Sukma Games

Sukma Games
Sukma Games
	Sukma Games logo
Purpose	Multi-sport event for states in Malaysia
Frequency	Every two years
Inaugurated	1986 Sukma Games in Kuala Lumpur
Most recent	2026 Sukma Games in Selangor
Next event	2028 Sukma Games in Kelantan
Website	National Sports Council of Malaysia

The Sukma Games (Malay: Sukan Malaysia, lit. 'Malaysian Games') is a biennial national multi-sport event involving young athletes from Malaysia's 13 states and 3 Federal Territories. The games are regulated by the National Sports Council of Malaysia, the state sports council of the respective member states, the Olympic Council of Malaysia and the National Sports association of the games respective sporting event. The logo was designed by Anuar bin Dan in 1986. In late March 2010, it was reported that after 24 years of being a biennial event, the Sukma Games may be held annually, starting 2011. However, the frequency of the event did not change.

History

Event proposal and conceptualisation (1983–1985)

The Sukma Games was first proposed by Anwar Ibrahim and conceived in 1986 by the National Sports Council of Malaysia under the leadership of sports minister Najib Razak as their commitment to the promotion and development of the Malaysian junior talent in sports.

Initial proposed events for the inaugural games included six sports like Athletics, Cycling, Table Tennis, Tennis, Sepak Takraw and Volleyball. The event number overtime increased to 21, when the event was announced in 1985, following inflow of ideas from members of the public, although this was eventually decreased following criticism about the objectives and budget (about 5 million ringgit at the time).

Implementation and debut (1986–1988)

The first Games held from 19 to 26 April 1986 featured 123 events in 16 sports, with participation of about 4,500 athletes from 16 teams representing Malaysia's 13 states, the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Police and Armed Forces. As the inaugural host, Kuala Lumpur emerged as overall champions with 36 golds. Most of the events were held within Kuala Lumpur City Proper, while some others were scattered across neighbouring towns in the Klang Valley like Subang Jaya and Serdang.

Kuala Lumpur was picked as the host again in 1988, with about 4,100 athletes participating. Although the number of sport and teams remained the same, there were 10 more events than the previous edition. In this edition, the team from neighbouring Selangor dethroned Kuala Lumpur and emerged as the new overall champion with 26 gold medals. The Games, regarded as a rehearsal for the 1989 SEA Games, was held from 12 until 19 November, although several events like Football and Sepak Takraw began as early as 9 and 10 November respectively.

Participating teams

Entity	Sports Council
Brunei ¹	Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council
Federal Territories ²	Federal Territories Sports Council
Johor	Johor State Sports Council
Kedah	Kedah State Sports Council
Kelantan	Kelantan State Sports Council
Malacca	Malacca State Sports Council
Negeri Sembilan	Negeri Sembilan State Sports Council
Pahang	Pahang State Sports Council
Penang	Penang State Sports Council
Perak	Perak State Sports Council
Perlis	Perlis State Sports Council
Sabah	Sabah State Sports Council
Sarawak	Sarawak State Sports Council
Selangor	Selangor State Sports Council
Terengganu	Terengganu State Sports Council

Notes:

^ Not from within Malaysia, only invited to compete at the Sukma Games.

Former participating teams

Entity	Sports Council
Kuala Lumpur ²	Kuala Lumpur Sports Council
Labuan ²	Labuan Sports Council
Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM/MAF)	Malaysian Armed Forces Sports Council
Ministry of Higher Education	Malaysian University Sports Council (MASUM)
Ministry of Education	Malaysian School Sports Council (MSSM)
Northern Territory ¹	Northern Territory Sports Academy
Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM/RMP)	Royal Malaysian Police Sports Council

Notes:

^ Not from within Malaysia. Sports Council known as Northern Territory Institute of Sport from 1996 until 2021.
^ Kuala Lumpur and Labuan participate as a combined Federal Territories team since 2006 Sukma Games and the 2026 Para Sukma Games.

Sports

The list below shows the sports that are played at all the Sukma Games since 1986.

