Southeast Asian Games

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The Southeast Asian Games are sporting competitions between Southeast Asian countries. They take place every two years. In Southeast Asia they are called SEA Games .

history

On May 22, 1958, during the 3rd Asian Games in Tokyo , representatives from Thailand , Burma (Myanmar), the Malaya Federation (now Malaysia ), Laos , South Vietnam and Cambodia decided to set up a Southeast Asian sports association to create cohesion in the region strengthen. Laung Sukhumnaipradit, then Vice President of the Thai Olympic Committee, was in charge .

The first Southeast Asian Peninsular Games , in which Singapore also participated, were held from December 12 to 17, 1959 in Bangkok . The 1963 games had to be canceled by the organizers Cambodia. From 1977 onwards, Indonesia and the Philippines also took part, and the name was changed to the Southeast Asian Games . Brunei entered the 10th Southeast Asian Games two years later, and East Timor entered the 22nd Games in 2003.

Thailand has hosted six Southeast Asian Games so far, Malaysia five, Indonesia four, Singapore three, the Philippines three, Burma (Myanmar) two games; Brunei, Vietnam and Laos were each organizer once.

Attendees

Brunei Brunei , since 1979
Indonesia Indonesia , since 1977
Cambodia Cambodia , since 1959
Laos Laos , since 1959
Malaysia Malaysia , since 1959
Myanmar Myanmar , since 1959
East Timor East Timor , since 2003
Philippines Philippines , since 1977
Singapore Singapore , since 1959
Thailand Thailand , since 1959
Vietnam Vietnam , since 1959

Venues

sports

Web links

http://www.ocasia.org/Game/GamesL1.aspx?GPCode=8

literature

Stefan Huebner, Pan-Asian Sports and the Emergence of Modern Asia, 1913-1974 . Singapore: NUS Press, 2016, v. a. Chapter 7 (on the founding of the Games by Thai politicians).