About 2nd AIG

Emblem
The Shinning Sun that represents the ever-glimmering and warm spirit of the Asian people is the emblem of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and represents OCA’s vital role in Asia’s sport development and cohesion. At the same time, it symbolises passion, charm and unity of the people in Asia. The design of the emblem is based on two Chinese characters: the powerful yellow strokes form the character “People”, reflecting the vigor, vitality and unity of all people involved, whereas two sturdy blue strokes form the character “Two”, representing the second edition of the Asian Indoor Games. The two green vertical strokes complete the design, representing sturdy growing plants, which symbolize both the environmental commitment of the host city, as well as the aspiration for the Asian Indoor Games to grow steadily into the future. Together, the six simple, yet powerful strokes produce an image of a house set on solid ground, signifying that Macao, a youthful and energetic multi-cultural city, will serve as a solid foundation for future Asian Indoor Games.

Mascot
The concept of “Mei Mei” derives from the wild migratory black-faced spoonbills which come and perch in Macao every year. “Mei Mei” soars high into the sky, symbolizing that Macao opens new path with endless innovative spirit, and also representing the youthful, boundless and ground-breaking force of the Asian Indoor Games. As this migratory bird is chosen to be the mascot, “Mei Mei” not only shows her energy of flying high, but also leads the Macao citizens to participate in the Macau 2007, 2nd Asian Indoor Games.

Slogan
Ultimate Asian Power

Macau 2^nd Asian Indoor Games, 26 October – 3 November 2007

.Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) raised the idea of Asian Indoor Games in 2001 with the aims to further promote the noble ideals of the Olympic Movement among the Asian people and arouse their interests in sports that are good to their moral and physical qualities. The idea received a consensus on 3 October, 2002 at the 21st OCA General Assembly Meeting in Busan. This brand new sport meet has a diversified sport program featuring the events that are neither included in the Olympic Games nor in the Asian Games, but have strong TV broadcasting potential and popularity. The amateur multisport meet not only stimulates the development of the sport circle in Asia, but enhances the involvement of the youth in the region in sport activities.

In order to make good use of the competition legacies from the 4th East Asian Games, the Macau Olympic Committee and its government authority decided to bid for the 2nd Asian Indoor Games (2nd AIG), which was then accepted unanimously in the 22nd OCA General Assembly in 2003. On 23 June 2006, the Macau 2nd Asian Indoor Games Organizing Committee (MAIGOC) hosted a press conference to announce officially the 16 sports programme for the 2nd AIG, and after that, during the 3rd Meeting of the OCA Coordination Committee held in Macau on 4 April 2007, the MAIGOC announced that Kabaddi was added into the sports programme, making a total of 17 sports with two additional demonstration sports.

The sports programmes of the Asian Indoor Games are composed of 19 exciting sports with strong TV and marketing appeal, including Aerobics Gymnastics, Bowling, Chess Sports, DanceSport, Dragon & Lion Dance, Electronic Sports, Extreme Sports, Finswimming, Futsal, Hoop Sepaktakraw, Indoor Athletics, Indoor Cycling, Indoor Hockey, Muay, 25 metres Shorts Course Swimming, Kickboxing (Demonstration Sport) and Kurash (Demonstration Sport).

The second edition of the Asian Indoor Games will be held in Macau, China from 26 October to 3 November 2007.

