2022 Commonwealth Games
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The 2022 Commonwealth Games
will feature 71 countries from the Commonwealth
. A host will be decided in future years.
, South Africa
Abuja
,Nigeria
Christchurch
, New Zealand
The winning of the of the 2018 games by Gold Coast, Australia presents a huge problem for Christchurch or any Oceania region Candidate city. Consecutive games held in the same Commonwealth region are only allowed if there are not candidates from the remaining five regions. With the 2022 games it is possible that this bid cycle will have the most candidate regions in the history of the games.
Hambantota
, Sri Lanka
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
will feature 71 countries from the Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...
. A host will be decided in future years.
Possible bids
DurbanDurban
Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
- The coastal city in South Africa is planing a posible bid for the games following its withdrawal from the 2020 Summer Olympics. It will be the first Commonwealth Games in Africa.
Abuja
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...
,Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
- It has been suggested that if Abuja wins their bidAbuja bid for the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsAbuja 2018 is a bid by the Nigerian city of Abuja to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.-History:I was announced on November 29, 2011 by Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide who is the FCT Minister of State that Abuja would bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Africa is yet to organize an Olympic Game. If...
to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics2018 Summer Youth OlympicsThe 2018 Summer Youth Olympics will be the third Summer Youth Olympic Games, a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, in 2018 during the XXXI Olympiad. It will be the fifth Youth Olympic Games overall, with the Winter...
, then they may bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
- After the major earthquakes in September 20102010 Canterbury earthquakeThe 2010 Canterbury earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am on local time ....
and February 20112011 Christchurch earthquakeThe February 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at on local time , The earthquake was centred west of the town of Lyttelton, and south-east of the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous...
, the rebuilt city is planing to bid for the 2022 edition in order to introduce the city to the world. Christchurch previously hosted the Commonwealth Games (then British Commonwealth Games) in 19741974 British Commonwealth GamesThe 1974 British Commonwealth Games were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games....
.
The winning of the of the 2018 games by Gold Coast, Australia presents a huge problem for Christchurch or any Oceania region Candidate city. Consecutive games held in the same Commonwealth region are only allowed if there are not candidates from the remaining five regions. With the 2022 games it is possible that this bid cycle will have the most candidate regions in the history of the games.
Hambantota
Hambantota
Hambantota is a coastal city in the south of Sri Lanka. It is the capital of the Hambantota District...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...