|| BRIEF HISTORY || PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES || OBJECTIVES || THEMES ||
|| GENERAL RULES OF THE GAMES ||

Brief History
BIMP-EAGA consist of ‘Brunei – Indonesia – Malaysia – Philippines - East Asean Growth Area’ created on the 26th of March 2006.

BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games have been held five times;

1st BIMP-EAGA 25th - 27th April 1996
General Santos, MINDANAO PHILIPPINES
Events : 01 Athletic 02 Basketball 03 Badminton 04 Archery 05 Football
06 Swimming 07 Sepak Takraw

2nd BIMP-EAGA 24th - 26th October 1997
Kuching, SARAWAK MALAYSIA
Events : 01 Athletic 02 Basketball 03 Badminton 04 Archery 05 Football
06 Swimming 07 Volleyball

3rd BIMP-EAGA 23th - 26th August 2003
Puerto Princesa City, PALAWAN PHILIPPINES
Events : 01 Athletic 02 Football 03 Swimming 04 Sepak Takraw 05 Volleyball

Contingent	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Mindanao, Philippines	21	24	14	59
Sabah, Malaysia	11	7	7	25
Palawan, Philippines	9	16	13	38
South Sulawasi, Indonesia	8	2	4	14
North Sulawasi, Indonesia	7	8	7	22
Brunei Darussalam	2	2	3	7
East Kalimantan, Indonesia	1	0	6	7
Gorontalo, Indonesia	0	0	0	0

4th BIMP-EAGA 13th - 15th September 2004
Kota Kinabalu, SABAH MALAYSIA
Events : 01 Athletic 02 Badminton 03 Football 04 Swimming 05 Sepak Takraw

Contingent	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sabah, Malaysia	32	18	15	65
Sarawak, Malaysia	15	18	18	51
Mindanao, Philippines	14	15	20	49
South Sulawasi, Indonesia	6	12	4	22
Brunei Darussalam	1	5	4	10
Central Sulawasi, Indonesia	1	0	0	1
East Kalimantan, Indonesia	1	1	2	4
Palawan, Philippines	1	0	0	1
FT Labuan	0	2	4	6

5th BIMP-EAGA 24th - 26th November 2006
Makassar, SOUTH SULAWESI INDONESIA
Events : 01 Athletic 02 Sepak Takraw 03 Pencak Silat 04 Swimming 05 Tennis

Contingent	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sabah, Malaysia	19	11	15	45
South Sulawasi, Indonesia	16	10	18	44
Papua, Indonesia	7	7	7	21
South Kalimantan, Indonesia	4	1	13	18
Irian Jaya, Indonesia	4	5	3	12
Brunei Darussalam	1	11	8	20
Central Sulawasi, Indonesia	1	5	6	12
FT Labuan	1	0	2	3
West Sulawasi, Indonesia	0	0	1	1
Gorontalo, Indonesia	0	1	1	2
Sabah, Malaysia	19	11	15	45
South Sulawasi, Indonesia	16	10	18	44

Participating Countries
Member countries and states of BIMP-EAGA :

Negara Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia Gorontalo . Maluku . North Maluku . East Kalimantan . West Kalimantan . Central Kalimantan . South Kalimantan . North Sulawesi . South Sulawesi . Central Sulawesi . West Sulawesi . South-East Sulawesi . Papua . West Papua

Malaysia Sabah . Sarawak . Federal Territory of Labuan

Philippines  Mindanao . Palawan


objectives
To provide opportunities to intensify interaction among peoples and governments within the BIMP-EAGA other than trade;

To enhance unity and cooperation among youth of participating countries through friendly sports cooperation;

To showcase the host country's socio-economic, cultural and educational development.


Themes
" cooperation through sports "


General Rules of The Games
Athletes must be bonafide citizens and resident of focus areas of each BIMP- EAGA countries;

Athletes must be considered an armature and have not participated in any regional or international sporting events such as the SEA Games, Asian Games and so on;

Age ceiling limit is twenty one (21) years old and below as of the date of the competition;

An athlete is allowed to participate in three (3) individual events;

International Olympic Rules and Regulations of each sports event shall be used and followed during the games;

Rules and Regulations of competition will be provided by the secretariat at a later date.