Palembang, S. Sumatra. Oct 16 (ANTARA) - The billiard match as part of the 26th South East Asian (SEA) Games 2011 will take place at the Ogan Permata Indah (OPI) building of Jakabaring sports stadium area in Palembang, South Sumatra.

The OPI building, according to vice chairman of the South Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian national sports committee (KONI) Dhennie Zainal, is eligible for the SEA Games` billiard match.

The organizing committee will only install the pool tables, so the match can be implemented, he said.

The South Sumatra provincial city of Palembang and Jakarta will host the SEA Games which will take place from November 11 through 22, 2011.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the Sea Games were scheduled to be held in the Jakabaring sports stadium.

In addition, the 44 branches of sports which will be competed in Jakarta and Palembang on November 11-22, 2011 are 1.Aquatics, 2. Archery, 3. Athletics, 4. Badminton, 5. Baseball, 6. Basketball, 7. Billiards & Snooker, 8. Bowling, 9. Boxing, 10. Bridge, 11. Canoeing, 12. Chess, 13. Cycling, 14. Equestrian, 15. Fencing, 16. Fin Swimming, 17. Football, 18. Futsal, 19. Golf, 20. Gymnastics, 21. Judo, 22. Karate, 23. Paragliding, 24. Pencak Silat, 25. Petanque, 26. Roller Sports, 27. Rowing, 28. Sailing, 29. Sepaktakraw, 30. Shorinji Kempo, 31. Shooting, 32. Softball, 33. Soft Tennis, 34. Table Tennis, 35. Taekwondo, 36. Tennis, 37. Traditional Boat Race, 38. Volleyball, 39. Vovinam, 40. Wall Climbing ,41. Water Ski, 42. Weightlifting, 43. Wrestling, and 44. Wushu.

A total of 11 countries will participate in the SEA Game, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, Timor Leste, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia as the host. (*)

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