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:''This article is about the real-life event''.'' There is also the [[World Games (computer game)|World Games]] computer game''.
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The '''World Games''', first held in 1981, are an international [[multi-sport event]], meant for [[sport]]s that are not contested in the [[Olympic Games]]. The World Games are organised and governed by the [[International World Games Association]] (IWGA), under the [[patronage]] of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC).
Some of the sports that were on the program of the World Games eventually made it as Olympic sports (such as [[triathlon]]) or have been Olympic sports in the past (like [[tug of war]]). Participation in past World Games is included in the evaluation criteria used to select new Olympic sports adopted by the IOC on [[August 12]], [[2004]]. However, with the current position of the IOC to limit the Olympic Games to 10,500 participants, it is unlikely than many of the World Games sports will be elevated to the Olympic sports.
Some of the sports that are currently held at the World Games are [[orienteering]], [[body building]], [[powerlifting]], [[finswimming]], [[squash (sport)|squash]], [[netball]], [[water skiing]], [[casting (sport)|casting]], etc. The sports that are included in the World Games are limited by the facilities available in the host city; no new facilities may be constructed for the games. Typically, between 25 and 35 sports are contested at any particular World Games. Sports that have been classified as "invitational" are still played, but no medals are awarded. Even if some sports are official sports of the IWGA, they can be classified as invitational by the hosting city.
== Sites and years of the World Games ==
=== Previous World Games ===
*[[World Games 1981|1981]]: [[Santa Clara, California]], [[United States]]
*[[World Games 1985|1985]]: [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
*[[World Games 1989|1989]]: [[Karlsruhe]], [[West Germany]]
*[[World Games 1993|1993]]: [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]
*[[World Games 1997|1997]]: [[Lahti]], [[Finland]]
*[[World Games 2001|2001]]: [[Akita (city)|Akita]], [[Japan]]
*[[World Games 2005|2005]]: [[Duisburg]], [[Germany]]
=== Upcoming ===
*[[World Games 2009|2009]]: [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]]
*[[World Games 2013|2013]]: [[Duisburg]] and [[Düsseldorf]], [[Germany]]<ref>[http://www.dosb.de/de/leistungssport/spitzensport-news/detail/news/world_games_2013_in_duesseldorf_und_duisburg Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund: World Games 2013 in Düsseldorf und Duisburg (German)] - accessed 2008-03-20</ref>
== World Games sports ==
=== Official sports and disciplines ===
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*'''[[Aikido]]'''
*'''[[Air sports|Airsport]]'''
**[[Gliding]]
**[[Parachuting]]
**[[Skydiving]]
*'''[[Archery]]'''
**[[Field archery]]
*'''[[Bodybuilding at the World Games|Bodybuilding]]'''
*'''[[Boules]]'''
**[[Bocce]]
**[[Lawn Bowls]] (Tir Progressif)
**[[Lyonnaise]]
**[[Pétanque]]
**[[Raffa]]
*'''[[Bowling at the World Games|Bowling]]'''
**[[Skittles (sport)|Nine-pin bowling]]
**[[Ten-pin bowling]]
*'''[[Canoeing at the World Games|Canoe]]'''
**[[Canoe polo]]
*'''[[Casting at the World Games|Casting]]'''
*'''[[Cue sports]]'''
**[[Carom billiards]]
**[[Pocket billiards]] (pool)
**[[Snooker]]
*'''[[DanceSport at the World Games|DanceSport]]'''
**[[Latin dance]]
**[[Rock and Roll (dance)|Rock'n'roll dance]]
**[[Ballroom dance|Standard dance]]
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*'''[[Fistball at the World Games|Fistball]]'''
*'''[[Flying disc at the World Games|Flying disc]] ([[Frisbee]])'''
**[[Disc golf]]
**[[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate]]
*'''[[Gymnastics at the World Games|Gymnastics]]'''
**Individual [[rhythmic gymnastics]]
**[[Sports acrobatics]]
**[[Sport aerobics]]
**Synchronized [[trampoline]]
**[[Tumbling (gymnastics)|Tumbling]]
*'''[[team handball|Handball]]'''
**[[Beach handball]]
*'''[[Field hockey]]'''
**[[Indoor field hockey]]
*'''[[Jujutsu#Sport_jujutsu|Jujutsu]]'''
*'''[[Karate]]'''
*'''[[Korfball at the World Games|Korfball]]'''
*'''[[Lifesaving]]'''
**[[Surf lifesaving|Beach]]
**Pool
*'''[[Mountaineering]]'''
*'''[[Netball at the World Games|Netball]]'''
*'''[[Orienteering]]'''
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*'''[[Powerlifting]]'''
**[[Bench press]]
**[[Deadlift]]
**[[Squat (exercise)|Squat]]
*'''[[Racquetball at the World Games|Racquetball]]'''
*'''[[Roller skating|Roller sports]]'''
**[[Artistic roller skating]]
**[[Inline hockey]]
**[[Inline speed skating]]
**[[Rink hockey]]
*'''[[Rugby union at the World Games|Rugby union]]'''
**[[Rugby Sevens]]
*'''[[Squash (sport)|Squash]]'''
*'''[[Sumo at the World Games|Sumo]]'''
*'''[[Surfing]]'''
*'''[[Tug of war at the World Games|Tug of war]]'''
*'''[[Underwater sports]]'''
**[[Finswimming]]
*'''[[Water skiing]]'''
**[[Barefoot skiing]]
**[[Tournament Slalom Skiing]]
**[[Trick water skiing]]
**[[Wakeboarding]]
|}
=== Invitational sports ===
*'''[[American football]]'''
*'''[[Dragon boat race]]'''
*'''[[Floorball]]'''[http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1044-163484-180699-13787-0-file,00.pdf]
*'''[[Gateball]]''' [http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/eng/sports/gateball.html]
*'''[[Military pentathlon]]''' [http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1044-163484-180699-13787-0-file,00.pdf]
*'''[[Motorsport]]'''
**[[Motorcycling]]
*'''[[Pesäpallo]]''' [http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1044-163484-180699-13787-0-file,00.pdf]
*'''[[Tchoukball]]'''
=== Past World Games sports ===
*'''[[Sambo (martial art)|Sambo]]''' - Last contested in 1989 (may return to World Games) [http://sports123.com/wga/index.html]
==== Sports no longer eligible for World Games ====
*'''[[Badminton]]''' - became an Olympic sport at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]
*'''[[Baseball at the World Games|Baseball]]''' - became an Olympic sport (removed from [[2012 Summer Olympics]] program; may return to World Games in 2009)
*'''[[Softball]]''' - became an Olympic sport (removed from 2012 Summer Olympics program; will return to the World Games in 2009)[http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/Sports/Ball_content.asp#b08]
*'''[[Taekwondo]]''' - became an Olympic sport at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
*'''[[Trampoline]]''' - certain individual events were introduced at the 2000 Summer Olympics
*'''[[Triathlon]]''' - became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics
*'''[[Weightlifting]]''' (women) - became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics. (men never competed in weightlifting in the World Games because it has been in all summer olympics since 1920.)
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/ IWGA Official Website]
* [http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/index.asp World Games 2009 Kaohsiung]
* [http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/default.htm World Games 2005 Duisburg]
* [http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/eng/index.html World Games 2001 Akita]
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