FILE–Handover ceremony throughout the closing ceremony of the twenty ninth Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) at Bukit Jalil stadium in Kuala Lumpur on August 30, 2017. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)
Malaysia will host the 2027 SEA Games and Singapore the 2029 version, the 2 nations mentioned on Thursday, hours forward of the opening ceremony of the Covid-delayed 2021 showpiece in Vietnam.
Olympic Council of Malaysia president Norza Zakaria mentioned in an announcement {that a} assembly at a Hanoi lodge noticed the SEA Games Federation “unanimously” award his nation the occasion for the seventh time.
Singapore’s Olympic Council mentioned on Facebook that the city-state will maintain the biennial Games for a fifth time.
“We are pleased to host the prestigious regional sporting event in Singapore again,” council president Tan Chuan-Jin mentioned within the social media put up.
The 2021 Games within the Vietnamese capital Hanoi had been delayed six months due to COVID and are set to formally open later Thursday.
The 2023 SEA Games are scheduled to be held in Cambodia and 2025 can be within the Thai capital Bangkok.
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