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Olympic Council of Malaysia - Games

Malaysia sport has gone places in the past decade in a way which few would have imagined possible when the first eager steps towards an Olympic Games debut were taken in 1956.

The first Olympic held in the southern hemisphere in Melbourne, Australia, that year started Malaysia (Malaya) on the great and exciting adventure of international sport.

Malaysians have carried their flag far and wide across the globe.


Multi-Games for the 2009



AYOF 2009
This youth multi-sport event is a significant part of developing future Olympians and a legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The event has the patronage of the IOC. The five day AYOF embraces a high level of sports competition, and features elements of the Olympic Games model such as an Opening Ceremony, Medal Ceremonies and Village type accommodation for athletes and team officials.



AMAG 2009

The Asian Martial Arts Games is a multi sport event developed by the OCA to create the opportunity for athletes to compete in various disciplines of martial arts. This is a new concept as the Olympics and other games do not recognise the increasingly popular variations which are practiced around the world. The first ever Asian Martial Arts Games are hosted by Bangkok, Thailand.


AYG 2009

The Asian Youth Games is a multi sport event which will be held in Singapore on the 29th June until the 7th July 2009. This will be the first Youth Games to be hosted by the OCA and is to encourage and promote and develop sport, culture and education of Asian youth, those moral and physical qualities that come from fair competition in sports, and to promote the international respect, friendship, goodwill and peace.


ISG 2009

The Islamic Solidarity Games is a multinational, multi - sports events. Held every four years, it involves the elite athletes of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. The Islamic Solidarity Games Federation (ISSF) is the organisation that is responsible for the direction and control of the Islamic Solidarity Games.




AIG 2009

The Asian Indoor Games is another multi-sport variant established from the Asian Games by the OCA. The first games were held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2005 and athletes from all over the Asian continent competed.

These Games were developed to give the opportunity to compete in sports that are not recognised as an Olympic sport or included in the Asian and Winter Games. They sports programs of the Asian Indoor Games have great appeal to spectators and are normally heavily broadcasted as a result.




SEA Games 2009

The Southeast Asian Games (also known as the SEA Games), is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games is under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia.

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