Editing World Games (section)

==Sports==

===Official sports===
For The World Games in 2017 and before, official sports were selected solely by the [[International World Games Association|IWGA]]. Only sports whose [[List of international sports federations|international federations]] were members of the IWGA could be selected.<ref name="Rules">{{cite web|title=Rules of TWG: IWGA The World Games|url=https://library.olympic.org/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/209286/rules-of-twg-iwga-the-world-games-international-world-games-association|publisher=International World Games Association|date=21 Jul 2018|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-date=30 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730065320/https://library.olympics.com/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/209286/rules-of-twg-iwga-the-world-games-international-world-games-association|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|13–14}} From 2022, the official sports are selected by both the IWGA and host city and can include some sports whose federations are not part of the IWGA.<ref name="Growth">{{cite web|title=The World Games – Growth Beyond Excellence|url=https://www.theworldgames.org/files/Governing_Documents/Agenda%20for%20Development%20of%20TWG%20and%20IWGA%20(Strategy%20Paper).pdf|publisher=International World Games Association|date=13 Jan 2020|access-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121142236/https://www.theworldgames.org/files/Governing_Documents/Agenda%20for%20Development%20of%20TWG%20and%20IWGA%20(Strategy%20Paper).pdf|archive-date=21 January 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|10–11}}

As formalised in the memorandum of understanding, "only events that are not on the program of the Olympic Games can be included in the program of The World Games".<ref name="MOU"/> For example, [[canoe polo]] is a discipline at The World Games, while [[canoe sprint]] and [[canoe slalom]] are disciplines at the [[Olympic Games]], despite all three being governed by the [[International Canoe Federation]].

Sports that depend on the availability of [[snow]] or [[ice]] for competitions are ineligible for inclusion in The World Games.<ref name="Rules"/>{{rp|14}}

Sports which have been contested at all editions of The World Games are [[bowling]], [[finswimming]], [[Trampolining|trampoline]] and [[Tumbling (gymnastics)|tumbling]] disciplines of [[gymnastics]], [[karate]], [[powerlifting]], [[roller sports]], [[tug of war]] and [[water skiing]]. Bowling and water skiing are not on the program of the 2025 World Games.

===Invitational sports===
In addition to the official sports, the host city, in coordination with the IWGA, has been allowed to invite sports to participate in the individual program. These sports optionally are permitted to include international sports federations that were not members of the IWGA.<ref name="Rules"/>{{rp|13–14}} Before Birmingham 2022, these were deemed "invitational sports".

Starting in Birmingham 2022, there was no distinction between official and invitational sports. Host cities are still able to select up to five optional sports, but they are designated "official" sports, rather than invitational. In addition, the host city will be able to designate "display sports".<ref name="Growth"/>{{rp|10–11}} José Perurena, IWGA President, stated, "In Birmingham, for the first time, invitational sports were no longer presented separately but were also part of the official programme."<ref name="host"/> For example, the Birmingham Organising Committee selected [[Field lacrosse|men's lacrosse]] (women's being selected by the IWGA), [[duathlon]], [[flag football]] and [[Wushu (sport)|wushu]]. For the first time ever, a paralympic sport was part of the program as a [[wheelchair rugby]] tournament was held.<ref name="invite">{{cite web|url=https://twg2022.com/2020/five-invitational-sports/|date=15 Sep 2020|title=Five Invitational Sports in The World Games 2022|publisher=TWG 2022 Birmingham|website=twg2022.com|access-date=2021-05-30|archive-date=2022-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227164430/https://twg2022.com/2020/five-invitational-sports/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some sports or disciplines started in The World Games as invitational sports and then became official, often as their international federations became part of the IWGA. These include the [[Bocce volo|lyonnaise]] discipline of [[Boules|boules sports]], [[beach handball]], [[sumo]], and indoor [[tug of war]].

===Olympic sports===
Sports or disciplines which have been part of The World Games and the Olympics include [[badminton]], [[baseball]] and [[softball]], [[karate]], [[Rugby sevens|rugby]], [[sport climbing]], [[taekwondo]], [[target archery]], [[triathlon]], [[beach volleyball]] and [[water polo]]. Target archery is currently on the programs of both, but The World Games only holds events in divisions that are not contested in the Olympics.

