AFT News Network – The Philippines plays host for the 30th South East Asian Games from 30 November to 11 December 2019, with all major activities taking place in the northern city of Clark at the newly built New Clark City Sports Village with other locations at Subic Bay Freeport Zone and Metro Manila. The 12 day games will showcase 56 sports including eSports as a first showcase game this year and will welcome over 8,750 athletes and team officials, 2,050 technical officials, 1,500 members of the media, 12,000 volunteers and over than 500 million viewers.
eSports
DOTA Gold Medal Match / Ceremony 16:00 (+8GMT)
Via ANC Who will sweep the Southeast Asian Games eSports event? A monumental first time ever for eSports to be a medal event for the regional games.
Gymnastics, 4 December 2019
Via ESPN5 Carlos Yulo bagged his fifth SILVER medal in the 30th Southeast Asian Games in the men’s gymnastics horizontal bar.
Badminton, 3 December 2019
Via Toggle SG Indonesia vs Malaysia – Badminton Men’s Team Finals – Match 1 #SEAGAMES2019
Beach Volleyball, 3 December 2019
Via Rappler Thailand’s beach volleyball teams beat the Philippine teams on Tuesday, December 3. Finals will be played on Friday, December 6 #SEAGames2019
Basketball (Men’s), 3 December 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_4aJfqQSwA
Via GMA News Full game and awards ceremony of the SEA Games 2019 3×3 basketball men’s finals between the Philippines and Indonesia.
Bowling (Women’s), 3 December 2019
Via SG Sports TV Singapore’s New Hui Fen and Shayna Ng won Gold and Bronze respectively at the Bowling Women’s Singles at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines.
Weightlifting (Women’s), 2 December 2019
Gymnastics (Women’s), 2 December 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dv5kvQTou0
Via ABS-CBN Philippines 2019 Southeast Asian Games Women’s Gymnastics on December 2, 2019
Volleyball (Men’s), 2 December, 2019
Via Rappler The Philippine men’s volleyball team gets its campaign off to a rousing start, winning in straight sets vs Cambodia Monday, December 2, 2019 #SEAGames2019
Wushu, 2 December 2019
Via ESPN Agatha Wong clinches the Philippines’ second GOLD in the 30th Southeast Asian Games after leading the Women’s Wushu Taijiquan competition with 9.67 points.
Figure Skating (Freeskating Senior Category), 1 December 2019
Awards ceremony for the Figure Skating – Senior Men #SEAGames2019 Gold: Julian Zhi Jie Yee (Malaysia) Silver: Christopher Caluza (Philippines)
Philippines’ Alisson Krystle Perticheto’s at the Senior Ladies – Free Skating at the Figure Skating competition of SEA Games 2019.
Single Dance Quickstep, 30 November 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh04D_c9XmI
Opening Ceremony Finale, 30 Nov 2019
Via CNA Filipino boxing champions Manny Pacquiao and Nesthy Petecio light up the 2019 SEA Games cauldron, sparking spectacular fireworks to cap the opening ceremony on Nov 30, 2019.
Opening Ceremony (Full), 30 November 2019
Via GMA News The Full Opening Ceremony of the 30th SEA Games 2019 in Philippines
Football (Women’s), 29 November 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBl3YAV7GI4
Via ABS-CBN Game Highlights where Philippines defeated Malaysia to make its way into the finals at the Southeast Asian Games Women’s Football
Just a month ago, our team listened to an official at the National Sports Council of Malaysia where he expressed his concern about admitting eSports as a sport, despite positive affirmation from the newly appointed twenty-something Minister of Youth & Sports.
When the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) announced two days ago, all media channels were in a frenzy announcing this latest news about eSports admitted as an official medal sport in SEA Games 2019. On 28 November 2018 at a event in Manila, David Tse, global eSports director from Hong Kong-listed, Singapore-founded gaming computer and accessory maker Razer must have taken great pleasure in being the man who had the opportunity to announce an historical moment. Singapore-based Razer is the official eSports partner of the PHISGOC and is among those who led the bid to bring eSports to the 2019 games, also taking on the role of sponsorships and marketing as well as choosing the games that will appeal to the SEA community.
Mobile Legends Bang Bang from Chinese publisher Moonton is the only game confirmed so far, with another 5 games to be announced breaking it down into two mobile, two PC, and two console games. What will be most interesting is to witness how and what games will be selected since they are the ones who will benefit MOST. We read that the games will also need to comply with International Olympic Committee (IOC) values and a stress that it should not promote violence or gambling. It will be on the onus on Razer to work with the games publishers to finalise the games for SEA Games 2019, confirmed in an email correspondence with Channel News Asia.
What needs to be brought forward is Philippine’s ambition to host the 2030 Asian Games, as announced by its Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. In a bid to remain not just relevant but as the No. 1 tourism destination in the region, Cayetano, chairman of the 2019 Southeast ASEAN Games had said that they are already building a world-class athletic coliseum and stadium, as well as aquatics stadium.
TRIBUNSTYLE.COM – Pesta olahraga terbesar Asia, Asian Games 2018 resmi dibuka, Sabtu petang 18 Agustus 2018, digelar di Jakarta dan Palembang, namun opening ceremony digelar di Stadion Gelora Bung Karno Jakarta.
Meanwhile in Indonesia, Erick Thohir, the chairman of the Indonesia Asian Games Organizing Committee said, “Personally, as partners of the Philippines, I’m really sure that the next step for the Philippines can be hosting the Asian Games in 2030,”.
Jakarta and Palembang recently hosted the Asian Games in September 2018 and was powered by over 30,000 volunteers with only 3-years to prepare for the games.
Hangzhou, China will host the games in 2022, and thereafter, Nagoya, Japan in 2026.
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