Schedule

The World Masters Games 2021 Kansai has been postponed due to the COVID-19, but we have decided on the new Games name and new period as follows.

New period: May 14, 2027(FRI) to May 30, 2027(SUN) 17days
New Games name: World Masters Games 2027 Kansai Japan

We are currently making preparations and adjustments for the Games, and plan to announce the competition guidelines in the fall of 2025 and begin accepting entries in the spring of 2026.

The new Schedules and venues have been decided (25.Nov.2024).

Please see below for the dates and venues for the 2027 Games.
Information other than the schedules is the information before the postponement was confirmed.
We will update other information in the future.

Sports Venue FAQ

The Games, originally scheduled for 2021, has been postponed to May 2027 due to the COVID-19.
During this period, the Organizing Committee has continued to make adjustments toward the goal of hosting a convention with a participation target of 50,000 people. In response to requests from athletes for us to release information on the 2027 Games, we are pleased to release the information we have at this time.　
We will continue to make adjustments in order to attract more participants and to improve convenience and efficiency of the event, and may add or change the competition schedule and venues at any time.
We would also like to thank you for your understanding as we continue to consider the opening and closing ceremonies.

Venues and Schedules【As of November 2024】

Sport	Discipline	Prefectures and Cities	Venues	May 2027
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				Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Archery	Outdoor Archery	Tottori Pref.	Yamata Sports Park (Tottori Prefectural Fuse Sports Park)	○	●	●	●	●
Archery	Indoor Archery	Tottori Pref.	Yamata Sports Park (Tottori Prefectural Fuse Sports Park)	○	●	●	●	●
Athletics	Track & Field	Kyoto City	TAKEBISHI Stadium Kyoto・Sub-Field (Nishikyogoku Athletic Park)					○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
	10 km Road Race	Shiga Pref.	Hikone 10km Road Course										●
	Half Marathon	Wakayama Pref.	Kishu Kuchikumano Marathon Course	○	●
	EKIDEN	Wakayama Pref.	Tanabe Sports Park									○	●
	Race Walking	Kobe City	Rokko Island (plan)									○	●
Badminton		Kyoto City	・Kataoka Arena Kyoto ・Kyoto Citizen Sports Hall		○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Baseball	Baseball	Kobe City	・Hotto Motto Field Kobe ・G7 Stadium Kobe ・Ajisai Stadium Kita Kobe ・Samty Dream Stadium		●	●	●	●	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	●	●	○
Baseball	Rubber Baseball	Shiga Pref	・Moriyama City Sports Park Baseball Field ・Higashiomi Koto Stadium ・Higashiomi Okunono Sports Park ・Higashiomi Nagayama Park		●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Basketball		Kobe City	・Green Arena Kobe ・Kobe Central Gymnasium ・Kobe Tokiwa Arena(Hyogo Prefectural Cultural Gymnasium) ・Kobe Oji Sports Center									○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Canoe	Marathon	Kyoto Pref.	Kumihama Bay Canoe Stadium		○	●	●	●	●
	Sprint	Nara Pref.	Tsuburo Lake Canoe Stadium							○	●	●	●	●
	Slalom	Tokushima Pref.	Naka River Wajiki Rhine														○	○	●	●
	Polo	Coming Soon !
	Dragon Boat	Shiga Pref.	Biwako Motor Boat Racing Course															○	●	●
Cycling	Track	Tottori Pref.	Kurayoshi Cycling Track					○	●	●	●	●
	Road Race	Tottori Pref.	Kurayoshi・Hokuei Roadrace Course									○	●
	Mountain Bike	Kyoto Pref.	Yubune MTB Land	○	●	●	●
	BMX RACING	Osaka Pref.	Cyclepia Kishiwada BMX Course								○	●	●	○
Dance Sports		Wakayama Pref.	Wakayama Big Wave																●	●
Football	Football	Sakai City	J-GREEN SAKAI				●	●	●	●	●			●	●	●	●	●
