“ Singapore 2015 ” redirects here. For the ASEAN Para Games, see 2015 ASEAN Para Games
The 2015 Southeast Asian Games ( Malay : Sukan Asia Tenggara 2015 ; taiwanese : 2015年东南亚运动会 ), officially known as the 28th Southeast Asian Games ( or plainly 28th SEA Games ), was a southeast asian multi-sport consequence hosted by the city state of Singapore. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was the fourth fourth dimension the state hosted the games. Singapore previously besides hosted the games in 1973, 1983 and 1993 version. Singapore was awarded rights to host the Southeast asian Games in 2011. The games were held from 5 to 16 June 2015, although several events had commenced from 29 May 2015. Around 4370 athletes participated at the event, which featured 402 events in 36 sports. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It was opened by Tony Tan Keng Yam, the President of Singapore at the aforesaid stadium.

The concluding decoration match was led by Thailand, which won the most gold medals, followed by server Singapore which won the most medals overall. respective Games and national records were broken during the games. The games were deemed as one of the most successful Southeast asian games ever hosted with its effective management of cost spent to host the games and well-organised musical arrangement of public conveyance by Singapore, arsenic well as the huge effort to promote the games which helped raised the standards of competition amongst the Southeast asian nations. [ 8 ]

Host city [edit ]

Singapore ‘s excerpt as the host of the 28th Southeast asian Games of 2015 was announced in 2011 during the 26th Southeast asian Games, held in indonesian cities Palembang and Jakarta. Singapore had previously been nominated to host the event in 2007 and 2013, but turned down both opportunities citing costs associated with the construction of the fresh Singapore Sports Hub that was exacerbated by the fiscal crisis of 2007–2008 .

Development and cooking [edit ]

The Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee ( SINGSOC ) was formed on 28 June 2012 to oversee the staging of the event .

Steering Committee members of the Games[9][10]

Position
Name
Designation

Chairman
Mr Lawrence Wong
Acting Minister, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information

Members
Mr Chan Chun Sing
Minister, Prime Minister’s Office

Ms Indranee Rajah
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Law

Mrs Carmee Lim
Founder and President of Aoede Music Enterprise

Mr Low Teo Ping
Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council

Mr Masagos Zulkifli
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr Mohamed Abdul Jaleel
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mini Environment Service Group

Mr Valerio Nannini
Managing Director, Nestle Singapore Pte Ltd

Ms Annabel Pennefather
Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council

Mr Brian Richmond
Radio Personality, MediaCorp Pte Ltd

Mr Saktiandi Supaat
Head, FX Research Team, Global Markets, Global Banking, Maybank

Mr Manu Sawhney
Director, Manchester United Limited

Mr Seah Moon Ming
Executive Director and Group CEO of Pavilion Energy Pte Ltd and Pavilion Gas Pte Ltd

Mr Richard Seow Yung Liang
Chairman, Singapore Sports Council

Dr Tan Eng Liang
Vice-President, Singapore National Olympic Council

Ms Jessica Tan Soon Neo
Managing Director, Microsoft Singapore

Mr Tan Kian Chew
Group Chief Executive Officer, NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd

Mr Leonard Tan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PurpleClick Media Pte Ltd

Mr Stanley Tan
Chairman, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre

Mrs Josephine Teo
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Transport

Mr Teo Ser Luck
Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Mayor, North East District

Venues [edit ]

The National Stadium in Singapore, venue of the athletics and football events, and the hatchway and close ceremonies for the 28th SEA Games The 2015 Southeast asian Games used a mix of modern, existing and irregular venues. Given the city state ‘s compact size, most venues were preexistent public-sporting facilities located in the suburban heartlands which were reverted to populace use after the games. No major retrofitting work were done in most venues as most had been used to host major multi-disciplinary events such as the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. At the centerpiece of the activities was the Singapore Sports Hub which was completed in mid-2014. Incorporating the fresh 55,000-seat national stadium, it hosted most of the events. A games village was not built. alternatively, a “ greenwich village in the city ” concept saw athletes and officials housed in 20 hotels in business district Singapore. Besides being physically near to the Singapore Sports Hub, it was hoped that it will add vibration to the city and reduce post-games costs in converting a dedicate games village to other uses. The 28th Southeast Asian Games had 30 venues for the games .