Core sports

Aquatics
- Diving
- Swimming (1986
- Synchronised swimming
- Water polo (1986–
Archery
Athletics (1986–present)
Badminton (1986–present)
Basketball (1986
Bowling
Boxing
Cycling (1986
Fencing
Football (1986–2010, 2012, 2014–present)

Optional sports

Sports by number of events

Sport (Discipline)	Body World (Malaysia)	02	04	06	08	10	11	12	13	14	16	18	22	24	26
Artistic swimming	WAquatics (MAS)		4				7		7
Diving		9	10	10	10	10		10		10	10	10	5	12	12
Swimming		32	38	38	38	38		38		38	38	38	38	41	41

Water polo						2		2						2
Archery	WArchery (NAAM)	12	12	12	24	24		24		24	24	24	14	14	14
Athletics	WAthletics (MAF)	44	45	45	45	45		45		45	45	45	44	47	47
Badminton	BWF (BAM)	7	7	7	7	7		7		7	7	7	5	6	7
3x3 Basketball	FIBA (MABA)											2	2	2	2
Basketball	FIBA (MABA)	2	2	2		2	2		1			2	2	2	2
Bodybuilding	IFBB (MBBF)						6		6
Bowling	IBF (MTBC)	13	13	13	13	13		13		13	11	11	11	11	11
Boxing	IBA/ World Boxing (Disputed) (MBF)	12	9	9	9	9		9		9	9	9	12	15	11
Canoeing (sprint)	ICF (MASCA)				18	18	18			22			22
Canoeing (slalom)	ICF (MASCA)												9
Chess	FIDE (MCF)													10	12
Cricket	ICC (MCA)		1						1			1	1	3	3
BMX	UCI (MNCF)							2		2	2	2	2	2	4
Mountain biking		4	4	4	4	4		4		4	4	4	4	5	4
Road cycling		8	10	14	14	14		12		14	14	6	8	8	10
Track cycling							16					12	16		10
Equestrian (Dressage)	FEI (EAM)				2	2		2	2
Equestrian (Jumping)					2	2		2	2
Equestrian (Endurance)					2	2		2
E-sports	GEF (MESF)												5	7	13
Fencing	FIE (MFF)	12	12	12	12	12	12		12					12	12
Field hockey	FIH (MHC)	2	2	2	2	2		2		2	2	2	2	2	2
Football	FIFA (FAM)	1	1	1	1	1		1		1	1	1	1	2	2
Futsal							2		2			2		1	2
Beach Football									1
Golf	IGF (MGA)	4	4	4	4	4		4		4	4	4	4	4	4
Artistic	World Gymnastics (MGF)	14	14	14	14	14		14	14		14	14	14	14	14
Rhythmic	World Gymnastics (MGF)	6	6	6	6	6		6		9	5	5	7	7	3
Handball	IHF (MAHF)						2		2			2
Judo	IJF (MJF)	14	16		8	16	16		16			15	16	18	13
Kabaddi	IKF (KAM)				•	2	2		1				•	2	2
Karate	WKF (MAKAF)	15	15	15	15	16		16		16	16	18	16	17	15
Lawn bowls	WBowls (MLBF)	4	4	8	8	8		8		8	8	9	9	9	9
Muay thai	IFMA (MMA)							15	15			15	16	18	12
Netball	WNetball (MNA)	1	1	1	1	1	1		1			1	1	1	1
Pencak silat	IPSF (PESAKA)	19	23	23	23	23		26		26	26	26	26	28	28
Pétanque	FIPJP (MBSF)				8	10		11		11	11	11	11	13	7
Rowing	WRowing (PERDAMA)						9		9
Rugby sevens	WRugby (MRU)		1	1	1	1	1		1			2	2	2	2
Sailing	WSailing (MSA)	3	3	5	7	10		13		13	12	13	14	14	10
Sepak takraw	ISTAF (PSM)	2	2	2	4	5		6		6	6	8	5	8	8
Shooting	ISSF (NSAM)	28	26	26	28	26		26		26	26	26	26	24	27
Silambam	WSA (MSA)				•	13	17		17				•	14	14
Softball	WBSC (SAM)						2		2					2	2
Squash	World Squash (SRAM)	4	4	4	4	4		4		4	7	4	5	6	4
Table tennis	ITTF (TTAM)	7	7	7	7	7	6		6					6	7
Taekwondo	WTaekwondo (MTF)	16	16	16	16			16		16	19	19		25	16
Tennis	ITF (LTAM)	7	7		7	7	6			7	7		5	6	7
Traditional boat race	IDBF (MDBF)												2
Volleyball (indoor)	FIVB (MAVA)		2		2	2		2	2		2		2	2	2
Volleyball (beach)	FIVB (MAVA)				2	2	2		2				2	2	2
Weightlifting	IWeightliftingF (MWF)	27	27	48	16	32		32		32	32	32	16	16	16
Woodball	IWBF (MWA)								6
Wushu	IWUF (WFM)	16	20	20	20	20		20		20	20	23	23	28	20
Total events		345	368	369	404	434	129	377	130	389	382	427	426	488	468

