The Asian Indoor Games consisted of indoor sports with TV broadcasting potential, several of which are not included in the Asian Games and Winter Asian Games Programs and are not Olympic sports. The sports program included
electronic sports, extreme sports, aerobics, acrobatics, indoor athletics, dance sports, futsal, inline hockey,
finswimming, and 25 metres short course swimming. The 2007 Asian Indoor Games in
Macau also saw the first major test of
FIBA 3x3, a formalized version of three-on-three basketball that saw its official worldwide debut at the
2010 Youth Olympics. FIBA 3x3 was also contested in the 2009 Games.
Doha was given the rights to hold the fourth edition scheduled for 2011, but a year later, in June 2008, the
Qatar Olympic Committee officially withdrew as host citing "unforeseen circumstances". In response, the OCA said that the
2009 Asian Indoor Games would be the last edition of the games. The Asian Indoor Games and the Asian Martial Arts Games would then combine, becoming the quadrennial Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The inaugural event was held in
Incheon,
South Korea in 2013. ==Participating nations==