| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) | |
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| Asian Indoor Games
Asian Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games |
| Abbreviation | AIMAG |
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| First event | 2005 Asian Indoor GamesinBangkok, Thailand |
| Occur every | four years |
| Last event | 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesinAshgabat, 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.
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.
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.
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
Australia
Cook Islands
Fiji
Tahiti
Guam
Kiribati
Federated States of Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Refugee Team
| 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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| III | 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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| VI | 2021 | Bangkok–Chonburi | Thailand
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King Vajiralongkorn (expected) | 21 November 2024 | 30 November 2024 | 63 | 29 | [9] | |||
| VII | 2025 | Riyadh |  Saudi Arabia
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2026 | 2026 | [10] | ||||||
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| 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) | 1041 | 1044 | 1515 | 3600 | |
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