The World’s Biggest Sports Festival Anyone Around 30 and Older Can Participate WORLD MASTERS GAMES 2021 KANSAI JAPAN An event anyone can participate in regardless Accepting of sports experience, achievements, or disabilities!! participants!! ★Application period:Until February 28, 2022 ★For details wmg2021 Search *Applications will close for each sporting event once the maximum https://wmg2021.jp/ quota is reached on a first-come-first-served basis. The following games will take place in Osaka Prefecture!! Sakai（J-Green Sakai） Higashiosaka（Hanazono Rugby Stadium） Soccer（soccer/Futsal） Rugby Football ★Period:Soccer May 16-20 & 23-27, 2022 ★Period:May 14&15, 21&22, 2022 Futsal May 18 - 25 May
Osaka Higashiosaka Sennan（Tarui Southern Beach） Swimming（open-water） ★Period:May 22, 2022 Sakai Kishiwada（Cyclepia Kishiwada BMX Course） Cycling（BMX） Kishiwada ★Period:May 21&22, 2022
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Osaka（Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka） Closing Ceremony ★Date:May 29, 2022 Competitions offering special support for participants with disabilities ○ Cycling（BMX） ○ Rugby football ○ Soccer / Futsal World Masters Games 2021 Kansai-Osaka Prefecture Planning Committee Secretariat: Sports Promotion Division, Culture and Sports Office, Department of Civic and Cultural Affairs, Osaka Prefectural Government TEL 06-6210-9308 The World’s Largest International Lifelong Sporting Event of 2022 The World Masters Games are Coming to Kansai!!
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Events to be Held in Osaka Prefecture ★Cycling（BMX） ● Host city: Kishiwada (Cyclepia Kishiwada BMX Course) ● Period: May 21 & 22, 2022 Bicycle Motorcross is an exciting, enthralling, adrenaline-pumping game performed on a bike with 20 or 24-inch wheels to race on a track laid with various obstacles! ★Rugby football ● Host city: Higashiosaka (Hanazono Rugby Stadium) ● Period: May 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 2022 Let's play rousing games at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, the Mecca of high school rugby where the Rugby World Cup was also hosted. ★Swimming（open-water） ● Host city: Sennan (Tarui Southern Beach) ● Period: May 22, 2022 Open-water swimming is a long-distance swimming race that takes place in open waters such as oceans and lakes. The event will be held as marathon swimming at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. ★Soccer（soccer/Futsal） ● Host city: Sakai (J-Green Sakai) ● Period: Soccer May 16 - 20 & 23 - 27, 2022. Futsal May 18 - 25, 2022. Let’s play a game on the pitch of Soccer National Training Center, Japan’s largest soccer venue! Competitions offering special support for participants with disabilities ○ Cycling（BMX） Assistance for athletes with disabilities including non-audio starting signals and wearing of bibs for visibility. ○ Rugby football The use of flags by the referees. ○ Soccer/Futsal The use of flags by the referees. *For details, please refer to the guidelines for each sporting event on the event’s website. https://wmg2021.jp/games/list World Masters Games 2021 Kansai-Osaka Prefecture Planning Committee Sponsored by F.C.Osaka *This leaflet has been created with donations from F.C. Osaka.