2010 Army Black Knights football team
By winning six regular season games, Army became bowl-eligible for the first time since the 1996 season. They were invited to the Armed Forces Bowl in University Park, Texas, replacing a team from the Mountain West Conference. They defeated SMU, 16–14, in the bowl game to finish the season 7–6, their first winning season since 1996.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Eastern Michigan
The Black Knights defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles for the third consecutive year, this being the second of the three decided by less than a touchdown. The game was tied twice and there were three lead changes. The teams combined for 594 yards rushing and only 96 yards passing. The game was delayed for about 12 minutes early in the second quarter when the public address system, the scoreboard, and the lights on the west (pressbox) side of the stadium went out. The lights eventually regained power, but the scoreboard and public address system remained inoperable for the remainder of the game. Notable performances included Army running back Jared Hassin's three touchdowns, 142 yards rushing by EMU's Dwayne Priest, and 126 yards rushing by EMU quarterback Alex Gillett.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Hawai'i
Scott Enos kicked a 31-yard field goal with 7 seconds remaining in the game to propel Hawai'i to a 31–28 come-from-behind victory over Army. The game was head coach Rich Ellerson's first against his alma mater. Hawai'i jumped out to a 21–0 lead on quarterback Bryant Moniz's three touchdown passes. But Army rallied with four straight touchdowns of its own, including two by Malcom Brown. The Rainbow Warriors had the final say as they scored late in the third quarter to tie the game.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Hawai'i
Army was positioning itself for a game-winning field goal when backup quarterback Max Jenkins fumbled the ball while trying to run to the middle of the field to gain position for a field goal attempt. The ball was recovered by the Hawai'i defense. The offense then drove down the field and set up the winning kick.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Hawai'i
Moniz finished the game with 343 yards passing to go with his three TD passes. Kealoha Pilares caught 6 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown. The Black Knights gained 250 yards on the ground and were led by fullback Jared Hassin's 83 yards rushing to go along with 1 touchdown carry.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, North Texas
Army improved to 2–1 on the season with its first shutout since 2005 with a 24–0 win over North Texas. Seven Army players ran for a total of 292 yards. Short TD runs by Patrick Mealy (9 yards) and Malcolm Brown (2 yards) put the Black Knights up 14–0 at halftime. Army quarterback Trent Steelman also carried the ball 11 times for 68 yards and a rushing touchdown while throwing for 45 yards through the air.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, North Texas
North Texas entered the game 23rd in the country in passing with an average of 282.5 yards per game, but was held to just 106 yards and threw 2 interceptions. The Mean Green entered the game starting backup quarterback Derek Thompson. However, Thompson was knocked out of the game with a season-ending broken leg in the second quarter. UNT was forced to finish the game with former wide receiver Riley Rodge at quarterback. Army senior DE Josh McNary had two sacks, tying the school record for 42 career tackles for loss.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Duke
Army secured its best start to a season, at 3–1, since beginning the 1996 season with a 9–0 record in a 35–21 win at Duke. The Black Knights got off to a 14–0 start after short TD runs by Brian Cobbs and quarterback Trent Steelman and never looked back. Cobbs finished the game with 2 touchdown runs and Army 248 yards rushing while the Black Knights took advantage of 5 Duke turnovers. Steelman accounted for 62 of Army's rushing yards as well as threw for 85 including his first 2 TD passes of the season to go along with his rushing score.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Duke
Conner Vernon had 8 catches for 129 yards and a TD catch. Although quarterback Sean Renfree threw for 261 yards and two scores he was hampered by 3 interceptions. Army nearly doubled up Duke in time-of-possession with the Black Knights holding a 39.57–20.03 advantage for the contest. The win for the Black Knights ended a seven-game losing streak against ACC opponents.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
Playing without star tailback Bernard Pierce, Matt Brown picked up the slack and rushed for 226 yards on 28 carries and scored 4 touchdowns as Temple rallied to defeat Army 42–35. Army had a 15-point lead on the Owls through the midpoint in the 3rd quarter backed by three Trent Steelman touchdown runs and one touchdown pass. But Temple would score 29 straight points including 2 touchdown runs by Brown to pull away from the Black Knights.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
Steelman would end the game with 4 TD runs to go along with his 1 throwing score. He would rush for a total of 65 yards and throw for another 124. Army's leading rusher for the game was Malcom Brown who carried for 71 yards. Temple would shred the Black Knights for 407 yards of total offense. Quarterback Chester Stewart would pass for 127 yards and 1 TD pass.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Army won its third road game of the season in a 41–23 victory at the Louisiana Superdome against Tulane. The win gave the Black Knights their first season since 1967 in which the team won 3 away games in one year. Although only halfway through the current season, the 41 point scoring outburst also was good enough to surpass Army's season point total from 2009. Jared Hassin paced Army with 144 yards rushing and 2 TD runs. Quarterback Trent Steelman also rushed for 85 yards and a score while also throwing a touchdown pass to Davyd Brooks. Steelman only needed to attempt 5 passes all game as the Black Knights torched the Green Wave for 312 yards rushing.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Tulane QB Ryan Griffin did throw for 211 yards on the day and three TD passes, however two of the scores came when the game was already out of reach. Casey Robottom led the Green Wave receiving corps with 6 grabs for 63 yards and a touchdown. Army once again won the turnover battle for the game, only losing 1 fumble while recovering 3 Tulane fumbles.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Army dominated the first half of the contest staking a 17–3 lead at halftime but Rutgers would score 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter en route to a 23–20 overtime win. The lead storyline of the game, however, would surround Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand, who was paralyzed from the neck down after making a tackle on kickoff return coverage in the 4th quarter of the contest. Rutgers quarterback, Chas Dodd, making his first career start for the Scarlet Knights led the comeback with 251 yards passing and two touchdown tosses. Army was paced by fullback Jared Hassin and quarterback Trent Steelman, both of whom, ran for over 100 yards and each scored a touchdown. Steelman also threw for 115 yards through the air.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
In the overtime session Dodd hit Keith Stroud on third-and-6 to reach the 3-yard line, setting up Joe Martinek's winning 1-yard run two plays later. Army had driven down the field in their overtime possession but a broken play on a third-and-short led to a 1-yard loss by Steelman forcing the field goal. Army dominated Rutgers in total yardage holding a 404–250 advantage. The Black Knights also sacked Dodd a total of eight times including three by Josh McNary. However, Army was uncharacteristically penalized eight times for 94 total yards. Rutgers was held to −1 yards rushing for the game. The contest marked the first College Football game to be played at the New Meadowlands Stadium.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, VMI
Jared Hassin ran for a career-high 158 yards and scored a touchdown as the Black Knights came within one victory of bowl eligibility with a 29–7 victory over VMI. Hassin also led Army in receiving for the game with 3 catches for 54 yards. The Black Knights defense held the Keydets to just one score and only 282 yards of total offense. They also scored their first points on defense this season as well as their first defensive touchdown.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, VMI
The first points by the defense came in the second quarter when the Keydets were called for a holding penalty in their own end zone giving the defense credit for a safety. Then with just under 9 minutes left in the game the Black Knights sealed the win with a Donovan Travis interception at the Army 21, Travis then scrambled through traffic, and flipped a lateral to Jordan Trimble while falling to his knees. Trimble raced the final 42 yards, making it 29–7. VMI quarterback Eric Kordenbrock threw for 139 yards and Chaz Jones ran for 72 along with scoring their only touchdown of the day.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Air Force
Air Force quarterback Tim Jefferson completed just 3 passes but they went for a combined 124 yards and 2 of them resulted in touchdowns as Air Force won their first Commander-in-Chief's Trophy since 2002. The Trophy was AFA's 17th outright one. Jefferson also rushed for 57 yards and two scores on the ground. Jonathan Warzeka caught both of Jefferson's TD passes and had 116 yards receiving after catching one pass for 53 yards and the other for 63. Army's Jared Hassin led all rushers with 114 yards on 17 carries.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Air Force
Army quarterback Trent Steelman threw for 81 yards and a touchdown but also recorded his first interception of the season. Prior to the INT Army was the last remaining Football Bowl Subdivision team without an interception on the year. Alex Carlton was 3 for 3 in kicking field goals on the day.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Kent State
Army became bowl-eligible for the first time in 14 years with a solid 45–28 victory over Kent State. Quarterback Trent Steelman and slotback Brian Cobbs each rushed for two touchdowns as the Black Knights would put up six total rushing scores on the day against the Golden Flashes. Tyshon Goode led the Flashes with seven catches for 155 yards and a touchdown. Although Kent outgained Army by 410 yards to 382 yards on offense they were hampered by four turnovers. Army amassed 233 yards on the ground against Kent State, which came in leading the nation in rushing defense at 69.4 yards allowed a game.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
Notre Dame dominated Army 27–3 in the first ever football game played at the new Yankee Stadium. Army would jump out to a 3–0 lead on its first possession of the game but for the first time this season the Black Knights were held without an offensive touchdown. Irish freshman quarterback Tommy Rees led the offense with 214 yards passing and one touchdown pass in his second career start. Notre Dame kept the Army triple-option running game in check as the Black Knights rushed for a season-low 135 yards rushing as the Army offense went three-and-out on most possessions.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Notre Dame
With some extra bleachers in left and right fields, the sellout attendance of 54,251 set a record for the largest crowd for a sporting event at the two-year-old ballpark.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Navy
Navy extended their winning streak over Army to nine straight with a 31–17 victory in Philadelphia. Ricky Dobbs paced the Midshipmen with 186 yards passing including 2 TD passes and 54 yards rushing. Two records would be broken in the storied rivalry as Dobbs would set the record for the longest touchdown pass in the series with a 77 yarder to John Howell in the first quarter. Wyatt Middleton of Navy would also set the record for the longest fumble return for a touchdown in the series with a 98-yard return in the second quarter.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Navy
The fumble recovery by Middleton would turn out to be the turning point in the contest. With Navy leading 17–7 Army had a first-and-goal at the Navy three-yard line when quarterback Trent Steelman tried to rush the ball in for a touchdown to pull the Black Knights to within 3 points just before the half. Steelman was stood up at the one-yard line and the ball was knocked loose right into Middleton's hands, he scampered untouched for the 98 yard score in what would amount to a 14-point swing-the eventual difference in the game.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, Navy
Steelman paced the Army offense with 128 yards passing and two TD passes to Malcom Brown to go along with a team-high 74 yards rushing. Army would dominate the game from an offensive standpoint holding edges in, total yards, rushing yards, and time of possession. They would also hold a 4–2 edge on turnovers, but the fumble recovery and two big play TD passes by Dobbs would be too much to overcome.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, SMU (Armed Forces Bowl)
Army picked up its first Bowl victory since 1985 and clinched its first winning season since 1996 with a 16–14 victory over SMU in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. Army's defense was the story in the first half as the Black Knights scored a defensive touchdown on a Josh McNary fumble recovery and also picked off SMU quarterback Kyle Padron twice. The Mustangs fought back though and Padron threw two second half touchdowns to bring the contest down to one score. SMU missed a 47-yard field goal attempt to take the lead with just a few minutes remaining in the contest, and Army was able to pick up two key first downs to close out the game.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, SMU (Armed Forces Bowl)
Jared Hassin led the Black Knights offense with 82 yards rushing, which pushed him just over the 1,000 yard mark for the season. Army quarterback Trent Steelman was just 2 of 7 passing for 30 yards and also only rushed for 27 yards. However, despite the Black Knights ranking last in the nation in passing yards per game, it was a 22-yard pass play from Steelman to Davyd Brooks that sealed the victory. SMU's offense was paced by Padron who threw for 302 yards to go along with his two TD throws. Tailback Zach Line rushed 17 times for 103 yards, while Darius Johnson led all receivers with 9 grabs for 152 yards and a touchdown.