Public tape drive [edit ]

Given the existing across-the-board public enchant network already in topographic point, there is no games-specific major infrastructural growth to support it. The bunch of venues is aimed at easing the traffic flow, busbar and Mass Rail Transit service for games athletes and officials were provided .

Volunteers [edit ]

The organisers estimated that about 15,000 volunteers are needed to successfully host the games. Volunteer recruitment began in recently 2013, and by February 2014, about 5,000 volunteers have already signed up. [ 12 ] This phone number swelled to over 17,000 by February 2015, and a volunteers night consequence was held at Universal Studios Singapore to launch the sports volunteers sword name as “ Team Nila ” and to thank the volunteers who have signed up with rid shows at the venue. Amongst the pool of 17,000 volunteers, 35 % came from the community, while 65 % were from corporations in support of the games. [ 13 ]

Ticketing [edit ]

A entire of about 790,000 tickets were put on on-line sale from February 2015, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and at SingPost outlets. To encourage public engagement in the games, it was announced on 28 January 2015 that 18 of the sports will be free for spectators, while the early 18 are kept at relatively low-cost levels of between S $ 5 to S $ 20. [ 14 ] By 15 April 2015 some sports such as float and fencing were selling fast, while silat and sepak takraw were much less popular. [ 15 ] Organisers reported that ticket sales were pass 70 % for most sports by 27 April, with fence and swimming being the most popular at 85 and 70 % tickets sold respectively, while rhythmical gymnastics, silat and wushu have besides sold over 70 %. Billiards and snooker, horseman, sepak takraw, tae kwon do, and artistic gymnastics have sold about half their tickets. Rugby and judo have sold 30 %, while board tennis has sold only 20 %. [ 16 ] Priced between S $ 5 to S $ 20, priority sales for the open and close ceremonies tickets for those who registered theirs interests in 2014 began on 15 January 2015, while sales for the general populace began on 22 January 2015. In February 2015, tickets to the open ceremony were going at over seven times their original value on unauthorized websites, despite 40 % of the tickets even available at that time. [ 17 ] By March 2015, tickets to the open ceremony were sold out. [ 18 ]

countdown [edit ]

During the close ceremony of the 2013 Southeast asian Games, the SEAG Flag was formally handed over from Myanmar to Singapore. This was followed by a song and dance part highlighting Singapore as the future venue. On 27 June 2014, a serial of festivities were held at the Singapore Sports Hub, including a firework display, to mark the one year countdown to the games. The Sports Hub Community Open House was held in conjunction with the launching to introduce the new sports facilities to the general public. [ 19 ] The countdown to the games began on 15 February 2014 with a plunge party at the Gardens by the Bay, where the logo, theme and mascot were besides introduced. [ 20 ] 800 Nanyang Polytechnic students organised a major countdown event on 11 April 2015 to mark the final 50 days in a few days, where about 4,000 people turned up to attend a concert and a sports circus. [ 21 ] On 16 April 2015, the 50-day countdown began with assorted organisations stacking a number each through a video protection. This included : Nanyang Polytechnic and Ang Mo Kio residents and Changkat Primary School ( 50 ), London School of Business and Finance Singapore ( 49 ), Compassvale Primary School ( 48 ), Development Bank of Singapore ( 47 ), National Kidney Foundation ( 46 ), CWT Limited ( 45 ), SportCares ( 44 ), Park View Primary School ( 43 ), Sport Singapore ( 42 ) and 41st Battalion Singapore Armoured Regiment ( 41 ). [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 7 ] other organisations were :

