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The 30th South East Asian Games will be held here in the Philippines from November 22 to December 11. There will be 11 Countries that participate in this biennial Olympics. Here are the countries that will participate.

Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
East Timor
Vietnam

Who do you think will bring home the most number of Medals this time?
Is there a sports betting site that will cover this?

Of course i would go for the Philippines as its the host country, in basketball alone, I am sure we will bag some gold medal already.
By the way, let's hope that some sportsbook would put a line for the games available in this competition so at the same time we can also enjoy betting.

The last time PH was the host, they ranked 1. It's really a big impact on every country as a host since it will boost the player's morale. Although on the following SEAG event, the PH rally isn't impressive. So hopefully, with the big preparation they did this year, they could snatch again the Top 1.

Thailand as always is very consistent in finishing a good rally in the past SEAG. Since 1993, they always end up at either Top 1 and 2. Will not speculate for now who will have the most gold medal on this event.

In this year's SEAG, they will also feature the ESPORTS. This is the first time I think in a medal event competition.

As for the crypto sports betting sites, if I recall correctly, Cloudbet and Nitrogensports opened a bet for this event last 2017. Or for a quick response, we can ask the question directly at their ANN thread.

Too bad the medal in the Basketball game will count only as one even when they have many players. Last 2017, Philippines is #6 only with 121 medals. Top 3 is Malaysia (323), Thailand (246) and Vietnam (168). Malaysia was the host of 2017 SEA games so I guess being the host gives the advantage to the players since its home court. Lets see if this will happen to Philippines as well.

I will only bet for the Philippines in basketball, boxing, volleyball, billiards, and chess.

These are the sports where the country is dominating the other nations in the region.


Nice introduction of E-sports. But as we know, Singapore always tops this event. Since this is the debut of E-sports in a competition like that, expect that top players from each country will participate even the pot money compare to international competition is not that high. The country's reputation is at stake and not with the prize although there is a money reward for every medal that will get.

This is a big event so i think sportsbook would put a line to some games like basketball but for sure the odds will not be good when Philippine Basketball team will be playing as they are the power house in the SEA games.

The Philippine contingent is expected to gather more medals this time as we are the host and of course we are fielding many athletes perhaps we have representatives in every games played. When SEA games is hosted by other countries, we only send few athletes due to budget constraint thus few medals will be brought home also.

Well yea, compared to the rest of these countries, PH is seen as one of the teams at the top. But honestly, concentration on sports of Vball and Bball is kind of the weak point of the country. They don't really invest on other sports, letting most talents dwindle down or not letting them shine in the best stage they could possibly go for.

I just bloody hope this removes the negative connotations about Esports. It's like they refuse to believe that you can actually treat it as something not disgraceful, as a way of life, just like how players treat their sports as a way of life. Well, PH toxicity also contributes to this connotation so I can't really say much anything about it.

Not bad, though its only counted as one medal, Philippines is a country that focus on Basketball. Many Filipinos, have watching and have full support so I guess this will be a home court advantage for all participants in this coming South East Asian Games.

I myself will watch the turn of the events cause I'm a sport's enthusiast especially on "Basketball" I hope we can be on the top 3 for this event.

It's always been a battle between Malaysia Thailand Indonesia, these three are the powerhouse in this region, but the Philippines always had a good record of medal accumulation every time the game is being held there, my bet is Thailand because overall they have the most number of medals in all the SEA combines.

I used to follow SEAGs before, but lately I am losing some interest on it. Philippines is left behind. Also, there's a lot of politicking in this event. SEAG used to be an Indonesia-Thailand-Philippines rivalry when it comes to medal tally. Now, tiny Singapore with only 5 million population and Malaysia with 31 million are competing in the 3rd and 4th after Indonesia and Thailand.

One of the games I am still interested in SEAG is probably soccer. The intensity is real. Malaysia-Myanmar-Singapore-Indonesia-Vietnam can really become competitive and tough.   

those Highlighted countries will surely dominate the SEAGames(South East Asian Games) again since these countries are the most dominant and holding the most medals for long years.
but what i am looking now is the Philippines will make a good fight since this is territorial game and the advantage is always there,so maybe the amount of medals this year will grow compared to the previous events.

Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia are the three countries that will continue to dominate the events based on their past performances in the last events combined, the Philippines can perform here they once lead the medal tally when it was held here, and besides they have the home advantage I see them as the darkhorse but unlikely to become number one here

Philippines is not too far from the third position under 300 medals deficit so i think being a Host country now?there will be a chance that it can at least get closer or break the third position.

yeah even in the individual category as Filipino are good in those sports.hope we will bag more than 1k medals this seagames

I will bet for my country to be honest because I believe of the athletes preparation this time is more tedious than before I suppose and the government fully support every athletes I think that isn't far from possibility. I bet as well for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to bring most of medals but for basketball I am for sure we will dominate with it.

I think Nitrogensports, Cloudbet or maybe Sportsbet will host some of it especially eSports that is growing on popularity nowadays on gambling sites.

I've looked at onehash but they still don't have it since it's still 1 more week before the ceremony starts. I don't know what country will bring the most medals but it's exciting to see how the athletes will showcase their talents.

E-sports was also included.

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Southeast_Asian_Games/2019

Talking about sports in Southeast Asia, Philippines has the highest chance to bring more medals. Of course I would expect them to be since they are the first country to have sports program in Southeast Asia. On the other hand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia are getting to get to the grove in sports so I would say it would be tough for the Philippines to remain on top of the SEA countries.

With a new stadium and a better government support, I'm pretty sure the Philippine delegates' morale is high and that will be helpful in winning games. I'm going for Philippines being the top performing country in this year's SEAG.

If we see the history, the Philippines ranked at No. 1 position last time in 2005 when South East Asian Games were held in Manila, Philippines. After that the thailand dominated and got most medals 4 times.  Last time in 2017, there were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the Malaysians got the highest medals. Keeping in view this history, i am sure Philippines will top again in the medals race.

This is an interesting stats and i wonder how the hosts of the competition gives an added advantage to the home teams. Also not to forget that Philippines have only topped once in the history of South East Asian Games.

Real talk here, how can the Philippine athletes perform better if the government instead of cheering for them, the anti-admin is throwing mud to the admin because of corruption in building the stadium. Just check the local news in the Philippines and see whats the story about SEA games and you will find over priced stadium being investigated and over priced contract handed to a Malaysian firm. Very little mention about the athletes.

I am still hoping for Philippines to make it at least on the top 3 if they cant make it to number 1. Philippines will be represented with 1,868 athletes.

Don't conclude yet, there is no corruption until proven.
One of the senators who is a known critic to the admin is just making a controversy but that was already answered by the government.


They can do the investigation but if the admin has a sopporting documents of everything and done according to the right process, then they are just wasting time. They should do the investigation after the event, now is the right time to support the athlete.

This is typical politics in the Philippines  :), instead of helping the athletes, the oppositions are finding holes to attack the current administration.

Good thing is that they will only investigate the anomalies if there is any after the SEA games so that athletes would not be distracted.

One thing is for sure, the Philippines will be in the top 3 as it will field more athletes, in 2017 SEAG, we only send 497 athletes and ranked 6th in the medal tally.

I don't think I posted anything that says I agree that there is corruption, what I am trying say is the government (anti and pro admin) is more interested in answering allegations of corruptions than promoting how the government (anti and pro admin) supports the athletes. Lets just hope for the safety of all the athletes and the other delegates of the 11 countries who will participate.

Anyone here visited the Philippine Arena? Its Humongous! Its the first time an opening ceremony was held indoor, usually its outdoor.

You have all the opportunity to visit if you are near from the location, me, I don't think I can do that, it needs at least 1 day for me to get there.

Anyway, is there any update regarding a possible betting of the games in this tournament?

As an Indonesian, of course I'll support Indonesia to be the one who will get the most medals but I have to be realistic with the reality since Indonesia is not as strong as in the past (years ago) when we can be the top Nations few times in a row. Philippine as the host has bigger advantage obviously, my prediction is that it will be a tight competition between Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. I do not mean to underestimate other countries but just sharing my prediction.
In case of betting, I'm not really sure if we cant find it on crypto sportsbook but I'm sure we can find it on local sportsbook especially on those South East Asian countries.

Yeah right. In my opinion only one of the three countries will be in first place and even in my opinion the big three will still be won by the three countries. Because from what I have seen in the past, in every sporting event like this, the three countries are always in the top three even though they only have different positions.

that's not the only issue(not that I believe what senator says) our athletes are lacking in support from local governments there is not enough equipment or
projects to further nurture the skills and talents our athletes have. I used to be a part of the taekwondo team in my high school days and I still follow the
happenings to the athletes in my area. I have seen many talented practitioners in taekwondo and other sports that bring pride and glory to the city when they
participate in tournaments such as NCR meet and Palarong Pambansa etc... our athletes spend their days practicing with outdated equipment and such. it hurts my
feelings that these kids do so much for their city but they are being ignored by their own local government.

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I've been looking for a gambling site that will cater to sports betting in sea games 2019 while now and I can't seem to find one. has anyone found anything?

Host country usually gives a good show so I'm expecting the Philippines here to at least land first or second in the medal standing. And then we have countries like Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia not far behind.

It will be interesting to see crypto related sports betting sites for the SEA games. Specially in sports like boxing and basketball. Here are the venues;

https://2019seagames.com/venues.html

Yeah, I've been to the Philippine arena twice and it's really huge! Some people are sharing facebook photos of the preparations for the opening ceremony and from that, I can say that the event organizers are really doing well. Kudos also to the government for not under spending and for the continuous support to our athletes.


I would feel proud to play in a newly built and top class stadium if I am an athlete. Go team PH!!!

Yes, that's true, I believe the host country can field more athletes in many sporting events, I'm sure the Philippines will field in more boxers here and of course, they have two world champion in skateboarding and gymnastics already, track and fields and swimming is where the golds are, there have been many issues headed to the games but I'm pretty sure, the athletes will deliver the goods because they are playing in their home crowds.

Indonesians dominated the South East Asian Games from 1977 to 1993 where they have won the most medals around 7 times. This is huge achievement but later years they were not able to show same progress. I am not sure that they will be able to top it this time around specially when the event is not happening in their own country.

as I quoted from wikipedia.org about the 30th Southeast Asian Games as follows:
Opening ceremony November 30, 2019
Closing ceremony December 10, 2019

https://i.imgur.com/mAXLfVD.jpg

I think these 3 countries will dominate the acquisition of the most Gold Medals:
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia

it seems that I know of one sport that can produce a lot of medals in football. and I said the 3 countries will dominate because I know that country often plays consistently at the Southeast Asia level.

I think there is a sports betting site.

I wasn't much into the East Asian Games, Malaysia and Singapore seems to have good number of players for every games. I believe this time it'll be Malaysia or Singapore that tops the table. Philippines has the home advantage. As stated there might be sportsbooks that list this games, but it is a tough thing to predict the winner.

I am rooting for the Philippines to have a good showing in this event. Players are motivated to perform extra in front of their home crowd. At least the Philippines could finish on the top three.

I will be watching E-sports and basketball events. I hope nitrogensports open betting line for those events so I can make small bets while watching.

Okay. Since we have a strong Duterte administration, I think there is really a good chance that we can top the overall gold medal tally. If my memory is right, we only won the first place once? It was during the Macapagal-Arroyo regime and the Philippines was hosting it too. Probably this will be another historic achievement here. Winning on multi-sport events represent might and power. The Philippines is still behind but if this type of strong government continues then it won't be surprising to see it aligns again with our regional allies. 

I think the odds are tied for Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam are the other tough competitors.   

The Philippines might get the top 1 spot since most Filipino athletes would be invigorated by the cheers of the home crowd, inspiring them to do good in their own sports and categories. Though statistics-wise, Thailand and Vietnam would also be great contenders for the prime spot seeing how many medals these countries rake in albeit not being the host country. With that said, keeping an eye out for these countries would be thrilling, although the Philippine team would be in a more intense pressure since they are playing from their own land and expectations are extremely high.

THIS. Bro the problem surrounding the cauldron of the stadium and comparing it to what Singapore did 4 years ago is kind of stupid. The President isn't even afraid of the law at this point, and even threatens the law itself. I'm still hoping for the PH athletes to bag top 3 at the least, it is our home court and well, I still have that little amount of hope that they could prove worthy of our trust and well, at the least, make it as a comeback for what the government has spent on this.

Maybe you mean 1 more week before it closes as the SEA Games has already started yesterday.

Nice.

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The record won't lie and the top 3 countries will be still dominating the sea games and if ever there will be changes it's definitely little. I mean those countries has proven tracked record and the support that their athletes are undeniably enormous.

It's ironic to think that government can spend billions on infrastracture but still have lack of support in their athletes. I am not against on what they spend on cauldron as it's actually our pride but they should also focus on athletes well being.

thanks for the Link at least i can watch live without needed to go in province since manila is what nears me.

i support your stand that since Philippines is the host country the opportunity of the athletes to be motivated more is there.
as for sure family members can watch them compete not like if the event is in outside the country they are alone(though with the co athletes)

Are there any current athlete complaining? Or just some past athletes ranting but they actually played in the previous admin and also under the previous sports head, Peping?

From what I know, our current athletes are well-taken cared off by our current gov't.

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Interesting to see the introduction of Dota 2, Starcraft II, Hearthstone, Tekken 7, Arena of Valor, and Mobile Legends into the 30th SEAG.

I think you're right. The current admins are doing their best to take care of our athletes and that what I see when an athlete won gold medal during his stint for gymnastics Olympic qualifier and paid for over 2million php. Well if all athletes will have the same dedication for the country, of course they will be rewarded.

though Philippines is always number 4 in rankings yet i am not losing hope that this time since the competition will be held in Philippines i am confident that at least we will go up for second and third place.

the athletes are inspired with tons of kababayan that will watch them and also their relatives,family and friends will be on the convention centers to support them.

Or we can say it in a different way... "if athletes will receive reward they will put dedication on their sport"...
The current admin is ensuring the athletes will give their best by giving a good reward, when they win gold, that's equivalent to million already and that amount is already a life change amount in the Philippines.

It looks like Manny Pacquaio will open up the games:


https://sports.inquirer.net/373326/pacquiao-to-have-role-in-sea-games-opening-ceremony-says-cayetano

I guess I have to agree that Pacquiao put the Philippines in the map again because of his boxing exploits up to this day. So it's just fitting that he will be given the honours by the Philippine government in this coming SEA games. I'm assuming he will lit the flames to officially start the games.

