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.

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

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, 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 Taipei Dome - opening ceremony, baseball, softball Tianmu Baseball Stadium - baseball, softball Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium - basketball, tug of war Da'an Sports Center - basketball Taipei Songshan Sports Center - aquatics (water polo) Taipei Tennis Center - tennis Dajia Riverside Park - canoeing (dragon boat) Taipei Arena - dancesport, judo Taipei City Hall - athletics (road race), beach volleyball Taipei Municipal Stadium - athletics (track and field) Huazhong Riverside Park - flying disc Taipei Gymnasium - badminton Yingfeng Riverside Park - baseball, softball, football Bailing Riverside Park - rugby Guanshan Riverside Park - boules, cycling, tug of war, woodball Bishan Campsite - orienteering Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall - orienteering (finish) National Taiwan University Sports Center - squash University of Taipei (Tianmu Campus) Shih-hsin Hall - aquatics (diving) University of Taipei (Tianmu Campus) Gymnasium - fencing, karate Chinese Culture University Gymnasium - volleyball Expo Dome - weightlifting Jinshan Huangqing Bridge - cycling (road)

New Taipei City New Taipei City Art Museum - closing ceremony Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium - baseball, softball Sanchong Civil Sports Center - 3x3 basketball Xinzhuang Civil Sports Center - aquatics (swimming) Banqiao Civil Sports Center - basketball Xindian Civil Sports Center - volleyball Luzhou Civil Sports Center - handball Shulin Tennis Clay Courts - tennis Banshu Gymnasium - taekwondo Blue Bay Coastal Leisure Area - beach volleyball Banqiao Stadium - archery, athletics (track and field) Xinzhuang Gymnasium - table tennis New Taipei City Plaza - 3x3 basketball Sanchung Baseball Stadium - baseball, softball Breeze Canal - aquatics (open water), canoeing (dragon boat, canoe polo, sprint) Metropolitan Baseball Field - baseball, softball Fulong Beach - lifesaving, sailing Fu Jen Catholic University Chung Mei Auditorium - basketball Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium - football Taiwan Golf & Country Club - golf Linkou International Golf and Country Club - golf

Outlying Taoyuan Longtan Sports Complex - hockey Taoyuan City Track and Field Stadium - gateball Gongxi Shooting Range - shooting Sunrise Golf & Country Club - golf Taipei Golf Club - golf Luzhu Civil Sports Center - squash

Hsinchu County Hsinchu County Second Stadium - football Lily Golf & Country Club - golf

Yilan County Dongshan River Water Park - rowing Meihua Lake - triathlon Annong River - canoeing (slalom) Wushi Harbor Waiao Beach - surfing

Taichung City Taichung Cycling Track - cycling (track)

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

Basketball 3x3 basketball

Slalom Sprint Canoe polo Dragon boat Marathon

Road cycling

Disc golf Ultimate

(demonstration)

Kata Kumite

Softball Slow softball

Triathlon Aquathlon

Volleyball (indoor) Beach volleyball

(demonstration)

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.

All times and dates use National Standard Time (UTC+8)

OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony May 2025 May Events 17thSat 18thSun 19thMon 20thTue 21stWed 22ndThu 23rdFri 24thSat 25thSun 26thMon 27thTue 28thWed 29thThu 30thFri Ceremonies | bgcolor="#00CC33" | OC

| bgcolor="#FF8888" | CC | Aquatics Diving

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| Water polo

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| Badminton

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| 132 Baseball | | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ●

| Basketball 3×3 Basketball | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ●

| Basketball

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| Slalom

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| Canoe polo

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| Dragon boat

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| Marathon

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| Cycling | | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ●

| bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | | Dance

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| Flying disc Disc golf

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| Football | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | Golf

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| Handball | | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ●

| Hockey

| Judo

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| Karate

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| bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | | Orienteering Middle distance

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| Sprint

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| Rowing

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| Rugby

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| Windsurfing

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| Shooting

| Softball Softball

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| Squash | | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ● | bgcolor="#3399FF" | ●

| Surfing

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| Table tennis

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2025 Summer World Masters Games

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