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About the olympic city

The unique facility, which has no analogues in the Central Asian region, has became the venue for the Asian Indoor games, it includes more than 30 facilities for various purposes including the Olympic stadium, the paralympic complex and the rehabilitation medical center. The initiator of the construction is the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the games, all competitions, as well as the awards ceremony

Sport complexes

Facility Ashgabat «Olympic» Stadium Bike track sport complex Martial Arts sports complex Athletics complex Big training halls Tennis complex Olympic water complex Multidisciplinary outdoor sports grounds Small training halls Complex of sport games

Capacity 45000 6000 5000 5000 3000 4000 5000 2500 2152 15000

HOTELS

«Olympiya» hotel capacity 450

Presidential suite - 1; standart single rooms - 136; Standard double rooms - 36; suites - 45; apartaments- 5; disable rooms - 2; 5 conference hall - 114; 2 restaurants - 256; bar -58; lounge bar - 71; bakery - 45; SPA complex

Hotel “Sport” capacity 800

Presidential suites - 2; standart single rooms - 228; Standard double rooms - 108; suites- 48; apartaments - 64; disable rooms - 8; conference hall - 700; 4 restaurants - 1030; 2 cafes - 178; SPA complex

Infrastructure

Monorail length - 5 138 метров

Heigth 6 meters to 13 ; 8 stations; capacity of one train is 70 person; speed 46km/h (maximum speed is 70 km/h);

Medical and recreation center

MR-angiography; ultrasonic investigation; ECG; reflexelogy; vacuum therapy; galvanotherapy; physoitherapy; electrotherapy; dopplerography. labaratory; gymnastic hall; 8 chambers; 1 massage room; 1 pool ; 1 cafe.

COMPLEX OF SPORT GAMES

In the Olympic town, which has turned into a pearl of the white marble Ashgabat city, there are all opportunities for holding international-level competitions in the complex of game sports, the town serves our people in such sports as volleyball, handball, rhythmic gymnastics, badminton, fencing, table tennis and trampoline. In addition, the facility has one hammam and one sauna, one massage room, a dining room for 48 seats, 8 cafes for 458 seats, 4 buffets, comfortable conditions have been created for guests and citizens attending competitions.

BIG TRAINING HALLS

The facility serves citizens with special equipment for such sports as rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, badminton and trampoline, basketball, fencing, table tennis, handball and volleyball. The facility has a cafe, sauna, sauna and massage rooms, showers and other facilities for people with disabilities and other important services.

MARTIAL ARTS SPORTS COMPLEX

The Martial Arts Sports Complex of the Olympic Town is a huge sports complex. In this complex there is an opportunity to hold competitions in such sports as boxing, taekwondo, judo, sambo, wrestling, including Turkmen national wrestling, which, thanks to the tireless efforts of the President, was included in the Program of the Asian Games-2017, and there is also the possibility of holding weightlifting competitions of international and world level. In this sports facility, one hamam and a sauna are provided, taking into account the peculiarities of martial arts sports that are performed with active movements.

SMALL TRAINING HALLS

The facility is designed for boxing and weightlifting, wrestling, showers, and other social facilities are provided for athletes of sports federations of our country, as well as for citizens with disabilities.

BIKE TRACK SPORTS COMPLEX

The facility has all the modern conditions for holding international and continental competitions and cycling world championships. There are four hamams, four saunas, fifty shower cabins and two massage rooms in the facility for cycling, which requires active movement from athletes. In addition, the building has a restaurant, cafe, sauna, massage room and other necessary social services.

TENNIS COMPLEX

The tennis and sports complex of the Olympic Town consists of indoor and outdoor tennis courts. The facility has all modern facilities for holding international and continental tennis tournaments and world championships. In addition, this modern sports facility has all the amenities for other necessary services and auxiliary systems for cultural and social purposes. Currently, the tennis sports complex serves children and other citizens interested in playing table tennis.

OLYMPIC WATER COMPLEX

The Water Sports Center of the Ashgabat Olympic Town is recognized as the largest indoor swimming pool in the world, made of environmentally friendly materials and built on the basis of modern technologies in accordance with the high requirements of international standards and listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The water sports complex consists of 4 indoor and 2 outdoor pools. The facility has all the conditions for organizing and holding international and world aquatics competitions at a high level. The facility has a restaurant, a cafe, two hamams, two saunas, which are always at the service of coaches and athletes. The facility also has a sports therapy room, two sports and wellness halls and three first aid stations. The sports water complex of the Olympic town provides all modern conditions for organizing and holding not only sports competitions with the participation of ordinary athletes, but also Paralympic competitions with the participation of athletes with disabilities.

