2021 ASEAN Para Games

The 2021 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 11th ASEAN Para Games, is a cancelled biannual multi-sport event for athletes with physical disabilities which was intended to be held after the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Participants were expected from 11 countries in Southeast Asia. The games, patterned after the Paralympics, was to include athletes with various disabilities. The games were planned amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, posing logistical challenges in organizing the event.[1]

XI ASEAN Para Games
Host cityHanoi
Nations participating11
Events24 events in 11 sports
Opening ceremony17 December
Closing ceremony23 December

Originally scheduled to be held from 17 to 23 December 2021,[2] games were cancelled in October 2021 after the 2021 Southeast Asian Games was postponed to May 2022 due to the pandemic.[3] This would have been the second time Vietnam would have hosted the games, last staging them in 2003.[4]

Malaysia and Indonesia has expressed willingness to host the games as an alternative to its cancellation. The Philippines has supported moving the games to a country willing to host the games even if lesser number of events will be staged.[5]

The Games

Participating nations

All 11 members of ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) were expected to take part in the 2021 ASEAN para Games.

Sports

The ASEAN Para Sports Federation in December 2021 agreed to organize events for 11 sports for the 2021 Para Games.[2] CP football, cycling, sitting volleyball, and wheelchair basketball where proposed but were not added to the calendar due to ""economic reasons and difficulties in preparing venues and facilities".[4]

References
  1. "Safety first priority of SEA Games 31, ASEAN Para Game 11". VietnamPlus. Vietnam News Agency. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. "Vietnam puts forward 11 sports for ASEAN Para Games 2021". Voice of Vietnam. Vietnam News Agency. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. Nghia, Phu. "Vietnam cancels hosting ASEAN Para Games - VnExpress International". VnExpress International. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. Palmer, Dan (20 April 2021). "Eleven sports confirmed for ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi". Inside the Games. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. Villar, Joey (3 November 2021). "Philippines not giving up on ASEAN Para". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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