Official Sanction: APDSC • Penang, Malaysia (3–10 October 2026)
Official Bulletin 3.0 • Penang 2026

Asia-Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships Penang 2026

Official Regional Sports Competition Hosted in Penang. Uniting athletes across the Asia-Pacific region in excellence and sportsmanship.

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Event Highlight

WELCOME & APPRECIATION DINNER

Celebrating friendship, gratitude and the spirit of the Asia-Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships Penang 2026.

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Relive the Welcome & Appreciation Dinner, presented by the Malaysian Deaf Sports Association.

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Presidential Welcome

Dear Members of the Asia-Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation,

Warm greetings.

We are delighted to welcome all APDSC members to the Asia-Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships 2026 in Penang, Malaysia, from 3–10 October 2026. MSDeaf looks forward to hosting you and ensuring a meaningful and memorable experience.

Thank you.

Ong Shin Ruenn

Ong Shin Ruenn

President, MSDeaf

Ong Shin Ruenn
APDSC Leadership

Executive Council (2024 - 2028)

Guiding the regional development and championship administration.

Mr. Mohammad Pargar

President

Iran

Mr. Tan Lian Seng Dennis

Vice-President

Singapore

Mr. Lim Heng Tuck

Treasurer

Malaysia

Mr. Siddharth Jain

Board Member

India

Mr. David Francis Peters

Board Member

Australia

Ms. Elvira Ligay

Board Member

Uzbekistan

Mr. Ota Yosuke

Board Member

Japan
Host Country Leadership

Organisation Chart of MSDeaf Board

Malaysian Sports Federation of the Deaf Executive Committee

(Dr.) Ong Shin Ruenn

(Dr.) Ong Shin Ruenn

President

Mohd Yusri Abdul Ghani

Deputy President

Kamarzaman Harun

General Secretary

Mohamad Nazrul Azwa Zulkipply

Assist. General Secretary

Muhammad Shahril Mohd Saupi

Treasurer
Sarkunan Balakrishnan

Sarkunan Balakrishnan

Vice President

Ko Ming Liang

Vice President

Mohd Yazid Bain

Vice President

Lam Wai Hoong

Vice President

Choo Mei Lin

Vice President

Soon Yeok Voon

Vice President
Championship Lineup

8 Sports & Official Venues

Competitions taking place across premier facilities in Penang (3–10 October 2026).

Penang State Stadium, Batu Kawan Stadium

Athletics

Penang State Stadium, Batu Kawan

World-class running tracks and field event arenas for premier track & field competitions.

Penang Badminton Association Indoor Hall

Badminton

Penang Badminton Association

High-intensity singles and doubles badminton matches on professional indoor courts.

Megalane Bowling Centre Indoor Hall

Tenpin Bowling

Megalane Bowling Centre

Precision bowling tournament hosted in top entertainment complexes with computerized scoring.

Penang Table Tennis Association Indoor Hall

Table Tennis

Penang Table Tennis Association (PTTA)

Fast-paced table tennis competitions showcasing supreme reflexes and skill.

1st Avenue Mall, Penang Shopping Mall

Chess

1st Avenue Mall, Penang

Strategic intellectual battles testing focus and tactical superiority in quiet climate-controlled halls.

Penang 2026 Delegations

Participating Countries

Official entry list for the Asia-Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships Penang 2026.

Entry list of 19 participating countries, showing athlete and official totals by sport for Penang 2026
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Master Timeline

SCHEDULE

Official Asia-Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships Master Timeline (1 – 11 October 2026)

TM

Technical Meeting

P

Practice Session

C

Competition Day

R

Rest Day

EVENT / PLACE 1 OCT
THURS		 2 OCT
FRI		 3 OCT
SAT		 4 OCT
SUN		 5 OCT
MON		 6 OCT
TUE		 7 OCT
WED		 8 OCT
THURS		 9 OCT
FRI		 10 OCT
SAT
ARRIVAL / DEPARTURE
Contingent		 - - - - - - -
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
CELEBRATION CEREMONY
ST GILES WEMBLEY PENANG HOTEL		 - - -
ATHLETICS
Penang State Stadium, Batu Kawan		 WELCOME - P P TM / P C C C - THANK YOU
BADMINTON
Penang Badminton Association		 TM / P C C C C C C C
TENPIN BOWLING
Megalane Bowling Centre		 - TM / P C C C R C C
TABLE TENNIS
Penang Table Tennis Association (PTTA)		 P TM / P C C C C C -
CHESS
1st Avenue Mall, Penang		 - - TM C C C C C C -
Live Broadcasts

LIVE STREAMING

Select a competition date to view its live matches and streaming links.

