ASEAN School Games

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 (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.^[1][2][3]

ASEAN School Games

Abbreviation	ASG
First event	2009 Suphanburi, Thailand
Occur every	Year
Last event	2024 Da Nang, Vietnam
Next event	2025 Brunei

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

Nation / IOC Designation	Debuted	IOC-Code	Notes
Brunei (IOC designation: Brunei Darussalam)	2009	BRU	—
Indonesia	2009	INA	FIFA-code IDN
Singapore	2009	SGP	SIN (1959 — 2016)
Thailand	2009	THA	—
Vietnam (IOC designation: Viet Nam)	2009	VIE	—
Malaysia	2010	MAS	—
Philippines	2010	PHI	ISO PHL
Laos (IOC designation: Lao People's Democratic Republic)	2013	LAO	—
Cambodia	2016	CAM	—
Myanmar	2017	MYA	—

List of ASEAN School Games

2009

2010, 2018

2011, 2017

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2019

2022

2024

Host cities of the ASEAN School Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team	Ref.
I	2009	Suphan Buri	Thailand	20 July	29 July	5		10	116	Thailand (THA)	[4]
II	2010	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	12 July	22 July	7		10	107	Malaysia (MAS)	[5]
III	2011	Singapore	Singapore	30 June	8 July	7		11	118	Thailand (THA)	[6]
IV	2012	Surabaya	Indonesia	28 June	6 July	7		11	141	Thailand (THA)	[7]
V	2013	Hanoi	Vietnam	22 June	30 June	8		9	125	Vietnam (VIE)	[8]
VI	2014	Marikina	Philippines	29 November	7 December	7		11	123	Malaysia (MAS)	[9]
VII	2015	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei	21 November	29 November	8		7	80	Indonesia (INA)	[10]
VIII	2016	Chiang Mai	Thailand	21 July	29 July	8		11	123	Thailand (THA)	[11]
IX	2017	Singapore	Singapore	13 July	21 July	10		10	120	Thailand (THA)	[12]
X	2018	Selangor	Malaysia	19 July	27 July	10		12	123	Malaysia (MAS)	[13]
XI	2019	Semarang	Indonesia	17 July	25 July	10		9	123	Indonesia (INA)	[14]
XII	2022	Dumaguete	Philippines	Cancelled							[15]
XIII	2024	Da Nang	Vietnam	31 May	07 June	10		6	107	Vietnam (VIE)	[16]
XIV	2025	TBD	Brunei	Future event							[17]

Sports

Officially, there were a total of 22 sports, which were held in the ASEAN School Games.

Sport Years  Athletics All   Badminton All  Basketball 2009–2014, since 2016  Bowling 2017 only  Field hockey 2010–2011  Futsal 2016 only  Golf 2009–2016  Gymnastics 2009–2014, 2016–2018  Netball 2010–2011, 2015, 2018  Pencak silat 2012–2013, 2015, 2019, 2024

Sport Years  Rugby sevens 2012 only  Sepak takraw 2009–2019  Squash 2018 only  Swimming All  Table tennis 2009, 2011–2014, 2016–2019  Tennis 2009, 2012–2014, 2016–2019  Triathlon 2011 only  Volleyball 2009–2014, 2016–2019  Vovinam 2024 only  Water polo 2011 only  Water skiing 2011 only  Wushu 2014 only

All-time medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand (THA)	398	355	410	1,163
2	Indonesia (INA)	290	342	307	939
3	Malaysia (MAS)	278	293	319	890
4	Vietnam (VIE)	253	180	158	591
5	Singapore (SIN)	145	170	264	579
6	Philippines (PHI)	43	51	124	218
7	Myanmar (MYA)	4	3	11	18
8	Cambodia (CAM)	2	1	7	10
9	Brunei (BRU)	1	14	24	39
10	Laos (LAO)	0	7	29	36
Totals (10 entries)		1,414	1,416	1,653	4,483

ASEAN School Games editions

2009 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Thailand) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Thailand (THA)* 72 42 40 154 2  Vietnam (VIE) 18 16 23 57 3  Indonesia (INA) 13 33 29 75 4  Singapore (SIN) 13 25 35 73 5  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 2 2 Totals (5 entries) 116 116 129 361

2010 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Malaysia) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Malaysia (MAS)* 46 37 24 107 2  Thailand (THA) 32 37 33 102 3  Indonesia (INA) 14 15 19 48 4  Vietnam (VIE) 11 8 16 35 5  Singapore (SIN) 4 12 20 36 6  Philippines (PHI) 0 2 3 5 7  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 1 1 Totals (7 entries) 107 111 116 334

2011 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Singapore) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Thailand (THA) 29 26 42 97 2  Singapore (SIN)* 26 22 31 79 3  Malaysia (MAS) 21 34 32 87 4  Indonesia (INA) 21 20 26 67 5  Vietnam (VIE) 20 16 11 47 6  Philippines (PHI) 1 0 1 2 7  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 0 0 Totals (7 entries) 118 118 143 379

