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29th Southeast Asian Games
CountryMalaysia
MottoRising Together
(Template:Lang-ms)
Sport38
Events404
Main venueBukit Jalil National Stadium
Website2017 Southeast Asian Games
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The 2017 Southeast Asian Games (Template:Lang-ms), officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games (Template:Lang-ms) and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017 is a Southeast Asian multi-sport event that will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 19 to 30 August 2017, with 404 events in 38 sports to be featured in the games.[2] This will be the sixth time Malaysia host the games and its first time since 2001. Previously, it also hosted the 1965, 1971, 1977 and 1989 editions of the games.

Organisation

Host city

A map of Malaysia.
A map of Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur
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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.[4] 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.

Development and preparation

The Malaysia SEA Games Organising Committee (MASOC) was formed in 2015 to oversee the staging of the event.

Venues

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

The 2017 Southeast Asian Games was organised across several states in Malaysia.[5][6] All the existing venues in Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex were upgraded while a new velodrome, costing MYR 80 million was built in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan to host track cycling events and was completed on late March 2017 and opened on 26 May 2017.[7][8] Initially, Sabah and Sarawak were considered for a number of events contested.[5] However, the Chief Executive Officer of 2017 SEA Games, Zolkples Embong has decided not to involve the East Malaysian states, citing "higher cost" as the main reason for not involving.[9]

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.[10] The first phase of the work will get the Bukit Jalil National Stadium ready to host the 2017 Southeast Asia Games.[11][12]

A games village was not built. Instead, a "village in the city" concept saw athletes and officials housed in 33 hotels across Peninsular Malaysia. Besides being physically near to the games venues, it was hoped that it will add vibe to the nation and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicated games village to other uses.[13]

The 29th Southeast Asian Games had 36 venues for the games, 19 in Kuala Lumpur, 10 in Selangor, 3 in Putrajaya, 2 in Negeri Sembilan and 1 each in Terengganu and Kedah respectively.[14]

2017 SEA Games is located in Peninsular Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Selangor
Selangor
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Terengganu
Terengganu
Kedah
Kedah
Putrajaya
Putrajaya
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2017 Southeast Asian Games host states
State Competition Venue Sports
Kuala Lumpur National Sports Complex, Malaysia
National Aquatic Centre Aquatics (Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water polo)
Sintetic Turf Field Archery
Bukit Jalil National Stadium Athletics, Football
Putra Indoor Stadium Badminton
Malaysia National Hockey Stadium Field Hockey
Bukit Kiara Sports Complex
National Lawn Bowls Centre Lawn Bowls
Juara Stadium Netball
Others
MABA Stadium Basketball
National Squash Centre Squash
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Billiards and snooker, Judo, Karate, Pencak silat, Taekwondo, Wushu
Malaysian International Trade & Exhibition Centre Boxing, Fencing, Gymnastics, Indoor Hockey, Muay, Weightlifting, Table Tennis
Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium Football
University of Malaya Football
Raintree Club Squash
Pudu Ulu Recreational Park, Kuala Lumpur Petanque
National Tennis Centre, Jalan Duta Tennis
Badminton Stadium Cheras Volleyball
Titiwangsa Indoor Stadium Sepak takraw
Empire City Ice Arena Ice Hockey, Ice Skating
Selangor Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Football
Shah Alam Stadium Football
Selayang Stadium Football
Kinrara Oval, Puchong Cricket
3Q Equestrian Park Rawang Equestrian (Dressage, Show Jumping)
The MINES Resort City Golf Club Golf
MBPJ Stadium Rugby 7s
National Shooting Range Shooting
Megalanes, Sunway Pyramid Bowling
Panasonic Stadium Shah Alam Futsal
Putrajaya Putrajaya Lake Triathlon, Water Skiing, Aquatics (Open water swimming)
Putrajaya Cycling Road, Athletics (Marathon)
Putrajaya Equestrian Park Equestrian (Polo)
Negeri Sembilan Nilai Velodrome and BMX Circuit Cycling Track, BMX
Nilai Square Cycling Road
Terengganu Terengganu International Equestrian Park Equestrian (Endurance)
Kedah National Sailing Centre, Langkawi Sailing

