European Games

European multi-sport event

Not to be confused with European Championships (multi-sport event), Eurogames, European Masters Games, or European Games (quidditch).

European Games

Games

* 2015
* 2019
* 2023
* 2027

Sports

* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Beach soccer
* Boxing
* Canoe sprint
* Cycling
* Diving
* Gymnastics
* Judo
* Karate
* Sambo
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Synchronized swimming
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Triathlon
* Water Polo
* Volleyball
* Wrestling

Organisations

* Charter
* EOC
* NOCs

Other EOC Games

* EYOF
* Small States of Europe

Olympic Games

Main topics

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* Women participation

Games

* Summer
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* Youth
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Regional games

* African
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Defunct games

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The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from countries served by national Olympic committees within the European Olympic Committees (EOC), the regional association for such committees. The EOC represents European nations and several transcontinental countries. An EOC Refugee team is also included. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the EOC which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012.[1]

The European Games are the 5th continental Games in the Olympic tradition to be initiated, after the Asian Games, Pan American Games, Pacific Games and African Games. Therefore, as of 2015, every sporting continent[2] has continental games in the Olympic tradition.[3]

The European Games are not related to the European Championships, a separate multi-sport event organised by individual European sports federations, bringing together the individual European Championships of sports such as athletics, swimming, artistic gymnastics, cycling, rowing, golf, and triathlon under a single 'brand' on a four-year cycle beginning in 2018, and broadcast by agreement with the EBU.[4]

The European Games are also the third event created and organised by the EOC. The European Youth Olympic Festivals, both winter and summer, and broadly mirroring the Youth Olympic Games are organised biennially, while the quadrennial Games of the Small State of Europe (not to be confused with the separate Island Games) provide competition opportunities for the handful of microstates in the European continent. As of 2024 there are no EOC endorsed European Winter Games.

## List of European Games

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The 2015 European Games, the first edition of the event, took place in Baku, Azerbaijan in June 2015, and further editions were planned to be held every four years thereafter. The 2019 edition was held in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June on a reduced scale when the original host, the Netherlands, withdrew. The 2023 edition was held in Kraków, Poland from 21 June to 2 July. The 2027 edition will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.

2015

2019

2023

2027

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Host cities of the European Games

Edition  | Year  | Host City  | Host Nation  | Opened by  | Start Date  | End Date  | Nations  | Competitors  | Sports  | Events  | Top Placed Team  | Ref.

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I | 2015  | Baku |  Azerbaijan | President Ilham Aliyev | 12 June  | 28 June  | 50  | 5,898  | 21  | 253  |  Russia (RUS) | [5]
II | 2019  | Minsk |  Belarus | President Alexander Lukashenko | 21 June  | 30 June  | 4,082  | 15  | 200  |  Russia (RUS) | [6]
III | 2023  | Kraków-Małopolska |  Poland | President Andrzej Duda | 21 June  | 2 July  | 48  | 6,857 | 29 | 254 |  Italy (ITA) | [7]
IV | 2027  | Istanbul |  Turkey | President of Turkey (expected)  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | TBD  | [8]

## Participating nations

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As of the 2023 edition, 50 nations whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the European Olympic Committee have competed at the European Games. As of 2023, two of these, Russia and Belarus, are suspended. In addition, a Refugee EOC team has been created to take part.[9]

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus (suspended)
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia (suspended)
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* EOC Refugee Team

## Sports

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The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games.

Sport (Discipline)  | Body | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | 2027 | NG[10]

