2018 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia 2018 Commonwealth Games XXI Commonwealth Games Host city Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Motto Share the Dream Events 275 in 18 sports Opening ceremony 4 April 2018 Closing ceremony 15 April 2018 Main venue Carrara Stadium Website GC2018.com < XX XXII > Part of a series on 2018 Commonwealth Games Bids Venues Queen 's Baton Relay Opening ceremony ( Parade of Nations ) Participating nations Medal table Event calendar Closing ceremony CGF ACGA The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Gold Coast 2018, is an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia between 4 and 15 April 2018. The winning bid was announced in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on 11 November 2011. It will be the fifth time Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games. Contents 1 Host city selection process 2 Administration 3 Preparation 3.1 Venues 3.2 Transport 4 Participating nations 5 Sports 6 Calendar 7 Marketing 7.1 Mascot 7.2 Sponsors 7.3 Ambassadors 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Host City selection process Main article : Bids for the 2018 Commonwealth Games Countdown clock at Surfers Paradise On 22 August 2008, the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, officially launched Gold Coast City 's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2018. On 7 April 2009, the ABC reported a land exchange deal between Gold Coast City and State of Queensland for Carrara Stadium. According to Mayor Ron Clarke, the land would aid a potential bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The land exchanged would be used as the site of an aquatics centre. In the same article, Mayor Clarke raised the question of the Australian Federal Government 's commitment to a 2018 Commonwealth Games bid in light of the Government 's support for Australia 's 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals bid. On 16 April 2009, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told reporters that a successful Commonwealth Games bid by Gold Coast City could help the tourist strip win a role in hosting the World Cup. `` Some of the infrastructure that would be built for the Commonwealth Games will be useful for Gold Coast City to get a World Cup game out of the soccer World Cup if we 're successful as a nation, '' she said. However the decision on the venues for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups were made eleven months prior to the bid decision for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, so the potential World Cup venues had already been chosen. On 3 June 2009, Gold Coast City was confirmed as Australia 's exclusive bidder vying for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. `` Should a bid proceed, Gold Coast City will have the exclusive Australian rights to bid as host city for 2018, '' Bligh stated. `` Recently I met with the president and CEO of the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and we agreed to commission a full and comprehensive feasibility study into the potential for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, '' she said. `` Under the stewardship of Queensland Events new chair, Geoff Dixon, that study is now well advanced. '' On 15 March 2010, it was announced that the Queensland Government will provide initial funding of A $11 million for the 2018 Commonwealth Games bid. The Premier of Queensland has indicated the Government 's support for the bid to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association. On 31 March 2010, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association officially launched the bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In October 2011, Gold Coast City Mayor Ron Clarke stated that the games would provide a strong legacy for the city after the games have ended. On 31 March 2010, a surprise bid was made for the 2018 Commonwealth Games by the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota. Hambantota was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and is undergoing a major face lift. The first phase of the Port of Hambantota is nearing completion and it is funded by the government of China. The Mattala International Airport, which is the second international Airport of Sri Lanka is built close to Hambantota. A new Hambantota International Cricket Stadium had also been built, which had hosted matches in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. On 10 November, the Hambantota bidders claimed they had already secured enough votes to win the hosting rights. However, on 11 November it was officially announced Gold Coast City had won the rights to host the games. 