West Asian Games Explained

West Asian Games
Abbreviation:	WAG
Formation:	1997 West Asian Games in Tehran, Iran
Recurrence:	4 years
Last:	2005 West Asian Games in Doha, Qatar
Leader Title:	Executive organizing committee

The West Asian Games (also known as the WAG) is a multi-sport event held among the athletes from West Asia.

The West Asian Games was first organised in Tehran, Iran and was considered as the first of its kind. The success of the Games led to the creation of the West Asian Games Federation (WAGF) and the intention of hosting the Games every four years. At present, the WAGF comprises 12 member countries, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.^[1]

The West Asian Games is one of the five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The others are the Central Asian Games, the East Asian Youth Games, the South Asian Games, and the Southeast Asian Games (or SEA Games).^[2]

The fourth edition of the West Asian Games was scheduled to take place in Iran in 2014,^[3] but was then postponed to 2016.^[4] It was eventually cancelled after Iran moved its athletics region from West Asia to Central Asia in September 2015.^[5]

List of West Asian Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation			Nations	Athletes	Sports	Events
I	1997	Tehran		19 November	28 November	10	850	11	134
II	2002	Kuwait City		3 April	12 April	12	970	9	70
III	2005	Doha		1 December	10 December	13	1,200	11	118

Sports

• Aquatics

Basketball

Year	Hosts	width=1% rowspan=5		Final Standing
width=15%	Winners	width=15%	Runners-up	width=15%	3rd Place	width=15%	4th Place
1997	Tehran			Fath Club
2002	Kuwait City
2005	Doha

Football

Year	Hosts	width=1% rowspan=5		Final Standing
width=15%	Winners	width=15%	Runners-up	width=15%	3rd Place	width=15%	4th Place
1997 Details	Tehran
2002 Details	Kuwait City
2005 Details	Doha

Handball

Year	Hosts	width=1% rowspan=4		Final Standing
width=15%	Winners	width=15%	Runners-up	width=15%	3rd Place	width=15%	4th Place
2002 Details	Kuwait City
2005 Details	Doha

Volleyball

Year	Hosts	width=1% rowspan=3		Final Standing
width=15%	Winners	width=15%	Runners-up	width=15%	3rd Place	width=15%	4th Place
2005	Doha

See also

• Events of the OCA (Continental)
  • Asian Games
  • Asian Winter Games
  • Asian Youth Games
  • Asian Beach Games
  • Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

• Events of the OCA (Subregional)
  • Central Asian Games
  • East Asian Games (now defunct)
  • East Asian Youth Games
  • South Asian Games
  • Southeast Asian Games

• Events of the APC (Continental)
  • Asian Para Games
  • Asian Winter Para Games
  • Asian Youth Para Games
  • Asian Youth Winter Para Games

• Events of the APC (Subregional)
  • ASEAN Para Games

External links

• West Asian Games Federation official website
• 2nd West Asian Games medalists
• 3rd West Asian Games Doha 2005

Notes and References

1. Web site: The West Asian Games . Topend Sports . 13 August 2015.
2. http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GamesL1.aspx?GPCode=4 Games page
3. Web site: West Asian Games in Iran postponed. Tehran Times. 16 February 2014. 22 March 2023. 8 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140308061922/http://tehrantimes.com/sports/114111-west-asian-games-in-iran-postponed. bot: unknown.
4. Web site: Iran to Host 2016 West Asian Games. Financial Tribune. 22 May 2015.
5. Web site: OCA agrees with Iran's changing region. IRNA English. 15 September 2015.