The 2018 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 19th ASEAN University Games, was a Southeast Asian university multi-sports event which was held in Myanmar from 8 December 2018 to 19 December 2018. This was the first time Myanmar hosted the ASEAN University Games.[1]
The 19th ASEAN University Games has 13 venues for the games.[3] The athlete's village is in Zabuthiri Township with two Cluster, Myitkyina Cluster and Monywa Cluster.
The official motto for the games is Youth and Friendship. It was chosen to represent that the athletes will compete with sports spirit and friendship for their country image. Youth is representative of being alert, agile and energetic. Youth is also referred to as young students from ASEAN universities who will be building up a better future for the ASEAN community. The 19th AUG will provide better opportunities for all participants to strengthen the understanding and cooperation among ASEAN countries in the long run. Friendships will be formed while the youth are participating in the 19th AUG 2018. This close friendship will provide a platform for all participants to appreciate the different cultures and values. The 19th AUG will also bring unity, peace and harmony to the whole ASEAN community. Peace and harmony will result in the safety of the whole region. This will help to build up our strength, making ASEAN member countries better and stronger.
Logoedit
The emblem or logo of the 19th ASEAN University Games is designed to include a coloured pattern used in the National Flag of Myanmar. The yellow represents belief, serenity and wisdom. The golden beams shining from the yellow sun are symbolic of 11 ASEAN countries. The green is used to depict peace, harmony and unity. This colour also symbolizes a range of mountains covered with plants and trees. The red is representative of courage, bravery and loyalty. It also symbolizes the current situation of Myanmar moving steadily towards being a federal democratic country. The white star, depicted as an athlete doing warm-up exercises, is used as a symbol of a sport competition. The Parliament Complex, symbolic of the Capital of Myanmar, implies that the 19th ASEAN University Games will be held in Nay Pyi Taw.[4]
Mascotedit
The official mascot for the games is Ayeyarwady Dolphin.[5] it was chosen for its presence in the three rivers of Southeast Asia Nations: Ayeyarwady River (MYANMAR), the Mahakam River (INDONESIAN BORNEO) and Mekong River. They are the most intelligent animal among all animals all over the world. And they are adorable, active, intelligent, friendly and helpful. So using the Ayeyarwady Dolphin can reflect that young people are active, intelligent, youthful, helpful and kind. For Myanmar, Ayeyarwady Dolphin is one of the luckiest one of Myanmar because they always help Fishermen in catching fishes and can attract the interest of foreigners by Ecotourism.Nowadays there are a few left and almost endanger. So Myanmar want all of you to know that all of us must protect Ayeyarwady Dolphin from disappearing.
Official Mascot of 19th AUG
The Gamesedit
Opening ceremonyedit
The opening ceremony was held in the Wunnatheikdi Indoor Stadium on 10 December. Some Myanmar artists sang songs before the ceremony. The Vice-President of MyanmarMyint Swe arrived at 5PM.When he was arrived the ceremony was started with countdown. Then, the officials and athletes from the 11 participating countries marched into the stadium. The Myanmar national flag, AUSC flag and 19th AUG-Myanmar flag were hoisted. The patron of the 19th AUG Organising Committee, Vice President U Myint Swe declared the opening of the games.
