The 1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games officially known as the 3rd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 14 - 21 December 1965 with 14 sports featured in the games. Originally to be hosted by Laos, the third edition of the games was hosted by Malaysia after the former was not able to honour its hosting commitment citing financial difficulties and would later known to have hosted the 2009 Southeast Asian Games decades later. Two years earlier, the third SEAP Games was cancelled as Cambodia pulled out of hosting the event due to internal strife.