A New Chapter in the History of TWG

The 12th edition of The World Games took place from 7th to 17th August 2025. The host city was the mega-city Chengdu in the People’s Republic of China. The guidelines of the IWGA strategy paper ‘Growth Beyond Excellence’, adopted in November 2020, were applied for the first time at TWG 2025. For the third time in the history of The World Games since 1981, the multi-sport event was a guest in Asia.

Chengdu, a city of 20 million people in the south-west of China, is the capital of Sichuan province and is well known for its Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding.

34 sports, 60 disciplines and 253 medal were on The World Games 2025 programme.

Check here all the medal events at The World Games 2025!