By the end of the year 2006 will take place the 15th Asian Games in Doha - See the informations and the latest news about the asian games.

Doha Asian Games

In 2000, Qatar competed with many other Asian cities to host the 15th Asian Games. After gaining the majority vote, for the organization of the 2006 Asian Games. Official Website

Asian Games Dates

The Games will take place between the 1st and 15th of December 2006.


The 14 previous locations of the Asian Games

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

The Previous Asian Games took place in Busan, 2002

They were the largest Asian Games : 44 NOC's participated - 38 sports and 420 events
Afghanistan returned to the games and East Timor participated for the first time
The top three winners were: China, Korea and Japan

Asian Games Doha, 2006 will be the most important ones in history

39 sports will be organised

Asian Games Doha

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