West Asian Games

Multi-sport event held every four years

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

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Edition  | Year  | Host City  | Host Nation  | Start Date | End Date | Nations  | Athletes  | Sports  | Events  | Top Placed Team

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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

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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* 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

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Year  | Hosts  |  | Final Standing

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

### Football

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Year  | Hosts  |  | Final Standing

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

### Handball

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Year  | Hosts  |  | Final Standing

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

### Volleyball

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Year  | Hosts  |  | Final Standing

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Winners  | Runners-up  | 3rd Place  | 4th Place
2005  |
Doha |
Qatar |
Iran |
Bahrain |
Kuwait

## See also

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* Events of the OCA (Continental)
* Asian Games
* Asian Winter Games
* Asian Youth Games
* Asian Beach Games
* Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

* Events of the OCA (Subregional)
* Central Asian Games
* East Asian Games (now defunct)
* East Asian Youth Games
* South Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games

* Events of the APC (Continental)
* Asian Para Games
* Asian Winter Para Games
* Asian Youth Para Games
* Asian Youth Winter Para Games

* Events of the APC (Subregional)
* ASEAN Para Games

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## References

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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.

## External links

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* 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

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