ASEAN Para Games - History

History

Future Games

  • 7th ASEAN Para Games - Naypyidaw, Myanmar, 2013.
  • 8th ASEAN Para Games - Singapore, 2015.

Recently concluded

  • 6th ASEAN Para Games - Solo, Indonesia in 2011

Previous Games

  • 5th ASEAN Para Games originally scheduled for Laos, was instead held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from August 15–19, 2009. The Sailing event held in Port Dickson was a full medal sport.
Selected to host the 2009 SEA Games, Laos begged off from hosting the 5th ASEAN Paragames due to financial difficulty and inexperience in providing necessary support for athletes with disabilities. This edition of the Para Games was also notable for being launched into action 5 months ahead of the Sea Games.
  • 4th ASEAN Para Games - Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from January 20–26, 2008.
The Paralympic shooting event was a full medal sport.
  • 3rd ASEAN Para Games - Manila, Philippines from December 14–20, 2005.
Sailing introduced as a demo sport.
wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis was played for the first time
  • 2nd ASEAN ParaGames - Hanoi, Vietnam from December 19–27, 2003.
Timor Leste was formally included in the Games increasing its member countries to eleven.
  • The 1st ASEAN ParaGames, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from October 25–30, 2001, was the initial major sports event of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF).
The APSF was conceived in the special meeting of the National Paralympic Committees of the ASEAN countries during the 10th Malaysian Paralympiad and the ASEAN Cities Invitational. The ASEAN Para Games, the “parallel” sports event for the disabled after every Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), was patterned after the Paralympics and the FESPIC Games.

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