World Games 2017
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| Host city |  Wroclaw, Poland |
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| Opening ceremony | 20 July | ||
| Closing ceremony | 30 July | ||
| Main venue | Stadion Miejski | ||
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The World Games 2017 will be hosted in Wrocław, Poland and will run from July 20-30, 2017. It was chosen by the International World Games Association on January 12, 2012.
Bidding process[edit]
Four cities had expressed interest in hosting the 2017 Games. After examination of the files, the application of Genoa, Italy was not brought to the next step. The candidate cities have been announced by the IWGA in August 2011. They are[1]
Just few days before the awarding ceremony Cape Town withdrew its bid for financial reasons. The final decision was announced by Ron Froehlich, President of the International World Games Association on 12 January 2012 in Lausanne. The 10th edition of The World Games was awarded to Wrocław.
Sports[edit]
| Sport | Discipline |
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| Air sports | Parachuting - Canopy Piloting Glider Aerobatics Paramotoring |
| Archery | Archery - Compound
Field Archery - Barebow |
| Handball | Beach Handball |
| Billiards | Pool (9-Ball) Carom (3-Cushion) Snooker |
| Boules sport | Lyonnaise Petanque Raffa |
| Bowling | Ten Pin – Single Ten Pin - Mixed |
| Canoe | Canoe Polo |
| Dance sport | Standard Latin Rock'n'Roll Salsa |
| Finswimming | Pool |
| Fistball | Men |
| Floorball | Men |
| Flying disc | Ultimate |
| Gymnastics | Rhythmic Sports Acrobatics Sports Aerobics Synchronized Trampoline Double-Mini Trampoline Tumbling |
| Ju-Jitsu | Fighting - Various Weightclasses Duo Newaza |
| Karate | Various Weightclasses Kata |
| Korfball | Mixed Teams |
| Lacrosse | Women |
| Lifesaving | Pool |
| Muaythai | Various Weightclasses |
| Orienteering | Sprint Middle Distance Sprint relay |
| Powerlifting | Various Weightclasses |
| Roller sports | Inline-Hockey - Men Speed Skating - Track Speed Skating - Road Artistic |
| Sport climbing | Lead Speed Boulder |
| Squash | Single |
| Sumo | Various Weightclasses |
| Tug of War | Indoor (Women) Outdoor (Men) |
| Water Ski & Wakeboard | Classic Waterski Wakeboard |
In Addition to the official sports above, the following sports were selected by the host city for the invitational sports program:
