2009 Asian Indoor Games

III Asian Indoor Games

Host city	Hanoi, Vietnam
Motto	"For A Rising Asia" (Vietnamese: Vì một châu Á phát triển)
Nations	42
Athletes	2,456
Events	215 in 24 sports
Opening	30 October
Closing	8 November
Opened by	Nguyễn Minh Triết President of Vietnam
Torch lighter	Bùi Thị Nhung
Main venue	Mỹ Đình National Stadium

The 2009 Asian Indoor Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á lần thứ 3) and also known as Vietnam 2009, were a pancontinential indoor multi-sport event held in Vietnam from 30 October till 8 November 2009. This was the last edition of the event to be held under the "Asian Indoor Games" name before it was merged with another Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) event – Asian Martial Arts Games to form the larger Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Mascot

The mascot of the 2009 event is the Ho chicken (Gà Hồ), a rare and distinctly Vietnamese breed of chicken. In Vietnamese culture, the chicken (particularly the rooster) have the five qualities of a man of honour: literacy, martial arts, physical strength, humanity and loyalty. The symbolism in the context of the AIGs is that the rooster mascot rising to welcome the sun is linked to the readiness of the sports industry of Vietnam to host this major event.

Venues

Gà Hồ, the official mascot

Mascots in Hanoi

• Hanoi
  • Mỹ Đình National Stadium
  • My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium
  • My Dinh National Aquatics Sports Complex
  • Quan Ngua Sports Palace
  • Tu Liem Gymnasium
  • Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium
  • Ha Tay Gymnasium
  • Hai Ba Trung Gymnasium
  • Cau Giay Gymnasium
  • Gia Lam Gymnasium
  • Soc Son Gymnasium
  • Gymnasium of Hanoi University of Technology
• Ho Chi Minh City
  • Tan Binh Gymnasium
  • Phu Tho Indoor Stadium
  • Lang Binh Thang Gymnasium
  • University of Pedagogy Competition Hall
  • Rach Mieu Gymnasium
  • Van Don Gymnasium
  • Quan Khu 7 Gymnasium
  • Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium
  • Nguyen Du Gymnasium
  • Superbowl Center
• Hai Phong
  • Haiphong Youth Gymnasium
  • Haiphong Gymnasium
• Quảng Ninh
  • Quang Ninh Gymnasium
  • Halong Pearl Halong
• Bắc Ninh
  • Bac Ninh Gymnasium
• Hải Dương
  • Haiduong Gymnasium

Participating nations

All of OCA members participated in the Games, excluding: Pakistan, Palestine, & Timor-Leste. In the brackets are the total numbers of the athletes.

•  Afghanistan (14)
•  Bahrain (27)
•  Bangladesh (7)
•  Bhutan (3)
•  Brunei (13)
•  Cambodia (28)
•  China (132)
•  Chinese Taipei (70)
•  Hong Kong (77)
•  India (170)
•  Indonesia (94)
•  Iran (131)
•  Iraq (42)
•  Japan (94)
•  Jordan (60)
•  Kazakhstan (81)
•  Kuwait (59)
•  Kyrgyzstan (11)
•  Laos (78)
•  Lebanon (2)
•  Macau (72)
•  Malaysia (96)
•  Maldives (12)
•  Mongolia (37)
•  Myanmar (2)
•  Nepal (17)
•  North Korea (3)
•  Oman (19)
•  Philippines (23)
•  Qatar (38)
•  Saudi Arabia (44)
•  Singapore (39)
•  South Korea (102)
•  Sri Lanka (22)
•  Syria (21)
•  Tajikistan (17)
•  Thailand (247)
•  Turkmenistan (16)
•  United Arab Emirates (17)
•  Uzbekistan (95)
•  Vietnam (321)
•  Yemen (3)

Non-competing nations

Only one country just sent officials.

• Palestine

Sports

The 2009 Asian Indoor Games did not feature indoor cycling, extreme sports and indoor hockey which were played in the previous games. All of the demonstration sports in the 2007 Asian Indoor Games namely, 3 on 3 basketball, kurash and kickboxing, were included in this year's Asian Indoor Games.

