2025 Summer World Masters Games

The 2025 Summer World Masters Games (Chinese: 2025年夏季世界壯年運動會), commonly known as Taipei & New Taipei 2025, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 17 May to 30 May 2025 in Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan.

It will be third international multi-sport event to be held in Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area after the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and 2017 Summer Universiade.

Bidding process

The three candidate cities were Taipei/New Taipei, Paris and Perth.

Host city selection

The International Masters Games Association (IMGA) voted to select the host city of the 2025 Summer World Masters Games on 21 October 2020, Taipei/ New Taipei was selected, and sign contract on 23 December 2020.

Development and preparation

The Taipei/ New Taipei Organizing Committee was headed by mayor Ko Wen-je and Hou Yu-ih, it began operation on 7 May 2021.

The Games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony will hold on May 17, 2025, in the Taipei Dome in Taipei.

Sports

The Organizing Committee, in addition to the 19 compulsory sports, opted to add thirteen more sports in the program of this edition of the Games.

• Archery
• Athletics
• Orienteering
• Badminton
• Baseball
  • Baseball
  • Softball
• Basketball
• Canoeing
  • Slalom
  • Sprint
• Cycling
  • BMX freestyle
  • BMX racing
  • Mountain biking
  • Road cycling
  • Track cycling
• Hockey
• Football
• Golf
• Rowing
• Shooting
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
  • Volleyball (indoor)
  • Beach volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Squash
• Aquatics
  • Artistic swimming
  • Diving
  • Swimming
  • Water polo
• Karate
  • Kata
  • Kumite
• Judo
• Rugby sevens
• Sailing
• Surfing
• Taekwondo
• Tug of war
• Handball
• Dancesport
• Ultimate
• Gateball

See also

• World Masters Games
• List of sporting events in Taiwan