2022 World Games

The World Games 2022 will be the eleventh World Games, a major international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that were not contested in the Olympic Games. While originally scheduled for July 2021, The World Games 2022 will be held July 7 to 17, 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, due to the rescheduling of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.[1] The host city was chosen by the International World Games Association on January 22, 2015,[2] and the Games will feature 30 official sports in 54 disciplines which will be contested at 30 venues across the Birmingham area.[3]

The World Games 2022
Host cityBirmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Nations participating100+
Athletes participating3,600
Opening ceremonyJuly 7, 2022
Closing ceremonyJuly 17, 2022
Main venueProtective Stadium
Websitetwg2022.com

Bidding process

The cities that bid for the 2022 Games were:

Barcelona and Santiago also considered bids. Cities must pay a $125,000 application fee, and submit information about "venues, infrastructure, volunteers, budget, transportation[,] and other elements".[4]

Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham's bid, publicly announced in June 2014, was presented by Edgar Welden, Scott Myers, and David Benck. It was the only American city authorized to make a bid for these games. Myers, the executive director of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, said the bid was "a dream, but it's not a pipe dream. It's attainable."[4] At the time, organizers projected a budget of $75 million, and the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau anticipated a windfall of between $224.4 million and $288.6 million in out-of-town dollars.[4]

The final decision was announced on January 22, 2015, in Lausanne, awarding The World Games 2022 to Birmingham.[5][6]

Venues

Venues for The World Games 2022 include:[7][8][9][10]

  • Bill Harris Arena: artistic skating, inline hockey
  • Natatorium: canoe polo, finswimming, lifesaving
  • Indoor Track: track speedskating, wheelchair rugby
  • Outside Lot: road speedskating
  • Concert Hall: powerlifting
  • East Exhibition Hall: floorball, korfball
  • Legacy Arena: dancesport (Latin, rock n roll, standard), gymnastics (acrobatic, aerobic, rhythmic, trampoline and tumbling)
  • North Exhibition Hall: bowling
  • Sheraton Hotel Ballroom: billiards sports
  • Bill Battle Coliseum: ju-jitsu, karate, wushu
  • BSC Panther Soccer Field: fistball
  • campus: orienteering (sprint)
  • Double Oak Lake: canoe marathon, water skiing and wakeboard
  • nature: orienteering (middle distance)
  • BBVA Field: lacrosse
  • University Recreation Center: racquetball, squash
  • track and field complex: tug of war

The Games

Sports

The 2022 World Games programme will feature 30 official sports including 54 disciplines encompassing 206 events.[11] This is the first time that drone racing, canoe marathon, breaking, women's fistball, kickboxing, and parkour have been included in the World Games as official sports. Softball and racquetball are returning to the official World Games programme. Invitational sports comprising 17 events include duathlon,[12] flag football,[13] wheelchair rugby,[14] wushu (taolu)[15] and men's lacrosse.[16] Both men's and women's field lacrosse will be played in a six-a-side format.[17] The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.

Notes
AD: Artistic and Dance sports
B: Ball sports
I: Invitational sports, selected by the host city
M: Martial arts
P: Precision sports
S: Strength sports
T: Trend sports

Participating nations
Participating Nations
  •  Argentina
  •  Australia
  •  Austria
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Belarus
  •  Belgium
  •  Brazil
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Canada
  •  China
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Colombia
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Denmark
  •  Egypt
  •  France
  •  Georgia
  •  Germany
  •  Great Britain
  •  Hong Kong
  •  Hungary
  •  Ireland
  •  Iroquois[18]
  •  Israel
  •  Italy
  •  India
  •  Japan
  •  Latvia
  •  Mexico
  •  Netherlands
  •  New Zealand
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Russia
  •  Slovenia
  •  Spain
  •  Suriname
  •  Sweden
  •  Switzerland
  •  Thailand
  •  Ukraine
  •  United States
  •  Uzbekistan

Calendar

Source [19]

OCOpening ceremony ●Event competitions 1Gold medal events CCClosing ceremony
July 7
Thu		 8
Fri		 9
Sat		 10
Sun		 11
Mon		 12
Tue		 13
Wed		 14
Thu		 15
Fri		 16
Sat		 17
Sun		 Events
CeremoniesOCCCN/A
Acrobatic gymnastics 2 2 1 5
Aerobic gymnastics 2 2 4
Air sports ● 2 2
Archery ● 3 ● ● 2 ● ● 2 7
Artistic roller skating ● 3 3
Beach handball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Billiards sports ● ● ● ● 4 4
Boules sports 2 2 4
Bowling ● ● ● 4 4
Canoe marathon ● 2 2 4
Canoe polo ● ● ● 2 2
Dancesport 1 2 2 5
Finswimming 8 8 16
Fistball ● ● ● 1 1 2
Floorball ● ● ● ● 1 1
Flying disc ● ● ● ● 1 1
Inline hockey ● ● ● ● 1 1
Ju-jitsu 9 9 18
Karate 6 6 12
Kickboxing (K-1) ● 6 6
Korfball ● ● ● ● 1 1
Lacrosse (women) ● ● ● ● 1 1
Lifesaving 8 8 16
Muay Thai ● ● 12 12
Orienteering 2 2 1 5
Parkour gymnastics 2 2 4
Powerlifting 3 3 2 8
Racquetball ● ● ● 2 2
Rhythmic gymnastics 2 2 4
Road speed skating 4 4 8
Softball ● ● ● ● 1 1
Sport climbing 2 2 2 6
Squash ● ● ● 2 2
Sumo 6 2 8
Track speed skating 6 4 10
Trampoline gymnastics 1 1 2 4
Tug of war 1 1 1 3
Water skiing ● 4 4 8
Daily medal events 24322220121010252328206
Cumulative total 24567898110120130155178206
Duathlon1 2 1 3
Flag football1 ● ● ● ● 2 2
Lacrosse (men)1 ● ● ● ● 1 1
Wheelchair rugby1 ● ● ● 1 1
Wushu (taolu)1 5 5 10
Daily medal events 21065200117
Cumulative total 23391416161617
July 7
Thu		 8
Fri		 9
Sat		 10
Sun		 11
Mon		 12
Tue		 13
Wed		 14
Thu		 15
Fri		 16
Sat		 17
Sun		 Events
Note

1 Invitational sports selected by the host organizing committee

Community Engagement

The World Games 2022 Experience Delivered by Shipt

In March 2019, The World Games 2022 unveiled a mobile experience, designed to generate excitement for the event and educate the local community on the sports of The 2022 Games.[20] The traveling Mercedes Sprinter Van includes a rock climbing wall, a sumo wrestling activity, photo opportunities and an interactive trivia game where guests can win prizes. The van made its official debut at the 15th Annual MortgageBanc Chili Cook-Off on March 2, 2019. It will continue to tour throughout 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

World of Opportunity

In June 2019, The World Games 2022 announced the kickoff of their supplier diversity program, World of Opportunity.[21] The program, which was unveiled to an audience of 400 at the Birmingham Crossplex, allows certified, diverse businesses to compete for contracts to provide goods and services for The World Games 2022. The categories accepted include (but are not limited to) transportation services, event production, security, promotional items, merchandise, sports equipment, food service, technology, printing, medical supplies, event equipment, waste removal and construction services.

Broadcasting

In July 2021, it was announced that CBS Sports Network will broadcast one-hour highlights shows on each of the ten days of competition, and two additional one-hour specials will be shown on other CBS channels and on Paramount+.[22]

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