2019 Southeast Asian Games
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| Host city | TBA (Philippines) | ||
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| Nations participating | 11 | ||
| Athletes participating | TBA | ||
| Events | TBA | ||
| Officially opened by | Rodrigo Duterte (scheduled) | ||
| Main venue | TBA | ||
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The 2019 Southeast Asian Games will be the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games, a biennial regional multi-sport event scheduled to take place in the Philippines. It will be the fourth time the SEA Games will be held in the country, having hosted the event previously in 1981, 1991, and 2005. The hosting rights were originally awarded to Brunei Darussalam, but days before the 2015 Southeast Asian Games the country pulled out due to "financial and logistical reasons."
On 18 July 2012, Brunei was selected to host the 30th Southeast Asian Games. This was the second time that Brunei will host the Games, the first and only of which was the 1999 edition wherein they place seventh overall. The country was slated to host the 2017 edition but the Sultanate wanted to host this Games instead of the former. Brunei plans to upgrade its sports facilities and build a new national stadium in Salambigar to accommodate the Games.
However, on 4 June 2015, Brunei withdrew its hosting rights at the meeting in the Southeast Asian Games Federation Council after the said country's Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports had failed to give support for the said Games. The withdrawal of Brunei's hosting rights were also due to the country's lack of sporting facilities, accommodation, and preparation of their athletes.
With Brunei's withdrawal, the Philippines had expressed its interest to host the Games; the Philippines last hosted the Games in the 2005 edition where they emerged as the overall champion. They are also slated to host the 2025 edition. On the other hand, Thailand had also expressed its interest to host the games. Gen Yutthasak Sasipraba, President of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand, had talks with three senior executives from the Philippines about their doubts of their country to host the Games; Thailand last hosted the Games in 2007, placing as the champion.Vietnam, the 2021 Southeast Asian Games host, was also offered to host this edition, but declined.
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