2019 World Beach Games


The 2019 World Beach Games, officially known as the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 and commonly known as Qatar 2019, was an inaugural international beach multi-sport event organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees . It was held for five days, 11 to 16 October 2019, in Doha, Qatar, with the opening rounds for certain events being held on 11 October 2019, the day before the opening ceremony on 12 October.
It had originally been scheduled to be hosted in San Diego, however, on 30 May 2019 it was announced that the Games were being relocated as the host city had not generated sufficient private funds. ANOC said the event would still take place in 2019 and would be relocated to another host city that has "the financial guarantees necessary and a proven track record to host a world-class event."
In 14 June 2019, Qatar was announced as the host of the 2019 World Beach Games.

Host selection

On 30 October 2015, San Diego was unanimously approved as host of the inaugural World Beach Games at the ANOC General Assembly in Washington D.C..Sarasota, Sochi, Dubai and a city in China were the other candidate cities which made bids to host the games.
The Games were originally scheduled to be held from 29 September 2017, until 9 October 2017. However, in August 2016 it was announced to be postponed to 2019.

Development and preparation

Venues

Sports

The 2019 ANOC World Beach Games featured 14 disciplines in 13 sports. All of the events in this edition were non-Olympic events, i.e., different from events in previous Summer Olympic programs, and were gender equal.
  1. Basketball
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  3. Football
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  5. Handball
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  7. Karate
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  9. Sailing
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  11. Skateboarding
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  13. Sport climbing
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  15. Swimming
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  17. Tennis
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  19. Triathlon
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  21. Volleyball
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  23. Waterskiing
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  26. Wrestling
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Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.

Participating National Olympic Committees (NOCs)

Of the world's 206 NOCs, 97 are due to compete:
Participating :Category:Nations at the 2019 World Beach Games|National Olympic Committees

Calendar

OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsCCClosing ceremony

Medal table