The 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (Korean: 2013년 실내 무도 아시아 경기대회/2013년 실내 무도 아시안 게임, romanized: Icheon sip-sam nyeon silnae mudo Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sam nyeon silnae mudo asian geim), officially 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (Korean: 제4회 실내 무도 아시아 경기대회/제4회 실내 무도 아시안 게임, romanized: Jesahoe silnae mudo Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesahoe silnae mudo asian geim) and also known as Incheon 2013 (Korean: 인천2013, romanized: Incheon Icheon sip-sam), was a pan-continental event held in Incheon, South Korea from 29 June to 6 July 2013 that served as a dress-rehearsal for the upcoming 2014 Asian Games, which was also held in the same city. It was the first event to be held under the "Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games" name following the merger of two OCA events – Asian Indoor Games and Asian Martial Arts Games, inherited the edition numeral of the former.[2][3]Doha, Qatar was initially scheduled to host the 4th Asian Indoor Games in 2011, but withdrawn in June 2008 due to "unforeseen circumstances", with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) chose Incheon instead as a replacement and postponed the games to 2013.[4][2][5]
Marketing
The logo of the Games is a brush image of a Korean traditional 'Giwa' (Tile) Roof that resembles people – “人” (Hanja or Chinese character for "인" (In)) holding hands, the initial of Asia “A”, and the Incheon Bridge. The wordmark ‘incheon 2013’ under the roof resembles the athletes from countries of the region that compete in various sports of the games.[6] Similar to the Asian Games, the event's mascots were three spotted seals named Barame, Chumuro, and Vichuan and the event's motto was Diversity Shines Here. (See 2014 Asian Games#Marketing)
Venues
Nine different venues were used for these Games:[7] Most of the following would also be used for the 2014 Asian Games.
Songdo Global University Campus and Dongbu Student Gymnasium – futsal;
Sangnoksu Gymnasium – indoor kabaddi and kurash;
Dowon Aquatics Center – short-course (25m) swimming;
Songdo Convensia – cue sports (billiard sports);
Yonsei International Campus – chess and baduk (Go)
Dowon Gymnasium – kickboxing and muaythai
Participating nations
All 45 member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia were invited to compete at these Games, with only 43 OCA countries taking pare in the 2013 games.[3]North Korea and Timor-Leste declined to send their athletes to these Games.[1] Indian athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Indian Olympic Association was suspended.
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