The Central Asian Games (CAG) is an international

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 ...

organised by the Central Asian Olympic Committee (CAOC) and held every two years since

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among athletes from

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n countries and territories of the

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(OCA), especially formerly members of the

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. The Central Asian Games is one of five subregional Games of the

(OCA). The others are the

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, the

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, the

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(or SEA Games), and the

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History

In April 1994, President of the

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visited

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

. During the meeting, President of Uzbekistan

Islam Karimov Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov ( uz, Islom Abdugʻaniyevich Karimov / Ислом Абдуғаниевич Каримов, italics=no; russian: link=no, Ислам Абдуганиевич Каримов; 30 January 1938 – 2 September 2016) was t ...

asked him about the possibility of hosting the

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in Tashkent, to which the IOC President replied that for this, at the request of the Olympic Charter, serious competitions, at least regional ones, should be held. After this, a meeting of the heads of the National Olympic Committees of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan was held in Tashkent, at which a decision was made to organize the Central Asian Games. Despite the fact that the games should be held every two years, for various reasons they have been canceled more than once, and after 2005 have not actually been held. The Games may be revived for 2021 after National Olympic Committee Chairs from the respective countries met in Kazakhstan in February 2020.

Participating nations

All seven nations whose National Olympic Committees are recognized by the Central Asian Olympic Committee and one nation whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the East Asian Olympic Committee. * (

Afghanistan National Olympic Committee National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, former Afghanistan National Olympic Committee ( fa, کمیته ملی المپیک افغانستان, IOC code: AFG) is the National Olympic Committee representing Islamic Repub ...

; AFG) * (

Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (; IOC code: TPE) is the National Olympic Committee representing the Republic of China (Taiwan). History The China National Amateur Athletic Federation () was established on 3 April 1922. Later that year, the ...

; TPE)¹ * (

National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a sports governing body situated in Tehran, Iran. It concerns the matters related to the Olympics. The current president of National Olympic Committee of Iran is Mahmoud Khosravivafa, ...

; IRI) * (

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan ( kk, Қазақстан Республикасы Ұлттық Олимпиадалық комитеті, ''Qazaqstan Respublikasy Ūlttyq Olimpiadalyq komitetı''; russian: Нацио ...

; KAZ) * (

National Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic National Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic ( ky, Кыргызстан улуттук олимпиада комитети), (also referred to as the Kyrgyz Republic) an organization representing Kyrgyzstan in the international Olympic mov ...

; KGZ) * (

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan (NOC) is a sports governing body that was established in 1992 to manage Tajikistan, Tajikistan's activities in relation to the Olympics. The office of the NOC is located in the center o ...

; TJK) * (

National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan The National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan (IOC code: TKM) is the National Olympic Committee representing Turkmenistan. It is led by the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedow. References External links National Olympic Committ ...

; TKM) * (

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Latinised- uz, Oʻzbekiston Milliy Olimpiya qoʻmitasi) is the National Olympic Committee representing Uzbekistan. It was founded in the year of 1992, although it was not recognised b ...

; UZB) ¹Participated only in 1999, as an invitee.Central Asian Games set to be revived after officials schedule event for 2021
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Editions

Sports

Thirteen sports were presented in Central Asian Games history.

Medal table

References