You got your information wrong. The SEA Games will start Nov 30 and ends on Dec 11.


The problem with Philippine Sports is not the reward after winning the games but the funds to support training in order to win a medal. It would be extremely hard for athletes to win international tournaments without international exposure and training first.

Or support from private sector like what Pangilinan did to the basketball. Filipino athlete are really dedicated to their sports, but somehow the government doesn't have the full backing.

I do hope that the Duterte administration will change all of this and hope that the Philippines, being the host will send a strong team and fight for the top in the SEA games.

I know it will be an advantage to Philippine team cause a lot of boost will happened on the Home court advanage, like Manny Pacquiao presence on the opening ceremony. Many filipinos will be inspired to this, and will do their best to win different sports during the games.

Based on other countries line up which do you think is the strongest amongts all the participating countries? of course my bet is on Philippines but there are more formidiable Asian Country when it comes to sports like Malaysia and Thailand.

My vote would be bias of course. I would go for the Philippines since I'm from the Philippines. Not only because it's my country, but also because I can see the potentials of the Philippines representatives. Looking at the records and standing, the Philippines has the capability in competing with the other countries. Also, it's an advantage for the Philippines since they'll be hosting the said event, knowing the support of co-fellow Filipinos are stronger... But I know it won't be an easy fight for PH since other Asian countries are good as well.

At least the government is still giving their support for dedicated athletes of the country. The reason why the government can't give the support and full preparation they need is because the government has many corrupt perople and taking the funds into their pockets. I'm not saying that the duterte administration are doing this but there are still some government employees that still doing this.

Duterte administration is doing their job right and bringing changes everyday with the old way we have in our country.

we have already proved the world how great Philippine athletes are,like in Boxing we have Manny Pacquaio,Nonito Donaire,and Nietes,and just recently we won the first international Gymnastic Gold medal that ASia has.
same as the ice skating,in shooting and many more games.
i am pretty sure that the medal tally will change this 30th asian game.

Yes, everyone in particular, in Asia supports their respective countries at the 30th Southeast Asian Games, held in the Philippines this year in 2019, different from those previously held in Singapore.

I also follow its development, 2019 Southeast Asian Games (https://wikivisually.com/wiki/2019_Southeast_Asian_Games) for now and until the tournament is over.
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You can see in international / local media and television in your country, you will find the latest news every day, which country has the most trophies.

Sort of. Maybe the athletes ( the one who will participate ) is being taken care of but how about those aspiring athletes? How their skills be mold when they're just using improvise material for their practice. Honestly, the sports facility in Tarlac won't be there because the athletes need it, it was just built because we are hosting the SEA games and we are trying to impress the other countries. 🤦🤦

Perhaps, this is from the previous administration's fault.

Yeah my bad. I overlooked it.

Nonetheless, it can still be used after the event. Those athletes it that region will benefit from it. And it is an international standard because it was built for the SEA games.


Philippine Sports has been in the sorry state long before the Duterte or the Aquino administration. We are just lucky there are still athletes who succeed even with minimal support. We hope that in this SEA games they become successful as well.

Let's be fair for all countries who participated this worldwide event, and as I've look at the potential of Philippines compared with other competing countries, I am also sighting their advantages since we're not aware yet on their performances. Let's always count on several possibilities, probably if Philippines couldn't make it towards the top I just predict the second or third place for them.

Indeed they are more focus in other things rather than supporting the athletes and giving what they need to be able to have an edge for this competition. Based on the news the budget is quite huge but it doesnt reflect to whats currently happening.

I just hope philippines can stand out despite this since they are capable to have a chance to get the gold medals. Goodluck to all players.

Also one the advantage is having almost all participants with all the offered games, this one of those disadvantage when this tournament being held to other countries as the sports commissions don't have enough budget. Now that this will be held here I can say that Philippines can take the
second or first slot. Good luck to all the representative take the glory in front of the Filipino crowd.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sea-games-philippines-apology-12121398 (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sea-games-philippines-apology-12121398)

I think this is a mess up for Philippines as being host in the South East Asian Games. Many visitors and early arriving athletes have express their disappointment over the hospitality of the Host Country. Read the articles and me myself as one of the community of the Philippines has totally dissappointed with what happened. I hope President should take action on this faster than the news arrived cause it's really ashamed for those who arrived early and given not a good treatment.

According to Cayetano, they are just humans and they make mistakes, but they already apologies and I don't think its really a big issue at all.
We are hosting an event so its normal to face some problem, and what I like about the media in the Philippines is they keep to reporting negative news instead of the good ones.

yeah it was mentioned in News by Cayetano that Manny Pacquiao will be the one who's Lighting the fire of the very controversial CAULDRON to symbolized the Start of the competition and i totally agreed on this because Senator Pacquiao is the most popular athlete of the Philippines if not the world.

I know mate, but they are given ample time to prepare for this and knowing the timeline of the events, these kind of issue shouldn't be taken carelessly. Apologize can be accepted but this incident is probably be remember by the people that got affected.

I'm just bit disappointed with DFA response towards this.

Manny should be the one lighting the cauldron because he is well reknowned icon in sports. Though there is a controversy about this cauldron, it should not be an issue to be considered to ruin the country's reputation towards hosting the SEA Games.

The Philippines are known for their hospitality and giving the guest the best and most convenience services, but they fail big time here, if it is a local event we can understand this, but this is a regional event, sad to say the commitees that oversee this is not only unprepared, but they acted as newbies and they are giving cheap service to athletes, this will have a negative impact on the Philippines. 

I am happy to find this thread, are members who reply only from Southeast Asia or are there from outside?

Indonesia (my country) can be said to have successfully held the Asian Games last year and the medal achievement also exceeded the target and to be honest it was very encouraging, but I can't predict wheter Indonesia in this SEA Games 30th can reach first place, hopefully if it can't be first ranked at least in the second place.

You know what, Brazil Olimpics are problematic and arguably get a rejection from the community for spending large funds on building stadium, there will always be pros and cons.

I often read that governments in a country often do not care about athletes they only care about when there will be a tournament and forget about these athletes when they are finished, fortunately my current government is very concerned with athletes. Bonuses for athletes are given directly when a championship is finished and difficult to be manipulated because the funds are directly transferred to a bank account in the athlete's name not only to athletes but also to other official trainers

not only according to him but almost people can say it and can understand it  . mistakes do occur at all times especially on the big event like this because people are also excited  .  and about reporting neg news vs the good one ? lol that sucks to the reader or to the one's that see the new's    . i think they should change that atitude because that affects the reputation of one's country  . for the sea game's . goodluck to the participants  , hope all are safe

issues like this should not be the main focus now because our athletes need more attention than this "Obviously Political movement towards next Election" it has been explained that mistakes can happen and the HOSPITALITY issue?lol even in other countries things like this happens but the main target is  this Cauldron that will remain as Symbol from this generation onward and this is not overspending the opposition will not stop looking for mistakes of the government but their own trouble cannot address truthfully ,being a host country we must create the state of the art Cauldron and this is just being exaggerating because they can't throw stone to the administration thats why even small details is a big issue for them.anyway whats new?this is Philippine Politics.

The big event with big fun has arrived. Philippines is a good country and can definitely handle budgets well. Though some people hold the opinion, it lacks the support but the event would be more exciting than everyone’s expectation. As a spectator, our main focus is the number of games and opponents participating. Having sports from swimming to chess, it covers all the flavors. Gamblers would also be looking forward to every match certainly.

East Timor Team arrived too early for their schedule which is why they have to wait that long and then due to traffic they arrive in their hotel too late as well. The media is making the a big fuzz when this is just too little to post in the news paper that it won't hurt the Philippines, if teams had problems, its suppose to be reported to the organizers. When Philippines goes to Olympics and sea games, Filipino teams bring with them a cook for we don't get use to eat burgers all the time, we are rice eaters.

These issues are being politicize since SEA games is Duterte's achievement again. They don't like Duterte to achieve anything including this build build build program but its very visible to all.

I think Philippines will be rank 1 overall there is a big advantage of the home team, our players need to focus
they should not think of what is going on outside the court and focus , on their category , there are lots of issues is going on
but they need to keep distance on it, Philippine players have prepare for this , also the crowd will help even the climate is on our side
so yes philippines will be number 1 over all after the event is finish and the medals are awarded, good luck ! team philippines

I don't really think an apology is enough Cayetano should move quickly and fix the problems. the issue may not be a big deal for you but it is a big deal especially for the athletes.
this mess could affect their overall performance in Sea Games. also, the media mostly reporting only the negative is to show how incompetent the organizers in the 2019 sea games,
but I agree the media is focusing too much on the negative.

Those issues were done and were already handled. Other than Cambodia and East Timor, the handling of the arrivals of other teams went good as far as I know. 

That's going too far. Those are athletes who are trained to focus on the game and not on minor hiccups like what happened on their arrival. It's hard to imagine any team blaming what happened when they arrived to be the cause of their loss.

That's because negative news sells.

1st day result for Floorball.

--> https://floorball.sport/2019/11/25/sea-games-2019-floorball-results-day-1/

Congratulations to the winners for getting their first wins on Sea games.

the arrival isn't the only issue. the latest issue is about food, logistics. if you think these issues are a "minor hiccups" then you haven't been in enough tournaments to see how those "minor hiccups" can build-up
and eventually, affect the athletes even if they are trained to focus on the game. you should also realize that a lot of the athletes participating in 2019 sea games are still teenagers. also, the Thai football team had to
rent a stadium where they could train properly since the renovation of the stadium where they should be training is not done. again, these "minor hiccups" will build up and affect the athletes.

Home country advantage is there, but that alone will not get more wins. As it takes every two years, the previous games took place in 2017. That year Malaysia is the one that hosted the game and they are the one to top the table with more than three hundred medals. In that Philippines have come 6th in the table with a total of 121 medals. With such a massive difference between 1st and 6th it is truly hard for Philippines to be the on the medal table.

Cramming at its best!
Those "minor" problems for others really have great impact to players.
We are not in the position to judge them because they are the one experiencing the unexpected turn of events.
But PH should have prepared a way earlier than their schedule to avoid these hiccups.
Anyway, let's hope for the best for all of them to avoid any further damage during the actual days of tournament.

news that I just learned about the 30th South East Asian Games in the Philippines about some of the facilities will interfere with the concentration of athletes, the readiness of the Philippines to host is still not 100%. I'm sure the athletes will be mentally disturbed so it is difficult to get maximum results.

yes I read some bad news about their preparation as a host, many participants were displaced, even in terms of food too. this really damages the mentality of the participants.

with the highest number athletes of Philippines , also they hosts, so they are likely to get more medals. but Thailand is quite good in the last 5 years of dominance.
also Indonesia can be a good competitor, with the second largest number of athletes under the host with 1702. I think hosts will get more medals.

I think a lot of athletes either from PH itself or other countries are disappointed and affected by the situation on SEA games, issues with facilities, food the venue and etc. In regards to PH hosting and getting most of the medals, even if I am from PH, they might get some gold medals from certain sports such as boxing, track and field, basketball and etc, but ststi there are other good competitors such as Thailand and Indonesia.

I usually bet on this. But as usually happens in this huge event. The one who host the event sometimes wins the medal. So i'll go with Philippines though uncertain but the spirit in their are strong enough to out play other participants. Like with Pacquiao's recent match, regardless of his age he still manage to defeat his younger opponent with just the spirit and love in the sport itself.

Everytime I watch the news there's a negative comments about how the host handle this event not just the venue, but also the accomodation and the food. I keep on watching to become updated for the latest happening on the game.

Anyway still hoping for the best and for the safety of the players.

They only publicized are the fault, I almost believed that PH really mess this event but now there are really pictures that are in facebook now with hashtag #winasone , which we can see the real location venue, props, accommodation and etc. But we can't deny that is really have some flaws regarding the athletes service.

No man, try to open your eyes and not just believe instantly on what you have read on news outlets. Can't you realize the media is biased on their coverage about this SEA games? I think Philippine media is politically motivated and to discredit what the current government has done for the betterment of the upcoming competition.

Exactly. Has anyone experienced or seen a full 100 percent ready host country over games like these? Delays, technical errors and some hiccups can be experienced anytime, though the host is really at fault for this it isn't mean that they want it to happen like this.

What I just hope is those athletes never mind those problems instead focus on the game and if they can play then they should play on the best they can, hoping that the eSports will prepare and learn things from the earlier days since it started. What I am really excited about is the eSport gaming and I am supporting Sibol my country's pride eSport teams on different games.

Real athletes will not be disturbed just because of any issues regarding to how they being catered, it's your pride to represent your country and the determination to win it inside your home crowd will be an advantages for PH teams. It should be taken as an opportunities to showcase your talents and make your country proud. Any issue can be discussed after the competitions win first then talk later.

i will be biased this time,but to boost my fellow countrymen and that is Philippines .

there is a posibility because Filipino always take the 4th then since the advantage of country playing?then i am sure that Pinoy will do everything to take many Gold medals they can have.

This, there are numerous issues pertaining in location and services but not more on the games and performance of players. After the games will know who play the real harder despite of the issues.

A lot of people have been saying that aside from the Philippines' basketball team the other sport they see them to dominate is the e-sports tournament they will have. Games such as DOTA 2 , Tekken, Mobile Legends, and Hearthstone all have notable players/teams participating at each segment  especially Dota 2 where TnC is the national representative whom they just defetead ViCi gaming recently besides that I heard the Dj will also be playing on their team which I think will make them have a more unstoppable lineup.

Mobile Legends and Dota will be the two most expected the Pinoys to take the medals.but also we are good in Tekken so basically we may add another sets of medals for the Country.
but of course basketball is the most targeted and Boxing.

It is a hot issue in my country because of the over price facilities and also the poor accomodation of the people from other country. But still I'm supporting my country which is Philippines and I know that we will get many gold medals.

I hope they can be improved their standing from 6th place in the last SEA Games, the Philippines has the home court advantages and they have many athletes to field in hopefully we can improve from 6th to 3rd placer, it's hard to dethrone Malaysia and Thailand they are the dominant countries in this region.

Right and it is not like issues never happen in other host countries. In every large event, there are issues that happen. But that is not a reason a team will lose or the players will get disheartened. They are professionals and these little issues are just small obstacles that they can overcome with determination.

