25th Sea Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009

Boxing is a combat sport played by two opponents of a similar build and ability who fight against each other using their fists which are covered by gloves. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is broken down into rounds. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds, this is known as a Knockout.

If the fight is not stopped before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards. There are numerous variations and styles of boxing practiced around the world each having rules which are slightly different. Boxing was first incorporated into the Asian Games in 1954.

List of Events: On the program of the 25th SEA Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009
MENS
* Men's 45kg Pin Weight
* Men's 48kg Light Fly Weight
* Men's 51kg Fly Weight
* Men's 54kg Bantam Weight
* Men's 57kg Feather Weight
* Men's 60kg Light Weight
* Men's 64kg Light Welter Weight
* Men's 69kg Welter Weight
* Men's 75kg Middle Weight
* Men's 81kg Light Heavy Weight
WOMENS
* Women's 46kg Light Fly Weight
* Women's 48kg Fly Weight
* Women's 51kg Bantam Weight
* Women's 54kg Feather Weight
* Women's 57kg Light Weight
* Women's 60kg Light Welter Weight

Competition Schedule: : On the program of the 25th SEA Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009
Venue
a. Competition Site
The competition will be held at Olympasia Gymnasium, National University, Dongdok.

b. Training Site
Training venues will be provided at Olympasia Gymnasium warm up sites, National University, Dongdok.
The Training schedule for each team will be given upon the arrival.

Competition Venue

Olympasia Gymnasium, National University, Dongdok

National University of Laos (NUOL) is a university in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Founded in 1996, with departments brought in from other existing colleges, it is the only national university in the country. National University of Laos (NUOL) has 11 faculties, 7 centers and central library operating in different campuses where Dong Dok is the head quarter and the office of the president.

25th Sea Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009

Billiards or billiard may refer to a variety of skilled game cue sport games including pool, carom billiards and snooker. At its basic these are games where a cue stick is used to hit balls around a cloth covered table which has rubber cushions and pockets to pot the balls. It may also have a more specific meaning for example in relation to the following games: Carom billiards played on a pocket less table where the object is to score points caroming your cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and hitting the object ball(s) on a single shot.

English billiards where there is two cue balls (originally both white, but more recently one white, one yellow) and an object ball. Each player or team uses a different cue ball and tries to pot the object ball. Pocket billiards or pool games such as nine-ball or Indian finger billiards, a board game similar to carom billiards. Billiards and cue sports were incorporated into the Asian Games in 1998.

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regulation (full-size) table is 12 ft × 6 ft (3.6 m x 1.8 m). It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6) and black (7).

List of Events: On the program of the 25th SEA Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009
MENS
* Snooker Singles Best of 7 frames
* Snooker Doubles Best of 5 frames
* English Billiards Singles Best of 5 frames - 100 + points
* English Billiards Doubles Best of 5 frames - 100 + points
* One Cushion Carom Singles 150 + points or 25 innings
* 8-Ball Pool Singles Race to 9 racks
* 9-Ball Pool Singles Race to 11 racks
* 9-Ball Pool Doubles Race to 11 racks
WOMENS
* 8-Ball Pool Singles Race to 7 racks
* 9-Ball Pool Singles Race to 7 racks

Competition Venue

Convention Hall, Done Chan Palace

Don Chan Palace located in Vientiane Laos, along the Mekong River within easy reach to the city's Embassies, main business district, major cultural sites and ancient temples. Providing elegant accommodations, the hotel is ideally situated near traditional markets and local areas of interest and just 12 minutes from Wattay International Airport.

25th Sea Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009

Badminton is a racquet sport where a shuttlecock made of feathers is used as the projectile. Badminton is an indoor game. Contemporary badminton first appeared in the middle of the19th century . The game evolved from the game battledore and shuttlecock , which can be traced back to ancient Greece, China, Japan and India . Badminton is played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs .

Badminton has been categorized on the basis of the number of players involved in the game. When two players play badminton , the match is called " singles ". When two pairs of players play opposite to each other, the match is called " doubles ". The rectangular court for badminton is divided into two halves by a net. Players or pairs take positions on the opposite sides of the net.

List of Events: On the program of the 25th SEA Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009
Individual Events :
* Mens Singles
* Mens Doubles
* Womens Singles
* Womens Doubles
* Mixed Doubles
Team Events :
* Mens >> 3 singles, 2 pair doubles
* Womens >> 3 singles, 2 pair doubles

Competition Schedule: : On the program of the 25th SEA Games, Laos. Vientiane 2009
Venue

a. Competition Site
The competition will be held at Gymnasium1, The National Sports Complex.
b. Training Site
Training venues will be provided at Manoluk Gymnasium (6) and Thanongath Gymnasium (5).
The training schedule for each team will be given upon the arrival.

Competition Venue

Gymnasium1, The National Sports Complex.

The Laos National Sports Complex is located about 16 KM from the centre of Vientiane City and comprises a 20,000 seating capacity main stadium, a 2,000 seating capacity indoor aquatics complex, with a outdoor warm-up pool, a Tennis centre consisting of 2,000 seating capacity centre court plus 6 other tennis court, two indoor stadia each with seating capacity of 3,000 and a indoor shooting range with 50 seats.