World School Sport Games
Introduction The '''Gymnasiade''', or '''World Gymnasiade''', or '''World School Sport Games''', or '''ISF World School Sport Games''' is an international multi-sport event which is organised by the International School Sport Federation (ISF). It is the largest event among many other sport events held by the ISF. Aligned with the philosophy of the organisation, only individuals between the ages of 13 and 18 are eligible to compete.The current regulations estipulate that the program of Gymnasiade is composed of twelve mandatory individual sports with five optional sports (three optional sports, along with two additional, chosen by the organizing committee) . The current obligatory sports are: archery, athletics, boxing, chess, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karate, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, and wrestling. At the last edition held in 2018, the organizing committee chose as optional sports: petanque, road cycling, surfing, and golf.The first edition of the Gymnasiade was held in 1974 in Wiesbaden, Germany and it featured solely gymnastics, athletics and swimming competitions. Since then, numerous editions of Gymnasiade had been held. In 2018, Morocco staged the event, receiving more than 3000 young athletes representing 58 countries. It was the biggest edition so far and the first ever International Multisport event for youth held in Africa. The 2022 edition took place in May 2022 and was hosted in Normandy, France.
Editions ===ISF World School Summer Games===First held in 1974 the ISF World Gymnasiade is a multi-sport games organised by the International School Sport Federation for athletes in the under 18 age group. The 1974 athletics competition was not included as part of the main event held in Wiesbaden (FRG). The event was originally held every 2 years however after 1990 was only held every 4 years. From 1974 to 2009 only three compulsory sports made part of the event program: gymnastics, athletics, swimming.The 2020 Gymnasiade was scheduled to host in Jinjiang, China during 17–24 October, but after several postpones due to COVID-19 pandemic, ISF decided to cancel this event.EditionYearHost cityHost countryDatesSportsNations1 1974 Wiesbaden    23–28 September 2 132 1976 Orléans    21–27 June 3 26 3 1978 İzmir    18–24 July 3 174 1980 Turin    1–7 June 3 205 1982 Lille    1–6 June 3 246 1984 Florence    5–9 June 3 197 1986 Nice    2–7 June 3 228 1988 Barcelona    3–9 June 3 239 1990 Bruges    20–27 May 3 3010 1994 Nicosia    14–21 May 3 2611 1998 Shanghai    12–19 October 3 3312 2002 Caen    27 May–3 June 3 3513 2006 Athens/Thessaloniki    26 June–3 July 3 3614 2009 Doha    7–12 December 3 3915 2013  Brasília    28 November–4 December 8 3516 2016  Trabzon    11–18 July 12 2817 2018  Marrakech    2–9 May 18 5818 2022  Normandy    14–22 May 2022 20 6919 2024 Manama    ''Future event''  ''TBD''===ISF World School Summer Games U15===EditionYearCityCountryDatesSports 1 2021 Belgrade  11–19 September14 2 2023 Rio de Janeiro  19-27 August18===ISF World School Winter Games (Winter High School Games)===EditionYearCityCountryDatesSports 1  ''future event''The 2023 Winter Gymnasiade was scheduled to host in Erzurum, Turkey during 11–18 February, but after the earthquake near Syria–Turkey border regions, ISF decided to cancel the event.
Sports ===Summer sports======Winter sports===
See also *FINA Youth World Swimming Championships*Junior World Gymnastics Championships*SELL Student Games*Universiade*Youth Olympic Games*World Youth Championships in Athletics
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