List of SEA Games host cities

Main article: Southeast Asian Games

Since the Southeast Asian Games began in 1959, it has been held in 15 cities across all Southeast Asian countries except Cambodia and East Timor.

1959, 1967, 1975, 1985

1961, 1969

1965, 1971, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2017

1973, 1983, 1993, 2015

1979, 1987, 1997, 2011

1981, 1991, 2005

1995

1999

2003, 2021

2007

2009

2011

2013

2019

2023

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Location of the Southeast Asian Games host

Year	Games	Host city	Winner	2nd	3rd
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
1959	1	Bangkok	Thailand (35)	Burma (11)	Malaya (8)
1961	2	Rangoon	Burma (35)	Thailand (21)	Malaya (16)
1963		Awarded to Cambodia, cancelled due to domestic political situation
1965	3	Kuala Lumpur	Thailand (38)	Malaysia (33)	Singapore (18)
1967	4	Bangkok	Thailand (77)	Singapore (28)	Malaysia (23)
1969	5	Rangoon	Burma (57)	Thailand (32)	Singapore (31)
1971	6	Kuala Lumpur	Thailand (44)	Malaysia (41)	Singapore (32)
1973	7	Singapore	Thailand (47)	Singapore (45)	Malaysia (30)
1975	8	Bangkok	Thailand (80)	Singapore (38)	Burma (28)
Southeast Asian Games
1977	9	Kuala Lumpur1	Indonesia (62)	Thailand (37)	Philippines (31)
1979	10	Jakarta	Indonesia (92)	Thailand (50)	Burma (26)
1981	11	Manila	Indonesia (85)	Thailand (62)	Philippines (55)
1983	12	Singapore	Indonesia (64)	Philippines (49)	Thailand (49)
1985	13	Bangkok	Thailand (92)	Indonesia (62)	Philippines (43)
1987	14	Jakarta	Indonesia (183)	Thailand (63)	Philippines (59)
1989	15	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia (102)	Malaysia (67)	Thailand (62)
1991	16	Manila	Indonesia (92)	Philippines (90)	Thailand (72)
1993	17	Singapore	Indonesia (88)	Thailand (63)	Philippines (57)
1995	18	Chiang Mai2	Thailand (157)	Indonesia (77)	Philippines (33)
1997	19	Jakarta	Indonesia (194)	Thailand (83)	Malaysia (55)
1999	20	Bandar Seri Begawan	Thailand (65)	Malaysia (57)	Indonesia (44)
2001	21	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia (111)	Thailand (103)	Indonesia (72)
2003	22	Hanoi3	Vietnam (158)	Thailand (90)	Indonesia (55)
2005	23	Manila 4	Philippines (113)	Thailand (87)	Vietnam (71)
2007	24	Nakhon Ratchasima5	Thailand (183)	Malaysia (68)	Vietnam (64)
2009	25	Vientiane	Thailand (86)	Vietnam (83)	Indonesia (43)
2011	26	Palembang and Jakarta6	Indonesia (182)	Thailand (109)	Vietnam (96)
2013	27	Naypyidaw	Thailand (108)	Myanmar (84)	Vietnam (74)
2015	28	Singapore	Thailand (95)	Singapore (84)	Vietnam (73)
2017	29	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia (144)	Thailand (71)	Vietnam (59)
2019	30	Various7	Philippines (149)	Vietnam (98)	Thailand (92)
2021	31	Hanoi
2023	32	Phnom Penh
2025	33	TBA
2027	34	TBA
2029	35	TBA

• ¹ – Changed name when Brunei, the Philippines, & Indonesia were admitted.
• ² – It was the first time in SEAGF history that a non-capital city hosted the biennial sports event.
• ³ – It was the first time in SEAGF history that the game venues were assigned into some cities, namely Hanoi and other locales hosting the games were Hai Phong, Hải Dương, Nam Định, Ninh Bình, Phú Thọ, Vĩnh Phúc, Bắc Ninh, and Hòa Bình.
• ⁴ – Other locales that hosted the games are several cities within Metro Manila, Los Baños, Calamba, Cebu City, Bacolod, Angeles, and Subic.
• ⁵ – The city of Chonburi and Bangkok were among the places where the 24th SEA Games were held.
• ⁶ – Palembang is the main host for the games, Jakarta is the supporting co-host.
• ⁷ – There is no designated host city for marketing purposes for the 2019 edition which is also officially known as "Philippines 2019". The opening ceremony was held in Bocaue, Bulacan, while the was held at New Clark City in the town of Capas, Tarlac. Several other localities hosted the games including the towns and cities of the Clark Special Economic Zone (Angeles, Mabalacat, Capas), Metro Manila, the towns and cities of the Subic Freeport Zone, as well as the provinces of Batangas and La Union, and the city of Tagaytay.

Hosting tally

Country	Event hosted	Year hosted
Thailand	3	1959, 1967, 1975
Malaysia	2	1965, 1971
Burma	2	1961, 1969
Singapore	1	1973
Cambodia	–	19631
Laos	–	–
South Vietnam	–	–
Hosting tallies from SEA Peninsular Games 1959 to 1975.

Country	Event hosted	Year hosted
Indonesia	4	1979, 1987, 1997, 2011
Malaysia	4	1977, 1989, 2001, 2017
Philippines	4	1981, 1991, 2005, 2019
Thailand	4	1985, 1995, 2007, 2025
Singapore	3	1983, 1993, 2015
Vietnam	2	2003, 2021
Brunei	1	1999
Laos	1	2009
Myanmar	1	2013
Cambodia	1	2023
Timor-Leste	–	–
Hosting tallies from SEA Games 1977–present.

• ¹ – Cambodia was to host the 1963 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games, but cancelled due to domestic political situation.

External links

• Official website (in English)