This is a list of international sporting events in Taiwan:
Multi-sport Events
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2000 | Taipei | 2000 Asia Pacific Deaf Games |
2002 | Taipei | 2002 International Children's Games |
2007 | Taipei | 2007 World Wheelchair and Amputee Games |
2009 | Kaohsiung | 2009 World Games |
2009 | Taipei | 2009 Summer Deaflympics |
2015 | Taoyuan | 2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games |
2016 | New Taipei | 2016 International Children's Games |
2017 | Taipei | 2017 Summer Universiade |
2025 | Taipei and New Taipei | 2025 Summer World Masters Games[1] |
Archery
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1998 | Taipei | 1998 World University Archery Championships |
2008 | Tainan | 2008 World University Archery Championships |
2013 | Taipei | 2013 Asian Archery Championships |
Athletics
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1988 | Tainan | 1988 Asia Masters Athletics Championships |
2012 | Taipei | 2012 Asia Masters Athletics Championships |
2014 | Taipei | 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships |
Badminton
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2001 | Taipei | 2001 Asian Junior Badminton Championships |
2005 | Hsinchu | 2005 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships |
2007 | Taipei | 2007 BWF World Senior Championships |
2010 | New Taipei | 2010 BWF Super Series Finals |
2010 | Taipei | 2010 World University Badminton Championships |
2011 | Taoyuan | 2011 BWF World Junior Championships |
2013 | Taipei | 2013 Badminton Asia Championships |
2014 | Taipei | 2014 Asian Junior Badminton Championships |
Baseball
edit1 The 2021 World Baseball Classic was originally scheduled for 2021, but has been rescheduled to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Basketball
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1963 | Taipei | 1963 ABC Championship |
1968 | Taipei | 1968 ABC Championship for Women |
1972 | Taipei | 1972 ABC Championship for Women |
2002 | Taipei | 2002 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women |
2004 | Taipei | 2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup |
Boxing
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2005 | Kaohsiung | 2005 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships |
2015 | Taipei | 2015 AIBA Women's Junior/Youth World Boxing Championships |
Canoeing
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2003 | Tainan | 2003 Asian Canoe Polo Championships |
2003 | Nantou (Shuili) | 2003 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships |
2009 | Hualien | 2009 Asian Canoe Polo Championships |
2013 | Nantou (Shuili) | 2013 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships |
Climbing
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1998 | Taoyuan | 1998 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships (L + S) |
2001 | New Taipei | 2001 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships (B) |
2006 | Kaohsiung | 2006 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships (L + B + S) |
Figure Skating
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2006 | Taipei | 2006–07 ISU Junior Grand Prix |
2011 | Taipei | 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
2014 | Taipei | 2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
2016 | Taipei | 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
2017 | Taipei | 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships |
2018 | Taipei | 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
2024 | Taipei | 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships |
Golf
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1967 | New Taipei | 1967 Nomura Cup |
1989 | New Taipei | 1989 Nomura Cup |
2000 | New Taipei | 2000 Queen Sirikit Cup |
2001 | Taiwan | BMW Asian Open |
2002 | Taiwan | BMW Asian Open |
2002 | Taoyuan | 2002 World University Golf Championship |
2007 | Taoyuan | 2007 Nomura Cup |
2013 | Taoyuan | 2013 Queen Sirikit Cup |
Ice Hockey
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2009 | Taipei | 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
2010 | Taipei | 2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia |
2011 | Taipei | 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
2013 | Taipei | 2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
2015 | Taipei | 2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
2015 | Taipei | 2015 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia |
2015 | Taipei | 2015 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I |
2016 | Taipei | 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I |
2017 | Taipei | 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
