FESPIC Games

FESPIC Games
Motto	Overcoming Challenges, Inspiring Others
First event	1975
Occur every	Four years
Last event	2006 FESPIC Games in Kuala Lumpur
Purpose	Multi-sport event, Far East and South Pacific Games for persons with disability
Headquarters	Malaysia
APC President	Dato’ Zainal Abu Zarin
Website	FESPIC Federation

The FESPIC Games^[1] or the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled, was a multi-sports games in Asia and the South Pacific region.

The FESPIC Games, which started in 1975, was held nine times and bowed out a success^[2] in December 2006, at the conclusion of the 9th FESPIC Games^[3] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

For Asian countries, the FESPIC Games was replaced by the Asian Para Games starting with the inaugural 1st Asian Para Games in 2010 in Guangzhou, China after the 16th Asian Games. The Asian Para Games, the parallel event for athletes with physical disabilities, is a multi-sport event held every four years after every Asian Games. The FESPIC and Asian Games had adopted the strategy used by the Olympic and Paralympic Games of having both games in the same city.

Objectives

To promote general interest and welfare for the disabled in the region through participation in sports events and other activities
To deepen mutual understanding and friendship of the disabled
To promote rehabilitation for the disabled in the region through sports activities

History

The first FESPIC Games was held in Oita, Japan in 1975. There were limited opportunities for persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific to participate in sports at the time. The FESPIC Games was launched to address this issue and promote understanding toward disabled persons in each country, as well as improve their social welfare.

The number of participant countries increased during FESPIC history. Central Asian countries Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, as well as Armenia and Azerbaijan, first participated in the 7th FESPIC Games in 1999. The Middle Eastern countries were allowed to compete in the 9th FESPIC Games in 2006, along with Timor-Leste. Middle East countries were previously not allowed to compete in FESPIC Games from 1975 to 2002 because these countries were Africa/Middle Eastern members.

List of FESPIC Games

1975

1977

1982, 2003 (youth)

1986

1989

1994

1999

2002

2006

Host cities of the FESPIC Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors
I	1975	Oita	Japan	1 June	3 June	18	973
II	1977	Parramatta	Australia	20 November	26 November	16	430
III	1982	Sha Tin	Hong Kong	31 October	7 November	23	744
IV	1986	Surakarta	Indonesia	31 August	7 September	19	834
V	1989	Kobe	Japan	15 September	20 September	41	1,646
VI	1994	Beijing	China	4 September	10 September	42	2,081
VII	1999	Bangkok	Thailand	10 January	16 January	34	2,258
VIII	2002	Busan	South Korea	26 October	1 November	40	2,199
IX	2006	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	25 November	1 December	46	3,641

And one edition from Youth Games:

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors
I	2003	Kowloon-Sha Tin	Hong Kong	24 December	27 December	15	584

Wheelchair tennis, a Paralympic sport

The FESPIC Games later on became the springboard for athletes from Asia and the Pacific to dream big and to reach the Paralympic Games. Disabled sailing in Asia is one such sport. Teams from Australia,^[4] China, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore started in the 2006 FESPIC Games and consistently performed to sail in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, with Australian Rachel Cox and her helmsman winning the Silver^[5] in the 2-person Keelboat event.

"As participation in disabled sailing grows in that area of the world, the event is being considered as a developmental competition and will be sailed in the Access Liberty, of which 18 will be supplied at the event for competitors entering. ... As a development sport at the event, and as disabled sailing is still in a developing form in FESPIC countries, the competition will be open to any sailor who is able to be classified under the IFDS Functional Classification System.^[6]

The 9th FESPIC Games was the last and final edition of the series which took place in 2006. For Asian countries, the FESPIC Games was replaced by the Asian Para Games, starting with the inaugural 2010 Asian Para Games which was held in 2010 Guangzhou, China after the 16th Asian Games.