2010 Army Black Knights football team, Game summaries, SMU (Armed Forces Bowl)
Army senior linebacker Stephen Anderson was named the Army player of the game after contributing 14 tackles, an interception and a sack.


2010 Ashbourne Cup
The 2010 Ashbourne Cup inter-collegiate camogie championship was staged at the Cork IT sports complex in Bishopstown, Cork over the weekend of 20–21 February. It was won by Waterford Institute of Technology who defeated University College Cork in the final by two points, a repeat of the pairing and result, though not the margin of victory, of the 1999 final. Player of the tournament was WIT's Katrina Parrock.


2010 Ashbourne Cup, The Final
Waterford led 0-3 to 0-2 at half-time and extended their lead before Denise Cronin's 37th-minute goal for UCC, dispossessing Redmond and soloing from halfway and unleashing a shot from just outside the 20m line. WIT saw their lead cut back to a point immediately afterwards but regained the initiative and goalkeeper Kristina Kenneally's late save from Jill Horan secured their victory.


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Arrangements
For the first time the Ashbourne Cup, the highest division in collegiate camogie, was played alongside the Purcell Cup, the second division of collegiate competition, bringing 400 collegiate camogie players had been together at one event for the first time in camogie history. Cork City Council held a reception for the 16 Ashbourne and Purcell Captains before the event on 19 February 2010.


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Participants
Waterford IT and UCC emerged as the favourites for the competition from an early stage, although University College Dublin ran UCC to one point in the Ashbourne semi-final. The two finalists had several inter-county players among the entrants, from Kilkenny and Cork respectively, including Ann Dalton captain of the Kilkenny team, All Star Katie Power (Kilkenny) and Orla Cotter from the Cork team had played in the 2009 All Ireland final the previous September. The competition is administered by the  committee of the Camogie Association of Ireland.


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Ashbourne All-Stars
Eleanor Mallon (Jordanstown); Mairéad Luttrelle (UCD), Sabrina Larkin (UL), Gráinne Stapleton (UCD); Collette Dormer (WIT), Fionnuala Carr (UCC), Jill Horan (UCC); Katrina Parrock (WIT), Alison Maguire (UCD); Gráinne Kenneally (UCC), Áine Lyng (UL), Patricia Jackman (WIT); Fiona Lafferty (UL), Ursula Jacob (WIT), Deirdre Twomey (NUIG).


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Purcell All-Stars
Martina O'Brien (IT Tralee); Karen Mullins (DIT), Therese Lynn (Maynooth), Sarah Ryan (DIT); Rachel Ruddy (Trinity), Edwina Keane (IT Tralee), Aileen O'Loughlin (DIT); Jane Dolan (DIT), Paula Kenny (Garda College); Christine Kenny (DCU), Keelin Bradley (Queens), Niamh Mulcahy (Mary I); Shauna Jordan (Queens), Colette McSorley (Queens), Louise Walsh (Maynooth)


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Ashbourne Shield
The Ashbourne Shield, played off among the four beaten Ashbourne Cup quarter-finalists, was won by the University of Limerick who defeated Cork IT 1-10 to 1-4 in the final. In the semi-finals Cork IT (8-19) defeated Athlone IT (1-8) and UL (6-9) defeated  NUI Galway (0-7).


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Ashbourne Shield, Ashbourne Shield Panels
UL: Susan Vaughan, Edel Frisby, Sabrina Larkin, Alison Walsh, Karen Duggan, Mary Ryan, Clare Ryan, Clodagh Glynn, Shonagh Curran, Fiona Rochford, Mary Coleman, Áine Lyng (Captain) (1-5), Ciara Johnston (0-1), Mairead Scanlon, Darina Ryan (0-1), Anne Marie McGann, Siobhan O'Neill, Roisin Byrne, Fiona Lafferty (0-2), Juanita Brennan, Maria Walsh, Elaine Hough (0-1), Maria Moran, Ursula Quinn, Aine Brislane


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Ashbourne Shield, Ashbourne Shield Panels
Cork IT Lisa Marie O'Mahoney (Cork), Patricia Moloney (Cork), Christine O'Neill (Cork), Aisling O'Keefe (Cork), Colleen Long (Cork), Julie McGrath (Cork), Charlotte Kearney (Captain), Elaine O'Riordan (Cork), Erin Reidy (Cork), Shona Cunningham (Cork), Ursula Day (Cork), Evelyn Ronayne (Cork), Erin Corkery (Cork), Denise Luby (Cork) (0-3), Michelle Browne (Cork) (1-1) Anne-Marie Ryan, Ciara McKenna, Suzanne Lynch, Clara Kavanagh, Emma O'Reagan, Mairead O'Sullivan, Aoife Doyle, Orla Gleeson, Sorcha Fenneily, Aoife Doyle, Anne-Marie Ryan, Ciara McKenna, Suzanne Lynch, Clara Kavanagh, Emma O'Reagan, Mairead O'Sullivan, Aoife Doyle, Orla Gleeson, Sorcha Fenneily, Aoife Doyle


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Purcell Cup
Dublin Institute of Technology, beaten finalists by a point in 2008, won the Purcell Cup defeating IT Tralee 1-5 to 0-5 in the final. An early goal from Noelle Corrigan proved to be the difference between the teams. The Purcell Cup quarter-finals threw up an upset when Mary Immaculate defeated Queens University Belfast 1-7 to 0-2. In the semi-finals IT Tralee defeated Garda College 2-10 to 0-2 and Dublin IT defeated Mary Immaculate 3-7 to 2-9.


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Purcell Cup, Purcell Cup Teams
Dublin Institute of Technology: Nicola Byrnes (Dublin); Deirdre Barry (Westmeath), Gráinne Quinn (Dublin), Sarah Walsh (Kilkenny); Karen Mullins (Tipperary), Sarah Ryan (Dublin), Norah Kirby (Dublin); Jane Dolan (Meath) (0-3f), Aileen O'Loughlin (Laois); Cathy Bowes (Galway) (0-1), Coral Ann Canning (Dublin), Eimear Brunell (Dublin); Kathryn Katounia (Dublin), Noelle Corrigan (Kilkenny) (1-0), Joleene Hoary (Dublin) (0-1). Sub: Aisling Brogan (Dublin) for Brunell (22, inj).


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Purcell Cup, Purcell Cup Teams
IT Tralee: Martina O'Brien (Cork); Alva Neary (Limerick), Tara Cooney (Galway), Maura O'Brien (Cork); Áine Byrne (Tipperary), Edwina Keane (Kilkenny), Jill Hurley (Cork); Sarah Sexton (Cork), Megan Moran (Galway); Grace O'Riordan (Limerick), Geraldine Norton (Wicklow), Orlaith Murphy (Cork) 0-4, three frees one 45); Danielle Sheedy (Clare) (0-1), Ailish Considine (Clare), Mairéad Fitzgerald (Limerick).


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Purcell Shield
Queens University Belfast won the Purcell Shield defeating NUI Maynooth by 1-8 to 0-8 in the final. In the Purcell Shield semi-finals, played off among the four defeated Purcell Cup quarter-finalists, Maynooth defeated DCU 0-13 to 1-5 and QUB defeated Trinity 4-9 to 1-3.


