The third edition of the European Games is set to take place in Kraków and the regions of Małopolska and Śląsk in Poland from 21 June to 2 July 2023. The hosts were unanimously elected at an Extraordinary General Assembly of the EOC the day after the Opening Ceremony of the 2019 edition of the European Games in Minsk.
Overseeing the Games is the EOC Coordination Commission, expertly led by its Chair, Hasan Arat (TUR), and Deputy Chairs Zlatko Matesa (CRO) and Niels Nygaard (DEN).
The location for the 2023 European Games offers splendid venues, which will require only minimal work on infrastructure in line with IOC Agenda 2020 recommendations on the environment and sustainability. Poland is also well known for its beauties and heritage, making it a very popular destination for tourists from across the world.
The European Games in 2023 will be an important stepping-stone for the continent’s athletes on the road to the Olympic Games, with many of the sports acting as European championships and/or provide qualifications for Paris 2024. The Games will also be a showcase for some newer sports, such as beach handball, which will be making its first appearance at a senior multi-sport event since the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019.
Sports Programme
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball 3×3
- Beach Handball
- Beach Soccer
- Boxing
- Breaking
- Canoe
- Cycling
- Fencing
- Judo
- Karate
- Kickboxing
- Modern Pentathlon
- Mountain Running (mass event)
- Padel
- Rugby Sevens
- Shooting
- Ski Jumping (summer)
- Sport Climbing
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Teqball
- Triathlon
Coordination Commission
Chair
Mr Hasan ARAT (TUR) – Vice President, Turkish Olympic Committee/EOC Executive Committee Member
Vice Chairs
Mr Zlatko MATEŠA (CRO) – President, Croatian Olympic Committee/EOC Executive Committee Member
Mr Niels NYGAARD (DEN) – Former EOC Vice President/Former EOC Acting President
Members
Ms Yael ARAD (ISR) – President, Israeli Olympic Committee
Mr Mats ÅRJES (SWE) – President, Swedish Olympic Committee
Mr Alejandro BLANCO (ESP) – President, Spanish Olympic Committee
Mr Sergii BUBKA (UKR) – President, Ukrainian Olympic Committee/IOC Member
Mr Enrico DELLA CASA (ITA) – President, Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC)
Mr Daniel DIMEWSKI (MKD) – President, Olympic Committee of North Macedonia
Mr Zsolt GYULAY (HUN) – President, Hungarian Olympic Committee
Ms Brigitte HENRIQUES (FRA) – President, French Olympic Committee
Mr Gerd KANTER (EST) – Chair, EOC Athletes’ Commission
Mr Dobromir KARAMARINOV (BUL) – President, European Athletics (EA)
Ms Sarah KEANE (IRL) – President, Irish Olympic Committee
Mr Roman KUMPOŠT (CZE) – Vice President, Czech Olympic Committee
Mr Jozef LIBA (SVK) – Secretary General, Slovak Olympic Committee
Ms Iwona ŁOTYSZ (POL) – Deputy Secretary General, Polish Olympic Committee
Princess MARIA-ANUNCIATA of LIECHTENSTEIN (LIE) – Vice President, Liechtenstein Olympic Committee
Mr Octavian MORARIU (ROU) – President, Rugby Europe/IOC Member
Ms Monika OLSZEWSKA (POL) – Director, Coordination Office for the European Games 2023/Ministry of State Assets
Sir Hugh ROBERTSON (GBR) – Chairman, British Olympic Committee
Mr Jean-Michel SAIVE (BEL) – President, Belgian Olympic Committee
Mr António José SILVA (POR) – President, Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN)
Mr Thomas WEIKERT (GER) – President, German Olympic Committee
Ms Maja Martyna WŁOSZCZOWSKA (POL) – IOC Member, two-time Olympic silver medallist
Mr Albert WOODS (GBR) – President, European Canoe Association (ECA)
Ms Anneke Van ZANEN-NIEBERG (NED) – President, National Olympic Committee of Netherlands
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