2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

The 4th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games took place from June 29 to July 6 in Incheon, South Korea instead.

History

The ongoing Korean crisis had no impact on the event. Originally, however, was planned in Qatar as a venue after the country canceled the last edition of the Asian Indoor Games in 2011 Doha. The OCA (Olympic Council of Asia ) then nominated Incheon as a substitute. The event was considered as a test event for the Asian Games 2014.

For the first time the Asian Indoor Games and the Asian Martial Arts Games were summarized in an event. Previous appointments were:

• 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand
• 2007 in Macau, China
• 2009 in Hanoi, Vietnam
• 2011 canceled

• 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand

Venues

Overall, there were nine venues in Korea:

• Incheon: Samsan World Gym - opening and closing ceremony. Dance and e-sports;
• Anyang: Hogye High School - Bowling;
• Songdo Global University Campus - Futsal;
• Dongbu Student Gymnasium - Futsal;
• Sangnoksu: Gymnasium - Indoor Kabaddi and Kurash (wrestling );
• Dowon: Aquatics Center - Swimming Short Course (25m );
• Songdo: Convensia - billiards;
• Yonsei: International Campus - Chess and Baduk (Go)
• Dowon: Gymnasium - Kickboxing and Muay Thai

Competitions

A total of 100 medals were awarded in 12 sports.

• Bowling
• Check
• Billiards
• Dancesport

• E-Sport
• Futsal
• Go
• Kabaddi

• Kickboxing
• Kurash
• Muay |
• Swimming

Participating nations

All 45 member states of the OCA (Olympic Council of Asia ) were invited to participate in these games, 43 countries took part in this edition of the Games. North Korea and Timor -Leste refrained from sending their athletes to these games. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of athletes in each country.

• Afghanistan Afghanistan ( 21)
• Brunei Brunei (16 )
• Bangladesh Bangladesh ( 5)
• Bhutan Bhutan ( 12)
• Brunei Brunei ( 3)
• Cambodia Cambodia ( 2)
• People's Republic of China People's Republic of China ( 102)
• Hong Kong Hong Kong (67 )
• Independent Olympia Olympian (56 )
• India India (76 )
• Iran Iran ( 82)
• Iraq Iraq ( 28)
• Japan Japan (83 )
• Jordan Jordan (9 )
• Kazakhstan (51 )

• Kuwait Kuwait ( 40)
• Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (23 )
• Laos Laos ( 4)
• Lebanon Lebanon ( 24)
• Macau Macau ( 53)
• Malaysia Malaysia ( 63)
• Maldives Maldives ( 12)
• Mongolia Mongolia ( 60)
• Myanmar Myanmar ( 6)
• Nepal Nepal ( 7)
• Oman Oman ( 11)
• Pakistan Pakistan ( 14)
• Palestine National Authority Palestinian Territories (20 )
• Philippines Philippines (40 )

• Qatar Qatar (35 )
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia ( 21)
• Singapore (29 )
• Flag of South Korea South Korea (121 ) ( host nation )
• Sri Lanka Sri Lanka ( 6)
• Syria Syria ( 17)
• Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (76 )
• Tajikistan Tajikistan ( 24)
• Thailand Thailand ( 116)
• Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( 50)
• United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates ( 33)
• Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (52 )
• Vietnam (99 )
• Yemen Yemen ( 8)

Calendar of events

Medal Tally

Host

Next Event

• 2017 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan