INTERNATIONAL MULTI-SPORT GAMES WITH SQUASH 2018 OLYMPIC YOUTH GAMES PHOTO: AULIA DYAN PHOTO: International 2017 BOLIVARIAN GAMES 2018 ASIAN GAMES MULTI-SPORT GAMES WITH PHOTO: TONI VAN DER KREEK VAN TONI PHOTO: Squash 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2018 CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN GAMES By James Zug quash has been trying to get into the Olympic Games for decades. In 1986 the effort became focused when the International Olympic Committee recognized squash and the World Squash Federation applied for inclusion in the 1992 Barcelona Games. Campaigns have occurred ever since, in particular for the Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, as well as for the next three upcoming Summer Games. SThe push for the Olympics, however, often overshadows squash’s inclusion in numerous other international multi-sport events, some that you might know well and others slightly more obscure. Squash will be featured this month in the quadrennial Pan Ameri- can Games in Lima, and also the Pacific Games in Samoa and the Island Games in Gibraltar. Later this year, there is the African Games in Morocco in August, and the Southeast Asian Games in Philippines and the South Asian Games in Nepal in December. Many thousands of squash players, from top PSA professionals to amateurs of all ages, play in these games, building friendships and adding to their home nation’s medal count. The exposure of squash to wider audiences is tremendous, with media attention in the host and participating nations. The facilities that get built are fabulous legacies, particularly for host cities that are slightly off the beaten squash track—for example, the courts in Cartagena that were built for the 2006 Central PHOTO: © R. DUGUÉ – PARIS 2018 – GAY GAMES 10 GAMES 2018 – GAY © R. DUGUÉ – PARIS PHOTO: American and Caribbean Games are now the home of Squash Urbano Colombia. 2018 GAY GAMES 54 SQUASH MAGAZINE July 2019 July 2019 SQUASH MAGAZINE 55 SCORESHEET INTERNATIONAL MULTI-SPORT GAMES WITH SQUASH YEAR YEAR NUMBER OF TIMES MOST RECENT YEAR YEAR NUMBER OF TIMES MOST RECENT NEXT VENUE GAMES STARTED SQUASH JOINED SQUASH HAS BEEN IN VENUE WITH SQUASH NEXT VENUE GAMES STARTED SQUASH JOINED SQUASH HAS BEEN IN VENUE WITH SQUASH SOUTH ASIAN 2004 ISLAMABAD, 2016 GUWAHATI & 2019 KATHMANDU, MACCABIAH 1977 JERUSALEM, 2017 JERUSALEM, 2021 JERUSALEM, GAMES 1984 PAKISTAN SHILLONG, INDIA NEPAL GAMES 1932 ISRAEL 11 ISRAEL ISRAEL 5 ISLAND 2005 SHETLAND, 2017 GOTLAND, 2019 PACIFIC 1979 2015 PORT MORESBY, 2019 APIA, SWEDEN GAMES 1963 SUVA, FIJI 8 PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA GAMES 1985 SCOTLAND 3 GIBRALTAR SOUTHEAST ASIAN 1991 2017 2019 ARAFURA 2005 DARWIN, 2019 DARWIN, TBA KUALA LUMPUR, GAMES 1991 AUSTRALIA 5 AUSTRALIA GAMES 1959 PHILIPPINES 10 MALAYSIA PHILIPPINES PAN AMERICAN 1995 2019 LIMA, 2023 SANTIAGO, SOUTH AMERICAN 2010 MEDELLIN, 2018 COCHABAMBA, 2022 ASUNCION, GAMES 1951 MAR DEL PLATA, PERU CHILE GAMES 1978 COLOMBIA 2 BOLIVIA PARAGUAY ARGENTINA 7 WORLD 1997 LAHTI, 2017 WROCLAW, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, ASIAN YOUTH 2013 NANJING, 2013 NANJING, 2021 SHANTOU, GAMES 1981 FINLAND 5 POLAND ALABAMA GAMES 2009 CHINA 1 CHINA CHINA COMMONWEALTH 1998 2018 GOLD COAST, 2022 BIRMINGHAM, OLYMPIC YOUTH 2018 BUENOS AIRES, 2018 BUENOS AIRES, 2022 DAKAR, GAMES 1930 KUALA LUMPUR, 7 AUSTRALIA ENGLAND GAMES 2010 ARGENTINA 1 ARGENTINA SENEGAL MALAYSIA ASIAN 2018 POPULAR INTERNATIONAL MULTI-SPORT EVENTS SQUASH IS NOT A PART OF: 1998 BANGKOK, JAKARTA-PALEMBANG, 2022 HANGZHOU, GAMES 1951 THAILAND 6 CHINA —DEAFLYMPICS, FOUNDED IN 1928 INDONESIA —MEDITERRANEAN GAMES, FOUNDED IN 1951 —UNIVERSIADE GAMES, FOUNDED IN 1959 PAN ARAB 1999 AMMAN, 2011 DOHA, 2015 AND 2019 GAMES GAMES 1953 JORDAN —WORLD POLICE & FIRE GAMES, FOUNDED IN 1985 3 QATAR CANCELLED —EUROGAMES, FOUNDED IN 1992 —MILITARY WORLD GAMES, FOUNDED IN 1995 WORLD MASTERS 1998 PORTLAND, 2017 AUCKLAND, 2021 KANSAI, —ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY GAMES, FOUNDED IN 2005 GAMES 1985 OREGON 6 NEW ZEALAND JAPAN —EUROPEAN GAMES, FOUNDED IN 2015 —WORLD POLICE GAMES, FOUNDED IN 2015 COMMONWEALTH 2000 EDINBURGH, 2015 APIA, 2021 EVENTS SQUASH WAS ONCE A PART OF: YOUTH GAMES SCOTLAND SAMOA TBA 2000 2 —WEST ASIAN GAMES 2000 —AMERICAS MASTERS GAMES WORLD 2018 CHUNGJU, 2020 AALBORG, —EUROGAMES FIREFIGHTERS MANTES-LA-JOLIE, SOUTH KOREA DENMARK GAMES 1990 FRANCE 10 BOLIVARIAN 2001 AMBATO, 2017 SANTA MARTA, 2021 VALLES DEL TUY, GAMES 1938 ECUADOR 5 COLOMBIA VENEZUELA GAY 2002 SYDNEY, 2018 PARIS, 2022 HONG KONG, GAMES 1982 AUSTRALIA 6 FRANCE CHINA CENTRAL AMERICAN 2002 2018 AND CARIBBEAN SAN SALVADOR, 5 BARRANGQUILLA, 2022 PANAMA CITY, GAMES 1926 EL SALVADOR COLOMBIA PANAMA AFRICAN 2003 ABUJA, 2015 BRAZZAVILLE, 2019 RABAT, GAMES 1965 NIGERIA 4 CONGO MOROCCO AULIA DYAN PHOTO: 2018 WORLD FIREFIGHTERS GAMES 2018 ASIAN GAMES 56 SQUASH MAGAZINE July 2019 July 2019 SQUASH MAGAZINE 57.