The 2014 Incheon Asian Games begin on Friday, where a total of 45 countries in the Asian continent will field its athletes eyeing top honours.
The tournament will see competition across 36 sports, including three new disciplines introduced for the event while five from the last edition at Guangzhou, China, being dropped.
Here's a concise capsule of event:
Participating Nations - 45
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Krgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, East Timor, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Sports - 36
Aquatics (diving, swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo), archery, athletics, badminton, baseball/softball, basketball, bowling (ten-pin), boxing, canoeing (slalom/sprint), cricket, cycling (BMX/mountain bike/road/track), equestrianism (dressage/eventing/show jumping), fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics (artistic/rhythmic/trampolining), handball, judo, kabaddi, karate, modern pentathlon, rowing, rugby sevens, sailing, sepak takraw, shooting, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis/soft tennis, triathlon, volleyball/beach volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, wushu
New Disciplines
Compound archery, mixed relay triathlon, soft tennis.
Sports Dropped
Roller sports, board games, cue sports, dancesport, dragon boating
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