Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games explained

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Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Abbreviation:AIMAG
Formation:2005 Asian Indoor Games in Bangkok, Thailand
Recurrence:four years
Last:2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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.

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 Thailand between 21 and 30 November 2024.

History

The 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

All 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.

Others

List of Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

EditionYearHost NationOpened byNationsCompetitorsSportsEventsTop Placed Team
Asian Indoor Games
I2005Bangkok ThailandCrown Prince Vajiralongkorn452,3439120[3]
II2007MacauChief Executive Edmund Ho442,47617171[4]
III2009HanoiPresident Nguyễn Minh Triết432,39615242[5]
Asian Martial Arts Games
I2009Bangkok ThailandCrown Prince Vajiralongkorn1 August9 August408109109[6]
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
IV2013IncheonPrime Minister Chung Hong-won29 June6 July431,65212100[7]
V2017Ashgabat TurkmenistanPresident Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow634,01221341[8]
VI2021BangkokChonburi Thailandalign=leftCancelled32[9]
VII2025Riyadh Saudi Arabia20262026[10]

Sports

See main article: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games sports.

Sport Discipline Type Years
Drone racing Indoor 2021
Short course swimming all
Indoor archery 2009 only
Indoor athletics 2005–2009, since 2017
2021 only
3x3 basketball 2007, 2009, 2017
since 2007
Martial arts 2009 only
Indoor 2021 only
since 2007
Billiards since 2007
Carom since 2007
Pool since 2007
Russian pyramid 2017 only
Snooker since 2007
Artistic cycling 2005–2007
BMX freestyle 2005–2007
BMX cycling 2021 only
Cycle ball 2005–2007
Track cycling 2017 only
Latin all
Salsa 2017 only
Standard all
2007–2009
Jumping Others 2017 only
Indoor 2007–2013, 2017, 2021
Indoor 2007–2009
Indoor 2021 only
Futsal Indoor all
Indoor 2013 only
Aerobic gymnastics Indoor 2005–2009
Indoor hockey Indoor 2007, 2021
Aggressive inline skating Indoor 2005–2007
Martial arts AMAG only
Duo 2009, since 2017, AMAG
Fighting 2009, since 2017, AMAG
Ne waza since 2017
Indoor 2007–2013
Kumite Martial arts 2021, AMAG
Sport Discipline Type Years
Full contact Martial arts 2007, since 2013, AMAG
Kick light 2017 only
Low kick 2007, since 2009, AMAG
Point fighting 2007, since 2009
Martial arts 2007, since 2009, AMAG
Northern lion Indoor 2007–2009
Southern lion 2007–2009
Martial arts all, AMAG
Indoor 2021 only
Seni Martial arts 2021, AMAG
Tanding 2009, 2021, AMAG
Indoor 2009 only
TBA Indoor 2021 only
Indoor rowing Indoor 2021 only
Combat Martial arts since 2017
Sport since 2017
Hoop takraw Indoor 2005–2009
Sepak takraw 2021 only
Indoor 2009 only
Indoor 2005–2007
Indoor 2005–2007, 2021
Kyorugi Martial arts since 2017, AMAG
Poomsae since 2017
Indoor 2017 only
Indoor 2021
Indoor 2021 only
Fighting Martial arts 2009 only
Performance 2009 only
Indoor 2017 only
Alysh belt wrestling Martial arts 2017 only
Belt wrestling 2009, 2017 only
Freestyle wrestling since 2017
Greco-Roman wrestling since 2017
Kazakh kuresi 2017 only
Pahlavani wrestling 2017 only
Turkmen goresh 2017 only
Duilian Martial arts 2009, AMAG
Sanda 2009, AMAG
Indoor 2007–2009

See also

Notes and References

  1. PR N°13 - Youth Olympic Games: It's Singapore… and it's FIBA 33! . https://web.archive.org/web/20081030013854/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/23545/presReleArti.html . dead . October 30, 2008 . . 2008-02-21 . 2010-08-13.
  2. http://www.ocasia.org/new228.asp Olympic Council of Asia newsrelease
  3. Web site: 1st AIG Bangkok 2005. OCA. 12 November 2005.
  4. Web site: 2nd AIG Macau 2007. OCA. 26 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613092236/http://ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=2. 13 June 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: 3rd AIG Hanoi 2009. OCA. 30 October 2009.
  6. Web site: 1st AMAG Bangkok 2009. OCA. 1 August 2009.
  7. Web site: 4th AIMAG Incheon 2013. OCA. 29 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20111208112853/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=5. 8 December 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: 5th AIMAG Ashgabat 2017. OCA. 17 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20120224034954/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GameParticular.aspx?GPCode=6. 24 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Political situation in Thailand forces another postponement for 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. Inside the Games. 8 July 2023. en.
  10. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: 40th GENERAL ASSEMBLY - UAE - 21st November 2021 . YouTube.