1.	Aerobic Gymnastics Originated from traditional aerobic dance, Aerobic Gymnastics is an artistic sport that requires the athletes to perform continuous complex and high intensive movement routine. A choreography of basis aerobic dance steps with arm movements performed to music to create dynamic, rhythmic and continuous sequences of high and low impact movements, avoiding repeated movement. Competition categories in Aerobic Gymnastics are Individuals (men and women), Mixed Pairs and Trios.
2.	Bowling Bowling is one of the oldest and most widely played of the world's games. The earliest record of bowling goes back 7,000 years to ancient Egypt where a round object resembling a bowling ball, and marble bars, resembling bowling pins, have been found in the ruins of a pyramid.
3.	Chess Sports Chess Sport is a mind game which emphases athlete’s strategic and calculating ability. The ultimately goal of both Xiangqi and Chess is to eliminate the opponent’s king (in Xiangqi, the king is called 帥 "Shuai" or 將 "Jiang"). In the team tournament, the team athletes also enhance the corporation.
4.	Cue Sports Cue Sports, sports which are suitable for family, are being played on a rectangular table twice as long as its width, with balls propelled by tapered, leather-tipped rods called cues. Lining the perimeter of the tables are rubber cushions from which the balls rebound. The game is generally regarded to have evolved from outdoor stick and ball games some of which evolved into indoor games.
5.	DanceSport DanceSport is also known as competitive ballroom dancing, where male and female athletes pair up to compete together in its two distinct styles: Standard and Latin. Adding up to 10 different dances: Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep are under Standard Dances; while Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive are under Latin Dances. Each dance has its own characteristics and rhythmic timing. Athletes should dance anticlockwise and dance through central line.
6.	Dragon & Lion Dance Lion Dance is divided into two disciplines: Northern Lion and Southern Lion. The appearance of Northern Lion is like a real lion, whose lively body is covered by the golden hair. A red knot or green knot on the lion’s head classifies the sex of male and female respectively. The shape of Southern Lion represents a strong power. At the early period, a dancer wearing a mask of Baddish statue head leads the Southern lion. In their dancing styles, the Northern emphases in jumping, and the Southern enhances in flatland dancing. In the Dragon Dance, the athletes control the dragon in dancing to show a powerful atmosphere, and the symbol of luck, pleasure, and fortune.
7.	Electronic Sports (E-Sports) Electronic Sports (E-Sports), as its name, is a competitive sport that compete electronically or using electronic devices. Like conventional competitive sports, e-sport focus on competitiveness and fairness. Besides physical strength and reaction, strategy is also an important element in Electronic Sports (E-Sports). We can see it as chess games that require quick reaction. Although it seems different to traditional sports, they are the same in the core.
8.	Extreme Sports (X-Sports) Evolved rapidly, Extreme Sports (X-Sports) are an exciting array of creative and gravity defying activities, known for their explosive combination of action, risk, awe, creativity and adrenalin. The athlete involvement with their sports goes far beyond the practice hours, and reflects a very particular way of life; from passionate commitment, behaviour, fashion style, music preferences, to their vocabulary.
9.	Finswimming Finswimming has its own special style and features, namely the fin. This is a sport developed from snorkeling and competitive swimming, and is different from traditional swimming strokes, although there is a slight resemblance to that of butterfly.
10.	Futsal Derived from traditional soccer, Futsal is a sport that is played by teams. Futsal is an indoor sport which combines high speed with excellent control and football skills.
11.	Hoop Sepaktakraw Hoop Sepaktakraw is a sport that is under the ISTF (International Sepak Takraw Federation). Each team consists of five athletes with one reserve athlete. This sport is originated in Thailand. Hoop Sepaktakraw is not like basketball or football; teams do not interact with each other during the match, teams only have to concentrate on the shooting without fight for the ball.
12.	Indoor Athletics Athletics is one of the most popular sports in the world. Usually practiced in an outdoor stadium, it can also be hosted indoor, where the racing distances are shortened with the track being only 200 metres in length. The spectacular is enhanced with the intimacy provided by an indoor venue.
13.	Indoor Cycling Indoor cycling is actually two very different disciplines: Artistic cycling, which is basically gymnastics on a bicycle, and Cycle ball, which is something like indoor hockey or soccer played by cyclists. Since these are held indoor, their competitions will not be affected by the weather. Indoor Cycling requires concentration, balance and courage from its athletes.
