SOME 56 sports event will see action during the 30th Southeast Asian Games Philippines 2019.

The Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee said in a statement that 56 events were agreed upon by the Southeast Asian Games Federation Council officials during its second meeting.

Sports events include athletics and aquatics under category 1; archery, badminton, baseball/softball, basketball, billiards, 10-pin bowling, boxing, canoe/traditional boat race, chess, cycling, dance sport, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hockey, ice hockey, ice skating, judo, karatedo,

modern pentathlon, muay, pencak silat, polo, rowing, rugby sevens, sailing/windsurfing, sepak takraw, skateboarding, shooting, soft tennis, squash, surfing, table tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, and wushu under category 2.

Category 3 events include arnis, e- sports, floorball, jujitsu, kickboxing, kurash, Lawn bowls/petanque, netball, obstacle course, sambo/vovinam, underwater hockey, and wakeboarding.

Under the SEAG Federation charter, a host nation must stage at least 22 sports to include the two compulsory sports, at least 16 in Category 2 and up to 12 in Category 3. Another stipulation is a sport may offer medals in events not exceeding five percent of the total at stake.

In a statement, organizing committee executive director Ramon Suzara said the SEAG Federation Council members will be in Manila from November 23 to 25, capping their trip to Manila with an ocular of Clark and Subic competition venues, if the schedule permits.

Suzara also confirmed the first gathering of the 11 Southeast Asian Games Chefs de Mission from November 29 to December 1 in time for the Philippine SEA Games One Year Countdown Celebration at the Bayanihan Park, Clark, Angeles City, Pampanga on Nov. 30.

A time honored tradition of the SEA Games, the Philippines as host country will lead the Countdown Celebration to announce the start of a series of activities, functions and gatherings leading up to the Opening of the 30th SEA Games in 2019.

The Philippines Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) Executive Board is chaired by former Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, and co-chaired by PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez and POC President Ricky Vargas. (PR)