3 3 October 2026 Saturday • 9 games
India vs Kazakhstan Badminton Mixed Team · Group A 9:00 AM Penang Badminton Association Final • 5–0 View result Chinese Taipei vs Indonesia Badminton Mixed Team · Group B 9:00 AM Penang Badminton Association Final • 2–3 View result Japan vs Hong Kong, China Badminton Mixed Team · Group B 9:00 AM Penang Badminton Association Final • 4–1 View result Malaysia vs Kazakhstan Badminton Mixed Team · Group A 12:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 5–0 View result Chinese Taipei vs Hong Kong, China Badminton Mixed Team · Group B 12:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 5–0 View result Japan vs Indonesia Badminton Mixed Team · Group B 12:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 3–2 View result India vs Malaysia Badminton Mixed Team · Group A 3:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 5–0 View result Chinese Taipei vs Japan Badminton Mixed Team · Group B 3:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 2–3 View result Hong Kong, China vs Indonesia Badminton Mixed Team · Group B 3:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 0–5 View result
4 4 October 2026 Sunday • 26 events
4 October Badminton Schedule View official matches on TournamentSoftware
India vs Indonesia Badminton Team Event 9:00 AM Penang Badminton Association Final • 3-0 View result Malaysia vs Japan Badminton Team Event 9:00 AM Penang Badminton Association Final • 0-3 View result India vs Japan Badminton Team Event 12:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 3-2 View result Indonesia vs Malaysia Badminton Team Event 12:00 PM Penang Badminton Association Final • 3-1 View result Singles – Men Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Watch live Singles – Women Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Watch live India vs Laos Table Tennis Men's Team · GB-1 9:30 AM Final • 3-0 View result Kuwait vs Malaysia Table Tennis Men's Team · GB-2 9:30 AM Final • 3-1 View result Hong Kong, China vs Kyrgyzstan Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-1 9:30 AM Final • 3-1 View result Macau, China vs Kuwait Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-2 9:30 AM Final • 3-0 View result India vs Kuwait Table Tennis Men's Team · GB-3 3:30 PM Final • 3-0 View result Laos vs Malaysia Table Tennis Men's Team · GB-4 3:30 PM Final • 0-3 View result India vs Macau, China Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-3 11:30 AM Final • 3-0 View result Kyrgyzstan vs Kuwait Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-4 11:30 AM Final • 3-1 View result Hong Kong, China vs Macau, China Table Tennis Men's Team · GA-3 3:30 PM Final • 3-0 View result Laos vs Kuwait Table Tennis Men's Team · GB-5 3:30 PM Final • 1-3 View result India vs Malaysia Table Tennis Men's Team · GB-6 3:30 PM Final • 3-0 View result India vs Kyrgyzstan Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-5 3:30 PM Final • 3-0 View result Hong Kong, China vs Kuwait Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-6 3:30 PM Final • 2-3 View result Chess Day 1 Chess 4:00 PM 1st Avenue Mall, Penang Watch live
Malaysia vs Japan Table Tennis Mixed Team · Semifinal 1 Final • 0-9 Result
India vs Indonesia Table Tennis Mixed Team · Semifinal 2 Final • 9-0 Result
Japan vs India Table Tennis Mixed Team · Final · India Champion Final • 6-9 Result
Malaysia vs Indonesia Table Tennis Mixed Team · Third Place · Indonesia Bronze Final • 3-9 Result
Chinese Taipei vs Macau, China Table Tennis Men's Team · GA-1 Final • 3-0 Result
Chinese Taipei vs Hong Kong, China Table Tennis Men's Team · GA-2 Final • 3-0 Result
5 5 October 2026 Monday • 18 events
Men's Doubles – Live Matches Badminton Individual Men's Doubles Watch live Women's Doubles – Live Matches Badminton Individual Women's Doubles Watch live Men's Singles – Live Matches Badminton Individual Men's Singles Watch live Women's Singles – Live Matches Badminton Individual Women's Singles Watch live Doubles – Women Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Watch live Doubles – Women · 2nd Stream Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM Watch live Doubles – Men · Live 1 Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Watch live Doubles – Men · Live 2 Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Watch live Mixed Doubles Table Tennis 4 rounds · 8 first-round slots Tables 1–6 View bracket Chinese Taipei vs Kuwait Table Tennis Men's Team · Semifinal 9:30 AM Table 1 Final • 3-0 View result Hong Kong, China vs India Table Tennis Men's Team · Semifinal 9:30 AM Table 2 Final • 2-3 View result Chinese Taipei vs India Table Tennis Men's Team · Final · Chinese Taipei Gold · India Silver 11:30 AM Table 1 Final • 3-0 View result India vs Kuwait Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-10 11:30 AM Table 6 Final • 3-0 View result Macau, China vs Hong Kong, China Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-9 11:30 AM Table 5 Final • 3-1 View result Macau, China vs Kyrgyzstan Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-7 9:30 AM Table 5 Final • 3-1 View result Hong Kong, China vs India Table Tennis Women's Team · GA-8 9:30 AM Table 6 Final • 0-3 View result Classical Individual – Round 1 Chess 90 min + 30 sec 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Watch live Classical Individual – Round 2 Chess 90 min + 30 sec 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Watch live