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World  | Europe

Artistic swimming |  | WAquatics | LEN | 4 |  | 8 |  | 2
Diving |  | 8 |  | 13 |
Swimming |  | 42 |  |  |
Water polo |  | 2 |  |  |
Archery |  | WArchery | WAE | 5 | 8 | 8 |  | 3
Athletics |  | WAthletics | EAA | 1 | 10 | 38 |  | 3
Badminton |  | BWF | BE | 5 | 5 | 5 |  | 3
Basketball (3x3) |  | FIBA | FIBAE | 2 | 2 | 2 |  | 3
Beach handball |  | IHF | EHF |  |  | 2 |  | 1
Beach soccer |  | FIFA | UEFA | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 3
Boxing |  | IBA | EBC | 15 | 15 | 13 |  | 3
Breaking |  | WDSF |  |  | 2 |  | 1
Canoe slalom |  | ICF | ECA |  |  | 10 |  | 3
Canoe sprint |  | 15 | 16 | 16 |
BMX Freestyle |  | UCI | UEC | 2 |  | 2 |  | 3
Mountain biking |  | 2 |  | 2 |
Road cycling |  | 4 | 4 |  |
Track cycling |  |  | 20 |  |
Fencing |  | FIE | EFC | 12 |  | 12 |  | 2
Acrobatic gymnastics |  | FIG | UEG | 6 | 6 |  |  | 2
Aerobic gymnastics |  | 2 | 2 |  |
Artistic gymnastics |  | 14 | 12 |  |
Rhythmic gymnastics |  | 8 | 8 |  |
Trampoline |  | 4 | 4 |  |
Judo |  | IJF | EJU | 18 | 15 | 1 |  | 3
Karate |  | WKF | EKF | 12 | 12 | 12 |  | 3
Kickboxing |  | WAKO |  |  | 16 |  | 1
Modern pentathlon |  | UIPM |  |  | 5 |  | 1
Muaythai |  | IFMA |  |  | 10 |  | 1
Padel |  | IPF |  |  | 3 |  | 1
Rugby sevens |  | WR | RE |  |  | 2 |  | 1
Sambo (martial art) |  | FIAS | ESF | 8 | 18 |  |  | 2
Shooting |  | ISSF | ESC | 19 | 19 | 30 |  | 3
Ski jumping |  | FIS |  |  | 5 |  | 1
Sport climbing |  | IFSC |  |  | 6 |  | 1
Table tennis |  | ITTF | ETTU | 4 | 5 | 5 |  | 3
Taekwondo |  | WTaekwondo | ETU | 8 |  | 16 |  | 2
Teqball |  | FITEQ |  |  | 5 |  | 1
Triathlon |  | WTriathlon | ETU | 2 |  | 3 |  | 2
Beach volleyball |  | FIVB | CEV | 2 |  |  |  | 1
Volleyball |  | 2 |  |  |
Wrestling |  | UWW | CELA | 24 | 18 |  |  | 2
Weightlifting |  | IWF | EWF |  |  |  | X  | 1
Total events  | 253 | 200 | 254 | ???  |

## Medal table

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Main article: All-time European Games medal table

European Games medal tableRank| NOC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 123| 64| 86| 273
2|  Italy (ITA)| 58| 67| 63| 188
3|  Ukraine (UKR)| 45| 43| 51| 139
4|  Germany (GER)| 43| 39| 73| 155
5|  Great Britain (GBR)| 36| 30| 53| 119
6|  France (FRA)| 35| 41| 57| 133
7|  Spain (ESP)| 34| 30| 36| 100
8|  Belarus (BLR)| 33| 27| 51| 111
9|  Azerbaijan (AZE)| 29| 27| 39| 95
10|  Netherlands (NED)| 25| 31| 21| 77
11–46| Remaining| 246| 307| 425| 978
Totals (46 entries)| 707| 706| 955| 2,368

Source: [11]

## See also

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* Sport portal

### Global Games

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* Olympic Games
* World Games

### Other EOC-organised events

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* European Youth Olympic Festival
* Games of the Small States of Europe

### Other pan-European Games

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* European Championships (multi-sport event)
* European Para Championships

### Community-based multisport events involving EOC members

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* Commonwealth Games
* Jeux de la Francophonie
* Lusofonia Games
* Mediterranean Games
* Island Games

### Other continental games in the Olympic Tradition

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* African Games
* Asian Games
* South Asian Games
* West Asian Games
* Central Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games
* Pacific Games
* Pan American Games
* South American Games

## References

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1. ^ "EOC LAUNCHES EUROPEAN GAMES". eurolympic.org. 8 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
2. ^ Although the Pacific Games takes in all of Oceania/Australasia, the two largest countries in the region, Australia and New Zealand, did not participate because of the danger they would, though their wealth and size relative to other members, excessively dominate the event. They were however, provisionally admitted to the Games in 4 sports in which other nations were consistently competitive - rugby sevens, weightlifting, sailing and taekwondo - in 2014.
3. ^ "Baku 2015 at a glance". baku2015.org. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
4. ^ Scotland to host 2018 European Sports Championships
5. ^ "1st EG Baku 2015". EOC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
6. ^ "2nd EG Minsk 2019". EOC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
7. ^ "Malopolska region and the city of Krakow to host 3rd European Games in 2023". The European Games. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
8. ^ "EOC Executive Committee awards 2027 European Games to Istanbul". The European Olympic Committees. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
9. ^ "National Olympic Committees". European Games. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
10. ^ Number of Games in which sport was included
11. ^ "Curtain comes down on 17 glorious days of sport". Organising Committee responsible for the inaugural European Games in Baku. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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European Championships

Olympic sports|

| Team sports|

* Association football
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Baseball
* Men
* Men's club
* Basketball
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* 3x3
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* Men's club
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* Handball
* Men
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* Men's club
* Women's club
* Ice hockey
* Men
* Women
* Women's club
* Rugby sevens
* Men
* Women
* Softball
* Women
* Volleyball
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Water polo
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club

