2008 ASEAN University Games

The 2008 ASEAN University Games, (Malay: Sukan Universiti ASEAN 2008) officially known as the 14th ASEAN University Games, (Malay: Sukan Universiti ASEAN ke-14) was a Southeast Asian university multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 December 2008.^[1][2] This was the third time Malaysia hosted the games after 1984 and 1993.

XIV ASEAN University Games

Host city	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Motto	Together We Reach for the Stars (Malay: Bersama Kita Menggapai Bintang)
Nations	10
Athletes	1789
Events	219 in 21 sports
Opening	11 December
Closing	21 December
Main venue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium (Opening) Putra Stadium (Closing)
Website	2008 ASEAN University Games
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Around 1789 athletes participated at the event which featured 219 events in 21 sports. The final medal tally was led by host Malaysia.

Venues

The 14th ASEAN University Games had 24 venues for the games, 9 in Kuala Lumpur, 14 in Selangor and 1 in Negeri Sembilan.

State	Competition Venue	Sports
Kuala Lumpur	National Sports Complex, Malaysia
	Bukit Jalil National Stadium	Athletics, Opening ceremony
	National Aquatic Center, Bukit Jalil	Swimming
	Putra Stadium	Closing ceremony
	Family Park	Volleyball (Beach)
	National Hockey Stadium	Hockey
	Others
	Bukit Kiara Sports Complex	Netball
	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium	Badminton
	MABA Stadium	Basketball
	University of Malaya	Pencak silat
Selangor	National University of Malaysia
	Danau Golf Club	Golf
	Tun Abdul Razak Chancellor Hall	Karate
	Squash Complex	Squash
	Gemilang Hall	Table tennis
	Universiti Teknologi MARA
	Stadium	Rugby sevens
	Sports complex	Sepak takraw
	Others
	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Archery
	Petronas Stadium Bangi	Football (group)
	Maybank Stadium Bangi	Football (Finals, semi-finals, group)
	Panasonic Sport Complex Shah Alam	Futsal
	Bayuemas Lawn Bowls Indoor Stadium	Lawn bowls
	Subang National Shooting Range	Shooting
	Sunway Pyramid	Bowling
	Shah Alam City Council Hall	Volleyball (Indoor)
Negeri Sembilan	Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia	Taekwondo

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Branding and design

A1 Angkasawan, the official mascot of the games.

The logo of the games is an image of a red brush stroke human figure which represents high spirit, glory, victory, power and strength. The stars on the logo represent the targets and ambitions of the athletes. The font used for the logo, a mixture of Century Gothic and Trajan, represents the games being an event that has a variety of formal and informal agendas, while the font's stair-like arrangement represents the desire to achieve success. Meanwhile, the colours used for the font (blue, red, white and yellow) are the colours of the Malaysian flag, the ASEAN logo and the flags of its member nations.^[5]

The official mascot of the games is A1 Angkasawan the astronaut, who is described as friendly, smart, high-spirited and strong. The aim of using a cartoon astronaut as the event's mascot was to remind people about Malaysia's achievement as the first ASEAN member country to send an astronaut to space back in 2007. The mortar board of the mascot represents the academic excellent and the participation of university students as athletes of the games. The logo on the chest represents the sportsmanship spirit of the athletes participating at the games. The colours of the mascot (blue, red, white and yellow) represent Malaysia as the host of the games, with blue also representing the symbol of excellence in hosting the games. The mascot also represents the determination of participating athletes to achieve their respective dreams.^[6]

"Menggapai bintang" (Reach for the stars) was the theme song of the games. It was composed by Mohd Zaki Bin Ahmad from Universiti Malaysia Pahang and sung by Shahnizal bt. Mohd Arshad with lyrics written by Ahmad Fedtri Bin Yahya.^[7]

The Games' torch is shaped like a pen, an instrument commonly used in worldwide universities.^[8]

The games

Participating nations

• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• Vietnam

Note: Myanmar did not participate

Sports

•  Archery (8)
•  Athletics (39)
•  Badminton (7)
•  Basketball (1)
•  Bowling (13)
•  Football (1)
•  Futsal (1)
•  Golf (4)
•  Hockey (1)
•  Karate (19)
•  Lawn bowls (10)
•  Netball (1)
•  Pencak silat (18)
•  Rugby sevens (1)
•  Sepak takraw (3)
•  Shooting (24)
•  Squash (3)
•  Swimming (38)
•  Table tennis (7)
•  Taekwondo (16)
•  Volleyball (4)

Calendar

December	11 Thu	12 Fri	13 Sat	14 Sun	15 Mon	16 Tue	17 Wed	18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	Events
Ceremonies	OC										CC	—
Archery					●	●	4	4				8
Athletics					6	12	9	12				39
Badminton				●	●	2	●	●	5			7
Basketball	●	●	●	●	1							1
Bowling			2	2	1	2	2	4				13
Football		●		●		●		●		1		1
Futsal						●	●	●	●	1		1
Golf					●	●	●	4				4
Hockey					●	●	●		●	1		1
Karate						6	6	7				19
Lawn bowls					●	●	●	2	4	4		10
Netball						●	●	●	1			1
Pencak silat					●	2	4	●	12			18
Rugby sevens						●	●	1				1
Sepak takraw				●	1	●	●	1	1			3
Shooting						4	6	6	6	2		24
Squash							●	●	2	1		3
Swimming							10	8	10	10		38
Table tennis		●	●	3	2	●	2					7
Taekwondo							6	6	4			16
Volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	4				4
Daily medal events			2	5	11	28	49	59	45	20	0	219
Cumulative total			2	7	18	46	95	154	199	219	219
December	11 Thu	12 Fru	13 Sat	14 Sun	15 Mon	16 Tue	17 Wed	18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	Events

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia (MAS)*	90	79	47	216
2	Vietnam (VIE)	45	28	23	96
3	Thailand (THA)	32	29	59	120
4	Indonesia (INA)	28	52	48	128
5	Singapore (SIN)	18	16	39	73
6	Philippines (PHI)	8	12	21	41
7	Laos (LAO)	1	2	3	6
8	Timor-Leste (TLS)	0	1	9	10
9	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	2	2
10	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		222	219	252	693

Results

Archery