  • Corporation Primary School (40)
  • Wengsworld Jigsaw Puzzles (39)
  • Henry Park Primary School (38)
  • Woodlands Ring Primary School (37)
  • Yio Chu Kang Community Sports Club (36)
  • Temasek Primary School (35)
  • East Coast Primary School (34)
  • Yayasan Mendaki and Woodlands Secondary School (33)
  • Team Singapore (32)
  • Fuchun Secondary School (31)
  • Jiemin Primary School (30)
  • Tampines Primary School (29)
  • Punggol Green Primary School (28)
  • Northland Primary School (27)
  • Telok Kurau Primary School (26)
  • Temasek Polytechnic (25)
  • AXA Singapore (24)
  • Nanyang Polytechnic (23)
  • Shelton College International (22)
  • Tampines North Primary School (21)
  • Ministry of Social and Family (20)
  • Dunman Secondary School (19)
  • NTUC FairPrice and Seng Kang Primary School (18)
  • Canberra Primary School (17)
  • Ferrari Owners’ Club (16)
  • Compassvale Secondary School (15)
  • Pasir Ris West (14)
  • Republic Polytechnic and Teck Ghee Primary School (13)
  • LionsXII (12)
  • Deli Hub Catering (11)
  • Sembawang Primary School (10)
  • Rajah & Tann and St Joseph’s Institution Junior (9)
  • Qihua Primary School (8)
  • Singapore Polytechnic and Fernvale Primary School (7)
  • Singtel (6)
  • Dazhong Primary School and One KM (5)
  • Scuderia FSG (4)
  • United Square (3)
  • Deloitte (2)
  • Montfort Junior School and Team Nila Volunteers (1)

security [edit ]

2015 Southeast asian Games medals The principal agency to ensure the security of the games is the Singapore Police Force, supplemented by the Auxiliary Police Forces. The organisers singled out security as one of their major concerns ahead of the games, with concerns over unanticipated security breaches which may occur across any of the venues, some of which are easily accessible by the populace. [ 24 ]

Medals [edit ]

The design of the medals were unveiled on 27 April 2015. Designed by Joys Tan from Sport Singapore, they feature the Games ‘ logo on one side, and the Singapore Sports Hub on the rearward. Each decoration will be 80mm in diameter and will each weigh 183 grams. It was besides announced during the media brief, that smaller versions of the decoration, in the form of medallions, will be given to all spectators of the closing ceremony. [ 25 ]

Costs [edit ]

The games was budgeted to cost SGD325 million ( US $ 287 million ) but eventual cost came to SGD264 million. There were concerns the cost would exceed budget, as had happened when Singapore hosted the Youth Olympics in 2010. [ 26 ] In contrast, the cost of organising the 2013 games, which was hosted by Myanmar, was estimated to be SGD400 million. [ 27 ]

Torch relay [edit ]

The torch relay took place on 4 June 2015, the eve of the games ‘ opening ceremony began with the blowtorch lighted at the Marina Bay Promontory, and went past Clifford Square, Merlion Park, Esplanade Plaza, the Art Science Museum and end at Marina Bay Sands, where the flame handover ceremony to the Games officials took place. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ]

selling [edit ]

Nila, the lion, official mascot of the games., the lion, official mascot of the games . Nila wears either his signature tracksuit (left) or blue sporting attire (right), depending on the occasion. wears either his touch tracksuit ( left ) or blue sporting attire ( right ), depending on the occasion .

motto [edit ]

The motto of the 2015 Southeast asian Games and ASEAN Para Games is “ Celebrate the Extraordinary ”. It was chosen to represent the connection of individuals, communities and countries to their own dreams beyond competing, winning or overcoming defeat and the inhalation of the soul and emotional state inside each people of Southeast Asia .

logo [edit ]