Public transport

Prasarana became one of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games sponsors as “Official Public Transport Service Provider” on 9 May 2017 during the 100-days countdown celebration. The company had commitment to provide 50 Rapid Buses in Klang Valley, fully wrapped with the games' images and logo and agreed to extend its service hours during the Games to ease the movement of the public to competition venues.[15] On 11 August 2017, the company announced that it will offer a 50 percent discount on tickets to commuters who utilise its Light Rail Transit, Mass Rail Transit, Bus Rapid Transit and Monorail Line services to competition venues during the Kuala Lumpur 2017 apart from extend its transportation services until 2.00am during the games at selected stations for the comfort of fans and spectators along the Light Rail Transit, Mass Rail Transit and Bus Rapid Transit lines and several double deck buses will be provided to the public who wish to witness the opening ceremony of the biennial Games on 19 August at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.[16]

Volunteers

The organisers estimated that about 20,000 volunteers are needed to successfully host the SEA games and the ASEAN Para Games. They were tasked with a variety of duties, such as scorekeeping, crowd control, ticketing, promotions. Volunteer recruitment began on 14 November 2015, the same date as the launch party of the games logo, theme and mascot[17] until July 2017, in which 50,000 people have signed up as volunteers. The Games Volunteer Program was held at the National University of Malaysia in Bangi in four phases from February to June.[18] On 19 July 2017, of the 50,000 online applicants, 13,000 people were selected to be the games volunteer. 9000 people were chosen to be the volunteer of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, whereas another 4000 people were chosen to be the volunteer of the 2017 ASEAN Para Games.[19]

Ticketing

Tickets were put on sale from 4 July 2017 online. To encourage public participation at the games, it was announced on 4 July 2017 that 24 of the sports, aquatics' open swimming event and cycling (BMX and road) events will be free for spectators, while the other 12, aquatics (diving, swimming, synchronised and water polo events) and cycling (track events) are kept at relatively affordable levels of between RM10 and RM20.[20]

Countdown

During the closing ceremony of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, the SEAGF Flag was formally handed over to Malaysia from Singapore. This was followed by a song and dance section highlighting Malaysia as the next venue. On 14 November 2015, a launch party was held at the Suria KLCC to launch the logo, mascot and the volunteer recruitment programme.

On 19 August 2016, a series of festivities, dubbed the "Wau Factor" were held at the National Sports Council Centre in Setiawangsa, to mark the one-year countdown to the games.[21] From 2 March to 20 May 2017 Malaysia SEA Games organising committee organised a school tour programme dubbed the KL2017@Schools programme at 33 selected schools across Peninsular Malaysia to instill awareness about the games amongst the school students.[22]

On 9 May 2017, Malaysia SEA Games Organising committee organised a major countdown event at KL Sentral to mark the 100-day countdown in a few days which was attended by athletes, officials, Para athletes, stakeholders, sponsors and volunteers.[23] After that, various individuals and organisations marked the games countdown through a video tribute. This included: Kyopropaganda and Malaysia SEA Games Organising Committee (100, 100-people mass exercise), Ipan Bender (90, 90 High Fives), Intan Sarah and National Women Futsal teammates (80, Ball-juggling 80 times), Aminemo and the Royal Malaysian Police Personnel (70, 70 times push-ups in 7 different ways), Superpandy, Farhan Kapoor and the scouts (60, Building a tower of bottles in 60 seconds using 100 Plus bottles), Joseph Germani and Malaysia Basketball Association trainees (50, score 50 basketball shots), Olivia Shyan and the SK Taman Megah students (40, plant 40 plants), Ahmad Aiman and 30 locals (30, 30-people teh tarik relay), Muhammad Rezza, Akwa Ariffin and 20 tai-chi practicioners (20, doing Tai Chi with 20 practicioners), Joseph Germani and the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia personnel (10, doing 10 times burpees), Farhan Hadi, Preston Les and Tanesh (3, doing three-legged race), Ain Suhada and Iqbal Harun (2, Exercise with a Partner) and Miss Alvy, Yasmin Matthews, Khor Adrian and Raj Mahal (1, paint a number 1 sculpture bearing the stripes of the games logo with a group of people). A run competition dubbed the 2017 SEA Games Run was held in Putrajaya the same day as the Games' marathon event and opening ceremony.[24]

Security

The principal agency to ensure the security of the games is the Royal Malaysian Police Force. Six drills were held to prepare the police force to face any unpredicted situations.[25]

Medals

Kuala Lumpur 2017 medals.

