West Asian Games

West Asian Games
Abbreviation	WAG
First event	1997 West Asian Games in Tehran, Iran
Occur every	4 years
Last event	2005 West Asian Games in Doha, Qatar

The West Asian Games (abbreviated as the WAG) is a multi-sport event held among the athletes from West Asia.

The West Asian Games was first organised in Tehran, Iran and was considered as the first of its kind. The success of the Games led to the creation of the West Asian Games Federation (WAGF) and the intention of hosting the Games every four years. At present, the WAGF comprises 12 member countries, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.^[1]

The West Asian Games is one of the five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The others are the Central Asian Games, the East Asian Youth Games, the South Asian Games, and the Southeast Asian Games.^[2]

The fourth edition of the West Asian Games was scheduled to take place in Iran in 2014,^[3] but was then postponed to 2016.^[4] It was eventually cancelled after Iran moved its athletics region from West Asia to Central Asia in September 2015.^[5]

Editions

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Athletes	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team
I	1997	Tehran	Iran	19 November	28 November	10	850	11	134	Iran (IRI)
II	2002	Kuwait City	Kuwait	3 April	12 April	12	970	9	70	Kuwait (KUW)
III	2005	Doha	Qatar	1 December	10 December	13	1,200	11	118	Qatar (QAT)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)	92	73	88	253
2	Kuwait (KUW)	71	59	56	186
3	Syria (SYR)	44	46	49	139
4	Qatar (QAT)	37	33	34	104
5	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	26	15	16	57
6	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	15	16	21	52
7	Jordan (JOR)	7	17	20	44
8	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	7	10	10	27
9	Lebanon (LBN)	7	9	10	26
10	Turkmenistan (TKM)	5	13	30	48
11	Tajikistan (TJK)	3	11	19	33
12	Bahrain (BRN)	3	2	4	9
13	Yemen (YEM)	3	1	3	7
14	Iraq (IRQ)	2	1	7	10
15	Oman (OMA)	0	5	6	11
Totals (15 entries)		322	311	373	1,006

Sports

Aquatics
- Diving (details)
- Swimming (details)
Athletics (details)
Badminton (details)
Basketball (details)
Bowling (details)
Fencing (details)
Football (details)
Gymnastics (details)
Handball (details)
Judo (details)
Karate (details)
Shooting (details)
Taekwondo (details)
Volleyball (details)
Wrestling (details)
Weightlifting (details)

Basketball

Year	Hosts	Winners	Runners-up	3rd Place	4th Place
Year	Hosts	Final Standing
1997	Tehran	Iran	Turkmenistan	Fath Club	Iran U18
2002	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Qatar	Syria	United Arab Emirates
2005	Doha	Qatar	Syria	Jordan	Kuwait

Football

Year	Hosts	Winners	Runners-up	3rd Place	4th Place
Year	Hosts	Final Standing
1997 Details	Tehran	Iran	Syria	Kuwait	Tajikistan
2002 Details	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Iran	Syria	Palestine
2005 Details	Doha	Iraq	Syria	Iran	Saudi Arabia

Handball

Year	Hosts	Winners	Runners-up	3rd Place	4th Place
Year	Hosts	Final Standing
2002 Details	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Syria	United Arab Emirates	Iran
2005 Details	Doha	Kuwait	Iran	Saudi Arabia	Syria

Volleyball

Year	Hosts		Winners	Runners-up	3rd Place	4th Place
Year	Hosts		Final Standing
2005	Doha		Qatar	Iran	Bahrain	Kuwait

References

^ "The West Asian Games". Topend Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
^ Games page Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 9 July 2010.
^ "West Asian Games in Iran postponed". Tehran Times. 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Iran to Host 2016 West Asian Games". Financial Tribune. 22 May 2015.
^ "OCA agrees with Iran's changing region". IRNA English. 15 September 2015.

External links

West Asian Games Federation official website
2nd West Asian Games medalists
3rd West Asian Games Doha 2005 Archived 2006-04-19 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "The West Asian Games". Topend Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[2] Games page Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 9 July 2010.

[3] "West Asian Games in Iran postponed". Tehran Times. 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "Iran to Host 2016 West Asian Games". Financial Tribune. 22 May 2015.

[5] "OCA agrees with Iran's changing region". IRNA English. 15 September 2015.

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v t e Events of the Olympic Council of Asia
Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games
Regional	Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
Defunct	East Asian Games West Asian Games Afro-Asian Games¹ Asian Indoor Games² Asian Martial Arts Games²
¹ Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.² Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.