West Asian Games

West Asian Games
	The West Asian Games Federation logo and flag.
Abbreviation	WAG Games
First event	19–28 November 1997 Tehran, Iran
Occur every	4 years
Last event	7–17 April 2005 Doha, Qatar
Website	West Asian Games

West Asian Games (also known as WAG & formerly known as West Asian Games Federation (WAGF)) is a multi-sport event held every 4 years among the athletes from Western Asia. At present, WAG is joined by thirteen members namely Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.^[1]

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.

The West Asian Games is the newest of the 5 Regional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The others are the Central Asian Games, the East Asian Games, the South Asian Games, and the Southeast Asian Games (or SEA Games).^[2]

List of West Asian Games

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)

All-time West Asian Games medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)	92	73	88	253
2	Kuwait (KUW)	71	59	57	187
3	Syria (SYR)	44	46	49	139
4	Qatar (QAT)	37	33	33	103
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	11	28
9	Lebanon (LIB)	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
16	Palestine (PLE)	0	0	0	0
Totals (16 nations)		322	311	374	1007

Sports

Basketball

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

Football

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

Handball

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

Volleyball

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

References

↑ "The West Asian Games". Topend Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
↑ Games page of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 2010-07-09.

External links

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

[2] Games page of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 2010-07-09.

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	East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
Defunct	Central Asian Games East Asian Games West Asian Games Afro-Asian Games² Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹
¹ Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.² Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.