2018 Sukma Games

XIX Sukma Games

Host city	Perak
Motto	Wow! Kita Hebat! (Wow! We are Great!)
Teams	15
Athletes	7464
Events	427 in 29 sports (36 disciplines)
Opening	11 September
Closing	22 September
Opened by	Nazrin Shah Sultan of Perak
Closed by	Wan Azizah Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Athlete's Oath	Ahmad Khusyairi Abdul Razak
Main venue	Perak Stadium
Website	sukma2018.perak.gov.my

The 2018 Sukma Games, officially known as the 19th Sukma Games was a multi-sport event held in Perak from 11 to 22 September 2018. This was Perak's second time to host the Sukma Games and its first time since 1994.

The games was held from 11 to 22 September 2018, although several events had commenced from 8 September 2018. Around 7464 athletes from 13 states, Federal Territory and Brunei participated at the games which featured 427 events in 29 sports. The games was opened by Nazrin Shah, the Sultan of Perak at the Perak Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by Terengganu, followed by host Federal Territory and Selangor. 5 national and 27 games records were broken during the games. Sabahan archer Eugenius Lo Foh Soon and Terengganuan sprinter Azreen Nabila Alias were announced as best sportsman and best sportswoman of the games respectively.

Host city

On 15 May 2015, during the Sukma executive committee meeting chaired by Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, the committee jointly awarded Perak and Johor the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2020 Sukma Games respectively.

Development and Preparation

Venues

On 29 May 2016, the federal government allocated RM152 million to the Perak state government for organising the Games. This included RM 20 million that was spent on renovation and repair works for some old sporting facilities such as Perak Stadium, Velodrome Rakyat and Stadium Indera Mulia, and the rebuilding of Ipoh City Council Swimming Complex. The government also states that all 12 districts of Perak will host at least one sporting event.

District	Competition Venue	Sports
Kinta
Ipoh City Council (MBI) Sports Complex
Perak Stadium	Athletics, Opening and closing ceremonies
Tuanku Zara Aquatic Centre	Aquatics
Amanjaya Badminton Arena	Badminton
Indera Mulia Stadium	Gymnastics
Azlan Shah Stadium	Hockey
Squash Stadium	Squash
Lawn bowls complex	Lawn bowls
Rugby mini stadium	Rugby sevens
Velodrome Rakyat	Cycling (Track)
Others
Kolej Sains Kesihatan Bersekutu	Sepak takraw
Ampang superbowl	Bowling
Amanjaya shooting complex, Chepor	Shooting
Poi Lam High School	Basketball
Padang Ipoh	Cricket
Renjer Kem Syed Putra Field	Cricket
Royal Perak Golf Club	Golf
Larut, Matang and Selama
Taiping Bike Park	Cycling (Mountain bike)
Kamunting Lake Garden	Cycling (BMX)
Square Arena, Batu Kurau	Cycling (Road)
Taiping Lake Garden	Cycling (Criterium)
Advance Technology Training Centre Taiping	Netball
Manjung
Manjung Municipal Council Stadium	Football
Naval Base Stadium	Football
Royal Navy Base	Sailing
Manjung Indoor Sports Arena	Futsal
Kuala Kangsar	Perak Jubilee Hall	Pencak silat
	Petanque Court	Petanque
Kampar	Perak Matriculation College	Wushu
	Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Gopeng	Wushu
Kerian	SMJK Kerian	Judo
	Kerian District Council Field	Football
Muallim	Sultan Idris Education University	Handball, Football
	Sultan Azlan Shah Polytechnic	Karate
Batang Padang	Merdeka Hall Tapah District Council	Weightlifting
Bagan Datuk	Dato Loppe Hashim Hall	Boxing
Hilir Perak	San Min High School, Teluk Intan	Taekwondo
Hulu Perak	Gerik District Council Multi-purpose Hall	Muay
Perak Tengah	Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Archery

Volunteers

The organisers estimated that around 3000 volunteers are needed to successfully host the games.

Sponsors

Platinum

• Tenaga Nasional
• Telekom Malaysia
• Al-Ikhsan Sports

Gold

• Tan Chong Motor

Silver

• Sanyu
• Empayar Indera
• Molten Corporation
• Ashaway
• Rizzs
• Petronas

Silver (Continue)

• KL Teh land Development
• Milo
• 100 Plus

Bronze

• Boost
• Domino's Pizza
• Palace Vacation Club
• Oratis Rx
• G.B.Kuari
• 7-Eleven

Baton relay

A relay of baton (which resembles a torch) was held statewide, began and ended at the host city on 2 and 11 September respectively.

Marketing

"Chor", the official mascot of the games.

Motto

The official motto of the games is "Wow! Kita Hebat!" (Wow! We are great!). Wow is the acronym for World of Wonders, a recognition given by Lonely Planet to Perak during the Visit Perak 2017 tourism campaign.

Logo

The official logo of the 2018 Sukma Games is an image that combines the elements of human and water wave. The human element symbolises the fighting spirit of the athletes at the highest level to achieve success and their positivity, while the water wave element represents the Perak River as the second longest river in Peninsular Malaysia that is the source of the basic needs for all Perak citizens. It was launched on 21 January 2018 at the Bulatan Amanjaya in Ipoh alongside the motto, mascot and the theme song.

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2018 Sukma Games is a Seladang or a Malayan Gaur named "Chor". In Perak, Chor is a name given to anyone in the local community who is the eldest in the family in the Perak Malay dialect. The mascot is designed to wear white sports attire, with its cheeks in yellow, both are which colours of the Perak state flag. It was chosen to portray physical and mental strength and burning spirit of overcoming challenges in sports.

Theme song

The theme song of the 2018 Sukma Games is “Wow! Kita The Greatest!” (Wow! We are the greatest!). It was composed and sung by Renowned composer and award-winning singer Datuk Wah Idris.

The games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 11 September 2018 at the Perak Stadium at 8:00 pm.

The proceedings:

1. Arrival of Sultan of Perak, Nazzrin Shah and dignitaries.
2. National anthem and state anthem of Perak.
3. Prayer recitation.
4. Parade of states. Sarawak as host of last edition of Sukma entered stadium first, followed by other states by alphabetical order in Malay language. Johor as host of next edition of Sukma entered the stadium ahead of guest team from Brunei. As per tradition, Perak as host state entered the stadium last.
5. Countdown projection.
6. Dato Wah Idris and Ikhwan performed the games' theme song, "Wow, Kita the greatest".
7. Introductory performance: Indera Sakti.
8. Speech by sports minister Syed Saddiq, Perak state chief minister Ahmad Azumu.
9. Sultan of Perak Nazzrin Shah declared the games opened.
10. Final leg baton relay followed by Lighting of the cauldron. The cauldron resembles the keris, a Malay dagger which is the symbol of the king's power.
11. Raising of the Sukma Games flag by Royal Malaysian Navy personnel.
12. Ahmad Khusyairi Abdul Razak, national shooter take the Athletes' oath.
13. Cultural performance with 3 segments: Pahlawan Dabus (Dabus warrior), Perak Wow, Perak Gemilang (Glorious Perak), drumline and war cry performance. Intel drone and firework performance.

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on 22 September 2018 at the Perak Stadium at 8:00 pm.

Events:

1. Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah declared the games closed.
2. Eugenius Lo Fah Soon, Sabah archer awarded best sportsman title, Azreen Nabila Alias, Terengganu sprinter awarded best sportswoman title, Terengganu crowned as overall champion.
3. Cauldron extinguished, games hosting rights handed over to Johor, host of the 2020 Sukma Games. Followed by cultural performance of Johor.

Participating states

• Johor (495)
• Kedah (464)
• Kelantan (288)
• Malacca (376)
• Negeri Sembilan (411)
• Pahang (440)
• Penang (483)
• Perak (host) (587)
• Perlis (280)
• Sabah (416)
• Sarawak (553)
• Selangor (543)
• Terengganu (542)
• Federal Territory (532)
• Brunei (34)

Sports

On 12 December 2017, sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced that weightlifting, sepaktakraw and taekwondo have been dropped from the list of 19 core sports as well as the games' sports list due to decline in performances, doping issues as well as power struggles within the associations, leaves only 16 core sports for the 2018 edition. This decision however had drawn dissatisfaction from several sports council across the country including Sarawak and the Federal Territory. On 8 February 2018 after a discussion with the sports associations involved in the issue, Ahmad Shapawi announced during an organising committee meeting that weightlifting, sepaktakraw and taekwondo were reinstated as the games events but only as elective sports. At the same time, a total of 29 sports (with 36 disciplines) were confirmed as part of the games programme.

• Aquatics
  •  Diving (10)
  •  Swimming (38)
•  Archery (24)
•  Athletics (45)
•  Badminton (7)
•  Basketball
  • 3×3 basketball (2)
  • Basketball (2)
•  Bowling (11)
•  Boxing (9)
•  Cricket (1)
•  Cycling
  • BMX racing (2)
  • Mountain bike (4)
  • Road (6)
  • Track (12)
•  Field hockey (2)
•  Football
  • Football (1)
  • Futsal (2)
•  Golf (4)
•  Gymnastics
  • Artistic (14)
  • Rhythmic (5)
•  Handball (2)
•  Judo (15)
•  Karate (18)
•  Lawn bowls (9)
•  Muay (15)
•  Netball (1)
•  Pencak silat (26)
•  Petanque (11)
•  Rugby sevens (2)
•  Sailing (13)
•  Sepak takraw (8)
•  Shooting (26)
•  Squash (4)
•  Taekwondo (19)
•  Weightlifting (32)
•  Wushu (23)

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

September 2018		8th Sat	9th Sun	10th Mon	11th Tue	12th Wed	13th Thu	14th Fri	15th Sat	16th Sun	17th Mon	18th Tue	19th Wed	20th Thu	21st Fri	22nd Sat	Events
Ceremonies					OC											CC
Aquatics	Diving										2	3	2	2	1		10
	Swimming										8	8	7	8	7		38
Archery										8	8	2	2	2	2		24
Athletics											7	11	13	14			45
Badminton			●	●	●	●	●	2	●	●	●	5					7
Basketball	Basketball								●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
	3x3 Basketball													●	2		2
Bowling								2	2	1	●	2	●	2	2		11
Boxing									●	●	●	●	●		9		9
Cricket					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1		1
Cycling	Road cycling					2	1	1	2								6
	Track cycling													●	4	8	12
	BMX										2						2
	Mountain biking											2	2				4
Field hockey							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Football	Football	●	●	●	●	●	●		●		●		1				1
	Futsal		●	●		●	●	●	●		●	●	2				2
Golf									●	●	4						4
Gymnastics	Artistic										2	2	10				14
	Rhythmic				●	1	4										5
Handball									●	●	●	●	●	2			2
Judo						7	6	2									15
Karate									6	6	6						18
Lawn bowls							●	●	●	4	●	●	●	●	5		9
Muay Thai									●	●	●	●	●	15			15
Netball										●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1
Pencak silat								●	●	2	2	2	2	8	10		26
Petanque							2	●	3	●	4	●	2				11
Rugby sevens									●	2							2
Sailing									●	●	●	●	●	13			13
Sepak takraw								●	●	2	●	●	4	●	2		8
Shooting									4	6	6	6	4				26
Squash										●	●	2	●	●	●	2	4
Taekwondo											3	6	6	4			19
Weightlifting								4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		32
Wushu					5	7	11										23
Daily medal events		0	0	0	5	17	25	11	22	35	58	55	61	74	53	11	427
Cumulative Total		0	0	0	5	22	47	58	80	115	173	228	289	363	416	427	427
September 2018		8th Sat	9th Sun	10th Mon	11th Tue	12th Wed	13th Thu	14th Fri	15th Sat	16th Sun	17th Mon	18th Tue	19th Wed	20th Thu	21st Fri	22nd Sat	Events

Medal table

• Gold medal tie in Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-around.

  *   Host nation (Perak)

2018 Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Terengganu	56	51	53	160
2	Federal Territory	52	38	49	139
3	Selangor	47	68	67	182
4	Sarawak	42	36	60	138
5	Perak*	37	50	56	143
6	Sabah	35	28	46	109
7	Pahang	33	20	30	83
8	Penang	32	30	31	93
9	Johor	29	34	37	100
10	Kedah	19	20	29	68
11	Malacca	18	18	18	54
12	Negeri Sembilan	13	18	43	74
13	Perlis	12	7	13	32
14	Kelantan	6	7	13	26
15	Brunei	0	1	3	4
Totals (15 entries)		431	426	548	1,405

2018 Sopma Games

The deaf national games known as the 2018 Sopma Games (20th Sopma Games) was held from 15 to 20 October 2018. The opening ceremony was held on 15 October 2018 at 7 pm, while the closing ceremony was held on 20 October 2018 at 7 pm. 551 athletes from 13 states and the federal territories participated at the games. 42 events were featured in 5 sports competed.

  *   Host nation (Perak)

2018 Sopma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Federal Territory	7	11	5	23
2	Sabah	6	7	8	21
3	Terengganu	5	3	1	9
4	Johor	5	1	5	11
5	Penang	4	7	6	17
6	Sarawak	4	5	2	11
7	Kedah	3	2	5	10
8	Perak*	3	2	2	7
9	Kelantan	3	1	1	5
10	Selangor	2	2	8	12
11	Malacca	0	1	2	3
12	Negeri Sembilan	0	0	1	1
	Perlis	0	0	1	1
14	Pahang	0	0	0	0
Totals (14 entries)		42	42	47	131

2018 Para Sukma Games

The disabled national games known as the 2018 Para Sukma Games (19th Para Sukma Games) was held from 23 to 28 November 2018.

  *   Host nation (Perak)

2018 Para Sukma Games medal table

Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sarawak	61	62	41	164
2	Sabah	36	28	30	94
3	Perak*	29	33	22	84
4	Johor	29	32	34	95
5	Terengganu	28	16	23	67
6	Kelantan	20	11	18	49
7	Kuala Lumpur	19	25	21	65
8	Selangor	17	17	27	61
9	Kedah	16	16	26	58
10	Perlis	13	16	5	34
11	Penang	13	13	14	40
12	Negeri Sembilan	11	15	16	42
13	Pahang	9	6	7	22
14	Malacca	6	10	15	31
15	Labuan	1	2	1	4
Totals (15 entries)		308	302	300	910

External links

• Official Website Archived 2018-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Result system site
• Deaf Games website
• Para Sukma website
• Official video of the Opening ceremony on YouTube