The medals of the games were designed by Royal Selangor, which is also the designer company for the torch and the baton. They were announced on 30 May 2017, the same day Royal Selangor announced as one of the games main sponsor which made MASOC's sponsorship total RM82.6 million, exceeded its sponsorship target of RM80 million.[26][27][28] The medals have subtle curved surfaces, rims and edges, and are made of pewter with a disc of kempas wood integrated into the design. They featured the Southeast Asian Games Federation logo on the obverse, and the games logo on the reverse.

Costs

Sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin in 2013 had hoped the cost of hosting the games would not exceed MYR80 million (USD18 million).[29] But in 2016, The minister the government budgeted the cost to not exceed MYR500 million[30] while during the 2017 budget, the prime minister, who was also the finance minister, announced a RM450 million budget for hosting the games.[31]

Singapore in 2015 had spent about MYR740 million (SGD264 million, using then SGD/MYR = 2.80, it is currently 3.15) organising the games while Myanmar was estimated to have spent about MYR1 billion in 2013.[32][33]

Baton relay

Baton of the Games.

The games baton relay, dubbed the Rising Together Baton Run, is the first of its kind in the history of Southeast Asian Games. It covered a distance of 10 kilometers on average in the 10 capital cities of the Southeast Asian Region countries, excluding the host country, passing through the landmarks of each countries' capital city. The baton relay began with Brunei on 5 March 2017,[34] followed by the Philippines on 12 March,[35] Laos on 18 March,[36] Myanmar on 25 March,[37] Thailand on 1 April,[38] Vietnam on 9 April,[39] Timor-Leste on 17 April,[40] Cambodia on 22 April[41] and Indonesia on 30 April[42] and ended with Singapore on 13 May 2017.[43][44] The games baton was designed by Royal Selangor which sold the baton to the public at MYR 1480 and its design was inspired by the games' theme, rising together. Its design depicts shards and a triangular cross section. The baton has a length of 400 mm, a width of 44 mm, weighs approximately 600g and made up of materials which are a stave in kempas, a tawny wood native to Southeast Asia, and a satin-finished pewter finial.

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2017 Southeast Asian Games baton relay route.

Torch relay

Torch of the games

The same day the baton relay ended in Singapore, the torch relay was held across the country began with the state of Johor until 18 May 2017,[45] followed by Malacca from 18 to 21 May 2017,[46] Negeri Sembilan from 22 to 25 May, Labuan from 3 to 4 June, Sabah from 5 to 8 June, Sarawak from 8 to 13 June, Perlis from 15 to 17 June, Kedah from 17 to 20 June, Penang from 3 to 6 July, Perak from 7 to 12 July, Kelantan from 13 to 17 July, Terengganu from 17 to 23 July, Pahang from 24 to 30 July, Selangor from 31 July to 5 August, and ended with Putrajaya and the host city Kuala Lumpur from 6 to 12 August 2017. The games torch has a length of 125 mm, width of 86 mm and a height of 850 mm and weighs 2 kg with fuel and 1.8 kg without fuel. Like the baton, the torch was designed too by Royal Selangor. It has a sleek custom-milled combustion chamber, a triangular cross section and has the games logo and motto, the SEA Games and the ASEAN Para Games logo emblazoned on it.[47]

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2017 Southeast Asian Games torch relay route.

Marketing

Rimau, the Malayan tiger, the official mascot.