Maybe this time they can improve more better than the last time they played. Well, I've heard some rumors that the game would be better if they play it on their home court. I guess Philippines will take more gold medal here since they were the ones who will be hosting the SEA Games this season.

Good point, this is part of hosting large event like this, it shouldn't affect anything in regards to players performances. The game should continue
and the players should do everything that they can in order to improve the rankings of the host country. With all possible games to win inside the
country it will adds to the total position every players is oblige to do everything to win the medals, set aside those issues and focus alone with the tournament.

Not at all, we cant still say yet and if you do base up into those previous post about the statistics its clearly that they arent able to cope up on top 1. Deficit number might be small but trying to reach even wont really be that easy.

For people talking about e-sports and other things then you are already out of topic.You should create another thread for that yet weve talking here about typical physical sports games not the e-sports one.

Regarding esports in SEA games, mobile legends will not be an easy medal for pH team since many of the SEA country have adopted this game. Maybe DotA and Tekken will be in the bag.

Is there anyway to watch these games on livestream? does anyone knows a link where we can watch these games soon? I'm not a fan of Arena of Valor, StarCraft II and Hearthstone. But it's interesting to see athletes compete with other e-sports too.

Mostly, I'm into Dota 2, ML and Tekken but I'd love to watch them all. So, if someone knows a page or site that will provide streaming for these games please link it here, thank you in advance.

How can you be so sure that they can't take the number one spot? Odds are increasing especially if you are in your hometown playing because you will feel the cheering of your own townsfolk. Regardless with the situation on their country I still think they have the ability to take that number one spot.

The main issue there is the lack of preparation that the government has especially in handling the funds and also from the sectors that manages the overall event. I bet they should consider the concert managers in their management because the system is quite poor. In this case, it will not affect the performance of the athletes despite of the market condition. Meaning to say that we can still have a betting platform dedicated to the SEA games at this moment.

And as I have seen in local news, lots of finger pointing as to who is to blame with this South East Asian games debacle. They have been talking of having a Senate inquiry after the game is over. And I"m sure Filipinos are totally disappointment because it seems that the government is not really prepared to handle this big event and it will reflect how the Philippines are really doing in terms of governmental responsibilities. They should have at least prioritized this because every eyes is on the country. However, it's too late now, we have seen that the Philippines is not ready for this kind of sporting events, IMHO.

It is highly recommended to not trust the media. They are mostly fake. All the stories shown by them are fabricated. They just want to make ratings at earn some fame. The main problem with journalist is exaggeration. Even is the event happened, it never was that big as shown. For the SEA event, Philippines is putting all of its efforts to make it a success and spectators must appreciate that.

It's just news don't buy that one it can be faked, besides, the opposition seems the one controlling the media. Besides, this SEA Games shouldn't be held in our country but should be on Brunei it should have to be withdrawn by the President in 2017 but opposition from sports politics appealed (just read it from a friend) not to blame this scenario but I guess the government really lacks the time to prepared. There's too much politics involved in this event and besides, I guess they can cope with it those are just small hiccups, people on social media just make it a bigger issue and it spread fast like wildfire and they complain of little things instead of praising that it's progressing.

Be aware of news or articles that are spreading all over the SocMed. Did you really saw it on the local news or is it just a hoax website/platforms? Our government has a lot of problems that should be fixed first and they didn't expect that those problems will come when SEA games are arriving. All of the problems when the athletes from different countries arrived are already been solved and take note that the opening ceremony of SEA games haven't started yet. I can't blame the current administration (even though I really hate it) 'cause hosting the SEA games is an opportunity and I think they foresee a massive change in our economy.

Regarding about those people who keep blaming the government, I think it's their right to state an opinion about some failures of the event 'cause they're really worried about the impression of other countries to the Philippines and take note that this is our first time (but this is not an excuse) to hold/host an International event so the thing we could do is support them until the SEA games here finished and become successful.

I hope the issues regarding this should be lifted 'cause some we're already getting positive feedback from other countries.

Vietnam is my favorite to get a lot of medals in this tournament.

But there is little I want to discuss or people have already said this. That the host of the Games was very chaotic and lacking preparation. You can find everything on Twitter. That some things were not prepared in full by the Philippines.

This concern might have different opinions and we know social medias there's always keyboard warriors for opposing parties from the host country. Let's set this aside and focus with the topic as the event will start in the next couple of days. The host country always have the advantage since they can afford to join every categories and enhance the chance of bringing more medals.

Media should be publish news about the sports itself compared to the existing deficiencies, can be what media say is just from personal opinion, we know media use by politician to give a bad reputation to the existing government to get the sympathy of the people, it happened in my country when the Asian Games took place, the media that cons with the government only said about the shortcomings that exist without looking at anything else.
Love the mascot and the name also "Pami". Usually mascot is taken from animals but this time only the circles that describe the countries of southeast asia, simple but describe good things.

No, this isn't the first time we hosted an event such as SEA Games we even hosted 4 of it, first in 1981, then 1991, 2005 and presently right this year. The year 2005 is we emerge as the top contender during that year.

Really we could blame the government for this but instead of showing camaraderie these people are fond of spreading hate, blaming and the likes especially on social media the so-called keyboard warriors that can easily point fingers they're just showing that they aren't pro or anti-government they're showing they are anti-Philippines, how sad of it.

The disappointment is there and as a member of the Host country we accept it since the mistake comes from our Country. I am so disappointed with some news that athletes got delay or whatever the reason but some of the media coverage has totally wrong and people from media increasing the tension cause some of them hates the current government. Yes there are some lapses on their part but putting gas on a fire will probably make it a huge issue on that side. The games are up and running and I think this thread should get over with and proceed to the culmination of the sports event.

Lol a lot of the previous news that you read on social media, local mainstream, and even international media are now being debunked. Some reporters have apologized and issued erratum already. Some blunders by these reporters are the use of old photos for the facilities, fake stories on food and not knowing backstories to some of the events. Unfortunately, a lot of keyboard warriors follow the news blindly even if it's false or erroneous. I suspect there are also camps doing a smear campaign to to dampen the government's effort for this SEAG.

Let's just focus on the games.

There is too much image destroying the local press is doing. Those people that are proven guilty of fake news or anything misleading should be punished and be dealt accordingly after this event.

I can feel that even some of the Philippine team members are under the wallets of the opposition party and they will try to sabotage this event and the actual games itself. The Philippines should finish at least top 3 in medal tally. If not, then it's a shame and somebody has to be blamed.   

   

These kinds of incidents of lacking into the preparation normally happens in every host games. I think those tweets were just too exaggerated because there's a lot of fake news that circulates on the web.

Vietnam is a good choice, last 2017 SEA games they were ranked as 3rd w/ 58 gold, 50 silver, 60 bronze medals.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Southeast_Asian_Games

To those who are complaining that the host country Philippines is not prepared for this task, maybe that person has not hosted any event in his life. Even a simple Birthday party can end up looking like its was not prepared. What more for this kind of event with a bigger coverage and magnitude. A lot of fake news floating around just to discredit the organizers.

Nobody is complaining except the fellowmen in the hosting country, specifically those people in the opposition.
I just remember how relevant the Blackeyed peas song to the media spreading fake news just to destroy the current administration.

 This is supposed to be a sports event turned into a political battle.
Anyway, nothing can stop me from betting to my favorite sports lol.

And 1 day left for you to start the betting on sports you like.

In my opinion this is sports that will be favorites of the bettor : Soccer, basketball,  and boxing. For soccers Thainland is favorite team, Basketball The Philippines is favored, I don't have idea about boxing.

Of course those 11 countries, they are all Southeast Asia;)

Have to say I don't know much about this, I have been living in a few countries there most of my life but always moving around and no time to really soak in the culture even though I myself am Asian.

All I know is, if it's bowling, bet on Malaysia. If it's badminton, bet on Indonesia. If it's basketball, bet on the Philippines!

I don't follow these kind of sports, so I have no idea which countries are really good.


However, if we are talking about basketball, for sure the Philippines will dominate in SEA games, my basis is they have great standing in FIBA Asia, so they will do better here fore sure.

I choose Indonesia.  Indonesia has the potential to bring more medals at the SEA Games.  Indonesia has several opportunities in various branches, but that draws attention to the Football branch, Indonesia won 2/0 in a match against Singapura.  Indonesia also has the opportunity to add a medal in the badminton branch.

I just read the news that there is a looming storm coming in venues of the game.


https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/29/19/typhoon-kammuri-threatens-to-hit-during-sea-games-week-pagasa

So for sure this will be affected the athletes here so there might be surprises in the medal standings in the early goings of the game.

I have not followed badminton for some years but when I did, Indonesia and Malaysia dominated this sport out of all the SEA countries. I believe they have good development program so I expect that either of the team will win the SEAG again.

Delegates from both countries have also been competing against the Chinese team for years.

I do not think that it will affect the standing. It will only affect the scheduling of the games if it cannot be played in the scheduled venue. The organizer of the SEA games already has plans if this occurs.

Not only in badminton, but with most of the games these two countries have been making themselves to be strong contenders. When it comes to play against China they give hard competence. Such games conducted based on the regions makes more sportsmen get recognized.

Hello there, on behalf of all of us, I'm sorry. Yeah in my perspective I admit that there are really lack of prepararions but I'm very sure that everything is still under control. You propably heard of the issues about some of the venues still under construction, the struggles of other country players on hotel receptions, lack of quality of food and the overpriced cauldron; all of those things are true; however if you heard or see few articles about a very worst case scenario which seems hard to believe in then probably it's a fake news. I don't know why our fellow do this kind of shit but most probably it's because of black propaganda against the Duterte administration (just my opinion).

Should be the discussion about the bad organizers (according to the media publication) stopped and start discussing the sports itself.

Nice to see my country won the first gold medal in the Philippine Sea Games after winning from Malaysia in men's water polo, Singapore has dominated this sports.

Source: https://www.foxsportsasia.com/sea-games/1204287/breaking-indonesia-win-historic-first-gold-medal-of-sea-games-2019-ending-singapores-52-year-run/

It should be that way, the discussions should be focusing with the game results. Congrats for this first gold surely it's being appreciated especially when you are playing in front of your countrymen, the inspiring crowds adds up  confidence and delight to each water polo swimmers to perform all the best that they have to win this up and bring the glory to the country.

That's what I mentioned already which I think some making issue more louder and louder. Congrats to youre country sportsmen for winning the first Gold anyway, the Olympics has just started and based on all medals have won during the entire season of Seagames. I'm still rooting for our country to win this, though many bad publications have been set to us.

Might add this picture as well.... this is the legendary boxer Manny Pacquiao who is holding the torch to lighten up the cauldron. When I am watching this scene, it is very goosebumps because I didn't expect that pacman is there going to the cauldron. It makes me really proud for being a Filipino because of what I saw on today's 30th South East Asian Games.

Yeah, I was shocked when Manny Pacquiao appeared in the middle of the path for the cauldron. I agree that it makes me proud of being a Filipino despite having a lot of issues from the start. This is what we called development through mistakes, the organizers prove that the issues regarding the 30THSEA GAMES are wrong and now they made an event that really makes us proud. Very extravagant!

It's also in the history that the 30th Sea Games happened in the Philippines and lightened up by our famous Senator which is a legendary boxer, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao.

Of course I will go to the Philippines as it is my country and my home, I believe that the Pinoys will be the one who will bring the bacon and the gold medals in the 30th South East Asian games. Especially in esports, I believe that the team of dota2, mobile legends, starcraft, tekken that provides by the sibol will get the gold medal in terms of esports. I also believe that Efren Bata Reyes will still play good right now although he already has a very high age. The Philippines has a lot of chance to bring many medals as they mention that Philippines has a lot of athletes that will compete on the said competition.

There just many negatrons that posted the preparation, now they see the reality on how amazing the Sea Games is, the expectations vs reality post were everywhere and even athletes from different countries were impressed. Let's hope for a successful Sea games as well a winning for PH.

weeks before it was announced that Senator Manny Pacquiao will be the one who's lighting the cauldron and it was expected.

but you know what?i don't expect the scene that Manny will just comes out that surprise and like everyone i am also shocked and proud because the looks of Manny you can see the Toughness and Dedication of being a Pinoy.

i am proud and Heads up of being a Filipino

I was already expecting Manny to light the torch. It was in the news weeks back that he would be the one doing it. Congratulations on a successful opening ceremony. With all the showcase in the ceremony, I am proud to be a Filipino.

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Are the events will be streamed? I could not go to the venues because of my busy work schedule but I would love to watch it on live stream, especially basketball events.

I'm not informed about the SEA games but even though we knew it was him that will light the cauldron, it's really goosebumps and make us hype when he show himself in the television. We're being proud for being a Filipino! padayon!


Idk but let's hope that the game will be streamed in the television so we can watch and be updated on the sea games.

There will be a live stream of all the games including esports in the ABS CBN Sports channel. Also, there will be also a live stream on Social media so let's tune in and support our athletes!

The current opening ceremony was live on ABS CBN and I think the organizing committee has a partnership already with ABS CBN channel to broadcast the games on 30th SEA GAMES.  ;)

The opening ceremony was epic despite the doubts of the doubters, the organizers and the governing bodies did not listen to critics. Instead they do what's best,now look at the outcome, one of the best opening ceremony in SEA games.

That's true but they are just begun, I hope there will be no more blaming, there are perfect events, even the Olympics coming from wealthy nation are not spare from mistakes and incidents, I hope the media will showcase more than the good side of the events, let's finish this big event before focusing on any bad reports.

The reality hurt those buttheads and for sure what the news will spread out regarding to the success of this opening ceremony. It's good to see how the organizers and those people who helps for the success of this event join hands to make this very appreciated by all the participants and all those fans not only Filipinos but also those from outside the country who are also Watching the event.

I think it's hard to have reports without the failures of the event. As we know, most media providers here in Philippines are biased and so obsessed of bringing down the government.

i think there will be games that may have live streaming but let us not expect that all the games will be available because there are so many games happening at the same time so streaming all together will be impossible so better watch in ABS CBN sports channel for the Updated Filipino games though majority ng i broadcast nila ay mga team fights and boxing in which ma missed natin malamang yong ibang event like taekwondo and pther individual sports.but lets see what will happen soon.

I do really hope someone in here will focus on creating a thread that we could utilize in betting which country will have the most Gold. Or to create a topic concerning yearly sea games betting competition. This kind of event is really massive and we should not miss this kind of opportunity to bet and to have profit at the same time while enjoying watching this competition.

