Taipei 2009 - Basketball

Location:Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Opening Date:05 Sep 2009
Closing Date:15 Sep 2009
Nations:17
Athletes:271
     Men:166
     Women:105
Official Games Site

Taipei, the biggest city of Taiwan, has been selected to be the host of the 21st Summer Deaflympics. In the meanwhile, this is the milestone that the first Summer Deaflympics to be held in Asia. For this breaking point, Taipei City Government reconstructs the forty-year-old stadium and other venues to make their best effort to fit the standards.

Judo, Karate, and Taekwondo have been added in the Deaflympic sports competition program.

Gabor Mathe of Hungary received a $5000 Fair Play Award from Widex.

Countries participated:

CountryMenWomenTotal
Flag: Australia Australia099
Flag: China China121224
Flag: Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei121022
Flag: Germany Germany10010
Flag: Greece Greece101121
Flag: Hong Kong Hong Kong101020
Flag: Israel Israel11011
Flag: Japan Japan121224
Flag: Lithuania Lithuania121224
Flag: Russian Federation Russian Federation10010
Flag: Slovenia Slovenia11011
Flag: Spain Spain10010
Flag: Sweden Sweden099
Flag: Turkiye Turkiye12012
Flag: Ukraine Ukraine121022
Flag: United States United States111021
Flag: Venezuela Venezuela11011
Total166105271