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The World Games is a multi-sport event staged every four years by the International World Games Association, organized with the support of the International Olympic Committee. The 11th edition of The World Games was in Birmingham, Alabama, July 7–17, 2022, with 3,600 athletes from 34 sports and over 100 countries. The candidature process timeline is aimed to achieve efficiency and transparency. For a city to host The World Games, the process is split into four stages:

• Preliminary and informal conversations between the IWGA and interested cities may happen at any time.
• Cities interested in hosting The World Games need to present their vision and their Games’ concept with sustainability being one of the core values.
• Once the first draft application form has been filled, a city is entitled to name itself a candidate city that can be selected by the IWGA Executive Committee and ratified by the IWGA Annual General Meeting.
• The Host City will start creating a Local Organizing Committee after the rights to host are awarded. The LOC will be in charge of preparing The World Games together with the IWGA, International Federations and official partners.