Motto

The official motto of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games is "Rising Together" or "Bangkit Bersama" in Malay.[48] It was chosen to highlight unity between the nations in Southeast Asia as well as to signify the Kuala Lumpur games as the first Southeast Asian Games to be held after the formation of the ASEAN Community in 2015.[49]

The logo of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games is an image of a Wau Bulan, a crescent-shaped kite traditionally popular on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The combination of stripes and colours of the logo were derived from the flags of all countries in Southeast Asia. A nationwide competition was held to select the logo of the games. A total of 174 entries were submitted for the design competition.[50]

Mascot

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.[51]

Songs

Kuala Lumpur 2017 had a total of 3 official songs including 1 theme song. During the 100 day countdown celebration on 9 May 2017, Malaysians were requested by singer Dayang Nurfaizah and composer Ramli MS to submit their ideas and stories related to the games' theme "Rising Together" to social network websites through a crowdsourcing campaign to enable them to create the games theme song which is also the games main official song. On 8 August 2017, the theme song for the games has been released and is entitled "Rising Together" (Bangkit Bersama).[52]

By 2 August 2017 one official song entitled "Tunjuk Belang" (Show the stripes) was released. It was performed by monoloQue, Lan from the troupe "Azlan and The Typewriter" and maliQue. The song is described as a rock song which merges "traditional and modern sounds".[53] The composer and producer of the song is maliQue.[54] The title of the song literally means showing off one's true colors in English and "Belang" means stripes aluding to the mascot of the games, shown above.[54]

Another official song was released earlier on 13 July 2017 during the release of the Games Mobile phone Application entitled "So many hands" (Tangan-tangan yang menjulang) and was performed by Mia Palencia in English and Asmidar in Malay which is the song of the Kuala Lumpur 2017 Promo Video, "It Takes a Nation to Raise a Champion" (Bersama kita lahirkan juara).[55]

Sponsors

Dentsu Sports Asia, a subsidiary of Dentsu and the Sportswork Group are the sponsorship agencies of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. The partnership of the two firms were announced on January 2016.[56] Dentsu is responsible for manages sponsorship matters involving international and Malaysian firms while Sportswork manages Malaysian government linked companies[57]

There are four tiers of sponsorship depending on the amount of funds a company contributes to the games. Bronze sponsors contributed RM1 million or less, Silver sponsors contributed RM1 to 3 million. Gold sponsors contributed RM3 to 7.5 million and Platinum sponsors contributed RM7.5 to 15 million.[58]

2017 Southeast Asian Games sponsors
Tier Sponsoring firms
Platinum Telekom Malaysia,[58] Naza (Groupe PSA),[59] FBT,[58] Ajinomoto,[60][57] Petronas,[61] Rapid KL[62]
Gold Malaysia Airports,[58] AirAsia,[63] Traveloka,[64] Grab,[65][66] Tenaga Nasional, Sony (Sony Music)[62]
Silver 100Plus,[58] Milo,[58] SCGM BHD–Benxon,[58] Prudential, McDonald's,[67] Spritzer,[68] Pavilion KL, Royal Selangor,[66] AEON Malaysia[62]
Bronze Double Happiness, Gloria Jean's Coffees, JVC Kenwood, La Martina, Maha Mas Medic, Maju Group, Marathon Thailand, Maxwin, Mikasa-Sunrise, MLS-Zimmer-Airflex, Molten Corporation, MRCB, Nittaku, Otto Bock, Sunstar, Trybe, Victor, Wiraka[62]

The Games

Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the 29th Southeast Asian Games

The opening ceremony was held in Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 19 August 2017 at 20:00 MST (UTC+8) which highlighted aspects of Malaysia's history and culture. Organised by the Malaysian Armed Forces, they were supported by the creative team, Memories Entertainment with Saw Teong Hin, who directed numerous films and musicals such as Puteri Gunung Ledang and You Mean the World to Me, commercials and Television programmes, serving as creative director.[69][70]

The ceremony started with the arrival of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V. The national anthem, Negaraku was performed by the Malaysian Armed Forces as the national flag was raised. This was followed by the footage of few Malaysians of different ages and races paint their face with the colours of the games logo and the countdown projection. 320 Malaysian flags, along with the national flags of the participating nations and the Southeast Asian Games Federation flag, were brought into the stadium to symbolise the welcoming of the participants by Malaysia's 32 million population while Monoloque and Azlan and the Typewriter performed "Tunjuk Belang". "Rimau", the mascot of the Games, entered the stadium after a video footage of the tiger running across Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony of the 29th Southeast Asian Games

The parade of athletes from all 11 competing nations started with Brunei leading the field in alphabetical order and ended with the host nation, Malaysia entering the stadium last. The Malaysian contingent was led by the unprecedented trio of keirin world champion Azizulhasni Awang, diving world champion Cheong Jun Hoong and world silat champion Mohd Al-Jufferi Jamari, as the bearers of the national flag. The parade concluded with the performance of the song "Bangkit Bersama" by singer Dayang Nurfaizah.

