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!

 

Sport Discipline
Air Sports Drone Sports
American Football Flag Football
Archery Field, Target
Billiards Sports Carom, Pool, Snooker
Boules Sports Lyonnaise, Pétanque
Canoe Dragon Boat, Marathon, Polo
Cheerleading Pom
DanceSport Breaking, Latin, Standard
Fistball Outdoor
Floorball Indoor
Flying Disc Disc Golf, Ultimate
Gymnastics Acrobatic, Aerobic, Parkour, Trampoline
Handball Beach
Ju-Jitsu Duo, Duo for athletes with impairment, Fighting, Jiu-Jitsu (Ne-Waza)
Karate Kata, Kumite
Kickboxing K1 Style, Point Fighting
Korfball Beach, Indoor
Lacrosse Sixes Lacrosse
Life Saving Pool
Muaythai Combat
Orienteering Foot Orienteering
Powerboating MotoSurf (biofuel/electric)
Powerlifting Classic, Equipped
Racquetball Racquetball
Roller Sports Inline Freestyle, Inline Hockey, Speed Skating
SAMBO Combat
Baseball-Softball Softball
Sport Climbing Speed
Squash Squash
Triathlon Duathlon
Tug of War Outdoor
Underwater Sports Finswimming, Freediving, Freediving for athletes with impairment
Waterski and Wakeboard Cable Wakeboard, Wakeboard, Wake Surf
Wushu Sanda, Taolu

 

1 Flag of People's Republic of China CHN Total 64

36 17 11

2 Flag of Germany GER Total 45

17 14 14

3 Flag of Ukraine UKR Total 44

16 14 14

4 Flag of Italy ITA Total 57

13 25 19

5 Flag of France FRA Total 38

11 11 16

6 Flag of United States of America USA Total 28

11 10 7

TWG 2025 Official Broadcasters

CMG Abu Dhabi Sports TV Cesca Televize Discover Digital ELTA IFF MTVA My Plus TV NLSE ORF Optimum Polsat Sport STVR Sport 5 Start TV TV Tokio Tapmad World Archery