2025 Summer World Masters Games


The 2025 Summer World Masters Games, commonly known as Taipei & New Taipei 2025, was an international multi-sport event that took place from 17 May to 30 May 2025 in Taipei and New Taipei, Taiwan.
It was the third international multi-sport event that was held in Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area after the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and 2017 Summer Universiade.
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Bidding process

The three candidate cities were Taipei/New Taipei, Paris and Perth.

Host city selection

The International Masters Games Association voted to select the host city of the 2025 Summer World Masters Games on 21 October 2020, Taipei/ New Taipei 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 and Hou Yu-ih, it began operation on 7 May 2021.

Venues

Taipei

New Taipei City

Outlying

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The Games

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on May 17, 2025, at the Taipei Dome in Taipei.

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.
  • Aquatics
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  • * Basketball
  • * 3x3 basketball
  • * Slalom
  • * Sprint
  • * Canoe polo
  • * Dragon boat
  • * Marathon
  • * Road cycling
  • * Disc golf
  • * Ultimate
  • * Kata
  • * Kumite
  • * Softball
  • * Slow softball
  • * Triathlon
  • * Aquathlon
  • * Volleyball
  • * Beach volleyball
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Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on May 30, 2025, at the New Taipei City Art Museum in New Taipei City.

Calendar

In the following calendar for the 2025 Summer World Masters Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held. On the left, the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and on the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.


OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Gold medal eventsCCClosing ceremony