The 2015 Military World Games ( ko, 2015년 세계 군인 체육 대회, Icheon sip-o nyeon segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, 2015 World Military Sports Festival), officially known as the 6th CISM Military World Games ( ko, 제6회 세계 군인 체육 대회, Jeyukhoe segye gun-in cheyuk daehoe, 6th World Military Sports Festival) and also known as Mungyeong 2015 ( ko, 문경2015, Mungyeong Icheon sip-o), is hosted from October 2–11, 2015 in

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. The games is the largest

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sports event ever held in South Korea, with approximately 8,700 athletes from 110 countries competing in 24 sports. The Games were organized by the Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea in accordance with CISM regulations and the rules of the

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Venues

North Gyeongsang

Mungyeong

Pohang Pohang () is a city in the province of North Gyeongsang, South Korea, and a main seaport in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River. The city is divided into two ...

Gimcheon Gimcheon (; , trans., 'gold spring city') is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is situated on the major land transportation routes between Seoul and Busan, namely the Gyeongbu Expressway and Gyeongbu Line railway. In ancient ...

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Yeongcheon Yeongcheon () is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Yeongcheon is located southeast of Seoul, in the southeast of North Gyeongsang Province. It is on the Gyeongbu Expressway linking Seoul and Busan, and is also the junction of ...

Yeongju Yeongju () is a city in the far north region of North Gyeongsang province in South Korea, covering 668.84 km2 with a population of 113,930 people according to the 2008 census. The city borders Bonghwa county to the east, Danyang county of North ...

Sangju Sangju () is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, central South Korea. Although Sangju is rather rural, it is very old and was once a key city. Along with Gyeongju, it gives rise to half of the name of the Gyeongsang provinces. Sangju is nickn ...

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Daegu

Participating nations

*Algeria (56) *Albania (5) *Angola (2) *Armenia (15) *Argentina (2) *Azerbaijan (20) *Austria (37) *Brazil (329) *Bahrain (69) *Barbados (2) *Belarus (95) *Benin *Bosnia and Herzegovina (11) *Belgium (51) *Bulgaria (21) *Burkina Faso (3) *Canada (104) *Cameroon (55) *Central African Republic *Republic of the Congo (19) *Chile (32) *Colombia (31) *China (553) *Croatia (11) *Cyprus (8) *Czech Republic (27) *Chad (11) *Denmark (61) *Dominican Republic (31) *Ecuador (74) *Egypt (83) *Estonia (27) *Swaziland (2) *Finland (53) *France (273) *Germany (243) *Gabon (9) *Greece (46) *Guinea (14) *Hungary (56) *India (54) *Iran (90) *Iraq *Indonesia (46) *Italy (139) * Ivory Coast *Jamaica *Jordan (5) *Kazakhstan (62) *Kenya (14) *Kuwait (35) *Lesotho (3) *Latvia (32) *Lebanon (7) *Lithuania (56) *Luxembourg (18) *Macedonia *Malawi *Mali *Mauritania *Morocco (24) *Monaco (2) *Mongolia (75) *Montenegro (2) *Macedonia (4) *Namibia (3) *Netherlands (89) *Niger (3) *Nigeria (12) *Norway (28) *Oman (63) *Pakistan (19) *Palestine (9) *Peru (15) *Poland (193) *Qatar (99) *Romania (77) *Russia (243) *Saudi Arabia (41) *Senegal (3) *Serbia (41) *Slovakia (14) *Slovenia (32) *South Korea (172) *Spain (111) *Sri Lanka (73) *Suriname *Sweden (72) *Switzerland (67) *Syria (15) *Tanzania (22) *Thailand (55) *Trinidad and Tobago *Tunisia (17) *Turkey (20) *United Arab Emirates (27) *United States (172) *Uganda (5) *Uzbekistan (50) *Ukraine (87) *Uruguay (27) *Venezuela (84) *Vietnam (32) *Zambia (13) *Zimbabwe (28)

Sports

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Games schedule

Medal table

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References

External links

Official website
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