=== Other sports presented ===
In addition to official and invitational sports, other sports have been presented during The World Games, including through "The World Games Garden". Among such sports are: Rhönrad ([[Wheel gymnastics|Wheel Gymnastics]]),<ref name=":8" /> Karlsruhe-based [[Ring tennis|Ring Tennis]],<ref name=":8" /> [[Skateboarding|Skateboard]],<ref name=":8" /> [[Baton twirling]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} World Baton Twirling Federation |url=https://www.wbtf.org/history |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=www.wbtf.org |archive-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730065825/https://www.wbtf.org/history |url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|group=b|IWGA does not mention Baton twirling among the invitational or other sports.}} and others.

===Table of sports===
{{Main|World Games sports}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|- 
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | Sport
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" | {{tooltip|Current?|In the 2025 World Games?}}
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" class="unsortable" | Official
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" class="unsortable" | Invitational{{refn|group=b|José Perurena, IWGA President, stated, "In Birmingham, for the first time, invitational sports were no longer presented separately but were also part of the official programme."<ref name="host"/> This is now TWG policy.}}
! scope="col" style="background:#3EB489; color:white;" class="unsortable" | Olympic
|-
! scope="row" |[[Aikido]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aikido {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Aikido-47 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082343/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Aikido-47 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}} || || 1993–2005 (no medals awarded) ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Air sports at the World Games|Air sports]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Air Sports {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Air-Sports-29 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082343/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Air-Sports-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{flatlist|1=
* Skydiving: 1997–2022
* Paragliding: 2013
* Aerobatics: 2017
* Paramotoring: 2017
* Drone racing: 2022–
}}
| ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[American football at the World Games|American football]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=American Football {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/American-Football-74 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Flag football (women): 2025
| {{flatlist|1=
* 2005,<ref name="Duis" /> 2017
* Flag football: [[Flag football at the 2022 World Games|2022]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flag Football – the non-contact American Football {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-2022-32/Flag-Football-the-non-contact-American-Football-2071 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>
}}
|Demonstration: [[American football at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932]] <br>Flag football: 2028<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/flag-football/ Flag Football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101041119/https://olympics.com/en/sports/flag-football/ |date=2023-11-01 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Archery]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archery {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Archery-64 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229104243/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Archery-64 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{flatlist|1=
* [[Field archery at the World Games|Field]]: 1985–
* Target: 2017–{{refn|group=b|Target archery is part of the Olympic Games program, but only in what that sport calls the "open recurve" division, allowing stabilizers and sights to be attached to bows. The World Games program in target archery features compound bow and "barebow" divisions, with the latter restricted to recurve bows without sights or stabilizers.}}
}}
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[Badminton at the World Games|Badminton]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Result history of The World Games {{!}} IWGA - Badminton (press "Search") |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/results#edition=0&sport=65&discipline=184&category=&country= |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2017-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225194028/http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/results-history#edition=0&sport=65&discipline=184&category=&country= |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
| 1981
|
| Demonstration: 1972. <br>Official: 1992–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/badminton/ Badminton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720092449/https://olympics.com/en/sports/badminton/ |date=2023-07-20 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Baseball]] – [[Softball]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baseball - Softball {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Baseball-Softball-40 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082352/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Baseball-Softball-40 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|Softball<br>(women)<br>only}}
| {{plainlist|1=
* Baseball: 1981, Softball (men): 1981
* Softball (women): 1981–85, 2022–
}}
| Softball: 2009–2013
| Baseball: 1992–2008, 2020, 2028<br>Softball: 1996–2008, 2020, 2028<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/baseball-softball/ Baseball - Softball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117014150/https://olympics.com/en/sports/baseball-softball/ |date=2024-01-17 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Cue sports|Billiards sports]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billiards Sports {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Billiards-Sports-43 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082343/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Billiards-Sports-43 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Carom billiards, Pool, Snooker: 2001–
| ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Boomerang]]
| {{No}} ||
