International event hosting opportunities up to 2031
The following lists of events are subject to a number of important explanatory notes detailed at the bottom of the document.
MEGA EVENTS Sport Event Status Year Football European Championship-rescheduled (Glasgow, London) Secured 2021 Rugby League Rugby League World Cup (Various-England) Secured 2021 Football Super Cup (Belfast) Secured 2021 Football European Women’s Championships-rescheduled (Various-England) Secured 2022 Multi-Sport Commonwealth Games (Birmingham) Secured 2022 Cycling Cycling World Championships (Various-Scotland) Secured 2023 Football Champions League Final (London) Secured 2024 Rugby Union Rugby World Cup (for women) Live Feasibility 2025 Athletics European Athletics Championships Live Feasibility 2026 Football World Cup (for men) Live Feasibility 2030 Golf Ryder Cup Live Feasibility 2031 Cycling Tour de France – Grand Depart Live Feasibility - Athletics World Athletics and Para Athletics Championships Opportunity Cricket Cricket World Cup (for men) Opportunity Cricket T20 World Cup (for men) Opportunity Cricket Cricket World Cup (for women) Opportunity Multi-sport European Sports Championship Opportunity Tennis Davis Cup Finals Opportunity Tennis Billie Jean King Cup Finals Opportunity
MAJOR EVENTS Sport Event Status Year Curling World Mixed Doubles Championships (Aberdeen) Secured 2021 Triathlon World Series and Para Triathlon World Series Triathlon and Para Triathlon Secured 2021 (Leeds) VI Judo VI Judo Grand Prix (Warwick) Secured 2021 Wheelchair Rugby Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations (Leicester) Secured 2021 Archery European Youth Championships (Lilleshall) Secured 2022 Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Liverpool) Secured 2022 World Rowing Coastal Championships and Beach Sprint Rowing Secured 2022 Finals (Saundersfoot) Taekwondo European Taekwondo Championships (Manchester) Secured 2022 Taekwondo Taekwondo Grand Prix (Manchester) Secured 2022 Canoe Slalom World Canoe Slalom Championships (Lee Valley) Secured 2023 Multi-sport IBSA World Games (Birmingham) Secured 2023 Para Swimming World Para Swimming Championships (Manchester) Secured 2023 Taekwondo Taekwondo Grand Prix Final (Manchester) Secured 2023 Trampoline World Trampoline Championships (Birmingham) Secured 2023 Para Powerlifting World Para Powerlifting World Cup (Manchester) Secured 2024 Athletics World Road Race Championships Live Bid 2023 Athletics World Athletics Indoor Championships (Glasgow) Live Feasibility Hockey Hockey World Cup Live Feasibility
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Para Table Tennis Para Table Tennis European Championships Live Feasibility Para Table Tennis Para Table Tennis World Championships Live Feasibility Table Tennis Team Table Tennis World Championships Live Feasibility Archery Archery World Cup Final Opportunity Archery World Archery and Para Archery Championships Opportunity Badminton World Championships (World Singles Championships) Opportunity Badminton European Individual Badminton Championships Opportunity Badminton Sudirman Cup (World Team Championships) Opportunity Basketball U18's European Championships-Division B-Women Opportunity Boccia Boccia World Championships Opportunity Boxing World Boxing Championships (for men and women) Opportunity Climbing World Climbing Championships Opportunity Climbing Bouldering World Cup Opportunity Canoe Sprint and Para Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup Opportunity Canoe Sprint and Para Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships Opportunity Cricket Champions Cup (for men) Opportunity Cricket T20 Champions Cup (for men) Opportunity Cricket Under-19 World Cup (for men) Opportunity Cricket Under-19 T20 World Cup (for women) Opportunity Cricket Champions Cup (for women) Opportunity Cricket T20 Champions Cup (for women) Opportunity Cricket World Test Championship Opportunity Cycling Urban Cycling World Championships Opportunity Cycling World Cyclo-cross Championships Opportunity Cycling Track World Championships Opportunity Diving Diving World Series Opportunity Goalball Goalball World Youth Championships Opportunity Goalball Goalball World Championships Opportunity Gymnastics European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Opportunity High Diving High Diving World Cup Opportunity Hockey European Hockey Championships Opportunity Ice Skating European Figure Skating Championships Opportunity Ice Skating World Figure Skating Championships