The 2025 Summer Deaflympics, officially known as the 25th Summer Deaflympics or XXV Summer Deaflympics, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan from 15 to 26 November 2025. The multi-sport event commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Deaflympics, as the inaugural edition was kicked off in 1924. This was the first time Japan hosted the Summer Deaflympics. It marks the fourth time that an Asian-Pacific National Deaf Sports Association has been given the hosting rights of the Summer Deaflympics after New Zealand (1989), Australia (2005), and Taiwan (2009). The event returned to its usual four-year cycle, following the postponement of the 2021 Summer Deaflympics to 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bidding process The Japanese Federation of the Deaf, and the Japanese Deaf Sports Federation, collaborated to hold their first meeting under the theme "Deaflympics 2025 Bid Preparation Division" on 18 January 2021. During the meeting, the progression report and status of the campaign activities and the cohesive bidding strategies towards promoting Japan as the host nation for the 2025 Summer Deaflympics, was shared with the participants. In June 2022, the Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike, expressed her support and cooperation for the bidding process by unanimously nominating Tokyo to be considered as the official host city of the games. After the proceedings, the Japanese Federation of the Deaf, and the Japanese Deaf Sports Federation, showed their optimism and keen interest in winning the bid for the hosting rights of the Summer Deaflympics. It was in 2018 that the Japanese Federation of the Deaf made ambitious efforts to implement strategic plans for the bidding of the 2025 Summer Deaflympics.
On 10 September 2022, at the general congress of the Comité International des Sports des Sourds (ICSD) held in Vienna, Tokyo was announced as the host city for the 2025 Summer Deaflympics, since no other city had applied for the process.
Development and preparations Venues The Japanese Federation of the Deaf structured the draft plan for hosting the sporting competitions mainly in Tokyo. Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium in Tokyo, and venues in Shizuoka Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture, were considered as subhost venues. The opening ceremony and closing ceremony of the games are scheduled be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. The organizers have taken inspiration from the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 2020+5 Agenda, with the aim of optimizing resources. Some facilities which were used at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Paralympics, and the 2020 Summer Paralympics, have been chosen as sites for the sporting competitions during the Tokyo 2025 Deaflympics.
Venues within the Tokyo Metropolis City/WardVenueEventsCapacityChūōTokyo ExpresswayAthletics (marathon)TBASetagayaKomazawa Olympic Park StadiumAthletics (all track and field events except hammer throw)20,010Komazawa GymnasiumHandball3,875Komazawa Volleyball CourtsVolleyball1,500ShibuyaTokyo Metropolitan GymnasiumCeremonies10,000Table tennisŌtaOta City General GymnasiumBasketball4,012Omori Higashi Waterside Sports SquareBeach volleyballTBAŌi Futō Chūō Kaihin ParkAthletics (hammer throw)2,000ChiyodaHibiya ParkOrienteeringTBAKōtōAriake ColiseumTennis10,000 (center court)Tokyo Aquatics CentreSwimming10,000Wakasu Golf LinksGolfTBAAdachiTokyo BudokanJudo1,728KarateKitaAjinomoto National Training CenterShootingTBANakanoNakano GymnasiumTaekwondo804ChōfuMusashino Forest Sport PlazaBadminton10,000FuchūFuchu Comprehensive GymnasiumWrestling928HigashiyamatoHigashiyamato GrandbowlBowlingTBAŌshimaIzu Ōshima GeoparkOrienteeringTBA
Satellite Venues PrefectureCityVenueEventsCapacityShizuoka PrefectureIzuJapan Cycle Sports CenterCycling (mountain biking/road)TBAFukushima PrefectureHironoJ-Village StadiumFootball5,000
Opening ceremony The opening ceremony for the games was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on the evening of 15 November. The ceremony included Awa Odori dance performances as competitors entered the stadium. The Japanese delegation entered last, with karateka Ogura Ryo carrying the flag.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spoke during the opening ceremony. The family of Crown Prince Akishino were also in attendance.
The Games Sports 209 Events (10 less than the previous Games) in 18 sports (21 disciplines):
2025 Summer Deaflympics Sports Programme
(MTB (4) + Road (8))
(Beach (2) + Indoor (2)) (GR (6) + FR (6))
Participating nations 79 National Deaf Sports Federations sent their delegations to Tokyo.For the first time, there was a Refugee team, composed of an athlete from South Sudan, competing under the Deaflympics flag.Also participating for the first time are athletes from Laos and Timor-Leste, whose Deaflympic Committees were recently recognized, but who did not have time to register to compete in Tokyo and are participating as a Deaflympic Team and in accordance with the rules established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the ICSD has permitted athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in sports where the respective International Federation (IF) allows. These athletes will compete strictly under neutral status as Deaf Individual Neutral Athletes (DINA) at the Tokyo Deaflympics Games.European Deaf Sport Organisation - EDSO, European Deaf Sport Organisation - EDSO, 31 October 2025
Participating National Deaf Sports AssociationsDeaflympics Refugee Team (5)
(host)
RankingNOCAthletes1 (Host)268218331744171511761017968949921085118412821377147515731671176718651960205221482244233824332533Total 2,911
Calendar The calendar was last updated on 7 November 2025.
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