| 1989 (demonstration)<ref name="hist">{{cite web |year=2019 |title=THE WORLD GAMES CONTINUE TO GROW! |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/The-World-Games-continue-to-grow-1950 |access-date=2021-07-14 |website=TheWorldGames.org |publisher=IWGA |quote=(In 1989) Aikido and Minigolf were presented as invitational sports, and Triathlon, Boomerang and Flying Disc were among the demonstration sports. This was the first time there were sports demonstrations at The World Games. |archive-date=2022-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422043813/https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/The-World-Games-continue-to-grow-1950 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=The World Games 1989, Karlsruhe (GER) {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Karlsruhe-GER-1989-7 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229104930/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Karlsruhe-GER-1989-7 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Boules sports at the World Games|Boules sports]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boules Sports {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Boules-Sports-24 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082347/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Boules-Sports-24 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Petanque: 1985–, Lyonnaise: 2001– <br> Raffa: 2009–2017
| Lyonnaise: 1997<ref name="Lahti" />
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Bowling at the World Games|Bowling]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bowling {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Bowling-25 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229114743/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Bowling-25 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
| Ten pin: 1981–2022, Nine pin: 2005
|
| Demonstration: [[Bowling at the Summer Olympics|1988]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Canoe polo at the World Games|Canoe]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canoe {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Canoe-62 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082344/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Canoe-62 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Canoe polo: 2005–, Marathon: 2022–, [[Dragon boat]]: 2025
| Marathon: 2013 <br/>[[Dragon boat]]: 2005–2009{{refn|group=b|Dragon Boat is cited as a sport in the Summaries of the 2005<ref name="Duis" /> and 2009<ref name=":4" /> Games. It is now considered a discipline of canoe.}}
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Casting at the World Games|Casting]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Casting {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Casting-46 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082351/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Casting-46 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
| {{flatlist|1=
* Allround: 1981,{{refn|group=b|Medals were awarded for "casting allround", but it was not separately contested. It was a combination of athletes’ results in all three disciplines.}}
* Fly: 1981–1985, 1993–2005
* Multiplier: 1981–1985, 1993–2001
* Spinning: 1981–1985, 1993–1997
}}
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[Cheerleading]]
|{{Yes}}
|Pom: 2025<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=The World Games 2025, Chengdu (CHN) {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Chengdu-CHN-2025-14 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2021-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629013748/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Chengdu-CHN-2025-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]
| {{No}}
| [[Artistic cycling|Artistic]]: 1989, [[Cycle ball]]: 1989<ref name=":2" />
| ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Dancesport at the World Games|Dancesport]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=DanceSport {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/DanceSport-9 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082350/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/DanceSport-9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{flatlist|1=* Latin: 1997–
* Standard: 1997–
* Rock 'n' roll: 2005–2009, 2017–2022
* Salsa: 2013–2017
* Breaking: 2022–
* Para Dancesport: 2025}}
|
| [[Breakdancing|Breaking]]: 2024<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/breaking/ Breaking] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228075245/https://olympics.com/en/sports/breaking/ |date=2023-02-28 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Equestrian vaulting|Equestrian]]
| {{No}}
|
| Vaulting: 1993<ref>{{Cite web |title=The World Games 1993, The Hague (NED) {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/The-Hague-NED-1993-8 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329045830/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/The-Hague-NED-1993-8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Vaulting: 1920<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920/results/equestrian-vaulting Antwerp 1920 - Equestrian Vaulting Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618223554/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920/results/equestrian-vaulting |date=2022-06-18 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Fistball at the World Games|Fistball]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fistball {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Fistball-15 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>
| {{Yes}} || Outdoor: 1985– || ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Bodybuilding at the World Games|Fitness and Bodybuilding]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fitness and Bodybuilding {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Fitness-and-Bodybuilding-45 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082352/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Fitness-and-Bodybuilding-45 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
|[[Bodybuilding at the World Games|Bodybuilding]]: 1981–2009
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Floorball at the World Games|Floorball]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Floorball {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Floorball-56 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2018-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422205550/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Floorball-56 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}} || Indoor: 2017– || Indoor: 1997 ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Flying disc at the World Games|Flying disc]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flying Disc {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Flying-Disc-31 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Ultimate: 2001–, Disc golf: 2001, 2025
| Ultimate: 1989 (demonstration)<ref name="hist" /><ref name=":8" />
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Gateball]]
| {{No}} ||
| 2001<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=The World Games 2001, Akita (JPN) summary {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Akita-JPN-2001-10/summary |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2023-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129043412/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Akita-JPN-2001-10/summary |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Gymnastics at the World Games|Gymnastics]]{{refn|group=b|Gymnastics disciplines at The World Games are not those contested at the Olympics.}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gymnastics {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Gymnastics-59 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2019-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509155940/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Gymnastics-59 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|All except Rhythmic}}