2017 | Taipei | 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II (Division II B Qualification) |
Martial Arts
editYear | Location | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
1970 | Kaohsiung | Judo | 1970 Asian Judo Championships |
1980 | Taipei | Taekwondo | 1980 Asian Taekwondo Championships |
1982 | Taipei | Karate | 1982 World Karate Championships |
1990 | Taipei | Taekwondo | 1990 Asian Taekwondo Championships |
1993 | Taipei | Karate | 1993 Asian Karate Championships |
1996 | Taichung | Karate | 1996 Asian Cadet, Junior and U-21yrs Karate Championships |
2004 | Taoyuan | Karate | 2004 Asian Karate Championships |
2006 | Taipei | Kendo | 2006 World Kendo Championship |
2008 | Taipei | Judo | 2008 East Asian Judo Championships |
2009 | Taipei | Judo | 2009 Asian Judo Championships |
2014 | Taipei | Taekwondo | 2014 World Taekwondo Junior Championships |
2016 | Taoyuan | Wushu | 2016 Asian Wushu Championships |
2018 | Taoyuan | Taekwondo | 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix (Series 3) |
Pool
editYear | Location | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
1992 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 1992 WPA World Pool Championship / 1992 WPA Women's World Pool Championship |
1995 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 1995 WPA World Pool Championship / 1995 WPA Women's World Pool Championship |
1998 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship / 1998 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
2002 | Kaohsiung | Nine-ball | 2002 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
2004 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
2005 | Kaohsiung | Nine-ball | 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
2006 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 2006 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
2007 | Taoyuan | Nine-ball | 2007 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
2008 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 2008 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
Rowing
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1997 | Taiwan | 1997 Asian Rowing Championships |
2009 | Yilan | 2009 Asian Rowing Championships |
Rugby
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1980 | Taipei | 1980 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship |
1996 | Taipei | 1996 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship |
2013 | Kaohsiung | 2013 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship |
2018 | Taipei | 2018 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship |
2019 | Kaohsiung | 2019 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship |
Soccer, Futsal
editYear | Location | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
1977 | Taipei | Soccer | 1977 AFC Women's Championship |
1986 | Kaohsiung | Soccer | 1986 OFC U-16/U-17 Championship |
2001 | New Taipei | Soccer | 2001 AFC Women's Championship |
2004 | Taipei and Taoyuan City | Futsal | 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship |
2005 | Taipei | Soccer | 2005 East Asian Football Championship (Preliminary Competition) |
2006 | Taipei | Futsal | 2006 Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament |
2007 | Taipei | Futsal | Damien Knabben Cup |
2008 | Taipei | Soccer | 2008 AFC President's Cup (Group B) |
2010 | Kaohsiung | Soccer | 2010 East Asian Football Championship (Preliminary Competition) |
2010 | Tainan | Soccer | 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship (Semi-Final Competition) |
2011 | Kaohsiung | Soccer | 2011 AFC President's Cup |
2018 | Taipei and New Taipei | Futsal | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship |
Softball
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1969 | Taipei | 1969 Asian Women's Softball Championship |
1982 | Taipei | 1982 Women's Softball World Championship |
1999 | Taipei | 1999 Junior Women's Softball World Championship |
2006 | Tainan | 2006 World University Softball Championship |
2011 | Nantou | 2011 Asian Women's Softball Championship |
2017 | Taichung | 2017 Asian Women's Softball Championship |
2019 | Tainan | 2019 U-12 Softball World Cup |
2021 | Taichung | 2021 U-12 Softball World Cup |
2023 | Nantou | 2023 U-15 Women Softball Asian Cup |
Soft Tennis
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1977 | Taichung | 1977 World Soft Tennis Championships |
1983 | Taichung | 1983 World Soft Tennis Championships |
1999 | Taipei | 1999 World Soft Tennis Championships |
2012 | Chiayi | 2012 Asian Soft Tennis Championship |
Squash
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2006 | Taipei | 2006 Asian Squash Championships (Individual and Team) |
