https://wmg2021.jp/wmg2021

HigashiosakaOsaka

Sakai

Kishiwada

Sennan

The World’s Biggest Sports Festival Anyone Around 30 and Older Can ParticipateWORLD MASTERS GAMES 2021 KANSAI JAPAN

An event anyone can participate in regardless of sports experience, achievements, or disabilities!!★Application period:Until February 28, 2022*Applications will close for each sporting event once the maximum quota is reached on a first-come-first-served basis.

Accepting participants!!

★For details Search

The following games will take place in Osaka Prefecture!!Sakai（J-Green Sakai）

Sennan（Tarui Southern Beach）

Osaka（Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka）

Kishiwada（Cyclepia Kishiwada BMX Course）

Higashiosaka（Hanazono Rugby Stadium）

Soccer（soccer/Futsal）

Swimming（open-water）

Closing Ceremony

Cycling（BMX）

Rugby Football★Period:Soccer May 16-20 & 23-27, 2022

Futsal May 18 - 25 May

★Period:May 22, 2022

★Date:May 29, 2022

★Period:May 21&22, 2022

★Period:May 14&15, 21&22, 2022

Competitions offering special support for participants with disabilities○ Cycling （BMX）　○ Rugby football　○ Soccer / Futsal

World Masters Games 2021 Kansai-Osaka Prefecture Planning CommitteeSecretariat: Sports Promotion Division, Culture and Sports Office, Department of Civic and Cultural Affairs, Osaka Prefectural Government TEL 06-6210-9308

https://wmg2021.jp/games/list

The World’s Largest International Lifelong Sporting Event of 2022

Accepting anyone over 30

Aiming to have 50,000 participants

Expecting over 10,000 new medallists

There are no qualifiers, and as long as you register, you can participate regardless

of sports experience, achievements, or disability.

30,000 participants from Japan and 20,000 from

overseas.

As you compete according to age and event

experience, you also have a chance of winning gold!!

The World Masters Games are Coming to Kansai!!

Events to be Held in Osaka Prefecture★Cycling （BMX）● Host city: Kishiwada (Cyclepia Kishiwada BMX Course)● Period: May 21 & 22, 2022Bicycle Motorcross is an exciting, enthralling, adrenaline-pumping game performed on a bike with 20 or 24-inch wheels to race on a track laid with various obstacles!

★Rugby football● Host city: Higashiosaka (Hanazono Rugby Stadium)● Period: May 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 2022Let's play rousing games at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, the Mecca of high school rugby where the Rugby World Cup was also hosted.

★Swimming （open-water）● Host city: Sennan (Tarui Southern Beach)● Period: May 22, 2022Open-water swimming is a long-distance swimming race that takes place in open waters such as oceans and lakes. The event will be held as marathon swimming at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

★Soccer（soccer/Futsal）● Host city: Sakai (J-Green Sakai)● Period: Soccer May 16 - 20 & 23 - 27, 2022. Futsal May 18 - 25, 2022.Let’s play a game on the pitch of Soccer National Training Center, Japan’s largest soccer venue!

Competitions offering special support for participants with disabilities○ Cycling （BMX）　Assistance for athletes with disabilities including non-audio starting 　　　　　　　　　signals and wearing of bibs for visibility. ○ Rugby football 　The use of flags by the referees. ○ Soccer/Futsal　The use of flags by the referees.*For details, please refer to the guidelines for each sporting event on the event’s website.

World Masters Games 2021 Kansai-Osaka Prefecture Planning Committee Sponsored by F.C.Osaka

*This leaflet has been created with donations from F.C. Osaka.