2020 ASEAN Para Games

X ASEAN Para Games
Nations participating 11
Athletes participating 2,000[1] (expected)
Events 400 in 20 sports[1]
Opening ceremony January
Closing ceremony TBA
Officially opened by President of Philippines (expected)
Officially closed by TBA
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The 2020 ASEAN Para Games is an upcoming biannual multi-sport event to be held after the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines for athletes with physical disabilities. Participants came from 11 countries in Southeast Asia. The games, patterned after the Paralympics, included athletes with various disabilities.

This will be the second time Philippines hosted the ASEAN Para Games and its first time since 2005.[2]

The Games will be held in January 2020[3]few weeks after the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Development

Host selection

It is customary for the host nation of the Southeast Asian Games to also host the ASEAN Para Games within the same year. In July 2012, Brunei was initially selected to host the 30th Southeast Asian Games; consequentially the 10th ASEAN Para Games.[4] However in 4 June 2015, Brunei withdrew its hosting rights to the Games due to absence of government support.[5] The withdrawal of Brunei's hosting rights were also due to the country's lack of sporting facilities, accommodation, and preparation of their athletes.

With Brunei's withdrawal, the Philippines[6] and Thailand expressed its interest to host the games.[7] Vietnam, the 2021 Southeast Asian Games host, was also offered to host the 2019 SEA Games, but declined.[8]

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) in July 2017 announced that the Philippines will be hosting the Games.[9] However within the same month, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) addressed the POC that it is withdrawing its support for the Philippine hosting of the 2019 Games, saying that government decided to reallocate funds meant for hosting to the rehabilitation efforts of Marawi, which was left devastated following the Battle of Marawi.[10][11] It was later reported that the POC's insistence on handling all matters of the hosting; finance, security and the conduct of the Games as it did for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, which led to the withdrawal of support by the PSC.[12] However, on August 16, the Philippines, through the POC president Peping Cojuangco, confirmed that the country will hosting the 2019 SEA Games, after Cojuangco wrote to President Rodrigo Duterte and appealed for reconsideration.[13]

During the closing ceremony of the 2017 ASEAN Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, the symbolic ASEAN Para Sports Federation council flag was handed over by Malaysian Paralympic Council President SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin to the Paralympic Committee of the Philippines (PPC) president Michael I. Barredo. In contrast of other closing ceremonies held throughout the ASEAN Para Games, only a video promoting tourism and featured disabled athletes in the Philippines was presented instead of a grand presentation for the next host country.

Preparations

Preparations for the Philippines' hosting of the 10th ASEAN Para Games officially began by April 2018. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano is serving as the chairman of the 10th ASEAN Para Games organizing committee.[2]

Venues

Just like the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, the 2020 ASEAN Para Games will be hosted in three named hubs; Subic, Manila, and Clark.[3]

Sports

The list of the sports for ASEAN Paralympic Games may change according to the Paralympic Committee of the Philippines (PPC).

The games

Participating nations

All 11 members of ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) are expected to take part in the 2020 ASEAN para Games. Below is a list of all the participating NPCs.

Sports

The ASEAN Para Sports Federation will host a meeting at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila from June 8 to 9 to determine which sports are to be contested in the 2020 Para Games.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "ASEAN Para Games in Manila". Manila Standard. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Manila to host 10th ASEAN Para Games". Manila Bulletin. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Meeting set for Philippines' hosting of 10th ASEAN Para Games". The Philippine Star. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Quratul-ain Bandial (21 March 2014). "Brunei ready to host 2019 SEA Games". The Brunei Times. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Johnston, Patrick (5 June 2015). "Brunei withdraw from hosting 2019 SEA Games". Reuters. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Philippines may host 2019 SEA Games as Brunei withdraws". Agence France-Presse. Rappler. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Kittipong Thongsombat (6 June 2015). "Thailand aims to rescue 2019 Games". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "PH to host 2019 SEA Games after Brunei, Vietnam decline". Manila Bulletin. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Philippines set to host 2019 SEA Games". Rappler. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "PH withdraws hosting of 2019 SEA games". ABS-CBN News. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Escarlote, Mark (July 21, 2017). "PHI withdraws from hosting 2019 Southeast Asian Games". ABS-CBN Sports.
  12. ↑ "Fernandez says POC forced PSC to back out of SEAG". Sun Star Cebu. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  13. ↑ Giongco, Nick (17 August 2017). "PH to host 2019 SEA Games". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
Preceded by
2017
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 10th ASEAN Para Games
2020
TBA, Philippines		 Succeeded by
2021
TBA, Vietnam
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