2016 | New Taipei | 2016 Asian Squash Team Championships |
Table Tennis
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1994 | Taipei | 1994 ITTF Men's World Cup |
1998 | Taipei | 1998 ITTF Women's World Cup |
2002 | Taipei | 2002 World Para Table Tennis Championships |
2019 | Taichung | 2019 Asian Para Table Tennis Championships |
Tchoukball
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1984 | Taiwan | 1984 World Tchoukball Championships |
2004 | Taiwan | 2004 World Youth Tchoukball Championships |
2004 | Taiwan | 2004 World Tchoukball Championships |
2006 | Taiwan | 2006 Asia Pacific Tchoukball Championships |
2008 | Taiwan | 2008 Asia Pacific Tchoukball Championships |
2011 | Taiwan | 2011 Asia Pacific University Tchoukball Championships |
2013 | Taiwan | 2013 World Youth Tchoukball Championships |
2014 | Taiwan | 2014 Asia Pacific Tchoukball Championships |
2015 | Taiwan | 2015 World Tchoukball Championships |
2016 | Taiwan | 2016 Asia Pacific Youth Tchoukball Championships |
2017 | Taiwan | 2017 World Beach Tchoukball Championships |
2019 | Taiwan | 2019 Asia Pacific University Tchoukball Championships |
Tennis
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
2024 | Taipei | 2024 Davis Cup qualifying round |
Volleyball
editYear | Location | Event |
---|---|---|
1999 | Chiayi | 1999 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship |
2008 | Taipei | 2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship |
2011 | Taipei | 2011 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship |
2014 | Taipei | 2014 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship |
2015 | Taipei | 2015 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship |
2016 | Kaohsiung | 2016 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship |
2018 | Taipei | 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup |
2019 | Taipei | 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship |
2023 | Taipei | 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup |
Other Sporting Events
editYear | Location | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Taipei | Wrestling | 1997 Asian Wrestling Championships (Women) |
2001 | Kaohsiung and Taichung | Cycling | 2001 Asian Cycling Championships |
2007 | Taipei | Handball | 2007 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship |
2008 | Taipei | K-1 | K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei |
2013 | Kaohsiung | Pentathlon | 2013 World Modern Pentathlon Championships |
2019 | Taoyuan | Shooting sports | 2019 Asian Airgun Championships |
2023 | Taipei | Korfball | 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship |
Recurring Sporting Events
editYear | City | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
1977– | New Taipei, Taipei, and Kaohsiung | Basketball | William Jones Cup |
1979– | New Taipei | Marathon | New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon |
1980– | Taipei | Badminton | Taipei Open |
1986– | Taipei | Marathon | Taipei Marathon |
1987– | New Taipei (Tamsui) | Golf | Mercuries Taiwan Masters |
2000– | Hualien | Marathon | Taroko Gorge International Marathon |
2003– | Taiwan | Cycling | Tour de Taiwan |
2007– | Tainan | Marathon | Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon |
2008– | Taipei | Tennis | Taipei Open |
2010– | Kaohsiung | Marathon | Kaohsiung Fubon Marathon |
2011– | Taoyuan, New Taipei, Taipei | Golf | LPGA Taiwan Championship |
2011– | Taipei (2011 - 2013), Tainan (2014 -) | Baseball | U-12 Baseball World Cup |
2012– | Taichung, and Yunlin (Douliu) | Baseball | Asia Winter Baseball League |
2012– | Kaohsiung | Tennis | Kaohsiung Challenger |
2014– | Taipei | Tennis | Santaizi ATP Challenger |
2023– | Kaohsiung | Badminton | Kaohsiung Masters |
Former Recurring Sporting Events
editYear | Location | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
1965–2006 | Taiwan | Golf | Taiwan Open |
1977–1992 | Taipei | Tennis | Taipei Grand Prix |
1986–1994 | Taipei | Tennis | Taipei Women's Championships |
2010–2011 | Kaohsiung | Soccer | Long Teng Cup |
2015–2016 | Taipei | Badminton | Chinese Taipei Masters |
2016–2018 | Kaohsiung and Taipei | Tennis | WTA Taiwan Open |
Cancelled Sporting Events
editYear | Location | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | Taoyuan | Baseball | 2012 World University Baseball Championship |
2019 | Taipei | Figure Skating | Asian Open Figure Skating Classic |
2019 | Taipei | Multi-sport | 2019 World Combat Games |
2019 | Taichung | Multi-sport | 2019 East Asian Youth Games |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mayors sign hosting deal for World Masters Games". The Taipei Times. The Taipei Times. Retrieved 30 December 2020.