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Sports played in the Southeast Asian Games

Summary

Sports played in the Southeast Asian Games

This is a list of sports played in the biennial Southeast Asian Games. Unlike the Olympic Games, there are no official limits to the number of sports which may be contested, and the range may be decided by the organising host pending approval by the Southeast Asian Games Federation. Albeit for some core sports which must be featured, the host is also free to introduce other sports. Over time, this has meant as much as 43 sports in the 24th edition of the games, and the programme has included relatively obscure sports such as arnis, finswimming and pétanque.

In the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, medals in 56 different sports were contested—the most in its history.

History

The Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, as the Southeast Asian Games was then known, was first held in Bangkok in 1959 with 12 sports, namely aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, football, shooting, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, and weightlifting.

SEAGF Charter and Rules

Before and up to 2023, the SEAGF Charter and Rules dictated that the following sports be on the program:

Minimum of 22 sports
- Category 1: Aquatics and Athletics
- Category 2 (at least 14): Sports at the Olympic and Asian Games
- Category 3 (up to 8): Regional/Traditional sports

In 2023, the charter was modified to specify the following:

Minimum of 36 sports
- Category 1A: Aquatics and Athletics
- Category 1B (at least 10): Sports at the Summer Olympic Games
- Category 2 (at least 10): Sports at the:
  - Olympic Games (summer/winter)
  - Asian Games
  - Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
- Category 3 (up to 4): Regional/Traditional sports

Sports

The following sports (or disciplines of a sport) are part of the current program or were contested before, and are listed alphabetically according to the name used by the IOC. The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet () denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration sport. A "Y" is used to indicate that a sport was played, but the number of events is not yet established. An "X" is used to indicate a sport that is set to be included in a future event.

Twelve of the sports (Aquatics, baseball and softball, basketball, cycling, equestrian, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, volleyball, winter sports, and wrestling) consist of multiple disciplines. Disciplines from the same sport are grouped under the same colour:

Aquatics – Baseball and softball – Basketball – Cycling – Equestrian – Football – Gymnastics – Volleyball – Winter sports – Wrestling