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Purcell Shield, Purcell Shield Panels
Queens: Laura Quinn, Sarah Louise Henry, Anne McGuigan, Adelle Archibald, Theresa Adams, Kerry Crossey, Maire McGeehan, Claire Laverty, Mairead Short, Claire Dallat (0-1), Keelin Bradley (1-0), Shauna Jordan (Captain) (0-1), Louise McAleese, Collette McSorley (0-6), Ciara Donnelly. Subs Leona Quinn, Breanainn Mullan, Maeve Boyle, Janine McNeill, Brenda Toner, Ciara O'Kane, Eimear Murphy, Kathleen Kielt, Orla O'Neill, Sinead Cassidy


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Purcell Shield, Purcell Shield Panels
Maynooth: Jane Power (Meath), Jackie Doyle (Wexford), Therese Lynn (Kildare), Laura Hogan (Wicklow), Jenna Murphy (Meath), Sarah King (Westmeath), Aisling Newton (Donegal), Annie Kirwin (Dublin), Siobhan Mac Court (Kildare), Aoife Kavanagh (Dublin), Catherine Walsh (Kilkenny) (0-1), Martha Kirwin (Laois) (Captain), Sabine Kennedy (Kildare), Sinead McHugh (Kildare), Maria Divilly (Kildare). Subs Louise Walsh (Kildare) (0-7), Niamh Lyons (Kildare), Sarah Nealon (Kildare), Mariona Tyrell (Kilkenny), Mags Shorthall, Aimee Singleton (Dublin), Emma Carroll (Kilkenny), Ailbhe Rogers (Louth), Laura Newman (Westmeath), Edel Ni Dhunaigh (Dublin)


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Fr Meachair Cup
The 2010 Fr Meachair Cup seven-a-side for colleges who do not compete in the Ashbourne or Purcell Cups was hosted by Marino College at the Nearby St Vincent's GAA Grounds on February 25, 2010 and won by St Mary's Belfast.


2010 Ashbourne Cup, Fr Meachair Cup
Group Results: Group A: Marino 4-4 Carlow IT 1-7; Carlow IT 5-2 Froebel 3-2; Marino 1-2 Froebel 0-5; Group B: Dundalk IT 1-4 Crumlin 1-1; St Mary’s Belfast 3-4 Dundalk IT 0-2; St Mary’s Belfast 3-5; Crumlin 3-3; St Mary’s, Belfast 10-4 Coleraine 0-0; Crumlin 2-4 Coleraine 1-1; Dundalk IT 3-3 Coleraine 1-1; Fr Meachair Cup Semi Finals: Dundalk IT 2-4 Marino 2-2; St Mary’s, Belfast 2-6 Carlow IT 0-0; Fr Meachair Cup Final: St Mary’s, Belfast 1-8 Dundalk IT 1-4 (AET); Shield Final; Froebel 4-4 Coleraine 1-0,


2010 Asia Cup
The 2010 Asia Cup (also known as Micromax Asia Cup) was the tenth edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, which was held in Sri Lanka from 15–24 June 2010. Only the test playing nations India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were taking part in the competition. India defeated Sri Lanka by 81 runs in the final to win a record 5th Asia Cup title. Pakistani captain, Shahid Afridi was declared the man of the tournament for scoring the most runs in the tournament, 265, with an average of 88.33 and a strike rate of 164.59.


2010 Asia Cup, Trophy
The trophy was made of a combination of silver, gold, copper and brass with a silver finish with mat and gloss finish. It stands to communicate the strength, purity, humility and persistence that not only represents the four metals but also the four participating nations.


2010 Asia Cup, Venue
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium was the only venue of Asia Cup 2010 as other stadiums in Sri Lanka, including the R. Premadasa Stadium, were undergoing renovation for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. All seven matches were Day/Night affairs.


2010 Asia Cup, Venue
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium is a 16,800 seat cricket stadium in Sri Lanka. The Stadium is situated in the Central Province, close to Dambulla on a 60-acre (240,000 m²) site leased from the Rangiri Dambulla Temple. The stadium is built overlooking the Dambulla Tank (reservoir) and the Dambulla Rock.


2010 Asia Cup, Squads
The squads of the four teams participating in the tournament were announced in early June by the respective cricket boards.


2010 Asia Cup, Fixtures, Group stage
Each side played each other once in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages meet each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 4 points while a tie/no result yielded 1-point. A bonus point system was also in place, where a team could earn an extra point, in addition to the four received from a win, for a total of 5 points if they achieved victory using 80% or less of available overs or kept the opposition score to less than 80% of their own.


2010 Asia Cup, Fixtures, Final
Dinesh Karthik was declared the Man of the Match for his match winning innings of 66 off 84 balls while Pakistan's Shahid Afridi was declared Man of the Series for scoring 265 runs in 3 matches during the tournament.


2010 Asia Cup Final
The 2010 Asia Cup (also known as Micromax Asia Cup) was the tenth edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament, which was held in Sri Lanka from 15–24 June 2010. Only the test playing nations India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were taking part in the competition. India defeated Sri Lanka by 81 runs in the final to win a record 5th Asia Cup title.


2010 Asia Cup Final
The final match was played on 24 June 2010 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, which was played between India and Sri Lanka to determine the winner of the 2010 season of the Asia Cup.


2010 Asia Cup Final
Winning the toss, India elected to bat. India set up a total of 268/6 off 50 overs for their opposition. Sri Lanka chased the total unsuccessfully.


2010 Asia Cup Final, Final Match, India innings
The final of the 2010 Asia Cup was played on 24 June 2010 in Dambulla between India and Sri Lanka. Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first. Gautam Gambhir and Dinesh Karthik gave India a promising start but Gambhir was soon dismissed at 30 with India rollicking at 38/1 off 6.1 overs. Then Virat Kohli and Karthik put up a partnership of 62 runs after which Kohli was caught by Kumar Sangakkara behind the wickets. The highest scorer for the Indian team was Karthik (66 off 84) followed by Rohit Sharma (41) and MS Dhoni (38). India managed to score 268/6 in their 50 overs with Sri Lanka needing 269 runs to win the championship.


2010 Asia Cup Final, Final Match, Sri Lanka innings
The Sri Lankan batting started off to a slow start with Tillakaratne Dilshan caught in the first over. First five wickets fell off in quick succession within the score of 50 runs. Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews and Kumar Sangakkara followed Dilshan soon after. After this, a promising partnership developed between Thilina Kandamby and Chamara Kapugedera (53 runs) which seemed to bring back Sri Lankan hopes in the match. But after the fall of this partnership, Sri Lanka never managed to recover and were all out for a score of 187 in 44.4 overs. India won the match by 81 runs, and with it, the Asia Cup after 15 years.


2010 Asia Cup Final, Final Match, Summary
Thilina Kandamby (2/37 in 7 overs) was the best in the bowling department for Sri Lanka, followed by Lasith Malinga who also took 2 wickets giving 57 runs in 10 overs.


2010 Asia Cup Final, Final Match, Summary
The Indian bowling attack was spearheaded by Ashish Nehra who took 4 wickets in 9 overs, followed by Ravindra Jadeja (2 wickets), Praveen Kumar (2 wickets) and Zaheer Khan (2 wickets).


2010 Asia Cup Final, Final Match, Summary
Dinesh Karthik was declared the Man of the Match for his match winning innings of 66 off 84 balls while Pakistan's Shahid Afridi was declared Man of the Series for scoring 265 runs in 3 matches during the tournament


2010 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship
The 2010 Asia Oceania Korfball Championship was held in Zhuzhou (China) with 8 national teams in competition, from April 3 to 8. It is the eight edition of the Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship. Chinese Taipei are the defending champions.


2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The 2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA.


2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
With four-time champion Cody Crocker no longer contesting the series, it was expected to be a more open championship, and so it has proven. After five rounds of the series 1999 champion Katsuhiko Taguchi holds a three-point lead over fellow Mitsubishi driver Gaurav Gill. Taguchi won the first event of the series at Malaysia and was first registered competitor home in Japan behind veteran campaigner Toshi Arai (Subaru), but disappointing rallies in New Zealand and Australia left his early lead vulnerable. Gill was second in Malaysia and collected the points for third in Japan. Gill broke through for a points win at the Rally of Queensland, finishing over two minutes behind overall event winner, Australian Rally Championship competitor, Simon Evans (Subaru).


2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
Subaru driver Rifat Sungkar got his breakthrough points win at the New Caledonia rally, finishing second behind Pacific Cup registered racer Brendan Reeves (Subaru), putting the Indonesian driver in a clear third.


2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The only factory team in the series the Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team, entered a pair of S2000 class Proton Satrias for former WRC drivers Chris Atkinson and Alister McRae. The pair have pushed hard for podium finishes but have had reliability issues developing completely new cars.


2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
With the completion of Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie, the Pacific Cup was completed. Australian driver Brendan Reeves rounded off the competition with an outright win and claiming the Pacific Cup, which takes in the Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia rallies. Reeves scored almost double the points of New Zealand Production World Rally Championship competitor, Hayden Paddon (Mitsubishi). Paddon tied for second with Glen Raymond (Mitsubishi) and Brian Green.


2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The Asia Cup still has one round to run, Taguchi leads by two points over Gill with Hiroshi Yanagisawa third also in a Mitsubishi.


2010 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships
The 2010 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were the seventh edition of the Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from May 25 to May 30, 2010.


2010 Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships
The 2010 Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships were the second edition of the Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships, and were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from December 16 to December 18, 2010.


2010 Asian Baseball Cup
The 2010 Asia Baseball Cup was held in the city of Islamabad, Pakistan, from May 19 to May 24, 2010. The tournament acted as a qualifier for the 2010 Asian Games.


2010 Asian Baseball Cup, Format and participation
The tournament was downsized from eight to four participant teams, India, Sri Lanka, Iran and Iraq were not able to compete for various reasons. Pakistan won the tournament at the end of round robin play.


2010 Asian Beach Games
The 2nd Asian Beach Games were held in Muscat, Oman from 8 December 2010 to 16 December 2010. The opening ceremony was held in the Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat.


2010 Asian Beach Games, Emblem
The relation between the Omani people and the sea is legendary. Throughout history, they were pioneers in crossing the seas and oceans, and played a significant role in the maritime and shipbuilding history. The 8th century witnessed the arrival of the vessel "Sohar" to the City of Canton (China), establishing once more the Omani maritime supremacy.


2010 Asian Beach Games, Emblem
The logo design is derived from such splendid historical inputs, by embodying the simplest forms of the elements. The logo reflects the relation between the people of Oman and the rest of the worlds, especially with the people of Asia, by hosting the shining sun of Asia in Muscat, projecting a better future for the Asian sports, aided by the ship that will carry it to its international and continental sports destinations.


