2013 SEA Games

XXVII Southeast Asian Games

Host city	Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Motto	Green, Clean and Friendly (Burmese: အစိမ်းရောင်သန့်ရှင်းခြင်းနှင့်ချစ်ကြည်ရေး)
Nations	11
Athletes	4730
Events	460 in 34 sports
Opening	11 December 2013
Closing	22 December 2013
Opened by	Nyan Tun Vice President of Myanmar
Closed by	Nyan Tun Vice President of Myanmar
Athlete's Oath	Sandi Oo
Torch lighter	Maung Wai Lin Tun
Main venue	Wunna Theikdi Stadium
Website	2013 Southeast Asian Games
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The 2013 Southeast Asian Games (Burmese: ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ, romanized: 2013 Hkunnit Ashetaung Asha Agaza Pyaingbwe, pronounced [n̥ɪʔtʰàʊɴ tɪʔsʰɛ̀ θóʊɴ ṵn̥ɪʔ ʔəʃḛtàʊɴ ʔàʃa̰ ʔáka̰sá pjàɪɴpwɛ́]), 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. The games were held from 11 to 22 December 2013.

It was the third time for Myanmar in hosting the Southeast Asian Games. The country hosted the Games in 1961 and 1969 respectively in Yangon, then capital of the country. Singapore withdrew its hosting rights due to expected delays in the completion of its new national stadium, it eventually hosted in 2015.^[1][2] Nay Pyi Taw became the second city in Myanmar to host the Southeast Asian Games. The games were opened and closed by Nyan Tun, the Vice-president of Myanmar at the Wunna Theikdi Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Myanmar and Vietnam. Several Games and national records were broken during the games. 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.^{[citation needed]}