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The '''2026 Commonwealth Games''' is the planned holding of the [[Commonwealth Games]] in 2026. As it would be the 23rd such event, its official title is the '''XXIII Commonwealth Games'''.
The '''2026 Commonwealth Games''' is the planned holding of the [[Commonwealth Games]] in 2026. As it would be the 23rd such event, its official title is the '''XXIII Commonwealth Games'''.


[[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], Australia was initially announced as the host on in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2022 |title=Games-Australian state to be confirmed 2026 Commonwealth Games host -report |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/1999991-games-australian-state-to-be-confirmed-2026-commonwealth-games-host--report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411230949/https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/1999991-games-australian-state-to-be-confirmed-2026-commonwealth-games-host--report |archive-date=11 April 2022 |website=Devdiscourse}}</ref> after two months of an exclusive dialogue process with the [[Commonwealth Games Federation]] (CGF).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/60396983 Commonwealth Games set for Victoria, Australia, in 2026], from BBCSport.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=CGF confirm Victoria, Australia as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games |url=https://thecgf.com/news/cgf-confirm-victoria-australia-host-2026-commonwealth-games |website=CGF.com}}</ref> However, on 18 July 2023 Victoria announced it had cancelled its plans to host the games, citing an escalation in its cost projections relative to initial estimations.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=17 July 2023 |title=Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels |language=en-UK |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66229574 |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth Games Costs Too High At Over $6 Billion {{!}} Premier of Victoria |url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/commonwealth-games-costs-too-high-over-6-billion |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=www.premier.vic.gov.au |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":CancelledGuardian">{{Cite news|first1=Paul|last1=Karp|first2=Cait|last2=Kelly|first3=Adeshola|last3=Ore|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/18/australia-commonwealth-games-2026-victoria-cancels-event-after-funding-shortfall|title =Australia Commonwealth Games 2026: Victoria cancels event after costs blow out to $7bn|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 July 2023|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The Mayor of London, [[Sadiq Khan|Sadiq Kha]]<nowiki/>n, and Scottish First Minister, [[Humza Yousaf]], subsequently expressed interest in making bids to host the games in their regions.
[[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], Australia was initially announced as the host on in April 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2022 |title=Games-Australian state to be confirmed 2026 Commonwealth Games host -report |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/1999991-games-australian-state-to-be-confirmed-2026-commonwealth-games-host--report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411230949/https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sports-games/1999991-games-australian-state-to-be-confirmed-2026-commonwealth-games-host--report |archive-date=11 April 2022 |website=Devdiscourse}}</ref> after two months of an exclusive dialogue process with the [[Commonwealth Games Federation]] (CGF).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/60396983 Commonwealth Games set for Victoria, Australia, in 2026], from BBCSport.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=CGF confirm Victoria, Australia as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games |url=https://thecgf.com/news/cgf-confirm-victoria-australia-host-2026-commonwealth-games |website=CGF.com}}</ref> However, on 18 July 2023 Victoria announced it had cancelled its plans to host the games, citing an escalation in its cost projections relative to initial estimations.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=17 July 2023 |title=Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels |language=en-UK |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66229574 |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth Games Costs Too High At Over $6 Billion {{!}} Premier of Victoria |url=http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/commonwealth-games-costs-too-high-over-6-billion |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=www.premier.vic.gov.au |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":CancelledGuardian">{{Cite news|first1=Paul|last1=Karp|first2=Cait|last2=Kelly|first3=Adeshola|last3=Ore|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/18/australia-commonwealth-games-2026-victoria-cancels-event-after-funding-shortfall|title =Australia Commonwealth Games 2026: Victoria cancels event after costs blow out to $7bn|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 July 2023|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> The Mayor of London, [[Sadiq Khan|Sadiq Khan]]<nowiki/>, and Scottish First Minister, [[Humza Yousaf]], subsequently expressed interest in making bids to host the games in their regions.


==Host selection==
==Host selection==

Revision as of 11:19, 19 July 2023

XXIII Commonwealth Games
HostTBD
Nations74 Commonwealth countries and dependent territories (expected)
Athletes5,000 (estimated)
EventsTBD in 21 sports
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XXIV →

The 2026 Commonwealth Games is the planned holding of the Commonwealth Games in 2026. As it would be the 23rd such event, its official title is the XXIII Commonwealth Games.

Victoria, Australia was initially announced as the host on in April 2022,[1] after two months of an exclusive dialogue process with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).[2][3] However, on 18 July 2023 Victoria announced it had cancelled its plans to host the games, citing an escalation in its cost projections relative to initial estimations.[4][5][6] The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Scottish First Minister, Humza Yousaf, subsequently expressed interest in making bids to host the games in their regions.

