2018 ASEAN University Games

XIX ASEAN University Games

Host city| Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Motto| Youth and Friendship
Burmese: လူငယ်နှင့်ချစ်ကြည်ရေး
Athletes| 2078
Events| 203 in 17 sports
Opening| December 10, 2018 (2018-12-10)
Closing| December 19, 2018 (2018-12-19)
Opened by| Myint Swe
Vice-President of Myanmar
Athlete's Oath| Sandi Oo
Torch lighter| Wai Lin Aung
Main venue| Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium (B)
Website| 2018 ASEAN University Games

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The 2018 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 19th ASEAN University Games, was a Southeast Asian university multi-sports event which was held in Myanmar from 8 December 2018 to 19 December 2018. This was the first time Myanmar hosted the ASEAN University Games.[1]

## Preparation and development

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The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health and Sports organized the 19th AUG Organization Committee, led by patron vice president Myint Swe, chairman Myo Thein Gyi, vice chairman Myint Htwe and other ten working committees. They selected the athletes from all of the universities and trained them.

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### Venues

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The 19th ASEAN University Games has 13 venues for the games.[3] The athlete's village is in Zabuthiri Township with two Cluster, Myitkyina Cluster and Monywa Cluster.

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Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium (B) | Opening and closing ceremony
Wunna Theikdi Aquatic Center | Swimming
Wunnatheikdi Archery Field | Archery
Wunna Theikdi Petanque Sports Village Complex | Petanque
Wunna Theikdi Stadium | Athletics/ Football
Wunna Theikdi Stadium Football Training Field (3) | Football
Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex Indoor Stadium - A | Badminton, Basketball
Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex Indoor Stadium - C | Wushu, Karate-do, Tennis, Vovinam
Wunna Theikdi Futsal Indoor Stadium | Separktakraw, Chinlone
Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium - B | Volleyball
Wunna Theikdi Boxing Indoor Stadium | Table Tennis
City Golf Club | Golf
Ngalike Dam | Rowing
Billiard & Snooker Indoor Stadium | Chess
Wunnatheikdi Indoor Stadium

Naypyidaw

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Host city

## Marketing

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### Motto

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The official motto for the games is Youth and Friendship. It was chosen to represent that the athletes will compete with sports spirit and friendship for their country image. Youth is representative of being alert, agile and energetic. Youth is also referred to as young students from ASEAN universities who will be building up a better future for the ASEAN community. The 19th AUG will provide better opportunities for all participants to strengthen the understanding and cooperation among ASEAN countries in the long run. Friendships will be formed while the youth are participating in the 19th AUG 2018. This close friendship will provide a platform for all participants to appreciate the different cultures and values. The 19th AUG will also bring unity, peace and harmony to the whole ASEAN community. Peace and harmony will result in the safety of the whole region. This will help to build up our strength, making ASEAN member countries better and stronger.

### Logo

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The emblem or logo of the 19th ASEAN University Games is designed to include a coloured pattern used in the National Flag of Myanmar. The yellow represents belief, serenity and wisdom. The golden beams shining from the yellow sun are symbolic of 11 ASEAN countries. The green is used to depict peace, harmony and unity. This colour also symbolizes a range of mountains covered with plants and trees. The red is representative of courage, bravery and loyalty. It also symbolizes the current situation of Myanmar moving steadily towards being a federal democratic country. The white star, depicted as an athlete doing warm-up exercises, is used as a symbol of a sport competition. The Parliament Complex, symbolic of the Capital of Myanmar, implies that the 19th ASEAN University Games will be held in Nay Pyi Taw.[4]

### Mascot

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The official mascot for the games is Ayeyarwady Dolphin.[5] it was chosen for its presence in the three rivers of Southeast Asia Nations: Ayeyarwady River (MYANMAR), the Mahakam River (INDONESIAN BORNEO) and Mekong River. They are the most intelligent animal among all animals all over the world. And they are adorable, active, intelligent, friendly and helpful. So using the Ayeyarwady Dolphin can reflect that young people are active, intelligent, youthful, helpful and kind. For Myanmar, Ayeyarwady Dolphin is one of the luckiest one of Myanmar because they always help Fishermen in catching fishes and can attract the interest of foreigners by Ecotourism.Nowadays there are a few left and almost endanger. So Myanmar want all of you to know that all of us must protect Ayeyarwady Dolphin from disappearing.

