SEA Games; The Wait Continues as 22 Sports seek inclusion
It will be a waiting game for sports as hosts Vietnam has requested that they be given till November to decide on any increase of sports or disciplines for the 2021 SEA Games.
And the decision is largely dependent of f the ability of the host, both economically as well ability to provide the facilities as well as technical expertise,
It must be made known that Vietnam may not have a National Federation for the sport that seeks inclusion into the 31st edition.
“ There is a long wish list for entry to the games,” said OCM President Dato Seri Norza Zakaria.
“ It depends on the host really as ultimately they decide.”
The SEA Games Federation Council meeting was held online with participation from all member countries.
OCM was represented by its President Dato Seri Norza Zakaria, Deputy President Dato Seri Azim Zabidi and Secretary General Dato Mohd Nazifuddin.
There was no decision made on the final sports to be contested at the SEA Games which will be hosted by Vietnam from the 21 Nov – 2 Dec 2021.
A final decision will be made in the next meeting scheduled for this November.
Although Vietnam being the host had listed 36 sports, there were appeals for the inclusion of 22 sports as well as 3 disciplines at the Sports and Rules Committee Meeting.
Earlier in the morning the SEA Games Federation Executive Council meeting was held, attended by Dato Azim and Dato Nazif.
The SEAGF Executive Council had unanimously accepted the proposal by the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) to add one new sport, namely “Vocutruyen” (Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts) into the SEAGF Charter & Rules, under Category III.
However this sport will not be contested in the upcoming SEA Games.
On the question of sending young athletes, Norza said that not everything is cast in stone.
“ We cannot just take the third placing as the yardstick if we want to expose youngsters,” said Norza.
“ We need to sit down with NSC to determine our objectives.
“ As for sports not contested in Sukma, we need to find the mechanism to find the suitable Athletes,
List of sports proposed by Vietnam
1. Athletics
2. Aquatics
3. Archery
4. Badminton
5.a. Basketball 5×5
5.b. Basketball 3×3
6. Billiard & Snooker
7. Boxing
8. Canoeing / Kayak
9.a. Chess
9.b. Xiangqi
10.a. Cycling – Road
10.b. Cycling – Mountain Bike
11. Dancesport
12. Fencing
13.a. Football
13.b. Futsal
14. Golf
15.a. Gymnastics Artistic
15.b. Gymnastics Rhythmic
15.c. Gymnastics Aerobic
16. Handball
17. Judo
18. Karate
19. Muay
20. Pencak Silat
21. Petanque
22. Rowing
23. Sepaktakraw
24.a. Shooting – Pistol
24.b. Shooting – Rifle
24.c. Shooting – Shotgun
25. Table Tennis
26. Taekwondo
27. Tennis
28.a. Volleyball – Indoor
28.b. Volleyball – Beach
29. Weightlifting
30.a. Wrestling – Greco Roman
30.b. Wrestling – Freestyle
31. Wushu
32. Finswimming
33. Bodybuilding
34. Kurash
35. Kick Boxing
36. Vovinam
Appeals received for
Vietnam received appeal for 22 Sports and 3 Diciplines
1. Hockey indoor
2. Floorball
3. Netball
4. Muay
5. Triathlon
6. Taekwondo ITF
7. Bowling
8. Lawn Bowls
9. Squash
10. Rugby 7s
11. Sailing
12. Criket
13. Traditional boat race
14. Jujitsu
15. E-sports
16. Sketeboarding
17. Arnis
18. Obstacle Course
19. Sambo
20. Kempo
21. Teqball
22. Soft Tennis
1. Chinlone (Sepak takraw)
2. Water Polo
3. Synchronized Swimming
( Total 22 sports with 3 disciplines)