15th National Games (NG), 12th NG for Persons with Disabilities, 9th National Special Olympic GamesLeisure and Cultural Services Department
Competitions
The 15th National Games
The 15th National Games feature a total of 34 competition events and 23 mass participation events.
The competition events include swimming (swimming, marathon swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming), archery, athletics, badminton, basketball (basketball, 3-on-3 basketball), boxing, canoeing (sprint, kayak slalom), cycling (road race, track, mountain bike, BMX freestyle, BMX racing), equestrian (eventing, dressage, jumping), fencing, football, golf, gymnastics (artistic gymnastics, trampoline, rhythmic gymnastics), handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, rugby (rugby sevens), sailing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball (volleyball, beach volleyball), weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle, Greco-Roman), breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, baseball/softball and wushu.
The mass participation events are divided into two categories, namely competition and demonstration. The competition category covers 19 sports including table tennis, badminton, tennis, football, basketball, light volleyball, shuttlecock, roller sports, dragon boating, go, Chinese chess, chess, bridge, Chinese wrestling, orienteering, karate, gateball, modelling and bowling, while the demonstration category covers four sports including health qigong, tai chi, dragon and lion dancing, and broadcast gymnastics.
Hong Kong will stage eight competition events (including basketball (men’s U22), track cycling, fencing, golf, handball (men), rugby sevens, triathlon and beach volleyball), and one mass participation competition event of bowling. In addition, the athletics (marathon) and road cycling events, which will be staged by Shenzhen and Zhuhai respectively, will be conducted in a cross-boundary manner to showcase the integrated development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
The 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games
There will be 37 events in the National Games for Persons with Disabilities (NGD) and nine in the National Special Olympic Games (NSOG), amounting to a total of 46.
The 12th NGD will comprise 20 Summer Paralympics and Deaflympics events, including archery, athletics, badminton, basketball (wheelchair and deaf), boccia, cycling, canoeing, football (blind and deaf), goalball, para judo, weightlifting, rowing, shooting, swimming, sitting volleyball, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, wheelchair fencing and triathlon; six Winter Paralympics and Deaflympics events, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing, snowboarding, curling and ice hockey; and 11 mass participation events, including table tennis, badminton, darts, Chinese chess, go, para dance sport, rope skipping, deaf basketball (3-on-3), deaf futsal, floor curling and roller skiing.
The 9th NSOG will feature nine competition events, including athletics, badminton, basketball, bocce, football, weightlifting, roller sports, swimming and table tennis.
Hong Kong will stage four competition events, namely boccia, wheelchair fencing and table tennis (TT11) for the NGD and table tennis for the NSOG, as well as one mass participation event of para dance sport.