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2025 Summer World Masters Games

The 2025 Summer World Masters Games (Chinese: 2025年夏季世界壯年運動會), commonly known as Taipei & New Taipei 2025, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 17 May to 30 May 2025 in Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

It will be third international multi-sport event to be held in Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area after the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and 2017 Summer Universiade.

Bidding process

The three candidate cities were Taipei/New Taipei, Paris and Perth.

Host city selection

The International Masters Games Association (IMGA) voted to select the host city of the 2025 Summer World Masters Games on 21 October 2020, Taipei/ New Taipei was selected, and sign contract on 23 December 2020.[2][3]

Development and preparation

The Taipei/ New Taipei Organizing Committee was headed by mayor Ko Wen-je and Hou Yu-ih, it began operation on 7 May 2021.[4]

The Games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony will hold on May 17, 2025, in the Taipei Dome in Taipei.

Sports

The Organizing Committee, in addition to the 19 compulsory sports, opted to add thirteen more sports in the program of this edition of the Games.[5]

Calendar

In the following calendar for the 2025 Summer World Masters Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.[6]

All times and dates use National Standard Time (UTC+8)
WC Welcome ceremony Event competitions 1 Gold medal events FC Farewell ceremony
May 2025 May Events
17th
Sat
18th
Sun
19th
Mon
20th
Tue
21st
Wed
22nd
Thu
23rd
Fri
24th
Sat
25th
Sun
26th
Mon
27th
Tue
28th
Wed
29th
Thu
30th
Fri
Ceremonies WC FC
Aquatics Diving
Open water
Swimming
Water polo
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball 3×3 Basketball
Basketball
Boules
Canoeing Sprint
Slalom
Canoe polo
Dragon boat
Marathon
Cycling
Dance
Fencing
Flying disc Disc golf
Ultimate
Football
Golf
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Karate
Livesaving
Orienteering Middle distance
Sprint
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing Sailing
Windsurfing
Shooting
Softball Softball
Slow Softball
Squash
Surfing
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon Triathlon
Aquathlon
Tug of War
Volleyball Beach volleyball
Indoor volleyball
Weightlifting
Demonstration sports
Gateball
Woodball
Daily medal events
Cumulative total
May 2025 17th
Sat
18th
Sun
19th
Mon
20th
Tue
21st
Wed
22nd
Thu
23rd
Fri
24th
Sat
25th
Sun
26th
Mon
27th
Tue
28th
Wed
29th
Thu
30th
Fri
Events
May

See also

References

  1. ^ "Taipei, New Taipei to co-host World Masters Games in 2025". Focus Taiwan. October 22, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "World Masters Games 2025 Awarded to Taiwan". International Masters Games Association. October 22, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Taipei and New Taipei Sign Contract to host World Masters Games 2025". International Masters Games Association. December 23, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "「2025年世界壯年運動會」組委會成立 柯文哲與侯友宜共同主持首次籌備會議". Secretariat, Taipei City Government. May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "2025世界壯年運動會有多少比賽種類?". Department of Sports, Taipei City Government. May 7, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "Competition Schedule". Retrieved 11 February 2025.