Participating nations[edit]

All 11 members of Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) are expected to take part in the
2019 SEA Games. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs.

 Brunei
 Cambodia
 Indonesia
 Laos
 Malaysia
 Myanmar
 Philippines
 Singapore
 Thailand
 East Timor
 Vietnam
Sports[edit]
A total of 56 sports has been approved to be contested at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games making
this edition potentially the most largest Southeast Asian Games in terms of the number of sports
contested.[56] An initial list of 32 sports to be contested at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games was
agreed upon following the two-day SEA Games Federation Council Meeting from May 16-17, 2018
at the Shangri-La at the Fort in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila.[57] Badminton was
initially excluded by the hosts from the initial list, but was reinstated following the objections of the
National Olympic Committees of Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, and
Thailand.[58] Vovinam was later dropped from the finalized list of sports released by the organizers in
mid-December 2018[59] and polo was included in January 2019.[42]
The following is a list of sports to be contested at the games including partial figures for the number
of events in each sport:[59]

 Aquatics (44)
 Archery (10)
 Arnis (20)
 Athletics (42)
 Badminton
 Baseball
 Basketball (4)
 5x5 Basketball
 3x3 Basketball
 Billiards (10)
 Bowling
 Boxing (13)
 Canoe/Kayak/Traditional boat race (10)
 Canoeing
  Kayak
 Traditional boat race
 Chess (7)
 Cycling (13)
 Dancesport (14)
 Duathlon
 Equestrian
 Esports (6)
 Fencing (12)
 Figure skating
 Football
 Floorball
 Golf
 Gymnastics (19)
 Ice hockey
 Indoor hockey
 Judo (16)
 Ju-jitsu (11)
 Karate (13)
 Kickboxing
 Kurash (10)
 Lawn bowls/Petanque (10)
 Lawn bowls
 Pétanque
 Muaythai
 Obstacle racing
 Pencak silat
 Modern pentathlon
 Polo
 Netball
 Rugby sevens
 Rowing
 Sailing (11)
 Sailing/Windsurfing (11)
 Sailing
  Windsurfing
 Sambo
 Skateboarding
 Shooting (14)
 Soft tennis
 Sepak takraw
 Softball
 Squash
 Surfing
 Table tennis
 Taekwondo (22)
 Tennis (5)
 Triathlon
 Wakeboarding
 Weightlifting (10)
 Wrestling (14)
 Wushu (16)
 Underwater hockey
The proposal to include additional sports was allowed through suggestions of the different NOCs
until June 13, 2018.[29] There was reportedly a provision that a proposed sport must be backed by at
least four nations to be instated to the list.[60] Among the sports proposed to be included in the final
list are e-sports, netball, obstacle course, sambo, skateboarding, shuttlecock, surfing, water skiing,
sports rock climbing, and aero sports[57] Malaysia planned to propose the inclusion of tennis, ice
skating and martial arts which featured in the previous edition[58] while Cambodia lobbied for the
inclusion of tennis, petanque, and vovinam.[60]
On September 30, 2018 during a meeting at the SEA Games Council Federation headquarters in
Bangkok. The NOCs of Southeast Asia approved 56 sports in total to be contested in the Games; all
sports were proposed by the NOC of the host nation except the disciplines of floorball, vovinam, and
indoor hockey which were lobbied for by the other NOCs.[56]Arnis, a Filipino martial art, was last
featured as a demonstration sport in the 2005 edition. Arnis will be a regular sport in the 2019
games, and its national sport association lobbied for 20 events for the discipline (16 in combat; 4
in anyo (lit. form))[61] The Philippines will introduce 3x3 basketball for the first time in the history of the
games.[62]
Upon the approval of the 56 proposed sports, it was reported that no additional sports was to be
added.[56] However the Philippine Olympic Committee later announced that it would proposed the
addition of beach handball and beach netball after consultations with the sports' respective national
associations to the final list of sports to be contested in the games to be agreed upon on
November.[63] Following a meeting of the Southeast Asian Games Federation Council from
November 23-24, 2018, the approval of the 56 proposed sports were finalized with 529 events
planned to be contested. The number of events was finalized by mid-December 2018.[31]