2010 Asian Beach Games, Emblem
The strong and high waves under the sail provide the logo with solidity, vitality and sustainability and challenges, as represented by the flood of competitors in the various games, hosted in the high seas, and at the same time, touching the attractive Omani beaches, giving the local dimension of the nature of the beach games' tournament.


2010 Asian Beach Games, Emblem
The expressions under the beach are colored by the bright colors of the Omani flag, expressing the devotion of the Omani people to their deep-rooted customs and traditions, expressed in the complete harmony of the elements.


2010 Asian Beach Games, Development
Omran (Omani Government owned tourism company) developed the dedicated 100 Hectare Site at Wudam Al Sahil near Muscat to host the 2010 Asian Beach Games. The development comprised a mixture of temporary and permanent facilities such as a hotel for media and guests, an athletes' village, administration building, press and media centre, restaurants and recreational facilities, site wide infrastructure including a marina and adequate parking facilities. Associated with the above-mentioned development, dedicated playing pitches with temporary stands to accommodate around 300 spectators for preliminary events and up to 1,500 spectators for the final event were built. Further to this, the opening and closing ceremonies were held in the amphitheatre for up to 5,000 spectators.


2010 Asian Beach Games, Participating nations
43 out of 45 Asian countries participated in these games. The only exception being North Korea and Macau. According to the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010


2010 Asian Beach Games, Medal table
Thailand led the medal table with 14 gold medals and total of 36 medals. 27 NOCs won at least a single medal with 14 NOCs winning at least a single gold medal, thus leaving 16 NOCs failing to win any medal at the Games.


2010 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships
The 2010 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship was a beach volleyball event, that was held from October 21 to 14, 2010 in Haikou, China.


2010 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships
The 2010 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships were the 6th Asian Canoe Slalom Championships and took place from May 1–3, 2010 in Xiasi, China.


2010 Asian Cycling Championships
The 2010 Asian Cycling Championships took place at the Zayed Velodrome in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 9 to 17 April 2010.


2010 Asian Development Tour
The 2010 Asian Development Tour was the inaugural season of the Asian Development Tour, a second-tier tour operated by the Asian Tour.


2010 Asian Development Tour, Order of Merit
The top three players on the Order of Merit earned Asian Tour cards for 2011.


2010 Asian Fencing Championships
The 2010 Asian Fencing Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea from 8 July to 13 July, 2010.


2010 Asian Five Nations
For divisional competitions, see: 2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments


2010 Asian Five Nations
The 2010 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2010 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to its sponsorship by HSBC, was the third series of the Asian Five Nations, the flagship competition devised by the International Rugby Board (IRB) to develop rugby union in Asia. The top five teams took part in a round-robin competition held on five consecutive weekends between 24 April and 22 May 2010, with each match hosted by one of the participants. Four other divisions operating on a single-elimination basis also took place, with a system of promotion and relegation between the four divisions and the main tournament.


2010 Asian Five Nations
The main tournament was contested by the Arabian Gulf rugby union team, Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea. Japan maintained their unbeaten streak within the Asian Five Nations, winning the tournament for the third time in a row, with an average winning margin of over seventy points in their four games. As champions, they qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Kazakhstan, who placed second with two victories, qualified for the final place play-offs, where they were defeated by Uruguay. Hong Kong and the Arabian Gulf came third and fourth respectively, with two victories each, while Korea were relegated to Division One for the 2011 competition after failing to win a match.


2010 Asian Five Nations, Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
For main Top 5 Division, see: 2010 Asian Five Nations


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
The 2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, known as the 2010 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, refer to the Asian Five Nations divisions played within the tournament. This was the 3rd series of the Asian Five Nations.


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
There were four main divisions, with further regional division. The winners of Division 1 would be promoted up to the Top Division for 2011, as will the winner of Division 2 being promoted to Division 1. The loser of Division 1, drops to Division 2, and the winner of Division 3 replaces the last place team in Division 2.


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments
Scoring system: 5 points for a win, three for a draw, one bonus point for being within seven points of the winning team, and one for four tries.


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings pre tournament, were:


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, Division 1
Division One is the second level of the ARFU. As the winner of Division One, Sri Lanka was promoted to 2011 HSBC Asian 5 Nations and the 4th place team, Chinese Taipei, was relegated to Division Two for 2011.


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, Division 2
Division Two is the third level of the ARFU. As the winner of Division Two, the Philippines was promoted to Division One for 2011 and the fourth-placed team, China, was relegated to Division Three for 2011.


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, Division 3
Division Three is the fourth level of the ARFU. As the winner of Division Three, Iran was promoted to Division Two for 2011 and the fourth-placed team, Indonesia, was relegated to Division Four for 2011.


2010 Asian Five Nations division tournaments, Division 4
Division Four is the fifth level and new Tournament of the ARFU. The Division IV tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, but recent unrest forced the movement of the division to neighbouring Kazakhstan and the recent closure of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan saw Kyrgyzstan unable to travel for the tournament. Kyrgyzstan were replaced by an assembled Almaty Select XV. As the winner of Division Four, Jordan was promoted to Division Three for 2011


2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games (Chinese: 2010年亚洲运动会; pinyin: Èr líng yī líng nián yǎzhōu yùndònghuì), also known as the XVI Asian Games (Chinese: 第十六届亚洲运动会; pinyin: dì shíliù jiè yǎzhōu yùndònghuì), was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from 12 to 27 November 2010, although several events had commenced from 7 November 2010. This was the second time China had hosted the Games, in which Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host, after Beijing in 1990.


2010 Asian Games
A total of 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 476 events from 42 sports and disciplines (28 Olympic sports and 14 non-Olympic sports), making it the largest event in the history of the Games. Due to reductions in the number of sports to be contested for the 2014 Asian Games, these Games marked the final time that six non-Olympic events would be held during the Asian Games.


2010 Asian Games
The Games were co-hosted by Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei, Guangzhou's three neighboring cities. It was opened by Premier Wen Jiabao at Haixinsha Island. A total of 53 venues were used to host the events including 11 constructed for use at the Games. The design concept of the official logo of these Asian Games was based on the legend about the Guangzhou, and featured a stylized calligraphic "Stone Statue of Five Goats in Yuexiu Hill", a symbol of the host city.


2010 Asian Games
The opening and closing ceremonies were held along the Pearl River in Haixinsha Island, and was the first time in history that the opening ceremony for a major sports event was not held inside a stadium. The final medal tally was led by China, followed by South Korea and third place Japan. China set a new Games record with 199 gold medals. Three World and 103 Asian records were broken. Macau and Bangladesh won their first ever Asian Games gold medals. In addition, the badminton men's singles gold medalist Lin Dan was voted as most valuable player (MVP). The President of Olympic Council of Asia Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah hailed the Games as "outstanding" and "one of the best ever".


2010 Asian Games, Bidding process
Seoul and Amman dropped out before their bids were officially selected by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), leaving only two candidate cities — Guangzhou and Kuala Lumpur by 31 March 2004. Seoul withdrew after considering the short span of time between 2002 and 2010, as South Korea hosted the 2002 Games in Busan. Evaluation committee of the OCA, inspected Kuala Lumpur from 12–14 April and Guangzhou from 14–16 April 2004.


2010 Asian Games, Bidding process
However, Kuala Lumpur was forced to withdraw its bid after the declaration of the Malaysian government on 15 April 2004 that it would not support the Olympic Council of Malaysia with a Kuala Lumpur bid due to the high cost of hosting the Games which estimated at US$366 million, leaving Guangzhou as the sole bidder. The OCA unanimously selected Guangzhou to host the 2010 Games at their 23rd general assembly session in Doha, Qatar, site of the 2006 Asian Games, on 1 July 2004.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs
On March 11, 2005, Lin Shusen, then party secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said the Games "will not cost more than ￥2 billion",in stark contrast to an earlier report, which had claimed that the cost could exceed ￥200 billion.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs
In March 2009, the director of the marketing department of the Games, Fang Da’er, claimed that the Games were short of funds, due to lack of sponsorship and the global financial crisis. An informal estimate put the Games' expenditure at about US$420 million and revenue at US$450 million.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs
On October 13, 2010, Wan Qingliang, mayor of Guangzhou at the time, officially revealed in a press conference that the total cost of staging the Asian Games and Asian Para Games is about ￥122.6 billion ($18.37 billion), with ￥109 billion spent on the city's infrastructure, ￥6.3 billion on the venues and some ￥7.3 billion spent on Games' operation.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Costs
The full spending details would be released before 2013, according to the city's finance chief Zhang Jieming. It was later reported that Guangzhou generated US$32 billion (￥210 billion) debt after staging the games.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Volunteers
Volunteer recruitment program for the 2010 Asian Games began at 9 pm on 21 April 2009 with target of 60,000 games-time volunteers. The volunteers were given green short-sleeve t-shirt, green long-sleeve t-shirt, sport jacket, pair of trousers, hat, water bottle, pair of sport shoes and waist bag.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
Two torch designs were short-listed in September 2009 for the 2010 Asian Games. A design named "The Tide" was chosen over one named "Exploit" by the organizers as the torch of the Games. "The Tide" weighs 98 g and is 70 cm long, and is tall and straight in shape, while dynamic in terms of image.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
The torch relay route was unveiled on March 4, 2010 and due to budgetary issues and the problems related to 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay. The organizers decided to carry it out on a smaller scale than those carried out in previous editions. The torch was Guangdong province and was traveled across 21 major cities of the Guangdong Province. The flame of the torch was lit at the Great Wall of China on October 9, 2010, and traveled around the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Torch relay
As originally scheduled 21 cities were present in the list of relay, with 2,010 torchbearers expected to carry it from October 12 to November 12, 2010; however, two more cities — Changchun in Jilin and Haiyang in Shandong, the host cities of 2007 Asian Winter Games and 2012 Asian Beach Games respectively, were also later added to the route for a single day on October 15, 2010, increasing the number of torchbearers to 2,068 people.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Emblem
The official emblem of the Games was unveiled at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on November 26, 2006 to prepare the city to succeed Doha 2006 as Asian Games host city. It is a stylized representation of Guangzhou's "Statue of the Five Goats" (Chinese: 五羊雕像; pinyin: Wǔ yáng diāoxiàng) fused with a running track. The goat, in Chinese tradition, is a blessing and brings people luck while the host city Guangzhou is known as the "City of Goats". The orange and yellow emblem also resembles a flame.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Mascot
The mascots of the Games were the five sporty rams. They were unveiled on April 28, 2008 at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention and Exhibition Center. The five rams, including four small with one large, were named– A Xiang (祥), A He (和), A Ru (如), A Yi (意) and Le Yangyang (樂洋洋). The Chinese character "yang," or "goat," is an auspicious symbol because, when read together, the Chinese names of the five rams are a message of blessing, literally meaning "harmony, blessings, success and happiness" (祥和如意樂洋洋).


