(10/3/2008) 45 countries and more than 1,500 athletes will converge on the island of Bali October 18-26, 2008, for the first-ever Asian Beach Games.19 separate fields of sporting endeavor will be fought out in four separate "cluster areas:"
● Kuta Beach Cluster
- Body Building, October 19 & 20
- Dragon Boat Racing, October 18-24
- Surfing, October 18-26
● Nusa Dua – Benoa Cluster
- Water Polo, October 18-22
- Beach Kabaddi, October 19-22
- Beach Basketball, October 24-26
- Beach Basketball, October 24-26
- Beach Wrestling, October 24-25
- Beach Pencak Silat, October 18-20 & October 22
- Jetski, October 23-25
- Paragliding, October 18-25
- Woodball, October 18-22
Sanur Beach Cluster
- Beach Volleyball, October 18-26
- Beach Sepak Takraw, October 18-21 & October 23-25
- Beach Handball, October 18-25
- Beach Soccer, October 18-22 & October 24-26
- Marathon Swimming, October 25-26
- Triathlon, October 26
● Serangan Island Cluster
- Sailing, October 19-25
- Windsurfing, October 29-25.
Setting the stage for more than a week of world-class competition will be a gala opening ceremony to be held at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Monument on October 18, 2006. In a spectacular presentation involving more than 1,200 dancers drawn from 8 local high schools, choreographed dancers will pay tribute to the cultures of 45 the participating countries.
Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to open the event.
