State Games of North Carolina

The State Games of North Carolina (for sponsorship reasons known as the Powerade State Games of North Carolina) is an Olympic-style competition for residents of North Carolina, and a member of the State Games of America. The goal of the state games is to promote fitness, sportsmanship, and a drug-free environment to North Carolinians.

The Powerade State Games are open to anyone from North Carolina and South Carolina, regardless of age, or physical ability.

The 28th annual Powerade State Games, held in Charlotte, NC, had over 12,000 participants and 500 volunteers representing 96 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

Many famous athletes have taken part in the games including Roy Lassiter, Julius Peppers, Rashad McCants, Chris Paul, and others.

State Games of NC Sports

Baseball
Basketball
BMX
Disc Golf
Fencing
Figure Skating
Golf
Gymnastics
Ice hockey
Karate
Lacrosse
Pickleball
Rugby
Shooting
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Track and Field
Ultimate
Volleyball
Wrestling (both freestyle and folkstyle)

Host cities

Year	Host City	County Location
1997	Greensboro	Guilford County
1998	Greensboro	Guilford County
1999	Greensboro	Guilford County
2000	Raleigh	Wake County
2001	Raleigh	Wake County
2002	Raleigh	Wake County
2003	Winston-Salem	Forsyth County
2004	Winston-Salem	Forsyth County
2005	Cary	Wake County
2006	Cary	Wake County
2007	Greensboro	Guilford County
2008	Greensboro	Guilford County
2009	Charlotte	Mecklenburg County
2010	Charlotte	Mecklenburg County
2011	Winston-Salem	Forsyth County
2012	Winston-Salem	Forsyth County
2013	Charlotte	Mecklenburg County
2014	Charlotte	Mecklenburg County

Future sites

Year	Host Cities	County Location
2015	Raleigh, Cary & Durham	Wake & Durham Counties
2016	Raleigh, Cary & Durham	Wake & Durham Counties
2017	Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point & Burlington	Guilford, Forsyth & Alamance Counties
2018	Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point & Burlington	Guilford, Forsyth & Alamance Counties
2019	Charlotte	Mecklenburg County
2020	Charlotte	Mecklenburg County

References

External links

National Congress of State Games: State Games of America Member Games

Alabama Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawai'i Idaho Winter Summer Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota¹ Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Texas Utah Summer Winter Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming

¹ Defunct

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 Worldwide Nomad Games

Disabled sport	Deaflympics Défi sportif IWAS World Games Armed forces Invictus Games Warrior Games Paralympic Games Summer Winter Special Olympics Summer Winter

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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