2009 Asian Indoor Games

III Asian Indoor Games

Slogan: "For A Rising Asia"
Host city	Hanoi, Vietnam
Nations participating	42
Athletes participating	2,456
Events	215 in 24 sports
Opening ceremony	30 October
Closing ceremony	8 November
Officially opened by	Nguyễn Minh Triết President of Vietnam
Torch lighter	Bùi Thị Nhung
Main venue	Mỹ Đình National Stadium

The 3rd Asian Indoor Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009) were held in Vietnam from 30 October till 8 November 2009.

Mascot

The mascot of the 2009 event is the Ho chicken (Gà Hồ), a distinctly Vietnamese rare breed of chicken, familiar as a symbol in Vietnam. According to folklore, the chicken (particularly the roosters) 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 Gà Hồ rooster rising himself to welcome the sun is linked to the readiness of the sports industry of Vietnam to host this major event.

Venues

• Hanoi
  • Mỹ Đình National Stadium
  • Quan Ngua Sports Palace
  • 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

Official mascot

Mascot printed in Hanoi

• 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.^[1]

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.

Demonstration sports

Calendar

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 nations)		215	215	292	722

References

External links

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