FESPIC Games

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The name FESPIC comes from Far East and South Pacific Games to Disability

The first FESPIC Games was held in Oita, Japan in 1975. @n those days, there was only a limited opportunity for persons with disability in Asia and the Pacific to participate in sports. The FESPIC Games was launched to realize such an opportunity as could be participated easily from Asia and the South Pacific, and could promote the understanding toward disabled persons in each country and improvement of the social welfare.

The FESPIC Games was held for nine times to 2006, as the biggest multi-sports games in Asia and South Pacific region. In addition to the Games, various FESPIC sports competitions, seminars and workshops have been held in the region, which also contributed to the development of sports for the persons with disabilities in the region. During such period, the FESPIC Federation grew up to have 60 countries and territories as its members .On,May 2004 FESPIC and the APC now calling are merged on the 2006 Games and decided this :

-The 2006 Kuala Lumpur FESPIC Games will be the last FESPIC Games

-The 2010 Games will be the 10th Regional Games for disabled athletes in Guangzhou,China

Contents 1 FESPIC Members 1.1 West Asian 1.2 Central and South Asian 2 FESPIC Games 3 Asian Paralympic Games 4 Other Links

[edit] FESPIC Members

[edit] West Asian

•  Bahrain
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Jordan
•  Kuwait
•  Lebanon
•  Oman
•  Palestine
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Syria
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Yemen

[edit] Central and South Asian

•  Azerbaijan
•  Afghanistan
•  Bangladesh
•  Bhutan
•  India
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Maldives
•  Nepal
•  Pakistan
•  Sri Lanka
•  Tajikistan
•  Turkmenistan
•  Uzbekistan

[edit] FESPIC Games

	Games		Host Cities	Country	Countries	Athletes
	Edition	Dates
1	1975	1 July～3 July	Oita and Beppu	Japan	18	約500
2	1977	November 20～November 26	Parramatta	Australia	16	430
3	1982	October 30～November 7	Sha Tin	Hong Kong	23	744
4	1986	August 30～September 7	Surakarta	Indonesia	19	834
5	1989	September 15～Sept 20	Kobe	Japan	41	1646
6	1994	September 4～September 10	Beijing	China	42	2081
7	1999	January 10～January 16	Bangkok	Thailand	34	2258
8	2002	October 26～November 1	Busan	South Korea	40	2199
9	2006	November 25～December 1	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	33	4635

[edit] Asian Paralympic Games

[edit] Other Links

• [1] Asian Games
• The FESPIC Federation
• KL'06 FESPIC Games