The 15th National Games of the People’s Republic of China

Event overview

Date:
9 - 21 November 2025

Place:
Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao

Introduction:
Organised by the General Administration of Sport of China once every four years, the National Games of the People’s Republic of China (NG) is the country’s highest-level and largest national multi-sports event. The 15th NG will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao from 9 to 21 November 2025. Elite athletes from different provinces, municipalities and special administrative regions will gather in the three places to vie for top honours in different events.

The 15th NG will feature competition events for 34 sports and mass participation events for 23 sports.

The 34 sports in the competition events are swimming (swimming, marathon swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming), archery, athletics, badminton, basketball (basketball, 3-on-3 basketball), boxing, canoeing (sprint, kayak slalom), cycling (road race, track, mountain bike, BMX freestyle, BMX racing), equestrian (eventing, dressage, jumping), fencing, football, golf, gymnastics (artistic gymnastics, trampoline, rhythmic gymnastics), handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, rugby (rugby sevens), sailing, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball (volleyball, beach volleyball), weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle, Greco-Roman), breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, baseball/softball and wushu.

Mass participation events will be divided into two categories: competition and demonstration. Competition events will cover 19 sports, namely table tennis, badminton, tennis, football, basketball, light volleyball, shuttlecock, roller sports, dragon boating, Chinese chess, chess, bridge, Chinese wrestling, orienteering, karate, gateball, modelling and bowling, while demonstration events will cover four sports, namely health qigong, tai chi, dragon and lion dancing, and broadcast gymnastics.

Hong Kong will stage eight competition events, namely basketball (men U22), track cycling, fencing, golf, handball (men), rugby sevens, triathlon and beach volleyball, as well as one mass participation event, which is bowling. Besides, athletics marathon and road cycling events, which will be organised by Shenzhen and Zhuhai respectively, are being planned to run through Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to showcase the integrated development of the three places.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the 15th NG will be held in Guangzhou on 9 November 2025 and in Shenzhen on 21 November 2025 respectively.