Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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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Asian Indoor Games 2005 2007 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games 2009 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2013 2017 2021 2025

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Abbreviation	AIMAG
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 2026.

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.

Asia

See also: Olympic Council of Asia

•  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

See also: Oceania National Olympic Committees

•  American Samoa
•  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

Others

•  Independent Olympic Athletes
•  Refugee Team

List of Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

2005, 2009, 2024

2024

2007

2009

2013

2017

2025

Host cities of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Opened by	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team	Ref.
Asian Indoor Games
I	2005	Bangkok	Thailand	Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn	12 November	19 November	45	2,343	9	120	China (CHN)	[3]
II	2007	Macau	Macau	Chief Executive Edmund Ho	26 October	3 November	44	2,476	17	171	China (CHN)	[4]
III	2009	Hanoi	Vietnam	President Nguyễn Minh Triết	30 October	8 November	43	2,396	15	242	China (CHN)	[5]
Asian Martial Arts Games
I	2009	Bangkok	Thailand	Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn	1 August	9 August	40	810	9	109	Thailand (THA)	[6]
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
IV	2013	Incheon	South Korea	Prime Minister Chung Hong-won	29 June	6 July	43	1,652	12	100	China (CHN)	[7]
V	2017	Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow	17 September	27 September	63	4,012	21	341	Turkmenistan (TKM)	[8]
VI	2021	Bangkok–Chonburi	Thailand	Cancelled								[9]
VII	2025	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia		2026	2026						[10]

Sports

Main article: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games sports

Sport Discipline Type Years Air sports Drone racing Indoor 2021 Aquatics Short course swimming all Archery Indoor archery 2009 only Athletics Indoor athletics 2005–2009, since 2017 Badminton 2021 only Basketball 3x3 basketball 2007, 2009, 2017 Bowling since 2007 Boxing Martial arts 2009 only Cheerleading Indoor 2021 only Chess since 2007 Cue sports Billiards since 2007 Carom since 2007 Pool since 2007 Russian pyramid 2017 only Snooker since 2007 Cycling Artistic cycling 2005–2007 BMX freestyle 2005–2007 BMX cycling 2021 only Cycle ball 2005–2007 Track cycling 2017 only Dancesport Latin all Salsa 2017 only Standard all Dragon dance 2007–2009 Equestrian Jumping Others 2017 only Esports Indoor 2007–2013, 2017, 2021 Finswimming Indoor 2007–2009 Floorball Indoor 2021 only Football Futsal Indoor all Go Indoor 2013 only Gymnastics Aerobic gymnastics Indoor 2005–2009 Hockey Indoor hockey Indoor 2007, 2021 Inline skating Aggressive inline skating Indoor 2005–2007 Judo Martial arts AMAG only Ju-jitsu Duo 2009, since 2017, AMAG Fighting 2009, since 2017, AMAG Ne waza since 2017 Kabaddi Indoor 2007–2013 Karate Kumite Martial arts 2021, AMAG

Sport Discipline Type Years Kickboxing Full contact Martial arts 2007, since 2013, AMAG Kick light 2017 only Low kick 2007, since 2009, AMAG Point fighting 2007, since 2009 Kurash Martial arts 2007, since 2009, AMAG Lion dance Northern lion Indoor 2007–2009 Southern lion 2007–2009 Muaythai Martial arts all, AMAG Netball Indoor 2021 only Pencak silat Seni Martial arts 2021, AMAG Tanding 2009, 2021, AMAG Pétanque Indoor 2009 only Roller skating TBA Indoor 2021 only Rowing Indoor rowing Indoor 2021 only Sambo Combat Martial arts since 2017 Sport since 2017 Sepak takraw Hoop takraw Indoor 2005–2009 Sepak takraw 2021 only Shuttlecock Indoor 2009 only Skateboarding Indoor 2005–2007 Sport climbing Indoor 2005–2007, 2021 Taekwondo Kyorugi Martial arts since 2017, AMAG Poomsae since 2017 Tennis Indoor 2017 only Teqball Indoor 2021 Volleyball Indoor 2021 only Vovinam Fighting Martial arts 2009 only Performance 2009 only Weightlifting Indoor 2017 only Wrestling 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 Wushu Duilian Martial arts 2009, AMAG Sanda 2009, AMAG Xiangqi Indoor 2007–2009

All-time medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

• Asian Games
• Asian Winter Games
• Asian Beach Games
• Asian Youth Games

References

1. "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.
2. Olympic Council of Asia newsreleaseArchived.
3. "1st AIG Bangkok 2005". OCA. Retrieved 12 November 2005.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "2nd AIG Macau 2007". OCA. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
5. "3rd AIG Hanoi 2009". OCA. Retrieved 30 October 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "1st AMAG Bangkok 2009". OCA. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
7. "4th AIMAG Incheon 2013". OCA. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
8. "5th AIMAG Ashgabat 2017". OCA. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
9. "Political situation in Thailand forces another postponement for 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
10. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "40th GENERAL ASSEMBLY - UAE - 21st November 2021". YouTube.

External links

• Official website