2020 Invictus Games

The 2020 Invictus Games will take place in The Hague, Netherlands. It will be the fifth Invictus Games.[1][2] The games will be documented in a Netflix documentary called Heart of Invictus.[3]

Invictus Games – The Hague 2020
Invictus Games logo
Host cityThe Hague, Netherlands
Nations participating20
Debuting countries2
Opening ceremony16 April 2022 (2022-04-16)
Closing ceremony22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Officially opened byPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Main venueSportcampus Zuiderpark
Websiteinvictusgamesfoundation.org/games/the-hague-2020/
Hague skyline

The games were to be held on 9–16 May 2020 at the Zuiderpark,[4] but were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were then postponed again to the Spring of 2022.[5]

Participating countries

The 18 participating countries of the 2018 Invictus Games are invited back, along with new invitations to Belgium and South Korea, which made the total number of participating countries to 20.

The participating countries are:

References
  1. "THE HAGUE 2022 – Invictus Games Foundation". Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. "Harry and Meghan announce Netflix show about Invictus Games". the Guardian. 2021-04-06. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  3. "Prince Harry's Invictus Games set for new 2022 date after Netflix announcement". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  4. "Invictus Games". Invictus Games (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  5. Nolasco, Stephanie (19 March 2020). "Prince Harry's Invictus Games postponed to 2022 due to coronavirus pandemic". Fox News. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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