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Korean National Sports Festival | |
Hangul | 전국체육대회 |
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Hanja | 全國體育大會 |
Revised Romanization | Jeonguk Cheyuk Daehoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏn'guk Ch'eyuk Taehoe |
The Korean National Sports Festival is an annual sports competition held in South Korea.
For a full week each October, about 20,000 athletes representing 16 cities and provinces throughout the country compete in about 40 separate sports. The site rotates among the major cities, including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju and Incheon. The 2005 festival was held in Ulsan and the 2009 festival in Daejeon.
Competitions are held in High School, College, and Regular Divisions.