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Medals
The medal designs themed the "Maritime Silk Road" were unveiled at Guangzhou No. 2 Children's Palace on 29 September 2010. It featured the Emblem of the Olympic Council of Asia and Guangzhou's kapok flower on the obverse and the Maritime Silk Road image and the games' logo on the reverse. The Maritime Silk Road image depicts a Chinese boat sailing on the sea, represents Guangzhou as the starting place of Maritime Silk Road, an important commercial center and entrepot of the South China region.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Motto
The official motto of the 2010 Asian Games is "Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia" (Chinese: 激情盛会, 和谐亚洲; pinyin: Jīqíng shènghuì, héxié yàzhōu). It was chosen to represent the goal of the Asian Games which is based on Olympic ideals and values, aimed at creating a competitive atmosphere for participating athletes while promoting unity, peace and friendship among Asian people regardless of differences in race, nationality, religious beliefs and language.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Promotion
Two years before the games, “Road of Asia” tour was launched at Tianhe Sports Center to promote the games throughout the region. A ceremony was held on 12 November 2009 at the Guangzhou Gymnasium to mark the one-year milestone before the Games.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Merchandising
Organizers started selling licensed Asian Games products with introduction of first batch in January 2008. On 7 May 2009, Southern Metropolis Daily signed a contract with the Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC) and became the exclusive online merchandiser of the 16th Asiad's licensed products.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Marketing, Music
The official theme song was released on September 30, 2010, and is called "Reunion" (in Chinese, "Chongfeng" [重逢]). It was composed by Wu Liqun, with lyrics written by Xu Rongkai, while the English version was translated by Chen Ning Yang, a Chinese-American physicist, and his wife, Weng Fan. The song was also performed by Sun Nan and Bella Yao (姚贝娜). Sun Nan then performed it again with Mao Amin for a music video. The song was selected from a solicitation campaign for Asian Games songs which received more than 1,600 entries. 36 of them were released as selected songs for the Games.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Venues
A total of 53 competition venues and 17 training venues were used for the Games, with four venues located outside of Guangzhou. Events took place at 42 pre-existing venues; eleven competition venues and one training venues were constructed for the Games, while the rest were renovated. Other venues included the Asian Games Town, which consists of the Athletes' Village, Technical Officials' Village, Media Village, Main Media Center and International Broadcast Center. Organizers revealed that the total investment was over ￥15 billion.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Venues
On April 19, 2009, organizers chose Haixinsha Island, along with the Pearl River, as the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies, the only venue which was not for competition purposes.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Venues
The athletes village in the Asian Games Town was built on a 329,024 square meters land space which had 3,598 apartments in 49 buildings.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Transport
Guangzhou's public transportation infrastructure was expanded significantly as a part of the preparation for the Games. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had been upgraded, in contracted to Crisplant (former FKI Logistex), to support massive volume of passengers. A new Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway was opened on December 26, 2009, shorten the travel time between two destinations.


2010 Asian Games, Development and preparations, Transport
In order to ease the traffic congestion and air pollution, the government ordered 40 percent reduction of vehicles and offered 1,000 buses during the Games and Para Games. The government also had a free-ride offer for public transportation during the month of Games, but cancelled one week prior to the Games due to overwhelming response from the citizens. Instead, government offered ￥150 (US$21.71) cash subsidies to each household with permanent residence for commuting purposes.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on 12 November. For the first time in Asian Games history, the ceremony was not held in a traditional stadium setting. Instead, it was held at Haixinsha Island, using the Pearl River and Canton Tower as focal points. The ceremony was directed by Chen Weiya, assistant director of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and featured a cast of about 6,000 performers.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
It was attended by the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong Henry Tang, as well as OCA president Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, and Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee. The ceremony lasted for three hours, and together with the closing ceremony costed about ￥380 million (US$55.01 million).


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
Athletes were paraded by boats along the Pearl River. The ceremony featured the water-themed arts show and culture of Guangzhou. The last torchbearer, diver He Chong lit up the cauldron, after igniting traditional Chinese firecrackers, whose flare shot up to the top of the tower where the cauldron was held.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Opening ceremony
The ceremony received positive reviews; Rogge was quoted as considering the ceremony to be "absolutely fantastic", and felt that it demonstrated the city's "ability to host the Olympics". OCA director general Husain Al-Musallam also praised the ceremony, arguing that it was unique and "just better than the Beijing Olympics [opening ceremony]".


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Sports
476 events were held in 42 sports (57 disciplines), including the 26 sports contested at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and additional non-Olympic sports. This marked an increase from the 424 events in 39 sports hosted in 2006. The OCA approved Cricket (Twenty20) for inclusion in the main program, while events were also held in dancesport (competitive ballroom dancing), dragon boat, weiqi and roller sport were also held in Guangzhou. Bodybuilding was dropped following criticism over the quality of judging in the competition at the 2006 Games.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
All 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia that existed as of 2010 participated in the 2010 Asian Games. All National Olympic Committees were ordered to submit their entries before September 30, 2010. Organizers allowed each NOC to submit additional entries and injury replacements after the deadline. After the final registration deadline, some 9,704 athletes, as well as some 4,750 team officials, took part in the Games, an increase of 184 athletes from the previous Asian Games in Doha. According to the Games' official website, Kuwaiti athletes participated the Games under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended due to political interference in January 2010.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Calendar
In the following calendar for the 2010 Asian Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. Each bullet in these boxes is an event final, the number of bullets per box representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. On the left the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony began on November 27, 2010 at 20:06 local time in front of 35,000 spectators. The show began with the theme "Leave Your Song Here", which included music and dance from China, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Japan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The ceremony featured songs from different cultures– Indian "Saajan ji Ghar Aaye" and "Aao re Jhumo re", Indonesian "Sing Sing So" and Japanese "Sakura". Various artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China performed "Triumphant Return" (Chinese: 凯旋; pinyin: Kǎixuán), among them were Alan Tam, Leo Ku and Hacken Lee.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
After awarding host badminton player Lin Dan the most valuable player award, President of the Olympic Council of Asia Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah officially announced the Games closed. As per tradition, the People's Liberation Army personnel lowers the OCA flag, and carried out of the ceremony venue. Later, the South Korean flag is raised to the South Korean national anthem. The Mayor of Incheon Song Young-gil received the Games flag for 2014 Games to represent Incheon city as the next host.


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The ceremony then proceeded with an eight-minute segment from Incheon in which local dance troupe "Arirang Party" led by traditional percussionist Choi So-ri in Korean traditional costumes, taekwondo exponents and singer and actor Rain performing the segment. Rain sang 3 songs during the segment which were "Rainism", "Hip Song" and "Friends".


2010 Asian Games, The Games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony ended with the flame being extinguished and the song "Everyone" (Chinese: 每一个人; pinyin: Měi yīgè rén) and "Cheer for Asia" (Chinese: 为亚细亚喝彩; pinyin: Wèi yàxìyà hècǎi) being performed.


2010 Asian Games, Medal table
China led the medal table for the eighth consecutive time with a new record for the most number of gold medals (at 199 gold medals) won in a single Games. This bettered their previous record of 183 gold medals won by China at Beijing in 1990. Macau, and Bangladesh won their first Asian Games gold medal from wushu and cricket, respectively. Some 35 NOCs (except Kuwait who competed under the Olympic flag) won at least a single medal with 27 NOCs winning at least a single gold medal, thus leaving nine NOCs failing to win any medal at the Games.