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2012 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Indonesia) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Thailand (THA) 38 28 47 113 2  Indonesia (INA)* 33 33 27 93 3  Malaysia (MAS) 29 36 35 100 4  Vietnam (VIE) 27 17 16 60 5  Singapore (SIN) 14 16 18 48 6  Brunei (BRU) 0 8 6 14 7  Philippines (PHI) 0 2 1 3 Totals (7 entries) 141 140 150 431

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2013 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Vietnam) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Vietnam (VIE)* 50 27 23 100 2  Malaysia (MAS) 25 30 30 85 3  Thailand (THA) 24 31 32 87 4  Indonesia (INA) 18 27 27 72 5  Singapore (SIN) 8 5 15 28 6  Laos (LAO) 0 3 5 8 7  Brunei (BRU) 0 2 8 10 8  Philippines (PHI) 0 0 3 3 Totals (8 entries) 125 125 143 393

2014 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Philippines) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Malaysia (MAS) 41 34 30 105 2  Thailand (THA) 35 29 36 100 3  Indonesia (INA) 15 31 30 76 4  Philippines (PHI)* 11 14 22 47 5  Vietnam (VIE) 11 6 6 23 6  Singapore (SIN) 10 10 19 39 7  Brunei (BRU) 0 1 3 4 Totals (7 entries) 123 125 146 394

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2015 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Brunei) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Indonesia (INA) 25 24 10 59 2  Malaysia (MAS) 20 14 22 56 3  Thailand (THA) 13 31 26 70 4  Vietnam (VIE) 12 2 10 24 5  Singapore (SIN) 6 4 10 20 6  Philippines (PHI) 3 3 11 17 7  Brunei (BRU)* 1 1 3 5 8  Laos (LAO) 0 1 2 3 Totals (8 entries) 80 80 94 254

2016 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Thailand) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Thailand (THA)* 56 36 33 125 2  Indonesia (INA) 30 34 35 99 3  Vietnam (VIE) 19 20 15 54 4  Singapore (SIN) 13 14 30 57 5  Malaysia (MAS) 6 16 22 44 6  Laos (LAO) 0 1 7 8 7  Cambodia (CAM) 0 0 1 1 8  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 0 0 Totals (8 entries) 124 121 143 388

2017 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Singapore) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Thailand (THA) 29 26 32 87 2  Indonesia (INA) 25 33 29 87 3  Singapore (SIN)* 24 27 27 78 4  Malaysia (MAS) 22 16 34 72 5  Vietnam (VIE) 20 21 10 51 6  Philippines (PHI) 13 8 21 42 7  Myanmar (MYA) 0 0 4 4 8  Laos (LAO) 0 0 2 2 9  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 0 0  Cambodia (CAM) 0 0 0 0 Totals (10 entries) 133 131 159 423

2018 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Malaysia) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Malaysia (MAS)* 37 34 32 103 2  Indonesia (INA) 31 36 30 97 3  Thailand (THA) 19 21 31 71 4  Singapore (SGP) 13 16 22 51 5  Vietnam (VIE) 13 8 6 27 6  Philippines (PHI) 9 7 20 36 7  Myanmar (MYA) 1 2 2 5 8  Laos (LAO) 0 0 3 3 9  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 0 0  Cambodia (CAM) 0 0 0 0 Totals (10 entries) 123 124 146 393

2019 ASEAN School Games   *   Host nation (Indonesia) Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Indonesia (INA)* 43 34 25 102 2  Thailand (THA) 33 31 35 99 3  Malaysia (MAS) 18 25 34 77 4  Singapore (SGP) 10 11 17 38 5  Vietnam (VIE) 8 8 5 21 6  Philippines (PHI) 4 7 22 33 7  Myanmar (MYA) 1 0 1 2 8  Laos (LAO) 0 1 7 8 9  Brunei (BRU) 0 1 0 1 10  Cambodia (CAM) 0 0 0 0 Totals (10 entries) 117 118 146 381

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2024 ASEAN School Games

  *   Host nation (Vietnam)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Vietnam (VIE)*	44	31	17	92
2	Indonesia (INA)	22	22	20	64
3	Thailand (THA)	18	17	23	58
4	Malaysia (MAS)	13	17	24	54
5	Singapore (SGP)	4	8	20	32
6	Philippines (PHI)	2	8	20	30
7	Cambodia (CAM)	2	1	6	9
8	Myanmar (MYA)	2	1	4	7
9	Laos (LAO)	0	1	3	4
10	Brunei (BRU)	0	1	1	2
Totals (10 entries)		107	107	138	352

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External links

• 9th ASEAN School Games
• Southeast Asian sports news blogspot
• 2010 ASEAN School Games Bulletin at Scribd
• ASEAN School Games 2012 Official website
• ASEAN School Games 2013 Official website
• ASEAN School Games 2014 Official website
• ASEAN School Games 2015 official website
• ASEAN School Games 2016 official website
• ASEAN School Games 2017 official website
• ASEAN School Games 2018 official website
• Account of 11 th ASEAN School Games 2019
• ASEAN School Games 2024 official website