As of today, december 1, 2019 (3:20 AM). The Philippines is currently leading in Sea games having 3 golds and 2 silvers. It seems that the host country will dominate the south east asian games. There are many athletes from many countries that got impressed to the facility that will be use in sea games.

Although the South East Asian Games just started, the Philippines are dominating right from the beginning. Here is the current medal tally.

https://i.imgur.com/pMQE3yO.png

since you're a Filipino and probably have access to these channels here is a list of broadcasters(provided to me by lionheart78) that will cover some of the games in Sea games 2019

The general trend with this gaming event is that the host gets #1. I think it's with them not having to suffer the stress of travelling (no jetlag though since each country is just less than 4 hrs flight from each other). The venues are also spread out so it's hard for tourists to travel to support all their teams so less cheers for guests.

Then there's the issue with accused sabotage. I was watching the news and Thailand was complaining that the athletes were only given 8 bottles of water daily. Then the whole issue with the pork meals.

If you are going to bet on rankings, you take this in consideration and don't place the host anywhere below #3.

Do you also have a link of youtube channels where the South East Asian Games are broadcast live, as many of us do not have access to these channels living outside Asia.

you can check the youtube channels of the mentioned broadcasters above they also live stream the games on their youtube channels although not all sports will be
live-streamed but you might find the sport you're looking for being live-streamed. other than that I have no other links or sites that offer live streams on SEA games.  

Plus, there are more representatives from the host country. Sometimes, the issue with visiting countries is the budget and they have to cut or limit who they can send.


I don't know about the water but the pork meal issue is fake and those who previously reported it apologized already for the error.

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There are plenty of youtube channels broadcasting but the coverage is for a single game only. I can't find a website that covers all.

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I'm not sure if it's updated but this is the medal tally:
I know Indonesia won gold for mens water polo and Thailand for womens.

https://scontent-frx5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/78869291_2620715841353840_5459641596360261632_o.png?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=FuvCSez2vq8AQl_0bBh53DZoBLMO4gl8v3t20c2-hub4nuhMkBE-lPrPw&_nc_ht=scontent-frx5-1.xx&oh=b41a2192fc072fc37c01540aaab9dbd3&oe=5E80C3F9

Yes, that's right. The host country has always the advantage because they have lesser cost to bear in terms of transpo alone. So they have all the luxury to send as many participants as they can and so the chance of winning is high. So my guess who will emerge with highest number of gold medals would be the PH. Let's see who would it be come this Dec 11?

Not only that its very easy for their supporters to cheer for their athletes. Just like what they always say there's no place like home, its an advantage of Ph athletes to others who are not accompanied by their family.

Well this might be one the reason why the host country is leading.

Can you give the link of those plenty youtube channels ?



I would place the host on No. 1 Position. I would also like to know the odds for the Philippines.
Do let me know the platform where the bet can be placed on the overall ranking ?

As of 3:54 PM GMT+8 Team Philippines is still leading.

https://i.postimg.cc/3xYG5npx/IMG-20191201-161026.jpg

And additional +1 Gold Medal for Malaysia for depending their spot against Philippines on Division A Polo Event.
While +1 Silver Medal for Team Philippines.

Way to go.

I recently watch the latest tally and Philippines are still leading now with 15 gold medals (I forgot if there are additions to the gold and bronze medals :D).

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Here's an update, Philippines win over Indonesia in the 3x3 basketball, 21-17 (https://www.facebook.com/664518660236917/posts/3011808718841221/?app=fbl). Nice game! Well, I expected this already since Gilas Pilipinas is currently rank 6 in the FIBA World, meaning, they are really a powerhouse team in Asia. Gilas Pilipinas, Puso! :)

In the 3x3 basketball, it's obvious that we can bag home the gold. Basketball is where the main focus and I believe they deliver the expected. Now what I want to see is the gilas to do the same in the 5x5 tournament.

Ofcourse for me because Im Filipino so I choose Philippines because also I see in the past few years there is a lot of good Athletes that Philippines have and for sure they will win a lot of medals.  I saw the opening of sea games there is a lot of people there who cheer and very happy just enjoy watching every games there and bless to the player who join the games because that is not easy.  Be proud what country you represented to the sea games and pray for them to not be injured.

The crowd will make all the athletes to be inspired playing with all their best. So far PH is really dominating the medal tally since the home advantage
and the selections of the games we can participate. First day and it's really amazing to all the athletes who are competing they are giving everything
and they already set asides those previous issues, playing to win as one.

Philippines can dominate a lot of country in the SEA games. Most especially it is our home court advantage and our government prepared this event with passion and professionalism. Although many people in our country are putting them down because of crab mentality. I believed that Philippines will win a lot of individual and group sport, those athlete will strive hard just for the Filipinos to be proud.

But respect to those countries who will fight hard just to represent their countries. We salute all of them and we wish them a good luck for a fair and memorable year of South East Asian Games. Go for GOLD.

The Philippines is still in the lead in gold medals with 21 gold and 39 total medals. Vietnam comes second with 8 gold and 29 total medals. It is a good day for the Philippines. Let's see if other countries will catch up tomorrow.

https://i.imgur.com/mPIY4G8.png

Philippines is dominating as expected after day one.

Where are you guys betting for the 30th sea games? I only see the soccer or football games available on Nitrogen sports and Cloudbet which is understandable since it's the most popular sport. Do you know of anything else?

Look at the latest scoreboard (https://www.facebook.com/664518660236917/posts/3012924228729670/?app=fbl). Philippines is still leading followed by Vietnam. Just an additional info, almost half (10) of the total gold metals they bagged came from dancesports competition :o.

Now I suddenly wonder if we are now highly competetive in ESports division. This is recently added on the SEA games and I can't wait which country will dominate (I feel that Indonesia is a strong contender). In Tekken, I'm rooting for AK  (which seems easily dumped by Arslan Ash in TWT if you still remember :() and I believe his Shaheen can beat them all.
I hate being overconfident but I have a strong gut feeling that they can win it too. Well, let's see; to see is to believe.

My bet is in Phippines also! They have already acquired numerous amount of Gold medals in just one day. First Gold medal came from triathlon, the last 2nd and 3rd place Ive seen is from Vietnam and Singapore I think if we will gonna bet on whos country will gonna go on the first spot, we should rather make a bet on what will country will be on 2nd place, it is SG or Vietnam? You choose.

Didnt expect for E-sports to be add up on SEA games?  :o I did some search about the games to fight on.

Dota 2
Starcraft II
Hearthstone
Tekken 7
Arena of Valor
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

This is only the division or set of games i would interestingly to watch on. hehe
   

At the beginning of the southeast Asia games in the Philippines, many players are entering the field full of fun and excitement. After a few hours from the previous records, the Philippines got already a lot of gold medals; even they had the hone court advantage still the judges are coming from the other country and judged the performance and score without biases. Base on the statistics and records the Philippines is the one who dominates the game.,

Wow! I'd never expect for the Philippines to be leading with the Gold medals but to be expected for the host country but I didn't want to talk about that, I think the Philippine players really are in condition or maybe the opposing countries players are on a jet lag and maybe having difficulty in getting here in the Philippines,

The thing about E-sports games on the SEA Games this year they got a variety of popular games to choose from and right now they are also considering E-sports as a great addition to showcase talents and skills that are not also seen on Sports that required strength and unbelievable speed. and I didn't see any Onehash special betting on which country would acquire the most Gold but if you got some link, please post it here so everyone can sure bet on it.

I hope they can keep up that way all our athletes that are expected to deliver, really deliver on the first two days of the events, we will see many more medals when the track and fields and boxing are held, hopefully, the coming storm will not have an impact on the many events, there's a big possibility that we can become number one in medal tally, and all criticism will be stopped once we finish with the most medal.

For those of you who still don't know why the Philippines is leading the gold medal tally it's because the host country has the ability to add sporting events where they think they would win that is why we have sports like Dancesports, Arnis, and E-sports in our sporting events where Dancesports and Arnis is where most of the Philippines' gold medal are in their first day. Just like what happened during the 2017 SEA games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Southeast_Asian_Games) where Malaysia is the host and they won the most gold medals at 145 gold medals and in 2011 SEA games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Southeast_Asian_Games) where Indonesia is the host and they earned the most medals with 182 gold medals. So the Philippines is also doing the same technique on why some host countries are leading in the medal tally.

It is already added and this is the born of e-sports being added to a known sporting competition which is the Sea games. So, expect that by next Sea games these e-sports are already included.

I don't play the other e-sports but I'd love to watch them to show my support and bet with Dota 2 because it's the only e-sport where sports bookie have it while the other games, they don't have it.

Bad news?


https://ph.yahoo.com/news/evacuations-philippines-typhoon-cancels-sea-games-event-080008266.html

I just hope though that everyone in the Philippines will be safe, not just the athletes. I know it's a bummer that some of the games will be cancelled because of the storm, but safety first.

Yeah surprisingly that e sports have been added and all country agree to enlist these famous games. Of course our Country (host) have probably selected the most famous players. It's been years since its the booming of e sport and Filipinos are fond of playing these games. I'm not saying this is a good sport but famous and other countries agree to it that's why it is included.

Aside from Basketball, I'm also gonna watch the games for the DOTA 2 and Mobile Legends.

Medal Tally

|Country	| Gold	| Silver	| Bronze	| Total
Philippines	|22	|13	| 9	|44
Vietnam	|10	|13	| 9	|32
Thailand	|5	|4	|12	|21
Malaysia	|4	|2	|2	|8
Singapore	|3	|3	|5	|11
Indonesia	|2	|4	|5	|11
Cambodia	|0	|3	|6	|9
Myanmar	|0	|2	|8	|10
Brunei	|0	|2	|2	|4
Laos	|0	|0	|2	|2

wow this is a great start for our beloved country and the athletes that fighting for us,this is more than enough to consider that at least in the beginning we get to be on top position.
because we know that as the event progress the other countries will cope up and may take the rank from us(hopefully now)
but i strongly believe that our homecourt advantage will give us wisdom to maintain this great position.to all Pinoy Be proud.

Philippines leads the medal tally, little bit surprised with that result when see the second place is Vietnamese, and it is also strange to see that Indonesia is outside the top 5, don't know maybe the sports that has been the target of the medal has not yet started the match.

I agree, there's a lot of surprised from the sporting community to see Vietnamese fighting it out wit the host nation Philippines in the top of medal standing. Maybe Indonesia didn't sent their best athlete or it's just that the Vietnamese has fully prepared for this event.

No storm can stop the Philippines from winning more golds, just saw the mens and womens 3x3 basketball team into the semi finals. And I think they will be surely gunning for a sweep with a gold medals in both division. Goodluck!!!

I think the Philippine's ranking was boosted by the arnis event, which is the country's national martial arts. It was only in the game lineup twice, in 2005 and this year - both while the Philippines was hosting. I'm surprised no one's complaining about that too yet.


Thailand and Vietnam are strong contenders no matter who's hosting. I'd say they're fairly safe to bet on.

I haven't seen the medal won per event yet but the last event that I saw where Philippines dominated was the Dancesport.

What do you mean by "complaining about that too"? Are you expecting guest countries to complain about the inclusion of Arnis in the sea games? They cannot do that because the host country can include "local" sports or non-olympic as part of the competition from what I know.

Arnis was added to SEAG thrice already (first was 1995). Dancesport was also added after a decade of not being part of the competition.

And basically arnis being the national sport of the philippines is not an issue there. Other country have arnis as their sport as well and they should take into account that it is a part of the competition. I think what we better discuss here is to start gambling who will win in other sports category. Especially in sports that are widely shared by most country.

we are just started mate,rankings will change eventually as days passed by.

remember that Vietnam,Indonesia,Thailand and Malaysia are the biggest competitor from the start so let us hope of continuity and in the end we will get the Final total.

I will make the Philippines the overall champion for the sea games competition this time. They will compete with Vietnam and Thailand. However, the factor as the host of the organizer will clearly benefit the Philippines to win as many gold medals as possible. Even the table while they have won 38 gold medals away from their closest competitors.

I will conclude now that Philippines will be the overall champion , as what yku can see , it has the most number of gold among other countries. And based on the current ranking they remain as the number one. Wish that in other olympics they will bring home the bacon too. What happen to timor leste by the way? I hope that they will get any medal or a cetificate of participation also, I am proud of them for being there and continue fight with pride and dignity. 

It will more likely to happen as the host team really getting the rhythm of winning the most numbers of golds, though there's still time for other countries to catch up but this second day results takes the advantages for the PH participants. Those  known games like weight lifting and 3x3 basketball are well dominated today and adds up more golds for team PH.  The motto of "We win as One" is really inspiring and the delegates are owning it.

I believe Philippines will be the overall winner in this current SEA games competition and of course we benefited from being the host. Yes Philippines almost have player on all events listed in the SEA games and that what makes them have the advantage. Though the competition is not yet over but I sensed that Philippines is on the right track on the medal tally.

As day 2 concludes, the Philippines is still at the top of the medal ranking with 38 Gold, 21 Silver and 14 Bronze. The Philippines is performing well in front of the home crowd. The host country is way ahead, while Vietnam is in second place with 15 Gold. The competition still have nine days to go. Other participants can still catch up in the ranking.

https://i.imgur.com/1MgEBLw.png

I guess it's just the question on how many golds the Philippines is going to win at this games. They have dominated it so far and it's going difficult for other countries to catch up because there are still events that favoured the Philippine athlete.

For the record though, Vietnam sent a total of 890 athletes , so it's really surprising to see them in the second spot:

(1) Philippines (1868) (host)
(2) Indonesia (1702)
(3) Singapore (1591)
(4) Thailand (1473)
(5) Malaysia (1076)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Southeast_Asian_Games

^ As I expected, the country of the Philippines has many great athlete players for sure they will lead when it comes to the rewards. The second advantage is they are a host and also the home court so, it has higher chances of winning compared to other countries. Well, I saw that the said country will lead to achieving many gold medals on this SEAG 2019 that held in the Philippines. Congrats to all of them.

Today one of the remarkable events happening in the Philippines, many countries went to compete and give a chance to win their different gold, silver, and bronze medal for their country. But there's a country which dominates the game that was the Philippines from nothing the medals they already got is over 50 and there are the number one who got the most of the gold. There are some legendary players in their field who represent the Philippines even they are old. If you are trying to look at the updated statistics of the sea games, no one can defeat this country.

