2022 Sukma Games

The 2022 Sukma Games, officially known as the 20th Sukma Games is a multi-sport event that will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 29 September until 8 October.[1][2] The games were originally scheduled to be held in Johor in July 2020, and were initially postponed until March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4][5] This will be Johor's second time to host the Sukma Games since its first time in 1992.[6][7]

XX Sukma Games
Host cityKuala Lumpur
Opening ceremony29 September
Closing ceremony8 October

Organisation

Host state

On 15 May 2015, during the Sukma executive committee meeting chaired by Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, the committee jointly awarded Perak and Johor the hosting rights of the 2018 and 2020 Sukma Games respectively.[8]

Venues

In 2016, the government of Johor had started to build new venues to prepare the state to host the games and decided to include all the state's 10 districts. This included a track and field stadium to be built in Mount Austin.[9][10]

Marketing

The official logo of the 2020 Sukma Games is jawi writing graphic of the word ‘Jim’ which representing the state of Johor that resembled a festival torch. It represents Jawi writing as the pride of the people of Johor who still upheld the jawi writing. Gambier and black pepper the natural treasures of the state were depicted in the logo.[11][12]

Mascot

The official mascot of the 2020 Sukma Games is a Malayan tiger named Jimi. He represented bravery and fierceness and also highlighted the characteristics of the Johor Sultanate which was the identity of the state of Johor. He is described as cute and friendly but aggressive and fierce when playing sports.[13][14]

References
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  2. "SUKMA XX, NSC 2022 to be held from Sept 29 to Oct 8".
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  4. "Johor injects funds for 2020 Sukma". Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  5. "2020 Sukma, Para Sukma cancelled, Johor to host 2022 Games". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. "Johor plans new stadium for 2020 Sukma".
  7. "Johor's four new stadiums to propel sports development for state and country".
  8. "Perak, Johor tuan rumah Sukma 2018, 2020" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 14 May 2015.
  9. "Sukma 2020 events arena identified". Archived from the original on 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  10. "Johor builds Sukma 2020 stadium".
  11. "Logo dan maskot Sukma Johor 2020".
  12. "Harimau dipilih sebagai Logo dan Maskot temasya Sukan Malaysia, SUKMA 20, Johor 2020".
  13. "'Jimi' is 2020 Johor Sukma mascot".
  14. "Logo dan Maskot SUKMA XX Johor 2020 Dilancar".
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