Asian Indoor Games

Asian Indoor Games
Abbreviation AIG
First event 12-19 November 2005 Bangkok, Thailand
Occur every 2 years
Last event 2009 Asian Indoor Games 30 October - 6 November 2009 Hanoi. Vietnam

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, fin swimming, and 25 metres short course swimming. The 2007 Asian Indoor Games in Macau also saw the first major test of FIBA 33, a formalized version of three-on-three basketball that saw its official worldwide debut at the 2010 Youth Olympics.[1] FIBA 33 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 2009 Asian Indoor Games would be the last edition of the games. The Asian Indoor Games and Asian Martial Arts Games will combine, becoming the quadrennial Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games. The inaugural event was held in Incheon, Korea in 2013.

Editions

The number of gold medal per delegation is indicated in brackets.

Year Games Host 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
2005
I
Thailand Bangkok China (24) Kazakhstan (23) Thailand (20)
2007
II
Macau Macau China (52) Thailand (19) Hong Kong (15)
2009
III
Vietnam Hanoi China (48) Vietnam (42) Kazakhstan (21)
2011
IV
Qatar Doha Cancelled

All-time medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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
29 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
36 North Korea (PRK)0022
38 Oman (OMA)0011
Total 486 488 594 1568

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. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  2. Olympic Council of Asia newsreleaseArchived.