Editing Southeast Asia (section)

====Sports====
{{See also|SEA Games}}
[[Association football]] is the most popular sport in the region, with the [[ASEAN Football Federation]], the region's primary regulatory body, formed on 31 January 1984, in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia. The [[AFF Championship]] is the largest football competition in the region since its inaugural in [[1996 AFF Championship|1996]], with [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] holding the most titles in the competition with seven titles. The reigning winner is Thailand, who defeated [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam]] in the [[2022 AFF Championship|2022]] final. Thailand has had the most numerous appearances in the [[AFC Asian Cup]] with 7 while the highest-ranked result in the Asian Cup for a Southeast Asian team is second place in the [[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]] by [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]] in [[Iran]]. [[Dutch East Indies national football team results|Indonesia]] is the only Southeast Asian team to have played in the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]] as the [[Dutch East Indies national football team results|Dutch East Indies]].

ASEAN has also committed to preserving [[traditional sports and games]] (TSG) in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Promoting and Safeguarding Traditional Sports and Games in ASEAN: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies |url=https://asean.org/book/promoting-and-safeguarding-traditional-sports-and-games-in-asean-challenges-opportunities-and-strategies/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=asean.org}}</ref>