Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games
ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي

First event	2005  Saudi Arabia
Occur every	Four years
Purpose	Multi-sport event for member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Organization	ISSF

The Islamic Solidarity Games (Arabic: ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي‎‎) is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. The Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (ISSF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games.^[1]

History

The first event was held in 2005 in Saudi Arabia and there are currently 57 members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.^[2] Non-Muslim citizens in the member countries are also allowed to take part in the Games.

A second event, originally scheduled to take place in October 2009 in Iran, and later rescheduled for April 2010, was canceled after a dispute arose between Iran and the Arab World over the use of the term Persian Gulf in logos for the Games, as some countries in the Arab world use the term "Arabian Gulf" to refer to the Persian Gulf. Dispute over the name has been a recurring source of disharmony between Arab states and Iran.^[3] The latest edition took place in Baku, on 12–22 May 2017.^[4][5]

Editions

Mecca 2005

Tehran 2010

Palembang 2013

Baku 2017

Istanbul 2021

Islamic Solidarity Games Host

Year	Games	Host Country	Host City	Dates	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Country
2005	I	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	8–20 April	55	6000	15	108	Saudi Arabia
2010	II	Iran	Tehran	Cancelled
2013	III	Indonesia	Palembang	22 September – 1 October	44	1769	13	183	Indonesia
2017	IV	Azerbaijan	Baku	12–22 May	54		21		Azerbaijan
2021	V	Turkey	Istanbul	TBD	Future event

Sports

25 sports have been presented in the Islamic Solidarity Games.

Sport Years Archery () 2013 Athletics () Since 2005 Badminton () 2013 Basketball () Since 2005 Boxing () 2017 Diving () Since 2005 Equestrian () 2005-2013 Fencing () 2005-2013

Sport Years Football () Since 2005 Gymnastics () 2017 Handball () Since 2005 Judo () 2017 Karate () Since 2005 Rhythmic gymnastics () 2017 Shooting () 2017 Swimming () Since 2005

Sport Years Table tennis () Since 2005 Taekwondo () Since 2005 Tennis () Since 2005 Volleyball () Since 2005 Water polo () Since 2005 Weightlifting () Since 2005 Wrestling () 2017 Wushu () Since 2013 Zurkhaneh 2017

Medal count

As 2017

Rank	NOC's	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	95	100	110	305
2	Azerbaijan	85	63	53	201
3	Iran	79	52	56	187
4	Egypt	46	51	49	146
5	Indonesia	43	64	59	166
6	Saudi Arabia	35	21	31	87
7	Malaysia	31	22	37	90
8	Morocco	25	26	33	84
9	Algeria	15	28	42	85
10	Uzbekistan	15	17	31	63
11	Kazakhstan	15	13	18	46
12	Bahrain	14	6	8	28
13	Iraq	13	17	13	43
14	Syria	7	5	14	26
15	Kyrgyzstan	6	7	12	25
16	Jordan	6	2	16	24
17	Qatar	4	5	9	18
18	Tunisia	4	3	23	30
19	Oman	3	6	9	18
20	Turkmenistan	3	5	15	23
21	Pakistan	3	3	9	16
22	Kuwait	2	8	8	18
23	Nigeria	2	3	1	6
24	Senegal	1	3	10	14
25	Cameroon	1	3	7	11
26	Sudan	1	3	2	6
27	Bangladesh	1	2	2	5
28	Tajikistan	1	1	4	6
29	Gambia	1	1	0	2
30	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	1	2
31	Mozambique	1	0	1	2
32	United Arab Emirates	0	4	9	13
33	Guyana	0	3	3	6
34	Yemen	0	1	6	7
35	Libya	0	1	3	4
36	Suriname	0	1	2	3
37	Burkina Faso	0	1	1	2
38	Djibouti	0	1	1	2
39	Uganda	0	1	1	2
40	Brunei	0	1	0	1
41	Palestine	0	1	0	1
42	Afghanistan	0	0	7	7
43	Ivory Coast	0	0	5	5
44	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
45	Sierra Leone	0	0	1	1
Total		559	557	725	1842

See also

• Women's Islamic Games

References

External links

• Official Website of Baku 2017