The West Asian Games (also known as the WAG) was a

multi-sport event A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...

held every four years among the athletes from

West Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...

. The West Asian Games was first organised in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and was considered as the first of its kind. The success of the Games led to the creation of the West Asian Games Federation (WAGF) and the intention of hosting the Games every four years. At present, the WAGF comprises 12 member countries, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, State of Palestine, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The West Asian Games is one of the five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The others are the Central Asian Games, the East Asian Youth Games, the South Asian Games, and the Southeast Asian Games (or SEA Games).Games page
of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 9 July 2010.

List of West Asian Games

All-time West Asian Games medal table

Sports

Basketball

Football

Handball

Volleyball

* Events of the Olympic Council of Asia, OCA (Continental) ** Asian Games ** Asian Winter Games ** Asian Youth Games ** Asian Beach Games ** Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games * Events of the Olympic Council of Asia, OCA (Subregional) ** Central Asian Games ** East Asian Games (now defunct) ** East Asian Youth Games ** South Asian Games ** Southeast Asian Games * Events of the Asian Paralympic Committee, APC (Continental) ** Asian Para Games ** Asian Winter Para Games ** Asian Youth Para Games ** Asian Youth Winter Para Games * Events of the Asian Paralympic Committee, APC (Subregional) ** ASEAN Para Games

References

External links

West Asian Games Federation official website

2nd West Asian Games medalists

3rd West Asian Games Doha 2005
{{West Asian Games West Asian Games, Multi-sport events in Asia