![]() The Myanmar SEA Games Organising Committee (MYASOC) was formed to oversee the staging of the event. ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)'s official website also announced that Myanmar would host the games. The official website of the Olympic Council of Asia also approved the fact that Myanmar would host the 27th Southeast Asian Games in its news launched on 7 June 2010. The Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) Council met in Jakarta on unanimously agreed to award the Myanmar Olympic Committee the right to host the 27th edition of the games. Myanmar held the longest interval between hosting the games, spanning a time of 44 years. However, since the latter three nations hosted the 2003, 20 editions, respectively, these countries were less favored to host this edition. Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines and Thailand revealed their intentions to host the 2013 edition. Though there were several controversies, including the inclusion of the traditional Burmese game of chinlone as a competitive sport, the Games were generally deemed successful with the rising standard of competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations. ![]() Several Games and national records were broken during the games. ![]() The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Myanmar and Vietnam. The games were opened and closed by Nyan Tun, the Vice-president of Myanmar at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium. Nay Pyi Taw became the second city in Myanmar to host the Southeast Asian Games. ![]() Singapore withdrew its hosting rights due to expected delays in the completion of its new national stadium, it eventually hosted in 2015. The country hosted the Games in 19 respectively in Yangon, then capital of the country. It was the third time for Myanmar in hosting the Southeast Asian Games. ![]() The games were held from 11 to 22 December 2013. The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( Burmese: ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and commonly known as Naypyitaw 2013, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event took place in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar from 11 to 22 December 2013, Around 4730 athletes from 11 participating nations competed at the games, which featured 460 events in 34 sports. ![]()
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