Football	Futsal	Sakai City	J-GREEN SAKAI						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Flying Disc	Ultimate	Kyoto Pref.	Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Sports Park					●	●	●	●	●	●
Gateball		Kyoto Pref.	Kyoto Tamba Park		●	●	●
Golf		Tokushima Pref.	・Tokushima Country Club ・Grandee Naruto Golf Club 36 ・Naruto Country Club ・Ｊ Classic Golf Club ・Takagawa Higashi-tokushima Golf Club											●	●	●		●
Ground Golf		Tottori Pref.	The Home of Ground Golf "Shiokaze no Oka Tomari"														○	●	●
Handball		Kyoto Pref.	・Tanabe Central Gymnasium ・Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Sports Park Gymnasium		○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Hockey		Shiga Pref.	・OSP Hockey Stadium(Ibuki Sports Ground) ・Maibara City 1st Ground		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Judo		Tottori Pref.	Tottori Prefectural Budokan							○	●	●	●
Karate		Kyoto City	Kyoto City Budo Center							○	●	●	●
Lifesaving		Fukui Pref.	Wakasawada Beach									●	●
Orienteering	Sprint	Kobe City	Kobe city							○	○	●	●
Orienteering	Forest	Hyogo Pref.	・Hachi Highland ・Higashi-Hachibuse Highland ・Uwano Highland ・Hachikita Highland ・Mineyama Highland												○	●	●	●	●
Rowing		Shiga Pref.	KANSAIMIRAI ROWING CENTER (Biwako Rowing Center)	Coming Soon !
Rugby		Osaka Pref.	Higashiosaka City Hanazono Rugby Stadium Hanazono Central Park (Multi-Purpose Ground)		●	●						●	●
Sailing	Sailing	Wakayama Pref.	Wakayama Sailing Center and surrounding area					○	○	●	●	●	●		○	○	●	●	●	●
Sailing	Windsurfing	Wakayama Pref.	Wakayama Sailing Center and surrounding area					○	○	●	●	●	●
Shooting	Clay	Hyogo Pref.	Coming Soon !
Shooting	Rifle	Wakayama Pref.	Wakayama Rifle Shooting Range					○	○	●	●	●	●
Softball		Shiga Pref.	・Moriyama City Sports Park, Moriyama Citizens Baseball Stadium and Softball Stadium ・Higashiomi general athletic playground (Nunobiki Multipurpose Ground) ・Higashiomi Nagayama Park ・Yabase Kihan Island Park ・Kusatsu Green Stadium									●	●	●	○	●	●	●	○
Soft Tennis		Kyoto Pref.	Sandanike Park Tennis Court								○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Squash		Kyoto City	・StandOut KYOTO ・Kyoto Terrsa						○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Swimming	Swimming	Coming Soon !
	Diving	Coming Soon !
	Water Polo	Hyogo Pref.	Amagasaki Sports Forest	Coming Soon !
	Artistic Swimming	Coming Soon !
	Open Water Swimming	Osaka Pref.	Tarui Southern Beach									○	●
Table Tennis		Kobe City	・Green Arena Kobe ・Kobe Central Gymnasium	○	●	●	●		●	●	●
Taekwondo		Hyogo Pref.	Hyogo Prefectural Budokan							○	●	●	●
Tennis		Hyogo Pref.	・Aono Sports Park Aono Tennis Club ・Bourbon Beans Dome		○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Tenpin Bowling		Tokushima Pref.	・Suehiro Bowl ・Pop Joy Ishii								●	●	●	●
Triathlon	Triathlon	Tokushima Pref.	Hiwasa Umigame Triathlon Course								○	●	●
	Aquathlon	Tokushima Pref.	Hiwasa Umigame Triathlon Course								○	●
	Duathlon	Kyoto Pref.	Nantan City Oigawa Park																●	●
Tug of War		Nara Pref.	・Shinjo Kenmin Athletic Field 1 ・Kashiba City General Gymnasium								●	●	●
Volleyball	Indoor	Wakayama Pref.	・Wakayama Big Whale ・Wakayama Big Wave ・Wakayama Prefectural Gymnasium ・Wakayama Municipal Kanan Gymnasium		●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●
Volleyball	Beach Volleyball	Hyogo Pref.	Keinomatsubara Beach Volley Court	Coming Soon !
Weightlifting		Tokushima Pref.	Amino-Value Hall			○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

※ ●：Competition days, weigh-ins, and other days that are organized as competition days.
※ ○：Days that are not scheduled as competition days, such as registration, meetings, practice, reserve days, etc.