6 6 October 2026 Tuesday • 11 games
Athletics – Live Broadcast Athletics Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 8:00 AM Stadium Penang, Batu Kawan Watch live Chess – Live Broadcast Chess Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 3:00 PM 1st Avenue Mall, Penang Watch live Individual Men's Doubles Badminton Individual Men's Doubles View bracket Individual Men's Singles Badminton Individual Men's Singles View bracket Yang Jung-Tsung / Chang Yi-Chun vs Lu Shih-Chieh / Chen Chien-Fei Table Tennis Mixed Doubles · Final · Chinese Taipei Gold 12:00 PM Table 4 Final • 4-3 View result Chen Chien-Fei / Chang Yi-Chun vs Kaur Aishwin / Mullick Cindrella Table Tennis Women's Doubles · Final · India Gold 4:40 PM Table 2 Final • 2-4 View result Yang Jung-Tsung / Lu Shih-Chieh vs Chuang Cheng-Yeh / Wang Yi-Hsiang Table Tennis Men's Doubles · Final · Chinese Taipei Gold 5:15 PM Table 1 Final • 4-2 View result Men's Trios – 1st Block Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM Watch live Women's Trios – 1st Block Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM Watch live Women's Trios – 2nd Block Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM Watch live Men's Trios – 2nd Block Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM Watch live
7 7 October 2026 Wednesday • 9 games
Chess – Live Broadcast Chess Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 10:00 AM 1st Avenue Mall, Penang Watch live Athletics – Live 1 Athletics Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 8:00 AM Stadium Penang, Batu Kawan Watch live Athletics – Live 2 Athletics Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 3:00 PM Stadium Penang, Batu Kawan Watch live Women's Singles Results Table Tennis Women's Singles · 37 finished matches View results Men's Singles Results Table Tennis Men's Singles · 57 finished matches View results Individual Men's Doubles Badminton Individual Men's Doubles View upcoming matches Individual Men's Singles Badminton Individual Men's Singles View bracket Individual Women's Doubles Badminton Individual Women's Doubles View bracket Individual Women's Singles Badminton Individual Women's Singles View bracket
8 8 October 2026 Thursday • 11 games
Athletics – Live 1 Athletics Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 8:00 AM Stadium Penang, Batu Kawan Watch live Chess – Live 1 Chess Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 11:00 AM 1st Avenue Mall, Penang Watch live Chess – Live 2 Chess Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 3:00 PM 1st Avenue Mall, Penang Link of live stream Athletics – Live 2 Athletics Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 3:00 PM Stadium Penang, Batu Kawan Watch live Team Men – 1st Block (3 Games) Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Watch live Team Men – 2nd Block (3 Games) Tenpin Bowling Competition Session 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Watch live Individual Men's Singles Badminton Individual Men's Singles View bracket Individual Men's Doubles Badminton Individual Men's Doubles View bracket Individual Mixed Doubles Badminton Individual Mixed Doubles View bracket Individual Women's Doubles Badminton Individual Women's Doubles View bracket Individual Women's Singles Badminton Individual Women's Singles View bracket
9 9 October 2026 Friday • 8 games
Chess – Live 1 Chess Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 10:00 AM 1st Avenue Mall, Penang Watch live Chess – Live 2 Chess Asia Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championship 2026 2:00 PM 1st Avenue Mall, Penang Watch live Team Women – 1st Block (3 Games) Tenpin Bowling Competition Session Watch live Individual Men's Doubles Badminton Individual Men's Doubles View bracket Individual Mixed Doubles Badminton Individual Mixed Doubles View bracket Individual Women's Doubles Badminton Individual Women's Doubles View bracket Individual Women's Singles Badminton Individual Women's Singles View bracket Individual Men's Singles Badminton Individual Men's Singles View bracket

