# List of sporting events in Taiwan

This is a list of international sporting events in Taiwan.

## Multi-sport events

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2000 | Taipei | 2000 Asia Pacific Deaf Games |
| 2002 | Taipei | 2002 International Children's Games |
| 2007 | Taipei | 2007 World Wheelchair and Amputee Games |
| 2009 | Kaohsiung | 2009 World Games |
| 2009 | Taipei | 2009 Summer Deaflympics |
| 2015 | Taoyuan | 2015 Asia Pacific Deaf Games |
| 2016 | New Taipei | 2016 International Children's Games |
| 2017 | Taipei | 2017 Summer Universiade |
| 2025 | Taipei and New Taipei | 2025 Summer World Masters Games |

## Archery

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1998 | Taipei | 1998 World University Archery Championships |
| 2008 | Tainan | 2008 World University Archery Championships |
| 2013 | Taipei | 2013 Asian Archery Championships |

## Association football, futsal

| Year | Location | Sport | Event |
| 1977 | Taipei | Association football | 1977 AFC Women's Championship |
| 1986 | Kaohsiung | Association football | 1986 OFC U-16/U-17 Championship |
| 2001 | New Taipei | Association football | 2001 AFC Women's Championship |
| 2004 | Taipei and Taoyuan City | Futsal | 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship |
| 2005 | Taipei | Association football | 2005 East Asian Football Championship (Preliminary Competition) |
| 2006 | Taipei | Association football | 2006 Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament |
| 2007 | Taipei | Association football | Damien Knabben Cup |
| 2008 | Taipei | Association football | 2008 AFC President's Cup (Group B) |
| 2010 | Kaohsiung | Association football | 2010 East Asian Football Championship (Preliminary Competition) |
| 2010 | Tainan | Association football | 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship (Semi-Final Competition) |
| 2011 | Kaohsiung | Association football | 2011 AFC President's Cup |
| 2018 | Taipei and New Taipei | Futsal | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship |

## Athletics

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1988 | Tainan | 1988 Asia Masters Athletics Championships |
| 2012 | Taipei | 2012 Asia Masters Athletics Championships |
| 2014 | Taipei | 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships |

## Badminton

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2001 | Taipei | 2001 Asian Junior Badminton Championships |
| 2005 | Hsinchu | 2005 IBAD Para-Badminton World Championships |
| 2007 | Taipei | 2007 BWF World Senior Championships |
| 2010 | New Taipei | 2010 BWF Super Series Finals |
| 2010 | Taipei | 2010 World University Badminton Championships |
| 2011 | Taoyuan | 2011 BWF World Junior Championships |
| 2013 | Taipei | 2013 Badminton Asia Championships |
| 2014 | Taipei | 2014 Asian Junior Badminton Championships |

## Baseball

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1962 | Taipei | 1962 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 1969 | Taipei | 1969 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 1997 | Hsinchu | 1997 World Youth Baseball Championship |
| 1997 | Taipei | 1997 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 1999 | Kaohsiung | 1999 World Junior Baseball Championship |
| 2001 | Taipei | 2001 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2001 | New Taipei (Xinzhuang) | 2001 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2001 | Taipei, New Taipei, Chiayi, and Kaohsiung | 2001 Baseball World Cup |
| 2003 | Kaohsiung | 2003 World Youth Baseball Championship |
| 2004 | Tainan | 2004 World University Baseball Championship |
| 2004 | Taipei | 2004 World Junior Baseball Championship |
| 2006 | Taichung | 2006 Intercontinental Cup |
| 2006 | Taipei | 2006 Women's Baseball World Cup |
| 2007 | Taichung | 2007 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2007 | Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung, and Yunlin (Douliu) | 2007 Baseball World Cup |
| 2007 | Taichung | 2007 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2008 | Taichung | 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball Final Qualifying Tournament |
| 2009 | Taichung | 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship |
| 2010 | Taichung and Yunlin (Douliu) | 2010 Intercontinental Cup |
| 2011 | Taichung | 2011 Asia Series |
| 2012 | Taichung | 2012 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2012 | New Taipei | 2013 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4 |
| 2013 | Taichung | 2013 World Baseball Classic (Pool B) |
| 2013 | Taichung and Yunlin (Douliu) | 2013 18U Baseball World Cup |
| 2013 | Taichung, Taoyuan | 2013 Asia Series |
| 2014 | Taichung | 2014 U-21 Baseball World Cup |
| 2015 | Taichung | 2015 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2015 | Taichung, Taipei, Taoyuan, and Yunlin (Douliu) | 2015 WBSC Premier12 (Group A, Group B and Quarterfinals) |
| 2016 | Taichung | 2016 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2017 | Taipei and New Taipei | 2017 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2018 | Chiayi | 2018 World University Baseball Championship |
| 2019 | Taichung and Yunlin (Douliu) | 2019 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2019 | Taichung and Taoyuan | 2019 WBSC Premier12 (Opening Round - Group B) |
| 2022 | Taipei, Taichung, and Yunlin (Douliu) | 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup |
| 2023$^1$ | Taichung | 2023 World Baseball Classic (Pool A) |
| 2023 | Taipei, Taichung | 2023 U-18 Baseball World Cup |
| 2023 | Taipei, New Taipei, Taichung | 2023 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2024 | Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan | 2024 U-18 Asian Baseball Championship |
| 2024 | Taipei | 2024 WBSC Premier12 (Opening Round - Group B) |
| 2026 | Taipei | 2026 World Baseball Classic qualification (Pool A) |
$^1$ The 2021 World Baseball Classic was originally scheduled for 2021, but has been rescheduled to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Baseball5