Sport (Discipline)	Body	59	61	65	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	85	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	11	13	15	17	19	21	23	25	27
Artistic swimming	[[File:Synchronized swimming pictogram.svg	17px]]	WAquatics																						Y					5		3	5			3
Diving	[[File:Diving pictogram.svg	17px]]			4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	13	4	8	4	4	X
Open water swimming	[[File:Open water swimming pictogram.svg	17px]]																										4				1			3
Swimming	[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg	17px]]	6	13	24	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	32	32	32	32	38	32	38	40	38	40	39	38	X
Water polo	[[File:Water polo pictogram.svg	17px]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2		2	2	X
Archery		[[File:Archery pictogram.svg	17px]]	WArchery										12	12	12	12	12	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10		10
Arnis	[[File:Arnis pictogram.svg	17px]]	WEKAF																•							6							20		12
Athletics	[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg	17px]]	WAthletics	28	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	45	42	45	45	46	47	46	45	48	45	47	47
Badminton	[[File:Badminton pictogram.svg	17px]]	BWF	2	5	7	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	8	7
Baseball	[[File:Baseball pictogram.svg	17px]]	WBSC																							1	1		1				1			1
Softball	[[File:Softball pictogram.svg	17px]]																							2	2		1		2		2			2
Baseball5	[[File:Baseball5 pictogram.svg	17px]]																																	1
3x3 Basketball	[[File:3x3 basketball pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIBA																														2	2	2	2
Basketball	[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg	17px]]	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2		2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	X
Billiards and snooker	[[File:Cue sports pictogram.svg	17px]]	WCBS														Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12	13	12	10	10	12	10	7	10	10	10	10
Bodybuilding	[[File:Bodybuilding pictogram.svg	17px]]	IFBB																						8	6	5			5				10
Bowling	[[File:Bowling pictogram.svg	17px]]	IBF																							10	11		10		10	11	9	6		6
Boxing	[[File:Boxing pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Boxing	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	9	14	17	15	14	14	11	6	13	13	16	17
Bridge	[[File:Contract bridge pictogram.svg	17px]]	WBF																										9
Canoeing (sprint)	[[File:Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg	17px]]	ICF																						15	7	12		15	16	17		7	11		10
Canoeing (slalom)	[[File:Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg	17px]]																																	2
Chess	[[File:Chess pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIDE																						8	8			9	18			5	10		8
Cricket	[[File:Cricket pictogram.svg	17px]]	ICC																													3			8	4
Ouk chaktrang	[[File:Chess pictogram.svg	17px]]																																	7
Xiangqi	[[File:Xiangqi pictogram.svg	17px]]	WXF																															4	4
BMX	[[File:Cycling (BMX) pictogram.svg	17px]]	UCI																										2	2		2	3			2
Mountain biking	[[File:Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svg	17px]]																							4	4	4	4	5			4	4	5	3
Road cycling	[[File:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg	17px]]	3	3	10	13	8																	Y	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	8	4	7	X
Track cycling	[[File:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg	17px]]																							3	11		7			13				5	X
Aquathlon	[[File:Aquathlon pictogram.svg	17x17px]]	WTriathlon																																3	3
Duathlon	[[File:Duathlon (all stages) pictogram.svg	17x17px]]																								2							3	2	3
Triathlon	[[File:Triathlon pictogram.svg	17x17px]]																							2	2				2	2	3	4	2	5	X
Dancesport	[[File:DanceSport pictogram.svg	17px]]	WDSF																							2	10						14	12	2
Disc golf	[[File:Ultimate pictogram.svg	17px]]	WFDF																																	•
E-sports	[[File:Electronic sports pictogram.svg	17px]]	GEF																														6	10	9	6
Dressage	[[File:Equestrian pictogram.svg	17px]]	FEI																								2		2	2	2	2				2
Endurance																													2
Eventing																								2		2	2						2	X
Jumping																							2	2		2	2	2	2				2	X
Fencing	[[File:Fencing pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIE																						10	12	12		12		12	6	12	12	12	12
Finswimming	[[File:Finswimming pictogram.svg	17px]]	CMAS																						16			16	16					13	24
Floorball	[[File:Floorball pictogram.svg	17px]]	IFF																											•	2		2		2	2
Football	[[File:Football pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIFA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Futsal	[[File:Futsal pictogram.svg	17px]]																								2		2	2		2		2		2	X
Golf	[[File:Golf pictogram.svg	17px]]	IGF																							4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Artistic	[[File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg	21px]]	World Gymnastics																						14	13	13		14		14	12	12	14	8	10
Rhythmic	[[File:Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg	17px]]																						6	5	6		1		2	8	5	2		4	X
Aerobic	[[File:Gymnastics (aerobic) pictogram.svg	17px]]																						4	4	4		2				3	5	5	2
Handball (indoor)	[[File:Handball pictogram.svg	17px]]	IHF																						2		2							2		2
Handball (beach)	[[File:Beach handball pictogram.svg	17px]]																						2		2						1	1
Field hockey	[[File:Field hockey pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIH																								2			2	2	2			2	2
Indoor hockey	[[File:Indoor hockey pictogram.svg	17px]]																													2	2		2	2	X
Hockey5s	[[File:Field hockey pictogram.svg	17px]]																																	2