In keeping with tradition, welcoming speeches were given by the President of the Southeast Asian Games Federation Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Jaafar and Malaysia's Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. After that, the Games were officially declared open by the Yang di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V. Later, Malaysian high jumper Nauraj Singh Randhawa was given the honour of taking the oath of sportsmanship on behalf of the athletes whilst Vice President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia Datuk Megat Zulkarnain Tan Sri Omardin read out the oath behalf of Games officials.

A showcase of Malaysia's cultural diversity that came in four segments, "Provenance", "Similarities in Diversity", "Together We are Stronger", and "A Nation Built on Inclusion", told the story of the origins of Malaysian inhabitants, celebrated the differences of people across the country and the region, emphasised the importance of strength and endurance while the conclusion featured people coming together with differences and similarities on full display. Singer Mia Palencia performed the song "So Many Hands", one of the three theme songs of the Games. A total of 6,000 people were involved in the showcase consisting of performers, volunteers, children and members of the armed forces.

The torch of the Games was carried into the stadium by five group of Malaysia’s former and current generation of sportsmen and sportswomen, each with three person. The cauldron was lit by rising diving star Nur Dhabitah Sabri. A colourful fireworks display then erupted over the National Stadium, signalling the official commencement of the Games. The ceremony concluded with the Malaysian Armed Forces performing the national anthem, Negaraku for the second time.[71]

Order Nation Flag bearer Sport
1  Brunei (BRU) Mohammad Adi Salihin Wushu
2  Cambodia (CAM) Sok Chan Mean Petanque
3  Indonesia (INA) I Gede Siman Sudartawa Swimming
4  Laos (LAO) Khamvarn Vanlivong Archery
5  Myanmar (MYA) Aung Myo Swe Sepak takraw
6  Singapore (SIN) Jasmine Ser Shooting
7  Philippines (PHI) Kirstie Elaine Alora Taekwondo
8  Thailand (THA) Pornchai Kaokaew Sepak takraw
9  Timor-Leste (TLS) Liliana Da Costa Athletics
10  Vietnam (VIE) Vũ Thành An Archery
11  Malaysia (MAS) Azizul Hasni Awang Cycling
Cheong Jun Hoong Diving
Mohd Al Jufferi Bin Jamari Pencak Silat

Participating Nations

All 11 members of Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF). Below is a list of all the participating NOCs.

Sports

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 47 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.[72]

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 to be played at the 2017 SEA Games.[73] 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 had until March 9 appealed to reinclude the delisted sports in the shortlist.[74]

On 12 May 2016, a meeting between Olympic Council of Malaysia and Paralympic Council of Malaysia, chaired by sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin was held to propose the merger of the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and the 2017 ASEAN Para Games into a single games which if approved will integrate the para sports into the games' main programme.[75] The same topic was also discussed at the Asean Para Sports Federation Board of Governors meeting on 7 June 2016.[76] By 14 July, the proposal has been rejected by SEA Games Federation (SEAGF) Council, with 9 member countries have opposed the proposal while only two (Malaysia and Laos) agreed, citing the reason for the rejection was due to the tradition and culture that has long been maintained by SEAGF.[77]

38 sports with 404 events in all for the Games were included in the final list approved by the SEAGF on 14 July 2016.[78][79][80]

