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.
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| Host city | Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| Motto | "For A Rising Asia" (Vietnamese: Vì một châu Á phát triển) |
| Nations | 42 |
| Athletes | 2,456 |
| Events | 215 in 24 sports |
| Opening | 30 October |
| Closing | 8 November |
| Opened by | Nguyễn Minh Triết President of Vietnam |
| Torch lighter | Bùi Thị Nhung |
| Main venue | Mỹ Đình National Stadium |
Mascot
editThe 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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Participating nations
editAll of OCA members participated in the Games, excluding: Pakistan, Palestine, & Timor-Leste. In the brackets are the total numbers of the athletes.[1]
Afghanistan (14)
Bahrain (27)
Bangladesh (7)
Bhutan (3)
Brunei (13)
Cambodia (28)
China (132)
Chinese Taipei (70)
Hong Kong (77)
India (170)
Indonesia (94)
Iran (131)
Iraq (42)
Japan (94)
Jordan (60)
Kazakhstan (81)
Kuwait (59)
Kyrgyzstan (11)
Laos (78)
Lebanon (2)
Macau (72)
Malaysia (96)
Maldives (12)
Mongolia (37)
Myanmar (2)
Nepal (17)
North Korea (3)
Oman (19)
Philippines (23)
Qatar (38)
Saudi Arabia (44)
Singapore (39)
South Korea (102)
Sri Lanka (22)
Syria (21)
Tajikistan (17)
Thailand (247)
Turkmenistan (16)
United Arab Emirates (17)
Uzbekistan (95)
Vietnam (321)
Yemen (3)
Non-competing nations
editOnly one country just sent officials.
Sports
editThe 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.
3x3 basketball (2) ()
Aerobic gymnastics (4) ()- Board games
Bowling (6) ()
Boxing (8) ()
Cue sports (10) ()
Dancesport (10) ()- Dragon & lion dance (6) ()
Esports (6) ()
Finswimming (16) ()
Futsal (2) ()
Indoor archery (8) ()
Indoor athletics (26) ()
Indoor kabaddi (1) ()
Kickboxing (8) ()
Kurash (8) ()
Muaythai (9) ()
Pencak silat (15) ()
Pétanque (4) ()
Sepak takraw (2) ()
Short course swimming (30) ()
Shuttlecock (6) ()
Vovinam (14) ()
Wushu (8) ()
- Demonstration sports
- Ju-jitsu & belt wrestling
Belt wrestling (14) ()
Ju-jitsu (10) ()
Calendar
edit| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| October / November 2009 | 28th Wed | 29th Thu | 30th Fri | 31st Sat | 1st Sun | 2nd Mon | 3rd Tue | 4th Wed | 5th Thu | 6th Fri | 7th Sat | 8th Sun | Gold medals | |
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| Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||||
 3x3 basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Aerobic gymnastics | ● | ● | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
 Bowling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | 2 | 6 | ||||||
 Boxing | ● | ● | ● | ● | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| Board games |  Chess | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 2 | ● | ● | 1 | 4 | ||||
 Xiangqi | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
 Cue sports | ● | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||
 Dancesport | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
 Dragon & lion dance | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
 Esports | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
 Finswimming | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | ||||||||||
 Futsal | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
 Indoor archery | ● | ● | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
 Indoor athletics | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | ||||||||||
 Indoor kabaddi | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
 Kickboxing | ● | ● | ● | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
 Kurash | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
 Muaythai | ● | ● | ● | ● | 9 | 9 | ||||||||
 Pencak silat | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||||||||
 Pétanque | ● | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
 Sepak takraw | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Short course swimming | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | |||||||||
 Shuttlecock | ● | ● | 2 | ● | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
 Vovinam | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||
 Wushu | ● | ● | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Total gold medals | 17 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 29 | 20 | 31 | 52 | 215 | |||||
| October / November 2009 | 28th Wed | 29th Thu | 30th Fri | 31st Sat | 1st Sun | 2nd Mon | 3rd Tue | 4th Wed | 5th Thu | 6th Fri | 7th Sat | 8th Sun | Gold medals | |
| Ju-jitsu & belt wrestling |  Belt wrestling | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||
 Ju-jitsu | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
Medal table
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* Host nation (Vietnam)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  China (CHN) | 48 | 25 | 19 | 92 |
| 2 |  Vietnam (VIE)* | 42 | 30 | 22 | 94 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 21 | 16 | 21 | 58 |
| 4 |  Thailand (THA) | 19 | 17 | 34 | 70 |
| 5 |  Iran (IRI) | 17 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 6 |  South Korea (KOR) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 46 |
| 7 |  India (IND) | 6 | 9 | 25 | 40 |
| 8 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 6 | 9 | 17 | 32 |
| 9 |  Indonesia (INA) | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 10 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 |
| 11 |  Japan (JPN) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 |  Laos (LAO) | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 14 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 15 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 16 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 |  Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 18 |  Singapore (SIN) | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 19 |  Cambodia (CAM) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 20 |  Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 21 |  Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 22 |  Bahrain (BRN) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 |  Macau (MAC) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 28 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 29 |  Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 |  Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (34 entries) | 215 | 215 | 292 | 722 | |