Medal table by edition

1986 Sukma Games

* Host nation ( Kuala Lumpur)

1986 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kuala Lumpur*	36	32	22	90
2	Selangor	23	14	14	51
3	Sarawak	13	8	14	35
4	Perak	10	15	17	42
5	Penang	9	20	21	50
6	Sabah	9	8	8	25
7	Police	9	4	7	20
8	Johor	6	5	6	17
9	Kedah	5	5	11	21
10	Armed Forces	2	8	11	21
11	Malacca	2	1	5	8
12	Terengganu	2	1	4	7
13	Pahang	1	4	6	11
14	Negeri Sembilan	0	1	4	5
15	Kelantan	0	1	1	2
16	Perlis	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		127	127	152	406

Source:

1988 Sukma Games

* Host nation ( Kuala Lumpur)

1988 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	26	17	29	72
2	Sarawak	24	18	15	57
3	Penang	19	14	15	48
4	Kuala Lumpur*	12	12	22	46
5	Negeri Sembilan	10	6	5	21
6	Johor	9	3	9	21
7	Kedah	6	6	8	20
8	Police	6	3	5	14
9	Malacca	5	7	4	16
10	Sabah	4	12	8	24
11	Universities	4	4	8	16
12	Perak	3	20	21	44
13	Terengganu	2	2	4	8
14	Kelantan	1	3	7	11
15	Pahang	1	1	5	7
16	Perlis	1	0	5	6
17	Armed Forces	0	1	1	2
Totals (17 entries)		133	129	171	433

1990 Sukma Games

* Host nation (Sarawak)

1990 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sarawak*	44	17	18	79
2	Kuala Lumpur	19	20	18	57
3	Penang	17	22	24	63
4	Perak	12	16	22	50
5	Selangor	11	18	34	63
6	Negeri Sembilan	7	4	4	15
7	Sabah	5	4	10	19
8	Malacca	4	6	6	16
9	Police	4	4	2	10
9	Terengganu	4	4	2	10
11	Kedah	2	7	6	15
12	Johor	2	5	12	19
13	Kelantan	2	2	3	7
14	Perlis	1	0	7	8
15	Pahang	0	2	5	7
16	Universities	0	2	1	3
17	Armed Forces	0	1	2	3
Totals (17 entries)		134	134	176	444

1992 Sukma Games

* Host nation (Johor)

1992 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sarawak	36	27	26	89
2	Johor*	26	21	22	69
3	Selangor	23	25	41	89
4	Penang	22	28	22	72
5	Kuala Lumpur	22	23	32	77
6	Perak	18	10	21	49
7	Sabah	9	16	13	38
8	Malacca	7	6	12	25
9	Kedah	6	7	8	21
10	Negeri Sembilan	6	5	3	14
11	Armed Forces	5	5	18	28
12	Pahang	5	5	8	18
13	Universities	4	5	2	11
14	Kelantan	3	9	12	24
15	Terengganu	3	4	10	17
16	Police	2	1	5	8
17	Perlis	2	0	0	2
Totals (17 entries)		199	197	255	651

1994 Sukma Games

* Host nation (Perak)

1994 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sarawak	39	28	30	97
2	Kuala Lumpur	31	39	26	96
3	Selangor	28	41	33	102
4	Perak*	26	26	25	77
5	Pahang	21	16	20	57
6	Sabah	19	14	14	47
7	Johor	17	13	22	52
8	Penang	13	12	24	49
9	Kedah	8	5	20	33
10	Kelantan	6	6	10	22
11	Armed Forces	5	12	7	24
12	Terengganu	5	3	7	15
13	Negeri Sembilan	4	2	4	10
14	Malacca	4	1	10	15
15	Police	3	8	2	13
16	Perlis	1	0	8	9
17	Universities	0	2	1	3
Totals (17 entries)		230	228	263	721