2010 Asian Games, Medal table
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, China, is highlighted.


2010 Asian Games, Broadcasting
Guangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting Co., Ltd (GAB) (Chinese: 广州亚运会转播有限公司; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu yàyùn huì zhuǎnbò yǒuxiàn gōngsī), a broadcasting consortium which was established on 31 December 2008 served as the host broadcaster of the games. The International Broadcast Centre was constructed within the Asian Games town.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Sports
Cricket was among the five début sports in the Games. India, despite its historical record, decided not to send its cricket team to the Games. According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the decision was due to other international commitments. However, its main rivals, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, confirmed their participation.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Sports
In ten-pin bowling, the Asian Bowling Federation decided to compete the Games behind closed doors, this resulted in protests from many delegates.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Sports
On November 17, Yang Shu-chun of Chinese Taipei, was abruptly disqualified with 12 seconds left in the first round of the taekwondo competition, while leading her opponent 9–0. She was accused of having installed illegal sensors on the heel of her socks. The event quickly turned into an international incident, with officials, politicians and public opinion from Chinese Taipei, China and South Korea trading accusations of manipulation and fraud.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Sports
About 1,400 random doping tests were carried out during the Games. Two athletes tested positive; judoka Shokir Muminov on November 19, 2010 and Greco-Roman wrestler Jakhongir Muminov on November 24, 2010, both from Uzbekistan, tested positive for methylhexanamine. On January 24, 2011, the OCA announced another two doping failures, Qatari's Ahmed Dheeb who tested positive for exogenous testosterone metabolites and Palestinian Awajna Abdalnasser who tested positive for 19-Norandrosterone.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Languages
In July 2010, the citizens of Guangzhou opposed the proposal suggested by the city committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to use Mandarin more in television news programs, rather than Guangzhou's main language, Cantonese. The debates eventually led to a series of public protests.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Languages
In late October 2010, in order to protest the government over the language policy in Tibetan area, the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) used the games as a channel to voice their concern.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Environment
Like the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Guangzhou also attempted to raise the air quality of the city. The authority had pledged ￥600 million to fight the problem, and had ordered around 32 chemical plants to stop production by the end of 2009. A report shown on July 13, 2010 indicates that the air quality was rated at 95.07% in 2009, an increase of 12.01% since 2004; this improvement eventually cost authorities ￥24 billion. Subsequent action from organizers to curb pollution included decreasing the movement of vehicles up to 40 percent and banning barbecue stalls in 11 cities.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Environment
Between 2005 and 2008 about 150 Guolang villagers survived by growing tomatoes, beans and cabbages while fighting the government for fairer compensation after their homes were flattened for Asian games infrastructure. The Panyu government set aside a date to listen to petitioners complaint on October 18, 2010.


2010 Asian Games, Concerns and controversies, Environment
Prior to the opening of the games, Conghua reported 429 cases of Norovirus outbreak. The government officials stressed that the people recovered before November 12.


2010 Asian Games medal table
The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event held in Guangzhou, China from 12 to 27 November 2010. The event saw 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competing in 476 events in 42 sports. This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.


2010 Asian Games medal table
Athletes from 35 NOCs (Kuwait participated under the Olympic flag due to the suspension of its NOC) won medals, leaving 9 NOCs without a medal, and 29 of them won at least one gold medal. China led the medal table for the eighth consecutive time in the Asian Games. They led all the medal categories, winning the most gold medals (199), the most silver medals (119), the most bronze medals (98) and the most medals overall (416, 26% of all medals awarded). Macau and Bangladesh won their first Asian Games gold medals, from wushu and cricket, respectively.


2010 Asian Games medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by an NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.


2010 Asian Games medal table, Medal table
A total of 1,577 medals (477 gold, 479 silver and 621 bronze) were awarded. The total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals because two bronze medals were awarded per event in 15 sports: badminton, boxing, cue sports, fencing, judo, kabaddi, karate, sepaktakraw, soft tennis, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, wrestling, and wushu (except for taolu events).


2010 Asian Games medal table, Medal table
This discrepancy is also caused by ties. In men's floor events in artistic gymnastics, there was a tie for the gold medal and no silver was awarded. There were also ties for the silver medal in men's 200 metres breaststroke in swimming, men's pole vault in athletics, and men's doubles in bowling. Thus, no bronzes were awarded in these events. Lastly, ties for third in both canoeing's men's K1 1000 metres and athletics' women's high jump, as well as a three-way tie for third in athletics' men's high jump, meant that multiple bronze medals were awarded for these events.


2010 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings
On 19 November 2010, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that Uzbek judoka Shokir Muminov had been stripped of his silver medal in the 81 kg bout after he tested positive for methylhexanamine. The two bronze medalists, Japan's Masahiro Takamatsu and Kazakhstan's Islam Bozbayev, were promoted as silver medalists.


2010 Asian Games medal table, Changes in medal standings
On 24 January 2011, the OCA stripped Qatari Ahmed Dheeb of his silver medal in discus throw after he tested positive for exogenous testosterone metabolites. The bronze medalist, Iran's Mohammad Samimi was promoted as silver medalist and India's Vikas Gowda was promoted as bronze medalist.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony
The 2010 Asian Games opening ceremony officially began at 8:00pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on November 12, 2010. The ceremony took place along the Pearl River on Haixinsha Island, mark it the first time in history that the ceremony was held outside the stadium. In front of 30,000 spectators, it lasted four hours, featured about 6,000 performers, with at least 40,000 of fireworks. The ceremony was choreographed by Chen Weiya (陈维亚), who was assistant director to Zhang Yimou in 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and filmed by Guangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting (GAB).


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Pre-ceremonial events
Prior to the opening ceremony, athletes and officials from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOC) were paraded by boat around the Pearl River with distance of 9.3 km to showcase the Cantonese culture.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Welcoming ceremony
After the countdown, the opening began with firework displays at Canton Tower and around Haixinsha Island. Afterwards eight honour guards of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) received  the flag of the People's Republic of China from two children and raised it up, accompanied by the national anthem March of the Volunteers.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Artistic section
The artistic section, dubbed "Sailing" (Chinese: 启航; pinyin: Qǐ háng) began at 8:06pm. The beginning saw a drop of water shown on eight giant retractable screens followed by a boy sat in a giant leaf slowly descending from the sky. By this time the centre stage was flooded with water and  the men on horseback rode onto the arena.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Artistic section
The next portion "Water of the Earth" (Chinese: 大地之水; pinyin: Dàdì zhī shuǐ) saw dancers perform and form a series of flowers. Initially five smaller flowers were formed before eventually the performers came together to form one big flower bloom. Children dancers then came out with lanterns followed by neon light dancers.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Artistic section
Afterwards the segment "The Ship in the Ocean" (Chinese: 海洋之舟; pinyin: Hǎiyáng zhī zhōu) saw two main dancers perform in the centre stage along with others in the background. A giant expedition boat then entered the stage with dancers acting as waves in an intense storm. The boat measured 28.8 metres long, 8 metres wide and 18 metres high. The boat then reached its destination.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Artistic section
In the penultimate segment, which was known as "Sail of the White Cloud" (Chinese: 白云之帆; pinyin: Báiyún zhī fān), Chinese pianist Lang Lang (郎朗) opened with song "Light" (Chinese: 时光; pinyin: Shíguāng). The song was sung by Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) and written by lyricist Albert Leung and composer Li Hai-ying (李海鹰). 180 dancers twirled in the air and converged on the water. Watercraft riders then created a series of water displays. High wire performers then put up a series of acts in front of the giant screens to form waves, seesaws, smiley faces, birds and other shapes.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Artistic section
Before going into the final segment, a one-minute segment known as the "Green Minute" showed people from each district of Guangzhou bring pots of plants to display, displaying Guangzhou as a green city.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Artistic section
The last segment known as "Invitation from the City of Flowers" (Chinese: 花城之邀; pinyin: Huāchéng zhī yāo) started with a stage full of drummers. A group of hostesses joined the performance. China's Wei Wei (韦唯), Tang Jing (谭晶), Hong Kong's Joey Yung (Chinese: 容祖儿; pinyin: Róngzǔ'er; Jyutping: Jung4 Zou2Ji4; Cantonese Yale: Yùhng Jóuyìh), Taiwan's David Tao (Chinese: 陶喆; pinyin: Táozhé) and South Korea's Kim Hyun Joong (Chinese: 金贤重; pinyin: Jīnxiánzhòng, Korean: 김현중) performed the games' official song "Sunshine Again" (Chinese: 日出东方; pinyin: Rì chū dōngfāng). The cauldron was then reveal when it emerged from the ground as a giant flame cauldron tower. Fireworks then lit up the area, followed by watercraft and boat exhibitions.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Parade of Nations
All athletes and officials from 44 National Olympic Committees and Kuwait entered the site in English alphabetical order as per Olympic Council of Asia protocol with the host country entering last. Due to the NOC suspension, Kuwaiti athletes entered the site as the penultimate team under the Olympic flag with the banner "Athletes from Kuwait". Each NOC was led by a national flagbearer. During the parade of the NOCs, a local song from each country was played when the country marched to the arena.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Parade of Nations
Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, sometimes due to political disputes. Taiwan (Republic of China) entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" under T. Unlike last edition's opening ceremony, the two Korea's marched separately from each other. South Korea entered as "Republic of Korea" under K, while North Korea entered as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" under D. The formal English names of North Korea, South Korea, and Laos were abbreviated on the placards, but announced in full.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Speeches
Afterwards, Premier of the People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao declared the Games to be officially open, making him the first and as of 2018 only non-head of state to open the Asian Games. It was followed was a large scale of fireworks erupt from the Canton Tower and Pearl River delta once again. Sun Nan and Mao Amin then performed the official theme song "Reunion" (Chinese: 重逢; pinyin: Chóngféng), and flag of OCA was carried in by eight athletes.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Speeches
As flag of the OCA was raised, the official anthem of OCA was played. Fu Haifeng took the athlete's oath while gymnastics referee, Yan Ninan took the judge's oath.


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Lighting ceremony
In the closing stages, dragon boat team leader Wu Guochong (吴国冲) carried the torch through the Pearl River into the stage. The torch was relayed by three athletes, before being passed to the final torchbearer. The three were:


2010 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sequence of events, Lighting ceremony
The final torchbearer, Olympic gold medalist diver He Chong (何冲) was accompanied by two children, Xiong Yuxiang (熊钰翔) and daughter of director, Chen Jiayu (陈佳雨). The trio used the flame to light the fuse of a traditional Chinese firecraker that produced an explosion which ignited the cauldron tower directly above it. Song Zuying (宋祖英) then performed the song "Smile" (Chinese: 微笑; pinyin: Wéixiào). Fireworks were set off in the air and around the arena to conclude the opening ceremony.


2010 Asian Games torch relay
The 2010 Asian Games torch relay was held from October 12, 2010 through 21 cities in Guangdong province and 2 cities outside the province before the opening ceremony on November 12, 2010. Prior to the relay, a lighting ceremony was held back on October 9, 2010. Some 2,068 torchbearers were expected to carry the torch with one of the relay was held in indoor arena.


