HONG KONG WILL HOST GAY GAMES 11 IN 2022 |
In a press release published on 9 June 2019, the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) together with the Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2022’s management team announced today the 36 sports which will be offered at the event hosted in Hong Kong in November 2022. For the first time in the history of the Gay Games, E-Sports and Dodgeball are among the sports to be included in the final sports list.
The 36 sports featured at Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2022 are:
Aquatic Sports
1. Diving
2. Open Water Swimming
3. Synchronised Swimming
4. Swimming / Pink Flamingo
5. Water Polo
Athletics Sports
6. Marathon: Full
7. Marathon: Half
8. Road Race: 10km
9. Road Race: 5km
10. Track & Field
11. Trail Running
19. Combined Events: Triathlon
Ballgames Sports
12. Basketball and Wheelchair Basketball
13. Dodgeball **
14. Football (Soccer)
15. Rugby Sevens
16. Softball
17. Volleyball
Cross-disciplinary Sports
18. Cheerleading *
20. Dance Sport
21. E-Sports **
22. Figure Skating *
23. Golf
24. Ten Pin Bowling
Racquet Sports
25. Badminton
26. Squash
27. Table Tennis
28. Tennis
Mat Sports
29. Fencing
30. Martial Arts
31. Physique Bodybuilding
32. Powerlifting
33. Wrestling
Water sports
34. Rowing
35. Dragon Boat Racing
36. Sailing
* Sports which were not featured in the initial proposal (bid book) but are now added to the final list due to the large support in the region.
** Sports which were not featured in the initial proposal (bid book) but are now added to the final list due to the large support in the region. These sports are also making a historical entry in the Gay Games.
To read the entire press release, click List of GGHK Sports FGG_GGHK_Press Release.pdf
BACKGROUND ON GAY GAMES 11 SITE SELECTION PROCESS
Site inspections of the three finalist cities took place June & July 2017 by a team of inspectors from Australia, Germany, Canada, and the USA. The team spent 3.5 days in each city, toured all venues and attended local supporter civic events.
The FGG expresses gratitude to the record number of 17 cities that expressed interest in 2022 Gay Games 11. Five of these cities made it to the semi-final round (Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, Salt Lake City, UT, and San Francisco, CA). In the first phase, an additional nine cities had expressed interest: Cape Town, South Africa, Tel Aviv, Israel and USA cities Anaheim, CA, Atlanta, GA, Des Moines, IA, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, Minneapolis, MN, and San Antonio, TX.
The impact that the Gay Games has in host cities is incredible in terms of culture, sport, economic impact, history and most importantly elevating all matters of LGBT+ equality.
Paris 2018 - Gay Games 10 took place 4-12 August 2018, featuring 36 sports, 14 cultural events, an academic conference, and 10,317 participants from 90+ countries.
Since 1982, the FGG mission promotes equality and is the largest sport and culture event in the world open to all. Its legacy changes social, and political attitudes towards LGBT+ people through the core principles of “Participation, Inclusion and Personal Best™”. The Gay Games was conceived by Dr. Tom Waddell, an Olympic decathlete, and was first held in San Francisco in 1982. Subsequent Gay Games are San Francisco (1986), Vancouver (1990), New York (1994), Amsterdam (1998), Sydney (2002), Chicago (2006), Cologne (2010), Cleveland+Akron (2014), and Paris (2018). Gay Games 11 will take place in Hong Kong in November 2022.
The FGG expresses gratitude to the record number of 17 cities that expressed interest in 2022 Gay Games 11.
Five of these cities made it to the semi-final round (Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, Salt Lake City, UT, and San Francisco, CA).
In the first phase, an additional nine cities had expressed interest: Cape Town, South Africa, Tel Aviv, Israel and USA cities Anaheim, CA, Atlanta, GA, Des Moines, IA, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, Minneapolis, MN, and San Antonio, TX.
SITE SELECTION AND GAY GAMES 11 MEDIA