2019 World Beach Games

ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019

File:2019 World Beach Games Logo.svg
Country	Qatar
Events	14 sports (in 16 disciplines)
Website	www.anocolympic.org/beach-games/

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, is an inaugural international beach multi-sport event organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). It is scheduled for five days, 12 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. ANOC said the event would still take place in 2019 and would be relocated to another host city that has "the financial guarantees necessary and a proven track record to host a world-class event.". 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..Sarasota, Sochi, Dubai and a city in China were the other candidate cities which made bids to host the games.

The Games were originally scheduled to be held from 29 September 2017, untill 9 October 2017. However, in August 2016 it was announced to be postponed to 2019.

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

Development and preparation

Doha

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Location in Qatar

The Games

Sports

The 2019 ANOC World Beach Games will feature 16 disciplines in 14 sports. All of the events in this edition are different form the Summer Olympic program and are gender equal.

1. Basketball
   •  3x3 basketball (2) ()
2. Football
   •  Beach soccer (2) ()
3. Handball
   •  Beach handball (2) ()
4. Karate
   •  Karate kata (2) ()
5. Sailing
   •  Kiteboarding (2) ()
6. Skateboarding
   •  Park skateboarding ()
7. Sport climbing
   •  Bouldering (2) ()
8. Surfing
   •  Longboard surfing (2) ()
   •  Shortboard surfing (2) ()
9. Swimming
   •  Open water swimming (2) ()
10. Tennis
    •  Beach tennis (2) ()
11. Triathlon
    •  Aquathlon (3) ()
12. Volleyball
    •  4x4 beach volleyball (2) ()
13. Waterskiing
    •  Wakeboarding (2) ()
    •  Waterski jumping (2) ()
14. Wrestling
    •  Beach wrestling (4) ()

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

Calendar

All dates are AST (UTC+3)

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

October 2019		10th Thu	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	Events
Ceremonies			OC					CC	—
Triathlon – Aquathlon			2	1					3
Basketball – 3x3 basketball			●	●	1	1			2
Cycling – BMX			●
Sport climbing – Bouldering			●	2					2
Handball – Beach handball		●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Karate – Individual kata			1	1					2
Sailing – Kitefoil racing					●	●	2		2
Skateboarding – Park						●
Football – Beach socer		●	●	●	●	●	2		2
Surfing – Shortboard			●		●		2		2
Surfing – Longboard				●		2			2
Swimming – Open water					2				2
Tennis – Beach tennis			●	●	●	3			3
Beach volleyball – 4x4			●	●	●	●	2		2
Waterskiing – Waterski Jump						●	2		2
Waterskiing – Wakeboard						●	2		2
Wrestling – Beach wrestling						2	2		4