2010 Asian Games torch relay
The relay in Harbin was held in the main venue of the 1996 Asian Winter Games, the Harbin Ice Hockey Rink, while the relay on October 22, 2010 was affected by Typhoon Megi as it was held under the rain. The relay from November 6–8 acted as a demonstration relay. The flame travelled across China aboard a China Southern Airlines Airbus A330-200 named "Flight Guangzhou 2010" (Registration B-6057), with the airline company being the official partner of the games.


2010 Asian Games torch relay, Torch
Two torch designs were short-listed in September 2009 for the 2010 Asian Games. "The Tide" (Chinese: 潮流; pinyin: Cháoliú) was chosen by the organisers as the torch of the Games, defeating the "Exploit" design. The Tide weighs 98 g and is 70 cm long, and is tall and straight in shape, while dynamic in terms of image. The secondary official mark of the torch relay was unveiled on July 15, 2010, featuring a silhouette of a running goat holding a torch.


2010 Asian Games torch relay, Lighting ceremony
On October 9, 2010, the flame lighting ceremony was held at the Juyongguan at the Great Wall of China in Beijing. A 22-year-old Yunnan Arts University student Kang Chen-chen (Chinese: 康辰晨; pinyin: Kāngchénchén) was chosen to light the torch. The condition at the time of the lighting was foggy, while she tried to light the torch with a solar mirror with little sunlight. Therefore, it took upwards of 2 minutes before the torch flame could come up. Kang received quite a bit of media attention afterwards. Most of it praised the way she handled the situation. The cauldron was then lit-up by president Hu Jintao.


2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, also known as the IV Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, was an international indoor athletics event took place in Tehran, Iran, between 24 and 26 February. This was the second edition to be hosted in the country as the first championships was also held at the Aftab Enghelab Complex in Tehran. A total of 23 nations sent athletes to compete at the championships, which featured 26 track and field events.


2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
The championships featured somewhat moderate performances – India, who topped the table at the previous edition, decided against sending a number of their top athletes. However, for many athletes it acted as a testing ground in the build up to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in March. The hosts Iran topped the medal table with five golds. China was second with four golds while Kazakhstan had the second greatest medal haul with a total of 14. Six Asian Indoor Championships records were broken or equalled at the championships.


2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
The female events were held separately from the men's events, taking place during the morning sessions. Due to the Islamic country's customs, men were forbidden from watching the female events. All four of Kyrgyzstan's medals were won by only two women: twenty-year-old Viktoriia Poliudina won both the 1500 metres and 3000 metres events while her compatriot Tatyana Borisova managed an 800 metres silver and 1500 m bronze. Kazakhstan's Oksana Verner was another athlete to win two individual medals as she took silver behind Poliudina on both occasions. Satyender Singh's personal best and championship record throw in the shot put was one of highlights of the programme, although the women's pole vault was a less-contested affair as only two athletes took part.


2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
It was later revealed that Oksana Verner and 400 metres gold medallist Munira Saleh failed a drugs test at the event and was banned from the sport for two years and life respectively.


2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, Participating nations
A total of 23 nations were represented by athletes competing at the 2010 championships. This was a smaller amount than the total number of nations that attended the 2008 edition (29).


2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results
These are the official results of the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships which took place on 24–26 February 2010 in Tehran, Iran.


2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
The 2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 14th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 1 to 4 July 2010 at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi – the first time the competition was held in Vietnam. A total of 44 events were contested, which were divided equally between male and female athletes. Three championship records were improved over the course of the four-day competition and numerous national junior records were also bettered. The competition, including its opening and closing ceremonies, was broadcast live on Vietnamese carrier VTV3.


2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
China was easily the most successful nation, topping the medal tally with thirteen gold medals and 26 medals in total. Kazakhstan initially had the second greatest number of winners, with 5 of their eight medals being gold medals, but positive doping tests later reduced them to eighth in the ranking. Second-placed Japan (with four golds) had a much larger overall haul, taking 22 medals at the competition. Chinese Taipei placed third with four golds and thirteen medals in total, while India had the third highest medal tally, with fourteen medals. Among the 21 nations that won medals in Hanoi, Thailand, Qatar and Bahrain were others to feature prominently on the podiums. The hosts, Vietnam, did not manage to secure a gold medal, but they still finished with a total of five medals.


2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Some athletes used the championships as their final preparation before the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, which was held in Moncton, Canada, later that month. Mutaz Essa Barshim provided one of the event highlights in the men's high jump as he broke the championship record as well setting the Qatari senior record with a clearance of 2.31 m. Another Qatari, Mohamed Al-Garni completed a double in the men's 800 metres and 1500 metres. Thailand's Supachai Chimdee set a championship record in the men's 200 metres and also helped the Thais to victory in both relay events. India's Harminder Singh was the third competition record-breaker, winning the hammer throw in 71.53 metres – also an Indian junior record.


2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Yulia Gavrilova of Kazakhstan initially scored a sprint triple, winning the 100 metres, 200 m and 4×100 metres relay, but at the event she had a positive drug test for the banned substance nandrolone, which saw all of her results at the competition retrospectively annulled. Iraq's Gulustan Mahmood Ieso took the 400 metres and 800 metres. Chinese athlete Gu Siyu was dominant in the women's throws, winning both the shot put and discus competitions. Her compatriot Jiang Shan took 100/200 m silvers and a relay bronze, while Zhang Xiaojun was also twice runner-up (in the 800 and 1500 m). Genzebe Shumi led Bahrain's success in the middle- and long-distance track events, winning the 1500 m and taking 3000 metres silver.


2010 Asian Junior Badminton Championships
The 2010 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. It was the 13th tournament of the Asian Junior Badminton Championships, and held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 24–28 March.


2010 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship
The 2010 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship was held in Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi, Thailand.


2010 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2008 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship.


2010 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
Thailand (Host) Qatar (8th) Maldives New Zealand Hong Kong *


2010 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship, Final standing
Team RosterYosuke Arai, Ryota Denda, Taiki Tsuruda, Takumi Okada, Takashi Dekita, Issei Maeda, Yamato Fushimi, Daiki Hisahara, Satoshi Ide, Sho Kuboyama, Yuki Tainaka, Kodai YoshiokoHead Coach: Noriaki Sako


2010 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship
The 2010 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 12 September to 20 September 2010.


2010 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship.


2010 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships
The 16th Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships 2010 were held in Bangkok, Thailand, from  21 ‐ 25 July 2010. It was organised by the  Table Tennis Association of Thailand under the authority of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU).


2010 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2010 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship was the 11th staging of the AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Zhenjiang Gymnasium, Zhenjiang, China.


2010 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship, Pools composition
The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2009 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.


2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship
The 2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 6 to 19 February 2010. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden.


2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship, Draw
* Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories. Following this decision Iraq replaced Kuwait in Group B to balance the number of teams in each group.


2010 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship
The 2010 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (12th tournament) took place in Tehran from July 23 – August 1. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.


2010 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship, Draw
* Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories.


2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup
The 2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup was the 2nd edition of the AVC Cup for Men, played by top eight teams of the 2009 Asian Championship. It was held at Ghadir Arena, Urmia, Iran from 1 to 7 August 2010.


2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition
The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2009 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.


2010 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup, Pools composition
Iran (Host & 2nd) China (4th) Chinese Taipei Indonesia *


2010 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship
The 2010 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship (4th tournament) took place in Abu Dhabi from 3 July–15 July. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Argentina.


2010 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw
Kuwait * United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Chinese Taipei Kazakhstan Bahrain


2010 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, Draw
* Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories.


2010 Asian Para Games
The 2010 Asian Para Games (Chinese: 2010年亚洲残疾人运动会; pinyin: Èr líng yī líng nián Yàzhōu cánjí rén yùndònghuì), also known as the First Asian Para Games, was a parallel sport event for Asian athletes with a disability held in Guangzhou, China. Two weeks after the conclusion of the 16th Asian Games, It opened on December 12 and closed on December 19, 2010.


2010 Asian Para Games
Approximately 5,500 athletes from 45 Asian member nations participated in 341 events from 19 sports. The games was opened by vice premier Li Keqiang at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium.


2010 Asian Para Games
The final medal tally was led by China, followed by South Korea and third place Japan. 17 world and 82 Asian records were broken during the games.


2010 Asian Para Games, Host city
The Asian Para Games succeeded the FESPIC Games, whose governing body the FESPIC Federation was dissolved during the last edition in 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after merger with Asian Paralympic Council to become Asian Paralympic Committee.


2010 Asian Para Games, Host city
On July 1, 2004, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) selected Guangzhou to host the 2010 Asian Games at their 23rd general assembly session in Doha, Qatar, with Guangzhou being the sole bidder of the event. A FESPIC Federation General Assembly held on 28 November 2006 at the last FESPIC Games' host city appointed the city as host of the Para Games, resulted in the tradition of hosting both the Asian Games and Para Games in the same city.


2010 Asian Para Games, Host city
However, as the Asian Paralympic Committee had just emerge, they have yet to sign any agreement with the Olympic Council of Asia. Hence, the Asian Para Games were not yet included in the Asian Games' host city contract. Both games ran independently of each other and were managed by different Organising Committees: Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (GAGOC) for Asian Games and Guangzhou Asian Para Games Organising Committee (GAPGOC) for Asian Para Games.


2010 Asian Para Games, Development and preparation, Venues
Competition and training venues plus all other facilities used for the 16th Asian Games were converted to meet the disability-accessible requirements for Asian Para Games athletes, officials, staff and audience.


2010 Asian Para Games, Marketing, Emblem
The official emblem was inspired by traditional Xiguan coloured glass windows used in Guangzhou since the 17th century and is an important part of Lingnan architecture. The gaps between the coloured glass displays a silhouette of an athlete in motion. The overall design represents both the hospitality of the people of Guangzhou and the ability of the Asian Para Games to break down barriers between abled and disabled people.


