ASEAN School Games (ASG) (informally known as the Youth SEA Games) is an annual multi-sport event for secondary schools student athletes in the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations,
commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a regional grouping of 10 Sovereign state, states in Southeast Asia "that aims to promote economic and security cooperation among its ten members." Together, its ...
(ASEAN) and organised under the authority of the ASEAN Schools Sports Council (ASSC). The ASSC is an apolitical regional sports council that promotes sports among member countries. Prior to 2009, the games were played based on satellite, single sports events. This was changed in 2009, where a multi-sport event format was implemented. The 1st ASG planned under the new multi-sport format was hosted by Thailand in 2009, while the 2nd, 3rd and 4th ASG were hosted by Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, respectively.
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The inception of the multi-sport event format was the outcome of a meeting hosted by Thailand in Chiang Mai in 2008. The planning meeting was jointly led by a ministry official from Singapore (Co-Curricular Activities Branch, Mr Timothy D’Cruz) and Thailand (Department of Physical Education, Dr Patanachart Kridiborworn). Singapore was then at the helm of the ASSC Technical Committee. This milestone planning meeting was responsible for setting the foundation of the guiding principles and direction of the approach that resulted in the birth of the first and subsequent ASGs.
Objectives
* To promote ASEAN Solidarity in our youth through school sports;
* To provide opportunities for school athletes to benchmark their sporting talents in the ASEAN region; and
* To provide opportunities for school athletes to interact and engage in cultural exchange within ASEAN.
Participating nations
List of ASEAN School Games
Sports
Officially, there were a total of 22 sports, which were held in the ASEAN School Games.
All-time medal count
ASEAN School Games editions
2009 ASEAN School Games
2010 ASEAN School Games
2011 ASEAN School Games
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2012 ASEAN School Games
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2013 ASEAN School Games
2014 ASEAN School Games
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2015 ASEAN School Games
2016 ASEAN School Games
2017 ASEAN School Games
2018 ASEAN School Games
2019 ASEAN School Games
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2024 ASEAN School Games
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External links
9th ASEAN School Games
2010 ASEAN School Games Bulletin at Scribd
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References
{{Southeast Asian Championships
Youth sport in Southeast Asia
Multi-sport events in Asia
ASEAN sports events