added to the medal table and their results and the number of athletes will be added later to official statistics. New events were added in athletics, karate, orienteering, shooting, and swimming, whereas the number of events in bowling, judo, and taekwondo has been reduced. This will also be the first time since the 2001 Summer Deaflympics that a women's handball tournament will be held. Individual sports (45) (6) (10) Mountain biking (2) Road (8) (2) (16) (16) (10) (13) (42) (7) (11) (5) (16) Freestyle (8) Greco-Roman (8) Team sports (2) (2) (2) (4) Indoor volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2) Bowling Bowling was held between on 21–30 October 2022 in Kuala Lumpur. (6) Calendar In the following calendar for the events held in Caxias do Sul, each blue box represents an event competition. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each yellow box represents the number of finals that are contested on that day. This schedule doesn´t include the bowling events. Participating nations Belarusian and Russian will not compete at the event after a ban as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Great Britain and China also withdrew from the competition because of the worsening conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic at the country. 72 National Deaf Sports Federations sent their delegations to Caxias do Sul and Kuala Lumpur: Afghanistan (1) (12) (70) (5) (6) (4) (199) (Host) (22) (18) (16) (8) Chinese Taipei (50) (23) (28) (18) (23) (34) (3) (11) (21) (7) (56) (3) (75) (75) (36) (12) (20) (64) (68) (25) (18) (78) (93) (58) (110) (90) (15) (17) (11) (42) (20) (5) (44) (5) (21) (8) (1) (6) (1) (1) (3) (144) (12) (23) (19) (14) (2) (12) (4) (7) (7) (5) (19) (130) (175) (7) (135) (3) (31) (39) Medal table Source: Draw On 30 March 2022: Basketball Women (9) A: / / / B: / / / / Men (11) A: / / / / B: / / / / / Chinese Taipei Football Women (5) A: / / / / Men (20) A: / / / / B: / / / / C: / / / / D: / / / / Handball Women (5) A: / / / / Men (8) A: / / / B: / / / Volleyball Women (8) A: / / / B: / / /