2011 Hong Kong Games

The 3rd Hong Kong Games
Host city Hong Kong
Teams participating 18
Athletes participating over 3000
Events 83 events in 8 sports
Opening ceremony 14 May 2011
Closing ceremony 5 June 2011
Officially opened by Chief Executive Donald Tsang
Athlete's Oath Chan Tsz Ching, Yuen Long
Torch Lighter Zou Kai and Yang Wei
Main venue Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground (Opening)
Kowloon Park Sports Centre (Closing)

The 2011 Hong Kong Games, officially known as The 3rd Hong Kong Games (Chinese: 第三屆全港運動會), is a major biannual multi-sport event to be held in Hong Kong between the 18 Districts. The games will take place from 14 May to 5 June 2011.[1]

Event

It has totally 83 events in 8 sports. They are including 42 events for male and 41 events for females. Compare with 2009 Hong Kong Games, futsal and volleyball are the new events.

The 8 sports are:

The 18 District Councils will recruit eligible athletes through an open selection process to represent their district in the event.

Venue

Here is the final venue of each events.

Athletics Badminton Basketball Swimming
Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Kowloon Park Sports Centre Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre Kowloon Park Swimming Pool
Table Tennis Tennis Futsal Volleyball
Harbour Road Sports Centre Victoria Park Tennis Court Ma On Shan Sports Centre Kowloon Bay Sports Centre

Awards

The District with the highest total scores will be crowned Overall Champion, followed by the first and second runners-up.

Other awards include:

The 2011 event will see the addition of awards for "District with the Most Gold Medals" and "District with the Best Progress".

See also

References

  1. New sports added to HK Games, News.gov.hk, 21 June 2010