•  3x3 basketball (2) ()
•  Aerobic gymnastics (4) ()
• Board games
  •  Chess (4) ()
  •  Xiangqi (2) ()
•  Bowling (6) ()
•  Boxing (8) ()
•  Cue sports (10) ()
•  Dancesport (10) ()
• Dragon & lion dance (6) ()
•  Esports (6) ()
•  Finswimming (16) ()
•  Futsal (2) ()
•  Indoor archery (8) ()
•  Indoor athletics (26) ()
•  Indoor kabaddi (1) ()
•  Kickboxing (8) ()
•  Kurash (8) ()
•  Muaythai (9) ()
•  Pencak silat (15) ()
•  Pétanque (4) ()
•  Sepak takraw (2) ()
•  Short course swimming (30) ()
•  Shuttlecock (6) ()
•  Vovinam (14) ()
•  Wushu (8) ()

Demonstration sports

• Ju-jitsu & belt wrestling
  •  Belt wrestling (14) ()
  •  Ju-jitsu (10) ()

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

October / November 2009		28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	31st Sat	1st Sun	2nd Mon	3rd Tue	4th Wed	5th Thu	6th Fri	7th Sat	8th Sun	Gold medals
Ceremonies				OC									CC
3x3 basketball					●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Aerobic gymnastics						●	●	4						4
Bowling						1	1	1	1	●	●	2		6
Boxing				●	●	●	●		8					8
Board games	Chess				●	1	●	●	2	●	●	1		4
	Xiangqi							●	●	1	●	1		2
Cue sports					●	1	2	1	1	2	1	2		10
Dancesport											5	5		10
Dragon & lion dance							2	2	2					6
Esports						1	1	2	2					6
Finswimming					5	6	5							16
Futsal		●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	1	1		2
Indoor archery								●	●	4	4			8
Indoor athletics					6	7	13							26
Indoor kabaddi							●	●	●	●	1			1
Kickboxing								●	●	●		8		8
Kurash							2	3	3					8
Muaythai							●	●	●	●		9		9
Pencak silat							●	●	●	3		12		15
Pétanque									●	2	2			4
Sepak takraw					●	●	2							2
Short course swimming									8	7	8	7		30
Shuttlecock							●	●	2	●	2	2		6
Vovinam					6	4	4							14
Wushu									●	●	6	2		8
Total gold medals					17	21	32	13	29	20	31	52		215
October / November 2009		28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	31st Sat	1st Sun	2nd Mon	3rd Tue	4th Wed	5th Thu	6th Fri	7th Sat	8th Sun	Gold medals
Ju-jitsu & belt wrestling	Belt wrestling									8	6			14
	Ju-jitsu							5	5					10

Medal table

Opening ceremony at My Dinh National Stadium

  *   Host nation (Vietnam)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	48	25	19	92
2	Vietnam (VIE)*	42	30	22	94
3	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	21	16	21	58
4	Thailand (THA)	19	17	34	70
5	Iran (IRI)	17	15	13	45
6	South Korea (KOR)	16	14	16	46
7	India (IND)	6	9	25	40
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	6	9	17	32
9	Indonesia (INA)	6	3	14	23
10	Uzbekistan (UZB)	5	9	10	24
11	Japan (JPN)	5	9	9	23
12	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	4	3	2	9
13	Laos (LAO)	3	8	14	25
14	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	5	15	23
15	Malaysia (MAS)	3	5	8	16
16	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	3	0	3	6
17	Qatar (QAT)	2	3	3	8
18	Singapore (SIN)	1	7	3	11
19	Cambodia (CAM)	1	4	7	12
20	Philippines (PHI)	1	4	5	10
21	Jordan (JOR)	1	4	1	6
22	Bahrain (BRN)	1	3	1	5
23	Macau (MAC)	1	2	3	6
24	Mongolia (MGL)	0	2	5	7
25	Iraq (IRQ)	0	2	4	6
26	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	2	2	4
27	Brunei (BRU)	0	1	6	7
28	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	4	5
29	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	2	3
30	Syria (SYR)	0	1	1	2
31	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	0	1
32	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon (LIB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 entries)		215	215	292	722

External links

• Website
• VAIGOC 2009 Official site
• Ho Chi Minh City's Official site