2018 Commonwealth Games bidding results City Country Votes Gold Coast City Australia 43 Hambantota Sri Lanka 27 Administration In February 2012, Mark Peters was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Gold Coast City 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. The Queensland Government Minister tasked with overseeing the Games is Kate Jones. Preparation Venues Main article : Venues of the 2018 Commonwealth Games The concept image for Carrara Stadium and Carrara Sport and Leisure Centre. One of the key technical aspects of Gold Coast City 's successful bid was the fact that the city already has 80 percent of the planned venues in place. The vast majority of venues are located within 20 - minutes driving time of the Athletes Village in Parkwood and are broadly grouped into three areas ; Central Gold Coast City, North Gold Coast City and South Gold Coast City. The only sports that will be held outside of Gold Coast City will be track cycling and the preliminary rounds of Basketball which will be held in Brisbane and Cairns / Townsville respectively, along with the shooting which will be held in neighbouring Belmont. Transport The Gold Coast light rail system, will directly connect a number of the key games venues including the Gold Coast City Aquatic Centre, Broadwater Parklands and the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre with the major accommodation centres of Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach and the proposed Athletes Village at Parklands. An extension to the system was announced in October 2015, connecting the current terminus at Gold Coast University Hospital to the railway line to Brisbane at Helensvale. The extension is expected to open before the games. Participating nations There are 70 participating nations scheduled to compete at 2018 Commonwealth Games. Maldives were scheduled to participate, but in October 2016, they withdrew from the Commonwealth. Nations expected to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast Participating Commonwealth countries and territories Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Australia ( host nation ) Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Cook Islands Cyprus Dominica England Falkland Islands Fiji Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guernsey Guyana India Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia Malta Mauritius Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Nauru New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Ireland Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Scotland Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Wales Zambia Sports The current regulations state that from the 26 approved sports administered by Commonwealth Governing Bodies, a minimum of ten core sports and maximum of seventeen sports must be included in any Commonwealth Games schedule. The current approved sports include the 10 core sports : athletics, badminton, boxing, hockey, lawn bowls, netball ( for women ), rugby sevens, squash, swimming and weightlifting. Integrated disabled competitions are also scheduled for the Games in nine sports : swimming, athletics, cycling, table tennis, cycling, powerlifting and lawn bowls. Along these events for the first time EAD events in triathlon will be held, with the medals being added to the final tally for each nation. A record 38 para events will be contested at these games. On 8 March 2016 Beach Volleyball was announced as the 18th sport. The program will be broadly similar to that of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, with the major changes being the dropping of judo, the reintroduction of basketball, the debut of women 's rugby sevens and beach volleyball. On 7 October 2016, it was announced seven new events for women were added to the sport program, meaning there will be an equal number of events for men and women. This marks the first time in history that a major multi-sport event will have equality in terms of events. In total 275 events in 18 sports will be contested. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. Aquatics Diving ( 10 ) ( details ) Swimming ( 50 ) ( details ) Athletics ( 58 ) ( details ) Badminton ( 6 ) ( details ) Basketball ( 2 ) ( details ) Beach volleyball ( 2 ) ( details ) Boxing ( 16 ) ( details ) Cycling ( details ) Mountain biking ( 2 ) Road ( 4 ) Track ( 20 ) Gymnastics ( details ) Artistic Gymnastics ( 14 ) Rhythmic Gymnastics ( 6 ) Hockey ( 2 ) ( details ) Lawn bowls ( 10 ) ( details ) Netball ( 1 ) ( details ) Rugby sevens ( 2 ) ( details ) Shooting ( 19 ) ( details ) Squash ( 5 ) ( details ) Table tennis ( 9 ) ( details ) Triathlon ( 5 ) ( details ) Weightlifting ( 16 ) ( details ) Powerlifting ( 4 ) ( details ) Wrestling ( 12 ) ( details ) Calendar OC Opening ceremony Event competitions Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony April Wed 5 Thu 6 Fri 7 Sat 8 Sun 9 Mon 10 Tue 11 Wed 12 Thu 13 Fri 14 Sat 15 Sun Gold medal events Ceremonies ( opening / closing ) OC CC Athletics 7 8 7 10 9 9 58 Badminton 5 6 Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing 16 16 Cycling Mountain biking Road cycling Track cycling 6 6 20 Diving 10 Gymnastics Artistic 5 5 14 Rhythmic 6 Hockey Lawn bowls 10 Netball Powerlifting Rugby sevens Shooting 19 Squash 5 Swimming 7 9 8 8 9 9 50 Table tennis 9 Triathlon 5 Weightlifting 16 Wrestling 12 Total events 19 17 21 33 35 26 17 23 26 44 14 275 Cumulative total 19 36 57 90 125 151 168 191 217 261 275 April 4th Wed 5th Thu 6th Fri 7th Sat 8th Sun 9th Mon 10th Tue 11th Wed 12th Thu 13th Fri 14th Sat 15th Sun Events Marketing Mascot Borobi was named as the mascot of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2016. Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body. The term `` borobi '' is an Aboriginal term for koala. Sponsors Official Games Partners The Star Gold Coast, Griffith University, TAFE Queensland, Longines, Optus Official Games Supporters KPMG, Minter Ellison, Seek, Ticketek, Atos, Aggreko, Hard Yakka, Brisbane Times, RGS Events, Gold Coast Bulletin, Cisco, Moreton Hire, Lend Lease Group, Woolworths Supermarkets, Castlemaine XXXX Official Games Suppliers Centium Software, GPY&R, MediaCom, GL Events ExpoNet, Tourism Australia, Diadora, ISentia, Rapiscan, Thrifty Rent A Car, Cockram Construction, Winc, Technogym, Speedo, Royal Australian Mint, Sold Out National Event Management, DB Schenker, Motorola Solutions, STING, Gold Coast Airport, Incognitus, Aura Sports, Queensland X-Ray, Eleiko, CSG Limited, Brisbane Airport Ambassadors Sally Pearson Cameron McEvoy Anna Meares Kurt Fearnley Laura Geitz Cathy Freeman Patty Mills See also 2018 Asian Games 2019 Pan American Games 2019 European Games References Jump up ^ `` Gold Coast eyes 2018 Games bid with land swap ''. 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Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2011. Jump up ^ Ardern, Lucy ( 13 November 2011 ). `` Coast wins 2018 Commonwealth Games ''. Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 17 November 2011. Jump up ^ Willoughby,, Shannon. `` Mark Peters named as Games CEO ''. Gold Coast News, 18 February 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013. Jump up ^ Palaszczuk, Annastacia ( 10 February 2017 ). `` Kate Jones appointed Minister for the Commonwealth Games '' ( Press release ). Brisbane : Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 May 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sporting venues ''. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2014 - 12 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Stage two of Gold Coast light rail on track for Commonwealth Games ''. Queensland Government. 11 October 2015. Jump up ^ `` 71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family ''. www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016. Jump up ^ Mackay, Duncan. `` Maldives set to miss Gold Coast 2018 after resigning from Commonwealth ''. www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 16 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Gold Coast 2018 to host largest Commonwealth para-sport programme ''. www.paralympic.org/. International Paralympic Committee. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` Exclusive : Beach volleyball to be played at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games ''. Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 05. Jump up ^ `` Women 's rugby added to Commonwealth Games ''. www.sportsnet.ca/. Rogers Media. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` Level playing field for women at 2018 Commonwealth Games ''. The Scotsman. Edinburgh, Scotland. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ McKay, Duncan ( 7 October 2016 ). `` Gold Coast 2018 to offer same amount of medals for men and women after seven events added ''. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 7 October 2016. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) ^ Jump up to : `` GC Sponsor Family ''. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 2 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` ' Shining light ' Pearson is first Commonwealth Games ambassador ''. ABC News. 2016 - 07 - 12. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Beattie plans to stick with Sydney ''. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Champion Meares laps up venue honour ''. NewsComAu. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games : Kurt Fearnley latest ambassador ''. Brisbane Times. 2016 - 11 - 17. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Netball star named Games ambassador ''. 2016 - 12 - 02. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Subscribe heraldsun ''. www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Mills : Boomers can win gold on Coast ''. Retrieved 2017 - 08 - 14. External links Gold Coast 2018 official website Media related to 2018 Commonwealth Games at Wikimedia Commons Preceded by Glasgow 2014 Gold Coast Host City XXI Commonwealth Games Succeeded by 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Federation Commonwealth of Nations Head of the Commonwealth Participating Nations Commonwealth Day Inter-Empire Championships Queen 's Baton Relay Medal Table Sports Records Games 1930 Hamilton 1934 London 1938 Sydney 1950 Auckland 1954 Vancouver 1958 Cardiff 1962 Perth 1966 Kingston 1970 Edinburgh 1974 Christchurch 1978 Edmonton 1982 Brisbane 1986 Edinburgh 1990 Auckland 1994 Victoria 1998 Kuala Lumpur 2002 Manchester 2006 Melbourne 2010 Delhi 2014 Glasgow 2018 Gold Coast 2022 Birmingham 2026 TBA Commonwealth Youth Games Commonwealth Winter Games Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Commonwealth Games portal 2010s portal Queensland portal Australia portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_Commonwealth_Games&oldid=801564103 '' Categories : Commonwealth Games 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 in multi-sport events Scheduled multi-sport events Sport on the Gold Coast, Queensland Commonwealth Games in Australia Sport in Queensland 2018 in Australian sport April 2018 sports events Hidden categories : Use Australian English from April 2012 All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English Use dmy dates from November 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Cymraeg Deutsch Español Français Gaeilge हिन्दी Italiano עברית 日本 語 Polski Português Русский தமிழ் Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 20 September 2017, at 13 : 04. 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Question: where will the commonwealth games be held in 2018
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