2015 Thailand National Games

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XLIV Thailand National Games

Host city	Nakhon Sawan,  Thailand
Motto	มิตรภาพยิ่งใหญ่กว่าชัยชนะ Friendship greater than victory
Teams	77
Events	43 sports
Opening	12 December 2015 (2015-12-12)
Closing	21 December 2015 (2015-12-21)
Opened by	Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sports
Athlete's Oath	Usanee Wongsalangkarn
Judge's Oath	Thamrong Thipsiri
Torch lighter	Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon
Main venue	Nakhon Sawan Province Central Stadium
Website	[1]
← Nakhon Ratchasima 2014 Songkla 2016 →

The 44th Thailand National Games (Thai: การแข่งขันกีฬาแห่งชาติ ครั้งที่ 44 "นครสวรรค์เกมส์", also known as the 2015 National Games and the Nakhon Sawan Games) were held in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand from 12 to 21 December 2015. The opening ceremony, scheduled for 11 December, was postponed by Bike for Dad ปั่นเพื่อพ่อ, to 12 December. There were matches in 43 sports and 77 disciplines.^[1] The games were held in Nakhon Sawan Sport Center and Nakhon Sawan sport school. Nakhon Sawan also hosted the 28th national games in 1995.

The red curve is for powerful success, the blue curve for the strength of the sport, the red circle is for knowledge of the sport, and the golden circle frame is a victory medal of competition. The emblem also has the face of a Yingge dancer.

The mascot is a dragon named Xiao Long (Dragon, 小龙), xiaolong meaning dragon. The Chinese dragon has been long regarded as the creator of humanitarian law, building confidence, showing power and goodness, mettle, heroic effort and perseverance, morality, nobility, and mightiness like a god. The Chinese dragon does not give up until they accomplish what they want; other attributes are conscientious, absolute discretion, optimistic, ambitious, beautiful, friendly and intelligent.

At the grand palace, General Surayud Chulanont gave the royal flame to Assistant Minister of Tourism and Sports and Nakhon Sawan and the National games and National Para Games Organizing Committee. The route of torch relay was around Nakhon Sawan Province.

• Makruk

• Note:Chai Nat Province is the venue for Cycling (BMX)

The opening ceremony started at 18:00 local time on December 12, 2015, at the Nakhon Sawan Province Central Stadium. It was attended by Minister of Tourism and Sports, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul. This ceremony presented 4 shows including:

• The first show: River of Life; Nakhon Sawan has four rivers: Ping River, Wang River, Yom River and Nan River and stream converge into Chao Phraya River at Pak Nam Pho.
• The second show: Lod Lai Mangkorn (Dragon), Culture of Thai Chinese in Nakhon Sawan.
• The third show: Honor the King, Loyalty of Thai people to the King.
• The fourth show: Celebrating 100 years of Nakhon Sawan.^[2]

The closing ceremony started at 18:00 local time on December 12, 2015, at the Nakhon Sawan Province Central Stadium. It was attended by Assistant Minister of Tourism and Sports, Chawani Thongroj. This ceremony presented 4 shows and handover of the Thai National Games flag to the Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, Sakol Wannapong.

Suphanburi led the medal table for the third consecutive time. A total of 77 provinces won at least one medal, 67 provinces won at least one gold medal, 8 provinces won at least one silver medal and 2 provinces won at least one bronze medal.

  *   Host nation (Nakhon Sawan)

2015 Thailand National Games medal table

Rank	Province	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Suphan Buri	104	79	84	267
2	Bangkok	88	88	103	279
3	Nakhon Sawan*	40	26	23	89
4	Chonburi	38	36	38	112
5	Nakhon Ratchasima	28	37	46	111
6	Udon Thani	27	9	16	52
7	Samut Sakhon	23	13	20	56
8	Samut Prakan	17	19	18	54
9	Nonthaburi	16	25	24	65
10	Nakhon Si Thammarat	15	14	23	52
11	Sisaket	12	11	21	44
12	Saraburi	11	21	10	42
Totals (12 entries)		419	378	426	1,223

• Official website

Preceded by Nakhon Ratchasima

Thailand National Games  Nakhon Sawan XLIV Edition (2015)

Succeeded by Songkhla