Movement of the 32nd SEA Games in Phnom Penh Cambodia will host the competition for the first time between 5-17 May 2023, with 37 sports scheduled to compete with 608 gold medals, which is the highest number of gold medals Since the SEA Games have been played together
Recently, Prof. (Special) Charoen Wattanasin, Vice Chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Thailand and the Council of the SEA Games of Thailand revealed that in other sports There shouldn’t be any problems except “boxing” (Thai boxing), which will be competing for 17 gold medals, because Cambodia will bring “Kun Khmer”, which is his national sport. come to compete in this SEA Games who said there would be a problem because “Kun Khmer” does not have an international sports organization to certify, including the International Amateur Muay Thai Federation (IFMA), the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the International Olympic Committee (IO) c) Although they previously tried to establish the ASEAN Boxing Federation. Before adjusting to the Asian Boxing Federation The member nations protested because it violated the regulations of the SEA Games Sports Federation.
Thailand’s SEA Games minister said that the only way Cambodia will be organized without problems is through Ifma certification required Which here depends on Ifma. As for Thailand, if there is no international sports organization that has been accepted for certification do not send Muay Thai athletes join the competition Because of the risk of being punished by the international sports organization as mentioned
“Up to now, I still believe that Cambodia Will definitely strive in every way to organize the “Kunkhmer” competition in this SEA Games battle. Which member nations agree and should be sent to the competition, there should be Vietnam, Laos, Timor Leste and the host, which will complete 4 nations according to the statute of the SEA Games Federation, however, the host will be closed for sending athletes (ENTry Form By Number) on January 21, then the Federation with “Big Nat” Mr. Chaiyaphak Siriwat is the CEO of the Federation. There will be a final meeting with member nations. to decide which of the 37 sports will be cut out Because each type of sport that will be able to compete, there must be at least 4 countries sending athletes to participate in the competition. It cannot be any less than this,” Prof. Charoen emphasized.
For the “Phnom Penh Games 2023”, a total of 37 sports were organized, with 608 gold medals competing for the sport and the number of gold medals in each sport as follows: athletics 47 gold, water sports (swimming 39 gold, diving 4 gold, water polo 2 gold, finswimming 24 gold), badminton 8 gold, basketball 4 gold, billiards-snooker 10 gold, boxing 17 gold, bodybuilding 15 gold, chess 12 gold, cricket 8 gold. , Bicycle 9 gold, Dancesports 12 gold, Esports 9 gold, Fencing 12 gold, Floorball 2 gold
Soccer 2 gold, Golf 4 gold, Artistic Gymnastics 8 gold, Aerobic Gymnastics 5 gold, Hockey 4 gold, Jet Ski 6 gold, Judo 13 gold, Karate 17 gold, Arnis 12 gold, Jujitsu 13 gold, kickboxing 17 gold, Kunbokator 21 gold, boxing 17 gold, Vovinam 30 gold, Obstacle Race 4 gold, Panchaksi. Lat 22 gold, Petanque 11 gold, Sailing 9 gold, Soft tennis 7 gold, Sepak Takraw 22 gold, Table tennis 7 gold, Taekwondo 24 gold, Long boat 13 gold, Tennis 7 gold, Triathlon 7 gold. , Volleyball 4 gold, Weightlifting 14 gold, Wrestling 30 gold, Wushu 24 gold.