Jet ski	[[File:Jet Ski pictogram.svg	17x17px]]	UIM																																6	6
Judo	[[File:Judo pictogram.svg	17px]]	IJF																						16	8	16	18	16	18	12	6	16	13	13	12
Ju-jitsu	[[File:Jujitsu pictogram.svg	17px]]	JJIF																														11	6	13	18
Kabaddi	[[File:Kabaddi pictogram.svg	17px]]	IKF																																	6
Karate	[[File:Karate icon.svg	17px]]	WKF																						19	18	18	17	16	17		16	13	15	17	15
Kenpō	[[File:Muay Thai pictogram.svg	17x17px]]	IKF																										16	18
Kickboxing	[[File:Kickboxing pictogram.svg	17px]]	WAKO																														8	12	17	8
Kun bokator	[[File:Bokator pictogram.svg	17x17px]]																																	21
Kun khmer	[[File:Muay_pictogram.svg	17x17px]]																																	19
Kurash	[[File:Kurash pictogram.svg	17px]]	IKA																														10	10
Lawn bowls	[[File:Lawn bowls pictogram.svg	17px]]	WBowls																								6					8	6
Mixed martial arts	[[File:MMA pictogram.svg	17px]]	IMMAF																																	•
Modern pentathlon	[[File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg	17px]]	UIPM																														6			6
Muay thai	[[File:Muay pictogram.svg	17px]]	IFMA																							7	11	13		14		5	9	11		18
Netball	[[File:Netball pictogram.svg	17px]]	WNetball																					1							1	1	1			1
Obstacle race	[[File:Obstacle course racing pictogram.svg	17px]]	FISO																														6		4
Paragliding	[[File:Paragliding pictogram.svg	17px]]	FAI																										12							•
Paramotoring	[[File:Paramotoring pictogram.svg	17px]]	FAI																																	•
Pencak silat		IPSF																						22	13	17	18	15	13	13	20	9	16	22	13
Pétanque	[[File:Petanque pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIPJP																						6	4	9	11	6	11	10	7	4	8	11	11
Polo	[[File:Polo pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIP																								1					1	1			2
Roller speed skating	[[File:Inline speed skating pictogram.svg	17px]]	WSkate																										12
Rowing	[[File:Rowing pictogram.svg	17px]]	WRowing																						8	9	11		11	9	18		6	16		10
Rugby sevens	[[File:Rugby_pictogram.svg	17x17px]]	WRugby																												2	2	2			2
Rugby union	[[File:Rugby pictogram.svg	17px]]				1				1	1															2
Sailing	[[File:Sailing pictogram.svg	17px]]	WSailing																							12	17		9	13	20	14	11		9	14
Sambo	[[File:Sambo pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIAS																														7
Sepak takraw	[[File:Sepaktakraw pictogram.svg	17px]]	ISTAF																						4	4	6	6	6	8	6	8	4	8	8	7
Hoop	[[File:Circle double border black filling white.svg	17x17px]]																						2	2	2	2		2			2		2	2
Chinlone	[[File:Circle-image.svg	17x17px]]																											8	4	4			11	2		X
Shooting	[[File:Shooting pictogram.svg	17px]]	ISSF	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	42	22	33	34	14	12	26	14	14	22		30
Shuttlecock	[[File:Shuttlecock pictogram.svg	17px]]	ISF																						7			7
Skateboarding	[[File:Skateboarding pictogram.svg	17px]]	WSkate																														8			4
Soft tennis	[[File:Soft tennis pictogram.svg	17px]]	ISTF																										7				3		7
Sport climbing		[[File:Sport climbing pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Climbing																										10							6
Squash	[[File:Squash pictogram.svg	17px]]	World Squash																							2	1				5	9	5			4
Surfing	[[File:Surfing pictogram.svg	17px]]	ISA																														4
Table tennis	[[File:Table tennis pictogram.svg	17px]]	ITTF	1	1	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7	7	7	7	5	4	7	7	4	7	7	7
Taekwondo	[[File:Taekwondo pictogram.svg	17px]]	WTaekwondo																						16	16	16	21	21	21	15	16	22	19	24	20
Tennis	[[File:Tennis pictogram.svg	17px]]	ITF	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	7	7	7	7	7		7	5	5	7	7	7
Teqball	[[File:Teqball pictogram.svg	17x17px]]	FITEQ																																•	5
Traditional boat race	[[File:Dragon boat pictogram.jpg	17px]]	IDBF															4	4						4	6	4		10	17	8		6		13	8
Tug of war	[[File:Tug of war pictogram.svg	17px]]	TWIF																																	•
Ultimate	[[File:Ultimate pictogram.svg	17px]]	WFDF																																	•
Underwater hockey	[[File:Underwater hockey pictogram.svg	17px]]	CMAS																														4
Volleyball (indoor)	[[File:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg	17px]]	FIVB	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2						2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Volleyball (beach)	[[File:Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg	17px]]																						2	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2
Waterskiing	[[File:Water skiing pictogram.svg	17px]]	IWaterskiWakeboardF														Y					Y							11		11	11	5			4
Weightlifting	[[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg	17px]]	IWeightliftingF																						13	10	13	13	14	11		5	10	14	14	14
Ice hockey	[[File:Ice hockey pictogram.svg	17px]]	IIHF																													1	1			2
Figure skating	[[File:Figure skating pictogram.svg	17px]]	ISU																													2	2			2
Short track speed skating	[[File:Short track speed skating pictogram.svg	17px]]																													6	6			7	X
Woodball	[[File:Roque pictogram.svg	17px]]	IWoodballF																																	6
Freestyle	[[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg	17px]]	UWW																						Y	5	9	10	10	14				18	20	8
Greco-roman																						Y		5	9	10	10			14		10	4
Wushu	[[File:Wushu pictogram.svg	17px]]	IWUF																14	14		19		20	28	22	14	21	20	23	20	17	16	21	22	24
Vovinam	[[File:Vovinam pictogram.svg	17px]]	WVVF																										14	18				15	30
Total events																			440	233	391	442	443	475	372	543	461	402	404	529	523	580	574

