2006 FESPIC Games

The 2006 FESPIC Games, officially known as the 9th and Final FESPIC Games, was an Asia-Pacific disabled multi-sport event held[3] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 25 November to 1 December 2006.[4][5]

IX FESPIC Games
Host cityKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MottoThe Pursuit of Equality in Sports and Life
Nations participating46
Athletes participating3641
Events542 in 19 sports
Opening ceremony25 November
Closing ceremony1 December
Officially opened byAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Prime Minister of Malaysia[1]
Athlete's OathLee Seng Chow
Torch lighterRazali Jaafar, Hisham Khaironi, Choo Kam Chan and David Wang
Main venueKLFA Stadium[2]
Website2006 FESPIC Games

It was the first and last time Malaysia hosted the games. Malaysia is the eighth and the last FESPIC organisation member to host the FESPIC games after Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Thailand, and South Korea. Around 3,641 athletes from 46 nations competed at the games which featured 19 sports. The games was opened by Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the KLFA stadium.

The final medal tally was led by China, followed by Thailand, South Korea, and host Malaysia. Several games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of disabled sports competition among the Pacific and Asian nations for other active sports tournaments. With the games concluded, the FESPIC organisation was officially defunct, and since then, the Asian Countries participate at the Asian Para Games held after every Asian Games, beginning with the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China.[6]

Host city

Four cities: Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and New Delhi submitted their bid for the games by 30 June 2000.[7] Prior to the voting, a 4-member Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) evaluation committee headed by then vice-president of the association Muhammad Latif Butt inspected Doha on 13 and 14 July 2000,[8] New Delhi on 15 and 16 July 2000,[9] Kuala Lumpur on 17 and 18 July 2000,[10][11] and Hong Kong on 19 and 20 July 2000.[12]

On November 12, 2000, voting for the 2006 venue took place during the 19th Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly held in Busan, South Korea.[13] The voting involved the 41 members of the Olympic Council of Asia and consisted of three rounds, each round eliminating one of the bidding cities.[14][15] After the first round, New Delhi was eliminated, with only two votes. The second round of voting, with three remaining candidates, gave Doha as the result.[16][17]

During this bid process Malaysia and Hong Kong was proposed to host the FESPIC Games if win the bid for the Asian Games. But this did not happen, as Qatar was not a member of the Asia-Pacific region of the IPC, the holding of the FESPIC Games in the country has become unviable (the IPC until 2004 had six regions and the country was part of the Middle East and North Africa Region) and unlike the three previous editions, the FESPIC Games would no longer be held in the country that hosted the Asian Games. This situation motivated FESPIC to open a second election process, in which Hong Kong and Malaysia recycled their projects and a third interested appeared, which was New Zealand.Subsequently, both New Zealand and Hong Kong voluntarily withdrawn your bids and thus, Kuala Lumpur was hailed as the games host city.With the structural changes implemented by the IPC in 2004, this was the last edition of the Games held in this format, since after the opening ceremony, FESPIC was dissolved and its members were absorbed by 3 areas of the IPC (Asia, Europe and Oceania). Thus, the subsequent edition of the Games would be held in Guangzhou in the People's Republic of China and they would be called Asian Para Games and the recount would start from there.[18]

Development and preparation

The KL'06 9th FESPIC Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.[19]

Venues

The 2006 FESPIC Games used a mix of new, existing and temporary venues. Most venues were public-sporting facilities which will revert to public use after the games. No major retrofitting work were done in most venues as most had been used to host major multi-sporting events events such as the 1998 Commonwealth Games, 2001 Southeast Asian Games and the 2001 ASEAN Para Games.

At the centrepiece of the activities was the National Sports Complex. Incorporating the 87,411-seat world-famous Bukit Jalil National Stadium, it hosted most of the events.

Due to the small budget,the games village was not built. Instead, a "village in the city" concept saw athletes and officials housed in 13 hotels across the Klang Valley.These hotels were close to the competition venues,with this decision it was expected with the resources that would hypothetically be used to build a village to be used for other purposes during the Games.

The Final FESPIC Games had 20 venues for the games. 11 in Kuala Lumpur, 7 in Selangor and two stand-alone venues in Putrajaya and Negeri Sembilan respectively.[20]

State Competition Venue Sports
Kuala LumpurNational Sports Complex, Malaysia
Bukit Jalil National StadiumAthletics
National Aquatic CentreSwimming
Putra Indoor StadiumTable tennis
Stand-Alone Venues
KLFA StadiumOpening and closing ceremony
National Archery Centre, KeramatArchery
Titiwangsa Stadium, Kuala LumpurBadminton
Bukit Kiara Sports ComplexBoccia, Lawn bowls
OCM Indoor Sports Arena, Kuala LumpurFencing
National Tennis Centre, Jalan DutaWheelchair Tennis
Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, CherasPowerlifting
Mega Lanes Endah Parade, Sri PetalingBowling
SelangorUniversiti Putra MalaysiaJudo
Subang Shooting RangeShooting
Maybank Sports Complex, BangiFootball
Bank Simpanan Nasional Training Centre, BangiFootball
Petronas Management Training CentreSitting Volleyball
Malawati Stadium, Shah AlamWheelchair Basketball
Bangi Rehabilitation and Industrial Training CentreGoalball
PutrajayaSepang International CircuitCycling
Negeri SembilanAdmiral Marina and Leisure Club, Port DicksonSailing

Marketing
"Ujang" and "Che Mek", the mousedeers, the official mascots of the games.

