International Children's Games

The International Children's Games (ICG) is an International Olympic Committee-sanctioned event^[1] held every year where children from cities around the world and between the ages of 12 and 15 participate in a variety of sports and cultural activities.

History

The Slovenian sports instructor Metod Klemenc founded the International Children's Games in 1968 with the aim of promoting peace and friendship through sports to the world's youth. He organised the first International Children's Games and Cultural Festival in 1968 with the participation of teams from nine European cities.

Current activities

Since that time, 37,000 children aged 12 to 15 have been in competition at 47 Summer Games and 6 Winter Games. 411 different cities, 86 countries and all 5 continents have participated. The International Children's Games and Cultural Festival has become the world's largest international multi-sport youth games, and is a recognised member of the International Olympic Committee. The International Children's Games in 2013 were held in Windsor-Essex, Canada,^[2] followed by Lake Macquarie, Australia in 2014.^[3]

Future

The next games will be held in New Taipei City in Taiwan in 2016.

Locations

Summer

Games	Year	Host city	Country
1st	1968	Celje	Yugoslavia
2nd	1970	Udine	Italy
3rd	1972	Graz	Austria
4th	1974	Murska Sobota	Yugoslavia
5th	1974	Darmstadt	West Germany
6th	1976	Murska Sobota	Yugoslavia
7th	1976	Geneva	Switzerland
8th	1978	Ravne na Koroskem	Yugoslavia
9th	1980	Lausanne	Switzerland
10th	1982	Darmstadt	West Germany
11th	1983	Troyes	France
12th	1983	Murska Sobota	Yugoslavia
13th	1984	Geneva	Switzerland
14th	1985	Granollers	Spain
15th	1986	Lausanne	Switzerland
16th	1987	Graz	Austria
17th	1988	Szombathely	Hungary
18th	1989	Andorra	Andorra
19th	1990	Uzgorod	Soviet Union
20th	1991	Bratislava	Slovakia
21st	1992	Geneva	Switzerland
22nd	1993	Darmstadt	Germany
23rd	1994	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada
24th	1994	Slovenj Gradec	Slovenia
25th	1995	Celje	Slovenia
26th	1996	Sopron	Hungary
27th	1997	Sparta	Greece
28th	1998	Logrono	Spain
29th	1999	Medias	Romania
30th	1999	Velenje	Slovenia
31st	1999	Český Krumlov	Czech Republic
32nd	2000	Hamilton	Canada
33rd	2001	Szombathely	Hungary
34th	2002	Płock	Poland
35th	2002	Taipei	Chinese Taipei
36th	2003	Graz	Austria
37th	2003	Patras	Greece
38th	2004	Cleveland	United States
39th	2005	Coventry	England
40th	2006	Bangkok	Thailand
41st	2007	Reykjavík	Iceland
42nd	2008	San Francisco	United States
43rd	2009	Athens	Greece
44th	2010	Manama	Bahrain
45th	2011	Lanarkshire	Scotland
46th	2012	Daegu	South Korea
47th	2013	Windsor, Ontario	Canada
48th	2014	Lake Macquarie	Australia
49th	2015	Alkmaar	Netherlands
50th	2016	New Taipei	Chinese Taipei
51st	2017	Kaunas	Lithuania
52nd	2018	Jerusalem	Israel

Winter

Games	Year	Host city	Country
1st	1994	Ravne na Koroskem	Slovenia
2nd	1995	Prakovce-Helcmanovc	Slovakia
3rd	1999	Maribor	Slovenia
4th	2009	Montreux and Vevey	Switzerland
5th	2011	Kelowna	Canada
6th	2013	Ufa	Russia
7th	2016	Innsbruck	Austria

References

↑ "Children's Games ceremony to take place in Lanarkshire". BBC News Scotland (Glasgow: BBC). 4 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
↑ "Windsor-Essex Awarded International Children's Games 2013".
↑ "Lake Macquarie Awarded International Children's Games 2014".

External links

Multi-sport events

Global

Olympics	Olympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games

Continental	African Games Asian Games Summer Winter Beach Indoor and Martial Arts European Games Pacific Games Pan American Games

Associations	Commonwealth Games Inter-Allied Games¹ Island Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusophony Games Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR¹ World Outgames

Communities	Croatian World Games Gay Games Islamic Solidarity Games Maccabiah Games Pan Arab Games Pan-Armenian Games Women's Islamic Games¹ World Indigenous Games

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Professions	Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Police and Fire Games

Youth and students	Asian Youth Games Australian Youth Olympic Festival Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games European Youth Olympic Festival Gymnasiade International Children's Games SELL Student Games Universiade World Interuniversity Games World Youth Games¹

Other sport	Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad SportAccord World Mind Games World Combat Games World Games X Games

Regional

Africa	African Youth Games African Games All-Africa University Games Central African Games¹

Americas	ALBA Games Bolivarian Games CANUSA Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames Pan American Games Parapan American Games South American Beach Games South American Games

Asia	ASEAN Civil Service Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN ParaGames Asian Beach Games Asian Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹ Asian Para Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games Central Asian Games Children of Asia International Sports Games¹ East Asian Games Far Eastern Games¹ South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games

Europe	Black Sea Games EuroGames European Games European Sports Championships European Youth Olympic Festival Games of the Small States of Europe

Oceania	Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games Micronesian Games Pacific Games

Inter-continental	Afro-Asian Games¹ Arafura Games Arctic Winter Games AsiaPacific Outgames FESPIC Games¹ Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Nordic Games¹ Pacific Ocean Games¹ Pan Arab Games

National

Americas	Canada Quebec Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors

Asia	Bangladesh China All-China Games National Games of China National Peasants' Games India Indian Empire¹ Indonesia Japan Malaysia Para Mongolia Pakistan Philippines National Games Batang Pinoy Palaro Singapore South Korea Summer Winter Thailand youth Vietnam

Europe	Albania¹ Nazi Germany¹ Netherlands Poland (youth) Soviet Union (youth)¹

Oceania	Western Australia (high school)²

NCSG³	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Texas Wisconsin

Historical¹

Pre Modern Olympics (in chronological order, 1900BC–1852AD)	Tailteann Games Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games

Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Goodwill Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad South African Games Spartakiad Workers' Olympiads

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