17th Asian Games INCHEON 2014

Official Name: 17th ASIAN GAMES INCHEON 2014

• Duration : September 19, 2014 - October 4, 2014 (16 days)
• Venues : In and around Incheon Metropolitan City
• Participants : About 13,000 athletes and officials and about 7,000 media from the 45 OCA member states
• Staff : Approx. 30,000
• Host : The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
• Organizer : The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC)
• No. of Sports : 36
  Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe & Kayak, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Baseball, Bowling, Cricket, Kabaddi, Karate, Sepaktakraw, Squash, Wushu

 

Objective

• Adopt state-of-the-art technology
  Adapt state-of-the-art technology to the Games ever in the history Pursue eco-friendly Games preparations through implementing carbon-neutral policies
• Realize practical and affordable Games
  Present practical and affordable Games model through minimizing games operation cost
• Build Mutual Communication, Reconciliation and Peace
  Materialize a peace festival beyond ideology, religion and ethnic background Build harmony, reconciliation among all participants

 

Slogan

To display Asia’s diversity in history, culture, tradition and religion
To promote, exhibit and realize Asia’s true potential in unity
Letting the brilliant and diverse histories, cultures, traditions and religions of Asian countries shine together, striving for the peace of humankind through friendship and harmony, and building a shining future for Asia by uniting

 

Members

• East Asia : Mongolia, China, D.P.R Korea, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Chinese Taipai
• Southeast Asia : Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor-Leste
• South Asia : Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives
• Central Asia : Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
• West Asia : Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, The United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen