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2016 ASEAN University Games

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Country
  
Singapore

Events
  
173 in 16 Sports

Nations participating
  
11

Motto
  
In Celebration of Diversity and Unity

Opening ceremony
  
10 July 2016 (2016-07-10)

Closing ceremony
  
19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)

The 2016 ASEAN University Games, officially known as the 18th ASEAN University Games, was a multi-sports event held in Singapore from 9 until 19 July 2016 with 173 in 16 Sports and disciplines featured in the games. This was the third time Singapore hosted the ASEAN University Games, and its first since 1994.

Contents

Singapore is the fourth nation to host the ASEAN University Games after Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia and before Brunei, the Philippines, Vietnam and Laos.

The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by Indonesia and Malaysia with host Singapore in fifth place. Several games and national records were broken during the games. With little or no controversy at all, the games were deemed generally successful with the rising standards of competition amongst the participating nations.

Venues

The 18th ASEAN University Games had 9 venues for the games with the Nanyang Technological University served as the athletes' village.

AUG 2016 Opening Ceremony

AUG 2016 Closing Ceremony

Logo and mascot

The logo of the 2016 ASEAN University Games is an image of the stylised brush strokes of the ASEAN University Games acronym, AUG surrounded by 11 stars of blue, yellow and red colour. The stylised brush strokes of the logo represents the youth, energy, and vibrancy of the games. The eleven stars, representing the 10 ASEAN countries and the candidate nation Timor-Leste that participates at the games. The brush stroke across the letter G that slants upward towards the first of the eleven stars represents the idea that sport provides a pathway for bringing people together to create and share common goals and purpose. The three colours of the stars, which are red, blue, and yellow, the common colours of the ASEAN countries, represent the inclusiveness of the university games. The logo overall, represents the aspirations of the ASEAN countries through sports and also the diversity and unity of the participants.

The mascot of the 2016 ASEAN University Games is a lion named Nila, which is also previously the mascot of the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and the 2015 ASEAN Para Games. The name comes from Sang Nila Utama, the founder of Singapura. Nila has a red mane and heart-shaped face and is described as courage, passionate and friendly. The rehash of Nila as the mascot of the games is meant to promote friendship and ASEAN solidarity in the youth of ASEAN through sports.

Medal table

A total of 521 medals comprising 175 gold medals, 174 silver medals and 172 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. Host Singapore's performance was their best ever yet and were placed fifth overall among the participating nations.

Key

  *   Host nation (Singapore)

References

2016 ASEAN University Games Wikipedia