Host selection

Further information: Bids for the 2026 Commonwealth Games

During the CGF General Assembly on 31 March 2017 in Gold Coast, after the troubled 2022 Commonwealth Games host city bid process, the executive board announced that it had planned to award both 2026 and 2030 Commonwealth Games simultaneously at the CGF General Assembly scheduled for Kigali, Rwanda in September 2019. A new model called CGF Partnerships (CGFP) was implemented which aimed to give stronger support to the associations and cities that show interests in hosting future Games, and enhance the overall value of the event. This is similar to the process used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2017.[7][8]

Under new rules designed to encourage cities to bid for the Commonwealth Games, the CGF required only two sports must be played in future Games: athletics and swimming.[9]

In 2015 the South African city of Durban originally won the rights to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, but was stripped of this right in 2017 due to financial concerns.[10][11] As a result, Birmingham moved up its planned Games from 2026 to 2022.[12] This left the 2026 Games without a host and bids from Kuala Lumpur, Cardiff, Calgary, Edmonton and Adelaide were all withdrawn due to concerns over costs, with a hosting decision not made by the Commonwealth Games Federation between 2019 and 2022.[12]

In January 2022 the Victorian State Government announced it was giving serious consideration to a late request from the CGF to host the Games. On 16 February 2022, Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews confirmed that the state was in exclusive negotiations with the CGF to host the Games.[13] It was stated that if successful in hosting the Games a second time, a Victorian bid would aim to emphasise the state's regional centres—such as Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo—as opposed to being predominantly Melbourne-based, such as in 2006. Bendigo had previously hosted the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. Acceptance of the bid would likely also be conditional upon agreement on ways to control costs, such as housing athletes and officials in hotels rather than a dedicated village.[14][15] This bid was confirmed as successful on 12 April 2022.[16]

Victorian cancellation

On 18 July 2023, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan announced the state government intended to cancel the 2026 Victorian Games.[4][6] Fifteen months after agreeing to host the Games, the Premier said the cost had escalated to an estimated $6–7 billion, double the estimated benefits, and the government could not justify the expense.[17] The state said it would terminate its host agreement with the Commonwealth Games Federation and seek a settlement of the contract.[5]

The Premier said the state would redirect $2 billion in funding allocated to the Games to a regional development package of sporting infrastructure and housing, including $1 billion for 1,300 regional affordable and social housing units.[17] It also committed to delivering all of the permanent sporting facility upgrades planned as part of the Victorian Games.[5] The Premier told media: "What's become clear is that the cost of hosting these Games in 2026 is not the $2.6 billion which was budgeted and allocated. I will not take money out of hospitals and schools to host an event that is three times the cost estimated and budgeted for last year."[17]

Australian athletes and representatives of regional Victoria expressed disapointment at the decision.[18] The Commonwealth Games Federation blamed decisions taken by the Victorian government for the cost overruns and the head of the Commonwealth Games Australia described the estimated $6–7 billion figure as an exaggeration.[17] The Andrews government had already allocated $2.6 billion to the Games in its 2022 budget and was seeking a 50–50 funding commitment from the Federal Government, but had not received any funding commitment.[19]

Following the announcement, all Australian state and territory leaders ruled out hosting the Games due to the expected costs and short timeframe.[20][21] The South Australian government said it had previously examined hosting the Games in Adelaide, but concluded it would cost $3.5 billion with only $1.2 billion in benefits.[20]

After it was announced that other states in Australia ruled out hosting, other countries explored the possibility of hosting the games.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Games-Australian state to be confirmed 2026 Commonwealth Games host -report". Devdiscourse. 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ Commonwealth Games set for Victoria, Australia, in 2026, from BBCSport.com
  3. ^ "CGF confirm Victoria, Australia as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games". CGF.com. 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels". BBC News. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Commonwealth Games Costs Too High At Over $6 Billion | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b Karp, Paul; Kelly, Cait; Ore, Adeshola (18 July 2023). "Australia Commonwealth Games 2026: Victoria cancels event after costs blow out to $7bn". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Resurgent Commonwealth agrees to begin the process of selecting 2026 and 2030 Commonwealth Games Host Cities". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Bid process for 2026 Commonwealth Games officially launched". 31 March 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  9. ^ Masters, Roy (28 April 2022). "Wrestling or men's cricket? Stalemate on new sports for 2026". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Durban in South Africa confirmed as 2022 Commonwealth Games host". The Guardian. 2 September 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Durban loses right to host 2022 Commonwealth Games". ABC News. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. ^ a b Yerushalmy, Jonathan (18 July 2023). "Commonwealth Games 2026: why has Victoria pulled out and what happens now?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Victoria likely to host 2026 Commonwealth Games as government enters exclusive negotiations". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Melbourne. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  14. ^ Masters, Roy (19 January 2022). "Melbourne set to step into breach as 2026 Commonwealth Games host city". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Victoria present bid to host 2026 Commonwealth Games, could include 22 sports". 15 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Regional Victoria to host 2026 Commonwealth Games". ABC News. 12 April 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d Boaz, Judd (18 July 2023). "Commonwealth Games cancelled in Victoria as government shrinks from $7b price tag". ABC News. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Regional Commonwealth Games host cities 'gutted' by cancellation". ABC News. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Three years to go, but no detail: The glaring omission in the Victorian budget". The Age. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  20. ^ a b McGowan, Peter Ryan, Sarah Brookes, Michael (18 July 2023). "'Ruinously expensive': SA, NSW, WA rule out picking up 2026 Commonwealth Games". The Age. Retrieved 18 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Messenger, Andrew; Rose, Tamsin; Smee, Ben (18 July 2023). "'Aren't what they used to be': other Australian states quick to rule out bids for 2026 Commonwealth Games after Victorian withdrawal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

External links

Official website

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