The logo of the 2015 Southeast asian Games is an double depicts a winning athlete crossing the finish line with his/her arms raised in victory represents the potential that exists in every enter athletes. The five human body of the sport events competed represents the diversity of sports featured in the Games, the force and the skills of the athletes. The palette of color represents the arouse moments of the games and Sport as a joyride of unite people of the region careless of their language, belief and color. Overall, it represents the oneness of Southeast asian people in the spirit of the games. The logo besides depicts the Southeast asian Games Federation logo and the news “ 28th SEA Games ”. The bible “ Singapore 2015 ” on the finish tape represents Singapore as the horde of the 2015 Southeast asian Games. [ 32 ]

mascot [edit ]

The mascot of the 2015 Southeast asian Games and ASEAN Para Games is a lion named Nila. The name comes from Sang Nila Utama, the founder of Singapura. Nila has a red mane and cordate boldness and is described as courage, passionate and friendly. He wears either his signature tracksuit or blue sky sporting attire, depending on the occasion. [ 33 ]

Songs [edit ]

A limited compilation album titled Songs of the Games was produced by veteran music film director Sydney Tan and released on 3 March 2015. It features the three official theme songs : “ unbreakable ” written by Amir Masoh and performed by Tabitha Nauser, “ Greatest ” by Daphne Khoo and “ ordinary ” written by Amir Masoh and performed by The Sam Willows. The other songs included : “ You ‘re fantastic ” written by Amir Masoh and performed by Tay Kewei, Gayle Nerva and Tabitha Nauser, “ Flags Up ” written and performed by The Sam Willows, “ ace ” written by Charlie Lim and performed by The Sam Willows, “ still ” written and performed by Charlie Lim, “ A Love Song-Unbreakable ” written by Don Richmond and performed by Benjamin Kheng, “ Forever ” written by Joshua Wan and performed by The Steve McQueens, “ You ‘re about There ” written and performed by Joel and co-written by Ruth Ling, “ Dancing on the worldly concern ” written and performed by HubbaBubbas, “ Colours ” written and performed by Jean Tan and “ Reach ” written by Dick Lee and performed by the MGS Choir featuring Dick Lee. [ 34 ] [ 35 ]

A full of 100 sponsors, comprising 4 Main sponsors, 10 official sponsors, 27 official partners and 59 official supporters contributed to the 2015 Southeast asian Games. The broadcasting rights of the independent patron MediaCorp is owned by MediaCorp television receiver. [ 36 ]

Main sponsors

The Games [edit ]

Opening ceremony [edit ]

Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held on Friday, 5 June 2015, beginning at 20:15 SST ( UTC+8 ) at the National Stadium in Singapore, the first major open ceremony for a sport event in the newfangled venue. [ 37 ] Organised by the Singapore Armed Forces, which has besides been creditworthy for the annual National Day Parade, they were supported by a creative team with Beatrice Chia-Richmond service as Creative Director. The ceremony was helmed by more than 5,000 performers and volunteers and supported by 3,500 soldiers. Given the envelop nature of the stadium, extensive use of an antenna system to allow suspension and drift of performers and props are possible. Floor expulsion are accomplished using 160 multimedia high-definition projectors. [ 38 ] The time 20:15 was chosen to start the opening ceremony to mark the class 2015, the year which Singapore hosted the 28th Southeast asian Games.

Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of Singapore declared the games open, while erstwhile football player, Fandi Ahmad and his son and stream football player, Irfan Fandi lit the caldron .

close ceremony [edit ]

