At a press conference on the morning of May 16 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the participation of representatives of media agencies working at the 32nd SEA Games, the head of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) Gongsak Yodmani said that the 33rd SEA Games will be held from December 9 to 20, 2025 in three main locations: Bangkok, Chonburi and Songkhla provinces. The distance between these locations ranges from 100 km (Bangkok - Chonburi) to 1,000 km (Bangkok - Songkhla). Currently, the facilities for the competitions have been prepared, awaiting further completion of traffic infrastructure, hotels, transportation and other services at all three locations.
Head of the Vietnamese sports delegation Dang Ha Viet received a souvenir from the Organizing Committee of SEA Games 33-2025. Photo: DONG LINH
Over the past 30 years, Thailand has hosted three major sporting events: the 18th SEA Games in Chiang Mai (1995), the 8th Asian Games in Bangkok (1998) and the 24th SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima (2007). The country's achievements in many sports have reached world-class levels. Meanwhile, the organization of sporting events has also become a major industry in the Land of the Golden Pagoda.
Vice President of the SEA Games Sports Federation Dato Seri Chaiyapak Siriwak affirmed that the 33rd SEA Games will be organized according to international standards. The competition program will include most of the sports in the Olympic and ASIAD systems. The SEA Games will move towards minimizing the not-so-popular sports that the host countries include in the competition content of the games to divide the overall ranking. The increase in official competitions is aimed at raising the level of the SEA Games, so that countries can aim for major continental and world arenas.
The number of sports and the division of venues for the events will be discussed specifically by the host country Thailand with the SEA Games Sports Federation in the coming time, in consultation with the Olympic Committees of 10 countries in the region before the official announcement.
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