Calendar

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
August 14
Mon 		15
Tue 		16
Wed 		17
Thu 		18
Fri 		19
Sat 		20
Sun 		21
Mon 		22
Tue 		23
Wed 		24
Thu 		25
Fri 		26
Sat 		27
Sun 		28
Mon 		29
Tue 		30
Wed 		Events
Ceremonies OC CC —
Archery 2 2 1 2 2 1 10
Athletics 2 8 9 9 9 8 45
Badminton ● ● 2 ● ● ● 5 7
Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Billiards & snooker ● 2 1 1 ● 3 7
Bowling 2 2 1 2 2 2 11
Boxing ● ● ● 6 6
Cricket ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● 1 1 3
Cycling 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 5 20
Diving 3 2 3 3 2 13
Equestrian 2 1 ● 1 1 1 6
Fencing 2 2 2 6
Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Figure skating ● 2 2
Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 ● 1 2
Futsal ● ● ● ● 2 2
Golf ● ● 4 ● 4 4
Gymnastics 1 1 5 5 1 2 5 20
Ice hockey ● ● ● ● 1 1
Indoor hockey ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Judo 3 3 6
Karate 6 6 4 16
Lawn bowls ● ● 2 2 2 2 8
Muaythai ● ● ● 5 5
Netball ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Pencak silat 1 1 1 1 16 20
Pétanque ● 2 ● 2 ● 2 ● 1 7
Polo ● ● ● ● 1 1
Rugby sevens ● 2 2
Sailing ● 3 ● ● ● 4 2 5 14
Sepaktakraw 2 2 ● 1 ● 1 1 ● ● 2 ● 2 ● 1 12
Shooting 1 3 2 3 2 3 14
Short track speed skating 2 4 6
Squash ● ● 2 3 ● ● ● 2 2 9
Swimming 2 6 6 6 7 7 6 40
Synchronised swimming 2 1 2 5
Table tennis 3 ● 2 ● ● 2 7
Taekwondo 5 4 3 4 16
Tennis ● ● ● ● 2 3 5
Triathlon 2 2
Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2
Water polo ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Waterskiing ● 4 1 ● 6 11
Weightlifting 2 2 1 5
Wushu 5 6 6 17
Daily medal events 0 0 4 6 4 4 21 25 48 37 49 29 51 33 26 60 7 404
Cumulative total 0 0 4 10 14 18 39 64 112 149 198 227 278 311 337 397 404
August 14
Mon 		15
Tue 		16
Wed 		17
Thu 		18
Fri 		19
Sat 		20
Sun 		21
Mon 		22
Tue 		23
Wed 		24
Thu 		25
Fri 		26
Sat 		27
Sun 		28
Mon 		29
Tue 		30
Wed 		Total
events

Medal table

As of 22 August 2017 (12:50 pm UTC+8)

Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

1  Malaysia (MAS) 28 19 14 61
2  Singapore (SIN) 13 14 13 40
3  Indonesia (INA) 8 10 15 33
4  Vietnam (VIE) 8 7 11 26
5  Thailand (THA) 6 10 10 26
6  Philippines (PHI) 3 6 6 15
7  Myanmar (MYA) 3 2 2 7
8  Laos (LAO) 0 1 1 2
9  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 5 5
10  Cambodia (CAM) 0 0 3 3
11  Timor-Leste (TLS) 0 0 0 0
Total (11 NOCs) 69 69 80 218
2017 SEA GAMES medal tally

Broadcasting

During the Games, which will be held from 19 to 30 August, 28 sports events will be broadcast live.[81]

Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

2017 SEA Games Broadcasters rights in Southeast Asia
IOC Code Country Broadcast network Television network Radio network Digital network
BRU  Brunei Radio Televisyen Brunei
Kristal-Astro 		RTB1
Astro Arena 		Ai FM
Hot FM
One FM
CAM  Cambodia Radio and Television of Cambodia Television of Cambodia Radio of Cambodia
INA  Indonesia TVRI
MNC Media
Emtek 		TVRI
MNCTV
SCTV
Indosiar
O Channel 		Radio Republik Indonesia Nexmedia, Vidio.com
LAO  Laos Laos National Radio and Television Lao National Television Lao National Radio
MAS  Malaysia* Radio Television Malaysia (RTM)
Media Prima Berhad
Astro 		TV1
TV2
TV3
TV9
TVi
Astro Arena, Astro Arena HD 		Ai FM
Hot FM
KL FM
Minnal FM
Nasional FM
One FM
TEA FM
Traxx FM 		HyppTV (HyppSports HD)[82]
MYA  Myanmar Myanmar Radio and Television Myanmar Television
Skynet
MRTV-4
MRTV 		Myanmar Radio
PHI  Philippines PTV[83]
SIN  Singapore MediaCorp TV[84] MediaCorp TV12 okto
Toggle) 		MediaCorp Radio 938LIVE
THA  Thailand The Television Pool of Thailand (TPT) BEC-TV Channel 3
Royal Thai Army Channel 5
BBTV Channel 7
Modernine TV
NBT channel 		MCOT Radio Network, NBT Radio
TLS  Timor-Leste RTTL Televisão Timor Leste Radio Timor Leste
VIE  Vietnam VTV
HTV 		VTV2
VTV6
HTV Thể Thao 		Voice of Vietnam K+, VTVcab

