European Masters Games Explained

European Masters Games
Formation:	2008
Headquarters:	IMGA
Leader Name:	The Duke of Sussex

The European Masters Games (EMG) is a multi-sport event, consisting of summer sports, held every four years. The European Masters Games are owned by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), owners of the World Masters Games. The age categories vary depending on the sport, but the competition is generally for people 30–35 years or older. The first games were held in 2008 in Malmö, Sweden. The European Masters Games are held once every four years, while the last games were held in 2015 in Nice, France. The next games will be celebrated in Turin, Italy, in 2019. The International Masters Games Association (IMGA), based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the body responsible for the bidding and placing of the games.

History

The first European Masters Games (EMG) was held from August 29 to September 7, 2008, in Malmö, Sweden.There were a total of 3,022 athletes who competed in 18 sports during the 10 days the games were held.

Editions

Source:^{[1] [2]}

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Sports	Athletes	Source
1				29 August – 7 September	18	3,022	^[3]
2				10 – 20 September	20	4,000	^[4]
3				1 – 11 October	27	7,200	^[5]
4				26 July – 4 August	31	7,500	^[6]
5				26 June – 7 July	27	7,500	^[7]
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Results:^[8]

Results

2023 European Masters Games

Source:^{[9] [10]}

About:^[11]

Sports

Source:^[12]

1. Core Sports (20): Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Canoe Kayak, Cycling, Floorball, Football, Futsal, Golf, Orienteering, Rowing, Shooting, Squash,Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting
2. Additional sports (6): Disc Golf, Handball, Inline Hockey, Judo, Karate, Swimming
3. Demonstration sports (3): Darts, Petanque, Padel
4. Para sports (4): Swimming, Athletics, Sitting Volleyball, Table Tennis

Results

Results:^[13]

1. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/CErTIFICATION-OF-PARTICIPATION.pdf
2. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023_tulokset_kaikki.pdf
3. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/Results-EMG-2023-Half-Marathon-Tampere-8.7.2023.pdf
4. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/Results-EMG-2023-Road-Race-Walk-10-km-Tampere-05.07.2023.pdf
5. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-ArcheryTarget-results.pdf
6. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-ArcheryField-Results.pdf
7. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG-2023-badminton-medalists.pdf
8. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG20203_Basketball_schedule-and-results.pdf
9. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023_BVT_beach_volleyball_all_results_20230907.pdf
10. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023-canoe-slalom-results.pdf
11. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023-Canoeing-Full-Results.pdf
12. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Cycling-Criterium1_2-Results.pdf
13. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Cycling-Criterium2_2-Results.pdf
14. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Cycling-MTB1_2-Results.pdf
15. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Cycling-MTB2_2-Results.pdf
16. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Cycling-RoadRace1_2-Results.pdf
17. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Cycling-RoadRace2_2-Results.pdf
18. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/emg-discgolf-results-fin.pdf
19. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Floorball-M35-M40-Results.pdf
20. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Floorball-M50-Results.pdf
21. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023-Football-Final-Rankings.pdf
22. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023_Futsal_final_results.pdf
23. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/golf_results.pdf
24. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023-Handball-29.6.-2.7.2023-Final-Results.pdf
25. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023_JUDO_RESULTS.pdf
26. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/Karate-EMG2023-Results-new.pdf
27. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Orienteering-results.pdf
28. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/Padelemg_tulokset.pdf
29. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG-2023-petanque.pdf
30. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/all_results.pdf
31. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Shooting-Air-Guns-Results.pdf
32. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Shooting-Trap-results.pdf
33. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG2023-SQUASH.pdf
34. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Swimming-Results.pdf
35. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG-2023-TAMPERE-TT-RESULTS-1.pdf
36. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG-2023-Taekwondo-all-results.pdf
37. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG_ottelut_tennis.pdf
38. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Triathlon-results.pdf
39. https://www.emg2023.fi/wp-content/uploads/EMG23-Volleyball-results.pdf
40. Weightlifting: https://painonnosto.fi/emg-2023-tampere-28-29-6-osallistujat-participants/

Summer sports

Number	Event	2008^[14]	2011^[15]	2015^[16]	2019^[17]	2023
Main Sports
1
2		No
3		No
4		No
5		No			No	No
6		No		No
7		No	No
Combat Sports
8						No
9		No
10
11		No
12			No	No	No	No
Team Sports
13			No	No	No	No
14			No	No	No	No
15		No	No
16
17		No	No	No		No
18		No	No	No
19			No
20		No		No
21
22		No	No	No		No
23					No	No
24			No
Racket Sports
25			No
26		No	No	No
27			No		No
28			No		No
29		No
Other Sports
30
31			No	No	No	No
32		No				No
33		See also World Masters Games Asia Pacific Masters Games Americas Masters Games External links International Masters Games Association Homepage EMG 2008 Blog EMG 2015 – Ville de Nice Masters Events website Video Summary EMG NICE 2015 2008 website 2011 website 2015 website 2019 website

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Masters Games 2023 | Masters Games Finland, Tampere.
2. Web site: European Masters Games: multi-sport event, 30+ year old athletes . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
3. Web site: Malmö 2008 European Masters Games: Get the full experience . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
4. Web site: Lignano 2011 European Masters Games: Get the full experience . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
5. Web site: Nice 2015 European Masters Games: Get the full experience . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
6. Web site: Torino 2019 European Masters Games: The full experience . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
7. Web site: Tampere 2023 . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
8. Web site: Sports Results . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
9. Web site: EMG in Finland . 2024-04-26 . EMG . en-GB.
10. Web site: About EMG2023 . 2024-04-26 . EMG . en-GB.
11. Web site: About EMG2023 . 2024-04-26 . EMG . en-GB.
12. Web site: European Masters Games 2023 Masters Games Finland, Tampere . 2024-04-26 . IMGA . en-US.
13. Web site: Results . 2024-04-26 . EMG . en-GB.
14. Web site: European Masters Games 2008 - Final Report . 2019-06-10 . 2019-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190607221323/https://imga.ch/assets/Uploads/Reports/EMG2008-Final-Report.pdf . dead .
15. Web site: International Masters Games (World Masters, European Masters) | More Sports.
16. Web site: EMG App . registration.emg-nice2015.fr . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417025444/https://registration.emg-nice2015.fr/en/sports . 17 April 2016 . dead.
17. Web site: Sport – EMGT19 . 2019-06-11 . 2019-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190606064041/http://www.torino2019emg.org/en/all-sport/ . dead .