1996 Sukma Games

* Host nation (Pahang*)

1996 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	57	43	44	144
2	Sarawak	56	49	52	157
3	Pahang**	37	42	44	123
4	Kuala Lumpur	34	27	32	93
5	Perak	22	25	28	75
6	Sabah	20	19	22	61
7	Terengganu	8	16	15	39
8	Kelantan	8	11	11	30
9	Kedah	8	6	18	32
10	Negeri Sembilan	6	4	10	20
11	Penang	5	10	10	25
12	Malacca	5	9	11	25
13	Universities	4	0	0	4
14	Johor	2	7	17	26
15	Perlis	2	2	4	8
16	Police	1	3	8	12
17	Brunei	1	1	0	2
18	Schools	1	0	2	3
19	Labuan	0	0	0	0
Totals (19 entries)		277	274	328	879

1998 Sukma Games

* Host nation (Selangor)

1998 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor*	80	61	41	182
2	Sarawak	46	45	41	132
3	Perak	25	25	37	87
4	Kuala Lumpur	23	25	26	74
5	Pahang	21	29	36	86
6	Penang	12	5	23	40
7	Terengganu	11	14	15	40
8	Sabah	11	10	12	33
9	Kelantan	11	9	10	30
10	Kedah	8	13	15	36
11	Johor	7	7	16	30
12	Negeri Sembilan	4	8	13	25
13	Malacca	4	8	11	23
14	Perlis	1	2	3	6
15	Labuan	0	0	2	2
15	Schools	0	0	2	2
Totals (16 entries)		264	261	303	828

2000 Sukma Games

* Host nation (Host state (Penang))

2000 Sukma Games medal table
Rank	State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Selangor	53	56	54	163
2	Sarawak	49	55	56	160
3	Perak	46	37	40	123
4	Penang*	34	26	36	96
5	Kuala Lumpur	33	32	30	95
6	Pahang	27	26	35	88
7	Johor	20	17	31	68
8	Kedah	17	15	21	53
9	Sabah	12	11	18	41
10	Negeri Sembilan	12	10	13	35
11	Kelantan	8	12	15	35
12	Malacca	7	10	14	31
13	Terengganu	6	4	8	18
14	Perlis	4	5	5	14
15	Universities	3	3	2	8
16	Schools	1	1	3	5
17	Brunei	0	1	3	4
17	Police	0	1	3	4
19	Labuan	0	0	0	0
Totals (19 entries)		332	322	387	1,041

List of SUKMA Editions

2014

1986, 1988, 2011, 2013, 2022

2028

Host cities of the games through 2018

Edition	Year	Host	Main Stadium	Start Date	End Date	Opened by	Sports	Events	Teams	Competitors	Top state
I	1986	Kuala Lumpur	Stadium Merdeka	19 April	26 April	Sultan Abdul Halim	16	123	16	3849	Kuala Lumpur
II	1988	Kuala Lumpur	Stadium Merdeka	12 November	19 November	Sports Minister Najib Razak	17	133	17	4214	Selangor
III	1990	Sarawak	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching	18 July	27 July	15	134	17	2849	Sarawak
IV	1992	Johor	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Johor Bahru	1 July	11 July	22	199	17	5206	Sarawak
V	1994	Perak	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	9 June	18 June	24	264	17	3956	Sarawak
VI	1996	Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan	1 June	10 June	25	277	19	5206	Selangor
VII	1998	Selangor	Opening ceremony Shah Alam Stadium Closing ceremony Malawati Indoor Stadium	17 April	26 April	24	264	16	3956	Selangor
VIII	2000	Penang	Batu Kawan Stadium, Batu Kawan	25 May	4 June	29	332	19	5875	Selangor
IX	2002	Sabah	Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu	7 September	14 September	27	347	20	5324	Selangor
X	2004	Negeri Sembilan	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Seremban	29 May	6 June	30		17	6000	Selangor
XI	2006	Kedah	Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star	28 May	4 June	26	349	16	4882	Selangor
XII	2008	Terengganu	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Kuala Terengganu	31 May	9 June	31	404	15	6000	Terengganu
XIII	2010	Malacca	Hang Jebat Stadium, Paya Rumput	10 June	19 June	33	418	15	7000	Terengganu
XIV	2011	Kuala Lumpur	KLFA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	2 June	12 June	24	129	14	3368	Terengganu
XV	2012	Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan	9 July	16 July	24	393	15	5828	Terengganu
XVI	2013	Kuala Lumpur	NSC Mini Stadium, KL Sports City, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur	28 June	7 July	23	130	14	3618	Selangor
XVII	2014	Perlis	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar	24 May	4 June	24	389	15	7815	Federal Territory
XVIII	2016	Sarawak	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching	23 July	31 July	24	382	15	5670	Selangor
XIX	2018	Perak	Perak Stadium, Ipoh	11 September	22 September	29	427	15	7464	Terengganu
XX	2022	Kuala Lumpur	Dataran Gemilang, UKM, Bangi	16 September	24 September	31	426	15	6606	Johor
XXI	2024	Sarawak	Opening ceremony Sarawak Stadium, Kuching Closing ceremony Unity Stadium, Kuching	17 August	24 August	37	488	15	9927	Sarawak
XXII	2026	Selangor	Opening ceremony Independence Square, Shah Alam Closing ceremony MBPJ Stadium, Petaling Jaya
XXIII	2028	Kelantan	Bukit Merbau Stadium, Pasir Puteh (expected)	Future event
XXIV	2030	MSN		Future event
XXV	2032	Sabah	Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu (expected)	Future event
XXVI	2034	MSN		Future event

