2016 Asian Beach Games

V Asian Beach Games
Host city Danang, Vietnam
Motto

Shining Sea, Bright Future

(Vietnamese: Toả sáng đại dương, rực sáng tương lai)[1]
Nations participating 41
Athletes participating 2,197
Events 172 in 22 sports
Opening ceremony September 24
Closing ceremony October 3
Officially opened by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Officially closed by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Torch lighter Hoàng Xuân Vinh
Main venue Bien Dong Park
Website Official website
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The Fifth Asian Beach Games was held in Danang, Vietnam.[2][3] It was the second time for Vietnam to host an Asia level multi-sports event, after Hanoi held Asian Indoor Games (2009) and Southeast Asian Games (2003). However, this was the first time that an event not be held in Hanoi.

Logo

5th Asian Beach Games Activity icon is designed to simulate the waves and sand in the shape of the young athletes, healthy and active, athletic performances (volleyball , handball) with the symbol of the Union Olympic Council of Asia inside.

With the power of sports, all part of the logo rise up to form a large V shape (which means "Vietnam", "Victory", "V" - the fifth in icon Greece) which confirms the role of the host countries, highlighting the spirit of competition as well as the aspirations of the athletes win.

The combination of sea and sand waved together reflects the strength and strong wills of Vietnam as well as carrying sporting friendly message and welcome to all athletes; represents the solidarity and friendship of the Asian family with the expectation of a successful 5th Asian Beach Games.

Mascot

Chim Yen, the official mascot.

The mascot of the games is a swiftlet named Chim Yen. Special characteristic of the southern central coastal region of Vietnam is famous for bird nest - a product of high economic value in general and a specialty of Da Nang in particular.

The mascot is a stylized little boy with funny hair on the head, a small V-shaped tail (a characteristic of oats), holding a lit torch represents the spirit of unity, peace and health of human life. The sun of the Olympic Council of Asia and on the traditional wave of mascot costumes symbolizing the Asian Beach Games. The colors used for the mascot is blue, red, black and gold representing the blue sea water, golden sand and feathers of birds.

Venues

Name Sport(s)
Bien Dong Park Beach soccer, Kabaddi, Fitness, Basketball 3x3, Water polo, Muaythai, Vietnam traditional martial arts,
Wrestling, Sambo, Jujitsu, Kurash, Vovinam, Pencak Silat, Swimming Marathon, Coastal Rowing, Opening and closing ceremonies
Phuong Trang Area Shuttlecock, Petanque
My Khe Beach Volleyball, Handball, Sepaktakraw
Son Thuy Beach Athletics, Woodball

Sports

Calendar

 OC Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  1 Event finals  CC Closing ceremony
September-October 2016 21st
Wed		 22nd
Thu		 23rd
Fri		 24th
Sat		 25th
Sun		 26th
Mon		 27th
Tue		 28th
Wed		 29th
Thu		 30th
Fri		 1st
Sat		 2nd
Sun		 3rd
Mon		 Gold
medals
3-on-3 basketball ● ● ● 2 2
Aquatics – Beach water polo ● ● ● ● 1 1
Aquatics – Marathon swimming 2 2 4
Beach athletics 2 4 3 5 14
Beach handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Beach kabaddi ● ● ● ● 2 2
Beach kurash 3 3 4 10
Beach sambo 3 3 2 8
Beach sepak takraw ● ● 2 1 1 ● 1 1 6
Beach soccer ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Beach woodball 2 2 1 1 1 ● 2 2 11
Beach wrestling 3 3 2 8
Bodybuilding ● 7 7
Coastal rowing ● 2 2 2 6
Ju-jitsu 8 7 3 18
Muay ● ● ● ● 16 16
Pétanque ● 3 2 2 ● 2 9
Pencak silat 4 2 ● ● 12 18
Shuttlecock ● 3 2 ● 2 7
Vocotruyen ● ● ● 11 11
Vovinam 3 3 3 9
Ceremonies OC CC
Total gold medals 0 0 2 0 15 33 25 20 11 13 27 26 0 172
September-October 2016 21st
Wed		 22nd
Thu		 23rd
Fri		 24th
Sat		 25th
Sun		 26th
Mon		 27th
Tue		 28th
Wed		 29th
Thu		 30th
Fri		 1st
Sat		 2nd
Sun		 3rd
Mon		 Gold
medals

Participating nations

41 out of the 45 Asian countries took part. Palestine, Yemen, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia did not compete. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.

  • Afghanistan (51)
  • Bahrain (15)
  • Bangladesh (23)
  • Bhutan (8)
  • Brunei (4)
  • Cambodia (44)
  • China (152)
  • Chinese Taipei (53)
  • Hong Kong (83)
  • Independent Olympic Athletes (1)
  • India (169)
  • Indonesia (66)
  • Iran (33)
  • Iraq (28)
  • Japan (54)
  • Jordan (25)
  • Kazakhstan (34)
  • Kyrgyzstan (11)
  • Laos (81)
  • Lebanon (29)
  • Macau (10)
  • Malaysia (64)
  • Maldives (20)
  • Mongolia (37)
  • Myanmar (24)
  • Nepal (18)
  • Oman (29)
  • Pakistan (41)
  • Philippines (65)
  • Qatar (39)
  • Singapore (28)
  • South Korea (62)
  • Sri Lanka (40)
  • Syria (12)
  • Tajikistan (10)
  • Thailand (291)
  • Timor-Leste (4)
  • Turkmenistan (53)
  • United Arab Emirates (38)
  • Uzbekistan (26)
  • Vietnam (322)

Medal table

  Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Vietnam (VIE) 52 44 43 139
2  Thailand (THA) 36 24 30 90
3  China (CHN) 12 18 19 49
4  Iran (IRI) 9 6 6 21
5  Mongolia (MGL) 7 4 8 19
6  Cambodia (CAM) 6 6 9 21
7  Qatar (QAT) 5 1 1 7
8  Jordan (JOR) 4 4 5 13
9  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 4 2 3 9
10  Malaysia (MAS) 3 6 5 14
11  Indonesia (INA) 3 5 9 17
12  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 3 5 4 12
13  Myanmar (MYA) 3 5 3 11
14  Laos (LAO) 3 3 24 30
15  Uzbekistan (UZB) 3 1 3 7
16  India (IND) 2 4 18 24
17  Philippines (PHI) 2 4 15 21
18  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 4 10 16
19  Turkmenistan (TKM) 2 4 9 15
20  Singapore (SGP) 2 3 7 12
21  Pakistan (PAK) 2 3 6 11
22  Bahrain (BRN) 2 0 0 2
23  South Korea (KOR) 1 4 11 16
24  Oman (OMA) 1 3 0 4
25 Japan (JPN) 1 2 7 10
26  Iraq (IRQ) 1 1 8 10
27 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 1 0 4 5
28 Hong Kong (HKG) 0 4 4 8
29  Lebanon (LBN) 0 1 6 7
30 Syria (SYR) 0 1 23
31 Macau (MAC) 0 0 5 5
32  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 3 3
33  Sri Lanka (SRI) 0 0 2 2
34  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 1 1
34  Independent Athletes (IOA) 0 0 1 1
Total 172 172 291 635

Sponsors

References

  1. ↑ Hội nghị Đại Hội Thể Thao Bãi Biển Châu Á lần thứ 5 năm 2016
  2. ↑ "5th ABG Đà Nẵng 2016". 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rowing và Điền kinh được thống nhất đưa vào chương trình thi đấu của ABG 5". voc.org.vn. Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

External links

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Phuket		 Asian Beach Games
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