International World Games Association

IWGA

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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image by Zoltan Horvath, 11 March 2014

• Overview
• The Flag
• New logo
• Previous Flag
• Variant of the flag
• Previous Emblem
• IX World Games (2013)
• X World Games (2017 Edition)

• International sporting organizations
• International organizations

Other sites:

• International World Games.

Overview

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has staged World Games every four years since 1981. The sports are those that are not in the Olympics, such as ju-jitsu, akido, and netball among others. The World Games were recently recognized by the IOC and now have the right to fly the Olympic Flag at all venues. The IWGA website is International World Games.
Erik Bell, February 9, 2003.

The IWGA has organized (so far) eight editions, with a ninth edition to be held in Cali (Colombia). The full list of editions is available here.
Esteban Rivera, 31 January, 2011

The Flag

The IWGA has a new flag, which features the new logo on a white horizontal flag, as seen here.
Source: http://vizzorimage.photoshelter.com/image/I0000VM0VMQBsBig
Esteban Rivera, 11 March 2014

The new IWGA is available on their official website (www.worldgames-iwga.org) in different formats. A standard image in jpeg format is available here.
Also their Corporate Identity Manual shows some details pertaining the old logo (font, size, etc.)
Esteban Rivera, 31 January, 2011

Previous Flag

image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, December 2005.
Emblem by The International World Games.

image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, December 2005

This could be a variant of the IWGA according the photo supplied by Erik.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, February 10, 2003

Click on image to enlarge
Located by Erik Bell, February 9, 2003

The photo is from the International Ju-jitsu Federation (IJF) website. The flag on the wall beside the Japanese flag is the official flag of the International World Games Association.
Erik Bell, February 9, 2003.

by The International World Games.

IX World Games (2013)

The IX World Games were held from July 25 to August 4, 2013 in Cali, Colombia. The 2013 World Games were initially allocated to the German cities of Duisburg and Düsseldorf. However, at the end of 2008, Duisburg withdrew and Düsseldorf dropped out because both cities could not secure enough funding, partly as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–08 and the subsequent Great Recession. Two alternate cities came forward to the IWGA to bid for these Games: Pretoria, South Africa and Cali, Colombia. During The World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, the IWGA announced that Cali has won the right to host The World Games in 2013. (Wikipedia) The logo is a large finish line (resembling the shape of a lizard) with the Olympic colors which represent the sporting pride of all competitors, promoting the diversity of sports worldwide with the sole purpose of achieving significant change in fair play for the country, the region and the cities. It was created by local design agency, Himalaya. (Spanish Wikipedia) The flag is a white horizontal background with the logo in the middle without the slogan "¡Juego limpio al planeta!" (Fair play to the planet!).
Esteban Rivera, 10 January 2023

X World Games (2017 Edition)

I spotted the flag of the X World Games.

"The X World Games are being held from July 20 to July 30, 2017 in Wrocław, Poland. The host city was selected among the other applicants, which were: Genoa (Italy), Budapest (Hungary), and Cape Town (South Africa). The host city selection was announced on January 12, 2012 in Lausanne".
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_World_Games

Its flag is a white horizontal background with the logo in the middle, plus an inscription on top ("20-30 1.1 PCA") and some other artistic arrangements in green, as seen here:
https://cdn.galleries.smcloud.net/t/galleries/gf-tEnz-1v7Z-XS4S_the-world-games-2017-wroclaw-320x400-nocrop.jpg (source: http://sport.se.pl/inne-sporty)

For additional information go to X World Games 2017: http://theworldgames2017.com/ (official website)
https://www.theworldgames.org/editions/Wroclaw-POL-2017-4 (official website at IWGA)
Esteban Rivera, 26 July 2017

XI World Games (2022)