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GAISF World Urban Games 2019
Host cityBudapest
Country Hungary
Athletes300
Events18 events in 8 sports (in 16 disciplines)
Opening13 September
Closing15 September
Websitewww.awbgqatar.com

The 2019 World Urban Games, commonly known as Budapest 2019, was an inaugural international urban multi-sport event organized by GAISF . It was scheduled for three days, 13 to 15 September 2019, in Budapest, Hungary.

It had originally been scheduled to be hosted in Los Angeles, howeverit was announced that the Games were being relocated as the host city had not agreed a programme of events.[1]

In 14 June 2019, Qatar was announced as the host of the 2019 World Beach Games.

The Games

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Sports

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The 2019 World Urban Games featured 18 events in 8 sports.[2] All of the events in this edition are non-Olympic events different from the Summer Olympic program and are gender equal.

  1. Basketball
  2. Cycling
  3. Rowing
  4. Breaking
  5. Parkour
  6. Flying disc
  7. Roller freestyle
  8. Laser run

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.

References

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  1. ^ Weisberg, Lori (30 May 2019). "San Diego loses inaugural World Beach Games due to lack of private funding". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ "ANOC confirm 15 sports and 17 disciplines for first World Beach Games". 24 May 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

Category:2019 in multi-sport events Category:International sports competitions hosted by Hungary Category:Multi-sport events in Hungary Category:2019 in Hungarian sport 2019 Category:Sports competitions in Budapest Category:Scheduled multi-sport events World Urban Games