2006 FESPIC Games
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| Host city | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Nations participating | 46 |
| Athletes participating | 3641 |
| Events | 19 sports |
| Opening ceremony | 25 November 2006 |
| Closing ceremony | 1 December 2006 |
| Officially opened by | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Athlete's Oath | Lee Seng Chow |
| Main venue | KLFA Stadium |
| Website | 2006 FESPIC Games |
The 2006 FESPIC Games, officially known as the 9th and Final FESPIC Games, was a multi-sport event held for Far East and South Pacific athletes with disabilities with 19 sports featured in the games. It took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between 25 November and 1 December 2006, with 3,641 athletes from 46 nations competing at the games.
It was the first and last time Malaysia hosted the games. Malaysia is the eighth and the last FESPIC organisation member to host the FESPIC games after Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Thailand, and South Korea.
The final medal tally was led by China, followed by Thailand, South Korea, and host Malaysia. Several games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed generally successful with the rising standard of disabled sports competition among the Pacific and Asian nations for other active sports tournaments. With the games concluded, the FESPIC organisation was officially defunct, and since then, the Asian Countries participate at the Asian Para Games held after every Asian Games, beginning with the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China.
The KL'06 9th FESPIC Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.
The 2006 FESPIC Games used a mix of new, existing and temporary venues. Most venues were public-sporting facilities which will revert to public use after the games. No major retrofitting work were done in most venues as most had been used to host major multi-disciplinary events such as the 1998 Commonwealth Games, 2001 Southeast Asian Games and the 2001 ASEAN Para Games.
At the centrepiece of the activities was the National Sports Complex. Incorporating the new 87,411-seat national stadium, it hosted most of the events.
A games village was not built. Instead, a "village in the city" concept saw athletes and officials housed in 13 hotels across the Klang Valley. They are physically near to the assigned sports venues of the games, and was hoped that it will add vibe to the hosting venues and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.
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