Asia Pacific Deaf Games
The Asia-Pacific Deaf Games developed from the Asia-Pacific Deaf Football Championships, first held in Taipei, Taiwan and known as the Far Eastern International Deaf Football Championships. The games were then known as the Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championships until 1992 when badminton was added to the program and the name changed to the Asia Pacific Games for the Deaf. The games changed its name to its present name, the Asia Pacific Deaf Games, when the games was held in Seoul, South Korea in 1992. The games have been held every four years since.
The fifth Asia Pacific Games for the Deaf were held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in 1996 and set a record for participation with 700 athletes in four sports.
The games scheduled to be held in Kuwait City in 2004 were canceled due to the war in Iraq. Originally awarded to Kuwait city, postponed to 2008 and then canceled. The games returned in 2012 and 2015, however, the 2019 games scheduled for Hong Kong was canceled due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
List of Hosts
1983 Taipei, Taiwan
1984 Hong Kong
1986 Kyoto, Japan
1988 Melbourne, Australia
1992 Seoul, South Korea
1996 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000 Taipei, Taiwan
2004 canceled
2012 Seoul, South Korea
2015 Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei
2019 canceled
Related Pages
- Multi-Sport Events for Deaf Athletes
- Multi-Sport Events for Disabled Athletes
- Other International Multi-Events
- Fitness testing for disabled athletes
- Multi-Sport Events (Games) Calendar
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