2022 World Games


The World Games 2022 will be the eleventh World Games, a major 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, due to the rescheduling of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, The World Games 2022 will be held July 7 to 17, 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It was chosen by the International World Games Association on January 22, 2015. It will feature 30 official sports in 54 disciplines which will be contested at 30 venues across the Birmingham area.
Birmingham was chosen as the host city by the International World Games Association on January 22, 2015.

Bidding process

Birmingham's bid was presented by Edgar Welden, Scott Myers, and David Benck. The cities that bid for the 2022 Games were:
The final decision was announced on January 22, 2015, in Lausanne, awarding The World Games 2022 to Birmingham.

Venues

Proposed venues for The World Games 2022 include:

Sports

The 2022 World Games programme will feature 30 official sports including 54 disciplines encompassing 207 events. This is the first time that drone racing, canoe marathon, breaking, women's fistball, kickboxing, parkour and men's indoor lacrosse have been included in the World Games as official sports. Softball and racquetball are returning to the official World Games programme. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.
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Participating nations

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. 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 will continue 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. 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 transportation services, event production, security, promotional items, merchandise, sports equipment, food service, technology, printing, medical supplies, event equipment, waste removal and construction services.