The 13th edition of the South Asian Games is set to begin on December 1, 2019 and will be played till December 10, 2019 in Kathmandu – Pokhara, Nepal. This is the third time that Nepal is hosting the event after 1984 and 1999. The South Asian Games were set to begin on March 9 but the tournament was rescheduled after the Olympic Council Executive Board meeting in Bangkok.