2022 World Games

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The World Games 2022
File:The World Games 2022 Birmingham - Official Logo.svg
Host city Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Nations participating 110
Athletes participating 3,600
Events 206 + 17 invitationals
Opening ceremony July 7, 2022
Closing ceremony July 17, 2022
Officially opened by Randall Woodfin
Mayor of Birmingham
Main venue Protective Stadium
Website twg2022.com
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The 2022 World Games which is the 11th World Games is an ongoing 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, 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]

Part of the ticket revenue will be donated to Ukraine for rebuilding sports venues after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

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".[5]

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 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, said the bid was "a dream, but it's not a pipe dream. It's attainable."[5] At the time, organizers projected a budget of $75 million, and the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau anticipated a windfall of between $224.4 million and $288.6 million in out-of-town dollars.[5]

The final decision was announced on January 22, 2015, in Lausanne, awarding The World Games 2022 to Birmingham.[6][7]

Venues

Venues for The World Games 2022 include:[8][9][10][11][12]

  • Bill Harris Arena: artistic skating, inline hockey
  • Natatorium: canoe polo, finswimming, lifesaving
  • Indoor Track: wheelchair rugby
  • 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.[13] 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,[14] flag football,[15] wheelchair rugby,[16] wushu (taolu)[17] and men's lacrosse.[18] Both men's and women's field lacrosse will be played in a six-a-side format.[19] The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.

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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 2020 and Beijing 2022 Winter Games. This penalty also applies through end of 2022 and would have been applied to events affiliated with the International Olympic Committee, such as The World Games.

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Russia along with Belarus were barred from the 2022 World Games. Russia originally qualified 62 athletes while Belarus was set to send 11 athletes.[20]

Athletes from 110 National Olympic Committees are scheduled to participate.[21] The only representative team in the 2022 World Games not represented by a National Olympic Committee are the Haudenosaunee teams competing in lacrosse.[22]


Participating Nations
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Calendar

Source[23] Template:2022 World Games Calendar

Medal table

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Further information: List of 2022 World Games medal winners

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Medal design

The event's medal design was unveiled in February 2022.[24]

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.[25] 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 continues 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.[26] 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+.[27]

References

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External links

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