Formation | 27 March 1988 |
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Type | Sports federation |
Headquarters | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia |
Membership | 28 National Olympic Committees |
Official language | English |
President | Mohammad Pargar[1] |
Website | Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation |
Abbreviation | APDG |
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First event | 1984 Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship in Hong Kong |
Occur every | four years |
Last event | 2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games in Taoyuan, Taiwan |
Next event | 2024 Asia Pacific Deaf Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Asia Pacific Deaf Games is a deaf multi-sport event established in 1984 which is held every 4 years in the Asia Pacific region. It is the successor to the "Far Eastern Deaf Football Championship" which was held in Taipei in 1983. The inaugural games was held in 1984 in Hong Kong. At that time, the games was known as the Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship which was held biennially until 1988. In 1988, the games' governing body Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation was formed during the 3rd Championship in Melbourne, Australia with Ms. Wendy Home as its first administrator. The games changed its name to its present name, the Asia Pacific Deaf Games when the games was held in Seoul, South Korea in 1992 after Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation passed a resolution to change the name of the games, which has since been held once every four years.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]