2017 Southeast Asian Games

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29th Southeast Asian Games
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Host city Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Motto Rising Together
Nations participating 11
Events 342 in 34 sports (provisional)
Opening ceremony 19 August 2017
Closing ceremony 31 August 2017
Main venue Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Website Official Website
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The 2017 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games (Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara ke-29) and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017 is a regional multi-sport event that will take place at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19 to 31 August 2017.[1] It will be the sixth time that Southeast Asian Games held in Malaysia, after 1965, 1971, 1977, 1989 and 2001 Games. By the time the country hosts the games in 2017, it will be 16 years after Malaysia last hosted the biennial event.[2] The Games closing ceremony will coincide with Malaysia’s 60th Independence Day.[1]

Organisation

Host selection

Location of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

As per SEA Games traditions, hosting duties are rotated among the SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) member countries. Each country is assigned a year to host but may choose to do so or not.[3]

In July 2012, the SEAGF meeting in Myanmar confirmed that Malaysia would host the regional biennial event in 2017, should there be no other country willing to bid for the host job.[2] Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary general Sieh Kok Chi, who attended the meeting, said that Myanmar would host the Games in 2013, followed by Singapore in 2015. Then it should be Brunei's turn but it wanted to host the 2019 Games instead of the 2017 edition. Malaysia is willing to be the host for the 2017 Games.

Venues

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The Bukit Jalil National Stadium, the main venue for 2017 SEA Games.

The 2017 Southeast Asian Games will be organised across several states in Malaysia.[4][5] All the existing venues in Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex will be upgraded while a new velodrome will be built in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan to host track cycling events.[6] Initially, Sabah and Sarawak was considered a number of events contested.[4] However, the Chief Executive Officer of 2017 SEA Games, Zolkples Embong has decide not to involving the East Malaysian states citing "a higher cost" as a main reason for not involving.[7]

More than RM1.6 billion has been allocated by the host country to turn the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, and its surrounding areas into a Sports City.[8] The first phase of the work will get the Bukit Jalil National Stadium ready to host the 2017 Southeast Asia Games.[9]

Volunteers

The organisers estimated that about 20,000 volunteers are needed to successfully host the games. Volunteer recruitment began on 14 November 2015, the same date as the launch party of the games logo, theme and mascot.[10] In less than 48 hours, more than 20,000 have signed up as volunteers who will be shortlisted for a variety of duties, ranging from scorekeeping, crowd control, ticketing, promotions and many more.[11]

Marketing

Rimau, the Malayan tiger, the official mascot.

"Rising Together" is the theme of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. It was chosen to signify Southeast Asia as a community and a region that has come a long way in making its mark on the global stage and to urge its people that it is time to come together to write the next chapter in collective journey of peace, progress, and prosperity. It also signifies that with Kuala Lumpur 2017 Southeast Asian Games being the first SEA Games after the formation of the ASEAN Community, sports will play a big role in bringing all the citizens of Southeast Asia together in celebrating Malaysians achievements and commitment towards sportsmanship, as well as uplifting and inspiring the entire region.[12]

The logo is based on a Wau Bulan, a crescent-shaped kite traditionally popular in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.[12] The combination of stripes and colours were collated from the flags of all the Southeast Asian countries to create the Kuala Lumpur 2017 identity. It was selected after a nationwide logo competition which saw 174 entries submitted for consideration. The Wau is described as graceful, beautiful, powerful, rising high above and something that could uniquely represent the transcendent power of sports.[13]

The official mascot of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games is an anthropomorphic Malayan tiger named Rimau. It was unveiled on 14 November 2015, together with the games' logo and theme. The name is an abbreviation of the games' core values, namely: Respect, Integrity, Move, Attitude and Unity. He is described as a gracious, friendly, competitive and athletic athlete.[14]

Games

Sports

A total of 39 sports will be contested in this edition.[2] Five sports including two winter sports will be introduced to the Games – bridge, cricket, ice hockey, ice skating and Tarung Derajat. For the first time, two winter sports were accepted by the South East Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) Council into the SEA Games. Ice skating and ice hockey, together with cricket, were inducted into Category Two joining the other 35 sports which are featured in the Olympic Games and Asian Games. Tarung Derajat and Bridge join 16 other sports in Category Three.[6][15]

On 16 June 2015, Chief Executive Officer for the 2017 SEA Games, Zolkples Embong said the staging of Olympic sports hopes will be part of the legacy of the SEA Games in Malaysia. He said that while it has always been the norm for host nations to select sports they are geared towards in an attempt to increase their haul of gold medals, the practice is not in line with the goals, which is to groom athletes from the region to compete at the Asian and Olympic Games. He gives an example of 2011 Southeast Asian Games hosted by Indonesia which included many non-Olympic sports and the host played to their advantage by being the overall winners with 182 gold medals. However, Indonesia only won 45 gold medals in 2015 Southeast Asian Games. He added, in terms of the number and type of sports, Malaysia may not include non-Olympic sports like floorball and sailing’s optimist race in 2017.[16]

As of February 2016, the sports of Archery, BMX cycling, Wrestling, Triathlon, Judo, Muaythai, Canoeing, Bodybuilding and Fencing were removed from the preliminary shortlist of the sporting disciplines that will play in the 2017 SEA Games.[17] Also removed from the list are the women's events in boxing, billiards and snooker, sanda, and weightlifting and 8 events in Athletics. National Olympic Committees from the 11 participating countries will have until March 9 to appeal to reinclude the delisted sports in the shortlist.[18]

The following 34 sports with 342 events in all for the Games were included in the provisional list:[19]

Participating nations

All 11 members of Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) are expected to take part in the 2017 SEA Games. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs.

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See also

References

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External links


Preceded by
2015
Singapore
 29th Southeast Asian Games
2017
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 Succeeded by
2019
Manila, Philippines
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