2009 Asian Indoor Games
Multi-sport event in Vietnam
The 2009 Asian Indoor Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games (Vietnamese: 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 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 Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) event – Asian Martial Arts Games to form the larger Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
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.
Venues
Hanoi
Mỹ Đình National Stadium
My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium
My Dinh National Aquatics Sports Complex
Quan Ngua Sports Palace
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
Ho Chi Minh City
Tan Binh Gymnasium
Phú Thọ 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 Youth Gymnasium
Haiphong Gymnasium
Quảng Ninh
Quang Ninh Gymnasium
Halong Pearl Halong
Bắc Ninh
Bac Ninh Gymnasium
Hải Dương
Haiduong Gymnasium
Participating nations
All of OCA members participated in the Games, excluding: Pakistan, Palestine, & Timor-Leste. In the brackets are the total numbers of the athletes.
Non-competing nations
Only one country just sent officials.
Palestine
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.
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