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 city	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Motto	The Pursuit of Equality in Sports and Life
Nations participating	46
Athletes participating	3641
Events	542 in 19 sports
Opening ceremony	25 November
Closing ceremony	1 December
Officially opened by	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Prime Minister of Malaysia[1]
Athlete's Oath	Lee Seng Chow
Torch lighter	Razali Jaafar, Hisham Khaironi, Choo Kam Chan and David Wang
Main venue	KLFA Stadium[2]
Website	2006 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

In 1999, Malaysia, New Zealand and Hong Kong formally submitted the bid for the games. With the withdrawal of New Zealand and Hong Kong from the bid, the hosting right was awarded to Malaysia which named its capital, Kuala Lumpur as the host city. Like Thailand and South Korea, Malaysia also bid for the Asian Games alongside the FESPIC Games but lost the Asian Games hosting rights to Qatar. Had Malaysia won the hosting rights of the 2006 Asian Games, it would have been the third and last time the FESPIC Games is held at the same country as the Asian Games. When Qatar won the bid for the Asian Games in 2000, it was not a FESPIC Federation member at that time as it was considered a middle east member.[7]

Development and preparation

The KL'06 9th FESPIC Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.[8]

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-disciplinary 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 new 87,411-seat national stadium, it hosted most of the events.

A games village was not built. Instead, a "village in the city" concept saw athletes and officials housed in 13 hotels across the Klang Valley. They are physically near to the assigned sports venues of the games, and was hoped that it will add vibe to the hosting venues and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.

The Final FESPIC Games had 20 venues for the games. 11 in Kuala Lumpur, 7 in Selangor and 1 each in Putrajaya and Negeri Sembilan respectively.[9]

State	Competition Venue	Sports
Kuala Lumpur	National Sports Complex, Malaysia
	Bukit Jalil National Stadium	Athletics
	National Aquatic Centre	Swimming
	Axiata Arena	Table tennis
	Others
	KLFA Stadium	Opening and closing ceremony
	National Archery Centre, Keramat	Archery
	Titiwangsa Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	Badminton
	Bukit Kiara Sports Complex	Boccia, Lawn bowls
	OCM Indoor Sports Arena, Kuala Lumpur	Fencing
	National Tennis Centre, Jalan Duta	Wheelchair Tennis
	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Cheras	Powerlifting
	Mega Lanes Endah Parade, Sri Petaling	Bowling
Selangor	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Judo
	Subang Shooting Range	Shooting
	Maybank Sports Complex, Bangi	Football
	Bank Simpanan Nasional Training Centre, Bangi	Football
	Petronas Management Training Centre	Sitting Volleyball
	Malawati Stadium, Shah Alam	Wheelchair Basketball
	Bangi Rehabilitation and Industrial Training Centre	Goalball
Putrajaya	Putrajaya	Cycling
Negeri Sembilan	Admiral Marina and Leisure Club, Port Dickson	Sailing

Marketing

Logo

"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, '06 represents to the year 2006, the heart shape in the '0' portrays the loving, caring and hospitality of the people of Malaysia, while the brush stroke sphere represents unity of the Malaysians.[10]

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 mousedeer is a native animal in Malaysia locally known as pelanduk or kancil which is shy, but very agile and quick thinking. It is a favourite character in local folktales commonly known as "Sang Kancil", noted for its intelligence, wit, cunning feints and quick reaction to escape from all kinds of danger, especially from its enemies. 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.[11]

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.[12]

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on 1 December 2006 at the KLFA Stadium. [13]

Participating nations

Afghanistan  Australia  Bangladesh  Bahrain  Bhutan  Brunei  China  Fiji  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia

Iran  Iraq  Japan  Jordan  Kazakhstan  Kiribati  South Korea  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon  Macau  Malaysia

Mongolia  Myanmar    Nepal  New Caledonia  New Zealand  Pakistan  Papua New Guinea  Palestine  Philippines  Qatar  Singapore  South Korea  Sri Lanka

Syria  Chinese Taipei  Tajikistan  Thailand  Timor Leste  Tonga  Turkmenistan  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam Wallis and Futuna

Sports

Archery Athletics Powerlifting Bowling Boccia

Cycling Wheelchair fencing Football 7-a-side Judo Lawn bowls

Sailing Shooting Swimming Badminton Ten-pin bowling

Sitting Volleyball Table tennis Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair tennis

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.[14]

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

2006 FESPIC Games medal table

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	199	72	36	307
2	Thailand (THA)	61	43	47	151
3	South Korea (KOR)	58	42	43	143
4	Malaysia (MAS)*	44	59	71	174
5	Iran (IRI)	36	43	26	105
6	Japan (JPN)	28	33	38	99
7	Hong Kong (HKG)	25	30	23	78
8	Chinese Taipei	18	29	22	69
9	Australia (AUS)	15	17	23	55
10	Vietnam (VIE)	9	27	32	68
11	Singapore (SIN)	7	5	5	17
12	India (IND)	5	8	19	32
13	Myanmar	5	2	4	11
14	Iraq (IRQ)	4	5	2	11
15	Indonesia (INA)	3	8	10	21
16	Wallis et Futuna (WLF)	3	0	2	5
17	Jordan (JOR)	3	0	0	3
18	Sri Lanka (SRI)	2	15	10	27
19	Philippines (PHI)	2	4	8	14
20	New Caledonia (NCL)	2	4	3	9
21	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	2	3	1	6
22	Bahrain (BHR)	2	3	0	5
23	Fiji (FIJ)	2	0	5	7
24	Pakistan (PAK)	1	5	3	9
25	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	4	2	7
26	Turkmenistan (TKM)	1	4	1	6
27	Macau (MAC)	1	3	4	8
28	Kuwait (KUW)	1	2	8	11
29	Qatar (QAT)	1	0	2	3
30	Kiribati (KIR)	1	0	0	1
31	New Zealand (NZL)	0	3	2	5
32	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	3	4
33	Bhutan (BHU)	0	1	1	2
34	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	0	1
35	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	1	1
	East Timor (TLS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 NPCs)		542	476	458	1476

See also

• FESPIC Games

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".
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
7. FESPIC slideshow
8. "Organising Committee". Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
9. "Competition Venues". Archived from the original on 1 March 2007.
10. "KL'06 Logo". Official Website. 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007.
11. "Mascot KL'06". Official Website. 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007.
12. "Sukan Fespic dibuka penuh tradisi". Utusan Malaysia. 26 November 2006. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
13. "Opening and closing ceremonies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
14. "Medal tally". Archived from the original on 17 December 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2006.

External links

• 2006 FESPIC Games - Official Website (in English)

Preceded by Busan	FESPIC Games Kuala Lumpur IX FESPIC Games (2006)	Succeeded by Guangzhou