
Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063.

Ashgabat Olympic Stadium (Turkmen: Aşgabat Olimpiýa stadiony; is a outdoor multi-purpose stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It opened in 2017 on the site of the original Olympic Stadium, which had stood from 2003 until 2013. The stadium is Turkmenistan's national football stadium, and thus was hosts the majority of the Turkmenistan national team.

The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, which is also counted as the 5th Asian Indoor Games, was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 2017. It became the third city in the former Soviet countries to win the right of hosting an Olympic Council of Asia-sanctioned event, following Astana and Almaty in Kazakhstan, which jointly-hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The host city was chosen in Kuwait on 19 December 2010. On 6 July 2013 the flag of the Olympic Council of Asia was officially handed over to the mayor of the city of Ashgabat.

Iran participated at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 17 September to 27 September 2017.
Weightlifting competitions at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, took place from 18 to 25 September at the Weightlifting Arena. Around 188 athletes competed in 16 different events, according to their respective weight categories.
Turkmen goresh was contested at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 16 September to 18 September 2017. The competition took place at Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena.
Belt wrestling was contested at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 19 September to 20 September 2017. The competition took place at Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena.
Kazakh kuresi as a part of belt wrestling competition was contested at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on 21 September 2017. The competition took place at Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena.
Pahlavani wrestling as a part of belt wrestling competition was contested at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on 21 September 2017. The competition took place at Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena.
Alysh as a part of belt wrestling competition was contested at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 22 to 23 September 2017. The competition took place at Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena.
Sambo at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 24 to 26 September 2017 at the Martial Arts Arena.
Chess at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from 21 to 27 September 2017 at the Chess Centre.

Nauru competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan from September 17 to 27. 9 participants competed in 3 different sports. Nauru did not win any medals in the multi-sport event.

Turkmenistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Turkmenistan first participated at the Asian Games in 1994 Hiroshima, and at the last edition in Incheon, the country won a silver and a bronze medals.
Makhmudjon Shavkatov is an Uzbekistani freestyle wrestler. At the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, he won the gold medal in the 57 kg event. He is also a two-time medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Gulmaral Yerkebayeva is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. She is a four-time bronze medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships.
Yadollah "Shiravan" Mohebbi is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He is a three-time gold medalist at the Asian Wrestling Championships in the men's 125 kg event, in 2017, 2019 and 2022.
Marina Sedneva is a Kazakhstani freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Xi'an, China. She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Host country Turkmenistan competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Tajikistan competed at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.