GCC Games

GCC Games
Abbreviation	GCC
First event	2011
Occur every	4
Organization	Gulf 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.

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Edition	Year	Host city	Country	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
5th	2028	Muscat	Oman

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Main Article : GCC Beach Games

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Edition	Year	Host city	Country	Dates
1	2010	Manama	Bahrain	10–17 October^[18]
2	2015	Doha	Qatar	2–9 April^[19]
3	2025		Oman	2025

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Main Article : GCC Women’s Games

6th was held in 2019. Bahrain finished with 77 medals, UAE (54), Kuwait (50) Qatar (32), KSA (11) and Oman.^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]

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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

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Main Article : GCC Youth Games

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Edition	Year	Host city	Country	Sports	Competitors	Dates
1	2024	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	17	1391	16 April to 2 May 2024

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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.

1- 2010 Bahrain
2- 2015 Qatar

Main Article : West Asian Para Games

https://asianparalympic.org/sub-regional-games/

https://www.paralympic.org/news/asian-para-games-spots-line-west-asia-championships

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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

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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

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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

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GCC Women's Games
GCC Beach Games
GCC Youth Games
Pan Arab Games
Pan Arab University Games
Pan Arab Schools Games
African Games
African Beach Games
Asian Games
West Asian Para Games
Arab Women Sports Tournament (AWST) - 5th was held in 2020.
Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships
Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Athletics Championships
Arab Athletics Championships

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[1] [1]
"GCC Games in Kuwait postponed until December due to coronavirus". www.insidethegames.biz. March 3, 2020.

[2] [2]
"2015 2nd Gulf Cooperation Council Games IO Report". World Anti-Doping Agency.

[3] [3]
"World Rowing - 2015 GCC Beach Games Event Information". World Rowing.

[4] [4]
"Asia – GCC Games Handball Livescore | 2015". www.scorespro.com.

[5] [5]
"Second GCC Beach Games 2015 - A success story". www.sail-world.com.

[6] [6]
Sambridge, Andy (2011-04-07). Bahrain to host first GCC Games in October. Arabian Business. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[7] [7]
Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[8] [8]
6th GCC Sailing Championships 2014, Qatar Archived 2016-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. Icarus Sailing Media. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[9] [9]
GCC 3x3 Basketball championship to conclude on Saturday Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Qatar Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[10] [10]
Swimmers sparkle in GCC Championships Archived 16 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Qatar Olympic Committee (2013-04-14). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[11] [11]
Preparations on for GCC championships Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Gulf Daily News (2014-10-29). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[12] [12]
Arab Gymnastic officials applaud GCC Men's Gymnastics Championship. Kuwait News Agency (2012-02-24). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[13] [13]
Qatar top ’em all at GCC Championships Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Doha Stadium Plus Qatar (2014-02-26). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[14] [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] [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] [16]
UAE extend lease over GCC title. UAE Interact (2005-01-03). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.

[17] [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.

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"Oman Handball Association". Oman Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-05-02.

[19] [19]
"Oman Handball Association". Oman Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-05-02.

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[21] [21]
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[22] [22]
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[23] [23]
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[24] [24]
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