List of the Sukma Games' Sportsman and Sportswoman

Edition	Year	Sukma Games' Sportsman			Sukma Games' Sportswoman
Edition	Year	Name	Contingent	Sport	Name	Contingent	Sport
III	1990	Gerard Liew	Penang	Swimming	Tania Hamid Bugo	Sarawak	Swimming
IV	1992	Khoo Kah Hock	MASUM	Archery	Magdaline Goh	Penang	Swimming
IV	1992	Azmi Ibrahim (Most Promising Sportsman)	Pahang	Athletics	Shalin Zulkifli (Most Promising Sportswoman)	Selangor	Bowling
V	1994	Azmi Ibrahim	Pahang	Athletics	Yew Chai Peng	Perak	Athletics
VII	1998	Chai Song Lip	Sarawak	Athletics	Ho Hsu Ee	Kuala Lumpur	Swimming
VIII	2000	Allen Ong	Perak	Swimming	Sia Wai Yen	Kuala Lumpur	Swimming
IX	2002	Ng Shu Mun	Perak	Artistic gymnastics	Ngew Sin Mei	Kuala Lumpur	Athletics
IX	2002	Ng Shu Mun	Perak	Artistic gymnastics	Petra Nabila Mustafa (Most Promising Sportswoman)	Negeri Sembilan	Athletics
X	2004	Daniel Bego	Sarawak	Swimming	Cindy Ong	Perak	Swimming
XI	2006	Zulkifli Che Rose	Sarawak	Weightlifting	Lew Yih Wey	Negeri Sembilan	Swimming
XII	2008	Foo Jian Beng	Selangor	Swimming	Marellyn Liew	Sabah	Swimming
XIII	2010	J. Karthik	Malacca	Athletics	Chan Kah Yan	Federal Territory	Swimming
XIV	2011	Ahmad Shafie Abd Jabar	Johor	Canoeing	Jupha Somnet	Perlis	Cycling
XV	2012	Abdul Mubin Rahim	Terengganu	Weightlifting	Frenceay Titus	Sabah	Weightlifting
XVI	2013	Danniel Iskandar Richard	Selangor	Artistic gymnastics	Esmelda Arecia Menti Alfred Geling	Sarawak	Artistic gymnastics
XVII	2014	Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin	Negeri Sembilan	Athletics	Jelinie Empera	Sarawak	Weightlifting
XVIII	2016	Khairul Hafiz Jantan	Malacca	Athletics	Nur Aqilah Yusof	Terengganu	Archery
XIX	2018	Eugenius Lo Foh Soon	Sabah	Archery	Azreen Nabila Alias	Terengganu	Athletics
XX	2022	Muhammad Fakhrullah Rumaize	Johor	Canoeing	Tan Rouxin	Johor	Swimming
XXI	2024	Andrew Goh Zheng Yen	Selangor	Swimming	Gan Chen Jie	Negeri Sembilan	Shooting
XXII	2026	Cheah Zen Hong	Pahang	Shooting	Eliza Tan Ai Shen	Selangor	Swimming

Para Sukma Games

Para Sukma Games (Malay: Para Sukan Malaysia), is a multi-sport event held for Malaysian athletes with disabilities. The games were previously known as the National Games of Malaysia For the Orthopaedically Handicapped (Malay: Sukan Kebangsaan Bagi Orang Cacat Anggota Malaysia) from 1982 until 1998 and the Paralimpiad Malaysia Games (Malay: Sukan Paralimpiad Malaysia) from 1998 until 2018 and held separately from the Sukma Games until 2010.

