2017 World Games
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The World Games 2017 (Polish: The World Games 2017) is a multi-sport event that will be held in Wrocław, Poland from July 20 – July 30, 2017, with 27 official sports and 4 invitational sports featured in the Games.
Wrocław was awarded the right on January 12, 2012, defeating Budapest, Hungary to host the Games. Wrocław was the sixth city in Europe after London (1985), Karlsruhe (1989), The Hague (1993), Lahti (1997) and Duisburg (2005) to host The World Games.
Host selection
Four cities had expressed interest in hosting the 2017 Games. After examination of the files, the application of Genoa, Italy was not brought to the next step. The candidate cities have been announced by the IWGA in August 2011. They are[1]
Just few days before the awarding ceremony Cape Town withdrew its bid for financial reasons. The final decision was announced by Ron Froehlich, President of the International World Games Association on 12 January 2012 in Lausanne. The 10th edition of The World Games was awarded to Wrocław.
Venues
West cluster
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Central cluster
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East cluster
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Outside Wrocław
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The games
Opening ceremony
Sports
This is the first time for Floorball and Muaythai were included in The World Games as the official sports, and the first time of Indoor rowing, Kickboxing and Motorcycle speedway were included in The World Games as invitational sports.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
- Artistic and Dance sports
Dancesport (4) ()- Gymnastics
Acrobatic gymnastics (5) ()
Aerobic gymnastics (5) ()
Rhythmic gymnastics (4) ()
Trampoline (4) ()- File:Tumbling pictogram.svg Tumbling (2) ()
- Ball sports
Beach handball (2) ()
Canoe polo (2) ()
Fistball (1) ()
Floorball (1) ()
Korfball (1) ()
Lacrosse (1) ()
Squash (1) ()
- Martial arts
- File:Ju-Jutsu pictogram.svg Ju-Jutsu ()
Karate ()
Muaythai ()
Sumo ()
- Precision sports
Archery ()
Billiard ()
Boules sports ()
Bowling ()
- Strength sports
Powerlifting ()
Tug of war ()
- Trend sports
Air sports ()
Finswimming ()
Flying disc (1) ()
Lifesaving ()
Orienteering ()- Roller sports
Sport climbing ()
Waterskiing (6) ()
Wakeboarding (2) ()
- Invitational sports
In addition to the official sports above, the following sports were selected by the host city for the invitational sports program:
Participating nations
- Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees
Calendar
Medal table
Official sports
Invitational sports
Closing ceremony
Broadcasting
Australia – Ten
Brazil - Esporte Interativo
Chile – UCV TV
China – CCTV-5
Colombia – Canal TR3CE, Señal Colombia
Costa Rica – Teletica
Ecuador – Teleamazonas
France – France 3, France 4
Germany – Sport1 (Germany)
Honduras – Canal 11 (Honduras)
Italy – Sportitalia
Japan – TV Asahi
Mexico – Canal 22
Peru – Panamericana Television
Poland – Polsat
Spain – Marca, TVE 2
Sweden – SVT
Taiwan – Taiwan Television
United Kingdom – BBC Two, ITV
United States – Univision
Uruguay – Televisión Nacional Uruguay
Venezuela – TVes, Meridiano Television
Also Olympic Channel will broadcast live & online
Marketing
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References
- ^ Candidate host cities for 2017
- ^ "Colombia, presente con 51 atletas, en 10 deportes" (in Spanish). 6 June 2017.
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External links
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