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Individual sports|

* Archery
* Athletics
* Track
* Road
* Marathon
* Badminton
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh & skeleton
* Boxing
* Breaking
* Canoeing
* Sprint
* Slalom
* Competition climbing
* Cycling
* BMX
* Mountain bike
* Road
* Track
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Dressage
* Eventing
* Show jumping
* Fencing
* Figure skating
* Golf
* Men
* Women
* Team
* Gymnastics
* Men's artistic
* Women's artistic
* Men's and women's artistic
* Rhythmic
* Trampoline
* Judo
* Karate
* Luge
* Modern pentathlon
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Skateboarding
* Ski mountaineering
* Speed skating
* Short track
* Surfing
* Swimming
* Open water swimming
* Synchronised swimming
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Triathlon (standard \- sprint)
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Non-Olympic sports|

| Team sports|

* American football
* Australian rules football
* Beach handball
* Men
* Women
* Baseball
* Women
* Baseball5
* Beach soccer
* League
* WC qual.
* Canoe polo
* Cricket
* Men
* Women
* Fistball
* Floorball
* Futsal
* UEFA men's national teams
* UEFA men's club
* UEFA women's national teams
* UEFS men
* UEFS women
* women's club
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* men's club
* women's club
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* Minifootball
* Pitch and putt
* Quidditch
* Roller hockey
* Men
* Women
* Men's club
* Women's club
* Rogaining
* Rugby league
* Rugby union
* Men's six nations
* Women's six nations
* Men's club
* Socca
* Softball
* Men
* Co-Ed (SP)
* Tchoukball

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Individual sports|

* Athletics
* Cross-country
* Indoor
* Mountain running
* Road
* Half-Marathon, 10K
* Skyrunning
* Team
* Ballooning
* Billiards
* Pool
* Three-cushion
* Brazilian jiu-jitsu
* Canoeing
* Marathon
* Wildwater
* Ocean racing
* Chess
* Individual
* Team
* Cyclo-cross
* Dance sports
* Formation Latin
* Darts
* Go
* Gliding
* Gymnastics
* Acrobatic
* Aerobic
* Team gymnastics
* TeamGym
* Kendo
* Kickboxing
* Luge (natural track)
* Orienteering
* Powerlifting
* men
* women
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Artistic skating
* Freestyle skating
* Inline skating
* Sambo
* Short course swimming
* Snooker (amateurs)
* Squash
* Individual
* Team
* Sumo
* Water skiing
* Wushu

Paralympic sports|

| Parasports|

* Athletics
* Badminton
* CP Football
* Judo
* Para archery
* Para table tennis
* Sledge hockey
* Swimming
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair rugby
* Sitting volleyball

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Motor sports|

| Cars|

* Formula Regional
* Hillclimbing
* Karting
* KF1
* Radio-controlled racing
* Rallycross
* Rallying
* Sportscar
* ELMS
* GT3
* GT4
* Touring car
* Truck racing

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Motorcycles|

* Speedway
* Individual
* Pairs
* Club
* Ice
* Team
* Motocross
* Supermoto

Powered aviation|

* Aerobatics
* Air racing

Multi-sports events|

* European Championships
* 2018
* 2022
* European Games
* 2015
* 2019
* 2023
* 2027
* European Para Championships
* 2023
* European Universities Championships
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* Mediterranean Games (with Asia and Africa)

* Olympic sports without European Championships: Alpine skiing
* Cross-country skiing
* Freestyle skiing
* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
* Snowboarding

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European Olympic Committees (EOC)

Current members|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus1
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia1
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

1: National Olympic Committee is suspended by the International Olympic Committee

Former members|

* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

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Association of National Olympic Committees

* African Games
* Asian Games
* European Games
* Pan American Games
* Pacific Games
* World Beach Games

Africa|

ANOCA – Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa

Americas|

PASO – Panam Sports

Asia|

OCA – Olympic Council of Asia

Europe|

EOC – European Olympic Committees

Oceania|

ONOC – Oceania National Olympic Committees

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Multi-sport events

Global

Olympic Games|

* Olympic Games
* Summer
* Winter
* Paralympic Games
* Summer
* Winter
* Youth Olympic Games

Parasports|

* Arafura Games
* Deaflympics
* Summer
* Winter
* Défi sportif
* IBSA World Games
* INAS Global Games
* Invictus Games
* World Dwarf Games
* Special Olympics
* Summer
* Winter
* World Abilitysport Games

Professions|

* International Army Games
* Lumberjack World Championship
* Military World Games
* World Air Games
* World Firefighters Games
* World Police and Fire Games
* Olympic Esports Games
* Olympic Esports Series
* Esports World Cup
* RoboGames
* World Cyber Games
* World Humanoid Robot Games

Youth and students|

* FISU World University Games (Universiade)
* World School Sport Games (Gymnasiade)
* International Youth Green Games
* International Children's Games
* SELL Student Games
* World Interuniversity Games
* Commonwealth Youth Games
* CPLP Games
* University International Sports Festival

