KBS World Radio 17th Asian Games INCHEON 2014

Overview

• Official Name : 17th ASIAN GAMES INCHEON 2014
• Duration : September 19, 2014 - October 4, 2014 (16 days)
• Venues : In and around Incheon Metropolitan City
• Participants : about 13,000 athletes and officials and about 7,000 media from the 45 OCA member states
• Staff : approx. 30,000
• Host : The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
• Organizer : The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC)
• No. of Sports : 36
  Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe & Kayak, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Baseball, Bowling, Cricket, Kabaddi, Karate, Sepaktakraw, Squash, Wushu

Objective

• State-of-the-Art Technology & Carbon Neutrality
  To host the best Games in history with the state-of-the-art technology, and eco-friendly carbon-neutral policies
• Practical & Affordable Games
  To present a practical and affordable Games model through minimizing operation cost
• Mutual Communication, Reconciliation & Peace
  To realize a festival of peace, reconciliation and harmony that melts away any conflicts between ideologies, religions or ethnic backgrounds

Slogan

To display Asia’s diversity in history, culture, tradition and religion
To promote, exhibit and realize Asia’s true potential in unity
Letting the brilliant and diverse histories, cultures, traditions and religions of Asian countries shine together, striving for the peace of humankind through friendship and harmony, and building a shining future for Asia by uniting

Members

• East Asia : Mongolia, China, D.P.R Korea, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Chinese Taipai
• Southeast Asia : Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor-Leste
• South Asia : Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives
• Central Asia : Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
• West Asia : Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, The United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen