Participant Countries

45 Countries and Regions whose member of OCA will be participating in this event:

AFG -
Afghanistan

BAN -
Bangladesh

BHU – Bhutan

BRN -
Bahrain

BRU -
Brunei
Darussalam

CAM -
Cambodia

CHN – China

HKG -
Hong Kong, China

INA -
Indonesia

IND – India

IRI -
IR Iran

IRQ – Iraq

JOR – Jordan

JPN – Japan

KAZ -
Kazakhstan

KGZ -
Kyrgyzstan

KOR -
Korea

KSA -
Saudi Arabia

KUW -
Kuwait

LAO -
Lao
PDR

LIB -
Lebanon

MAC -
Macau, China

MAS -
Malaysia

MDV -
Maldives

MGL – Mongolia

MYA -
Myanmar

NEP -
Nepal

OMA – Oman

PAK -
Pakistan

PHI -

Philippines

PLE -
Palestine

PRK -
DPR Korea

QAT -
Qatar

SIN – Singapore

SRI – Sri
Lanka

SYR -
Syria

THA – Thailand

TJK -
Tajikistan

TKM – Turkmenistan

TLS -

Timor-Leste

TPE – Chinese Taipei

UAE -
United Arab Emirates

UZB -
Uzbekistan

VIE -
Vietnam

YEM. – Yemen

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Sport Disciplines

SPORT DISCIPLINES

	Beach Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world. In Asian Beach Games, this sport will be performed at the beach.
	Beach Handball Beach Handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to team handball, but is not played in a sports hall, but on sand instead. Matches are played in two or three sets depending on when a team wins their second set of the game.
	Beach Kabaddi Beach Kabaddi is basically a combative sport, with four players on each side; played for a period of 15 minutes with a 5 minutes break (15-5-15). The core idea of the game is to score points by raiding into the opponent’s court and touching as many defence players as possible without getting caught on a single breath.
	Beach Pencak Silat Beach Pencak Silat is a combative art of fighting and survival. Pencak Silat describes the martial art forms practiced throughout the Malay Archipelago. It has evolved in Indonesian and Malaysian civilizations for centuries into a social culture and tradition.
	Beach Sepaktakraw Beach Sepaktakraw, a cross between soccer and volleyball, is a sport native to Southeast Asia, resembling volleyball, except that it uses a rattan synthetic ball and only allows players to use their feet and head to touch the ball across a volleyball-type net.
	Beach Soccer Beach Soccer is a variant of the sport of football played on beaches. The irregularity of the soft-sand playing surface leads to a style of play where players must improvise. The compact pitch (measuring 28 x 37 meter) allows players to score from anywhere.
	Beach Volleyball Beach volleyball is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides a rectangular court, hit a volleyball using their hands or arms.
	Beach Waterpolo Water polo is a team water sport. A team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Gameplay involves swimming, players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a net defended by a goalie. As such, water polo has similarities to association soccer and netball. Beach water polo provides more chalennge as it will be done under beach current and wind.
	Beach Wrestling Beach Wrestling is practiced in swimming suit within a sand circle of 6m and consists of very simple rules. A match lasts three minutes and is refereed by a single referee. To win the match, the wrestler must keep his opponent’s shoulders on the ground (victory by fall), bring him to the ground twice or push him out of the competition area twice. This new wrestling style is very popular and contributes to wrestling being more accessible and festive.
	Body Building In Competitive Body Building, bodybuilders aspire to develop and maintain an aesthetically pleasing body and balanced physique to a panel of judges who assign points based on visual appearance according to body building standards. The competitors show off their bodies by performing a number of poses thus revealing their toned definition through a combination of fat loss, oils, and tanning or tanning lotions.
	Dragon Boat Racing Dragon Boat racing is a sport where a very long and narrow boat is powered by a team of 10 to 50 paddlers. It originated in China and dragon boats are always rigged with decorative Chinese dragon heads and tails and are required to carry a large drum aboard that leads the crew throughout a race with the rhythmic beating that indicates the timing and frequency of paddling strokes, from the cadence to picking up the pace to slowing down.
	Jet-Ski Sport Jet-Ski Sport is an extreme competition on a type jet ski. The sport discipline involves racing and adrenaline-pumping free-style contests.
	Marathon Swimming Marathon Swimming is long distance swimming across large bodies of water such as the Great Lakes, the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel. Marathon swimming is an endurance sport that pits a swimmer not only against other contenders in the race but also against the currents and tides of the water. According to International Swimming Federation rules, swimmers cannot use wet suits as this can artificially increase speed or endurance. Swimmers are accompanied by a nearby boat crew that monitors and advises the competitors.
	Paragliding Paragliding is a recreational and competitive flying sport using a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing, whose shape is formed by the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing.
	Sailing Sailing is a surface water sport using a boat, sails, wind and water to increase, maintain or decrease speed.
	Surfing The sport of riding on the crest or along the tunnel of a wave.
	Triathlon Triathlon is an athletic event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances. In most modern triathlons, these events are placed back-to-back in immediate sequence and a competitor’s official time includes the time required between the individual legs of the race, including any time necessary for changing clothes and shoes.