Asian Indoor Games

Introduction

The Asian Indoor Games is a multi-sport event held every two years among athletes representing countries from Asia . The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia .

This Games will be composed of sports with TV broadcasting potential and not included in the Asian Games and Winter Asian Games Programs and are not Olympic sports. The sports program will consist of six to eight exciting sports with strong television appeal, including electronic sports , extreme sports, aerobics, acrobatics, indoor athletics, dance sports, futsal, inline hockey, fin swimming, and 25 metres short course swimming.


History

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) raised the idea of Asian Indoor Games in 2001 with the aims to further promote the noble ideals of the Olympic Movement among the Asian people and arouse their interests in sports that are good to their moral and physical qualities. The idea received a consensus on October 3, 2002 at the 21st OCA General Assembly Meeting in Busan. This brand new sport meet has a diversified sport program featuring the events that are neither included in the Olympic Games nor in the Asian Games, but have strong TV broadcasting potential and popularity. The amateur multisport meet not only stimulates the development of the sport circle in Asia, but enhances the involvement of the youth in the region in sport activities.
 

Member Countries
 

S.No.

Code

Name/IOC designation

1

AFG

 Afghanistan

2

BAN

 Bangladesh

3

BHU

 Bhutan

4

BRN

 Bahrain

5

BRU

 Brunei (IOC designation: Brunei Darussalam)

6

CAM

 Cambodia

7

CHN

 China (IOC designation: People's Republic of China)

8

HKG

 Hong Kong, China

9

IND

 India

10

INA

 Indonesia

11

IRI

 Iran (IOC designation: Islamic Republic of Iran)

12

IRQ

 Iraq

13

JOR

 Jordan

14

JPN

 Japan

15

KAZ

 Kazakhstan

16

KGZ

 Kyrgyzstan

17

KOR

 Republic of Korea (IOC designation: Korea)

18

KSA

 Saudi Arabia

19

KUW

 Kuwait

20

LAO

 Laos (IOC designation: Lao People's Democratic Republic)

21

LIB

 Lebanon

22

MAC

 Macau, People's Republic of China

23

MAS

 Malaysia

24

MDV

 Maldives

25

MGL

 Mongolia

26

MYA

 Myanmar

27

NEP

 Nepal

28

OMA

 Oman

29

PAK

 Pakistan

30

PHI

 Philippines

31

PLE

 Palestine (IOC designation:  Palestine)

32

PRK

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

33

QAT

 Qatar

34

SIN

 Singapore

35

SRI

 Sri Lanka

36

SYR

 Syria (IOC designation: Syrian Arab Republic)

37

THA

 Thailand

38

TJK

 Tajikistan

39

TKM

 Turkmenistan

40

TLS

 Timor-Leste

41

TPE

Chinese Taipei, also known as Republic of China (Taiwan), (IOC Designation: Chinese Taipei)

42

UAE

 United Arab Emirates

43

UZB

 Uzbekistan

44

VIE

 Vietnam (IOC designation: Viet Nam)

45

YEM

 Yemen


List of Asian Indoor Games
 

   Year

Game

Venue

Country

2005

I

Bangkok

Thailand

2007

 II

Macau

China

2017

 V

Ashgabat

Turkmenistan