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Military World Games

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Military World Games
PurposeMilitary multi-sport event for nations of the world
FrequencyEvery 4 Years
Inaugurated1995 Rome
Most recent
2025 Lucerne
Next event
2027 Charlotte
Organization
CISM

The Military World Games is a multi-sport event for military sportspeople, organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). They have been held since 1995, although championships for separate sports had been held longer. The first winter edition of the games was held in March of 2010 in the Italian region of Aosta Valley.[1]

Sports

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Summer Games

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Military sports

Winter Games

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Editions

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Summer Games

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Host cities of the Military Games
Year Games Host Opened by Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Medal table
Men Women Total
1995 1 Italy Rome Oscar Luigi Scalfaro September 4 – 16 93 4017 17 179  Russia
1999 2 Croatia Zagreb Franjo Tuđman August 8 – 17 80 7825 18 199  Russia
2003 3 Italy Catania Carlo Azeglio Ciampi December 4 – 11 81 3217 11 120  China
2007 4 India Hyderabad Pratibha Patil October 14 – 21 101 4738 15 157  Russia
2011 5 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Dilma Rousseff July 15 – 24 113 4017 20 195  Brazil
2015 6 South Korea Mungyeong Park Geun-hye October 2 – 11 110 8700 24 248  Russia
2019 7 China Wuhan Xi Jinping October 18 – 27 110 9308 27 316  China
2023 8 Colombia Bogotá Cancelled
2027 8 United States Charlotte Donald Trump (expected) June 25 – July 4
2031 9 Sri Lanka Hambantota President (expected)

Winter Games

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Host cities of the Military Games
Year Games Host Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Country
On Medal Table
Men Women Total
2010 1 Italy Aosta Valley March 20 – 25 43 800 6 28  Italy
2013 2 France Annecy March 24 – 29 40 1000 8 36  France
2017 3 Russia Sochi February 24 – 27 25 402 7 44  Russia
2021 4 Germany Berchtesgaden Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2025 4 Switzerland Lucerne March 24 – 29 40 10 50  France
2029 5 TBA TBA TBA

Cadet Games

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Year Games Host Dates Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Country
On Medal Table
Men Women Total
2010 1 Turkey Ankara
2014 2 Ecuador Quito
2022[3] 3 Russia St. Petersburg August 4–12 20 7  Russia
2024 4 Venezuela Caracas August 16–24 9 10 Russia Russia

Medals

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Guidance for Submitting a Candidature to the Organization of the 1st CISM Winter Military Games" (PDF). CISM official website. CISM Winter Military Games Bidding Book. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Iveson, Ali (31 December 2021). "Military World Winter Games cancelled over COVID-19 concerns". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "The III CISM Military World Cadet – St. Petersburg, August 4 – 12, 2022".
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