cultural presentation of Malaysia, host of the 2017 edition The Games had its close ceremony held on Tuesday, 16 June 2015, from 20:00 SST ( UTC+8 ) at the National Stadium in Singapore. The ceremony begins with a countdown footage video followed by hosts of the ceremony enter the stadium in a buggy cable car who are besides hosts of the games opening ceremony. Singapore president and the other VIPs including Lawrence Wong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and SEA Games Organising Committee president and Tan Chuan Jin, the Singapore Olympic Council and Southeast asian Games Federation president of the united states then enter the stadium and after that a video about the games ‘ fantastic moments is played. Athletes of every participating nations along with their respective head of deputation paraded into the stadium onto the stadium floor to the beat of music – Remix of the Songs of the Games played through the stadium, followed by the video tribute of the games volunteers, Team Nila. team Nila then entered the stadium and danced to the music played. Ng Ser Miang, IOC member and IOC Finance Commission Chairman awarded Lawrence Wong and Singaporean SEA Games President, Tan Chuan-Jin the IOC President trophy of the Olympics heart on behalf of Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee. Tan Chuan-Jin then delivered a close lecture, in which he includes an emotional quote, paying tribute to all victims of the 2015 Sabah earthquake in which many Singaporean primary coil school students from Tanjong Katong Primary School died and all the home flags of the participating nations and the games flags been flown at half-mast on 8 June 2015 during the games. [ 39 ] The Singapore president declared the games closed with Charlie Lim late performed the song, “ placid ” as the games flag and the SEA Games Federation masthead were lowered and the flame of the caldron extinguished. A group of flashlight holder surrounded the caldron lighter which sends off the firework after they had extinguished the flame of their common mullein. A crowd of fireworks then erupted over the National Stadium, signalling the official decision of the Games. The SEA Games responsibilities was formally handed over to Malaysia, host of the 2017 Southeast asian Games in which Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia receive the iris of the Southeast asian Games Federation from Lawrence Wong and Tunku Imran, the Olympic Council of Malaysia president and in-coming Southeast asian Games Federation president as its symbol during a flag handover ceremony. The national anthem of Malaysia was played as the National Flag of Malaysia was raised. A 10-minute malaysian segment performance : “ Diversity in Motion ” ( Malay : Majmuk dalam Gerak ), was performed by malaysian dancers with Monoloque and Najwa Mahiaddin sang “ The Birth of a Legend ” ( Malay : Lahirnya Lagenda ) on the stage. The performance was divided into three parts : “ birth ”, “ Rooted ”, and “ United ”. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] Birth told the narrative of the beginning of biography and creativity, Rooted told the fib about building the foundation garment, desire for integrity, understanding one ‘s origin, living in the moment while remembering yesterday and to celebrate the aesthetics of athleticism today, while the termination United told the floor of hope for oneness in diverseness. A Singapore farewell segment performance is late performed with a parade of colonial era, people, symbols, uniform groups, landmarks, government policy and 1993 Southeast asian Games stamps and objects such as chinese Junk and Sail gravy boat and the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 aircraft, brought back the nation ‘s historic memory in the past 60 years. For a brief here and now, performers some dressed as Nila and others wearing the Nila suit dance to the music play. The ceremony concludes with a party with music whirl by Dutch DJ Ferry Corsten, [ 42 ] a operation by local fusion Jazz group The Steve McQueens and a bunch together of fireworks erupted over the stadium again and for the last time. [ 43 ]

Participating nations [edit ]

An calculate total of 4490 athletes ( about 2610 men, 1880 women ) from 11 nations competed at the 2015 Southeast asian Games .

Sports [edit ]

The first 30 sports were announced by the Singapore National Olympic Council on 10 December 2013 on the sidelines of the twenty-seventh SEA Games in Myanmar. It announced then that there was room for deoxyadenosine monophosphate many as eight more sports. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] On 29 April 2014, the final examination six sports, namely boxing, equestrian, floorball, petanque, row, and volleyball were added to the program. Floorball will feature in the event for the first clock after being a demonstration frolic in the 2013 version. [ 46 ] In its excerpt of events, the organising committee indicated their desire to set a model for subsequent games in trimming the number of “ traditional ” sports to refocus on the SEAG ‘s initial intent to increase the degree of sporting excellence in key sports. Hence, despite room for up to eight traditional sports, only two, floorball and netball, were included in the program. Amongst the other 34 sports, 24 are Olympic sports and all remaining sports are featured in the asian Games. The 2015 Southeast asian Games program was featured 402 events in 36 sports and disciplines. The phone number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses .
¹ – not an official Olympic Sport.
² – frolic played only in the SEAGF.
³ – not a traditional Olympic nor SEAGF Sport and introduced only by the host country .

