GCC Games

GCC Games

Abbreviation	GCC
First event	2011
Occur every	4
Organization	Gulf Cooperation Council

The GCC Games is a regional multi-sport event which involves participants from the Gulf Cooperation Council region. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} The GCC Games, a quadrennial multi-sport event, was established by the union and first held in 2011. ^[6] There are numerous long-running GCC Championships for individual sports, including: the Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships (first held in 1986; youth section from 2000) ^[7] football, Archery, athletics, Badminton, sailing, ^[8] basketball, ^[9] Swimming, Marathon Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming, ^[10] tennis, ^[11] gymnastics (senior and youth levels), ^{[12] [13]} weightlifting, ^[14] futsal, ^[15] snooker, ^[16] Cycling (BMX Freestyle, BMX Racing, Road Cycling, Track Cycling), Chess and table tennis. ^[17] The 3rd edition of the game had to be organized in June 2019, but held in 2022 due to the internal issues between the GCC state countries. The 4th edition has been announced and will happen as per the announced dates. For the first time the games will be organized by the new, young and talented faces of GCC team.

GCC Games

Edition	Year	Host city	Country	Sports	Competitors	Dates
1st	2011	Manama	Bahrain			11–22 October
2nd	2015	Dammam	Saudi Arabia			12–26 October
3rd	2022	Kuwait City	Kuwait			16–21 June
4th	2026	Doha	Qatar			2026
5th	2028	Muscat	Oman

GCC Beach Games

• Main Article : GCC Beach Games

Edition	Year	Host city	Country	Sports	Competitors	Dates
1	2010	Manama	Bahrain			10–17 October [18]
2	2015	Doha	Qatar			2–9 April [19]
3	2025		Oman			5-11 April [20]

GCC Women’s Games

• Main Article : GCC Women’s Games

6th was held in 2019. Bahrain finished with 77 medals, UAE (54), Kuwait (50) Qatar (32), KSA (11) and Oman. ^{[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]}

Edition	Year	Host city	Country	Sports	Competitors	Dates
1	2008	Kuwait City	Kuwait	6
2	2011	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	6		March
3	2013	Manama	Bahrain	8		3-13 March
4	2015	Muscat	Oman
5	2017	Doha	Qatar			7-17 March
6	2019	Kuwait City	Kuwait	11	600
7	2026	Doha	Qatar			2026

GCC Youth Games

• Main Article : GCC Youth Games

Edition	Year	Host city	Country	Sports	Competitors	Dates
1	2024	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	17	1391	16 April to 2 May 2024

t edition held in Bahrain in 2010, this year’s GCC Beach Games will be staged in Doha’s state-of-the-art facilities and iconic landmarks over an action-packed eight day sporting spectacle.

• 1- 2010 Bahrain
• 2- 2015 Qatar

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Results 2024: ^{[27] [28] [29]}

UAE 286 medals, including 93 gold, 100 silver, and 93 bronze. Saudi Arabia secured second place with 136 medals, followed by Kuwait with 116 medals, Qatar with 72, Bahrain with 71, and Oman with 58.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United Arab Emirates  (UAE)	87	91	88	266
2	Saudi Arabia  (KSA)	52	57	34	143
3	Kuwait  (KUW)	35	45	46	126
4	Qatar  (QAT)	29	22	28	79
5	Bahrain  (BHR)	21	15	31	67
6	Oman  (OMA)	18	13	26	57
Totals (6 entries)		242	243	253	738

Para

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United Arab Emirates  (UAE)	9	12	9	30
2	Saudi Arabia  (KSA)	6	0	0	6
3	Bahrain  (BHR)	4	5	1	10
4	Oman  (OMA)	3	1	2	6
5	Qatar  (QAT)	2	0	0	2
Totals (5 entries)		24	18	12	54

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24 Sports (23 + Para Sports)

Games Sports Programme [30]
Swimming   Archery   Athletics   Badminton   3-on-3 basketball   Billiard   Boxing   Chess   Cycling   Equestrian   Esports   Fencing   Football   Handball   Ju-jitsu   Judo   Karate   Rowing   Sailing   Triathlon   Table tennis   Taekwondo   Volleyball

West Asian Para Games

• Main Article : West Asian Para Games

https://asianparalympic.org/sub-regional-games/

https://www.paralympic.org/news/asian-para-games-spots-line-west-asia-championships

Edition	Year	Host	Dates	Sports
1	2017	United Arab Emirates, Khor Fakkan	Feb 18–24	5
2	2019	Jordan, Amman
3	2022	Bahrain, Manama
4	2024	United Arab Emirates, Sharjah

2017 Sports : Football, Basketball, Table Tennis, Powerlifting, Athletics.

The second West Asian Para Games is taking place in Amman between the 15 – 22 September. Six countries will compete in the wheelchair basketball competition, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Jordan. The teams will be split across two pools and will play a round robin followed by knockout phase.

3rd West Asia Para Games which takes place in Bahrain between 20 – 25 February.

4th West Asian Para Games will take place in Sharjah, UAE between 27 January – 3 February 2024.

2017 Medal table

Rank	Nations	Gold	Sliver	Bronze	Total
1	Iraq	20	20	7	47
2	United Arab Emirates	19	19	21	59
3	Saudi Arabia	14	5	8	27
4	Kuwait	8	8	6	22
5	Jordan	6	5	5	16
6	Oman	5	6	4	15
7	Bahrain	5	3	7	15
8	Qatar	5	1	2	8
9	Lebanon	2	5	5	12
10	Syria	2	1	1	4
11	Palestine	0	2	5	7
12	Yemen	0	1	0	1
Total		86	76	71	233

• https://westasia-para.org/?p=2250
• https://team-thomas.org/_erg17/WestAsianGames/
• https://westasia-para.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9.jpg
• https://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/699/1st-west-asia-para-games---khorfakkan-2017

See also

• GCC Women's Games
• GCC Beach Games
• GCC Youth Games
• Pan Arab Games
• Pan Arab University Games
• Pan Arab Schools Games
• African Games
• African Beach Games
• Asian Games
• West Asian Para Games
• Arab Women Sports Tournament (AWST) - 5th was held in 2020.
• Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships
• Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Athletics Championships
• Arab Athletics Championships

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