The opening ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will be held in the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan on Saturday, November 30. The games will be opened, officially, by president of the Republic of the Philippines.
Athletes from eleven Southeast Asian nations will participate in the various sporting events that will be played in many venues. The participating countries are: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. The sporting events will be held mostly in Metro Manila but there are games that will be played in Clark, Subic and some provinces in the CALABARZON region.
