GCC Games
AbbreviationGCC
First event2011
Occur every4
OrganizationGulf 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

GCC Beach Games

Edition Year Host city Country Sports Competitors Dates
1 2010 Manama  Bahrain
2 2015 Doha  Qatar
3 2025  Oman 2025

GCC Women’s Games

6th was held in 2019. Bahrain finished with 77 medals, UAE (54), Kuwait (50) Qatar (32), KSA (11) and Oman.[18][19][20][21][22][23]

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

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

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.

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

See also

References

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  7. ^ Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  8. ^ 6th GCC Sailing Championships 2014, Qatar Archived 2016-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Icarus Sailing Media. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
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  14. ^ Oman’s Suhail al Kulaibi walks and lifts his way to glory. International Weightlifting Federation (2012-02-26). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  15. ^ Kuwait wins GCC Futsal Championship Title Archived 23 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Qatar Olympic Committee (2015-03-18). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  16. ^ UAE extend lease over GCC title. UAE Interact (2005-01-03). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  17. ^ Kuwait Passes Tests with Honours as Bahrain Sets Tests for Global Gathering Archived 17 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine. International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
  18. ^ "Saudi women make history at sixth GCC Women's Games". Arab News. November 4, 2019.
  19. ^ Al-Khalifa, Hussa K; Al-Khalifa, Dwa (March 12, 2021). "'We're all in this together': Perspectives from within the Gulf Cooperation Council Women's Games". International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 57 (2): 201–216. doi:10.1177/1012690221999803.
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  22. ^ "UAE National Women's Team Win 27 Medals at GCC Women's Games 2017". eyeofdubai.ae.
  23. ^ "UAE to host GCC Women's Games". The National. April 16, 2009.


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