Opportunity Judo Judo Grand Prix Opportunity Modern Pentathlon World Modern Pentathlon Championships Opportunity Netball Netball World Cup Opportunity Para Table Tennis Para Table Tennis British Open (Factor 40) Opportunity Para Table Tennis Para Table Tennis British Open (Factor 20) Opportunity Para Table Tennis Paralympic Qualification Tournament Opportunity Para Triathlon Para Triathlon World Series Opportunity Rowing Rowing World Cup Opportunity Rowing and Para Rowing Rowing World Championships Opportunity Rugby League Men's International Series Opportunity Sailing Formula Kite European Championships Opportunity Sailing Formula Kite World Championships Opportunity Sailing IQFoil European Championships Opportunity
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Sailing IQFoil World Championships Opportunity Sailing Youth Sailing World Championships Opportunity Skateboarding World Skateboarding Championships Opportunity Squash World Squash (Singles) Championships Opportunity Squash World Squash (Doubles) Championships Opportunity Taekwondo and Para Taekwondo and Para Taekwondo World Championships Opportunity Taekwondo Triathlon Triathlon World Series Opportunity VI Judo VI Judo Grand Prix Opportunity Weightlifting Commonwealth Games Weightlifting Qualifier Opportunity Weightlifting European Weightlifting Championships (Junior) Opportunity Wheelchair Rugby Wheelchair Rugby World Championships Opportunity Wheelchair Rugby Wheelchair Rugby European Championships Opportunity Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup Opportunity
Explanatory Notes
This is a live and dynamic list of secured events and future hosting opportunities. The list covers significant itinerant international events (rather than annual international events based in the UK) which have been discussed with UK Sport as events that are of interest to host.
All event hosting opportunities identified here remain subject to further discussions between partners, potentially including detailed feasibility work. It is therefore possible, and indeed likely, that some of the events on this list will not progress to bid stage.
This information is gathered, updated, and shared across the UK’s event hosting partners every 6-12 months by UK Sport. The purpose of sharing the information is to enable high-quality and informed strategic hosting discussions to take place between sports and cities. These multi-tiered partnerships are fundamental to the UK’s success as a place to host incredible international sporting events.
Specific target years have not been listed for the future hosting opportunities, although many sports have a view on the year(s) that they would be most likely to pursue. A discussion is therefore required between cities and sports regarding the timing of such future opportunities. The events on this list span the next 10 years.
With regards to the ‘mega’ events, these are itinerant event properties which are seen as the pinnacle of their sport at World level and which have significant staging costs, attract more than 100,000 live spectators, entail considerable delivery complexity and require extensive public funding and guarantee commitments. UK Sport has worked in partnership with DCMS and the lead events agencies in the home nations to agree a UK Mega Events Policy Framework. This helps to reduce the likelihood of internal bidding conflict, enhance the potential to collaborate, and optimise the sequencing of mega events across the UK for maximum impact.
It is likely that some events on this list (primarily World Series events) will be secured for the UK on a fixed-term multi-year basis. In these cases, the event has only been listed once here. A discussion will be required with sports to understand the timeframes for such series. In addition to the international hosting targets listed, NGBS may also have a list of National events which they wish to discuss.
Future hosting strategies are constantly being reviewed by partners here in the UK, and as a result some sports/disciplines/events that might be expected to appear on this list may be missing as they complete those reviews.
Whilst many events on this list will be eligible to be considered for events funding by UK Sport, some will not. UK Sport investment and support is guided by its Events Investment Principles and by the Gold Event Framework. Further discussion may be required with UK Sport to understand potential to support specific events.
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