The 12th ASEAN Para Games will officially opened today evening with more exciting fireworks display

Cambodia is making full preparations for the 12th ASEAN Para Games. During this period, Cambodian athletes have intensively trained and strived to win more gold medals.

The 12th ASEAN Para Games will officially opened today evening (June 3, 2023), under the presidency of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his spouse Lok Chumteav Bun Rany. 

Hun Sen has announced that compared with the opening ceremony of the SEA Games, the fireworks display at the opening ceremony of the 12th ASEAN Para Games will be more exciting and the display time will be longer.

The 12th ASEAN Para Games will be held in Phnom Penh from June 3 to 9, with a total of 2,692 sports delegates and athletes from 11 ASEAN countries participating. Among them, the number of Thailand has the largest number of athletes (629), followed by Indonesia (580), the host country Cambodia (343), Malaysia (290), the Philippines (272), Vietnam (164), Singapore (131), Myanmar (131), Lao PDR (89), Brunei Darussalam (32), and Timor-Leste (31).

Athletes from all over the world will compete for medals in Fourteen (14) major sports, including: Athletics, Badminton, Boccia, Chess, 5-a-side Football, 7-a-side Football, Goalball, Judo, Powerlifting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Siting Volleyball, Wheelchairs Basketball, and E-sports ( Demonstration) are listed for the regional games with 431 sports events at the MorodokTecho National Stadium, National Olympic Stadium and other courts in Phnom Penh capital.

▲Wheelchair Basketball players (Cambodia & Lao)