# GCC Games

The GCC Games is a regional multi-sport event which involves participants from the Gulf Cooperation Council region. The GCC Games, a quadrennial multi-sport event, was established by the union and first held in 2011. 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) football, Archery, athletics, Badminton, sailing, basketball, Swimming, Marathon Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming, tennis, gymnastics (senior and youth levels), weightlifting, futsal, snooker, Cycling (BMX Freestyle, BMX Racing, Road Cycling, Track Cycling), Chess and table tennis. 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 | 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 | |

## GCC Beach Games

* Main Article : GCC Beach Games
| Edition | Year | Host city | Country | Dates |
| 1 | 2010 | Manama | Bahrain | 10–17 October |
| 2 | 2015 | Doha | Qatar | 2–9 April |
| 3 | 2025 | | Oman | 2025 |

## GCC Women’s Games

* 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.
| 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

* Main Article : GCC Youth Games
| Edition | Year | Host city | Country | Sports | Competitors | Dates |
| 1 | 2024 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 17 | 1391 | 16 April to 2 May 2024 |
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
https://uae2024.ae/
Results 2024:
UAE 286 medals, including 93 gold, 100 silver, and 93 bronze. Saudi Arabia secured second place with 136 medals, followed by Kuwait with 116 medals, Qatar with 72, Bahrain with 71, and Oman with 58.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 87 | 91 | 88 | 266 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 52 | 57 | 34 | 143 |
| 3 | Kuwait (KUW) | 35 | 45 | 46 | 126 |
| 4 | Qatar (QAT) | 29 | 22 | 28 | 79 |
| 5 | Bahrain (BHR) | 21 | 15 | 31 | 67 |
| 6 | Oman (OMA) | 18 | 13 | 26 | 57 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 242 | 243 | 253 | 738 |
Para
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Bahrain (BHR) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Oman (OMA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 24 | 18 | 12 | 54 |
https://uae2024.ae/Home/Games

### 24 Sports (23 + Para Sports)

* Games Sports Programme
* Swimming
* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* 3-on-3 basketball
* Billiard
* Boxing
* Chess
* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Esports
* Fencing
* Football
* Handball
* Ju-jitsu
* Judo
* Karate
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Triathlon
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Volleyball

## West Asian Para Games

* 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
| 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 | Total | 86 | 76 | 71 | 233 |
* https://westasia-para.org/?p=2250
* https://team-thomas.org/_erg17/WestAsianGames/
* https://westasia-para.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9.jpg
* https://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/699/1st-west-asia-para-games---khorfakkan-2017