The 2006 FESPIC Games logo is a heart-shape image which represents the spirit, passion and tradition of the FESPIC Games. The initial KL in the logo, represents Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia as the venue of the Games, and the '06 represents to the year 2006.[21]

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2006 FESPIC Games is a pair of mousedeer named "Ujang", the male one and its female counterpart, "Cek Mek". The adoption of mousedeer as the games' mascot is to represent the courage of the Paralympic athletes in overcoming challenges and the odds. The names of the mascots, Ujang and Che Mek, are common nicknames for local Malay youths.[22]

The games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 25 November 2006 at the KLFA Stadium. The ceremony begins with the marching of the Malaysian Armed Forces along with the mascots of the games. This was followed by the firework display and the marching of the contingents of the participating nations. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, then Prime minister of Malaysia, declared the games opened. Lee Seng Chow, the blind discus throw athlete then take the oath on behalf of the athletes. Finally the torch was lit by four Malaysian paralympic athletes, Razali Jaafar, Hisham Khaironi, Choo Kam Chan and David Wang.[23]

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on 1 December 2006 at the KLFA Stadium.[24]

Participating nations

Sports

Medal table

A total of 1476 medals, comprising 542 Gold medals, 476 Silver medals, 458 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Malaysia's performance was their best ever yet and was placed fourth overall amongst participating nations.[25]

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

2006 FESPIC Games medal table
RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1997236307
2 Thailand (THA)614347151
3 South Korea (KOR)584243143
4 Malaysia (MAS)*445971174
5 Iran (IRI)364326105
6 Japan (JPN)28333899
7 Hong Kong (HKG)25302378
8 Chinese Taipei18292269
9 Australia (AUS)15172355
10 Vietnam (VIE)9273268
11 Singapore (SIN)75517
12 India (IND)581932
13 Myanmar52411
14 Iraq (IRQ)45211
15 Indonesia (INA)381021
16 Wallis et Futuna (WLF)3025
17 Jordan (JOR)3003
18 Sri Lanka (SRI)2151027
19 Philippines (PHI)24814
20 New Caledonia (NCL)2439
21 United Arab Emirates (UAE)2316
22 Bahrain (BHR)2305
23 Fiji (FIJ)2057
24 Pakistan (PAK)1539
25 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1427
26 Turkmenistan (TKM)1416
27 Macau (MAC)1348
28 Kuwait (KUW)12811
29 Qatar (QAT)1023
30 Kiribati (KIR)1001
31 New Zealand (NZL)0325
32 Mongolia (MGL)0134
33 Bhutan (BHU)0112
34 Uzbekistan (UZB)0101
35 Brunei (BRU)0011
 East Timor (TLS)0011
Totals (36 NPCs)5424764581476

See also

References
  1. "Opening" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. "Opening ceremony of the KL'06 9th FESPIC Games". Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. "FESPIC Federation: its Games and History (2)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2011.
  4. "International Paralympic events and achievements" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. "9th FESPIC Games Kuala Lumpur". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. "Colourful end to the Fespic Games". Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  7. "Hong Kong 2006 Asian Games Bid" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 12 May 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. "Qatar bid for Asiad ready to be checked". 8 July 2000. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. "Cabinet approves hosting of 2006 Asiad if IOA wins bid". Rediff. 20 June 2000. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  10. "Malaysia's Facilities Among The Best In Asia, Say OCA" (PDF). Perdana Leadership Foundation. Bernama. 18 July 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  11. "Unwanted Guests from Hong Kong Shock Kuala Lumpur" (PDF). Perdana Leadership Foundation. Bernama. 17 July 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  12. "'Can-do' spirit fires premier city's bid". South China Morning Post. 20 July 2000. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  13. "2006 Asian Games awarded to Doha". BBC. 12 November 2000. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  14. "申辦亞運香港慘敗", Page A1, Apple Daily, November 13, 2000, quoting Dato’ Sieh Kok Chi, Honorary Secretary of the Olympic Council of Malaysia.
  15. 香港申亚失败心不服 Archived 2005-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, 体育周报, November 13, 2000
  16. "Malaysia Amazed at Losing Asian Games to Qatar". Sportbusiness.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  17. "Qatar Wins Bid to Stage 2006 Asian Games". Sportbusiness.com. Tehran Times. 13 November 2000. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  18. FESPIC slideshow
  19. "Organising Committee". Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  20. "Competition Venues". Archived from the original on 1 March 2007.
  21. "KL'06 Logo". Official Website. 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007.
  22. "Mascot KL'06". Official Website. 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007.
  23. "Sukan Fespic dibuka penuh tradisi". Utusan Malaysia. 26 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  24. "Opening and closing ceremonies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  25. "Medal tally". Archived from the original on 17 December 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
Preceded by
Busan		 FESPIC Games
Kuala Lumpur
IX FESPIC Games (2006)		 Succeeded by
Guangzhou
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.