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

West Asian Games
AbbreviationWAG
First event1997 West Asian Games in Tehran, Iran
Occur every4 years
Last event2005 West Asian Games in Doha, Qatar

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
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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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Iran (IRI)927388253
2  Kuwait (KUW)715956186
3  Syria (SYR)444649139
4  Qatar (QAT)373334104
5  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)26151657
6  Saudi Arabia (KSA)15162152
7  Jordan (JOR)7172044
8  United Arab Emirates (UAE)7101027
9  Lebanon (LBN)791026
10  Turkmenistan (TKM)5133048
11  Tajikistan (TJK)3111933
12  Bahrain (BRN)3249
13  Yemen (YEM)3137
14  Iraq (IRQ)21710
15  Oman (OMA)05611
Totals (15 entries)3223113731,006

Sports

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Basketball

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

See also

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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.
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