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The South Asian Games 2019, the 13th edition of the competition is set to commence from 1st December and will go on until 10th December 2019 at Kathmandu-Pokhara, Nepal. This is the third time Nepal will be hosting the event, as Nepal also hosted the event first in 1984 and then in 1999.
Earlier this year, the South Asian Games were scheduled to begin on 9th March, until the competition was rescheduled at the end of an Olympic Council Executive Board meeting held in Bangkok.
The previous edition of the South Asian Games event was held in Guwahati and Shillong, back in 2016 and in this edition of the competition, apart from hosts Nepal, the other seven countries participating will be India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
India have a total of 1100 gold medals, ahead of Pakistan's 329 gold medals in the event history thus far and will certainly come into the tournament as the favourites to finish with the top honours.
The event is set to host 30 games, with Paragliding set to make a debut in SAG 2019. Golf and Karate have been added by the hosts, while Cricket will be returning after eight long years. Paragliding and Wushu are also two exciting games that will be a part of this edition.
Below is the full South Asian Games 2019 Schedule to be held in Nepal.
Opening Ceremony: 1st December 2019, Closing Ceremony: 10th December 2019
Archery: 3rd December 2019 - 7th December 2019
Athletics: 3rd December 2019 - 7th December 2019
Basketball: 5th December 2019 - 10th December 2019
3xBasketball: 7th December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Badminton: 1st December 2019 - 6th December 2019
Boxing: 6th December 2019 - 10th December 2019
Cricket (M): 2nd December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Cricket (F): 2nd December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Cycling: 3rd December 2019 - 7th December 2019
Fencing: 6th December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Football (M): 1st December 2019 - 10th December 2019
Football (F): 3rd December 2019 - 10th December 2019
Golf: 2nd December 2019 - 6th December 2019
Handball: 4th December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Judo: 7th December 2019 - 10th December 2019
Kabaddi: 4th December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Karate: 1st December 2019 - 4th December 2019
Kho-Kho: 1st December 2019 - 4th December 2019
Paragliding: 30th November 2019 - 9th December 2019
Swimming: 5th December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Shooting: 3rd December 2019 - 8th December 2019
Squash: 5th December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Table Tennis: 2nd December 2019 - 6th December 2019
Tennis: 1st December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Taekwondo: 2nd December 2019 - 5th December 2019
Triathlon: 2nd December 2019 - 4th December 2019
Volleyball: 27th November 2019 - 3rd December 2019
Beach Volleyball: 5th December 2019 - 8th December 2019
Weightlifting: 5th December 2019 - 8th December 2019
Wrestling: 6th December 2019 - 9th December 2019
Wushu: 29th November 2019 - 5th December 2019
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