Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

competed at the

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, England, from 28 July to 8 August 2022. It is Malaysia's 14th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. Powerlifter

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and squash athlete

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were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.

Background

Preparations

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was appointed as the chef-de-mission of the delegation on 25 September 2021 during the 198th

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(OCM) Executive Council meeting which was held on virtual basis. On 29 December 2021, the OCM Selection Committee under the Chairmanship of OCM President Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Norza Zakaria held a meeting to discuss the selection criteria for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and decided that: * For Category A, athletes and teams will have to be in the top 4; * For Category B, athletes and teams will have to be in the top 8 (reduced from top 16 due to tightened criteria); And, * The Committee will utilise competitions from 2018 to May 2022, including

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as basis for selection. On 14 June 2022, in a selection committee meeting, the OCM initially set a seven-gold medal target for the contingent and chose Bonnie Bunyau Gustin and

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as flag bearers. However, Sivasangari had to withdraw after she was involved in a road accident. Aifa Azman was announced as Sivasangari's replacement. The gold medal target for the contingent was reduced to six on 19 July 2022 after taking into consideration the personal records and current status of the national athletes. The Malaysian delegation managed to win seven golds, eight silvers and eight bronzes, equalling the achievement of seven golds, five silvers and 12 bronzes at the 2018 edition and surpassing the six-gold target, as well as improving its position from 12th to 10th place. During the opening ceremony, the Malaysian delegation was represented by 40 athletes and officials wearing white five-button baju Melayu and short modern kebaya featuring the national flower - hibiscus with a hand-painted batik-like abstract interpretation by a local designer. Russel Taib and Gilbert Daim were the flag bearers at the closing ceremony.

Broadcasters

Medalists

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Competitors

Malaysia received a quota of 92 open allocation slots from Commonwealth Sport. This quota is used to determine the overall team in sports lacking a qualifying system. A total of 107 competitors are set to compete in the Games. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Athletics

A squad of seven athletes was confirmed as of 13 July 2022. ;Men ;Track and road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track and road events ;Field events

Badminton

As of 1 June 2022, Malaysia qualified for the mixed team event via the BWF World Rankings. A full squad of ten players was revealed on 18 June 2022. However, Lee Zii Jia announced his withdrawal from the squad on 23 June 2022 to focus on the World Championships. Ng Tze Yong was then announced as Lee's replacement. ;Singles ;Doubles ;Mixed team ;Summary ;Squad * Ng Tze Yong *

Aaron Chia Aaron Chia Teng Fong (Chinese: 谢定峰, born 24 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He joined the national team since 2015. He represented Malaysia in the 2018 Thomas Cup. Chia and his partner Soh Wooi Yik were the All England O ...

Soh Wooi Yik Soh Wooi Yik (, born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has helped Malaysia clinch a silver medal in mixed team after being defeated by China in ...

Chan Peng Soon Chan Peng Soon (born 27 April 1988) is a Malaysian badminton player specialised in the mixed doubles event. He is best known for his partnership with Goh Liu Ying where they have been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles pair in ...

Tan Kian Meng Tan Kian Meng () is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in the doubles events. He is currently playing with Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles. Originally a singles player, he switched to play in the doubles events since August 2014 due to ...

Goh Jin Wei Goh Jin Wei ( zh, s=吴堇溦, t=吳堇溦, poj=Gô͘ Kín-bî, j=Ng4 Gan2 Mei4, p=Wú Jǐnwēi; born 30 January 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. She won the 2015 BWF World Junior Championships, 2015 and 2018 BWF World Junior Championsh ...

* Pearly Tan * Thinaah Muralitharan *

Cheah Yee See Cheah Yee See (; born 18 November 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. Along with Hoo Pang Ron Hoo Pang Ron (; born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He began to play badminton at the age of ten, and started competing or playi ...

Lai Pei Jing Lai Pei Jing (; born 8 August 1992) is a Malaysian badminton player who played in the doubles events. She started her career in the women's singles event. She briefly partnered Chan Peng Soon in mid-2014 and in August that year, they reached a ...

;Group stage ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Final

3x3 basketball

As of 19 May 2022, Malaysia accepted a Bipartite Invitation for the men's wheelchair tournament. ;Summary

Men's wheelchair

;Roster * Ahmad Nazri Hamzah * Muhammad Roozaimi Johari * Muhamad Atib Zakaria * Freday Tan Yei Bing Group A ---- ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal match

Boxing

As of 30 June 2022, two boxers will take part in the competition. ;Men

Cycling

As of 4 July 2022, six cyclists will take part in the competition.

Track

;Sprint ;Keirin ;Time trial

Diving

A squad of twelve divers was confirmed as of 11 July 2022. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Gymnastics

As of 20 June 2022, three gymnasts will take part in the competition.

Artistic

;Men ;Individual Qualification ;Individual Finals ;Women ;Individual Qualification

Rhythmic

;Team Final & Individual Qualification ;Individual Finals

Judo

Malaysia entered two judoka (one men and one women) into the Commonwealth tournament.

Lawn bowls

;Men ;Women

Para powerlifting

Rugby sevens

As of 28 November 2021, Malaysia qualified for the men's tournament. This was achieved through their position in the

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. The fifteen-man roster was officially named as of 9 July 2022. It was later reduced to 13 athletes. ;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster * Ameer Nasrun Zulkefli * Kamal Hamidi * Shah Izwan Nordin * Wan Azley Wan Omar * Azizul Hakim Che Oon * Safiy Md Said * Azwan Zuwairi Mat Zizi * Eddie Ariff Ferdaus Freedy * Adam Ariff Alias * Amalul Hazim Nasarrudin * Daim Zainuddin * Hafiezie Sudin * Zulhilmi Azizad ;Reserves * Suhairi Effendi Mohd Othman * Harith Iqbal Pool B ;Classification Quarterfinals ;13-16 Semifinals

Squash

A squad of nine players was confirmed on 15 June 2022.

then had to withdraw due to injuries from a road accident. ;Singles ;Doubles

Swimming

A squad of four swimmers was confirmed as of 12 July 2022. ;Men ;Women

Table tennis

As of 11 February 2022, Malaysia qualified for the men's and women's team events via the ITTF World Rankings. Eight players were selected as of 7 July 2022. ;Singles ;Doubles ;Team

Triathlon

As of 6 July 2022, two triathletes will take part in the competition. However, Chong Xian Hao announced his withdrawal on 23 July 2022 because suffered an injury during a training session. ;Individual

Weightlifting

Aniq Kasdan Mohamad Aniq bin Kasdan is a Malaysian weightlifter. He won the silver medal in the Clean & Jerk men's 55 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He also created history by being the first Malaysian ...

and

Aznil Bidin Muhamad Aznil bin Bidin (born 4 June 1994), is a Malaysian weightlifter who won the gold medal in the men's 62 kg weight class at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in W ...

qualified by winning their categories at the

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in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Five others qualified via the IWF Commonwealth Ranking List, which was finalised on 9 March 2022. ;Men ;Women

References

External links

Olympic Council of Malaysia Official siteBirmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Official site
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Nations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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