calendar [edit ]

Medal table [edit ]

The 2015 Southeast asian Games featured 402 events, resulting in 402 decoration sets to be distributed. An extra amber decoration was awarded as there was first-place affiliation in the Rhythmic Gymnastics individual all-around event. As a consequence, no silver decoration was awarded in that event. Two bronze medals were awarded in some events : most events in martial arts ( 2 in Wushu, 12 in Taekwondo, 10 in Pencak silat, 12 in Judo, 11 in Boxing and 12 in Fencing ) and All events in racket sports ( 10 in Billiards and snooker, 5 in Squash, 7 in Badminton, 7 in Table tennis, 7 in Tennis, 10 in Petanque, 10 in Sepak takraw, 1 in netball and 2 in volleyball ), giving a full of 118 extra bronze medals. On the other hand, No bronze decoration was awarded at the Rhythmic Gymnastics group all-around consequence, Women ‘s Floorball, Taekwondo Poomsae Women ‘s team, Kyorugi Men ‘s 74 kilogram and Women ‘s 62 kilogram event and Sailing Men ‘s Match Racing Keelboat, Team Racing Laser Standard and Women ‘s 470, Skiff 49er FX, Laser Radial ( U19 ) and Team Racing Laser Radial consequence. As a consequence, entire of 1313 medals comprising 403 gold medals, 401 silver medals and 509 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. [ 40 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ]
* Host nation ( Singapore )2015 Southeast Asian Games medal tableRankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Thailand  ( THA )9583692472 Singapore  ( SIN )*84731022593 Vietnam  ( VIE )7353601864 Malaysia  ( MAS )6258661865 Indonesia  ( INA )4761741826 Philippines  ( PHI )2936661317 Myanmar  ( MYA )122631698 Cambodia  ( CAM )159159 Laos  ( LAO )04252910 Brunei  ( BRU )016711 East Timor  ( TLS )0112Totals (11 NOCs)4034015091313

Broadcasting [edit ]

The games besides available internationally via Sports Singapore ‘s YouTube groove whose circulate was done by International Games Broadcast Services ( IGBS ) as production collaborator of MediaCorp – the server broadcaster of the games. The International Broadcast Centre was located within the sports city sphere. [ 51 ]

Key

* Host nation ( Singapore )

Concerns and controversies [edit ]

  • In the Pencak silat men’s class F (70–75 kg) event, Secretary–General of the Malaysian National Silat Federation Megat Zulkarnain Omardin was dissatisfied with what he claimed was an unfair ruling by the event’s chairman of the jury in the semifinal match between Mohd Fauzi Khalid of Malaysia and Muhd Nur Alfian Juma’en of Singapore, the host nation.[53] At the final moments of the last round, Muhd Nur Alfian made a controversial drop on Mohd Fauzi which was later deemed to be valid after consultation with the chairman as well as with the panel of five jury members. Megat Zulkarnain claimed that after watching video replays of the drop, he said that it shouldn’t have been counted as Mohd Fauzi was “pulled down” instead of being dropped legally according to the regulations, and thus Malaysia should have won the match instead. He felt that the eventual decision to award the match to Singapore’s Muhd Nur Alfian was just so as to “maintain the dignity of the home nation’s pencak silat”, whose statement was widely criticised by many nations as exhibiting unsportsmanlike conduct.[53]
  • During the closing ceremony, spectators were shuffled from gate to gate in order to enter through a gate with fewer people resulting in them not being able to watch the ceremony. Some spectators were also told that the stadium was full. SINGSOC eventually made an official statement that they will offer a full refund to those who purchased a ticket and were unable to be seated, as well as receiving a supporters’ medallion.[54][55][56]

See besides [edit ]

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