Concerns and controversies

Management issues

  • Philippines athletics head coach Sean Guevara was furious with the scheduling of athletics programme as their athletes would compete in the same event on the same day in the space of 30 minutes in the heats and just one hour apart in 100m and 400m finals causing the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) to request for a change or adjustment to the schedule for the men’s 400m hurdles and 100m, but the Malaysian organising committee did not take any action when the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary-general Low Beng Choo explained he had noticed the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) appeal for the schedule to be changed but the Malaysian Athletics Technical Delegate turned the request down.[85]
  • Malaysia's failure to air some of the live matches on football events also been criticised, with one football supporter from Myanmar said: “I’m surprised to learn that Malaysia, which is much richer than Myanmar, fails to manage live coverage of some popular events and tournaments. I am asking this on behalf of all other ASEAN countries, not just for Myanmar”.[86] This was added with a news that a Malaysian bus driver who is ferrying the Myanmar women's national football team was caught for theft as well for not having a driving licence, leading to a delay for the players and officials from reaching their hotel.[87][88] The failure of Malaysian SEA Games Organising Committee (MASOC) to install “video challenge” or “dark fish” system for sepak takraw matches that can be used by teams to challenge calls made by the umpire or referee during a bout or match are criticised by the national sepak takraw association itself as all ASEAN sepak takraw teams had been notified and expecting the technology to be used in the competition.[89]
  • An incident involving the flag of Indonesia printed upside down resemble the flag of Poland in a souvenir guidebook given to them leading to furor in Indonesia with its government has accused the Malaysian SEA Games organisers of negligence. Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for an apology from Malaysia but cautioned Indonesian citizens against exaggerating the incident.[91] The mistake has angered Indonesian that led "#shameonyoumalaysia" has become the most popular hashtag on Twitter on 20 August 2017.[91] Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin then met his Indonesian counterpart Imam Nahrawi to personally apologise over the incident and said the guidebooks will be corrected and reprinted.[92] The issue was resolved afterwards after Khairy and Nahrawi had a meeting at a hotel. They told a press conference that the issue was resolved and Nahrawi had accepted Khairy's apology.[93] Even after the apology, an Indonesian hacker group called the ExtremeCrew hacked into several Malaysian websites with a message "Our country's flag is not a toy" ("Bendera Negaraku Bukanlah Mainan").[94]

Sports

  • The results of the bout between Filipino light flyweight Carlo Paalam and Muhamad Redzuan of the host nation Malaysia was met with criticism as the latter was given a 5-0 decision despite being out boxed. Redzuan was also warned by the referee for illegal attacks such as take downs, headlocks and occasional lacing of his opponent's face in clinches but received only warnings and no point deductions. ABAP executive director Ed Picson declined to make comment about the officiating and scoring other than to say "I thought it was the other way around. But it is what it is."[95]

Incidents

  • On 20 August 2017, Indonesian women's sepak takraw team walked out of the venue to protest a call by the referee. Following the match abandonment from the Indonesian side, the Malaysian side was awarded a 2–0 score by the referee.[96] Later, the Sepak Takraw Association of Indonesia (PSI) admitted that walking out of the match against Malaysia was a big mistake and apologised for the action and inconvenience caused.[97]
  • An accident involving two buses carrying Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand squash teams occurred on 21 August 2017 when a motorcyclist swerved in front of one of the buses forcing it to brake suddenly and causing the following bus to crash into it from behind with several passengers sustained slight injuries. Following the incident, all squash matches have been temporarily suspended pending medical clearance with all athletes had been brought to the Bukit Jalil National Stadium by a replacement bus.[98][99]

See also

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