Sepak takraw, or kick volleyball, is a sport native to Malaysia. Sepak takraw differs from the similar sport of footvolley in its use of a rattan ball and only allowing players to use their feet, knee, chest and head to touch the ball.
Taufik Hidayat is a retired Indonesian badminton player. He is a former world number one player, World Championships, Olympic, 2 times Asian Games, and three times Asian Championships in the men's singles player. He won a tying-record six times Indonesia Open. Having started to win medals and gained success at a young age, Taufik’s career started achieving great heights with his style of used both forehand and backhand power, combined with his tenacity at the net and scope for deceptive shots, provided him with an extremely diverse weaponry on court, making him able to compete with other senior and top men's single player at that era as one of the most difficult players to face on the open circuit, and by many, considered to be one of the best men's single players of all time in badminton history.
The Malaysia national football team represents Malaysia in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team is recognised by FIFA as the successor of the defunct Malaya national football team which was founded for the 1963 Merdeka Tournament one month before the insitution of Malaysia. The team is officially nicknamed Harimau Malaya in reference to the Malayan tiger.
The Singapore national football team represents the city-state of Singapore in senior men's international football and is organised by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), the governing body of football in Singapore.
The Bangladesh National Football Team is the national recognised football team of Bangladesh and is controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation, and became a member of FIFA in 1974. Even though the Bangladesh Football Federation was first founded in 1972. Bangladesh was elected as a member of the AFC Executive Committee in 1982–1986 and 1998–2002. The current Executive Committee was elected democratically, under an AFC approved constitution and direct supervision of FIFA & AFC, in April 2008.
The Laos national football team is the men's national football team that represents the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
The Philippines participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar; for the 15th straight time in the same number of stagings of the Games. The country did not participate in Men's and Women's Basketball for the first time due to the continuing suspension by International Basketball Federation.
The Pakistan national field hockey team is administered by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), the governing body for hockey in Pakistan. They have been a member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since 1948 and founding member of the Asian Hockey Federation (ASHF) which formed in 1958. Pakistan is the most successful national field hockey team in the Hockey World Cup with four championships: 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994. Pakistan also has the best overall performance in World Cup history in both proportional and absolute terms with 53 victories in 84 matches played, seven time draws, six appearances in the finals and only 24 losses. Pakistan national team has played in all FIH World Cup editions with only one absence in 2014. The green shirts is also one of the most successful national teams in the Asian Games with eight gold medals: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990 and 2010, the highest number of times a country has come first, and the only Asian team to have won the prestigious Champions Trophy with three championships: 1978, 1980 and 1994. Pakistan have won a total of 29 official international titles to professional and grassroots level selections, with three gold medals in the Olympic Games field hockey tournaments in Rome 1960, Mexico City 1968 and Los Angeles 1984. However, Pakistan could not qualify for Olympics since 2012.
Malaysia national under-23 football team, also known as Malaysia Under-23, Malaysia U-23 or Malaysia Olympic football team) is the national team for the under-23 and 22 level, representing Malaysia in the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments including the AFC U-23 Championship.
Greysia Polii is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. Polii was the women's doubles gold medalists in 2014 Asian Games and 2019 Southeast Asian Games. She also won three bronze medals at the World Championships in 2015, 2018 and 2019. Polii was a member of BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees from 2013–2017.
Jung Jae-sung was a South Korean professional badminton player.
The Vietnam national under-22, under-23, and Olympic football team represents Vietnam in international football tournaments at the under-22 and under-23 age level.
The Vietnam women's national football team is a female football team representing Vietnam and controlled by Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The team is currently ranked 35th in the world, 6th in Asia and 1st in Southeast Asia by FIFA.
Thailand participated in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China between 12–27 November 2010. The National Olympic Committee of Thailand sent 593 athletes to Guangzhou, and competed in 39 out of 42 sports. Thailand ended the games at 52 overall medals including 11 gold medals. These games witnessed first ever gold medals in Taekwondo.
The Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy for ASEAN Youth Football Championship, is the football tournament for youth players in Southeast Asia. It was opened to football players from ASEAN member states under the age of 21 years to participate in this.
The men's regu sepak takraw competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou was held from 22 November to 24 November at the Haizhu Sports Center.
The women's regu sepak takraw competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou was held from 22 November to 24 November at the Haizhu Sports Center.
The football tournament at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games was in Kuala Lumpur. In addition matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam and Selayang.
The Philippines men's national sepak takraw team represents the Philippines in international sepak takraw matches and competitions and is organized by the Philippine Amateur Sepak Takraw Association.
The badminton women's team tournament at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta took place from 19 to 22 August at Istora Gelora Bung Karno.
