Upcoming Sports Events And Their Venues 2026

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Are you getting ready for exams like SSC, Banking, RRB NTPC, or UPSC? Then you must know about the upcoming sports events and their venues. Questions about sports events, tournaments, and host cities are often asked in competitive exams.

This post gives you a full and updated list of important sports events like the Olympics, Asian Games, FIFA World Cup, and more. You will also find out where these events will take place and in which year.

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Upcoming Sports Events and their Venues List

Summer Olympic Games

Year	Venue
2024	Paris, France
2028	Los Angeles, United States
2032	Brisbane, Australia

Summer Paralympic Games

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2024	Paris, France
2.	2028	Los Angeles, United States
3.	2032	Brisbane, Australia

Winter Olympic Games

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2026	Milan & Cortina, Italy
2.	2030	French Alps, France
3.	2034	Salt Lake City, United States

Winter Paralympic Games

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2026	Milan & Cortina, Italy
2.	2030	French Alps, France
3.	2034	Salt Lake City, United States

Summer Youth Olympic Games

Sl. No.	Year	Venue
1.	2026	Dakar, Senegal

Winter Youth Olympic Games

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2024	Gangwon, South Korea

Commonwealth Games

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2026	Glasgow, Scotland

Asian Games

Sl. No.	Year	Venue
1.	2026	Aichi-Nagoya, Japan
2.	2030	Doha, Qatar
3.	2034	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

FIFA World Cup

Sl. No.	Year	Venue
1.	2026	Canada, Mexico, United States
2.	2030	Morocco, Portugal, Spain
3.	2034	Saudi Arabia

FIFA Women’s World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2023	Australia New Zealand

FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2025	Chile

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2023	Indonesia

ICC Cricket World Cup (50 Over)

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2023	India
2.	2027	South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia
3.	2031	India and Bangladesh

Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2025	India
2.	2027	Bangladesh
3.	2029	Pakistan
4.	2031	Sri Lanka

ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup (50 Over)

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2022	Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
2.	2025	India

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2021	UAE, Oman Originally it was planned to host by – India
2.	2022	Australia
3.	2024	United States, West Indies
4.	2026	India, Sri Lanka
5.	2028	Australia, New Zealand
6.	2030	United Kingdom, Ireland

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2020	Melbourne, Australia
2.	2023	South Africa
3.	2024	Bangladesh
4.	2026	England

ICC U-19 Women’s T-20 World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1	2023	South Africa
2	2025	Malaysia
3	2027	Bangladesh, Nepal

ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1	2022	Antigua, West Indies
2	2024	South Africa
3	2026	Zimbabwe, Namibia

IBA World Boxing Championships

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2025	Astana, Kazakhstan

AFC Asian Cup (Men’s) [AFC – Asian Football Confederation]

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1	2023	Qatar
2	2027	Saudi Arabia

AFC Women’s Asian Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2022	India

BWF World Badminton Championships

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2021	Huelva, Spain
2.	2022	Tokyo, Japan
3.	2023	Copenhagen, Denmark
4.	2025	Paris, France
5.	2026	India

Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2023	Bhubaneswar & Rourkela, Odisha, India
2.	2026	Wavre, Belgium & Amstelveen, Netherlands

Women’s FIH Hockey World Cup

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2022	Terrassa, Spain & Amstelveen, Netherlands
2.	2026	Wavre, Belgium & Amstelveen, Netherlands

World Athletics Championships

Sl.No	Year	Venue
4.	2025	Tokyo, Japan
5.	2027	Beijing, China

FIDE Chess Olympiad

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2024	Budapest, Hungary
2.	2026	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
3.	2028	Abu Dhabi, UAE

National Games of India

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2022	Gujarat (36th)
2.	2023	Goa (37th)

Khelo India Youth Games

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1.	2020	Guwahati, Assam
2.	2021	Postponed Originally, the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 is scheduled to be held in February 2022 at Panchkula, Haryana
3	2023 (5th)	Madhya Pradesh

Khelo India University Games

Sl.No	Year	Venue
1	2020 (1st Edition)	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
2.	2021	Karnataka [Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic]
3	2022 (2nd Edition)	Bangalore, Karnataka
4	2023 (3rd Edition)	Uttar Pradesh

Junior & Cadet Fencing Championships

SL.No	Year	Venue
1.	2023	India Host cities – Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
• This will be the first time for India to host a fencing event. • India will host the Asian Junior Under 20(U-20) Men & Women and Cadet Under-17(U-17) Boys & Girls Fencing Championships.