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participated at the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

from 11 to 22 December 2013. The 27th Southeast Asian Games took place in

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, the capital of

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, as well as in two other main cities,

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and

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. Singapore itself became the host for the next 2015 event from 5–16 June 2015.

Preparation

The sports committees of Singapore has chosen athletes who will represent the nation for the games. The Singapore SEA Games football squad has been assembled and played two friendly matches in which they drew the

Indonesia national under-23 football team The Indonesia national under-23 football team (Indonesia: Tim Nasional Sepak Bola Indonesia U-23) is considered to be the feeder team for the Indonesia national football team, represents Indonesia at football in the Olympic Games, Asian Games an ...

1-1 and beaten the

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with a scoreline of 1-0. Singapores football team will participate the football event of the games, however the

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(SNOC) has earlier stated that the team will have to produce results if they get the nod to participate in the

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Medal by sport

References

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Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...

Nations at the 2013 SEA Games