ATHLETICS COMPLEX

The facility has all the modern conditions for holding international and continental competitions and world championships in athletics, pole vault, long jump, three–step jump, high jump, as well as shot put and wisdom games - chess, as well as bowling. In addition, the facility is equipped with a wellness room, a hammam, a sauna, a massage room, a buffet, a cafeteria, an assembly hall, work rooms, a bowling hall for 500 seats, a chess training room, a conference room.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY OUTDOOR SPORTS GROUNDS

Along with indoor sports facilities, open sports grounds for various sports have been created in the Olympic Town. Among them, athletes have eight sports grounds for such sports as tennis, basketball, volleyball, football, mainly for training and games, and one main playground. In general, all modern conditions have been created for training and holding various kinds of outdoor competitions.

ASHGABAT OLYMPIC STADIUM

Olympic Stadium. One of the main buildings of the Olympic Town is a stadium with 45,000 seats. The artistic image of the Ahal-Teke horse adorning the podium of the Olympic Stadium has been recognized as the world's largest horse symbol and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The stadium area is the largest sports facility in the region. The Olympic Stadium has all modern facilities for organizing and holding international and world championships in football, in the types of athleticism. In addition, major sports festivals and cultural events of the state level are held at the stadium.

REHABILITATION CENTER

This center has all types of medical supervision. The wellness center is equipped with modern medical equipment, especially equipment for sports medicine. All athletes of Turkmenistan can undergo a medical examination, and there is also an opportunity to use medical services by residents of the city of Ashgabat. During international competitions, athletes have all the conditions for conducting doping tests.

HOTELS FOR ATHLETES

6 (six) have been built as hotels for athletes structures. In total, there are 1,628 rooms in hotels built for tourists, which can accommodate 3,274 people. The hotel complex also offers 4 cafes for 33 seats and 1 cafe for 82 seats, 6 multifunctional halls, conference halls for 47 seats, sports rehabilitation rooms, massage rooms, sauna services for athletes.

"SPORT" HOTEL

Among the beautiful buildings of the Olympic town is "Sport" Hotel. The hotel has 4 restaurants with 1030 seats and a cafe with 74 seats. Also in the building, athletes are offered a gym, a spa center (mineral water treatment) with a swimming pool, 3 massage rooms, 2 saunas, 2 steam rooms, 1 hammam.

“OLYMPIC” HOTEL

Among the built objects of the Olympic Town at the intersection of S.Turkmenbashi Avenue and "10 yyl Abadanchylyk" street in Ashgabat, the “Olympic” Hotel was built, intended for honorary guests. This hotel consists of 2 basement and 2 suspended floors and 10 ground floors. The hotel has 225 rooms with 450 beds, including 2-bed 1 Presidential Apartment and 2 rooms for people with disabilities. Also in the basement there are 2 hammam, steam room, sauna, shock shower. It consists of 4 massage rooms, 1 swimming pool, 1 Jacuzzi, 1 outdoor pool and gym, as well as a SPA on the ground floor, hydro massage, shock shower and massage rooms. Also on the 1st floor there is a VIP lounge with 32 seats, a restaurant with 180 seats, 2 shops and 1 hairdresser.

MONORAIL

Since the Ashgabat Olympic Town is the only complex of modern sports facilities in the region, a monorail has been built here, the only one not only in the capital, but also for the transport system of the whole country. This road is notable for the fact that it is built at a certain height, and monorail cars also travel freely without hindrance to the main vehicle. The length of the monorail is 5000 meters. It should be noted that monorail services for residents of our country, schoolchildren of the country and foreign guests in viewing high-rise buildings, structures, decoration, beauty of the Olympic town.

On the instructions of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, The National Leader of the Turkmen nation, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty, great work was done in our country on physical education and health movement, development of high-level athletes and preparation for major international competitions. The city of Ashgabat fully meets international standards, has no equal in the entire region and is a clear symbol of the State policy to provide the people with a happy and stable life. The Olympic Village, with its unique beauty and uncommon unity with other sports and physical education facilities, has become a special decoration of our marble city. In December 2017, Management of the Olympic town of Administration of the Ashgabat city was established.

