The 3rd Hong Kong Games | |
Host City: | Hong Kong |
Teams: | 18 |
Athletes: | over 3000 |
Events: | 83 events in 8 sports |
Opening: | 14 May 2011 |
Closing: | 5 June 2011 |
Opened By: | Chief Executive Donald Tsang |
Athlete Oath: | Chan Tsz Ching, Yuen Long |
Judge Oath: | N/A |
Torch Lighter: | Zou Kai and Yang Wei |
Stadium: | Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground (Opening) Kowloon Park Sports Centre (Closing) |
The 2011 Hong Kong Games, officially known as The 3rd Hong Kong Games , 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]
It total there are 83 events in the 8 sports. This includes 42 events for male and 41 events for female. Compare with 2009 Hong Kong Games, futsal and volleyball are the new event.
The 8 sports are:
The 18 District Councils recruited athletes in an open selection process to represent their district in the event.
Here is the final venue of each events.
Athletics | Badminton | Basketball | Swimming | |
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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 | |
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".
Hong Kong is a relatively small Special Administrative Region, so it is impossible for districts take turn to host the event. The event is held regionwide.
width=50 | Rank | width=120 | Districts | bgcolor=gold width=60 | Gold | bgcolor=silver width=60 | Silver | bgcolor=#cc9966 width=60 | Bronze | width=60 | Total |
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1 | Yuen Long District | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | ||||||
2 | Sha Tin District | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 | ||||||
3 | Kowloon City District | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 | ||||||
4 | Eastern District | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | ||||||
5 | Wong Tai Sin District | 7 | 12 | 3 | 22 |