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 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 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. 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".Olympic Council of Asia newsreleaseArchived. 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
Oceania
Others
List of Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
EditionYearHost nationOpened byNationsCompetitorsSportsEventsTop Placed TeamAsian Indoor GamesI2005BangkokCrown Prince Vajiralongkorn 452,3439120II2007MacauChief Executive Edmund Ho 442,47617171III2009HanoiPresident Nguyễn Minh Triết 422,39624215—2011 Originally awarded to Doha, eventually cancelled by the Olympic Council of AsiaAsian Martial Arts GamesI2009Bangkok Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn 1 August 9 August408109109Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesIV2013Incheon Prime Minister Chung Hong-won 29 June 6 July431,65212100V2017Ashgabat President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow 634,01221341-2021 Originally awarded to Bangkok and Chonburi, eventually cancelled by the Olympic Council of AsiaVI2026Riyadh 13 December 21 December18122Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: VII2030Ulaanbaatar
Sports
Sport Discipline Type YearsAquatics Short course swimming Indoor 2005–2017Archery Indoor archery 2009 onlyAthletics Indoor athletics 2005–2009, 2017Basketball 3x3 basketball 2007, 2009, since 2017 Bowling 2007–2017Boxing Martial arts 2009, 2026Chess Indoor since 2007Cue sports Billiards since 2007 Carom since 2007 Pool since 2007 Russian pyramid 2017Snooker since 2007 Cycling Artistic cycling 2005–2007BMX freestyle 2005–2007Cycle ball 2005–2007Track cycling 2017Dancesport Latin 2005–2017Salsa 2017Standard 2005–2017Dragon dance 2007–2009Equestrian Jumping Others 2017Esports Indoor 2007–2013, 2017, 2026Finswimming 2007–2009Football Futsal allGo 2013Gymnastics Aerobic gymnastics 2005–2009Handball 2026Hockey Indoor hockey 2007Inline skating Aggressive inline skating 2005–2007Judo Martial arts 2009 AMAG, 2026Ju-jitsu Duo 2009, since 2017, AMAGFighting 2009, since 2017, AMAGNe waza since 2017Kabaddi Indoor 2007–2013
Sport Discipline Type YearsKarate Kumite Martial arts 2009 AMAG, 2026Kickboxing Full contact 2007, 2013–2017, AMAGKick light 2017 Low kick 2007, 2009–2017, AMAGPoint fighting 2007, 2009–2017Kurash 2007, 2009–2017, AMAGLion dance Northern lion Indoor 2007–2009Southern lion 2007–2009Mixed martial arts Martial arts 2026Muaythai all, AMAGPadel Indoor 2026Pétanque 2009Sambo Combat Martial arts 2017Sport 2017Sepak takraw Hoop takraw Indoor 2005–2009Shuttlecock 2009Skateboarding 2005–2007Sport climbing 2005–2007Taekwondo Kyorugi Martial arts since 2017, AMAGPoomsae since 2017Tennis Indoor 2017Teqball 2026Vovinam Fighting Martial arts 2009 Performance 2009Weightlifting Indoor since 2017Wrestling Alysh belt wrestling Martial arts 2017Belt wrestling 2009, 2017Freestyle wrestling since 2017Greco-Roman wrestling since 2017Kazakh kuresi 2017Pahlavani wrestling 2017Turkmen goresh 2017Wushu Duilian 2009, AMAGSanda 2009, AMAGXiangqi Indoor 2007–2009
All-time medal table
See also Asian Games Asian Winter Games Asian Beach Games Asian Youth Games
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