Indonesia Sends 996 Athletes To SEA Games 2025 In Thailand

JAKARTA Indonesia is certain to send as many as 996 athletes from 48 sports (sports) to the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand which will take place early next month.

The Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora), Erick Thohir, said that Indonesia is in the fourth position of the country with the highest number of athletes in the biennial event.

"We can send according to the request from sports, namely 996 athletes," Erick said at a press conference at the Kemenpora Office on Friday, November 21, 2025.

Thailand as the host of multi-branch sporting events throughout Southeast Asia is in first place with a number of athletes being fielded at approximately 1,800 athletes.

The large number of athletes deployed by Thailand locked their chances of becoming overall champions. The rest behind them followed the Philippines and Malaysia, which sent over a thousand athletes as well.

Erick said that he had also asked all sports that had left for the White Elephant Country to contribute medals for Indonesia.

"We are also serious that this event will become an evaluation material for the promotion and relegation system. If the sport is not on target, it will enter (financing) independently," he said.

The 2025 SEA Games will be held on 9-20 December. In total there are 51 sports and 574 match numbers that will be contested at the prestigious sporting event.

Indonesia has set a target to finish in third place in the final standings for medals. The target repeats the achievement of the previous edition in Cambodia in 2023.