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.

V Asian Beach Games
Host cityDa Nang, Vietnam
MottoShining Sea, Bright Future (Vietnamese: Toả sáng đại dương, rực sáng tương lai)[1]
Nations41
Athletes2,197
Events172 in 22 sports
OpeningSeptember 24
ClosingOctober 3
Opened byPrime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Closed byPrime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Torch lighterHoàng Xuân Vinh
Main venueBien Dong Park
Websiteabg2016.com
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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

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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

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Name Sport(s)
Bien Dong Park Beach soccer, Kabaddi, Fitness, Basketball 3x3, Water polo, Muaythai, Vietnam traditional martial arts, Wrestling, Sambo, Jujitsu, Kurash, Vovinam, Pencak Silat, Open Water Swimming, Coastal Rowing, Opening and closing ceremonies
Phuong Trang Area Shuttlecock, Petanque
My Khe Beach Volleyball, Handball, Sepaktakraw
Son Thuy Beach Athletics, Woodball

Sports

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Calendar

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 OC  Opening ceremony  ●   Event competitions  1  Event finals  CC  Closing ceremony
September-October 2016 21st
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25th
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Thu
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1st
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3rd
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  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
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Participating nations

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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

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  Host nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Vietnam (VIE)*524443139
2  Thailand (THA)36243090
3  China (CHN)12181949
4  Iran (IRI)96621
5  Mongolia (MGL)74819
6  Cambodia (CAM)66921
7  Qatar (QAT)5117
8  Jordan (JOR)44513
9  United Arab Emirates (UAE)4239
10  Malaysia (MAS)36514
11  Indonesia (INA)35917
12  Kazakhstan (KAZ)35412
13  Myanmar (MYA)35311
14  Laos (LAO)332430
15  Uzbekistan (UZB)3137
16  India (IND)241824
17  Philippines (PHI)241521
18  Chinese Taipei (TPE)241016
19  Turkmenistan (TKM)24915
20  Singapore (SGP)23712
21  Pakistan (PAK)23611
22  Bahrain (BRN)2002
23  South Korea (KOR)141116
24  Oman (OMA)1304
25  Japan (JPN)12710
26  Iraq (IRQ)11810
27  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)1045
28  Hong Kong (HKG)0448
29  Lebanon (LIB)0167
30  Syria (SYR)0123
31  Macau (MAC)0055
32  Afghanistan (AFG)0033
33  Sri Lanka (SRI)0022
34  Brunei (BRU)0011
  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)0011
Totals (35 entries)172172291635

Sponsors

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References

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  1. ^ "Hội nghị Đại Hội Thể Thao Bãi Biển Châu Á lần thứ 5 năm 2016". Archived from the original on 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  2. ^ "5th ABG Đà Nẵng 2016". 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Rowing và Điền kinh được thống nhất đưa vào chương trình thi đấu của ABG 5". voc.org.vn. Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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Preceded by Asian Beach Games
Danang

5th ABG (2016)
Succeeded by