Sports The 2022 World Games programme was first published featuring 30 official sports, including 54 disciplines encompassing 206 events. This was the first time that
drone racing,
canoe marathon,
breaking, women's
fistball,
kickboxing, and
parkour were included in the World Games as official sports.
Softball and
racquetball returned to the official World Games programme. Sports selected by the host organizing committee, at first called "invitational sports" but later added to the official programme, comprised 17 events included
duathlon,
flag football,
wheelchair rugby,
wushu (taolu) and men's
lacrosse. Both men's and women's field lacrosse were played in a six-a-side format. José Perurena, IWGA President, stated, "In Birmingham, for the first time, invitational sports were no longer presented separately but were also part of the official programme." The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline. •
T •
P •
B •
P • •
P •
T •
B •
AD • •
T •
B •
O •
B •
T • Gymnastics •
AD •
AD •
AD •
AD •
M •
M •
M •
B • •
T •
M •
T •
AD •
S •
B • Roller sports •
AD •
B •
T •
T •
B •
T •
B •
M •
S •
T • • :
AD: Artistic and Dance sports :
B: Ball sports :
O: Optional sports, selected by the host city :
M: Martial arts :
P: Precision sports :
S: Strength sports :
T: Trend sports
Participating nations On February 19, 2021, the
International Olympic Committee announced that certain
Russian athletes would be allowed to compete under the designation "ROC" (for Russian Olympic Committee) at the
Tokyo 2020 and
Beijing 2022 Winter Games. This penalty also applied through end of 2022 and would have been applied to events affiliated with the International Olympic Committee, such as The World Games. Following the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from
Russia along with
Belarus were barred from the 2022 World Games, per the IOC's recommendations. Russia originally qualified 62 athletes while Belarus was set to send 11 athletes. Part of the ticket revenue was donated to Ukraine for rebuilding sports venues after the Russian invasion of the country. Athletes from 110
National Olympic Committees were scheduled to participate. In total, athletes from 99 delegations competed at the 2022 World Games. The only representative team in the 2022 World Games not represented by a
National Olympic Committee were the
Haudenosaunee teams competing in lacrosse. They were originally not allowed to enter by the International World Games Association due to not having a NOC. A special dispensation was made possible by an act of sportsmanship by the Ireland lacrosse team, who withdrew from its qualifying position to allow the Haudenosaunee to compete. ==Calendar==