SEA Games 33 will be held from December 9 to 20, 2025 in Thailand.

The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) held a press conference to announce the basic features of the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 33) hosted by this country.

At a press conference held in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, the head of the Sports Authority of Thailand, Mr. Gongsak Yodmani, said: The 33rd SEA Games will be held from December 9 to 20, 2025 in three main locations: Bangkok, Chonburi and Songkhla. These locations are located from 100km (Chonburi) to 1,000km (Songkhla) from Bangkok. Currently, the facilities for the competitions have been prepared, awaiting further completion of traffic infrastructure, hotels, transportation, as well as other services at all three locations.

Over the past 30 years, Thailand has hosted three major sporting events, including: the 18th SEA Games in Chiang Mai (1995), the 8th Asian Games (Asian Games VIII) in Bangkok (1998) and the 24th SEA Games in Nakhon Ratchasima (2007).

Vice President of the SEA Games Sports Federation Dato Seri Chaiyapak Siriwak shared: 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, in order to divide the overall ranking of the delegation. The increase in official competitions is to raise the level of the SEA Games, so that countries can aim for major continental and world arenas.

At the closing ceremony of the 32nd SEA Games tonight, May 17, at Morodok Techo Stadium in the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia will hand over the Games flag to Thailand.

XUAN HA

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