2023 Southeast Asian Games


The 2023 Southeast Asian Games will be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The announcement was made at the SEA Games Federation Council meeting at Singapore, in conjunction of 2015 Southeast Asian Games, by the President of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia, Thong Khon. Originally, the Philippines was slated to host the Games, but was pushed forward to 2019 after Brunei withdraws its original hosting rights.

Development and preparation

Following the host selection announcement, Prime Minister Hun Sen approved the final design of the Games’ main stadium. During a state visit by Hun Sen to Beijing in May 2014, China's leader Xi Jinping promised to fund the construction of the main stadium of the new multi-purpose sports complex on the Satellite City of Phnom Penh in Khan Chroy Jong Va. The 60,000-seat main stadium, which is estimated to cost about $157 million and will be built by a Chinese construction firm, will be completed between 2019 and 2020 with a Chinese grant covering the entire project. A multipurpose arena, the Morodok Techo National Sports Complex will house an Olympic swimming pool, an outdoor football pitch, a running track, tennis courts and dormitories for athletes.

The Games

Participating nations

All 11 members of Southeast Asian Games Federation are expected to take part in the 2023 SEA Games. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs.
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Branding

The official logo and slogan for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games were decided on 2 July 2020 by the 2023 Cambodian SEA Games Organizing Committee and is set to be officially unveiled on 7 August. A design competition for the games' logo was held in 2019 with the final design reportedly consists of the Angkor Wat and four dragons as its main motifs. The slogan for the games will be "Sport Into Peace".
A mascot design competition was also organized in 2019 which was open to Cambodian citizens who are at least 15 years of age. The contest required applicants to submit designs which follows a rabbit theme and reflects Cambodian culture. The deadline for the competition is on November 30, 2019. The winning design consists of two rabbit pairs wearing Cambodian attire; one wearing red and another wearing blue which are colors from the Cambodian flag.