UiTM, UM, UPM, UPNM and UKM will be the main venues for the ASEAN University Games 2026, featuring 25 sports from December 10-20
KUALA LUMPUR: The ASEAN University Games (AUG) 2026 will be held in Malaysia from December 10 to 20.
The Ministry of Higher Education announced five main universities as competition venues for the event.
The selected venues are Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Universiti Malaya (UM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM), and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
A total of 25 sports will be contested across the various university venues and sports centres.
Focus sports include football, athletics, swimming, and hockey.
Other events feature silat, taekwondo, karate, judo, chess, archery, sepak takraw, ten-pin bowling, and squash.
The AUG is the premier university-level sports event for ASEAN nations, first held in 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Malaysia has been the overall champion twice, winning in Kuala Lumpur in 2008 and in Vientiane, Laos, in 2012. – Bernama