Official Mascot of 19th AUG

## The Games

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### Opening ceremony

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The opening ceremony was held in the Wunnatheikdi Indoor Stadium on 10 December. Some Myanmar artists sang songs before the ceremony. The Vice-President of Myanmar Myint Swe arrived at 5PM.When he was arrived the ceremony was started with countdown. Then, the officials and athletes from the 11 participating countries marched into the stadium. The Myanmar national flag, AUSC flag and 19th AUG-Myanmar flag were hoisted. The patron of the 19th AUG Organising Committee, Vice President U Myint Swe declared the opening of the games.

The students from the National University of Arts and Culture - Yangon and Mandalay presented the four Myanmar Cultural performances and one ASEAN performance. The ceremony was concluded at about 7PM.[6]

### Sports

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There were 17 sports for these games.[7]

* Archery (10) (details)
* Athletics (36) (details)
* Badminton (7) (details)
* Basketball (2) (details)
* Chess (4) (details)
* Football (1) (details)
* Golf (4) (details)
* Karate (15) (details)
* Petanque (7) (details)
* Rowing (16) (details)
* Sepak takraw (4) (details)
* Chinlone (4) (details)
* Swimming (38) (details)

* Table tennis (5) (details)
* Tennis (7) (details)
* Volleyball (2) (details)
* Vovinam (details)
* Wushu (details)

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### Calendar

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OC | Opening ceremony  | ● | Event competition  | 1 | Gold medal events  | CC | Closing ceremony

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December  | 8th
Sat  | 9th
Sun  | 10th
Mon  | 11th
Tue  | 12th
Wed  | 13th
Thu  | 14th
Fri  | 15th
Sat  | 16th
Sun  | 17th
Mon  | 18th
Tue  | 19th
Wed  | Events

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Ceremonies |  |  | OC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | CC | —
Archery |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | 2 | 2 | 6 |  |  | 10
Athletics |  |  |  |  |  | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 |  |  |  | 38
Badminton |  | ●  | ●  | 2 | ●  | ●  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Basketball |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 2 |  | 2
Chess |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 |  | 4
Chinlone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Football |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  |  | ●  |  | ●  |  | 1 |  | 1
Golf |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 4 |  |  |  | 4
Karate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 7 | 2 |  | 15
Petanque |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●  | 4 | ●  | 2 | 2 |  | 8
Rowing |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |  |  |  | 16
Sepak takraw |  |  |  |  | ●  | ●  | 1 | 1 | ●  | 1 | 1 |  | 4
Swimming |  |  |  | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |  |  |  |  | 38
Table tennis |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | ●  | 2 | ●  | 2 |  | 7
Tennis |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 3 | ●  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Volleyball |  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Vovinam |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 6 | 5 |  | 14
Wushu |  | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22
Daily medal events | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 203
Cumulative total | 1 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 47 | 68 | 101 | 132 | 162 | 184 | 203 | 203
December  | 8th
Sat  | 9th
Sun  | 10th
Mon  | 11th
Tue  | 12th
Wed  | 13th
Thu  | 14th
Fri  | 15th
Sat  | 16th
Sun  | 17th
Mon  | 18th
Tue  | 19th
Wed  | Total events

### Medal table

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* Host nation (Myanmar)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Thailand (THA)| 62| 52| 38| 152
2|  Indonesia (INA)| 44| 39| 30| 113
3|  Malaysia (MAS)| 37| 43| 49| 129
4|  Myanmar (MYA)*| 24| 26| 29| 79
5|  Vietnam (VIE)| 16| 9| 6| 31
6|  Laos (LAO)| 7| 9| 11| 27
7|  Singapore (SIN)| 5| 12| 18| 35
8|  Cambodia (CAM)| 5| 10| 12| 27
9|  Timor-Leste (TLS)| 2| 0| 0| 2
10|  Philippines (PHI)| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Brunei (BRU)| 0| 0| 0| 0
Totals (11 entries)| 203| 200| 193| 596

## References

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1. ^ "Meeting for 2018 AUG".
2. ^ "2018 AUG".
3. ^ "Venues". Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
4. ^ "emblem". Archived from the original on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
5. ^ မြန်မာ့အလင်း (11 May 2018). "အာဆီယံတက္ကသိုလ်များအားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲအကြောင်းတစ်စေ့တစ်စောင်း". မြန်မာ့အလင်း: 20.
6. ^ "VP U Myint Swe attends 19th ASEAN University Games Opening Ceremony".
7. ^ "Schedule & Results". Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-08.

## External links

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* 2018 ASEAN University Games official website Archived 2020-01-16 at the Wayback Machine

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Singapore

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