Since the SEA Games began in 1959, it has been held in 15 cities across all Southeast Asian countries except East Timor.

Editions

Year Games Host city Winner 2nd 3rd
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
1959 1 Thailand Bangkok  Thailand (35)  Burma (11)  Malaya (8)
1961 2 Myanmar Rangoon  Burma (35)  Thailand (21)  Malaya (16)
1963 Awarded to Cambodia, cancelled due to domestic political situation
1965 3 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Thailand (38)  Malaysia (33)  Singapore (18)
1967 4 Thailand Bangkok  Thailand (77)  Singapore (28)  Malaysia (23)
1969 5 Myanmar Rangoon  Burma (57)  Thailand (32)  Singapore (31)
1971 6 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Thailand (44)  Malaysia (41)  Singapore (32)
1973 7  Singapore  Thailand (47)  Singapore (45)  Malaysia (30)
1975 8 Thailand Bangkok  Thailand (80)  Singapore (38)  Burma (28)
Southeast Asian Games1
1977 9 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Indonesia (62)  Thailand (37)  Philippines (31)
1979 10 Indonesia Jakarta  Indonesia (92)  Thailand (50)  Burma (26)
1981 11 Philippines Manila  Indonesia (85)  Thailand (62)  Philippines (55)
1983 12  Singapore  Indonesia (64)  Philippines (49)  Thailand (49)
1985 13 Thailand Bangkok  Thailand (92)  Indonesia (62)  Philippines (43)
1987 14 Indonesia Jakarta  Indonesia (183)  Thailand (63)  Philippines (59)
1989 15 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Indonesia (102)  Malaysia (67)  Thailand (62)
1991 16 Philippines Manila  Indonesia (92)  Philippines (90)  Thailand (72)
1993 17  Singapore  Indonesia (88)  Thailand (63)  Philippines (57)
1995 18 Thailand Chiang Mai2  Thailand (157)  Indonesia (77)  Philippines (33)
1997 19 Indonesia Jakarta  Indonesia (194)  Thailand (83)  Malaysia (55)
1999 20 Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan  Thailand (65)  Malaysia (57)  Indonesia (44)
2001 21 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia (111)  Thailand (103)  Indonesia (72)
2003 22 Vietnam Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City3  Vietnam (158)  Thailand (90)  Indonesia (55)
2005 23 Philippines Manila4  Philippines (113)  Thailand (87)  Vietnam (71)
2007 24 Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima  Thailand (183)  Malaysia (68)  Vietnam (64)
2009 25 Laos Vientiane  Thailand (86)  Vietnam (83)  Indonesia (43)
2011 26 Indonesia Palembang and Jakarta5  Indonesia (182)  Thailand (109)  Vietnam (96)
2013 27 Myanmar Naypyidaw  Thailand (108)  Myanmar (84)  Vietnam (74)
2015 28  Singapore  Thailand (95)  Singapore (84)  Vietnam (73)
2017 29 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia (144)  Thailand (71)  Vietnam (59)
2019 30 Philippines Philippines6  Philippines (149)  Vietnam (98)  Thailand (92)
2021 31 Vietnam Vietnam7  Vietnam (205)  Thailand (92)  Indonesia (69)
2023 32 Cambodia Cambodia7  Vietnam (136)  Thailand (108)  Indonesia (87)
2025 33 Thailand Bangkok, Chonburi and Songkhla
2027 34 Malaysia Johor Bahru
2029 35 Singapore Singapore
2031 36 Laos Laos
2033 37 Philippines Philippines

Hosting tally

Hosting tallies from SEA Peninsular Games 1959–1975
Country Event hosted Year hosted
 Thailand 3 1959, 1967, 1975
 Malaysia 2 1965, 1971
 Burma 2 1961, 1969
 Singapore 1 1973
 Cambodia 19631
 Laos
Hosting tallies from SEA Games 1977–present
Country Event hosted Year hosted
 Malaysia 5 1977, 1989, 2001, 2017, 2027
 Philippines 5 1981, 1991, 2005, 2019, 2033
 Indonesia 4 1979, 1987, 1997, 2011
 Thailand 4 1985, 1995, 2007, 2025
 Singapore 4 1983, 1993, 2015, 2029
 Vietnam 2 2003, 2021
 Laos 2 2009, 2031
 Brunei 1 1999
 Myanmar 1 2013
 Cambodia 1 2023
 Timor-Leste

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