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June 24 - 27, 2021 in Klagenfurt, Austria

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United World Games 2020 are cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Dear participants and friends, Dear UWG family, it is with a heavy heart that we must turn to you today to announce that the United World Games 2020 will not …

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At this time of the year our team is always busy travelling throughout the world to promote the Games, visit schools, clubs and federations to present our event and personally …

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United World Games in numbers

16

Sports

40

Nations

12.000

Participants

30

Sport Venues

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Oktoberfest

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Opening Ceremony

The breathtaking and impressive opening ceremony marks the beginning of the Games and is for sure THE highlight of the event.

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Players Party

Music in the house! Our DJs will have you dancing the night away with new friends

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Gala Dinner

Coaches & parents only! Enjoy a relaxed yet elegant evening in the VIP Lounge of the stadium.

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Farewell BBQ

Chillout, swim & eat! Our lakeside BBQ is the perfect occasion to round off a legendary weekend

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To shorten the wait for the United World Games 202

To shorten the wait for the United World Games 2021 we're back introducing some of the key players behind the event, our backstage VIPs. 🤩😁

Up this week is Peter Mack of our trusted friends and partners over at @kacfloorball as we turn to our Floorball competition. Peter, along with Andreas Pfeifer, Thomas Sterniczky, Florian Weinberger and many other helpers from their club have done a tremendous job in coordinating and handling our Floorball tournament since its premiere and we can't give them enough praise for the time, heart and passion they have put into it, all the while being lovely and funny gentlemen as well. 🥅🙏😊

We spoke to Peter about the UWG and his favourite sport, enjoy reading and have a great weekend everyone! 😎

UWG: Since when are you part of the UWG and how were you first introduced to the Games?
Peter: Achill and Herwig contacted us some 4 years ago, asking if we (KAC Floorball) would be interested in organizing a Floorball competition at UWG. Back then we already knew the Games of course and it was an easy decision for us to say yes to such an offer. This year it would have been the 4th edition of the Floorball tournament - it's a pity it couldn't take place.

UWG: Why is Floorball and sports in general so important to you?
Peter: Everyone who knows the sport also knows that you simply can't help but love it. It's like catching a fever you can't get rid of anymore. 😉 Sports in general is very important, especially during infancy and when you are younger. A lot of people forget that it's not just about the physical aspect and improving the coordination, youth coaches are much more than "just coaches". It's also about discipline, team spirit, tactical understanding and many other things that are developed and nourished from an early age on. All these traits and qualities are very important also besides the sport and in everyday life.

UWG: Is there anything else you would like to say?
I'd like to mention and thank Andi, Sterni, Weini and all the helpers from KAC Floorball – they all play a big role in organizing the tournament and help me greatly with running and handling everything.

#uwgfamily #bepartofit #unitedworldgames #uwg2021

It's UWG week and even though the 2020 edition of

It's UWG week and even though the 2020 edition of the Games had to be cancelled our crew couldn't bear not to spend some quality time in Kärnten - It's my life at this beautiful and sunny time of the year! ☀️🙌😎 First off we visited our dear partners at Kärnten Sport and Verein Kärnten Sport. Arno Arthofer and his team have been supporting UWG right from the start and without them our Games wouldn't be where they are today.
We are more than grateful to them and look forward to many more years of collaboration and continuing our partnership! 😊

#carinthia #itsmylife #unitedworldgames #uwg2020 #uwgfamily #kärntensport #partnership

Dear UWG family, it is with a heavy heart that we

Dear UWG family,

it is with a heavy heart that we must turn to you today to announce that the United World Games 2020 will not take place.

It pains us more than you can imagine that for the first time since 2005 a year will pass with no UWG. The decision to cancel the event was all but an easy one. We have considered and thought through every possible scenario – from postponing the Games to limiting their size and format – and left no stone unturned over the last couple of days trying to come up with a solution to make our festival of sports, friendship and cultural exchange possible in this year 2020, which is proving to be such a difficult and challenging one for the whole world.

In light of the current global health situation, the developments of the last days and weeks and the rightly drastic and extensive measures taken surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and its containment we were however left with no other choice and had to concede that there is only one possible conclusion. It would be grossly negligent and careless not to react and adapt to the current situation, to keep planning into uncertainty and insist on UWG 2020 to go ahead irrespective of the acute and urgent health and safety concerns.

We are in continuous contact with the responsible authorities and experts and therefore well aware of the severity of the situation. The global community faces an enormous challenge and we are all confronted with incisive changes and constraints in our daily lives. It is to be expected that governmental measures will impact public life greatly over the coming weeks and months. These measures will affect and extend over all areas of society, yet especially the travel industry, tourism and event administration. An international sports event with thousands of people from more than 30 different nations is therefore irresponsible and unjustifiable under the current circumstances.
We would like to express our unending gratitude to each and everyone of you, our dear participants!

Until soon,
your UWG Team

#UWGfamily #UWGforever #UWGklagenfurt #UWG2020

Find full statement here: www.unitedworldgames.com

Now that the Austrian federal government has decid

Now that the Austrian federal government has decided on further measures to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19), including the cancellation of major events, we would like to keep our participants informed about possible effects on the UWG 2020.
Currently, a ban on events with more than 500 (outdoor) or 100 (indoor) persons is in place in Austria until April 3rd. At this point in time, further measures and official restrictions cannot be foreseen, so our planning and preparations for the United World Games are still going forward as usual. However, we will of course not only respect but also fully support any health policy measures taken by the authorities for the benefit of the Austrian population and the global community. We remain in close contact with the health authorities, continue to monitor all developments very closely and will use all our channels to inform our participants of any potential impact on our event or measures affecting our event. However, we are sticking to the facts and counting on the global community to bring the Coronavirus under control. Because the state of the situation is changing daily and is constantly evolving, we do not make assumptions, but only take further steps when necessary, according to the situation.
We fully understand that there is great uncertainty about the Coronavirus at the moment, but we would like to reassure our participants that we continue to assume that the UWG 2020 will take place as planned and that it is still possible to cancel UWG 2020 registrations free of charge until April 24.

🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺LUXEMBOURG🇱🇺🇱🇺

🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺LUXEMBOURG🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺 Small but powerful. Luxembourg joined the UWG in 2014 and we're very happy that Amicale Steesel has been part of our family for many years. Last year they won the Basketball U12 mixed finals. Congrats!
#raiseyourflag #unitedworldgames #uwg2020 #luxembourg

Girl Power continues at the United World Games. Yo

Girl Power continues at the United World Games. You can achieve anything you want. Maybe you wanna compete in our boulder tournament at the UWG 2020? 🏆
#uwg2020 #unitedworldgames #mondaymotivation #girlpower

🎊🎉🎊International Women's Day🎊🎉🎊

🎊🎉🎊International Women's Day🎊🎉🎊 Today we are celebrating with all of you worldwide the International Women's Day. Let's make the world together more equal and including for all people.
#internationalwomensday #equality #EachforEqual #uwg2020 #unitedworldgames

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 We can still hear the "USA, USA!!" chants echoing through the Wörthersee stadium during the opening ceremony 🥳 🙌Teams from the USA have a long tradition of visiting us in Klagenfurt - they´ve been with us from the very first United World games back in 2005! 😯❤
#raiseyourflag #uwg2020 #unitedworldgames #usa

✝ R.I.P. Kobe ✝ Truly a legend and an inspiri

✝ R.I.P. Kobe ✝ Truly a legend and an inspiring athlete to us all!😥
#rip #kobe #uwg2020 #unitedworldgames #mondaymotivation

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