List of SEA Games host cities explained

See main article: SEA Games., the SEA Games has been held in 16 cities across all Southeast Asian countries except East Timor.

Editions

Year	Games	Host city	Winner	2nd	3rd
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
1959	1	Bangkok	(35)	(11)	(8)
1961	2	Rangoon	(35)	(21)	(16)
1963		Awarded to Cambodia, cancelled due to domestic political situation
1965	3	Kuala Lumpur	(38)	(33)	(18)
1967	4	Bangkok	(77)	(28)	(23)
1969	5	Rangoon	(57)	(32)	(31)
1971	6	Kuala Lumpur	(44)	(41)	(32)
1973	7	Singapore	(47)	(45)	(30)
1975	8	Bangkok	(80)	(38)	(28)
Southeast Asian Games1
1977	9	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia (62)	Thailand (37)	Philippines (31)
1979	10	Jakarta	Indonesia (92)	Thailand (50)	(26)
1981	11	Manila	Indonesia (85)	Thailand (62)	Philippines (55)
1983	12	Singapore	Indonesia (64)	Philippines (49)	Thailand (49)
1985	13	Bangkok	Thailand (92)	Indonesia (62)	Philippines (43)
1987	14	Jakarta	Indonesia (183)	Thailand (63)	Philippines (59)
1989	15	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia (102)	Malaysia (67)	Thailand (62)
1991	16	Manila	Indonesia (92)	Philippines (90)	Thailand (72)
1993	17	Singapore	Indonesia (88)	Thailand (63)	Philippines (57)
1995	18	Chiang Mai2	Thailand (157)	Indonesia (77)	Philippines (33)
1997	19	Jakarta	Indonesia (194)	Thailand (83)	Malaysia (55)
1999	20	Bandar Seri Begawan	Thailand (65)	Malaysia (57)	Indonesia (44)
2001	21	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia (111)	Thailand (103)	Indonesia (72)
2003	22	Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City3		Thailand (90)	Indonesia (55)
2005	23	Manila4
2007	24	Nakhon Ratchasima
2009	25	Vientiane
2011	26	Palembang and Jakarta5
2013	27	Naypyidaw
2015	28	Singapore
2017	29	Kuala Lumpur
2019	30	Philippines6
2021	31	Hanoi7
2023	32	Phnom Penh7
2025	33	Bangkok, Chonburi and Songkhla7
2027	34	Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Sarawak8
2029	35	Singapore
2031	36	TBA, Laos
2033	37	TBA, Philippines

Hosting tally

Hosting tallies from SEA Peninsular Games 1959–1975!Country!Event hosted!Year hosted

	3	1959, 1967, 1975
	2	1965, 1971
	2	1961, 1969
	1	1973
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Hosting tallies from SEA Games 1977–present!Country!Event hosted!Year hosted

	5	1977, 1989, 2001, 2017, 2027
	5	1981, 1991, 2005, 2019, 2033
	4	1979, 1987, 1997, 2011
	4	1985, 1995, 2007, 2025
	4	1983, 1993, 2015, 2029
	2	2003, 2021
	2	2009, 2031
	1	1999
	1	2013
	1	2023
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