2023 World Beach Games

Following the Games' postponement to 2023, the bidding process began in August 2021, and ended with the announcement of the hosts in June 2022. ;Official bids • : Indonesia officially became the strongest candidate to host the Games, following an announcement made at the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) in Crete, Greece, which was held on 24–25 October 2021. However, doubts remained as Indonesia's national anti-doping body was subject to a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), preventing it from being awarded hosting rights to any international multisport event. Ultimately, with the ban expired and Indonesia the only official bid put forward, it was unanimously chosen to be hosts in June 2022. The host city contract was signed in October 2022. ;Expressed interest • : The Hong Kong Olympic Committee considered making a bid to host this edition of the Games as early as 2016 after two failed attempts to bid for the hosting rights of the Asian Games, believing that hosting the beach sports competition to be more financially feasible than the continental games. Sites considered for the venue if Hong Kong was to win the bid included Repulse Bay, Stanley, Southern district, Lantau Island and Big Wave Bay. • Los Angeles: In 2019, California Ultimate considered submission for a bid for this edition of the Games in partnership with the Los Angeles Organization of Ultimate Teams. ==The Games==

Sports The 2023 World Beach Games would have featured 14 disciplines in 14 sports; the programme was finalised in August 2022. All of the events would have been non-Olympic, i.e., not featured in the current programme for the Summer Olympics, and gender equal. After consulting with the executive board of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), it was decided that 3x3 Basketball would not feature at the games. Bali 2023 faced issues regarding several venues and tried to find solutions to ensure sports programs would remain part of the ANOC World Beach Games Bali 2023. The Local Organizing Committee (LOC), in this case the Indonesia ANOC World Beach Games Organizing Committee, also tried to find an alternative venue for 3x3 basketball because the operator wanted to charge a rental price that was too high for the location that had previously been confirmed to be for the sport. Due to budget and time constraints, ANOC regretfully accepted the LOC's decision and request. • Badminton • • Football • • Handball • • Karate • • Rowing • • Sailing • • Surfing • • Swimming • • Tennis • • Triathlon • • Volleyball • • Water polo • • Wrestling • Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline. ==Participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs)==

It was expected a similar number of NOCs, around 100, would participate as in the previous event. ==References==