Perfect opening, great facilities and great performances by the Philippine athletes, so far so good for the Philippines I hope they can keep up, there is a typhoon coming, I hope everything will be safe, this is such a perfect event for the Philippines except for the coming typhoon, there's a big possibility that the Philippines will end on top of the medal standing.

I didn't expect this news, it really makes me proud as a Filipino. Now, the government is aware and should always fund our athletes regarding training and misc to improve them. The Philippines is earning a lot of Gold medals and surely tomorrow, they will gain again a lot of it.

The sea games are worth to watch but sadly, I don't have enough money to watch it live. I would like to see beautiful event places like in Rizal memorial stadium.

Kudos to SEA countries!  ;)

I hope all the Filipino are happy seeing their country competing and topping the medal race. I am sure there would be joy and event of celebration all over the Philippines. I already know that Philippines will top the medal list , but it will be interesting to see how many gold medals they would get in the end.

I am very satisfied with the results of the Indonesian national team volleyball match. they managed to beat Vietnam in the group stage with a very convincing score of 3-0. I hope this can be a very good start for Indonesia because predictions from the beginning will indeed face Thailand in the race for the gold medal later. Without reducing respect for other countries, Southeast Asia specifically for volleyball is still controlled by Thailand and Indonesia

We still have many days before the SEA games end so I'm hoping that we can get a lot more medals. The other countries are great too, they fight for their country just to bring a medal to their nation. We're just lucky enough to have supporters that boost the confidence of our athletes 'cause we're the host of this event.

Still, we win as one!

Honestly, ticket rates are cheap. At least on the majority of the venues.

Although, when I say cheap, obviously don't expect a ringside nor front seat. :D But believe me, for example, lower boxes seats of MOA arena isn't that far from the main stage as everyone thought while watching in a Live TV broadcast. Been there about 5 to 6 times.

Even outside venues do have cheap ticket rates. Although if you are from Manila, you will should transport fees so better just stick around the Manila venue. :)

I agree that volleyball is a fight between Thailand and Indonesia, but basketball is with the Philippines control. I still think though that Indonesia will still fight for a better position in the medal standing.

Congrats to the Philippines,  being the host has its advantage, but to be fair they really put up a spectacle in the opening and they have a strong contingent specially Carlos Yulo, who would have thought that Filipinos will excel in world gymnastics?

a few days ago there was a new where the president ordered that the tickets for the SEA games be given free to the public except for basketball, football and
volleyball since they were sold out before the tickets became free to the public. the only problem now is your fare.

The reason why every venue is full of audience.

Aside from cheap tickets for sale, there are free tickets too.

I just check some of the ticket prices and I can say that some do have an affordable rates that even a student can avail of it. Lucky those who lived at nearby venues. In the MOA arena, lower box C only cost Php50 with the lower box a at Php 250. What a price and in exchange, you will see our athletes especially our own bastketball team since this sports will be played at these arena.

Volleyball is one of the most effective sports for Indonesia to get medals. We also have great chances to get medals from badminton as I believe Indonesia is still the best for badminton compared to other South East Asian countries. Hopefully all athletes will play their best to reach the target, Indonesian President wants to see Indonesia to be on top 2 and I also believe most Indonesian also hope the same although it will be hard since other countries collected more medals already till now.

Yes. Aside from the usual free tickets for volunteers, it will be given to others too. I just don't know how's the process or how and when will be the release of those tickets. AFAIK, no instructions yet as of now.

And the best thing here? People who able to purchase tickets prior to opening didn't ask for any reimbursements. They consider that as a form of support for PH athletes. Didn't able to check the ticket price prior to opening so I don't have an idea how much are those.

Better sell their tickets cheap rather than expensive where only few can afford.
At least with bigger audience, the athletes may have added motivation to do their best.
Sometimes those cheers can help them in boosting their morale and so they will do their best shot as long as they can.

But the typhoon is making some delays, hope their weather will be good again.
And the latest updates of gold medals says PH is leading in the pack.

Yeah right, I don't see any reason for those who bought in advance to ask for  reimbursement since it's also been a form of support for filipino athletes. Are there many sponsored for the athletes in this current SEA games?

Definitely all the Filipino athletes are supported by the government while there are some athletes who were sponsored by private firms. One example of this, Philippine's women basketball team is sponsored by Blackwater.

To be honest, there's no kaching left to me because I spent it all in my project study to finish my degree.  :D
So even it's very cheap like the typical ticket of events in SMX, I can't afford to buy it or even pay commute fare.

Still have enough time to collect medals from those sports that they've known to be dominating. Though the competitions is tough as the host country
already gathered a lots of gold but there's still more sports that other countries can win the medals and add it up to their tally. They just need to work out and make more competitions to win.

It could be that Vietnam is preparing very well for this Sea Games and it seems like the power map has begun to change

I know it bro and hopefully happen, ranked second is good enough in my opinion for Indonesia.


Yes no doubt with badminton, if Indonesia player playing consistency, but I just read news that Indonesia Female  team lost from Thailand 1-3.

You are 100% right. It is very difficult to compete with Philippine basketball in Southeast Asia. They are the best for the men's sector. I'm sure the gold medal will indeed be theirs.Maybe in this part of Southeast Asia each country has at least 1 sport that is very prominent in terms of achievement

Unfortunately, Basketball is just counted as 1 medal so no matter how many basketball players were entered, its just 1 medal.
We are hoping the the Magician Efren Bata Reyes will bring the Gold to the Philippines too.

Medal Tally

|Country	| Gold	| Silver	| Bronze	| Total
Philippines	|41	|25	| 16	|82
Vietnam	|18	|24	| 21	|63
Indonesia	|11	|14	|15	|40
Malaysia	|11	|2	|11	|24
Thailand	|7	|10	|19	|36
Singapore	|5	|9	|13	|27
Cambodia	|1	|5	|17	|21
Myanmar	|1	|2	|20	|26
Brunei	|1	|4	|5	|10
Laos	|0	|0	|6	|26

There's still a lot of games where other countries can get their Gold.

With the stats above its very clear that Philippines currently dominating the number of gold collected so far and it means there is a big chance that they collect more number of gold once the tournament ends very soon compared other country, I will try to watch a live game especially basketball since its one of the most anticipated and exciting game to watch in this competition, go Team Pilipinas..   

Did not know Vietnam sent so few competitors and yet they are second in the table, I think that truly says a lot about them

Singapore as usual has a lot of athletes whose nationalities are only recently Singaporean. I guess in the modern age it does not matter anymore,,, but good to see the power is shifting. Philippines sports is so strong if only other things got the same funding!

Filipino athletes are hauling medals. Such amazing performance from the host country. But, of course, more than the competitions, we win as one!

On a side note, I hope the cyclone Tisoy will not cause too much disruption to the games as well as the schedules.

The opening was an amazing and thrilling experience. Even watching it on television made people excited. All the countries participating have good players and winning is not the most important thing. A fair and passionate game makes fans happier even if their team loses. Sportsmen are famous for their struggles and guts. The government of Philippines has done a great job and efforts of every single participant is appreciated.

Speaking of volleyball though, the Philippines lost to Vietnam in their opening game.


https://www.rappler.com/sports/specials/sea-games/246356-results-women-volleyball-philippines-vietnam-december-3-2019

Well as I have said they are not heavily favoured here. But they put up a good fight as per the news, they just feel short. Nothing to be ashamed though, Vietnam is tough as nails just look at the medal standings.

China will give some tough time and somehow, I feel like this is going to win badminton. What differentiates the team is their built-in thirst and passion. They really do not know when to give up or stop. Even if Indonesia or Malaysia will manage to win, it wont be as easy a task as it used to be. I was more excited about basketball, chess and all swimming games but the whole event is fun and full of thrill.

Thanks, thats my point of posting the number of athletes each country has sent in this SEA games. And surprisingly, Vietnam with less than a thousand athletes are giving a strong showing.


I'm not familiar with the Singaporean case.

Philippines have been very good in sports, its that it just luck funding to sustain it's sports program and of course the athletes, but since the games is held in the Philippines, no necessary fundings like air fare or food for the continent that's why they're performing very well.

The food in the sea games athlete's village are so good or delicious that the Malaysian coach is worried that their delegates will be overfed  :D


I also read some feedback that says it's a strategy by the host country to keep the other competitors out of shape :D
That's not true of course but that still sounds funny...."If you can't beat them, feed them"

Just picking on this. Cloudbet are offering odds for the Soccer tournament which is obviously at a critical point, with the final Group games being played.

With the Philppines at 1.02 needing a big win against Timor to go through the correct score could be an interesting bet. Timor have played three, lost three, scored one, conceded 12.

See the latest odds here (https://www.cloudbet.com/en/sports/international-youth/u22-southeast-asian-games/c7800/match-odds?utm_source=bitcointalk&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=1219-asia-games)

https://i.imgur.com/dZlkrBX.png?1

I'm amazed by the number of gold medals that have been won by the host (Philippines). I monitor from the official site https://gms.2019seagames.com/rs2019 the position of the Philippines is still unable to be shifted by other countries, most likely the Philippines will continue to be in its current position (first place) until the end of the event.

Not a valid thing to presume on because performance of athletes cant be seen just because they do have less expenses and also the funding been talking is on pertaining with Sports are like facilities,
trainings and other stuff that enhances a countries athletes not typically talking about fare and food expenses.Imho thats the thing what he do trying to say.

Basing on statistics i can say that PH is really dominating but not totally a guaranteed thing for them to be confident yet vietnam isnt really that far to close the lead.

Who's with the sentiment of feeling sad for Timor Leste?

I hope that they'll be able to get their first medal whether it will be gold, silver or bronze. They're still a new country and hoping that in other games they'll dominate and continue to improve with their focused games.

What other sports you'll get to list Ronnie?

They are just beginning to coup up with the SEA games. Since they are new to this kind of competition, I think it's understandable that they might not win any medal. So maybe in the future if they have established their sports programs, they might as well be a tough competitor in SEA games.

It is understandable and noticeable base on their performances for the past Sea games. They need to invest on their facilities and training so that their athletes will be able to compete toughly and improve as well. Just like the other countries, they went through this kind of hardship.

I wish that before this sea games 2019 ends, they'll get a medal or more.

It's like PH when competing in a global tournament, few medals, but never received such a strong recognition by others.

And Timor Leste is not a new country. They are just new in terms of joining the South East Asian organization.

But I believed they can grab at least a bronze medal or even better. The event is far from over. They still have time.

The Philippine contingent is showing great performance, they are loaded with good talents and this SEA is good preparation for great things to come, it's good preparation for next year Olympic, well have athletes to watch out from the Philippines that will have a good potential in the Olympic two of these are Diaz and Yulo.

Correction, China isn't part of this event.

Just LOL ;D. Well, that just to show hospitality by offering foods and not to get them hungry it's on them to maintain their diets.

I believe they can grab some medal as well and I believe that the variety of sports been there on the SEA Games at least a few of it they should excel on it.

same here bro,was looking for at least ranked number 2 is enough,but as days goes by now we are getting more and more medals specially Gold,so maybe this is another record to happen as it was very long when we are in the top position.

Sadly we are beaten by Vietnam in Women's volleyball when this is the game were expecting to get a Big chance of gaining our Gold again.

Glad to see the Indonesian Badminton men's team beating Malaysia 3-1 in Final and winning a gold medal.

Malaysia and Thailand have good badminton players and this will be a difficult opponent for Indonesia badminton athletes in individual numbers.

Hopefully in the badminton match in individual numbers Indonesia can get gold medals from men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles.


And now Indonesia behind Malaysia with difference 5 gold medal. There is unexpecting result sad to see this.

Medal Tally

|Country	| Gold	| Silver	| Bronze	| Total
Philippines	|52	|33	| 19	|104
Vietnam	|23	|27	| 25	|75
Malaysia	|19	|9	|17	|45
Indonesia	|14	|21	|21	|56
Singapore	|9	|10	|16	|27
Thailand	|8	|14	|21	|43
Cambodia	|1	|3	|17	|21
Myanmar	|1	|6	|20	|27
Brunei	|1	|5	|5	|11
Laos	|0	|0	|6	|6
Timor-Leste	|0	|0	|0	|0

I heard Timor-Leste already won its 1st Silver Medal for Taekwondo, I am still waiting for the medal tally from a site that I am following to update its records. The Filipino community is cheering for Timor-Leste to get their 1st medal. This afternoon 4:00PM they (Timor-Leste) will face Under-22 Azkals. Cambodia will face Malaysia today as well.

this is one sad part for the former dominant country.Indonesia sitting in 4th place while Philippines is really making another momentum to stay on Top 1 until the competition ends.

no wonder what will be the critics says after the comeback of Philippines in the number 1 position?

cant wait to see this ending like favoring the Host country.

Philippines' men basketball team will start their quest for yet another gold at the SEA games tonight against Singapore.

This may sound overkill as the Philippines is sending it's best players at this regional meet but we are the host country and it's only appropriate to send the best rather than sorry if anything happens.

Odds for this game on my sportsbook:

Singapore:14.28   Philippines = 1.01

Expect this kind of odds when Gilas is playing.

we need to do everything even overkilling opponents because we are thirsty in taking the "overall champion"

even the other country will do the same because this is a rare occasion when an athlete will play infront of their family,friends and countrymen  so expect the full blast from their part.

we are all aiming for this for long time so now that the chance is ours?we will take it at any chance as long as legal and not against the rules.

Proud to be Pinoy and will always be.

What do you expect, Gilas has been campaigning in world stage, and are just really above the rest of the SEA neighbours as far as basketball is concern, and then hosting it this year? yeah it will be overkill. And unless something back luck struck Gilas, I would say that everyone is just fighting for the silver medal, no disrespect to other nations. But Gilas will dominate the basketball game in this tournament.

Philippines ruled the sea games and they are the no.1 in terms of ranking and medals especially in the game arnis. They got 14 gold medals in that game alone. I'm fully sure that the Philippines will be the no.1 at the end of the sea games even there are also strong athletes from other countries like Vietnam and Malaysia.

I think it's expected that the Philippines will dominate the 5x5 basketball competition in this SEA games. Now that the Philippines is sending their best players it's more like your expected odds is inevitable.

They will definitely dominate the basketball tournament, the Gilas Pilipinas have a solid roster and they can rule the tournamanet. It is really expected that they will get the gold medal amd for me the team of Gilas Pilipinas is unstoppable. I do not say that the roster of other nation is weak but the Gilas have advantage to them.