The students from the National University of Arts and Culture - Yangon and Mandalay presented the four Myanmar Cultural performances and one ASEAN performance. The ceremony was concluded at about 7PM.[6]
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The 2018 ASEAN University Games officially known as the 19th ASEAN University Games was a Southeast Asian university multi sports event which was held in Myanmar from 8 December 2018 to 19 December 2018 This was the first time Myanmar hosted the ASEAN University Games 1 XIX ASEAN University GamesHost cityNaypyidaw MyanmarMottoYouth and FriendshipBurmese လ ငယ န င ခ စ က ည ရ Athletes2078Events203 in 17 sportsOpeningDecember 10 2018 2018 12 10 ClosingDecember 19 2018 2018 12 19 Opened byMyint SweVice President of MyanmarAthlete s OathSandi OoTorch lighterWai Lin AungMain venueWunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium B Website2018 ASEAN University Games Singapore 2016Ubon Ratchathani 2022 Contents 1 Preparation and development 1 1 Venues 2 Marketing 2 1 Motto 2 2 Logo 2 3 Mascot 3 The Games 3 1 Opening ceremony 3 2 Sports 3 3 Calendar 3 4 Medal table 4 References 5 External linksPreparation and development editThe Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Sports organized the 19th AUG Organization Committee led by patron vice president Myint Swe chairman Myo Thein Gyi vice chairman Myint Htwe and other ten working committees They selected the athletes from all of the universities and trained them 2 Venues edit The 19th ASEAN University Games has 13 venues for the games 3 The athlete s village is in Zabuthiri Township with two Cluster Myitkyina Cluster and Monywa Cluster Competition Venue SportsWunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium B Opening and closing ceremonyWunna Theikdi Aquatic Center SwimmingWunnatheikdi Archery Field ArcheryWunna Theikdi Petanque Sports Village Complex PetanqueWunna Theikdi Stadium Athletics FootballWunna Theikdi Stadium Football Training Field 3 FootballWunna Theikdi Sports Complex Indoor Stadium A Badminton BasketballWunna Theikdi Sports Complex Indoor Stadium C Wushu Karate do Tennis VovinamWunna Theikdi Futsal Indoor Stadium Separktakraw ChinloneWunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium B VolleyballWunna Theikdi Boxing Indoor Stadium Table TennisCity Golf Club GolfNgalike Dam RowingBilliard amp Snooker Indoor Stadium Chess nbsp Wunnatheikdi Indoor Stadium nbsp nbsp Naypyidawclass notpageimage Host cityMarketing editMotto edit The official motto for the games is Youth and Friendship It was chosen to represent that the athletes will compete with sports spirit and friendship for their country image Youth is representative of being alert agile and energetic Youth is also referred to as young students from ASEAN universities who will be building up a better future for the ASEAN community The 19th AUG will provide better opportunities for all participants to strengthen the understanding and cooperation among ASEAN countries in the long run Friendships will be formed while the youth are participating in the 19th AUG 2018 This close friendship will provide a platform for all participants to appreciate the different cultures and values The 19th AUG will also bring unity peace and harmony to the whole ASEAN community Peace and harmony will result in the safety of the whole region This will help to build up our strength making ASEAN member countries better and stronger Logo edit The emblem or logo of the 19th ASEAN University Games is designed to include a coloured pattern used in the National Flag of Myanmar The yellow represents belief serenity and wisdom The golden beams shining from the yellow sun are symbolic of 11 ASEAN countries The green is used to depict peace harmony and unity This colour also symbolizes a range of mountains covered with plants and trees The red is representative of courage bravery and loyalty It also symbolizes the current situation of Myanmar moving steadily towards being a federal democratic country The white star depicted as an athlete doing warm up exercises is used as a symbol of a sport competition The Parliament Complex symbolic of the Capital of Myanmar implies that the 19th