Editing World Games (section)

===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.