2009 Asian Indoor Games


The 3rd Asian Indoor Games were held in Vietnam from 30 October till 8 November 2009.

Mascot

The mascot of the 2009 event is the Ho chicken, a distinctly Vietnamese rare breed of chicken, familiar as a symbol in Vietnam. According to folklore, the chicken 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

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.
;Demonstration sports
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3x3 basketball112
Aerobic gymnastics44
Bowling1 1 1 1 26
Boxing8 8
Chess1214
Cue sports121121210
Dancesport5510
Dragon & lion dance2226
Esports11226
Finswimming56516
Futsal112
Indoor archery448
Indoor athletics671326
Indoor kabaddi11
Kickboxing88
Kurash2338
Muaythai99
Pencak silat31215
Pétanque224
Sepak takraw22
Short course swimming878730
Shuttlecock2226
Vovinam64414
Wushu628
Xiangqi112
Total gold medals1721321329203152215
CeremoniesOCCC
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Belt wrestling8614
Ju-jitsu5510

Medal table