| Trampoline: 1981–, Tumbling: 1981–, Acrobatic: 1993–, Aerobic: 1997–, Rhythmic: 2001–2022, Parkour: 2022–
|
| Trampoline: 2000–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/trampoline-gymnastics/ Trampoline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228085123/https://olympics.com/en/sports/trampoline-gymnastics/ |date=2023-02-28 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Beach handball at the World Games|Handball]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Handball {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Handball-13 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730064858/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Handball-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|Beach only}}
| Beach: 2013–
| Beach: 2001–2009 ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Indoor hockey at the World Games|Hockey]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hockey {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Hockey-76 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730065030/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Hockey-76 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}} || || Field, indoor: 2005 ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Jujutsu|Ju-jitsu]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ju-Jitsu {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Ju-Jitsu-21 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229110336/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Ju-Jitsu-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Duo: 1997–, Fighting: 1997–, Ne-waza: 2013–, Duo for athletes with impairment: 2025
| ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Karate at the World Games|Karate]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karate {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Karate-22 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730064909/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Karate-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Kata: 1981– , Kumite: 1981–
|
| 2020<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/karate/ Karate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228084636/https://olympics.com/en/sports/karate/ |date=2023-02-28 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Kickboxing at the 2017 World Games|Kickboxing]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kickboxing {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Kickboxing-57 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082356/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Kickboxing-57 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| K1 style: 2022–, Point Fighting: 2025
| K1 style: 2017 ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Korfball at the World Games|Korfball]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Korfball {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Korfball-17 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730064914/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Korfball-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Indoor:1985–, Beach: 2025
|
|Demonstrations: [[Korfball at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]], [[Korfball at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Lacrosse]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lacrosse {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Lacrosse-54 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2022-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028040956/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Lacrosse-54 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Women's: 2017, Women's Sixes: 2022–
| Men's Sixes: 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's Lacrosse joins the Games {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/news/2022-32/Men-s-Lacrosse-joins-the-Games-2073 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>
| Demonstrations (men's): 1928, 1932, 1948<br>Official: Sixes: 2028<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/lacrosse/ Lacrosse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101034554/https://olympics.com/en/sports/lacrosse/ |date=2023-11-01 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
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! scope="row" |[[Lifesaving at the World Games|Lifesaving]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life Saving {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Life-Saving-33 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2022-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602224818/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Life-Saving-33 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|Pool only}}
| {{hlist|Pool: 1985–|Beach: 2001–2009|Combined team races: 2001–2009}}
| ||
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! scope="row" |[[Military pentathlon]]
| {{No}}
|
| 1997<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=The World Games 1997, Lahti (FIN) summary {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Lahti-FIN-1997-9/summary |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082342/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Lahti-FIN-1997-9/summary |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="row" |[[Miniature golf|Minigolf]]
| {{No}} || || 1989<ref name=":2" />||
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! scope="row" |[[Motorcycle sport|Motorcycling]]
| {{No}}
|
| Motocross: 1985,<ref name=":1" /> Speedway:<br>1985,<ref name=":1" /> 2017,<ref name="Wroclaw" /> Indoor trial: 2005<ref name="Duis" />
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! scope="row" |[[Muay Thai at the 2017 World Games|Muaythai]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muaythai {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Muaythai-55 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114143911/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Muaythai-55 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| 2017–
| ||
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! scope="row" |[[Netball at the World Games|Netball]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Netball {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Netball-49 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082349/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Netball-49 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
| 1985–1993
| ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Orienteering at the World Games|Orienteering]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orienteering {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Orienteering-34 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2021-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421095434/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Orienteering-34 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| 2001–
| ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[Pesäpallo]]
| {{No}} || || 1997<ref name=":6" />||Demonstration: [[Pesäpallo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Motorboat#Racing|Powerboating]]
|{{Yes}}
|MotoSurf (biofuel/electric): 2025<ref name=":7" />
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |[[Powerlifting at the World Games|Powerlifting]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powerlifting {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Powerlifting-27 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329045830/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Powerlifting-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| Equipped: 1981–, Classic: 2025
| ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Racquetball at the World Games|Racquetball]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Racquetball {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Racquetball-18 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082354/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Racquetball-18 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| 1981–85, 1993, 2009–2013, 2022–
| ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Roller sports]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roller Sports {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Roller-Sports-60 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229120520/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Roller-Sports-60 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Flatlist|1=
* Artistic: 1981–2022, [[Roller hockey at the World Games|Roller Hockey]]: 1981–1993, 2001, [[Inline hockey at the World Games|Inline Hockey]]: 2005–
* Speed Skating Track: 1981–
* Speed Skating Road: 1981,{{refn|group=b|[[Road speed skating at the 1981 World Games|Road speed skating]] was held at the 1981 Games, with the men's marathon and women's half-marathon being contested in international competition for the first time.<ref name="upi25">{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/08/01/Running-26-miles-the-classic-marathon-distance/5668365486400/|title=Running 26 miles -- the classic marathon distance --...|first=Joe|last=Sargis|publisher=United Press International|date=Aug 1, 1981|access-date=February 25, 2024|archive-date=August 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805183326/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/08/01/Running-26-miles-the-classic-marathon-distance/5668365486400/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A big wheel of World Games adds third win|first=Peter|last=Finch |page=5E|work=San Jose Mercury-News|date=August 2, 1981|location=San Jose, California}}</ref> But at the TWG results history look-up website, it is not indicated as a separate discipline for Roller Sports, but rather as part of track speed skating.}} 2013–{{refn|group=b|A summary article at the TWG website cites "Roller Sports - Road" as an invitational sport.<ref name=":3" /> However, at the TWG results history look-up website, medals awarded for "Roller Sports - Speed Skating Road" events are included, unlike four 2013 invitational sports,<ref name="results">{{Cite web |title=Result history of The World Games {{!}} IWGA - Roller Sports - Speed Skating Road |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/results#edition=3&sport=60&discipline=162&category=&country=0 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2017-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225194028/http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/results-history#edition=3&sport=60&discipline=162&category=&country=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the medals are included in the main Medal Tally on the website of the 2013 TWG Full Official Results, not the Invitational Medal Tally.<ref name="2013 results">{{Cite web |title=The World Games 2013, Cali (COL) info system {{!}} Full Results from the Official Results Provider (Swiss Timing) |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Cali-COL-2013-3/infosystem |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>}}
* Freestyle Inline Slalom: 2025
}}
|
|Roller hockey: Demonstration: [[Roller hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]
| {{No}} || || [[Indoor rower#Sport|Indoor]]: 2017<ref name="Wroclaw" />||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Rugby sevens at the World Games|Rugby]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rugby {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Rugby-19 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730065004/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Rugby-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{No}}
| Sevens: 2001–2013
|
| Rugby Union: 1900, 1908, 1920-1924 <br>Sevens: 2016–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/rugby-sevens/ Rugby Sevens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408163653/https://olympics.com/en/sports/rugby-sevens/ |date=2023-04-08 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Sambo (martial art)|Sambo]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sambo {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Sambo-67 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082344/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Sambo-67 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}} || 1985, 1993, 2025 || ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Sport climbing at the World Games|Sport climbing]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sport Climbing {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Sport-Climbing-36 |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2022-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619234830/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Sport-Climbing-36 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|Speed only}}
| {{hlist|Lead: 2005–2022|Speed: 2005–|Boulder: 2017–2022}}
|
| 2020–<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/sports/sport-climbing/#discipline-history-of |title=IOC - Sport Climbing |access-date=2022-06-19 |archive-date=2024-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730065833/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/sport-climbing#discipline-history-of |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Squash at the World Games|Squash]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Squash {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Squash-20 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082357/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Squash-20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}} || 1997, 2005– || || 2028 
|-
! scope="row" |[[Sumo at the World Games|Sumo]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sumo {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Sumo-23 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org}}</ref>
| {{No}} || 2005–2022 || 2001 ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Taekwondo]]
