IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings
Introduction The '''IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings''' were an annual series of indoor track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) from 1997 until the end of 2015 season. In 2016 IAAF launched the IAAF World Indoor Tour including four meetings which have all regularly held an IAAF Indoor Permit.The series was known as the '''World Indoor Meetings''' from 2003 to 2007 before returning to its original name in 2008.The IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings calendar was subject to change during its lifetime, with the number of meetings, the constituent meetings and the duration of the series all regularly changing from year to year. A total of seventeen meetings appeared in the history of the series, with dates ranging from mid-January to mid-March. The 2000 and 2001 series had the highest number of meetings (12) while the final series had the least (5). The Russian Winter Meeting in Moscow, Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham, and XL Galan in Stockholm were present in every edition of the series. The meetings were mostly in Europe, with the exceptions being the Millrose Games, Boston Indoor Games and Grand Prix d’Athlétisme de Montréal in North America, and the Gunma International in Japan.
Editions EditionYearStart dateEnd dateMeetsRef. 1  1997  17 January  23 February  10   2  1998  3 February 8 March  11   3  1999  5 February  28 February  10   4  2000  27 January  20 February  12   5  2001  27 January 14 March  12   6  2002  25 January  24 February  11   7  2003  30 January 6 March  11   8  2004  31 January  28 February  9   9  2005  23 January  26 February  10   10  2006  25 January 3 March  10   11  2007  28 January  24 February  9   12  2008  27 January  24 February  9   13  2009  30 January  25 February  10   14  2010  29 January 5 March  9   15  2011  28 January  22 February  8   16  2012  28 January  23 February  6   17  2013  2 February  21 February  6   18  2014  1 February  15 February  6   19  2015  31 January  21 February  5
Meetings #  Meeting  Arena  City  Country '97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15 19Russian Winter MeetingCSKA ArenaMoscowRussia•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  • 19Aviva Indoor Grand PrixNational Indoor ArenaBirminghamUnited Kingdom•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  • 19XL GalanEricsson GlobeStockholmSweden•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  • 17Weltklasse in KarlsruheEuropahalleKarlsruheGermany•      •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  • 16Millrose GamesMadison Square GardenNew York CityUnited States•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •       16Indoor Flanders MeetingFlanders Sports ArenaGhentBelgium  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •    •  •   14Meeting Pas de CalaisStade Couvert RégionalLiévinFrance•  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •      •  •  •  •       13Sparkassen CupHanns-Martin-Schleyer-HalleStuttgartGermany    •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •         10AthinaPeace and Friendship StadiumAthensGreece      •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •             7Samsung Cup BudapestBudapest Sports ArenaBudapestHungary•  •  •  •  •  •  •                         6Memorial José María CagigalPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de MadridMadridSpain•  •  •  •  •        •                     5Reunión Internacional de AtletismoLuis Puig PalaceValenciaSpain                  •  •  •  •  •           4New Balance Indoor Grand PrixRLTACBostonUnited States  •                              •  •  • 4IHS Grand Prix MeetingHelmut-Körnig-HalleDortmundGermany      •  •  •  •                         2Gunma InternationalYamada Green Dome MaebashiMaebashiJapan•  •                                   2Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken Leichtathletik Grand Prix IHSGlaspalast SindelfingenSindelfingenGermany  •  •                                 1Grand Prix d’Athlétisme de MontréalCSCRMontrealCanada•                                    *The 2012 New York City leg was the U.S. Open Track and Field meet at Madison Square Garden. The Millrose Games moved to the Fort Washington Avenue Armory that year.
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