2022 World Games

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The World Games 2022
The World Games 2022 Birmingham - Official Logo.svg
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
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The World Games 2022 will be the eleventh World Games, an 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]

Bidding process[]

The cities that bid for the 2022 Games were:

Barcelona and Santiago also considered bids. Cities paid a $125,000 application fee, and submitted 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 , 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 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][11]

  • Bill Harris Arena: artistic skating, inline hockey
  • Natatorium: canoe polo, finswimming, lifesaving
  • Indoor Track: 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)
  • PNC 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.[12] 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,[13] flag football,[14] wheelchair rugby,[15] wushu (taolu)[16] and men's lacrosse.[17] Both men's and women's field lacrosse will be played in a six-a-side format.[18] 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[]

On 19 February 2021, the International Olympic Committee announced that certain Russian athletes would be allowed to compete under the designation "ROC" (for Russian Olympic Committee) at the Tokyo Olympics and Beijing Winter Games. This penalty also applies through end of 2022 to events affiliated with the International Olympic Committee, such as The World Games.

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Calendar[]

Source[20]

  • All dates are in Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00)
OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing 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
Ceremonies OC CC N/A
Gymnastics (acrobatic) pictogram.svg 2 2 1 5
Gymnastics (aerobic) pictogram.svg Aerobic gymnastics 2 2 4
Paragliding pictogram.svg Air sports ● 2 2
Archery pictogram.svg Archery ● 3 ● ● 2 ● ● 2 7
Artistic roller skating pictogram.svg Artistic roller skating ● 3 3
Beach handball pictogram.svg Beach handball ● ● ● ● 2 2
Billiards pictogram.svg Billiards sports ● ● ● ● 4 4
Boules sports pictogram.svg Boules sports 2 2 4
Bowling pictogram.svg Bowling ● ● ● 4 4
Paracanoe pictogram (Paralympics).svg Canoe marathon ● 2 2 4
Canoe polo pictogram.svg Canoe polo ● ● ● 2 2
DanceSport pictogram.svg Dancesport 1 2 2 5
Finswimming pictogram.svg Finswimming 8 8 16
Fistball pictogram.svg Fistball ● ● ● 1 1 2
Floorball pictogram.svg Floorball ● ● ● ● 1 1
Flying disc pictogram.svg Flying disc ● ● ● ● 1 1
Inline hockey pictogram.svg Inline hockey ● ● ● ● 1 1
Judo pictogram.svg Ju-jitsu 9 9 18
Karate pictogram.svg Karate 6 6 12
Kickboxing pictogram.svg Kickboxing (K-1) ● 6 6
Korfball pictogram.svg Korfball ● ● ● ● 1 1
Lacrosse pictogram.svg Lacrosse (women) ● ● ● ● 1 1
Lifesaving pictogram.svg Lifesaving 8 8 16
Muay Thai pictogram.svg Muay Thai ● ● 12 12
Orienteering pictogram.svg Orienteering 2 2 1 5
Parkour pictogram.svg Parkour gymnastics 2 2 4
Powerlifting (three lifts) pictogram.svg Powerlifting 3 3 2 8
Racquets pictogram.svg Racquetball ● ● ● 2 2
Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Rhythmic gymnastics 2 2 4
Inline speed skating pictogram.svg Road speed skating 4 4 8
Softball pictogram.svg Softball ● ● ● ● 1 1
Sport climbing pictogram.svg Sport climbing 2 2 2 6
Squash pictogram.svg Squash ● ● ● 2 2
Sumo pictogram.svg Sumo 6 2 8
Inline speed skating pictogram.svg Track speed skating 6 4 10
Gymnastics (trampoline) pictogram.svg Trampoline gymnastics 1 1 2 4
Tug of war pictogram.svg Tug of war 1 1 1 3
Water skiing pictogram.svg Water skiing ● 4 4 8
Daily medal events 24 32 22 20 12 10 10 25 23 28 206
Cumulative total 24 56 78 98 110 120 130 155 178 206
Duathlon pictogram.svg 1 2 1 3
Flag Football pictogram.svg Flag football1 ● ● ● ● 2 2
Lacrosse pictogram.svg Lacrosse (men)1 ● ● ● ● 1 1
Wheelchair rugby pictogram (Paralympics).svg Wheelchair rugby1 ● ● ● 1 1
Wushu pictogram.svg Wushu (taolu)1 5 5 10
Daily medal events 2 1 0 6 5 2 0 0 1 17
Cumulative total 2 3 3 9 14 16 16 16 17
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

Medal table[]

Medal design[]

The event's medal design was unveiled in February 2022.[21]

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.[22] 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.[23] 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+.[24]

References[]

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  13. ^ "Meet Duathlon – the little sibling of Triathlon". theworldgames.org. International World Games Association. November 27, 2020. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2021. At The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 40 female and 40 male Duathlon athletes will compete in individual competitions as well as in Mixed Relay.
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  15. ^ "Introduction to Wheelchair Rugby". iwrf.com. International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021. Wheelchair Rugby is a mixed team sport for male and female quadriplegic athletes. ... Men and women compete on the same teams and in the same competitions.
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  18. ^ "Applications open for GB Lacrosse Head Coach positions". England Lacrosse. October 7, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2020. The World Games will be played using the six-a-side proposed Olympic rules formulated in 2018, and have been trialed at both the Men’s Winter Classic and Women’s Super League competitions.
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  20. ^ "Schedule of Events". The World Games 2022. TWG 2022 Birmingham. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
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  23. ^ "World of Opportunity". The World Games 2021 | Birmingham, USA. Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  24. ^ Iveson, Ali (July 26, 2021). "Birmingham 2022 World Games agrees US broadcast deal with CBS Sports Network". Inside the Games. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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