| {{No}}
| 1981–1993<ref>{{Cite web |title=The World Games 1993, The Hague (NED) {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/The-Hague-NED-1993-8 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329045830/https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/The-Hague-NED-1993-8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|
| Demonstration: 1988. <br/>Official: 2000–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/taekwondo/ Taekwondo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516022310/http://olympics.com/en/sports/taekwondo/ |date=2023-05-16 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Tchoukball]]
| {{No}} || || 2009<ref name=":4" />||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Triathlon]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Triathlon {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Triathlon-39 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2023-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006085145/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Triathlon-39 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|Invitational<br>sport}}
| 1993<ref name=":5" />
| {{plainlist|1=
* 1989 (demonstration),<ref name="hist" /><ref name=":8" />
* Duathlon: 2013,<ref name=":3" /> [[Duathlon at the 2022 World Games|2022]]<ref name="Birm" />–
}}
| Triathlon: 2000–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/triathlon/ Triathlon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228074514/https://olympics.com/en/sports/triathlon/ |date=2023-02-28 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Tug of war at the World Games|Tug of war]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tug of War {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Tug-of-War-28 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082353/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Tug-of-War-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|Outdoor<br>only}}
| Outdoor: 1981–, Indoor: 2005–2017 || Indoor: 1993–2001 || [[Tug of war at the Summer Olympics|1900–1920]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Underwater sports|Underwater Sports]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Underwater Sports {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Underwater-Sports-30 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082346/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Underwater-Sports-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}} || [[Finswimming at the World Games|Finswimming]]: 1981– , Para Freediving: 2025 || ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Volleyball]]
| {{No}}
| Beach: 1993<ref name=":5" />
|
| Beach: Demonstration: 1992. Official: 1996–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/beach-volleyball/ Beach Volleyball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730065829/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/beach-volleyball |date=2024-07-30 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Water polo]]
| {{No}}
|
| Women's: 1981<ref name=":9" />{{refn|group=b|An invitational sport program did not exist for the 1981 World Games. Press coverage did not refer to water polo as an invitational sport. An agreement was reached with [[FINA]] in the lead-up to the games not to allow women's water polo athletes to march in the opening ceremony, to assuage the displeasure of the International Olympic Committee for its being included in the program.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/28/sports/unheralded-sports-exert-a-pull-too.html|access-date=2015-10-25|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 July 1981|first=Ira|last=Berkow|title=Unheralded Sports Exert a Pull, Too|archive-date=2022-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227193229/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/28/sports/unheralded-sports-exert-a-pull-too.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Five days before the opening ceremony, Canada had become the newly-crowned [[FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|World Cup champion]] in Brisbane, Australia, in a competition that included the same three teams that medaled in these Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/histofina_wp_2018_final_0.pdf|title=HistoFINA Water Polo Medallists and Statistics|year=2017|location=Lausanne, Switzerland|publisher=FINA|page=66|access-date=2024-02-23|archive-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528143003/https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/histofina_wp_2018_final_0.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/World_Cup/Women_1981.html|title=Women Water Polo 3rd World Cup 1981 Brisbane (AUS) - 12-19.07 Winner Canada|first=Todor |last=Krastev|access-date= 30 Jul 2019}}</ref>}}|| Women's: 2000–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/water-polo/ Water Polo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228074358/https://olympics.com/en/sports/water-polo/ |date=2023-02-28 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Water skiing at the World Games|Waterski & Wakeboard]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waterski & Wakeboard {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Waterski-Wakeboard-37 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229114907/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Waterski-Wakeboard-37 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|All except<br> waterski and<br> barefoot}}
| {{hlist|Waterski: 1981–2022|Barefoot: 1997–2009|Wakeboard: 2001–|Cable wakeboard: 2005, 2025|Wake Surf: 2025}}
| Barefoot: 1993<ref name=":5" />
|Demonstration: [[Water skiing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[Olympic weightlifting|Weightlifting]]
| {{No}}
| Women's: 1997<ref name=":6" />
|
| Women's: 2000–<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/sports/weightlifting/ Weightlifting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507075716/https://olympics.com/en/sports/weightlifting/ |date=2022-05-07 }}, ''Olympics.com''</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Wheelchair rugby at the 2022 World Games|Wheelchair rugby]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wheelchair Rugby {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Wheelchair-Rugby-77 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221082356/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Wheelchair-Rugby-77 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes-No|Low point only}} || Low point: 2025 || Low point: 2022 ||
|-
! scope="row" |[[Wushu (sport)|Wushu]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wushu {{!}} IWGA |url=https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Wushu-41 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.theworldgames.org |archive-date=2024-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114143915/https://www.theworldgames.org/sports/Wushu-41 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Yes}} || Taolu: 2025, Sanda: 2025 || Sanda: 2009–2013<br> Taolu: 2009–2013, 2022 ||
|-
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