This tournament was expected to be dominated by the host country knowing how they handled this league for so long. Today they over-killed the Singaporean team with 52 points differentials.  All went well for the team gilas they play as one and it's so nice to see how they perform with one
intentions. No ball-hog all of them contributed what they've supposed to do inside and outside the court. Good job.

They've became a new first sovereign state by 2002  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor#History) that's why I've considered them a new country. Anyway, yes they are a new member of the ASEAN/SEA.

The twitter world is full of support for them and we're all hoping that something good is about to happen for them. I'm wishing them the best and believing too that their first medal this 30th SEAg will be taken before it ends.

This is the updated medal tally for now.
LAST UPDATE: Dec 04, 2019 10:35 PM (PH TIME)

Source of this picture is PHISGOC SEA GAMES SERVER.
You can check daily updates of the medal tally in this website: https://sports.inquirer.net/sea-games#ixzz679LRQcvN

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Let's support Timor Leste, they deserve a medal too in the sea games. We win as one!

Another Filipino Legend, Efren "Bata" Reyes, beats Thailand’s Thongchai Punyawee in the mens 1 cushion carom.


https://sports.inquirer.net/376815/still-got-it-bata-reyes-handily-beats-thai-foe-in-sea-games-carom

I'm sure a lot of Filipinos is also following this sports, and I do hope that Efren gets his first SEA game gold medal. He is thru to the semis, and will face Dinh-Nai Ngo of Vietnam, also a be medalled cushion player. So it's going to be a tough competition ahead of Efren. But definitely I'll support Efren here and do hope he wins gold.

Hi sunsilk,

At the moment it is just the soccer, but if you tell me which events you are most interested in I can at least make the request, without being able to promise anything  ::)

Nice to hear that Efren still has it. This is his last hurrah before he retires from this sports. I hope he gets a gold medal on this one.

This is almost a sure gold for the Philippines. You can see the height difference and the experience from the players. Some of the Ph basketball players in the current roster have FIBA world experience.

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I am excited for the first-ever eSports event in SEA games. The games for MBLL, Starcraft and HearthStone will start today. Which country do you think will dominate eSports?

The Philippines has a continuous winning streak these days and it gathers more gold reward over Malaysia and Vietnam which I believe that it could rally more winning until the end of SEA games. Being a host country really gives an advantage to the players and feels comfortable with the place. We have only 7 days left before it ends up but I believe that the Philippines will keep on the track.

But I'm watching and hoping that the 3 bottom countries could make some medals for they are still struggling hard to win. Too bad to think that they'll go home with nothing. Though some Pinoy is cheering up for Timor Leste to help them boost but sadly they still can't make to win.

I was interested to figure out the match Vietnam vs Thailand for soccer today and as the defender champion Thailand will attempts to win because if they draw or lost then possibly they cannot went to knockout phase and for other Group i think Cambodia can able to make good achievement because they can beat Malaysia and with Myanmar they went to semifinal match waiting next opponents

what is much best on this?the ball game was not Efrens favorite yet he is movin forward,he admitted that this carom(carambola) was not really his game but since we have no representative so he get the Job.
this is one sad thing about Philippine ASKALS because they have been eliminated even they got the wins.though thats the rules we must obey and follow.

who is timor leste  ?  a philipino too or from other countries  ? thats nice to know that philipine guys are cheering for other contestants which shows how good and kind they are  . being helpful  to others are i think the reason on why they are blessed to win on games  like this  .  hosting a country indeed gives advantage its because its thier homecourt which means they are more familiar on the environment and also confident because thier are many country men that support or cheer for them

Timor Leste is a country bro, not a man. They always on the bottom of the medal tally on SEAG as they send only a few athletes may be because of budget constraint as this country is poorer than other ASEAN countries but the good with that country is they always sent contingents.

Because it is not being played around the world as compare to 8 or 9 ball, that's why he said that it is least of his favourite. Bet we all  know Efren, he is very humble person, he usually doesn't admit that this is what started him in billiards as far as I know. So let's hope that in his last hurrah, he can finally gets a deserving gold medal here.

Timor Leste is a country bro. Eventhough I am not so familiar about this country, it seems they are just new to join the Southeast Asian Nation. People joining the SEA games encouraged this country to win atleast one medal in their name so that every Nation joining the competition will bring home a medal.

you should Visit Philippines to find how Hospitable and Kind people Filipino is,Cheering for other country is much appreciated as Timor Leste has been underdog and a small country so they need some support and Filipino does this for them.
blessed and READY for the GAmes thats why success is nearly on the pocket.
well thats the advantage right,and also a chance to make another History in Sports.

Right, it was used to be under the control of Indonesia, but they relinquished everything giving birth to a new nation, Timor Leste. So it's a fairly young country to begin with, but they try to send athletes in SEA games because they are now part of it.

That's why they're being cheered for, just imagine you and your friends for many years and then you have someone joining your group. Of course you are going to support them whatever you can and this is what what the host country is doing, egging them to give their best shot to win a medal, doesn't matter what colour is it.

https://i.imgur.com/pg9TfcW.png

the results until this day and I'm surprised with Timor Leste.. to date they haven't even gotten one medal, the quality of their athletes is still very poor.

Okay lets add up some links for more search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor  8)

Just surprised that they arent even getting a single medal? They should at least improve their athletes for next years SEA games.
A single medal to be won would really be a having that proud feeling for their country.hehe.

Host country is dominating but 2nd and 3rd place isnt really that far away to catch up.

At age 65 and still representing your country, what best can you ask for? Not many can say that. It does not matter if it is 9 ball, 8 ball or carom, as long as it has cue stick and ball, he is fine with it.

Maybe their country is not that developed yet. To be honest, I never know Timor Leste existed until now.

Philippines is currently leading which makes me proud as a Filipino. Although there have been many issues about poor preparation before the game officially start, our athletes manage to bring back the pride of our country. Though I am happy with the standing of the Philippines right now, I feel bad about Timor-Leste athletes for having no medals yet. I've heard that Filipinos showed their support towards Timor-Leste. Some netizens were actually cheering for Timor-Leste to motivate the athletes to do well in SEA Games.
I hope their athletes would gain more spirit and to win a medal before the SEA games end.

Sad to say that I was wrong that TNC members will be representing the DOTA team for the Philippines since they are currently participating in a International competition which is the Leipzig Major. This was actually announced last two months ago and I totally forgot that there was a roster change. The only good news I see is that other pro players for other countries are missing as well since they are part of the Leipzig Major so it is pretty much a fair game for all in DOTA 2.

Okay, thanks for the response Ronnie I've already seen that you have basketball so that's already fine.  ;)

Group stage for Leipzig's major is on January 2020 so there's no conflict with the schedule and this is a different league from what we have on Sea games right now. The roster of team PH AFAIK went through several screening and probably same format as tournament qualifier and IIRC, it's around 77 pro players(all games included) but luckily, Team Adroit was chosen with 2 reserve players from other team.

Latest medal count:

https://i.ibb.co/r03c0mz/Screen-Shot-2019-12-06-at-5-28-20-PM.png (https://ibb.co/QQkCQfT)

Indonesia now catching up with Vietnam in the second place of the medal standing. Also Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand is also fighting it out for the 4th-6th place.

https://tv5.espn.com/story/_/id/27336450/2019-sea-games-team-philippines-schedules-news-results

Wow, Brunei just got their first ever gold medal. Congratulations to them.

I thought earlier today or yesteday that there's already a medal for TL but it turns out to be a fake news.

Yep, you are one step ahead of me. Odds for for Philippines vs Vietnam available here (https://www.cloudbet.com/en/sports/international/sea-games/c22018/game-lines?utm_source=bitcointalk&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=1219-asia-games), 34.5 point spread..... :o

Yes, there's a lot of buzz around TL and I do hope that all countries at least win a gold medal here.

Interesting to see Indonesia surging ahead, any particular sports though that made the push to tie with Vietnam? So expect a close fight between the two nation, Indonesia has more athletes so I'm expecting them to overtake Vietnam in the last days of the game.

Edit: as per the link, Indonesia has 39 golds already as compare to Vietnam with 37.

Thank you for sharing that, good that I saw this when the game was not starting it, now it's more fun to watch this game as I have already put my bet.

I bet on the Philippines ATS, good luck to me.

This may be true but I don't think we should judge them. They may not get anything but they are trying, and as an athlete, that is amazing. Passion is what drives them and someone with a passion for what they are doing is unstoppable. Let's not judge and support our country, I am not bragging but I am proud that some of the players are from our province. I am from the Philippines By the way.

for me?that is a great achievement thinking that he can get a gold in other Ball event since Carom was not his forte (though he is good in any billiard game as i know) and what felt me bad is the issue that he is going to retire after this SEAgame?i hope not because he will be missed.
because they are not that competent so far as they are new in this event,but we must be happy for them as they are doing their best to compete even being lack of experiences,maybe in the next SEA games we will be seeing them having medals like what other country has.

Im very happy right now and for sure all Filipinos because my country Philippines is on the lead in winnings in sea games.
This is two achievement to my country because right now base on ranking Philippines is number 1 plus we are host country.
Im very proud to be FIlipino and thank you for all athletics who participated in sea games they did job well done.

Philippines will end with big disparity of lead in the medal tally, that's for sure and they were inspired because they are the host country.

And this one would also make you proud even more.

PH hailed as ‘Best SEA Games’ organizer (https://www.foxsports.ph/sea-games/1053724/ph-hailed-as-best-sea-games-organizer/)

I favor the host country they have the home and crowd advantage. Sometimes in serious moments crowd supports really matters but not at all times. In recent standings, it proves that the host country the Philippines is leading this tournament but it is not finished yet we will see in the following days.

I don't know if some betting sites cover SEA games, anyone knew?

I think it's better to post the latest update when the day will end, in PH Time were the 30th South East Asian Games is happening.

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This is the latest update of the medal tally.


The source of this medal tally was from PHISGOC SEA GAMES SERVER
Last update: Dec 06, 2019 08:32 PM

The Philippines is still the leading country that has the most medal count especially the gold medal.

agreed on this though maybe he cannot make an update in later time so he made it earlier but it is better that someone will update just like this after the games in a day.
but the number 2&3 is very close things that much awaited to see less than a week from now.

I was very surprised by the results obtained by the Vietnam men's volleyball team at the 2019 sea games event. They never won at all during the group stage. In the last match they were defeated by Cambodia with a score of 3-2. After previously they also lost to Indonesia and the host of the Philippines with a score of 3-0. Even though they were a team that had a semi-final subscription

Yes, they're close but there are also a high probability for the Philippines to win any of the medals to the remaining sports. I'm just hoping that Timor Leste gets their own medal, we all deserve a medal.


That was an unbelievable match. The country, Indonesia, was also aiming to receive a lot of medals before they go home.

FYI,, indonesia was one of the leading country in south east asia so i think they also aim to have more medals. The volleyball match was good and very surprising in the ending.

looking forward to this thread,, i want to know who will be the leading after the seagames.  ;D

With the trend of the medal tally now, Philippines is 100% the top performer in terms of the medals gathered.

The race to the second and third spot is exciting as Indonesia is catching up with Vietnam. We still have a few days before this regional meet ends but i think Indonesia will solidify their 2nd spot, so better cheer for them bro.

How many games are still in the schedule?

But what a comeback from Indonesian team, Vietnam did really good in the opening, but Indonesia come back strong and definitely seeing them to be the second spot in this meet. And as expected, the host nation win again.

I watch the opening, I just want to say congrats to Philippines as it is one of the best. Specially the drama around Manny Pacquiao carrying the torch, lol.

Indonesia is now on the second spot making more golds a part from Vietnam still anybody's spot as the game still progressing. It's on the hands of each teams to hold for the position. Though the host country really dominated everything and with the numbers of gold that they've got it can't be denied that they are getting the top position. Hope for the best outcome of this tournament.

I guess so too, but just a question on my mind is what could be the remaining sport events out there that will still be dominated by the Philippines maybe boxing right? I still haven't heard any big news regarding this event yet. For Timor Leste I have a hunch that they can get it there are still plenty of time but the thing is these athletes are eyeing for a win amd if they don't dominate on that sport I bet they can't bring home any bacon even just a bronze.

Congrats, Gilas Pilipinas won impressively, covering the spread, the score, 110-69.

@rhomelmabini - John Marvin lost in the quarter finals Men's 81-KG Light Heavyweight category, but Charly Suarez advances to the semis in the Men's 60-KG Lightweight division with a TKO win.

Finally, I have been following this thread for a week now hoping someone would post a platform that caters 2019 Seagames. other than basketball what games are available for betting in Cloudbet?

Whats the update for ph volleyball team? Anyone who watch their game?

Im too busy recently that I dont have the time to know the latest happening on the game.

Anyway glad that Ph made it for this year as most number of gathered medals.

There is the football game of Myanmar vs. Indonesia.
https://www.cloudbet.com/en/sports/international-youth/u22-southeast-asian-games/c7800/match-odds

But, maybe later they'll list the Vietnam vs. Cambodia game.

Watch out the another round of MLBB.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
08 Dec, 6:00 pm

Anyway, I just see standings on the first match.
https://i.postimg.cc/Dyd2j8Cs/IMG-20191207-182224.jpg

So far so good for the host country as they  still leading the competitions in terms of medal counts. There's still time though from other countries to catch up if they want to push it thru. There's always possibilities as the tournament still ongoing. Hope for the safe and best results for every participants.

Good news  :).

Timor Leste won't go home empty handed as Imbrolia Araujo dos Reis gives her country a bronze medal in the teakwondo event.

At least every country that participated in this regional meet had a medal now, that might boost their confidence.

This is part of e-sports in 30th sea games but I've never seen a sports book that have listed Mobile Legends on their platform.

Guys, who's happy to see that Timor Leste finally took their first ever medal? I'm happy that they've finally have it, others might not appreciate it but for us that has been supporting them is an achievement. They would probably get another medal for women's division.

Timor Leste finally gets medal at 30th SEA Games (https://www.thesummitexpress.com/2019/12/timor-leste-finally-gets-medal-2019-sea-games.html)

Ohh, you were a minute faster than me.  :)

Yes, that's very motivating on their part for sure. They won't go home having nothing.

That's great, even with the bronze medal they won't go home winless. It's an accomplishment for the new member of Southeast Asia. Timore Leste should be motivated with this accomplishment to pursue their sports program in the future.

I'm watching the Volleyball game between the Philippines and the Thailand now, I like to bet but I couldn't find a live betting for this game.

