2009 Asian Indoor Games
The 2009 Asian Indoor Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á lần thứ 3) and also known as Vietnam 2009, were a pancontinential indoor multi-sport event held in Vietnam from 30 October till 8 November 2009. This was the last edition of the event to be held under the "Asian Indoor Games" name before it was merged with another Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) event – Asian Martial Arts Games to form the larger Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The mascot of the 2009 event is the Ho chicken (Gà Hồ), a rare and distinctly Vietnamese breed of chicken. In Vietnamese culture, the chicken (particularly the rooster) 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 rooster mascot rising to welcome the sun is linked to the readiness of the sports industry of Vietnam to host this major event. Hanoi Mỹ Đình National Stadium My Dinh Indoor Athletics Gymnasium My Dinh National Aquatics Sports Complex Quan Ngua Sports Palace Tu Liem Gymnasium Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium Ha Tay Gymnasium Hai Ba Trung Gymnasium Cau Giay Gymnasium Gia Lam Gymnasium Soc Son Gymnasium Gymnasium of Hanoi University of Technology Ho Chi Minh City Tan Binh Gymnasium Phu Tho Indoor Stadium Lang Binh Thang Gymnasium University of Pedagogy Competition Hall Rach Mieu Gymnasium Van Don Gymnasium Quan Khu 7 Gymnasium Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium Nguyen Du Gymnasium Superbowl Center Hai Phong Haiphong Youth Gymnasium Haiphong Gymnasium Quảng Ninh Quang Ninh Gymnasium Halong Pearl Halong Bắc Ninh Bac Ninh Gymnasium Hải Dương Haiduong Gymnasium All of OCA members participated in the Games, excluding: Pakistan, Palestine, & Timor-Leste. In the brackets are the total numbers of the athletes. = Only one country just sent officials. Palestine 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 Ju-jitsu & belt wrestling Belt wrestling (14) () Ju-jitsu (10) () * Host nation (Vietnam) Website VAIGOC 2009 Official site Ho Chi Minh City's Official site