24TH SEA GAMES 2007

Opening-Closing Ceremony of 24TH SEA GAMES 2007




2007 Southeast Asian Games
The 24th Southeast Asian Games (also known as SEA Games) will be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from December 6 to December 16, 2007. The Thai Olympic Committee is planning the event to coincide with the commemoration of 80th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Officials are studying the possibility of doing the events in multiple venues like what was done in Vietnam and the Philippines.

It would be the sixth time Thailand has hosted the SEA Games. Thailand had hosted the 1959 (inaugural games), 1967, 1975, 1985 and 1995 SEA Games. The 2007 games were to be hosted in Singapore, but the city-state gave up the chance in 2004 as the National Stadium was slated for demolition in around that time to build the Singapore Sports Hub.

Venue :
Most of the games will be held in the $65 million sports complex on Pakthongchai Road in Nakhon Ratchasima. The sports complex holds the 20,000-seater His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary, 5th December 2007 Sports Complex. The sports complex also includes a 5,000-seater indoor stadium, 16 tennis court facilities, among other facilities scheduled to be finished on June 2007.

Sports
The 2007 SEA Games will feature more than 400 events in 43 sports and also 2 demonstration sports (i.e. Go and Kempo).[4] The 24th edition of the games will have the highest number of sporting events in the entire history of the SEA Games, more events than the Asian Games and the Olympic Games.

* Archery
* Aquatics
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketballʰ
* Billiards and Snooker
* Bodybuilding
* Boxing
* Bowling
* Canoe/Kayak
* Chess
* Cycling
* Dancesport
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Football
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Hockey
* Judo
* Karatedo
* Lawn bowls
* Muay Thai
* Netball
* Pencak Silat
* Pétanque
* Polo
* Rowing
* Rugby
* Sailing
* Sepaktakraw
* Shooting
* Softball°
* Squash¹
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* Traditional boat race
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Wushu

Participating nations :
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor Leste
Vietnam


Themes : Spirit, Friendship, Celebration

Total contingent send by Malaysia is the largest amount : 820 contingents
Total sport entries is the 2nd most : 44 sports entries

Recent standings (Last Update: 8 Dec, 21:27 +7 GMT)
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Thailand 43 51 26 120
2 Vietnam 23 10 26 59
3 Singapore 16 13 11 40
4 Philippines 14 13 23 50
5 Malaysia 7 9 21 37
6 Indonesia 7 9 11 27
7 Myanmar 2 7 6 15
8 Laos PDR 2 0 1 3
9 Cambodia 0 0 4 4

Official Website of 24th Sea Games 2007 : http://www.2007seagames.com/eng/Home/tabid/153/Default.aspx

Nice post. ^^

Malaysia comes number 5 huh?

Okay la.. better than not in list.. haha You did well malaysia.. Strive harder!!! Reach the summit..!!

Yeap.
My swimming mates are so having fun there right now ~
They took tonnes of pictures.
Well, most medals are from the swimming pool and female swimmers are pretty strong among the participating nations !

m'sia gambate lol~~~

I think Malaysia won't win .. Maybe the best achievement is top 3.

Give respect to the host THAILAND!!

Anyway give some support to your own country

yes, I'm am supporting Malaysia.
But when you're involve in sport, you'll know that Malaysia only emphasizes on the "main" sports.
Not "side sports" ..
emm, not trying to argue over things yeh !

Thailand is good somehow.

Don't worry, Malaysia's female swimmers are good enough in this race !

well~~ if m'sia got top3 is already very good lol
i don really put so much hope on m'sia anyway
anyway~~ u still have to support ur own country de~~~
a kind of respect lol~~

Of course
But, still We don't say "there are rooms for Malaysia to improve"
We say "Malaysia should have improved and be almost the best!'

Bestest wishes to our contigents especially to : Daniel Bego, Kev Choy, Siow Yi Ting, Chui Lai Kwan, Leung Chii Lin , Khoo Cai Lin, Marellyn Liew, Lau Zhern Fong, Linvern Lim (swimming), Kimberly Yap(Trialthon), Are Yap (Badminton) & others ..

will meet u guys on the date we fix !! =)

Use malaysia boleh sloganin a correct way correct time correct place... like now...

"MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!"
SO PUT THE SLOGAN TO THE TEST!!!
MALAYSIANS SUPPORT YOU !!!
DO YOUR BEST REPRESENTATIVES

Malaysia ku Gemilang alrd lorr
=.=''

They jumped!!! >.< No prove their first slogan..sad. Haha

yeah.
Progressive but not recessive.