2022 World Games

The World Games 2022
Host cityBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Nations99
Athletes3,457
Events223
OpeningJuly 7, 2022
ClosingJuly 17, 2022
Opened byRandall Woodfin
Mayor of Birmingham
Main venueProtective Stadium
Websitetwg2022.com (archived)

The 2022 World Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions that are not currently contested at the Olympic Games; the Games featured 3,457 athletes competing in 223 medal events over 34 total sports.[1]

They were originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but were postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were the second edition of the World Games to be hosted by the United States since their inaugural edition in 1981.

  1. ^ "The World Games 2022, Birmingham (USA) | IWGA". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved March 21, 2024.