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The 25th Southeast Asian Games is currently being held in Vientiane, Laos, in 2009. This will be the first time the country has ever held a Southeast Asian Games. It will also commemorate the 50 years of the SEA Games in the said event.

The expected contenders for the top three spots in this SEAG edition are Indonesia (strongest traditional powerhouse country), Malaysia (2001 SEAG over-all champion and placed 2nd in the 2007 SEAG edition), Philippines (3rd strongest traditional powerhouse country and 2005 SEAG over-all champion), Thailand (2nd strongest traditional powerhouse country, 2007 SEAG over-all champion and recently the strongest powerhouse country replacing Indonesia placing 2nd in the 2001, 2003, and 2005 editions) and Vietnam (2003 SEAG over-all champion and recently, considered to be the newest powerhouse country in SEA Games placing 3rd in the last two SEAG editions).

Expectations

Laos, the host country, is hoping to grab at least 25 of the 379 gold medals at stake. The Philippine team hopes to get at least 30 - 40 gold medals. The Vietnamese team strives to get at least 120 gold medals and thus, make it to the top two countries in this year's SEAG. The Thailand team expects that their country will still be one of the top countries in this year's biennial event. The Malaysian team hopes to get at least 40 gold medals in this years SEAG. This lower gold medal tally expectation of Malaysia is due to the games reduction of the host country which is Laos.

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Theme Song

The Theme Song of 2009 SEA Games had been announced at June 21, 2009 and the song The Spirit of the Flame - Written and performed by Sam Intharaphithak - was selected as Theme Song of 2009 SEA Games. 25th SEA Games Theme Song Unveils Sam will present this song for the opening of 25th SEA Games at December 9, 2009.

The lyric of this song has a mix between Lao and English version. The first part is in Lao, and the second part is in English.

Venue

Vientiane

New National Sport Complex

  • National Stadium (Ceremony, Athletics, Football)
  • Aquatics Stadium (Aquatics, Finn Swimming)
  • Archery Range (Archery)
  • Gymnasium 1 (Badminton)
  • Gymnasium 2 (Volleyball)
  • SEA Games Golf Course (Golf)
  • Shooting Range (Shooting)
  • Tennis Court (Tennis)

Laos National University

  • Olympia Gymnasium (Boxing)
  • Convention Hall (Table Tennis)
  • Booyong Gymnasium (Taekwondo, Wrestling)
  • Petanque Court (Petanque)
  • Athletics Village

Other Venue

  • Donchan Palace Hotel (Biliards and Snooker)
  • Chao Anu Vong Stadium (Football)
  • Chao Anu Vong Gymnasium (Judo, Karate)
  • LAO International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre-ITECC (Pencak Silat, Sepak Takraw, Wushu)
  • Tad Sone (Cycling)
  • Pornsawan School (Weightlifting)
  • LAO-THAI Gymnasium (Muay)
  • Beung Kha Nong Gymnasium (Shuttle Cock)

Criticisms

Controversy has marked the 2009 Laos SEA Games even before it has started. Laos has been criticized for reducing the number of game events, many believe due to lack of facilities. As a matter of fact, they will launch few Olympic sports and as a result, many say that these SEAG is just for Laos fame. Some also believe that Laos wants to select games they have a better chance of winning gold medals. The second issue spurred a big outcry in the elimination of basketball.[2] Many countries, including the Philippines, the defending champion for the men's division–offered to help to host this event but Laos rejected offers of help from other nations. There has also been reports that Malaysia or Singapore will hold the 2009 SEA Games if Laos is not up to the task. As of June 2008, Lao has reportedly accepted funding from China, Japan and the ASEAN nations to put up necessary world-class sports facilities.[3]

Medal tally

As of 7:00 PM UTC+7 11 December 2009[4]

1  Vietnam (VIE) 14 10 10 34
2  Thailand (THA) 13 22 17 52
3  Singapore (SIN) 12 6 12 30
4  Indonesia (INA) 11 7 14 32
5  Malaysia (MAS) 8 8 17 33
6  Philippines (PHI) 7 10 7 24
7  Laos (LAO) 4 3 11 18
8  Myanmar (MYA) 2 4 7 13
9  Cambodia (CAM) 1 3 4 8
10  Brunei (BRU) 0 0 3 3
11  East Timor (TLS) 0 0 1 1
Total 73 73 104 250


