The 2009 Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á lần thứ 3) and also known as Vietnam 2009, were a pancontinential indoor multi-sport event held in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...

from 30 October till 8 November 2009. This was the last edition of the event to be held under the "Asian Indoor Games" name before it was merged with another

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(OCA) event – Asian Martial Arts Games to form the larger

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (abbreviated as AIMAG) is a pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. It is organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and consists of Indoor and martia ...

Mascot

The mascot of the 2009 event is the Ho chicken (''Gà Hồ''), a rare and distinctly Vietnamese breed of chicken. In Vietnamese culture, the chicken (particularly the rooster) 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 rooster mascot rising to welcome the sun is linked to the readiness of the sports industry of Vietnam to host this major event.

Venues

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** Mỹ Đình National Stadium ** My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium ** My Dinh National Aquatics Sports Complex **

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** 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 *

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** 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 ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong wa ...

** Haiphong Youth Gymnasium ** Haiphong Gymnasium * Quảng Ninh ** Quang Ninh Gymnasium ** Halong Pearl Halong *

Bắc Ninh Bắc Ninh () is a city in the northern part of Vietnam and is the capital of Bắc Ninh province. The city is the cultural, administrative and commercial center of the province. The city area is 82.60 square km, with a population of 501,199 in N ...

** Bac Ninh Gymnasium *

Hải Dương Hải Dương () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hải Dương, an industrialized province in the Hanoi Capital Region and the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The city is at the midpoint between the capital Hanoi and major port ...

** Haiduong Gymnasium

Participating nations

All of OCA members participated in the Games, excluding:

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, Palestine, & Timor-Leste. In the brackets are the total numbers of the athletes.Đã có 43 đoàn đăng ký tham dự AI Games III
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Non-competing nations

Only one country just sent officials. *

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 * Ju-jitsu & belt wrestling ** **

Calendar

Medal table

References

External links

Website

VAIGOC 2009 Official site

Ho Chi Minh City's Official site
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