Host city Hanoi, Vietnam Athletes participating 2,456 Opening ceremony October 30 | Nations participating 42 Events 215 in 24 sports Closing ceremony November 8 | |
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The 3rd Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam from the 30th of October till the 8th of November 2009.
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Mascot
The mascot of the 2009 event is the Ho chicken (Gà Hồ), a distinctly Vietnamese rare breed of chicken, familiar as a symbol in Vietnam. According to folklore, the chicken (particularly the roosters) 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 Gà Hồ rooster rising himself to welcome the sun is linked to the readiness of the sports industry of Vietnam to host this major event.
Venues
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.
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.
Medal table
Host nation