2019 World Beach Games

ANOC World Beach Games 2019
Host city	Doha
Country	Qatar
Nations participating	97
Athletes participating	1240
Events	36 events in 13 sports (in 14 disciplines)
Opening ceremony	12 October
Closing ceremony	16 October
Officially opened by	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Website	www.awbgqatar.com
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The 2019 World Beach Games, (Arabic: 2019 ألعاب شاطئ العالم) officially known as the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 and commonly known as Qatar 2019, was an inaugural international beach multi-sport event organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). It was held for five days, 11 to 16 October 2019, in Doha, Qatar, with the opening rounds for certain events being held on 11 October 2019, the day before the opening ceremony on 12 October.

It had originally been scheduled to be hosted in San Diego, however, on 30 May 2019 it was announced that the Games were being relocated as the host city had not generated sufficient private funds.^[1]

In 14 June 2019, Qatar was announced as the host of the 2019 World Beach Games.

Host selection[]

On 30 October 2015, San Diego was unanimously approved as host of the inaugural World Beach Games at the ANOC General Assembly in Washington D.C..^[2]^[3] Sarasota, Sochi, Dubai and a city in China were the other candidate cities which made bids to host the games.^[4]

The Games were originally scheduled to be held from 29 September 2017, until 9 October 2017. However, in August 2016 they were announced to be postponed to 2019.^[5]

2019 World Beach Games bidding results
City	Nation	Votes
Doha	Qatar	Unanimous

Development and preparation[]

Doha

Location of Doha in Qatar

Venues[]

Katara Beach (3x3 Basketball, Kitefoil Racing, Open Water Swimming 5km, Aquathlon, Individual Kata, Beach Wrestling, Beach Tennis, Beach Soccer)
Al-Gharafa (Beach Handball, Beach Volleyball)
Aspire Zone (Bouldering, Skateboarding)
Legtafiya Lagoon (Waterski Jump, Wakeboard)

The Games[]

Sports[]

The 2019 ANOC World Beach Games featured 14 disciplines in 13 sports (surfing and BMX cycling had also been on the original programme but were removed).^[6] All of the events in this edition were non-Olympic events, i.e., different from events in previous Summer Olympic programs, and were gender equal.

Basketball
- 3x3 basketball (2) (details)
Football
- Beach soccer (2) (details)
Handball
- Beach handball (2) (details)
Karate
- Karate (2) (details)
Sailing
- Kiteboarding (2) ()
Skateboarding
- Park skateboarding ()
Sport climbing
- Bouldering (2) (details)
Swimming
- Open water swimming (2) (details)
Tennis
- Beach tennis (2) ()
Triathlon
- Aquathlon (3) (details)
Volleyball
- 4x4 beach volleyball (2) (details)
Waterskiing
- Wakeboarding (2) ()
- Waterski jumping (2) ()
Wrestling
- Beach wrestling (8) (details)

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.

Participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs)[]

Of the world's 206 NOCs, 97 competed:^[7]^[8]

Participating National Olympic Committees
(1) (26) (2) Australia (41) (5) Azerbaijan (7) (1) Belarus (3) (1) (2) Brazil (78) Bulgaria (3) (1) (1) Canada (15) (10) Chile (10) China (24) Colombia (8) (4) (15) (13) Denmark (28) (11) (6) (12) Finland (2) France (28) (6) Georgia (4) Germany (20) Great Britain (20) (17) Hong Kong (5) Hungary (34) Indonesia (12) (17) (2) (3) Italy (32) Japan (24) (8) (3) (3) (2) (6) (2) (2) (4) (2) (4) (1) (30) Mongolia (8) (1) (18) (6) (4) Netherlands (9) (5) Nigeria (8) (12) Pakistan (1) (1) (22) (6) Philippines (2) Poland (23) (14) Puerto Rico (5) Qatar (32) (hosts) Romania (10) Russia (55) (2) (12) (2) (1) (4) Slovenia (10) (12) Spain (64) (1) Sweden (13) Switzerland (15) Chinese Taipei (5) (3) (8) (20) Turkey (12) (7) Ukraine (33) (12) United States (61) (23) (6) Venezuela (18) (12)

Calendar[]

All dates are AST (UTC+3)

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

October 2019	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	Events
Ceremonies		OC				CC	N/A
Triathlon – Aquathlon				2	1		3
Basketball – 3x3 basketball			●	●	●	2	2
Sport climbing – Bouldering			●	2			2
Handball – Beach handball	●	●	●	●	●	2	2
Karate – Individual kata		●	2				2
			●	●	1	1	2
				1	1		2
Football – Beach soccer	●		●	●	●	2	2
Swimming – Open water			2				2
		●	●	●	2	1	3
Beach volleyball – 4x4		●	●	●	●	2	2
			●	2			2
			●	2			2
Wrestling – Beach wrestling				4	4		8

Medal table[]

* Host nation (Qatar)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain (ESP)	7	1	2	10
2	Brazil (BRA)	5	4	3	12
3	Italy (ITA)	4	1	1	6
4	United States (USA)	4	0	4	8
5	Japan (JPN)	3	2	0	5
6	Russia (RUS)	2	2	3	7
7	Georgia (GEO)	2	1	1	4
8	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
9	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	1	3
10	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
10	Nigeria (NGR)	1	1	0	2
12	Germany (GER)	1	0	3	4
13	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	1	0	0	1
16	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	4	1	5
17	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	1	4
18	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	0	2
19	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
20	China (CHN)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	(IRI)	0	1	1	2
23	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	0	1
	Qatar (QAT)*	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
30	Romania (ROU)	0	0	3	3
31	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (40 nations)		35	36	38	109

References[]

^ Weisberg, Lori (30 May 2019). "San Diego loses inaugural World Beach Games due to lack of private funding". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "San Diego Awarded Inaugural 2017 ANOC World Beach Games". ANOC. 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ Garske, Monica (30 October 2015). "San Diego Chosen as Host City for Inaugural 'World Beach Games'". NBC San Diego. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ Butler, Nick (27 October 2015). "Exclusive: San Diego set to be awarded first ANOC World Beach Games in 2017". Inside the Games. Washington D.C.: Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ ANOC postpones inaugural World Beach Games - Sport Business, 5 August 2016
^ "ANOC confirm 15 sports and 17 disciplines for first World Beach Games". 24 May 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES". ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ "Awbg 2019".

External links[]

Results book

[1] Weisberg, Lori (30 May 2019). "San Diego loses inaugural World Beach Games due to lack of private funding". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[2] "San Diego Awarded Inaugural 2017 ANOC World Beach Games". ANOC. 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

[3] Garske, Monica (30 October 2015). "San Diego Chosen as Host City for Inaugural 'World Beach Games'". NBC San Diego. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

[4] Butler, Nick (27 October 2015). "Exclusive: San Diego set to be awarded first ANOC World Beach Games in 2017". Inside the Games. Washington D.C.: Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

[5] ANOC postpones inaugural World Beach Games - Sport Business, 5 August 2016

[olympic.org-6] "ANOC confirm 15 sports and 17 disciplines for first World Beach Games". 24 May 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

[participants-7] "PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES". ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[8] "Awbg 2019".

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