This is a good game both scored 1 per set and Philippines is on a lead now but I like to bet on Thailand.
I tried sportsbet by the way, I did not search for other sites.

If you are going to bet, better to put it on Thailand, dont get offended PH but I just want to say that thailand is better than in PH , all other games shows that all of their atlhetes are very good and well trained especially in gymnastics. Also in basketball. I also wish for more medal in Timor Leste! Im so proud and happy they got bronze medal in recently boxing competition.

Yes, I would agree that it's good to see TL win medal in this meet. Good job!.

@MWesterweele - I think volleyball in the Philippines is also huge, but I would agree that Thailand is far more superior. But let's see, they are the host country so I wouldn't be surprise if they pull some kind of upsets here.

The Philippines won though. It was a very close and exciting game. Thailand had 15-14 lead over the Philippines on set 5 but was not able to close the match. The Philippines rallied after that and close the match over a broken play. Good game. Philippines willl advance to the finals against Indonesia in the battle for gold.

Philippines got the upset and won eventually. After five sets of intense volleyball game, PH team won 3-2 against the much favored Thailand team. Though I did not bet on either side but it makes me so proud that finally Philippines won against the team that is considered to win the gold medal in men's volleyball competition.

What a comeback from the PH team, It's really an intense game especially when Thai already leading 24-21 set number 4 they almost have the
game but PH really show heart and play tough. It's a well deserve win for the PH volleyball men's team congrats, one more game to go.
Good luck and hope for the win.

Who watched the MLBB Finals between PH and Indonesia. It is another comeback from behind by the Philippines. I thought Indonesia will end this tournament without a loss but Philippines came back and won the GOLD. It was an intense game and PH shows heart by never giving up.

This is something I should be proud of so I'll share it here.
Team Sibol MLBB of the Philippines gets the very first gold medal for esports in the history of SEA Games in the Mobile Legends Competition.
The match had a 5 series games and with a score of 3-2 in favor of the PH team against the Indonesia Team.

It makes me really proud since I support our country in this Sea Games and I'm a gamer that also watches tournaments and this match really amusing to watch.

#WeWinAsOne

Me, it was an amazing fight tho! I thought team PH will gonna lose!  :D

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The last update for this week and as usual PH is still the leading country in the gold medals and medal tally.
Source from PHISGOC SEA GAMES SERVER
updated as of Dec 08, 2019 10:45 PM (PH TIME)

Reference:
https://sports.inquirer.net/sea-games#ixzz67WxES718

I have thought at first that PH team will be done for after game 3 and they are down 2-1 in favor of the Indonesian team. They really did a good job securing that game 4 to force a game 5 which they dominated. I would say Zhask was a bad pick that the Indonesians has done which cost them the gold medal to slip in their hands.

Timor-Leste added two more medals from men's boxing making it a total of three bronze now. I don't know whose initiative was it but it was great to see various social media pages cheering them up and encouraging them to win at least one for their country. Them winning is probably one of the highlights of this tournament.

Good for them to add some medal to their tally sheet, it's great initiative for people who are cheering for them to add an inspirations to keep
competing even in this tough tournament. From the experiences that they've got from here for sure they will find lessons and it will be a good
chance for them to go back to their country and start building their sports commissions.

Yes, their neighbouring countries are going to be proud of Timor-Leste winning medias in this competition. Next to surprisingly Vietnam show, them winning  could be considered as highlights of this games.

Women's Gilas team survived a scare against Malaysia and will meet Indonesia vs Thailand.

Will Gilas (men and women) sweep the basketball golds?

Sorry for little off top.. But maybe someone here will like that information.

Philippines 2019 30th Sea Games you can watch on MyTVchain - the first web TV platform dedicated to sports clubs, powered by Blockchain.

https://mytvchain.com/sea-games-2019

I guess we have the clear winner for the top country in garnering medals here. Host country has really advantage on many things. But still curious on the final tally of medals. After so many hullaballoos surrounding this event, seems that everything is going to be on their proper places.

I'm lucky I wasn't able to put my bet, yup Philippines won in the last set 17-15,.. damn,.. it could have cost me a  decent amount of money.

What a lucky night for me, congratulations for the Philippines though, they fought hard to win the semi and now we will see them in the Finals.
it's still good to fade them though?

Me! Me! Me! I agree, what a great comeback for Tean Sibol. What I can't forget is their first game. It was really intense and on fire, I didn't expect that PH will able to sneakily beat them with tower push of Chou hahaha ;D. On the second game, they were really dominated by the Indonesia but how fortunate they are to win the the crucial match which is game 3 that lead them to win game 4 as well  (probably due to momentum and boost of self confidence) and become the first SEA Games gold medalist in the MLBB discipline. The David vs Goliath finally ended, the David wins ;D.

Anyway, still props to Indonesia. They did an spectacular performance, it just so happen that PH got a good night.

Seems to me that the host team will win the most medal tally not only in gold's but also in silver and bronze. The current standing can tell it all and it's hard to coup up with the lead like this. Advance congratulations to the Philippines for a well played SEA games competition.

Yes, I think it's impossible to catch up with the Philippines in the medal standings.

If I'm not mistaken, there are still a lot of sports that Philippines is expecting to win gold, it's just a battle on who will win the second place because it looks like a tight race between Vietnam and Indonesia.

There are still a lot of games and Indonesia might win it. According to the medal tally that I've posted earlier, they need 79 medals. Although very impossible to our eyes but I think if they do their best, they can defeat the Philippines when it comes to the medal tally. Well, all of us already won 'cause all of the countries had their own medals.  :D

I'm just looking forward now for Timor Leste, they have now 1 bronze award and that's very amusing 'cause we all deserve at least 1 medal in this sea games.

dont also get offended but being Filipino i think it is better to bet in your own countrymen whatever the outcome of the game because this shows support and may bring positive outcome(but it is proven since PH won the game)
well if they are really Good and trained then why not having the Number 1 position?sorry mate but this is just a practical question ,no personal attachment.
in here we will both agree as i am also praying before for Timor to have even at least 1 medal but they Got 3 now.Congrats to Timor leste.

And this will be in the history!
Who have thought you can be some kind of an athlete by just playing games. Who knows some random by standers will be the next big thing Team Sibol.

However, I don't know why MLBB isn't included on the sportsbook.

Anyway, 2 days to go before SEAG ends, let's see how this ends.

When is the schedule for the Finals, and what are the odds of the Finals?

I'll probably bet on whoever the underdog on the game.
Philippines was good they won and big part was the support of the fellow country, I like to see them how they will perform in the Finals.

with just days before the event ends?i think no country can take the number 1 rank from the Philippines though the  lower ranked may change at anytime soon.but surely the host country will be the champion this SEAGames
yeah Vietnam and Indonesia is struggling to take the second Place as their Gold and silver is very close and i think there will be a changes in the next days.

I haven't watched this but since one of the player from the Philippines is from our city, I am so proud about the outcome. I am not saying, we should not be proud if they aren't from our vicinity, but the problem here is we've conducted a game and I bet on the Indonesia. This will be fine, I just lost not too much.

I also never been watched nor placing my bet but when I saw your post saying that you are placing your bet in the Indonesian team instead of our own country. I know the team SIBOL will gonna make it, I can't imagine now due to inspiring them there are probably a lot of Filipinos that will inspire and play ML bang bang!.

Yes, I'm from the Philippines and I'm also proud of what they are achieved now 113 gold medals, 87 silver medals, and 91 bronze medals that they produce, that was the amazing performance in our Filipino athlete who competes for this SEAG 2019 event.

The Philippines leads the medal achievement far enough, it is difficult for the country in the second place to catch up, at the moment there is fierce competition between Indonesia, Vietnam and Thainland, there are still 3 days left so still a few matches that allow the ranking to change.

Tomorrow Indonesia soccer team will play againts Vietnam in Finals, Can't wait to watch the match and see my country get gold medal for soccer I hope so.

So there are 397 Gold medals awarded already and there are still around 132 Gold medals up for grab. I say "around" because there are cancelled games when the country was hit by Typhoon Tisoy. If Philippines already have 113 Gold Medals, that means 21% of the Gold medals has been awarded to them. Thanks to Arnis, Philippines received 14 Gold medals in that event alone. Timor-Leste now have 1 Medal which is a Bronze.

I am just curious, do we have a betting line prior to the game about which country will win most medals?

I would have bet for the Philippines if there's a line like that, sad that it's already late when I knew that there's a betting on this competition.

wow have just checked now and damn it is real that Philippines Won the Gold from MLBB ,this is how great Pinoys and very competent to try the World chanpionship again next year.
would love to know as well if there is one but i am sure since Philippines is in advantage the betting is stopped.

anyway advance Greetings to the Philippines as for sure they will be the SEAGames most gathered medals this time.

Precisely, the numbers from the ongoing results definitely stating that the host country really dominating everything. Not surprising since they have
most of the game from each competitions, they have representatives from each types of games making it as an advantages to the country. Almost done
and there's still expected medals from each events that still ongoing.

I don't think there is. I've also been looking for medal tally betting on sea games for a week and I can't seem to find anything about it. may the gambling site be crypto gambling site or just a Fiat gambling site.

No doubt that their will be addition on their medal tally since the competition is still ongoing  until tommorow. What surprises me is the esports where team Philippines won against team Indonesia in a mobile legends match. Knowing that Indonesians are the champions of the m1 world championship and they are heavily favored against the Philippines team.

I was very impressed with Filipino surfer Roger Casugay who rescued surfers from Indonesia who were swept away by the waves on the coast of La Union Philippines in the 2019 SEA Games match.
actually surfer Roger Casugay from the Philippines can donate a gold medal as host, but he prefers to leave the race and save Indonesian athletes and heroic action by Roger Casugay gets a good response from the public and the Indonesian president.

i dont think MLBB will added on betting sports , because i cleary see this game have imbalance on their hero.
that why i choose DOTA as a good E sports game,not meant to compare but the fact , balance of game play on MLBB is very lack.

Speaking of DOTA, the fight for Gold is on play between Thailand and the Philippines. The game is tied at 1 match apiece. Who do you think will win this game? Thailand has shown their prowess in game 2 but I will go with the Philippines to win here. Nothing special, I just want to support my fellow Filipinos.

Ok, so this is what he did that's why I see his name lately when checking updates about the regional games. Class act indeed. I'm looking for some boxing news, last time I read, 10 Filipinos make it to the finals (men and women) and I'm wondering how they did to the finals.

of course there is special about DOTA Philippine team because they are one of the best not only in South East Asia but in the whole world so for me if there is a betting site for E-Sport?i will go for the Philippine and not in Thailand because we are good at this and been showing that for years .
after SEA-games DOTA tteam of Phil will compete in DOTA world competition next year.

That's more like true, I would also choose DotA over MLBB since there is a big difference in the hero balance and the hero pool will only depend on roles and not on the combo of skills.

What makes it special is actually it is a history since they are the first team who got a gold medal on Seagames esports category.


DotA is for sure a majority choice but actually not all of the people can't afford to buy a computer that's why they prefer mlbb and although theirs an hero unbalance selections by them but for sure it's all matter on convenience and almost all people use smart phones and for sure they will select mlbb since it's easy to play on.

Yes! Do you also read what President of Indonesia said to Mr Casugay? He is very impressed for what the Filipino surfer did. Also, he bags the Gold Medal! What a wonderful surfer he is. But I am more happy now because me and my friend have a bet, whether east timor will get any medal , I bet on they will get atleast bronze then I won.

Yeah right the recognition of his goodwill noticed by the indonesian president, He was been address for his heroic act savong the indonesia surfer.
It gained more positive impacts and creates good example to mankind. It's not always about the medal and winnings but what is important  is
saving life. Good job for doing what is good before thinking of anything else.

Another gold medal in eSports has won by the Team Sibol of the Philippines in Dota2 Competition!
The comeback is real dudes~

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This is the medal tally of this day!


This is the first update for the medal tally of this week.
Source from PHISGOC SEA GAMES SERVER
updated as of  Dec 09, 2019 10:34 PM

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Who watched the dota 2 match for today? PH made a comeback on the last match, it's just a proof that Filipinos are really good at games.


Dota2 has a good balanced while MLBB was just a copycat from LoL. Devs of MLBB weren't good to maintain their game as a balanced game. Once they release new heroes, it's very OP and must be banned in every rank game. Still, I support them as one of the leading mobile game but I think they'll disappear soon once Wild Drift from Riot released next year.

It's better to include Dota2 on betting sites, as you can see in the match, there's a comeback, there are many unpredictable moments like this so you will not predict and bet easily.  :D

I think the Philippines have an excellent player in the SEA games since it was performed in the Philippines maybe we have homecourt advantage. ;D ;D
It makes up proud to be a Filipino! :) but it was also an excellent job for other countries,

That was really heartwarming greeted by a President, well, what he did was truly heroic and what President Widodo said: "Humanity is above all", it was truly emulating as well. To Timor Leste, I bet they'll be getting more as the competition hasn't ended yet.

I have no doubt they could snatch that win.

Get curious what this new mobile game is and search for some clips on YouTube if ever there is and yes there are though it's only limited I guess to the tutorial as I haven't watched the video to the end.

This is what I've read from an article:

Well, I'm hoping it will be released as early as January if ever that is possible, I want to try this game too.

We cant say that this only talks about homecourt advantage but it is actually their players are really that good to compete with other countries.
You can see on how many gold medals they do get and overall which does signifies that they do perform well not only on homecourt reason.
Well done Philippines.

Yeah,  that was an exciting game. I really thought that Philippines already lost when Thailand was making the push. But Thailand did not end it. Philippines was down in everything: Gold, experience, towers, killls. They are dominated by Thailand in the last games but somehow Philippines kept on and made a come back. That PL made it happen. Congratulations Philippines for winning the first-ever DOTA 2 SEA games gold medal.

That act of heroism was spectacular, we can expect something the same from other participants but it just happened. Being acknowledged by the most powerful person of a country with what you've done is already more than gold medal thus, he gets both, honor and gold medal.

Congratulations to the team PH dota 2 team, this is now in the history for being the first team to take gold medal on an e-sports event which is dota 2. Props to the whole team, that blackhole was lit!

Not one but two bronze and also the love by people in the Philippines. Yes they are a small delicates but they show they can participate in any event in Southeast Asia. Now Timor Leste might be improving their sports program for the next competition they will join and that's for sure.

