2025 Southeast Asian Games
The 2025 Southeast Asian Games, officially the 33rd Southeast Asian Games, or the 2025 SEA Games and also known as Names of Elected Provinces 2025, is an upcoming international multi-sport event sanctioned by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), scheduled to be held from 17 to 26 November 2025 with the elected provinces as their main host cities and other provinces across Thailand for the football competition.[1]
Emblem of the Southeast Asian Games | |
| Host city | Thailand |
|---|---|
| Nations participating | 11 |
| Athletes participating | TBA |
| Events | TBA |
| Opening ceremony | 17 November 2025 |
| Closing ceremony | 26 November 2025 |
| Officially opened by | TBA |
| Athlete's Oath | TBA |
| Torch lighter | TBA |
| Main venue | TBA |
The elected provinces will be awarded the Games in January 2023, after Thailand was confirmed as the host country by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF). It was the first time that the host cities were selected to host the Southeast Asian Games through the bidding and election process.
Host selection
As per Southeast Asian Games traditions, hosting duties are rotated among the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) member countries. Each country is assigned to host the event in a predetermined year, but the country could choose to withdraw or not host that edition.[2]
2019 disruption
On 21 July 2017, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) announced that it was withdrawing its support for the Philippine hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games saying that government decided to reallocate funds meant for hosting to the rehabilitation efforts of Marawi which was left devastated following the Marawi crisis.[3][4] and it was later reported that the POC's insistence on handling all matters of the hosting; finance, security and the conduct of the Games as it did for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games led to the PSC's withdrawal of support.[5]
On 10 August 2017, Maj. Gen. Charouck Arirachakaran, the vice president and secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT) stated that Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha agreed on the 2019 Games replacement plan after the Philippine's withdrawal. The candidates were Chiang Mai, Chonburi and Songkhla.[6]
Six days later, the Philippines, through the Philippine Olympic Committee president Peping Cojuangco, confirmed that the country would host the 2019 Games, after Cojuangco wrote Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and appealed for reconsideration.[7]
2025 confirmation
In December 2021, Thailand was nominated as the host country for the 2025 Southeast Asian Games at the SEAGF Council and Executive Board Meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam.[8][9][10] Five months later, SEAGF Council and Executive Board officially announced that Thailand will be the host country for the event in 2025, and initially nominated Bangkok as the host city. In addition, Malaysia and Singapore were confirmed as host countries for the 2027 and 2029 editions.[11][12]
After the confirmation, this marked the seventh time that Thailand had hosted the Southeast Asian Games. Its capital city, Bangkok staged the inaugural Southeast Asian Peninsular Games in 1959, and again in 1967, 1975, and 1985; when the games itself had already became known as the Southeast Asian Games. However, both the 1995 and 2007 editions were taken place in the Thai provinces of Chiang Mai and Nakhon Ratchasima respectively.
Bidding and election
On 11 October 2022, Dato Seri Chaipak Siriwat, the vice president of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT) revealed the framework of the bidding process that the host cities/provinces should expend for the games at a budget-friendly cost, and they don't have a requirement to build venues anymore. Unlike 2019 and 2021 editions that their competition venues were spread over 23 and 12 cities/provinces respectively, the possible number of host cities/provinces for the games should be limited to 3 or 4.[13]
Eight bidding parties from twelve cities/provinces interested in hosting the games were nominated by Prachum Boontiem, the vice governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, in October 2022. Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Songkhla were submitted as sole bids, while Bangkok/Chonburi, Bangkok/Chonburi/Songkhla, Krabi/Phuket/Trang, and Amnat Charoen/Sisaket/Ubon Ratchathani/Yasothon were submitted as cross-province bids.[14][15][16] Although the bidding process was started in October 2022, some bidding parties were revealed their bidding campaigns earlier: Ubon Ratchathani in April 2016,[17][18] Chonburi in January 2019,[19] and Krabi/Phuket/Trang in February 2021.[20]
The host cities/provinces will be elected and approved by the Sports Authority of Thailand and the Cabinet of Thailand in January 2023.[21] The elected host cities/provinces will become the first host cities/provinces to be selected to host the Southeast Asian Games through the bidding process.
| Sole bids (4) | Cross-province bids (4) |
|---|---|
See also
References
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| Preceded by Phnom Penh | Southeast Asian Games 33rd Southeast Asian Games (2025) | Succeeded by Malaysia |