ASEAN University Games will be held in Nay Pyi Taw 4 Mascot editThe official mascot for the games is Ayeyarwady Dolphin 5 it was chosen for its presence in the three rivers of Southeast Asia Nations Ayeyarwady River MYANMAR the Mahakam River INDONESIAN BORNEO and Mekong River They are the most intelligent animal among all animals all over the world And they are adorable active intelligent friendly and helpful So using the Ayeyarwady Dolphin can reflect that young people are active intelligent youthful helpful and kind For Myanmar Ayeyarwady Dolphin is one of the luckiest one of Myanmar because they always help Fishermen in catching fishes and can attract the interest of foreigners by Ecotourism Nowadays there are a few left and almost endanger So Myanmar want all of you to know that all of us must protect Ayeyarwady Dolphin from disappearing nbsp Official Mascot of 19th AUGThe Games editOpening ceremony edit The opening ceremony was held in the Wunnatheikdi Indoor Stadium on 10 December Some Myanmar artists sang songs before the ceremony The Vice President of Myanmar Myint Swe arrived at 5PM When he was arrived the ceremony was started with countdown Then the officials and athletes from the 11 participating countries marched into the stadium The Myanmar national flag AUSC flag and 19th AUG Myanmar flag were hoisted The patron of the 19th AUG Organising Committee Vice President U Myint Swe declared the opening of the games The students from the National University of Arts and Culture Yangon and Mandalay presented the four Myanmar Cultural performances and one ASEAN performance The ceremony was concluded at about 7PM 6 Sports edit There were 17 sports for these games 7 nbsp Archery 10 details nbsp Athletics 36 details nbsp Badminton 7 details nbsp Basketball 2 details nbsp Chess 4 details nbsp Football 1 details nbsp Golf 4 details nbsp Karate 15 details nbsp Petanque 7 details nbsp Rowing 16 details nbsp Sepak takraw 4 details Chinlone 4 details nbsp Swimming 38 details nbsp Table tennis 5 details nbsp Tennis 7 details nbsp Volleyball 2 details nbsp Vovinam details nbsp Wushu details Calendar edit OC Opening ceremony Event competition 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremonyDecember 8thSat 9thSun 10thMon 11thTue 12thWed 13thThu 14thFri 15thSat 16thSun 17thMon 18thTue 19thWed EventsCeremonies OC CC nbsp Archery 2 2 6 10 nbsp Athletics 10 10 11 7 38 nbsp Badminton 2 5 7 nbsp Basketball 2 2 nbsp Chess 4 4 nbsp Chinlone 1 1 1 1 4 nbsp Football 1 1 nbsp Golf 4 4 nbsp Karate 6 7 2 15 nbsp Petanque 4 2 2 8 nbsp Rowing 3 1 6 6 16 nbsp Sepak takraw 1 1 1 1 4 nbsp Swimming 8 8 8 7 7 38 nbsp Table tennis 3 2 2 7 nbsp Tennis 3 4 7 nbsp Volleyball 2 2 nbsp Vovinam 3 6 5 14 nbsp Wushu 3 5 9 5 22Daily medal events 1 4 6 20 16 21 33 31 30 22 19 0 203Cumulative total 1 5 11 31 47 68 101 132 162 184 203 203December 8thSat 9thSun 10thMon 11thTue 12thWed 13thThu 14thFri 15thSat 16thSun 17thMon 18thTue 19thWed Total eventsMedal table edit Host nation Myanmar RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Thailand THA 6252381522 nbsp Indonesia INA 4439301133 nbsp Malaysia MAS 3743491294 nbsp Myanmar MYA 242629795 nbsp Vietnam VIE 1696316 nbsp Laos LAO 7911277 nbsp Singapore SIN 51218358 nbsp Cambodia CAM 51012279 nbsp East Timor TLS 200210 nbsp Philippines PHI 100111 nbsp Brunei BRU 0000Totals 11 entries 203200193596References edit Meeting for 2018 AUG 2018 AUG Venues Archived from the original on 2018 05 17 Retrieved 2018 05 16 emblem Archived from the original on 2018 09 02 Retrieved 2018 08 08 မ န မ အလင 11 May 2018 အ ဆ ယ တက ကသ လ မ အ ကစ ပ င ပ အက င တစ စ တစ စ င မ န မ အလင 20 VP U Myint Swe attends 19th ASEAN University Games Opening Ceremony Schedule amp Results Archived from the original on 2018 08 12 Retrieved 2018 08 08 External links edit2018 ASEAN University Games official website Archived 2020 01 16 at the Wayback MachinePreceded bySingapore ASEAN University GamesNaypyidawXIX ASEAN University Games 2018 Succeeded byUbon Ratchathani 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 ASEAN University Games amp oldid 1195104140, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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