Betting for mens basketball finals.

line from sportsbet.
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/basketball/international/sea-games/philippines-thailand-5dee98d62555f74a3b289787

Philippines -30.5..  Do you think guys Philippines will continue to dominate and with a big margin in the Finals.
I don't know about the opponent much, do you have some information regarding the team, is the line overvalued fro PH?

If you need a big win -30.5 is good enough, the Philippines will play crazy in their own homes , but if I make a bet I will place -10.5 its good deal for me .

if you participate in this event I suggest betting on other sports like soccer and badminton it's not too difficult to choose who will win

I think Badminton has finished all the matchess, final soccer (men) is this day between Indonesia vs Vietnam, I think Indonesia will win this time but don't think there will be many goals just 1-0 for Indonesia.

The last time Indonesia won a gold medal in soccer is in 1991 was a long time ago and it happened in the Philippines too.

Agree, although Philippines is steamrolling their past opponents with huge market, I would say that it's safe to place a -10.5 here. The competition is getting tough, this is the finals already so I'm sure that this will be a big test for the Philippines.

Although they have all the tools to win this game and a gold medal again, I wouldn't shout for a -30.5 here as Thailand will try to battle it out and put a tight defense, IMHO.

yeah Homecourt Advantage is one of the reason for this success from philippine athletes remember in 2005 when we last Hosted the SeaGames we also dominated the event and getting 113 Golds .

i think what made this advantage also is when playing that our family and friends are watching,it gives more motivation and focus to win.

News 2019 SEA Games today which is the main topic is the Final of Indonesia vs Vietnam football which will compete in Rizal memoriam stadium in Manila, and I will not miss this match and Indonesia and Vietnam have previously met in the group phase with the final result 2-1 in victory by vietnam.
and I'm optimistic that Indonesia will win the final match later and become the 2019 SEA Games champion in football.
and my prediction is 2-1 for Indonesia

I made a bet with my Vietnamese office mate for this match today

https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/basketball/international/sea-games/indonesia-vietnam-5dee98d62555f7a06d289789

Loser will buy a Starbucks. Upon checking the odds, Vietnam is favored to win the match between Indonesia. Vietnam recently won the last match that they have. But I am hoping that Indonesia will bring their A game and win this one. Since she is Vietnamese, she supports the Vietnamese team. So lets see how Indonesia will slay the Vietnamese team.

I did not predict how many scores or results of the match, but I am also optimistic that Indonesia will beat Vietnam in the final. Defeat during the group stage must have been evaluated by an Indonesian coach. I think Indonesia at that time played too much so that Vietnam could freely adjust the tempo of the game. In the finals, the Indonesian game will certainly be more attacking because that is the strength of Indonesian football.

congrats for PINOY team , 5 round match is really tired , such as TI , and also i really enjoying that match , soo much comeback action there.
btw, is that player is came from unfamiliar team ?
i never heard their name before on Pub Game

You lost your bet mate, Vietnam won. Years ago, Vietnam is really behind in the basketball competition in SEA games but this year they improved a lot. I think almost half in their roster is half Vietnamese, half American. This shows that they are serious in improving their basketball program in their country. Maybe ten years from now, the game between Philippines vs Vietnam will not be lopsided anymore. 

I think not just in basketball mate, but we can see how Vietnam has vastly improved in any sports.

You just have to look at the medal standing of this meet and say that they have made a great leap. Their sports program must be really good that's why their athlete is performing well. And it's a good sign though, better competition means South East Asian countries can compete in world stage.

They changed their name for just this SEA games competition. Though there are some flaws on their plays like the Philippines when they use enigma in game 5. It was almost a useless enigma and luckily he timed his blackhole and caught 3 enemy heroes which made the turn around of the match.

Agree to that, if all the countries in the south east will keep improving then the chance of seeing new faces from the world cup will happen.
This will be another interesting game for the host country as finals are expected to be an easy task for them, looking for the odds and giving
handicap -30.5 it's interesting to bet to have a much higher winnings just in case the host country will dominate the game.

Basketball 5x5 Finals, Philippines vs Thailand  live now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC4NckpraGM

It just started and the scores are close, hopefully the Philippines will not be upset here, go for the GOLD.

It's a sure gold for the Philippines here in 5x5 basketball competition. There is no one in Southeast Asia that could stop the PH team. Though some countries in SEA are catching up to the world of basketball but it's still not enough to beat the Philippines. Philippine team now up by almost 20 points and all I could say is it's a sure gold for the host country.

Philippines will win the gold, it was a competitive first half but the Thai collapsed in the 3rd quarter allowing the Philippines to outscored them by 25 points, 3rd quarter score is 40-15 and it's hard for them to come back now, that's for sure.

Tomorrow will be the closing day the closing ceremony, congratulations to the philippines for bringing the most number of gold medals among all the southeast asian countries. Wishing for the good game in Tokyo 2020 olympics hope they will got gold too especially for gymnastics, surfing and volleyball. Congrats to all the participants! For being the pride of their company.

The Indonesian soccer team really has to accept the fact that the Vietnam Football Team is superior to them, 3-0 is a number I didn't originally predict.  it seems that the Indonesian game pattern has been read by Vietnam.

My prediction missed.Very bad game from Indonesia where there are minimal creations in attack. I only see a few shoots that lead to the Vietnam goal throughout the game. Vietnam really played very effectively by relying on a very fast counterattack. They certainly deserve a gold medal for men's soccer today. Congratulations for Vietnam.

The 3 points conversions of PH kills the Thai at that quarter plus good assist which gave them easy shots. Watching the game in the early quarters gives me interest as Thai keeps tailing but like what you have said third quarter give the Philippines huge leads and keeps maintaining not to allow the Thai to
try to comeback. Congrats to both team as they grab Gold and silver respectively.

Vietnam is a powerhouse team in Southeast Asia so it's a no brainier that they can defeat Indonesia. Though I did not expect it to be 3-0 since Indonesia is also not a bad team after all but their attack seems stagnant and they cannot go on for offense. I think I just saw them playing defense the whole match though.

I think it's much better if you say "wishing a good game in the next SeaGames" lol. Just imagine how difficult to achieved medals for ASIAN games alone so what's more in the Olympics. And for all the sports you have mentioned, even it's difficult to admit it, there is a low chance that PH can grab medals, even bronze on that sport category.

As of now, there are only 2 qualified PH athletes that can compete in Olympics, Ernest Obiena in men's pole vault and Carlos Yulo in artistic gymnastics.

Thailand can't do anything against the Philippines, was not even close, 115-81.

And it was the 13th straight gold for the Philippines in basket? Wow, what a dominance. Their women side also won the gold medal, so they really have a stronghold of this sports. No wonder why this is the number sport in the Philippines. Well done!

https://sports.inquirer.net/378553/sea-games-no-surprises-as-gilas-pilipinas-cruises-to-basketball-gold

So impressive, isn't it? ;D. Even their naturalized player can't do anything by himself alone to stop the momentum of Philippines. Everyone from the Gilas contributed on their winning victory most especially to inside offense of Abay and Stand, and Pringle's speedy moves. Anyway, I already expected their win since it was only in SEA region but everthing looks unpleasant once they go to FIBA World lol but at least they try and that's a thing which you can be proud of already :).

Yes I lost the bet and my office mate is so happy not because of the Starbucks, but her country won. She watched it live, she even asked me to to allow her to go under time (leave early from work) so she has enough time to travel and watch.

Heres's the Starbucks treat I gave to my office mate for losing the bet

https://i.imgur.com/KTCTzEEm.jpg

I wonder how they will split the incentive for every Gold medal brought home coming from the basketball team. Incentive is around $16,800 USD and they will split that among all players since Basketball is considered as just 1 Gold medal.

Looks like all the Gold Medal are already awarded, 529 Gold medal has been awarded and that makes Philippines as the over all champion with a total of 386 medals (149 Gold, 117 Silver and 120 Bronze).

Yups the game is good I think the Indonesian team was unlucky because in the final they lost important players, and in the first round they lost the central midfielder who was a key player because it was violently violated by the Vietnam players. 2nd place not bad  

The Philippines just overpowering in this competition being hometeam

Team Philippines rules 30th SEA Games with 149 gold medals

Team Philippines completed an astonishing feat 14 years in the making as the Filipino athletes delivered 149 gold medals to close the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games.

https://sports.abs-cbn.com/seagames/news/2019/12/11/team-philippines-rules-30th-sea-games-149-gold-medals-64275

Well that was fun but the result was expected. The Philippines cannot be beaten at home, the athletes start fresh and they can attend every event in the competition (something that unfortunately they can't when not hosting).

So, how many people here made a profit betting on the games?

Today is a last day for Sea Games, my country is in fourth place, the medal achievement over the target but should be able to get more gold medals.
The results of the soccer match were a little bit disappointing, never thinking about losing with a big enough score, but I appreciate the struggle of young Indonesia soccer players.

I bet for them and lost and actually i was hoping Indonesia will playing such as against Thailand for final match but unfortunately it wasn't happened and since the beginning of match they cannot out from Vietnam pressure and seems too most of players isn't in the top performance probably because for semifinal match the players play until extra time which is makes some of players tired

well we are just waiting for the closing ceremony as the formal ending of the event,and  Philippine dominates the whole occasion and prove that they cannot be beaten in their own Hometown.

so congrats to the Philippine team you have the Respect of the whole South East Asian countries.

That is OK mate, at least your country did try their best in this meet and even surpasses their expectations. Everyone struggles in sport, and I'm sure that with the young Indonesian soccer players, this is just he beginning of their journey.

140 gold for the host nation, what can we say, they really dominate this meet and with the whole crowd behind them, it is to be expected. Surprised nation here is Vietnam, they have improved a lot and I'm sure that in the next SEA games, they are going for the top spot.

Yes.. from the beginning of the game, the Vietnam team aggressively attacked the defense of the Indonesian players.  After they managed to score a goal, the Indonesian team's mentality began to decline, and the result was that the Vietnamese team won.  It's a pity the Indonesian team didn't get gold.

It's not a pity they lost, it's just the Vietnamese played well than them and get the momentum after they scored their first goal. I think the Indonesians played well on defense but they lack something when it comes to their offense.

I had done it in football and volleyball. from the start of the group stage I have started betting every match. I suffered 2 defeats in total, once in football and once in volleyball. But overall, I still benefited from the victory. Do you also bet on several branches of sea games?

I wouldn't say they should regret and blame themselves for not winning the gold. The important thing is that they have giving everything, but the breaks and experience went to the Vietnamese and they are the better team overall so they deserved it. Indonesia team is very young, so obviously, lack the experience and as you have said, mentality they have a break down in which the Vietnamese team took advantage of.

Is the incentive that really big!? :O. It's just seems small in terms of USD but on our currency it was almost a million! In my opinion, that's enough for the whole tram already. What I'm wondering right now is that how single gold medalists felt receiving almost a million pesos. What a fortunate for all of them, they already did their passion, make our country proud and got a pot of money. What else they could ask for :D?

Yes, Indonesian players cannot out from Vietnam pressure, I hope the coach will change the strategy in second round  but losing a playmaker make them more depressed.


I see two countries that prepare themselves well, namely the Philippines and Vietnam, as seen from the medals they get.

Today is closing ceremony, congratulation for Philippines who successfully organized this event.

of course enigma must be countered like that , since that hero a most contribute of team fight in general aspect. same as magnus or Earthshaker , a powerfull hero , and so far , TNC.Tims have a most beautiful blackhole.
btw about name . are u sure they just changed it for SEA games ? because i also cant recognize their face , so that why i am sure they is from underdog players and trained hard for SEA Games.

An extraordinary bonus given by your government. So the Philippine athletes are so eager to add to the treasury of medals in the sea games this time and managed to become the overall champion as the host. So indeed the bonus he got was, I think, comparable to his sacrifice

For sure players arent really aiming for that kind of incentive and im sure that they werent even expecting for that bonus where the government it gives.
Getting gold isnt always about on getting some income or money but also for the glory of said country.Theres no value that can equal to the honor youve given
or contribute with into your county.I can say that amount is really an enough and considerable for Filipino rate yet for an entire basketball team.Not bad.

Most of them are playing professional basketball right? So I'm sure they already have a decent pay already. So it doesn't makes any difference if $16k is spread among the players because money is not their incentive to play but instead represent their country win the gold and continue their streak on basketball dominance in South East Asia region.

Kudos to Philippines, after so many negative talks in the beginning, the SEA games went very well.

What's interesting was how patient that Enigma was, well specifically it was played by Rushton. AFAIK, he was a teammate of Gabbi and Armel before on Clutch gamers by the year of 2017. There shouldn't be any comparison between two players, the experience of Tims is farther these days than Boombacs(Rushton).

Yes, the change name was for the Sea Games, haven't you noticed it was the players surnames?

That amount really doesn't matter for them, as professional athlete they've earned a lot from their contracts, plus other incomes like tv commercial contracts and even vlogging ( It would be easier for the popular people now to earn a lot of followers and viewers)
So, yeah I agree with you, these athletes doesn't think of the money they can earn because clinching a gold medal means more than what monetary value they could receive.



Yeah, It's just sad that our countrymen are the ones responsible for the biased critics. While foreign visitors keeps on complementing the hosting country.
Anyway, those are just some political attacks from the opposition.

It is to be expected, even a lots of Olympics in tha past has criticism as well. What's important is that the Philippines has stage one of the best SEA games in recent memories.

The closing ceremony is also world class, fireworks display and you can see all the athletes are very happy an proud to be part of this games held in the Philippines. Vietnam will host the next game, and with their strong showing, I wouldn't be surprised that they continue the tradition of host countries being the the most bemedaled.

Before I lock the topic since the 30th SEA Games has officially ended, let me post the final medal tally

|Country	| Gold	| Silver	| Bronze	| Total
Philippines	|149	|117	|121	|387
Vietnam	|98	|85	|105	|288
Thailand	|92	|103	|123	|318
Indonesia	|72	|84	|111	|267
Malaysia	|55	|58	|71	|184
Singapore	|53	|46	|68	|167
Myanmar	|4	|18	|51	|73
Cambodia	|4	|6	|36	|46
Brunei	|2	|5	|6	|13
Laos	|1	|5	|28	|34
Timor-Leste	|0	|1	|5	|6

The next host of the SEA will have a big shoe to fill but knowing how competitive Vietnam is in terms of hosting such big activities, they will make the 31st SEA Games another event to remember to athletes. Locking this thread now.