2008 ASEAN University Games

14th ASEAN University Games

Host city	Kuala Lumpur
Country	Malaysia
Nations participating	10
Debuting countries	1
Athletes participating	1,789
Events	17
Opening ceremony	11 December 2008 (2008-12-11)
Closing ceremony	21 December 2008 (2008-12-21)
Officially opened by	Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu
Main venue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium

The 2008 ASEAN University Games officially known as the 14th ASEAN University Games was a multi-sports event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with 17 sports and disciplines featured in the games. This was the third time when Malaysia hosted the ASEAN University Games. The 2008 ASEAN University Games had 17 compulsory sports including track and field, swimming, basketball, football, table tennis, tennis karate-do, volleyball.^[1]

Marketing

Mascots

Angkasawan, The astronaut, the official Mascot of the 2008 ASEAN University Games.

The official mascot of the games is an astronaut named "Angkasawan" with the nickname "A1". It is a symbol of dreams of university students especially athletes to achieve greater heights. The mascot is adorned with three colours of Malaysia national flag to represent its national identify which are blue, red, yellow. The logo on the astronaut's suit represents Malaysia as host of the Asean university games. The mascot is described as being friendly, smart, high spirit and strong.^[2]

The games

Medal Tally

Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malaysia (MAS)	90	78	47	215
2	Vietnam (VIE)	45	28	23	96
3	Thailand (THA)	31	29	59	119
4	Indonesia (INA)	28	52	48	128
5	Singapore (SIN)	18	16	39	73
6	Philippines (PHI)	8	12	21	41
7	Laos (LAO)	1	2	3	6
8	Timor-Leste (TLS)	0	1	9	10
9	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	2	2
10	Cambodia (CAM)	0	0	1	1
11	Myanmar (MYA)	0	0	0	0
Total		221	218	252	691

References

↑ www.nationalradio.com/ugames.shtml
↑ Official Website: Archived Through Wayback Machine.

External links

http://www.showbizjuice.info/2008/12/14th-asean-university-games-medal-count.html

Southeast Asian Games

Host cities Mascots Medal tables Medalists Sports

SEA Games¹	Bangkok 1959 Yangon 1961 ~~Phnom Penh 1963~~² Kuala Lumpur 1965 Bangkok 1967 Yangon 1969 Kuala Lumpur 1971 Singapore 1973 Bangkok 1975 Kuala Lumpur 1977 Jakarta 1979 Manila 1981 Singapore 1983 Bangkok 1985 Jakarta 1987 Kuala Lumpur 1989 Manila 1991 Singapore 1993 Chiang Mai 1995 Jakarta 1997 Bandar Seri Begawan 1999 Kuala Lumpur 2001 Hanoi 2003 Manila 2005 Nakhon Ratchasima 2007 Vientiane 2009 Palembang 2011 Naypyidaw 2013 Singapore 2015 Kuala Lumpur 2017 Manila 2019 Hanoi 2021 Phnom Penh 2023

ASEAN University Games	Chiang Mai 1981 Jakarta 1982 Bangi 1984 Singapore 1986 Pattaya 1988 Bandung 1990 Shah Alam 1993 Singapore 1994 Bandar Seri Begawan 1996 Bangkok 1999 Manila 2002 Surabaya 2004 Hanoi 2006 Kuala Lumpur 2008 Chiang Mai 2010 Vientiane 2012 Palembang 2014 Singapore 2016

ASEAN Para Games	Kuala Lumpur 2001 Hanoi 2003 Manila 2005 Nakhon Ratchasima 2008 Kuala Lumpur 2009 Surakarta 2011 Naypyidaw 2014 Singapore 2015 Kuala Lumpur 2017

ASEAN School Games	Suphanburi 2009 Kuala Lumpur 2010 Singapore 2011 Surabaya 2012 Hanoi 2013 Marikina 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan 2015 Bangkok 2016

ASEAN Civil Service Games	Kuala Lumpur 2015

¹ formerly known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games from 1959 until 1975. ² Cancelled due to hosting issues and due to the Vietnam War.

Events of the Olympic Council of Asia

Sports NOCs Mascots

Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games

Regional	Central Asian Games East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Defunct	Afro-Asian Games² Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹

¹ Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.² Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.

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