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The 17th Asian Games (also known as the XVII Asiad) will be announced in the Olympic Council of Asia National Olympic Committee Meeting in Doha, Qatar in December 2006.

Bidders for the 17th Asian Games in 2014 are as follows:

Incheon, South Korea (possible joint bid with Pyongyang, North Korea)
New Delhi, India
Amman, Jordan
Osaka, Japan
Hanoi, Vietnam
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Manila, Philippines (multiple venues like in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games)



Asian Games | Jeux Asiatiques | Juegos Asiaticos

The modern Asian Games began in 1951, but these international games have their roots in the Far East Championships, a competition primarily between China, Japan and the Philippines between 1913 and 1934.

11 nations and 489 athletes competed in the first games in 1951 in New Delhi. Doha, Qatar was awarded the rights to host the 2006 Asian Games.

The games are sanctioned by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

1951 New Delhi, India
1954 Manila, Philippines
1958 Tokyo, Japan
1962 Jakarta, Indonesia
1966 Bangkok, Thailand
1970 Bangkok, Thailand
1974 Tehran, Iran
1978 Bangkok, Thailand
1982 Delhi, India
1986 Seoul, South Korea
1990 Beijing, China
1994 Hiroshima, Japan
1998 Bangkok, Thailand
2002 Busan, South Korea
2006 Doha, Qatar
2010 Guangzhou, China

daimn, bangkok host it 4 times

11th SEA Games held in Manila in 1981

The eleventh Southeast Asian Games were held in Manila, the Philippines from 6 December - 15 December 1981. This is the first time that the Philippines hosted the games since its first participation in 1977, it was officially opened by President Ferdinand Marcos in the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.

Host nation in bold.)

Position Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
1. Indonesia 85 73 56 214
2. Thailand 62 45 41 148
3. Philippines 55 55 77 187
4. Malaysia 16 27 31 74
5. Burma 15 19 27 61
6. Singapore 12 26 33 71
7. Brunei[1] 0 0 0 0
Brunei was a British colony back then


16th SEA Games held in Manila




The 16th Southeast Asian Games were held in Manila, the Philippines from 24 November - 3 December 1991. This was the second time that the country hosted the biennial regional sporting event. It was officially opened by President Corazon Aquino at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila through a colorful opening ceremony. It was only SEA Games where the overall championship was heavily contested. The deciding medal came from the last sporting event - Women's Marathon where Indonesia got a gold medal. The host country was disappointed when they were one gold medal short of getting the over-all championship.

Medal count

Sarimanok, a mountain-dwelling fighting c@ck, is the official mascot of the XVI SEA Games
RMSC Score Board during XVI SEA Games(Host nation in bold.)

Position Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
1. Indonesia 92 86 67 245
2. Philippines 91 62 86 239
3. Thailand 72 80 69 221
4. Malaysia 36 38 66 140
5. Singapore 18 32 45 95
6. Myanmar 12 16 29 57
7. Vietnam 7 12 10 29
8. Brunei 0 0 8 8
9. Laos 0 0 0 0



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Far Eastern Championship Games
Main article: Far Eastern Championship Games
The Asian Games owes its origins to small Asian multi-sport competitions. The Far Eastern Championship Games were created to show unity and cooperation among three nations: Empire of Japan, Philippine Islands and Republic of China. The first games were held in Manila in 1913. Other East Asian nations participated after its organized. It was discontinued in 1938 when Japan invaded China and consequently annexed the Philippines which led to the extension World War II in the Pacific.

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Formation of the Asian Games
After World War II, a number of Asian countries became independent. Many of the new independent Asian countries want to use a new type of competition where Asian dominance cannot be used by violence and should be strengthen by mutual understanding. In August 1948, during the 14th Olympic Games in London, Indian IOC representative Guru Dutt Sondhi proposed to sports leaders of the Asian teams the idea of having discussions about holding the Asian Games. They agreed to form the Asian Athletic Federation. A preparatory committee was set up to draft the charter for the Asian amateur athletic federation. In February, 1949, the Asian athletic federation was formally formed and used the name Asian Games Federation. It was decided to hold the first Asian Games in 1951 in New Delhi, the capital of India. They added that the Asian Games would be regularly held once every four years.

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Reorganization of the Federation
In 1962, the Federation had a disagreement over the inclusion of Republic of China and Israel. Asian Games host Indonesia opposed the participation of Republic of China due to the existence of People's Republic of China and Israel due to its unfair treatment of Arabs. In 1970, South Korea dropped its plan to host the games due to security threats from North Korea, forcing previous host Thailand to administer the games in Bangkok using the funds of South Korea. In 1973, the Federation had another disagreement after U.S. and other countries formally recognized the People's Republic of China and Arab nation's opposition to Israel. Iran raised the issue of the explusion of Republic of China and Israel. In 1977, Pakistan dropped its plan to host the games due to conflicts with Bangladesh and India. Thailand offered to help and the games were held in Bangkok.

Due to events happened, the Asian NOCs decided to revise the constitution of the Asian Games Federation. A new association, named Olympic Council of Asia, was created. India was already scheduled to host the 1982 Games and OCA decided not to drop the old AGF timetable. OCA formally supervised the games starting from the 1986 Asian Games in South Korea.

In the succeeding games, Taiwan (Republic of China) was readmitted but OCA decided to follow the standards of the IOC for Taiwan to use the name Chinese Taipei. The OCA also agreed to permanently exclude Israel as its member and requested the country to join into European competitions.

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Western Expansion
In the 1994 Asian Games, despite opposition from other nations, OCA admitted old Soviet republics Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Despite of its Caucasian race, OCA believed that these nations belong to Central Asia.

The 2nd Asian Games (also known as the II Asiad) were held in Manila, Philippines from May 1, 1954 to May 9, 1954. The games were formally opened by President Ramon Magsaysay in the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Malate, Manila.
Facts
A total of 970 athletes participated
19 Nations participated
Eight competitive sports were organised:
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Football
Shooting
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Cycling was dropped as official Asian Games sport.
Boxing, rifle shooting and wrestling were added to the games.
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Medal Tally
(Host nation in Bold.)



Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan 38 36 24 98
2 Philippines 14 14 17 45
3 Korea 8 6 5 19
4 Pakistan 4 5 0 9
5 India 4 4 5 14
6 Republic of China 2 4 6 12
7 Burma 2 0 2 4
8 Israel 2 0 1 3
9 Singapore 1 3 4 8
10 Ceylon 0 1 1 2
11 Indonesia 0 0 3 3
12 Hong Kong 0 0 1 1
Total 75 73 69 218



1970 was supposed to be hosted by Seoul, South Korea - Bangkok then hosted it same with 1978 Originally hosted by Islamabad then Bangkok hosted it!

Hell yeah. Bring it on and hopefully we kick some more a$$.

and grab some more balls

Yes, of course. We hosted SEA Games three times and we can host a bigger Sports event like Asian Games. The Philippines has a lot to offer...

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Bangkok hosted it for Seoul, which was not able to host the games in 1970 and Islamabad in 1978.


I do not know what happened to South Korea and Pakistan back then?


The Philippines hosting such an international event will help boost the Philippines economy and tourism as well.

But we need a world class stadium that can fit 100,000 or more spectators, or else we will be left standing again in the vast Luneta park all night long![COLOR=blue]