Outside Malaysia

In the 1990 to 1996 editions, several Southeast Asian countries also participated in the games. In the 2002 edition, several other Asian countries participated in the games.

2014

1982, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2022

Host cities of the games through 2018

Editions

Games	Year	Host state	Sports	Contingent	Participants	Top state
National Games of Malaysia For the Orthopaedically Handicapped
I	1982	Kuala Lumpur	2	14	550
II	1984	Selangor	2	14	650
III	1986	Penang	2	14	750
IV	1988	Kelantan	2	15	828
V	1990	Malacca	2	17	853
VI	1992	Terengganu	2	17	980
VII	1994	Johor	2	15	1200	Sarawak
VII	1996	Sarawak	2	18	978	Sarawak
Paralimpiad Malaysia Games
IX	1998	Selangor	10	14	877	Sarawak
X	2000	Kuala Lumpur	17	23	1239	Sarawak
XI	2002	Kuala Lumpur	16	23	937	Sarawak
XII	2004	Kuala Lumpur	20	15	1081	Sarawak
XIII	2006	Kuala Lumpur	16	15	1203	Sarawak
XIV	2008	Kuala Lumpur	16	15	1910	Sarawak
XV	2010	Malacca	16	15	1368	Sarawak
XVI	2012	Pahang	17	15	1900	Sarawak
XVII	2014	Perlis	9	15		Sarawak
XVIII	2016	Sarawak	9	15	1500+	Sarawak
PARA SUKMA Games
XIX	2018	Perak	10	15	1968	Sarawak
XX	2022	Kuala Lumpur	10	15	1824	Sabah
XXI	2024	Sarawak	10	15	1994	Sarawak

List of the Para SUKMA Games Sportsman and Sportswoman

Edition	Year	Para Sukma Games' Sportsman			Para Sukma Games' Sportswoman
Edition	Year	Name	Contingent	Sport	Name	Contingent	Sport
XVIII	2016	Yoong Chung Wei	Penang	Para swimming	Carmen Lim	Selangor	Para swimming
XIX	2018	Jaklon Anak Ganding	Sabah	Para athletics	Nur Feiqha Maulad Binti Mohd Halil	Negeri Sembilan	Chess
XX	2022	Mohammad Zikri Zakaria	Malacca	Para athletics	Nur Jannaton Abdul Jalil	Perak	Para archery
XXI	2024	Shahafiq Abdullah	Sabah	Para swimming	Loh Chi Hui	Pahang	Para archery
XXII	2026	Muhammad Safwan Suhaimi	Selangor	Para swimming	Noshazwani Maisara Marzuki	Sarawak	Para athletics

Sopma Games

Sopma Games, officially the Malaysia Deaf Games (Malay: Sukan Orang Pekak Malaysia), is a national multi-sports event held biennially for deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes. Organised by the Malaysian Deaf Sports Association (MSDeaf), the games first started in 1985 to promote sportsmanship and unearth athletic talent among the deaf community. Initially an annual event held from 1985 to 1989 called the Inter-club Deaf Sports Championship (Malay: Kejohanan Sukan Antara Kelab Pekak, KSAKP), it transformed into a biennial event called the National Deaf Games (Malay: Sukan Kebangsaan Orang Pekak, SKOP) from 1991 to 2006, before it became known by its present name since 2009. Since 2016, the Sopma Games has always been held at the same venue as the Sukma and Para Sukma Games.

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External links

Sukma Games Archived 2 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
2016 Sukma Games Information Site Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) - Tag Archive - PenyuSukan.com
1996 Sukma Games official website

[Sukma-1] "Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA)" (in Malay). National Sports Council of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

[2] "Sukma mungkin diadakan setiap tahun mulai 2011". Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[3] "Sukma Games may be held anually [sic], starting 2011". Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[4] "Include foreign fare in Malaysia Games". New Straits Times. 14 May 2000.

