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Games for the Year 2005

Note: Organizers of Games change dates frequently.  Check the official games web sites for dates and schedule information.

January

World Games for the Deaf, Melbourne, Australia, January 5-16

Stockholm Winter Games, Stockholm, Sweden, January 7-11

Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Sydney, Australia, January 19-23

Winter World University Games, Innsbruck, Austria, January 12-22

Winter European Youth Olympic Days, Monthey, Switzerland, January 23-29

Winter X Games, Aspen, USA, January 29-February 2

Islamic and Muslim Capitals' Women`s Games, Tehran, Iran, January 25-29

Alps-Adriatic Winter Youth Games, Tessin, Switzerland, January

 

February

New Zealand Masters Games, Wanganui, New Zealand, February 5-13

Special Olympics World Winter Games, Nagano, Japan, Feb 26 - March 5

 

March

Gravity Games Winter, Copper Mountain, USA, March 3-6

Windsor Classic Indoor Games, Windsor, Canada, March 4-6

Supergames, Auckland, New Zealand, March 4-12

GCC Universities Sports Games, , Kuwait, March 5-10

FOBISSEA Games (Senior), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 10-13

International Winter Games for Schools / Jeux D'Hiver Scolaires Internationaux, Val Morin, Canada, March 17-21

Homenetmen Pan-European Games, Geneva, Switzerland, March 25-28

Australian Sikh Games, Renmark, Australia, March 25-27

 

April

Islamic Solidarity Games, Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, Taif, Saudi Arabia, April 8-20

Trans Tasman Masters Games, Hunter, Australia, April 9-16

Australia and New Zealand Police Games, Adelaide, Australia, April 9-16

GCC Disabled Girls Championships, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, April 9-15

United Nations Inter-Agency Games, Crete, Greece, April 21-25

Special Olympics Gulf Games, Doha, Qatar, April 23-27

Defi Sportif, Montreal, Canada, April 27 - May 1

Giochi Internazionali della Gioventu Salesiana, Warsaw, Poland, April 29- May 4

 

May

Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, England, May 14-15

Arafura Games, Darwin, Australia, May 14-21

International ASA Games, Qatzrin, Golan Heights, Ohalo College, Israel, May 22-25

Jeux des Iles, Crete, Crete, May 25-29

Asian X Games, Seoul, South Korea, May 26-29

Games of the Small Countries of Europe, Andorra, Andorra, May 30-June 4

June

ASEM Youth Games, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2-8

EuroAsia Corporate Games, Istanbul, Turkey, June 3-5

FOBISSEA Games (Junior), International School of Brunei, Brunei, June 5-10

International Sports Invitational, San Diego, USA, June 7-12

Eurofestival Summer, Clermont - Ferrand, France, June 15-19

ALBA Games, Havana and provinces, Cuba, June 16-30

Euro Games, Utrecht, Holland, June 16-19

West African University Games, Kumasi, Nigeria, June 16-25

International Youth Games CIS Baltics, Chekov, Russia, June 18 -

Eritrean Sports Festival, Eiselighen, Germany, June -22-

Mediterranean Games, Almeria, Spain, June 24 - July 3

All Ireland Corporate Games, Belfast, Ireland, June 24-26

Gravity Games Summer, Philadelphia, USA, June 25- 29 and July 11-13

World Police and Fire Games, Quebec City, Canada, June 26-July 5

Stockholm Summer Games, Stockholm, Sweden, June 29 - July 3

World Lithuanian Games, , Lithuania, June 30 - July 3

Bogazici University International Sports Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, June

July

Baltic Sea Youth Games, Szczecin, Poland, July  1-3, 2005

World Dwarf Games, Rambouillet, France, July 1-6

CP-ISRA World Games, New London, USA, July 2-10

World Medical Games, Alicante, Spain, July 2-9

International School Children's Games, Coventry, England, July 6-11

European Youth Olympic Days, Lignano, Italy, July 4-7

Tau Games, Suva, Fiji,  July 7-9

Great Outdoor Games, Orlando, USA, July 7-10

Black Forest Youth Games Schwarzwald Jugendspiele, , Germany, July 8-10

Island Games, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, July 9-15

Maccabiah Games, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 11-21

Youth Friendship Games, Sydney, Australia, July 12-17  

World Games, Duisburg, Germany, July 14-24

World Masters Games, Edmonton, Canada, July 15-24

World Transplant Games, London, ON, Canada, July 16-24

Bolivarian Games, Armenia, Pereira, Cartagena, Colombia, July 22-31 (moved to August)

Celtic Water Games, Gijón, Spain, July 24-31

South Pacific Mini Games, Koror, Palau, July 23- August 4

Dutch Commonwealth Games, Netherlands Antilles, July 23-29

Beach Games, Huntington Beach, USA, July 22-31

Indianapolis Scarborough Peace Games, Scarborough, Canada, July 22-24

FISEC Games, Madrid, Spain, July 22-29

International Youth Games - (Aalborg, Almere, Lancaster, Rendsburg,) Lancaster, England, July 24-29

African Francophone Games for the Handicapped, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, July 25-31

Burlington International Games, Burlington, IA, USA, July 30-Aug. 1

JCC Maccabi Games, Dallas, USA, July 31 - August 5

International Youth Games – (Sens, Chester, Senigallia, Lorrach) Sens, France, July

August

X Games, Los Angeles, USA, August 4-7

IBSA World Youth Championships, Colorado Springs, United States, August 4-9

Can-Amera International Games, Cambridge, Canada, August 5-7

CANUSA Games, Hamilton, Canada, August 5-7

Indian Ocean Youth Games, , Reunion, August 6-12

JCC Maccabi Games, San Antonio, USA, August 7-12

JCC Maccabi Games, St. Paul, MN, USA, August 7-12

World University Games, Izmir, Turkey, August 11-21

CPLP Games, Luanda, Angola, August 12-18

JCC Maccabi Games, Richmond, VA, USA, August 14 – 19

September

Pan-American Games for the Blind, Sao Paolo, Brazil, September 3-11

World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 16-25

Muslim Women's Games, Tehran, Iran, September 20-30

World Corporate Games, Zagreb, Croatia, September 30 - October 2

October

South Island Masters Games, Timaru, New Zealand, October

Huntsman World Senior Games, St. George, USA, October 3-15

Gravity Games H2O, Perth, Australia, October 6-9

Australian Masters Games, Adelaide, Australia, October 7-16

South Island Masters Games, Timaru, New Zealand, October 8-17

Central Asian Games, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, October 10-20

White Air Festival, , Great Britain, October 20-30

East Asian Games, Macao, Macao, October 29 - November 6

November

Stockholm Games - Solnaspelen, Stockholm, Sweden, November 4-6

Europe Corporate Games, Athens, Greece, November 4-6

Juegos de la Araucania, Chubut, Argentina, November 7-12

Asian Indoor Games, Pattaya, Thailand, November 12-19

South East Asian Games, Manila, Philippines, November 27 to Dec 5

Pacific School Games, Melbourne, Australia, November 26 - December 4

Indian Ocean Rim University Games, Perth, Australia, November 28 - December 4

December

West Asian Games, Doha, Qatar, December 1-15

Francophone Games, Niamey, Niger, December 7-17

Central American Games, Guatemala City, Guatemala, December 9-18

ASEAN Para Games, Manila, Philippines, December 12-21

Punjab Games, Lahore, Pakistan, December 18-25

SAUSSA Games, Zambia, December