Non-Olympic sports

The SEA Games features numerous non-Olympic sports in its programme, reflecting the popularity of some sports to the region, or as a means of introducing more obscure sports to the region and beyond. Some sports dropped from the Olympic programme may still be retained in the SEAG, although the games does not feature all of the Olympic sports, often in favour of the traditional ones.

Sport	Introduced	Remarks
Billiards and snooker	1987 (Indonesia)	Also in Asian Games, East Asian Games
Bodybuilding	1987 (Indonesia)	Also in Asian Games
Bowling	1975 (Thailand)	Also in Asian Games, Asian Youth Games, East Asian Games, Pan American Games, Special Olympics World Games, West Asian Games, World Games
Chess	2003 (Vietnam)	Also in Asian Games
Dancesport	2005 (Philippines)	Former Olympic sport (breaking only), also in Asian Games, East Asian Games, World Games
Esports	2019 (Philippines)	Also in Asian Games
Finswimming	2003 (Vietnam)	Also in World Games
Futsal	2007 (Thailand)	Also in Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Karate	1987 (Indonesia)	Former Olympic sport, also in Asian Games, East Asian Games, South Asian Games, West Asian Games
Lawn bowls	1999 (Brunei)
Pétanque	2001 (Malaysia)	Also in World Games
Polo	2007 (Thailand)	Former Olympic sport
Rugby union	1967 (Thailand)	Former Olympic sport, also in Asian Games, East Asian Games
Softball	1979 (Indonesia)	Former Olympic sport, also in Asian Games, Pan American Games
Squash	1991 (Philippines)	To be an Olympic sport, also in Asian Games, East Asian Games, South Asian Games, West Asian Games, Pan American Games
Teqball	2023 (Cambodia) (demonstration)
2025 (Thailand) (full sport)	Also in Asian Youth Games
Traditional boat race	1993 (Singapore)	Also in Asian Games, Asian Beach Games, East Asian Games
Waterskiing	1987 (Indonesia)	Also in Asian Beach Games, Pan American Games
Woodball	2025 (Thailand)	Also in Asian Beach Games
Wushu	1991 (Philippines)	Also in Asian Games, East Asian Games, South Asian Games

Traditional sports

Sport	Common in	Introduced	Remarks
Arnis	Philippines	1991 (Philippines)	Unique to SEAG
Chinlone	Myanmar	2013 (Myanmar)	Unique to SEAG
Muay thai	Thailand	2005 (Philippines)	Unique to SEAG
Pencak silat	Indonesia	1987 (Indonesia)	Unique to SEAG
Sepak takraw	Throughout Southeast Asia	1965 (Malaysia)	Also in Asian Games
Shuttlecock	Malaysia and Vietnam	2003 (Vietnam)	Unique to SEAG
Vovinam	Vietnam	2011 (Indonesia)	Unique to SEAG

References

"Olympic Council of Asia - ocasia.asia".
(30 May 2010). "South East Asian Games Federation: Charter and Rules". SEAGF.
Lee, David. (2023-05-17). "SEA Games sports programme to be standardised from 2025 to 2029". The Straits Times.
"AFP: Lesser-known sports grab spotlight at SEA Games".
(10 December 2009). "Southeast Asian Games open with song, dance in Laos – Taipei Times".

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