The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. It is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and consists of Indoor and martial arts events with TV broadcasting potential, some of which were not contested at the Asian Games and Asian Winter Games Programs and are not Olympic sports.
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) | |
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| Games | |
| Asian Indoor Games
Asian Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games |
| Abbreviation | AIMAG |
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| First event | 2005 Asian Indoor Games in Bangkok, Thailand |
| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
The event is a merger of two formerly separate OCA-sanctioned events – Asian Indoor Games (abbreviated as AIG) and Asian Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AMAG), first held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2005 and 2009 respectively. Both events merged to form the present-day event in 2013, with the subsequent editions inheriting the edition numeral of the former. These Games are described as the second largest Asian multi-sport event after the Asian Games.
In its history, five nations have hosted the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and sixty-three nations from Asia and Oceania and two teams have participated in the event. The last Games were held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 17–27 September 2017, while the next edition are scheduled to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sometime in 2025.
History
editThe Asian Indoor Games consisted of indoor sports with TV broadcasting potential, several 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, finswimming, and 25 metres short course swimming. The 2007 Asian Indoor Games in Macau also saw the first major test of FIBA 3x3, a formalized version of three-on-three basketball that saw its official worldwide debut at the 2010 Youth Olympics.[1] FIBA 3x3 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 the 2009 Asian Indoor Games would be the last edition of the games. The Asian Indoor Games and the Asian Martial Arts Games would then combine, becoming the quadrennial Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The inaugural event was held in Incheon, South Korea in 2013.
Participating nations
editAll 45 countries whose National Olympic Committees are recognized by the Olympic Council of Asia and 18 countries whose National Olympic Committees are recognized by the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
Asia
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Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
North Korea
South Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Chinese Taipei
Tajikistan
Thailand
East Timor
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Oceania
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Others
editList of Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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| Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Opened by | Start Date | End Date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top Placed Team | Ref. |
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| I | 2005 | Bangkok |  Thailand
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Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn | 12 November | 19 November | 45 | 2,343 | 9 | 120 |  China (CHN)
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| II | 2007 | Macau |  Macau
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Chief Executive Edmund Ho | 26 October | 3 November | 44 | 2,476 | 17 | 171 | China (CHN)
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| III | 2009 | Hanoi |  Vietnam
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President Nguyễn Minh Triết | 30 October | 8 November | 43 | 2,396 | 15 | 242 | China (CHN)
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| Asian Martial Arts Games | ||||||||||||
| I | 2009 | Bangkok | Thailand
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Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn | 1 August | 9 August | 40 | 810 | 9 | 109 |  Thailand (THA)
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| IV | 2013 | Incheon |  South Korea
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Prime Minister Chung Hong-won | 29 June | 6 July | 43 | 1,652 | 12 | 100 | China (CHN)
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| V | 2017 | Ashgabat |  Turkmenistan
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President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow | 17 September | 27 September | 63 | 4,012 | 21 | 341 |  Turkmenistan (TKM)
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| 2021 | Bangkok–Chonburi | Thailand
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Cancelled | [9] | ||||||||
| VII | 2025 | Riyadh |  Saudi Arabia
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2026 | 2026 | [10] | ||||||
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All-time medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China (CHN) | 204 | 119 | 96 | 419 |
| 2 | Thailand (THA) | 108 | 106 | 145 | 359 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 103 | 92 | 110 | 305 |
| 4 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 92 | 75 | 89 | 256 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 77 | 79 | 76 | 232 |
| 6 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 72 | 62 | 86 | 220 |
| 7 |  Iran (IRI) | 63 | 53 | 85 | 201 |
| 8 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 46 | 44 | 60 | 150 |
| 9 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 44 | 60 | 110 | 214 |
| 10 |  India (IND) | 34 | 40 | 85 | 159 |
| 11 |  Japan (JPN) | 33 | 29 | 47 | 109 |
| 12 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 28 | 29 | 59 | 116 |
| 13 |  Indonesia (INA) | 16 | 16 | 42 | 74 |
| 14 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 14 | 23 | 42 | 79 |
| 15 |  Qatar (QAT) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 35 |
| 16 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |
| 17 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 10 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 18 |  Philippines (PHI) | 8 | 26 | 35 | 69 |
| 19 |  Macau (MAC) | 8 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 20 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 7 | 17 | 29 | 53 |
| 21 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 7 | 11 | 22 | 40 |
| 22 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 6 | 13 | 19 | 38 |
| 23 |  Jordan (JOR) | 5 | 11 | 32 | 48 |
| 24 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 5 | 7 | 21 | 33 |
| 25 |  Laos (LAO) | 4 | 18 | 29 | 51 |
| 26 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 4 | 17 | 35 | 56 |
| 27 |  Singapore (SGP) | 4 | 17 | 19 | 40 |
| 28 |  Bahrain (BRN) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 29 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 3 | 5 | 23 | 31 |
| 30 |  Syria (SYR) | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 31 |  Independent Olympic Athletes (AOI) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 32 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| 33 |  Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 34 |  Cambodia (CAM) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 35 |  Lebanon (LBN) | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 36 |  Fiji (FIJ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 |  Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 38 |  Marshall Islands (MHL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 42 |  Bhutan (BHU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Oman (OMA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Samoa (SAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (46 entries) | 1,041 | 1,044 | 1,515 | 3,600 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PR N°13 - Youth Olympic Games: It's Singapore… and it's FIBA 33!" (Press release). International Basketball Federation. 2008-02-21. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ Olympic Council of Asia newsreleaseArchived.
- ^ "1st AIG Bangkok 2005". OCA. Retrieved 12 November 2005.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2nd AIG Macau 2007". OCA. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ "3rd AIG Hanoi 2009". OCA. Retrieved 30 October 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1st AMAG Bangkok 2009". OCA. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ "4th AIMAG Incheon 2013". OCA. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ "5th AIMAG Ashgabat 2017". OCA. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Political situation in Thailand forces another postponement for 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "40th GENERAL ASSEMBLY - UAE - 21st November 2021". YouTube.