2010 Asian Para Games, Marketing, Mascot
The official mascot for the 1st Asian Para Games is Fun Fun (芬芬), an anthropomorphic kapok, a flower which is native to Guangzhou. The mascot represents strength, joy and vitality of the athletes and the Asian Para movement.


2010 Asian Para Games, Marketing, Mascot
Both the emblem and the mascot were unveiled on 6 November 2010.


2010 Asian Para Games, Marketing, Music
The Guangzhou Asian Para Games Organising Committee (GAPGOC) selected "阳光起航" ("Yangguang Qihang", which means set sail in the sunshine) as the theme song for the Games.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The 2010 Asian Para Games opening ceremony was held at 8:00pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on 12 December in the Guangdong Olympic Stadium. The ceremony's artistic section "A Beautiful World" (美丽的世界) was supervised by director-in-chief Zhu Jianwei and included more than 4600 performers, among whom 300 were disabled. Zhu described the ceremony as an emotional event which highlighted the power of love, family and people with a disability.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony was attended by Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, President of Asian Paralympic Committee Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin and President of the International Paralympic Committee Philip Craven. Some 60,000 spectators watched the ceremony inside the stadium.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The ceremony began with the entry into the stadium of Li Keqiang, Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin and other distinguished guests.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
Entitled "Running" (奔跑), the first sequence began with hundreds of performers running onto the stadium holding large LED flower props and rearranging themselves to recreate the emblem of these Asian Para Games, a coloured window panel (Xiguan glass) featuring the outline of a running athlete. Next, a giant LED model of this running athlete, suspended by wires, gradually descended to the centre of the stadium, signalling the start of the ceremony with a countdown.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The flag of the People's Republic of China was carried into the stadium by a visually impaired boy, He Yuxuan accompanied by his mother. The flag was handed over to eight soldiers from the People's Liberation Army. He Yuxuan then touched the flag with his hands before the soldiers carried the flag to the flag podium in a slow, goose-stepping march. The flag was raised accompanied by the Chinese national anthem.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
Some of the mothers of the athletes competing at the games and more than 300 mothers of Chinese children with a disability first paraded into the stadium. The mothers lined the pathway holding flowers, the games' mascot Fun Fun and banners to cheer for the entering athletes. The sequence of entry was determined by the alphabetical order of the IOC code of each nation with Afghanistan being the first nation to enter. The host nation China was the last to enter. During the parade, Chinese pop music was played to liven the mood.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
Four dignitaries then walked onto the podium at the centre of the stadium. They were:


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
Wang Xinxian, Huang Huahua and Liu Peng made each made speeches in Chinese highlighting the auspicious and historic nature of the games and welcomed athletes and visitors to Guangzhou. They also thanked the contributions of governments, organisers, volunteers and the people of Guangzhou. Each expressed their desires for a successful event. Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin made a speech in English, making occasional remarks in Malaysian and Chinese. He described these games as a "benchmark" for future events and praised the "unwaivering support" of the Chinese people. Abu Zarin acknowledged the work of the Chinese Paralympic Committee, GAPGOC and all levels of Chinese government. He thanked the sponsors, volunteers and the people of Guangzhou and congratulated the participating athletes. Afterwards, Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of China, formally opened the 2010 Asian Para Games.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The flag of the Asian Paralympic Committee was carried into the stadium by eight Chinese Paralympic gold-medal athletes. This was accompanied by the official games theme song "Sailing with Sunshine" performed by Liao Changyong and Liu Fei. The flag was raised along with the playing of the anthem of the Asian Paralympic Committee.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The athlete's oath was taken by Chinese athlete Li Duan while the judge's oath as taken by Malaysian referee Yeoh Keat Chye.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The first part was entitled "Aspirations" (心声). A fictional girl by the name of Zhenzhen, a deaf-mute person (the actor Shi Shuyin also suffers from the same condition), used sign language to display her desire to speak and to be heard by her parents. Next, performers throughout the arena displayed a series of choreographed hand gestures in sign language. A large suspended platform carrying a woman and a girl, both dressed in yellow, gently rises from the ground. Simultaneously, numerous LED screens outlining pairs of hands magically rose from the stadium.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
Eighty children from a school for the blind in Guangzhou were brought onto the stadium along with eighty able-bodied children signifying the need for friendship and respect between disabled and abled people. A number of seagull models hung from wire emerged and they lifted red, green and blue ribbons representing the Asian Para Games high into the sky. Finally, six images of sign language hand gestures on a metal frame were created using fireworks. The meaning of the gestures was "sunlight, love, life"


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The next part was called "Pursuing the Dream" (追梦). The sequence opened with the visually impaired boy He Yuxuan playing the piano with his mother at his side. In the background, a conversation between Zhenzhen and her mother occurred where Zhenzhen remarked that she cannot hear the piano. Numerous flowers props adorned with LED lights appeared in the background with a ballerina performing in the centre. The weird colours and shapes represented the imagined world and artistic expressions of the blind. Performers dressed as butterflies descended while children dressed as frogs hopped around the stadium. A song was then performed by Chinese singer Tang Can.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The last part was called "Flying" (飞翔). This part began with a vigorous dance featuring Zhai Xiaowei (a man who has lost leg) and Ma Li (a woman who has lost an arm). Around 800 male performers each holding two wheels, representing either a wheelchair or wings, performed a series of dynamic choreographed movements. Next, 20 people in wheelchairs moved into the centre followed by a flying model of a phoenix carrying a little girl. This performance symbolised the ideals and aspirations of people with a disability. Another song was performed by Sun Yue and Sha Baoliang.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The Asian Para Games flame entered the stadium and was relayed around the stadium by 9 athletes as well as by Zhenzhen.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Opening Ceremony
The final two torchbearers Zhang Lixin and Zhang Haiyuan, both without a left leg, then began to climb up a man-made cliff alternately. One of them would climb up a small distance while the other one held onto the torch, then the torch would be handed over allowing the latter to climb. The process continued until both torchbearers reached the summit of the 'mountain'. The torch was then placed in a container which was wound up to the base of the spiral-shaped cauldron. Finally, the cauldron was lit. The song "The Glory of Life" (生命的辉煌) performed by various artists and an extensive fireworks display concluded the ceremony.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony was held at 8:00pm on 19 December in the Guangdong Olympic Stadium featuring Chinese cultural performances and fireworks. The 40-minute artistic performance was entitled "You Make the World Different" comprising three chapters, namely "Sky and Sea" (blue), "Leaf and Vein" (green), and "Light and Dream" (red), and was themed on the concepts of reunion and departure. It featured songs by local artists Cao Fujia, Huang Zheng, Xu Yang and Shi Peng and a performance by hundreds of children.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Closing Ceremony
Among the highlights was as the cauldron flame was extinguished, the torch which ignited the cauldron during the opening ceremony was relit and passed down the man-made cliff below the cauldron by several disabled athletes forming the Chinese character for people "ren" (人). The flame was then carried in a rectangular lantern and handed over to Wan Qingliang, the mayor of Guangzhou. As the first Asian Para Games, the flame will be kept in Guangzhou forever.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Closing Ceremony
The torch and flag of the Guangzhou Asian Para games as well as the flag of the Asian Paralympic Committee were passed from Wan Qingling to Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin who passed it on to the President of South Korea Paralympic Committee for the 2014 Games. All future games closing ceremonies will involve delegations passing the torch and flag of the Guangzhou Games.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony was attended by President of Asian Paralympic Committee Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin and State Councilor of the People's Republic of China Liu Yandong. In their speeches, the officials and organisers congratulated the athletes and thanked them for contributing to the success of the games. Wang Xinxian, President of Chinese Paralympic Committee, said, "We can say proudly that the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games were a complete success under the theme, "We Cheer, We Share, We Win".


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Closing Ceremony
We are confident that the Asian Para Games flame with the value of humanitarianism will forever light the way of human progress and a better tomorrow." Dato' Zainal Abu Zarin described the games as "the best Games for [disabled] athletes ever staged in Asia so far". The ceremony was watched by a 60,000 capacity-stadium crowd. The games were officially closed by Abu Zarin.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Participating National Paralympic Committees
All 41 members of the newly emerged Asian Paralympic Committee participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games. Kuwaiti para athletes were not affected by the International Olympic Committee suspension and unlike their Asian Games counterpart, they participated in the Games under their own national flag.


2010 Asian Para Games, Ceremony, Participating National Paralympic Committees
Below is a list of all the participating NPCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.


2010 Asian Para Games, Medal table
Medals of the first-ever Asian Para Games were won by 31 of all the 41 countries and regions. Twenty athletes from 6 delegations had broken 17 world records a total of 21 times and 74 athletes from 13 delegations had broken 82 Asian records 98 times.


2010 Asian Para Games, Medal table
A total of 2,512 athletes from 41 Asian National Paralympic Committees participated in the Games, competing in 19 sports. In the Games, 17 world and 82 Asian records were broken.


2010 Asian Para Games, Medal table
A total of 1,020 medals (341 gold, 338 silver and 341 bronze medal) were awarded. Two bronze medals were awarded per event in wheelchair fencing (except women's team épée) and judo (except women's 48-, 57-, 63- and 70-kg categories). In athletics only three athletes participated in some events, thus bronzes were not awarded in four women's events (shot put – F35/36, 400 m – T12, 200 m – T12 and 100 m – T12) and the men's discus throw – F51/52/53, long jump – F36, 1500 m – T11 and 1500 m – T37.


2010 Asian Para Games, Medal table
A tie for second place in the men's high jump – F42 event meant that two silvers were awarded; in this event, all medals were won by Chinese athletes. In badminton, due to the participation of only three players in the women's singles BMSTL2 event, no bronze medal was awarded. Only two athletes participated in women's −82.50 kg event of powerlifting, so no bronze was awarded. In women's wheelchair basketball, only three teams participated and no bronze was awarded.