(ATR) The host bidding process for the 12th World Games, scheduled for 2025, is now open.
The International World Games Association (IWGA) unveiled the bidding documentation this week. The 119 page document, divided into 18 chapters, includes all the necessary information for candidate host cities and is now available on the IWGA website.
"The newly released document supports the candidate city’s representatives in getting a good overview of all the facts and the requirements for hosting The World Games, and includes a clear structured questionnaire which will enable the IWGA Evaluation Committee to compare bids in a transparent and fair way," IWGA President José Perurena said in a statement.
The entire process will be completed in less than a year. The first deadline is July 31, with potential host cities officially entering the bidding by then. The host contract will be officially signed at the IWGA Annual General Meeting in spring 2019.
The IWGA says it has already received some initial expressions of interest from possible host cities.
Potential bidders have the advantage that the host of this 11-day event is not required to build new sports facilities for the games, which are held every four years in the year following the Olympic Games.
The World Games are a multidisciplinary event that brings together non-Olympic sports and disciplines, and with new IOC policies defined in Olympic Agenda 2020, can serve as a test run for sports seeking to join the Olympic program.
Birmingham, Alabama is the host city for the next Games in 2021. It will be the first time the World Games will be staged in the USA since the inaugural event in 1981 in Santa Clara, California. The 10th edition of the Games was held last summer in Wroclaw, Poland. It attracted approximately 250,000 spectators and was shown on television in 115 countries and broadcast over the Olympic Channel worldwide.
Among the more than 30 sports and disciplines featured at the World Games are DanceSport, Squash, Tug of War, Gymnastics, Sport Climbing and Karate. Approximately 5,000 athletes, coaches and officials from more than 110 countries are expected to take part in the official and invitational sports program of the 2025 World Games.
Written by Gerard Farek
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