News

The opponent of Turkmen football players in the match for the bronze of the CAFA U-17 tournament was determined

The youth team of Turkmenistan in football (up to 17 years) will meet with the Kyrgyz team in the match for the third place of the Championship of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).

The fight will take place on May 30 at the Tashkent stadium "Dustlik". The beginning of the match is at 21:00 in the Ashgabat time.

In the final of the tournament, the teams of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan will play. In fifth place, the teams of Iran and Afghanistan will compete.

As part of the group stage of the CAFA tournament, the Turkmen team led by the head coach Ahmed Allaberdyev won Afghanistan with a score of 1: 0, and then lost to the Tajik team (1: 4).

30.05.2025

Turkmenistan U-23 Football Team learns opponents in Asian Cup Qualification

The opponents of the Turkmenistan youth football team (players under 23) in the qualifying tournament for the 2026 Asian Cup have become known.

According to the results of the draw, the Turkmen football players will play in group “A”, their opponents will be the national teams of Jordan, Chinese Taipei and Bhutan.

All matches of the group stage of the qualifying tournament will be held in a centralized format on the territory of Jordan in the capital of the kingdom, Amman. The games are scheduled for the period from September 3 to 9, 2025.

According to the tournament regulations, the winners of all groups of the qualifying tournament, as well as the four best teams that took second place, will qualify for the final part of the 2026 Asian Cup, which will be held from January 7 to 25 in Saudi Arabia.

30.05.2025

Turkmenistan and Afghanistan agree on mutual participation in sporting events

On May 27, a meeting was held in the building of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of Herat Province between the Acting Minister of Sports of Afghanistan, Ahmadullah Wasek, and the Consul General of Turkmenistan in the city of Herat, Batyr Yolov.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state of bilateral cooperation and prospects for its development, and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest. In addition, the negotiators considered future opportunities for developing cultural and humanitarian cooperation, as well as expanding relations in the sports sphere.

As reported to Turkmenportal by the consulate in Herat, the parties declared their readiness to ensure the participation of representatives of the two states in international sports events held in Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.

29.05.2025

Head coach of Turkmenistan national team counts on fans' support before match with Thailand

Head coach of the Turkmenistan national football team Rovshan Meredov said that he is counting on the support of the fans ahead of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifying match against Thailand.

"I understand all the responsibility that lies before me. Our task is not an easy one, to solve which we will make every effort," Meredov emphasized. He noted that his team has formed a professional staff of specialists with experience playing for the national team, who share the same views on football.

The coaching staff of the Turkmen team is currently watching all the matches of the national championship to select candidates for the team. After the completion of the last games before the break, an extended roster of the national team will be announced. From June 1, the team will begin a training camp in Ashgabat to prepare for the match with Thailand.

In parallel, specialists are studying the opponent's game, analyzing video recordings of the Thailand team's matches.

"The Thailand national team is a very organized team," noted Meredov, who studied the Thais' qualifying match with Sri Lanka. According to him, the Thai team is coached by a Japanese specialist who has instilled in the players competent combination football. Among the participants who did not qualify for the World Cup and are fighting for a ticket to the Asian Cup, the Thailand national team is one of the strongest, which is confirmed by its placement in the first basket during the draw.

The coach also drew attention to the strengthening of the Sri Lankan national team: "If before it was "for beating", now it has naturalized Europeans who play competent football."

"In the fight for a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup, no one can be underestimated. There are no obvious outsiders in the group. Each game will be like the final," R. Meredov emphasized.

The meeting of the national teams of Turkmenistan and Thailand will be held on June 10 at the Ashgabat stadium. The start of the second round of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifying round is scheduled for 20:00.

To reach the final part of the tournament, which will be held in 2027 in Saudi Arabia, the Turkmen team needs to take first place in Group D, ahead of the national teams of Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Sri Lanka.

Rovshan Meredov replaced Mergen Orazov as head coach, under whose leadership the Turkmen team won an away victory over the Chinese Taipei team with a score of 2:1 in the first round of the 2027 Asian Cup qualifying round.