2019 World Beach Games

The 2019 World Beach Games, (Arabic: 2019 ألعاب شاطئ العالم) 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 (ANOC). 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.

ANOC World Beach Games 2019
Host cityDoha
Country Qatar
Nations participating97
Athletes participating1240
Events36 events in 13 sports (in 14 disciplines)
Opening ceremony12 October
Closing ceremony16 October
Officially opened byTamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Websitewww.awbgqatar.com

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.[1]

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..[2][3] Sarasota, Sochi, Dubai and a city in China were the other candidate cities which made bids to host the games.[4]

The Games were originally scheduled to be held from 29 September 2017, until 9 October 2017. However, in August 2016 they were announced to be postponed to 2019.[5]

2019 World Beach Games bidding results
City Nation Votes
Doha Qatar Unanimous

Development and preparation

Doha
Location of Doha in Qatar

Venues

  • Katara Beach (3x3 Basketball, Kitefoil Racing, Open Water Swimming 5km, Aquathlon, Individual Kata, Beach Wrestling, Beach Tennis, Beach Soccer)
  • Al-Gharafa (Beach Handball, Beach Volleyball)
  • Aspire Zone (Bouldering, Skateboarding)
  • Legtafiya Lagoon (Waterski Jump, Wakeboard)

The Games

Sports

The 2019 ANOC World Beach Games featured 14 disciplines in 13 sports (surfing and BMX cycling had also been on the original programme but were removed).[6] 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
  2. Football
  3. Handball
  4. Karate
  5. Sailing
  6. Skateboarding
  7. Sport climbing
  8. Swimming
  9. Tennis
  10. Triathlon
  11. Volleyball
  12. Waterskiing
  13. Wrestling

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:[7][8]

Participating National Olympic Committees
  •  American Samoa (1)
  •  Argentina (26)
  •  Aruba (2)
  •  Australia (41)
  •  Austria (5)
  •  Azerbaijan (7)
  •  Barbados (1)
  •  Belarus (3)
  •  Belgium (1)
  •  Botswana (2)
  •  Brazil (78)
  •  Bulgaria (3)
  •  Cambodia (1)
  •  Cameroon (1)
  •  Canada (15)
  •  Cape Verde (10)
  •  Chile (10)
  •  China (24)
  •  Colombia (8)
  •  Croatia (15)
  •  Czech Republic (13)
  •  Denmark (28)
  •  Dominica (11)
  •  Ecuador (6)
  •  El Salvador (12)
  •  Finland (2)
  •  France (28)
  •  The Gambia (6)
  •  Georgia (4)
  •  Germany (20)
  •  Great Britain (20)
  •  Greece (17)
  •  Hong Kong (5)
  •  Hungary (34)
  •  Indonesia (12)
  •  Iran (17)
  •  Ireland (2)
  •  Israel (3)
  •  Italy (32)
  •  Ivory Coast (4)
  •  Japan (24)
  •  Jordan (8)
  •  Kazakhstan (3)
  •  South Korea (3)
  •  Kuwait (2)
  •  Latvia (6)
  •  Liberia (2)
  •  Luxembourg (2)
  •  Madagascar (4)
  •  Malaysia (2)
  •  Mali (4)
  •  Mauritius (1)
  •  Mexico (30)
  •  Mongolia (8)
  •  Montenegro (1)
  •  Morocco (18)
  •  Mozambique (6)
  •  Namibia (4)
  •  Netherlands (9)
  •  New Zealand (5)
  •  Nigeria (8)
  •  Oman (12)
  •  Pakistan (1)
  •  Panama (1)
  •  Paraguay (22)
  •  Peru (6)
  •  Philippines (2)
  •  Poland (23)
  •  Portugal (14)
  •  Puerto Rico (5)
  •  Qatar (32) (hosts)
  •  Romania (10)
  •  Russia (55)
  •  San Marino (2)
  •  Senegal (12)
  •  Serbia (2)
  •  Singapore (1)
  •  Slovakia (4)
  •  Slovenia (10)
  •  Solomon Islands (12)
  •  Spain (64)
  •  Suriname (1)
  •  Sweden (13)
  •  Switzerland (15)
  •  Chinese Taipei (5)
  •  Thailand (3)
  •  Togo (8)
  •  Tunisia (20)
  •  Turkey (12)
  •  Uganda (7)
  •  Ukraine (33)
  •  United Arab Emirates (12)
  •  United States (70)
  •  Uruguay (23)
  •  Vanuatu (6)
  •  Venezuela (18)
  •  Vietnam (12)

Calendar

All dates are AST (UTC+3)
OCOpening ceremony Event competitions 1Event finals CCClosing ceremony
October 2019 11th
Fri
12th
Sat
13th
Sun
14th
Mon
15th
Tue
16th
Wed
Events
CeremoniesOCCCN/A
Triathlon – Aquathlon 2 1 3
Basketball – 3x3 basketball 2 2
Sport climbing – Bouldering 2 2
Handball – Beach handball 2 2
Karate – Individual kata 2 2
Sailing – Kitefoil racing 1 1 2
Skateboarding – Park 1 1 2
Football – Beach soccer 2 2
Swimming – Open water 2 2
Tennis – Beach tennis 2 1 3
Beach volleyball – 4x4 2 2
Waterskiing – Waterski Jump 2 2
Waterskiing – Wakeboard 2 2
Wrestling – Beach wrestling 4 4 8

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Qatar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain (ESP)71210
2 Brazil (BRA)54312
3 Italy (ITA)4116
4 United States (USA)4048
5 Japan (JPN)3205
6 Russia (RUS)2237
7 Georgia (GEO)2114
8 France (FRA)1203
9 Belarus (BLR)1113
 Iran (IRI)1113
11 Netherlands (NED)1102
 Nigeria (NGR)1102
13 Germany (GER)1034
14 Colombia (COL)1001
 Denmark (DEN)1001
 Pakistan (PAK)1001
17 Azerbaijan (AZE)0415
18 Hungary (HUN)0314
19 Turkey (TUR)0202
20 Ukraine (UKR)0123
21 China (CHN)0112
 Great Britain (GBR)0112
23 Australia (AUS)0101
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0101
 Finland (FIN)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
 Puerto Rico (PUR)0101
 Qatar (QAT)*0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
30 Romania (ROU)0033
31 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Canada (CAN)0011
 Chile (CHI)0011
 Dominican Republic (DOM)0011
 Hong Kong (HKG)0011
 Indonesia (INA)0011
 Mongolia (MGL)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
 Venezuela (VEN)0011
Totals (40 nations)363638110

See also

References

  1. Weisberg, Lori (30 May 2019). "San Diego loses inaugural World Beach Games due to lack of private funding". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. "San Diego Awarded Inaugural 2017 ANOC World Beach Games". ANOC. 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. Garske, Monica (30 October 2015). "San Diego Chosen as Host City for Inaugural 'World Beach Games'". NBC San Diego. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. Butler, Nick (27 October 2015). "Exclusive: San Diego set to be awarded first ANOC World Beach Games in 2017". Inside the Games. Washington D.C.: Dunsar Media Company Limited. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ANOC postpones inaugural World Beach Games - Sport Business, 5 August 2016
  6. "ANOC confirm 15 sports and 17 disciplines for first World Beach Games". 24 May 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. "PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES". ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. https://results.awbgqatar.com/#/awbg2019/nocs
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