Official name | : | 33rd SEA Games | |
Host city | : | ||
Editions | : | 33rd | |
Motto | : | Amity of ASEAN | |
Mascot | : | - | |
Dates | : | 9 – 20 2025 | |
Nations | : | 11 | |
Events | : | 39 sports | |
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The 2025 SEA Games (Thai: กีฬาซีเกมส์ 2025, RTGS: Kila Si Kem 2025, pronounced [kiː˧.laː˧.siː˧.keːm˧.sɔːŋ˩˩˦.pʰan˧.jiː˥˩.sip̚˨˩.haː˥˩]), officially the 33rd SEA Games, or the 2025 Southeast Asian Games and also known as Thailand 2025, is an upcoming international multi-sport event sanctioned by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), scheduled to be held from 9 to 20 December 2025 in Thailand with Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Chonburi, and Songkhla as their main host cities.
The joint bid from the three cities was awarded the Games on 13 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 a new bidding and election process.
This will be the seventh SEA Games in Thailand, the fifth for Bangkok (previously hosted the 1959 SEAP Games, the 1967 SEAP Games, the 1975 SEAP Games, and the 1985 SEA Games), and the first hosted in Chonburi and Songkhla as main host cities.
Following the host selection, the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) initially announced that the Games would feature forty-three sports, according to the Games charter. All of the sports were competed in the Thailand National Games and the joint cities/provinces can provide venues and facilities to host these sports. teqball will make its SEA Games debut at these games. Flying disc and tug of war will be demonstration sports.
In June 2024, karate, jiu-jitsu, weightlifting, and wushu were dropped from the calendar, dropping the number of sports down to thirty-nine.
The joint bid from the three cities was awarded the Games on 13 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 a new bidding and election process.
This will be the seventh SEA Games in Thailand, the fifth for Bangkok (previously hosted the 1959 SEAP Games, the 1967 SEAP Games, the 1975 SEAP Games, and the 1985 SEA Games), and the first hosted in Chonburi and Songkhla as main host cities.
The Games
In May 2023, Gongsak Yodmani, the governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), revealed the proposed opening ceremony of the games that is to be split across three venues: Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Eastern National Sports Stadium in Chonburi and Tinsulanon Stadium in Songkhla. It is to be the first time that the opening ceremony of the SEA Games is split into more than two venues.Following the host selection, the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) initially announced that the Games would feature forty-three sports, according to the Games charter. All of the sports were competed in the Thailand National Games and the joint cities/provinces can provide venues and facilities to host these sports. teqball will make its SEA Games debut at these games. Flying disc and tug of war will be demonstration sports.
In June 2024, karate, jiu-jitsu, weightlifting, and wushu were dropped from the calendar, dropping the number of sports down to thirty-nine.