The GCC Games is a regional multi-sport event which involves participants from the
Gulf Cooperation Council
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf ( ar, مجلس التعاون لدول العربية الخليج ), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; ar, مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, interg ...
region. The GCC Games, a quadrennial
multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...
, was established by the union and first held in
2011
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. There are numerous long-running GCC Championships for individual sports, including: the
Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships The Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championship (also known as the GCC Athletics Championships) is a biennial international athletics competition between athletes from nations within the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. It wa ...
(first held in 1986;
youth section from 2000) football, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, sailing, basketball, Swimming, Marathon Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming, tennis, gymnastics (senior and youth levels), weightlifting, futsal, snooker, Cycling (BMX Freestyle, BMX Racing, Road Cycling, Track Cycling), Chess and table tennis. The 3rd edition of the game had to be organized in June 2019, but held in 2022 due to the internal issues between the GCC state countries. The 4th edition has been announced and will happen as per the announced dates. For the first time the games will be organized by the new, young and talented faces of GCC team.
GCC Games
GCC Beach Games
* Main Article : GCC Beach Games
GCC Women’s Games
* Main Article : GCC Women’s Games
6th was held in 2019. Bahrain finished with 77 medals, UAE (54), Kuwait (50) Qatar (32), KSA (11) and Oman.
GCC Youth Games
* Main Article : GCC Youth Games
See also
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Pan Arab Games
The Arab Games ( ar, الألعاب العربية), also called the Pan Arab Games, are a regional multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab world. They are organized by the Union of Arab National Olympic Committees. The first Game ...
References
Gulf Cooperation Council
Sport in the Middle East
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