Sports

Athletics
Cycling
Football 7 A-Side
Powerlifting
Judo
Chess

Target Sports

Archery
Fencing
Target Shooting

Water Sports

Sailing
Swimming

Ball Sports

Badminton
Boccia
Ten-Pin Bowling
Goalball
Lawnbowls
Sitting Volleyball
Table tennis
Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair Tennis

1999 FESPIC Games

Medal Table

Key

* Host nation (Thailand)

1999 FESPIC Games medal table
Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	205	90	45	340
2	Thailand (THA)*	65	73	82	220
3	Australia (AUS)	34	37	23	94
4	South Korea (KOR)	31	26	24	81
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	29	18	18	65
6	Japan (JPN)	27	30	26	83
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	16	17	19	52
8	New Caledonia (NCL)	14	8	2	24
9	Macau (MAC)	8	7	4	19
10	Myanmar (MYA)	6	14	18	38
11	India (IND)	6	7	7	20
12	Sri Lanka (SRI)	3	3	4	10
13	Tonga (TGA)	3	1	1	5
14	Vietnam (VIE)	2	2	5	9
15	Fiji (FIJ)	2	1	7	10
16	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	2	1	5	8
17	Indonesia (INA)	2	0	1	3
18	Malaysia (MAS)	1	10	9	20
19	Singapore (SIN)	1	4	1	6
20	New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	3	6
21	Philippines (PHI)	1	2	1	4
22	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	1	2	4
22	Bhutan (BHU)	1	1	2	4
24	Mongolia (MGL)	1	1	0	2
25	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	3	4
26	Nauru (NRU)	1	0	1	2
27	Cambodia (CAM)	0	3	1	4
28	Pakistan (PAK)	0	2	0	2
29	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	1	0	1
Total (29 NPCs)		464	362	314	1140

2002 FESPIC Games

Medal Table

Key

* Host nation (South Korea)

2002 FESPIC Games medal table
Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	191	90	50	331
2	South Korea (KOR)*	62	68	60	190
3	Thailand (THA)	43	48	37	128
4	Japan (JPN)	33	25	25	83
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	27	15	16	58
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	17	25	21	63
7	Australia (AUS)	17	17	10	44
8	New Caledonia (NCL)	7	1	2	10
9	Sri Lanka (SRI)	5	8	12	25
10	Myanmar (MYA)	4	13	4	21
11	India (IND)	3	9	10	22
12	Singapore (SIN)	3	2	4	9
13	Indonesia (INA)	3	2	3	8
14	Cambodia (CAM)	3	2	1	6
15	Vietnam (VIE)	3	1	2	6
16	Pakistan (PAK)	3	0	1	4
17	Malaysia (MAS)	2	28	37	67
18	Brunei (BRU)	2	3	2	7
19	Wallis and Futuna (WLF)	2	2	2	6
20	Mongolia (MGL)	2	0	0	2
21	Macau (MAC)	1	1	3	5
22	Fiji (FIJ)	0	5	2	7
23	New Zealand (NZL)	0	4	2	6
24	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	2	4
24	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	2	4
26	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	1	1	2
27	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	1	0	1
28	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	0	2	2
29	Laos (LAO)	0	0	1	1
Total (29 NPCs)		433	375	314	1122

References

↑ What is FESPIC Games?
↑ Closure of FESPIC Federation Archived June 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ 9th Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC) Games
↑ Lara Watts, Thursday, 30 November 2006 (2006-11-30). "Silver and two bronze for Australian sailors at FESPIC Games". Yachting.org.au. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
↑ Schedules and Results – Sailing, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
↑ "Sailing To Be Included In FESPIC Games". Sailing.org. 2004-05-28. Retrieved 2011-12-09.

External links

Events of the Asian Paralympic Committee
Continental	Asian Para Games Asian Youth Para Games
Regional	ASEAN Para Games
Defunct	FESPIC Games¹ FESPIC Youth Games¹
¹ Inter-continental event involving Asia and Oceania.

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Americas

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Asia

Europe

Netherlands
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- youth¹

Historical¹
Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)	Tailteann Games (ancient) Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics
Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Nordic Games Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games

Winter games
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Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe

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FESPIC Games
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