  Host nation highlighted

Sports

Because of the limited sports facilities in Vientiane, only 28 disciplines will be in competition, compared to 43 held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Among the Olympic sports will be missing from competition are baseball, canoeing, sailing, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, fencing, triathlon, equestrian, softball and basketball.[2]

¹ - not an official Olympic Sport
² - sport played only in the SEA Games
³ - not a traditional Olympic nor SEA Games Sport and introduced only by the host country.
° - a former official Olympic Sport, not applied in previous host countries and was introduced only by the host country.
 ʰ - sport not played in the previous edition and was reintroduced by the host country.

Mr. Champee and Ms. Champa, Lao Elephants are the Official Mascots of the games.

Mascots

Two white elephants which symbolized Laos once "the kingdom of million elephants" (Lan Xang) were chosen as the official mascots. The names of the elephants are Ms. Champi and Mr. Champa represent the national flower of Laos (Plumeria).[5]

Media Coverage

During the 25th SEA Games in Vientiane , to run from December 9-18, action will be broadcast live on 14 television channels in six countries. A meeting took place in Vientiane yesterday to discuss TV broadcasting fees and copyright.

Television networks that have agreed in principle to broadcast the SEA Games live are Brunei Radio and Television, Lao National Radio and Lao National Television, Lao Star Channel, Forever Group Co. Ltd (MRTV4-Myanmar), Media Corp TV Singapore Pte. Ltd, National Broadcasting Service of Thailand (NBT), TPBS, Channel 7, Channel 5, VTC Digital-Vietnam, VTV, TOT Co. Ltd., and CAT Telecom Co. Ltd.

The Phetchampa Advertising Company (PAC) is representing the Lao SEA Games Organising Committee (LAOSOC) and hosted the TV broadcasting rights meeting on duties and copyright for broadcasting in six Asean countries. Vice President of the Lao National Olympic Committee, Mr Chanpheng Silattana, representatives from LAOSOC and from Asean countries attended the meeting.

PAC Director, Mr Khammoui Keomany, said he was looking forward to cooperating with LAOSOC and the Lao people to successfully selling TV broadcasting rights for the games.

Laos will use about 16 mobile broadcasting vans to cover all sports venues and will employ more than 144 people to work in production. The budget for the management of TV broadcasting is about 34 billion kip (US$4 million).On the same day, LAOSOC officials reported progress on the sports complex and many other venues that are yet to be completed.

In addition to this, there is set to be coverage of specific events by individual magazines, such as PoolAsia for all the aquatic events.

Venues include the main sports complex, indoor stadiums at the National University of Laos, the Chao-Anou football stadium, the Lao-ITECC arena and the Bungkha-nhong indoor stadium.

The venues are being built with the installation of broadcasting facilities in mind as provision of broadcasting equipment at each venue is a requirement for hosting the games. The national football stadium at Dongsanghin village in Xaythany district will be inspected and tested in June by LAOSOC before hosting the games' opening and closing ceremonies in December.[6]

IOC Code Country TV Station
BRU Brunei Brunei Darusallam RTB
CAM Cambodia Cambodia TV5 Cambodia and Apsara TV
INA Indonesia Indonesia TVRI
LAO Laos Laos LNTV, Lao Star Channel (Host Broadcasters)
MYA Myanmar Myanmar MRTV-4
SIN Singapore Singapore Channel 5
THA Thailand Thailand NBT
VIE Vietnam Vietnam VTV, VTC Digital

References

  1. ^ "Vietnam striving for 60 golds at 2009 SEA Games". 2009-02-21Vietnam Net Bridge. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)[dead link]
  2. ^ a b "2009 SEA Games to reduce number of Olympic sports". 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  3. ^ "25th SEA Games to feature 25 sports". 2007-12-16. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
  4. ^ http://laosoc.laoseagames2009.com/RS2009/bm/cm/MedalsTally.aspx?sname=Seagames%202009
  5. ^ Laos reveals the official mascot for the 25th Sea Games 2009
  6. ^ "Laos SEA Games will be broadcast LIVE in 6 countries". 2009-03-26. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-03-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Preceded by
2007
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand 		Southeast Asian Games Succeeded by
2011
Bandung and Semarang, Indonesia
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