2015 ASEAN Civil Service Games

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1st ASEAN Civil Service Games
2015 ASEAN Civil Service Games logo.png
Host city Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nations participating 10
Athletes participating 550
Events 12 in 5 sports
Opening ceremony 15 November 2015
Closing ceremony 19 November 2015
Main venue Bukit Jalil National Stadium
Website http://acsg2015.com/

The 2015 ASEAN Civil Service Games (Malay: Sukan Perkhidmatan Awam ASEAN 2015) or ACS Games 2015 officially known as First ASEAN Civil Service Games was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15 to 19 November 2015.

Venues

The venues for the games were held in Kuala Lumpur, except for Bowling and Futsal which were held in nearby Subang Jaya and Padang Jawa respectively.[1]

Sport Venue
Badminton Cheras Badminton Stadium
Bowling Sunway Mega Lanes, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall (Subang Jaya)
Table Tennis Gymnasium 2, Majlis Sukan Negara
Futsal Triways (Padang Jawa)
Golf Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam, Bukit Kiara

Marketing

File:Putra ACSG mascot.png
Putra, the mascot of the games

Mascot

An anthropomorphic Malayan tiger named Putra was used as the mascot of the games which was named after Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj who is considered in Malaysia as the "Father of Independence. "Putra" also literally means Prince in Malay. He is designed to embody the values of teamwork, cooperation and athletic passion. The mascot's white top is meant to signify harmony and peace among sports people and his blue bottom represents integrity and good sportmanship among the participating athletes.[2]

The games

Sports

A total of five sports were featured in the games.[3]

Overall ranking

A total of 39 medals comprising 12 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 12 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The countries were ranked using a pointing system first rather than sorted by the number of gold medals. Countries are given points depending on their overall rank in a specific sport.[4]

References

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