2016 Asian Beach Games

V Asian Beach Games

Host city	Da Nang, 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	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Prime Minister of Vietnam
Officially closed by	Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Torch lighter	Hoàng Xuân Vinh
Main venue
Website	abg2016.com
← Phuket 2014 Sanya 2020 →

The 5th Asian Beach Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Bãi biển châu Á lần thứ năm) was held in Da Nang, Vietnam.^[2][3] It was the second time for Vietnam to host an Asia level multi-sports event, after Ha Noi held Asian Indoor Games (2009). However, this was the first time that an event not be held in Ha Noi.

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[]

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
3x3 basketball						●	●	●	2					2
Aquatics – Beach water polo							●	●	●	●	1			1
Aquatics – Open water 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
Muaythai	●	●	●		●	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.

Medal table[]

  Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	(VIE)*	52	44	43	139
2	Thailand (THA)	36	24	30	90
3	(CHN)	12	18	19	49
4	Iran (IRI)	9	6	6	21
5	(MGL)	7	4	8	19
6	(CAM)	6	6	9	21
7	(QAT)	5	1	1	7
8	(JOR)	4	4	5	13
9	(UAE)	4	2	3	9
10	(MAS)	3	6	5	14
11	(INA)	3	5	9	17
12	(KAZ)	3	5	4	12
13	Myanmar (MYA)	3	5	3	11
14	Laos (LAO)	3	3	24	30
15	(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	(TKM)	2	4	9	15
20	(SGP)	2	3	7	12
21	(PAK)	2	3	6	11
22	(BRN)	2	0	0	2
23	(KOR)	1	4	11	16
24	(OMA)	1	3	0	4
25	(JPN)	1	2	7	10
26	(IRQ)	1	1	8	10
27	(KGZ)	1	0	4	5
28	(HKG)	0	4	4	8
29	(LIB)	0	1	6	7
30	(SYR)	0	1	2	3
31	(MAC)	0	0	5	5
32	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	3	3
33	(SRI)	0	0	2	2
34	(BRU)	0	0	1	1
	Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 nations)		172	172	291	635

Sponsors[]

• Football Thai Factory Sporting Goods Co, Ltd.
• Bao Viet Insurance Company

References[]

External links[]

• Olympic Council of Asia Official Site
• Official website