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Official Hotels

Recommended Accommodations

Book your stay through the Organizing Committee. Contact them if financial assistance is needed.

Hotel Continental Penang

Hotel Continental Penang

No. 5, Jalan Penang, 10000 George Town, Penang

Twin Room Superior King Standard Queen
Kimberley Hotel

Kimberley Hotel

No.36 G-02 Jalan Sungai Ujong, 10100 Georgetown Penang

Single Room Twin Room
JEN Penang Georgetown by Shangri-La

JEN Penang Georgetown by Shangri-La

Magazine Rd, George Town, 10300 Penang

Single Room Twin Room
Loop On Leith Hotel

Loop On Leith Hotel

29 Leith Street, 10200 Georgetown, Penang

Twin Room King Room
Hotel Neo+ Penang

Hotel Neo+ Penang

68 Jalan Gurdwara, 10300 Georgetown, Penang

Single Room Twin Room
Merchant Hotel

Merchant Hotel

55, Jalan Penang, Georgetown, 10000 Penang

Twin Room King Room
Asia-Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships 2026, Penang Malaysia

ACCOMMODATION PAYMENT TIMELINE

MONTH / DAY BOOKING ACCOMMODATION
February, 28th Room registration period
April, 30th Deadline for room registration
May, 5th Send accommodation invoice
June, 1st Payment of 70% deposit
July, 31st Deadline to registration request additional room/ days or to reduce rooms/ days
August, 15th FINAL payment (remaining 30% deposit)

Note: Book accommodation through the Committee. Contact them if financial help is needed.

Asia-Pacific Deaf Multi-Sport Championships 2026, Penang Malaysia

REGISTRATION FEE

01

APSDC

USD 50
02

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

USD 50
03

APSDC & COMMITTEE - MEDIA

USD 500

INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION

Accreditation card with photo for each participant

Free access to all competitions

Shuttle service between official hotel and venues

FOR MEDIA ACCREDITATION

SIM card provided on arrival

Official media access pass

Official media T-shirts included

Logistics & Travel Support

TRANSPORTATION & ARRIVAL

Essential travel details, flight booking guidelines, visa requirements, and ground shuttle support for Penang 2026 participants.

01

FLIGHT

Participants should book flights directly to Penang International Airport (PEN). Please submit flight itinerary details to the Organizing Committee for airport pickup arrangements.

Arrival Airport: PEN
02

VISA INFORMATION

Ensure passports are valid for at least 6 months beyond your stay. Official invitation letters will be provided by MSDeaf upon registration confirmation to support visa applications.

Invitation Letter Provided
03

BUS SHUTTLE

Complimentary shuttle bus services will operate continuously between official recommended hotels and all sports competition venues throughout the duration of the games.

Daily Shuttle Scheduled
04

AMBULANCE

Dedicated medical emergency teams and ambulance vehicles will be stationed on standby at all official sports venues and hotels to ensure immediate health response and safety.

24/7 Standby Support