World Nomad Games

World Nomad Games athlete and falcon

World Nomad Games (Kyrgyz: Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары) are an international sport competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia. The first three World Nomad Games were held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan; however, Turkey has been announced as the host of the fourth games.

Sports and disciplines[]

Alysh (Kyrgyz: Алыш), a kind of belt wrestling,
Salburun (Kyrgyz: Салбурун), a sport mixing falconry, mounted archery and hunt assisted by Taigan,
Shagai,
Horse racing (At Chabysh), (Kyrgyz: Ат чабыш),
Er enish, (Kyrgyz: Эр эңиш),
Toguz korgool, (Kyrgyz: Тогуз коргоол),
Kourach,
Kok-boru, a sport similar to Buzkashi, where riders fight for a goat carcass. (Kyrgyz: Көк бөрү); also called Kokpar in Kazakhstan.^[1]
Mangala, a Turkish Mancala game, as well as other national variants

A cultural program[]

2016 nomadic village

The Games are surrounded by a cultural and ethnical program. During the first edition of the Games, a yurt village was installed, and cultural events not linked with the Games' disciplines occurred, as well as other entertaining activities.

List of Nomad Games[]

Source:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Number	Year	Host Country	Host City	Sports
1	2014	Kyrgyzstan	Cholpon-Ata	10 + 4
2	2016	Kyrgyzstan	Cholpon-Ata	23
3	2018	Kyrgyzstan	Cholpon-Ata	37
	2022	Turkey	Iznik
	2024	Azerbaijan	TBC

2020 Event delayed until 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]^[6]

Medals (2014-2018)[]


Rank	yes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	81	77	79	237
2	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	40	46	52	138
3	Russia (RUS)	29	17	42	88
4	Turkmenistan (TKM)	28	8	21	57
5	Uzbekistan (UZB)	8	12	29	49
6	Iran (IRI)	6	8	16	30
7	Azerbaijan (AZE)	5	10	15	30
8	Hungary (HUN)	5	4	8	17
9	Ukraine (UKR)	3	7	10	20
10	Mongolia (MGL)	3	6	23	32
11	Turkey (TUR)	3	1	3	7
12	Tajikistan (TJK)	2	4	7	13
13	Georgia (GEO)	2	3	3	8
14	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	1	4
15	Antigua and Barbuda	2	0	1	3
16	Bashkortostan	1	3	6	10
17	Tatarstan	1	2	2	5
18	Slovakia (SVK)	1	2	0	3
19	China (CHN)	1	1	8	10
20	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	5	6
21	Moldova (MDA)	1	0	4	5
22	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	2	3
23	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	1	2
	Germany (GER)	1	0	1	2
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	1	2
26	United States (USA)	0	3	4	7
27	Armenia (ARM)	0	2	2	4
28	Poland (POL)	0	2	1	3
29	Ghana (GHA)	0	2	0	2
30	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	2	3
31	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	1	2
31	Estonia (EST)	0	1	1	2
33	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	2	2
	India (IND)	0	0	2	2
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
36	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (41 yess)		229	224	363	816