International Children's Games

The International Children's Games (ICG) is an International Olympic Committee-sanctioned event^[1] held every year where children from cities around the world and between the ages of 12 and 15 participate in a variety of sports and cultural activities.

History

The Slovenian sports instructor Metod Klemenc founded the International Children's Games in 1968 with the aim of promoting peace and friendship through sports to the world's youth. He organised the first International Children's Games and Cultural Festival in 1968 with the participation of teams from nine European cities.

Since that time, 37,000 children aged 12 to 15 have been in competition at 47 Summer Games and 6 Winter Games. 411 different cities, 86 countries and all 5 continents have participated. The International Children's Games and Cultural Festival has become the world's largest international multi-sport youth games, and is a recognised member of the International Olympic Committee. The International Children's Games in 2013 were held in Windsor-Essex, Canada,^[2] followed by Lake Macquarie, Australia in 2014,^[3] and Alkmaar, Netherlands in 2015.

The 2016 games were held in New Taipei City in Taiwan from July 11 to 16.

Locations

Summer Games

Games	Year	Host city	Host nation
I	1968	Celje	Yugoslavia
II	1970	Udine	Italy
III	1972	Graz	Austria
IV	1974	Murska Sobota	Yugoslavia
V	1974	Darmstadt	West Germany
VI	1976	Murska Sobota	Yugoslavia
VII	1976	Geneva	Switzerland
VIII	1978	Ravne na Koroskem	Yugoslavia
IX	1980	Lausanne	Switzerland
X	1982	Darmstadt	West Germany
XI	1983	Troyes	France
XII	1983	Murska Sobota	Yugoslavia
XIII	1984	Geneva	Switzerland
XIV	1985	Granollers	Spain
XV	1986	Lausanne	Switzerland
XVI	1987	Graz	Austria
XVII	1988	Szombathely	Hungary
XVIII	1989	Andorra	Andorra
XIX	1990	Uzgorod	Soviet Union
XX	1991	Bratislava	Slovakia
XXI	1992	Geneva	Switzerland
XXII	1993	Darmstadt	Germany
XXIII	1994	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada
XXIV	1994	Slovenj Gradec	Slovenia
XXV	1995	Celje	Slovenia
XXVI	1996	Sopron	Hungary
XXVII	1997	Sparta	Greece
XXVIII	1998	Logroño	Spain
XXIX	1999	Medias	Romania
XXX	1999	Velenje	Slovenia
XXXI	1999	Český Krumlov	Czech Republic
XXXII	2000	Hamilton	Canada
XXXIII	2001	Szombathely	Hungary
XXXIV	2002	Płock	Poland
XXXV	2002	Taipei	Chinese Taipei
XXXVI	2003	Graz	Austria
XXXVII	2003	Patras	Greece
XXXVIII	2004	Cleveland	United States
XXXIX	2005	Coventry	United Kingdom
XL	2006	Bangkok	Thailand
XLI	2007	Reykjavík	Iceland
XLII	2008	San Francisco	United States
XLIII	2009	Athens	Greece
XLIV	2010	Manama	Bahrain
XLV	2011	Lanarkshire	United Kingdom
XLVI	2012	Daegu	South Korea
XLVII	2013	Windsor, Ontario	Canada
XLVIII	2014	Lake Macquarie	Australia
XLIX	2015	Alkmaar	Netherlands
L	2016	New Taipei	Chinese Taipei
LI	2017	Kaunas	Lithuania
LII	2018	Jerusalem	Israel
LIII	2019	Ufa^[4]	Russia

Winter Games

Games	Year	Host city	Country
I	1994	Ravne na Koroskem	Slovenia
II	1995	Prakovce and Helcmanovce	Slovakia
III	1999	Maribor	Slovenia
IV	2009	Montreux and Vevey	Switzerland
V	2011	Kelowna	Canada
VI	2013	Ufa	Russia
VII	2016	Innsbruck	Austria

References

↑ "Children's Games ceremony to take place in Lanarkshire". BBC News Scotland. Glasgow: BBC. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
↑ "Windsor-Essex Awarded International Children's Games 2013".
↑ "Lake Macquarie Awarded International Children's Games 2014".
↑ http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=2775006&cid=17

External links

Multi-sport events

Global

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Youth and students	Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games

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Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games

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National

Africa

South African Games¹

Americas

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Asia

Europe

Netherlands
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- youth¹

Oceania

Western Australia (high school)²

Historical¹

Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900BC to 1859AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics

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Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Central African Games Children of Asia International Sports Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Asian Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Nordic Games Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games

Winter games

International	Olympics Paralympics Winter Universiade Commonwealth¹ World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial¹ New Zealand Winter Games

Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe

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