West Asian Games

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The West Asian Games were first organised in Tehran, Iran and were considered the first of their 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 2 years.

Football - Men's tournaments

Year	Host		Final Standing
			Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	4th Place
1997 Details	Tehran, Iran		Iran	???	???	???
2002 Details	Kuwait City, Kuwait		Kuwait	Iran and  Syria Shared	No third	Palestine
2005 Details	Doha, Qatar		Iraq	Syria	Iran	Qatar

Total Wins

Wins	Nations	Year
1 time	Iraq	2005
1 time	Kuwait	2002
1 time	Iran	1997

1st West Asian Games Tehran 1997

The 1st West Asian Games was held from 19 to 28 November 1997 in Tehran, Iran and had around 850 athletes and 236 team officials participating from 10 countries in 15 sports. Initially only men were allowed to participate.

The nations that participated were: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Yemen.

The official sports programme contained Athletics, Aquatics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Fencing, Football, Judo, Karate, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (host)	65	40	57	162
2	Kyrgyzstan	26	15	16	57
3	Kuwait	16	23	19	58
4	Syria	16	22	13	51
5	Turkmenistan	5	12	34	51
6	Tajikistan	3	11	17	31
7	Jordan	2	4	6	12
8	Qatar	2	4	4	10
9	Lebanon	1	5	6	12
10	Yemen	1	0	0	1
Total		137	136	172	445

The colour in the number indicate the medal added or stripped by one due to the failure of gender test.

2nd West Asian Games Kuwait City 2002

The 2nd West Asian Games were initially expected to be organised in Qatar in 1999, but due to unforeseen circumstances, the Games were not held. The Games were then expected to be held in Lebanon in 2001, but were then cancelled and relocated to Kuwait. The 2nd West Asian Games were expected to be held from 20 to 30 October 2001, but due to armed conflicts in the region, they had to be postponed to 3 to 12 April 2002.

Twelve countries participated, among them Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Iraq did not participate and no competitions were held for women.

The nations competed in nine sports: Aquatics, Athletics, Basketball, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Karate and Squash.

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kuwait (host)	31	22	17	70
2	Saudi Arabia	11	7	8	26
3	Iran	9	11	16	36
4	Syria	8	11	16	35
5	Qatar	8	9	7	24
6	Jordan	2	1	6	9
7	Lebanon	1	1	1	3
8	United Arab Emirates	0	1	5	6
9	Yemen	0	0	3	3
10	Bahrain	0	0	2	2
11	Oman	0	0	1	1
12	Palestine	0	0	0	0
Total		70	63	82	215

The colour in the number indicate the medal added or stripped by one due to the failure of gender test.

3rd West Asian Games Doha 2005

The 3rd West Asian Games were to be held from 7 to 17 April 2003 in Damascus, Syria; however they were postponed and then cancelled. On 4 April 2002 the West Asian Games Federation decided that the Games would be held every four years, instead of two, namely one year before the Asian Games.

The Third West Asian Games was held from the 1st to 10 December 2005 in Doha, Qatar and involved over 1,200 athletes from 13 nations participating in 11 sports. Women participated in the West Asian Games for the first time.

The Iraqi National football team won the men's football tournament after beating Syria in a penalty shootout after the game finished 2-2 after extra time. Iraq goalkeeper Noor Sabri was the hero.

West Asian Games Football Championship 2005 Champion: Iraq

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Qatar(host)	28	19	20	67
2	Kuwait	25	15	16	56
3	Syria	21	14	16	51
4	Iran	19	26	18	63
5	United Arab Emirates	7	9	6	22
6	Saudi Arabia	4	9	12	25
7	Lebanon	4	4	3	11
8	Jordan	3	11	11	25
9	Bahrain	3	2	2	7
10	Iraq	2	1	7	10
11	Yemen	2	1	0	3
12	Oman	0	4	6	10
13	Palestine	0	0	0	0
Total		118	115	127	350

The colour in the number indicate the medal added or stripped by one due to the failure of gender test.

Overall

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	93	77	91	261
2	Kuwait	72	60	52	184
3	Syria	45	47	45	137
4	Qatar	38	32	31	101
5	Kyrgyzstan	26	15	16	57
6	Saudi Arabia	15	16	14	45
7	Jordan	7	16	23	46
8	United Arab Emirates	7	10	11	28
9	Lebanon	6	10	10	26
10	Turkmenistan	5	12	34	51
11	Tajikistan	3	11	17	31
12	Bahrain	3	2	4	9
13	Yemen	3	1	3	7
14	Iraq	2	1	7	10
15	Oman	0	4	7	11
16	Palestine	0	0	0	0
Total		325	314	371	1010

External links

• 3rd West Asian Games Doha 2005