Intercommunity|

* Arab Games
* BRICS Games
* Commonwealth Games
* Croatian World Games
* Gay Games
* Highland games
* Islamic Solidarity Games
* Jeux de la Francophonie
* Lusofonia Games
* Maccabiah Games
* Pan-Armenian Games
* World Transplant Games
* World Eskimo Indian Olympics
* World Indigenous Games
* World Polonia Games

Other|

* CSIT World Sports Games
* Dew Tour
* Mind Sports Olympiad
* UCI Cycling World Championships
* World Beach Games
* World Combat Games
* World Games
* World Masters Games
* World Mind Games
* World Nomad Games
* World Skate Games
* World Urban Games
* X Games

Regional

Africa|

* African Games
* African Para Games
* African Youth Games
* All-Africa University Games
* African School Games
* West African University Games
* African Beach Games

Americas|

* Pan American
* Pan American Games
* Parapan American Games
* Junior Pan American Games
* Americas Masters Games
* Central American and the Caribbean
* Central American and Caribbean Games
* Central American Games
* Latin American
* ALBA Games
* Bolivarian Games
* North American
* CANUSA Games
* North American Indigenous Games
* North American Outgames
* South American
* South American Games
* South American Beach Games
* South American University Games
* South American Youth Games
* Caribbean
* Caribbean Games

Asia|

* Pan Asian
* Asian Games
* Summer
* Winter
* Asian Para Games
* Asian Beach Games
* Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
* Asian Youth Games
* Southeast Asian
* SEA Games
* ASEAN School Games
* ASEAN University Games
* ASEAN Para Games
* Central Asian Games
* East Asian Youth Games
* South Asian Games
* West Asian Games1

Europe|

* Black Sea Games1
* European Games
* European Masters Games
* European Championships
* European Para Championships
* European Para Youth Games
* European Youth Olympic Festival
* EuroGames
* European Universities Championships
* European Universities Games
* Games of the Small States of Europe
* International Erasmus Games

Oceania|

* Australian Youth Olympic Festival
* Micronesian Games
* Pacific Games
* Pacific Mini Games
* Arafura Games

Intercontinental|

* Arab Games
* Arctic Winter Games
* Asia Pacific Deaf Games
* Asia Pacific Masters Games
* Isles
* Indian Ocean Island Games
* Island Games
* Jeux des îles
* Mediterranean Games

National

Americas|

* Canada
* British Columbia
* Ontario
* Quebec
* Saskatchewan
* Western
* Colombia
* United States
* amateur juniors
* seniors
* Warrior Games

NCSG,
United States3|

* Alabama
* California
* Florida
* Massachusetts
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* New York
* North Carolina
* Lakota Nation
* Texas
* Wisconsin

Asia|

* Bangladesh
* China
* All-China Games
* National Games
* National Peasants' Games
* National Youth Games
* India
* Youth
* University
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* National Games
* Para Games
* Student
* Youth
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Summer
* Winter
* Thailand
* Youth
* Vietnam
* Taiwan
* National Games (Taiwan)

Europe|

* Poland (youth)
* WheelPower

Historical1

Pre-Modern Olympics
(in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)|

* Tailteann Games (ancient)
* Panhellenic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games
* Pythian Games
* Nemean Games
* Isthmian Games
* Heraean Games
* Panathenaic Games
* Roman Games
* Cotswold Olimpick Games
* Gog Magog Games
* Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games
* Zappas Olympics

Alternatives to the
Modern Olympics|

* Aryan Games
* Friendship Games
* GANEFO
* Goodwill Games
* Inter-Allied Games
* Islamic Games
* Liberty Bell Classic
* People's Olympiad
* Workers' Olympiads
* Spartakiad

Defunct regional or
community events|

* Afro-Asian Games
* Asian Indoor Games
* Asian Martial Arts Games
* Baltic Sea Games
* Black Sea Games
* Central African Games
* East Asian Games
* Far Eastern Championship Games
* FESPIC Games
* Games of the New Emerging Forces
* Pacific Ocean Games
* Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
* Tailteann Games (modern)
* West African Games
* Women's Islamic Games
* World Youth Games
* IWAS World Games
* Cerebral Palsy Games
* South African Games
* North Dakota
* Netherlands
* Spartakiad of Albania
* Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
* youth

Winter sports

International|

* Olympics
* Paralympics
* Winter University Games
* FIS Games
* Nordic Games1
* Commonwealth1
* World Scout
* Arctic Winter Games
* Kennedy Memorial1
* New Zealand Winter Games
* Winter World Masters Games

Regional|

* National Winter Games of China
* Asian Winter Games
* European Youth Olympic Festival
* Winter X Games Europe
* Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games

* 1 Defunct
* 2 Sub-national
* 3 51 component games in 36 U.S. states

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