The World Beach Games
The World Beach Games is an event organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC). The inaugural ANOC World Beach Games was scheduled for 2017, then postponed until 2019, then the planned event in San Francisco was canceled due to lack of sponsorship. A new event was then held in Doha, Qatar in 2019.
In 2019, nearly 1,300 athletes from 97 NOCs competed across 13 sports (14 disciplines). The event featured sports which were a mixture of sports traditionally played on sand or taking place on the water.
The second World Beach Games were planned to be held in Bali, Indonesia, in 2023. However, with a month to go, Bali withdrew as hosts. The event was therefore canceled, with no time to find a new host.
Events Held at the 2019 World Beach Games
- 3x3 basketball
- BMX racing
- Beach Soccer
- Beach Handball
- Karate (kata)
- Kiteboarding
- Park Skateboarding
- Bouldering (Sport climbing)
- Surfing: Longboard & Shortboard
- Open water swimming
- Beach Tennis
- Aquathlon
- 4x4 beach volleyball
- Waterskiing — Wakeboarding & Jumps
- Beach wrestling
10 core sports for future world beach games
ANOC announced that a core program of 10 non-Olympic sports will feature at future Games. The second World Beach Games scheduled for 2023 did not go ahead.
- Open water swimming (5km)
- Beach water polo
- Beach soccer
- Beach handball
- Individual kata karate
- Kite foil
- Beach tennis
- Aquathlon - a triathlon of running and swimming
- 4x4 beach volleyball
- Beach wrestling
Additional sports added to the core sports
- Air badminton
- Beach sprint rowing
- 3x3 basketball
- Surfing
Upcoming World Beach Games
- 2021 - POSTPONED
- 2023 - Bali, Indonesia - CANCELLED
- 2027 - Đà Nẵng, Vietnam 15-23 November
- 2031 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3-10 December
- 2035 - Victoria, Seychelles
Related Pages
- The Asian Beach Games is a multi-sport event held every two years among athletes representing countries from Asia.
- Other Beach Games
- List of beach sports
- Other International Multi-Events
- Multi-Sport Events (Games) Calendar
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