14.	Indoor Hockey Indoor hockey is modified from the field hockey. As the venue is smaller than that of field hockey, athletes of indoor hockey are required to have strong ball controlling skill. The athletes should skillfully push, pass and dribble the ball. This is an approved International Hockey Federation sport.
15.	Kabaddi Kabaddi is a team sport originated from South Asia. It is mostly played by young men in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan and popular throughout South East Asia. Kabaddi is played on a flat surface without any use of equipment. Two teams of seven players shall play in two 20-minute halves for men. Players of Kabaddi have to hold their breath throughout a game. The field is divided into two halves with a “baulk line’ marked on each side. The teams have to stay on their home sides, with one team sending a "raider" across the mid-line to the opposite team's half, where the goal is to chant the word “Kabaddi” while tagging members of the opposite team before returning to the home side beyond the opposite team’s baulk line. Tagged members are "out" and the opposing team earns 1 point. Meanwhile, if a raider fails to chant during a raid or being stopped by the defender before reaching the baulk line, he or she will be sent off the field losing 1 point. If a raider returns to the home side without being stopped or breaking any rule, then no point will be awarded and the defenders now become the raiders. The teams take turns sending a "raider" across the opposite team's half and the team with the most points awarded at the end of the game is the winner. The sport requires quick response, good lung capacity, muscles coordination and high reflectivity of the players.
16.	Muay Muay (Thai Boxing) is what the Thai people call their own martial art. The art of Muay has been the most popular sport for hundreds of years in Thailand. May is unique among other kinds of fighting disciplines in its approach to close quarters fighting. Fighters are able to more effectively use their elbows, knees, feet and fists than in other kinds of martial art. Every athlete of Muay only wears trunks, so this sport is more popular for among male athletes.
17.	25m Short Course Swimming The events of the short course swimming competitions are separated by the different strokes. Although short course swimming has its own dedicated facilities, however, standard swimming pool can also be used.
18.	Kickboxing (Demonstration Sport) Founded in USA in early 70s with the name "Full Contact Karate", the sport entered Europe in 1975/76 when WAKO (World All-Styles Karate Organization) was established in Germany. In 1978, the first World Championships ever was held in Berlin. In 1980, WAKO was obliged to change name to its sport to avoid confusion with original traditional karate. So Kickboxing (synthesis of Kicking and Boxing) was the name chosen by the leaders of those days and WAKO started to stand for World Association of Kickboxing Organizations. Officially recognized by GAISF since 2006 and a member of WADA, today WAKO Kicking is an umbrella name consisting of 7 styles of combat competitions, precisely: Semi Contact, Light Contact, Full Contact, Low-Kick, K1 Rules, Musical Forms and Aero-Kickboxing. WAKO conducts its activities in Asia through its Asian Kickboxing Federation coordinated by Wako Asian Continental Division. Wako Asian Kickboxing Federation was founded on 19 December 1996 in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic). Already practised by millions all over the world, Kickboxing is still growing today steadily at everlasting speed. In the Macau 2007 2nd Asian Indoor Games, WAKO Asian Kickboxing Federation has chosen to have competitions only in Semi, Full Contact and Low-kick.
19.	Kurash (Demonstration Sport) Kurash - the traditional upright jacket wrestling originated in Uzbekistan more than 3500 years ago. The original translation of the word "Kurash" from the Uzbek language is grappling or wrestling. It is one of the most respected and popular traditions in Central Asia, especially in Uzbekistan. Competitors, one wearing a green jacket and the other a blue jacket, try to throw each other to the ground. If thrown to the back, victory is declared. If thrown onto the side, points are awarded. If thrown to the belly, buttocks or weakly onto the side, a lesser point is given. The action is stopped by the referee and restarted in the standing position in bounds if either of the contestants goes down to one knee or out of bounds. Competitors are not allowed to grab the opponent's pants, but are otherwise free to grip as they please. Kurash players always play the sports like Judo and Sambo as they also need a very strong balance and quick footwork.
20.	3on3 Basketball (Demonstration Sport) 3on3 Basketball is a variation of the game of basketball and played on a half-court. Each team can have 4 players at the most, including 3 active players and 1 substitution. Games are played in two 8-minute halves where the team with the first 21 points wins. The game is introduced by FIBA as one of the demonstration sports of this edition of the Asian Indoor Games, where coaches should be under the age of 35 while players under 17. The sport is recommended into the Youth Olympic Games in 2010.

# The above information are extracted from the Official Website of the "Macau 2nd Asian Indoor Games ".