2014 ASEAN School Games

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6th ASEAN School Games
2014 ASEAN School Games Logo.png
Host city Marikina
Country Philippines
Motto One ASEAN, One Vision, One Community of Champions[1]
Nations participating 7
Athletes participating 1,593[2][3]
Events 11
Opening ceremony 29 November
Closing ceremony 7 December
Officially opened by Education Secretary Armin Luistro[2]
Marikina Mayor Del de Guzman[2]
Main venue Marikina Sports Complex[2]
Website Official Website
<  2013 2015  >

The sixth ASEAN School Games were hosted by the Philippines in Marikina. It was the first time the Philippines hosted the Games.[4]

Organisation

Logo and Mascot

Mascot of the 2014 Games

The Official logo of the Games composes three main elements; a flaming torch, the map of the Philippines and interconnected rings. The map of the Philippines symbolises the host country itself, while the flame on the torch symbolises the "fire in the hearts" of the competing athletes, teams and coaches and their "burning desire or will to win". The interconnected rings represents the 10 member countries of the ASEAN, among most of them will compete in the Games. The rings also symbolises the correlation, unity and reliability of each competing country.[5]

The mascot of the games is an eagle wearing a leather shoes. The shoes worn by the eagle symbolises the leather shoe industry of the host city, Marikina.[6]

Venues

Seven venue were featured for the 2014 Games. Two venues are located outside Marikina. The PhilSports Football and Athletics Stadium in Pasig was initially planned to hold events in Athletics.[7][8]

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The Marikina Sports Centre
Venue Sports Capacity
Marikina Sports Complex Athletics
Tennis
Swimming
Volleyball		 7,500 (Athletics)
2,000 (Swimming)
7,000 (Volleyball)
Trevi Gymnasium Badminton
Our Lady of Perpetual Succor College Sepak Takraw
St. Scholastica’s Academy Wushu
Marikina Convention Centre Table Tennis
Marist School Gymnasium Basketball
Rizal Memorial Gymnastics Hall (Manila) Gymnastics
Valley Golf and Country Club (Antipolo) Golf

Sports

11 sports were contested for the 2014 edition of the Games. The sports were contested from 1–5 December 2014.[2][9]

Participating nations

Seven nations participated in the 2014 edition of the Games.[3][10]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Philippines)

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Malaysia 41 34 30 105
2  Thailand 35 29 36 100
3  Indonesia 15 31 30 76
4  Philippines 11 14 22 47
5  Vietnam 11 6 6 23
6  Singapore 10 10 19 39
7  Brunei 0 1 3 4
Total 123 125 146 394

Final Medal Tally[11]

References

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