
BMX freestyle ()- Board games ()
Bowling ()
Boxing ()
Cue sports ()
Cycling ()
Dancesport ()- Dragon and lion dance ()
Esports ()
Finswimming ()
Futsal ()
Indoor hockey ()
Kabaddi ()
Kickboxing ()
Kurash ()
Muaythai ()
Pencak silat ()
Pétanque ()
Roller sports ()
Sepak takraw ()
Sport climbing ()
Short course swimming ()
Shuttlecock ()
Vovinam ()
Wushu ()
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Olympic Council of Asia newsreleaseArchived.
- ^ "1st AIG Bangkok 2005". OCA. Retrieved 12 November 2005.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2nd AIG Macau 2007". OCA. Retrieved 26 October 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "3rd AIG Hanoi 2009". OCA. Retrieved 30 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
