The 2025 Summer World Masters Games (), commonly known as Taipei & New Taipei 2025, is a forthcoming international

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that is scheduled to take place from 17 May to 30 May 2025 in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

and

New Taipei New Taipei City is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest s ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. It will be third international

to be held in

Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area () also commonly known as Greater Taipei Area () is the largest metropolitan area in Taiwan. It is composed of 3 administrative divisions: Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung. The region encompasses an area ...

after the

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and

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Bidding process

The three candidate cities were

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and

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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,

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 Ko Wen-je (; born 6 August 1959), also known by his nickname, Ko P (), is a Taiwanese politician and physician. Ko was mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022, and Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party since 2019. Before becoming mayor, he was a docto ...

and

Hou Yu-ih Hou Yu-ih (; born 7 June 1957), also romanized Hou You-yi, is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as Director-General of the National Police Agency from 2006 to 2008 and as acting mayor of New Taipei City from October 2015 to January 2016. H ...

, it began operation on 7 May 2021.

The Games

Opening ceremony

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

Taipei Dome The Taipei Dome () also known as the Farglory Dome (), is a multi-purpose stadium, multi-purpose domed stadium under construction located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan, that was originally scheduled to start construction in 2 ...

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. * * * * * Baseball ** ** * * ** Slalom ** Sprint * ** BMX freestyle ** BMX racing ** Mountain biking ** Road cycling ** Track cycling * * * * * * * * * ** Volleyball (indoor) ** Beach volleyball * * * Aquatics ** ** ** ** * ** Kata ** Kumite * * * * * * * * * *

References

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