SEA Games
Sign in to saveAlso known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, SEAP Games, GAGONG SEAGAMES, South East Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games
biennial multi-sport event involving participants from countries in Southeast Asia
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- SEA Games
- First event
- 1959 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in Bangkok, Thailand
- Occur every
- Every two years
- Next event
- 2027 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur , Sarawak , Penang and Johor , Malaysia
- Purpose
- Multi sport event for nations on the Southeast Asian subcontinent
- Headquarters
- Bangkok , Thailand
- President
- Chaiyapak Siriwat
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Southeast Asia
- Sport
- beach handball
- Official website
- www.seagfoffice.org
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- topic's main category
- Category:SEA Games
- Commons category
- Southeast Asian Games
- inception
- 1958-00-00
- event interval
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia.
The SEA Games is one of the five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia, the others being South Asian Games, West Asian Games, East Asian Games, and Central Asian Games.
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