On the afternoon of August 19 (local time), the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) confirmed that the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) will be canceled . The event is scheduled to be held in Bangkok and Chonburi from November 21 to 30. 2024.
According to Thai media, OCA stated the reason for canceling this event was not having enough funds to organize it and lack of preparation time before the tournament started.
This congress was scheduled to be held in 2021 but had to be postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. OCA has repeatedly delayed the time for Thailand to complete the preparation process, but after 3 years it was still forced to cancel.
The next AIMAG is scheduled to take place in 2026 in Saudi Arabia. If Thailand wants to host the tournament after this year, they can still apply through normal procedures with the OCA.
The cancellation of AIMAG 6 causes the Vietnamese sports delegation to change its plans for the end of 2024. It is expected that the Vietnamese sports delegation will have more than 300 athletes participating in 27 AIMAG 6 sports.
This is an event that is considered the central goal of a number of subjects such as men's and women's futsal and 3x3 basketball in recent times.
At AIMAG 5 in 2017, Vietnam won 13 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 19 bronze medals, ranking 9th on the overall table.
