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	41
Athletes	2,197
Events	172 in 22 sports
Opening	September 24
Closing	October 3
Opened by	Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Closed by	Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Torch lighter	Hoàng Xuân Vinh
Main venue	Bien Dong Park
Website	abg2016.com

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 Asian multi-sports event, after Hanoi held the 2009 Asian Indoor Games. This was only the first time that an event was not held in Hanoi.

Logo

The Games' logo is designed to simulate the waves and sand, as well as the healthy and active athletes participating in the Games.

With the power of sports, all parts of the logo rise up to form a large V shape (which means "Vietnam", "Victory" or the fifth Roman numeral which is read as "V") which confirms the role of the host countries, highlighting the spirit of competition as well as the aspirations of the athletes to win.

The combination of sea and sand waved together reflects the strength and strong wills of the Vietnamese, carries a friendly and welcoming message to all athletes and represents the solidarity and friendship of Asia.

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

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Event competitions

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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, while Kuwait competed as Independent Olympic Athletes due to suspension for political interference. 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	Vietnam (VIE)*	52	44	43	139
2	Thailand (THA)	36	24	30	90
3	China (CHN)	12	18	19	49
4	Iran (IRI)	9	6	6	21
5	Mongolia (MGL)	7	4	8	19
6	Cambodia (CAM)	6	6	9	21
7	Qatar (QAT)	5	1	1	7
8	Jordan (JOR)	4	4	5	13
9	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	4	2	3	9
10	Malaysia (MAS)	3	6	5	14
11	Indonesia (INA)	3	5	9	17
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	3	5	4	12
13	Myanmar (MYA)	3	5	3	11
14	Laos (LAO)	3	3	24	30
15	Uzbekistan (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	Turkmenistan (TKM)	2	4	9	15
20	Singapore (SGP)	2	3	7	12
21	Pakistan (PAK)	2	3	6	11
22	Bahrain (BRN)	2	0	0	2
23	South Korea (KOR)	1	4	11	16
24	Oman (OMA)	1	3	0	4
25	Japan (JPN)	1	2	7	10
26	Iraq (IRQ)	1	1	8	10
27	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	1	0	4	5
28	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	4	4	8
29	Lebanon (LIB)	0	1	6	7
30	Syria (SYR)	0	1	2	3
31	Macau (MAC)	0	0	5	5
32	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	3	3
33	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	2	2
34	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	1	1
	Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (35 entries)		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