Egypt has succeeded in attracting the world’s attention by gaining the confidence of international sports federations and regional organisations, especially when it comes to hosting major sports competitions.
The Arab and African country scored one success after another in organising regional, continental and international sports competitions and events.
Even during peak times of the Covid-19 pandemic, Egypt was one of few countries that welcomed athletes for several international championships.
It managed to do this, partly thanks to the support its political leadership gave to sports, in general, and the huge investments it earmarked for sports infrastructure in the past years.
Egypt will host a large number of sports competitions this year.
These competitions include the following:
Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup
The 2022 Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup will kick off here on Thursday.
Cairo Stadium is expected to be the venue of this major event which will contain categories for males and females.
Around 281 players, representing 34 countries, will participate in the tournament. They include – apart from Egypt – Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, and Greece.
Other countries like Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Morocco, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Slovenia, and Turkey will participate, along with Ukraine, the US, Uzbekistan, India and Qatar.
President of the International Federation and Japanese national, Mori Watanabe, is due to attend the opening ceremony of the tournament.
The members of the executive offices and heads of continental federations are also due to attend this opening.
2022 Modern Pentathlon World Championship
Egypt will also host the 2022 Modern Pentathlon World Championship, between March 22 and 27 at the American University in Cairo stadiums.
The selection of these stadiums was based on recommendations by the committee of the International Federation of Modern Pentathlon.
The committee members visited Egypt in the past period to decide on the venue where the competition would be held, in the light of its new requirements.
Some amendments were introduced to these requirements in the past period. The new rules include close proximity between the stadiums where the contest is held (a 5-minute walk between one stadium and the other at most).
Each game will be played for 90 minutes only, according to the new rules.
Karate 1 Series A Cairo
Hundreds of karatekas are expected to arrive in Cairo from all over the world to participate in the Karate 1 Series A Cairo Championship which will be held between June 10 and 12.
The championship will be the second to be organised this season, following the Karate 1-Series A Pamplona, which was held in northern Spain in January this year.
The year of Karate 1-Series A is expected to conclude in Hangzou, China, in November.
World Fencing Championships
The 2022 World Fencing Championships will start in Cairo on July 15.
ISSF World Shooting Championships
Cairo will also host the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships from October 12 to 25.
Egypt also will host the African Shooting Championship in May, the African Youth Games in September and the African Weightlifting Championships in December.