[5] "4,070 for the Games". New Straits Times. 10 November 1988. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[6] "Angry Najib Lashes out". New Straits Times. 20 November 1988. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[7] "Contingent code". Archived from the original on 9 January 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[8] "Magazine Sabah 2002". Archived from the original on 27 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[9] "Magazine Sabah 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original on 17 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[10] ttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19860419&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Testing

[11] Archived National Sports Council Sukma Games Medal Tally

[12] "Sukan Malaysia". Perak State Sport Council.

[13] "Sukan Malaysia". Sabah State Sport Council.

[14] "List of Champions of Sukma". Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[15] "New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 10 September 2026.

[16] "New Straits Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 10 September 2026.

[17] "Mascot SUKMA". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[18] "Perak, Johor tuan rumah Sukma 2018, 2020" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 14 May 2015.

[19] "Sukma 1992 Closed" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[20] "Sukma 1998 Closed" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[auto-21] "Paralimpiad Malaysia". Facebook. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[auto1-22] "Para Sukma".

[23] "Malaysia Paralympics Movement" (PDF).

[12MPG-24] "Paralimpiad Malaysia". Facebook.

[25] "Sukan Malaysia". Perak State Sport Council.

[26] "Sukan Malaysia". Sabah State Sport Council.

[27] "List of Champions of Sukma". Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[28] Abdullah, Mohd Roji Kawi (6 August 2016). "Sukan Paralimpiad Malaysia XVIII bermula (Malaysian Paralympiad Games XVIII begins)". Berita Harian (BHarian Online). Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

[29] "Sukan Paralimpiad Malaysia bakal jadi tumpuan (Malaysian Paralympiad Games will be the spotlight)". www.utusanborneo.com.my (in Malay). 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

[30] "Sarawak's 12th title, buoyed by swimmers". Borneo Post. 12 August 2016.

[31] "Masyarakat Perlu Contohi Kesungguhan Atlet PARA SUKMA". Perak State Government. 28 November 2018.

[32] Helmi Talkah (6 November 2022). "Zikri, Nur Jannaton atlet terbaik Para SUKMA 2022". Berita Harian.

[33] "Safwan, Noshazwani Crowned Best Male And Female Athletes of Selangor 2026 Para SUKMA". Bernama. 11 September 2026.

[34] "SOPMA Venue list". msdeaf.org.my.

v t e Sukma Games
NSC KBS
Sukma Games	Kuala Lumpur 1986 Kuala Lumpur 1988 Sarawak 1990 Johor 1992 Perak 1994 Pahang 1996 Selangor 1998 Penang 2000 Sabah 2002 Negeri Sembilan 2004 Kedah 2006 Terengganu 2008 Malacca 2010 Kuala Lumpur 2011 Pahang 2012 Kuala Lumpur 2013 Perlis 2014 Sarawak 2016 Perak 2018 Kuala Lumpur 2022 Sarawak 2024 Selangor 2026 Kelantan 2028
Para Sukma Games	Kuala Lumpur 1982 Selangor 1984 Penang 1986 Kelantan 1988 Malacca 1990 Terengganu 1992 Johor 1994 Sarawak 1996 Selangor 1998 Kuala Lumpur 2000 Kuala Lumpur 2002 Kuala Lumpur 2004 Kuala Lumpur 2006 Kuala Lumpur 2008 Malacca 2010 Pahang 2012 Perlis 2014 Sarawak 2016 Perak 2018 Kuala Lumpur 2022 Sarawak 2024 Selangor 2026 Kelantan 2028

Sukma Games

History

Event proposal and conceptualisation (1983–1985)

Implementation and debut (1986–1988)

Participating teams

Former participating teams

Sports

Core sports

Optional sports

Sports by number of events

Medal table by edition

1986 Sukma Games

1988 Sukma Games

1990 Sukma Games

1992 Sukma Games

1994 Sukma Games

1996 Sukma Games

1998 Sukma Games

2000 Sukma Games

List of SUKMA Editions

List of the Sukma Games' Sportsman and Sportswoman

Para Sukma Games

Outside Malaysia

Editions

List of the Para SUKMA Games Sportsman and Sportswoman

Sopma Games

See also

References

External links