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2025 | Taipei | 2025 Youth Baseball5 Asia Cup |

## Basketball

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1963 | Taipei | 1963 ABC Championship |
| 1968 | Taipei | 1968 ABC Championship for Women |
| 1972 | Taipei | 1972 ABC Championship for Women |
| 2002 | Taipei | 2002 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women |
| 2004 | Taipei | 2004 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup |

## Boxing

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2005 | Kaohsiung | 2005 Asian Women's Amateur Boxing Championships |
| 2015 | Taipei | 2015 AIBA Women's Junior/Youth World Boxing Championships |

## Canoeing

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2003 | Tainan | 2003 Asian Canoe Polo Championships |
| 2003 | Nantou (Shuili) | 2003 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships |
| 2009 | Hualien | 2009 Asian Canoe Polo Championships |
| 2013 | Nantou (Shuili) | 2013 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships |

## Climbing

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1998 | Taoyuan | 1998 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships (L + S) |
| 2001 | New Taipei | 2001 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships (B) |
| 2006 | Kaohsiung | 2006 IFSC Climbing Asian Championships (L + B + S) |

## Figure skating

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2006 | Taipei | 2006–07 ISU Junior Grand Prix |
| 2011 | Taipei | 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
| 2014 | Taipei | 2014 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
| 2016 | Taipei | 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
| 2017 | Taipei | 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships |
| 2018 | Taipei | 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships |
| 2024 | Taipei | 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships |

## Golf

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1967 | New Taipei | 1967 Nomura Cup |
| 1989 | New Taipei | 1989 Nomura Cup |
| 2000 | New Taipei | 2000 Queen Sirikit Cup |
| 2001 | Taiwan | BMW Asian Open |
| 2002 | Taiwan | BMW Asian Open |
| 2002 | Taoyuan | 2002 World University Golf Championship |
| 2007 | Taoyuan | 2007 Nomura Cup |
| 2013 | Taoyuan | 2013 Queen Sirikit Cup |

## Ice hockey

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2009 | Taipei | 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
| 2010 | Taipei | 2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia |
| 2011 | Taipei | 2011 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
| 2013 | Taipei | 2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
| 2015 | Taipei | 2015 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
| 2015 | Taipei | 2015 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia |
| 2015 | Taipei | 2015 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I |
| 2016 | Taipei | 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I |
| 2017 | Taipei | 2017 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III (Group A) |
| 2017 | Taipei | 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II (Division II B Qualification) |

## Martial arts

| Year | Location | Sport | Event |
| 1970 | Kaohsiung | Judo | 1970 Asian Judo Championships |
| 1980 | Taipei | Taekwondo | 1980 Asian Taekwondo Championships |
| 1982 | Taipei | Karate | 1982 World Karate Championships |
| 1990 | Taipei | Taekwondo | 1990 Asian Taekwondo Championships |
| 1993 | Taipei | Karate | 1993 Asian Karate Championships |
| 1996 | Taichung | Karate | 1996 Asian Cadet, Junior and U-21yrs Karate Championships |
| 2004 | Taoyuan | Karate | 2004 Asian Karate Championships |
| 2006 | Taipei | Kendo | 2006 World Kendo Championship |
| 2008 | Taipei | Judo | 2008 East Asian Judo Championships |
| 2009 | Taipei | Judo | 2009 Asian Judo Championships |
| 2014 | Taipei | Taekwondo | 2014 World Taekwondo Junior Championships |
| 2016 | Taoyuan | Wushu | 2016 Asian Wushu Championships |
| 2018 | Taoyuan | Taekwondo | 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix (Series 3) |

## Pool

| Year | Location | Sport | Event |
| 1992 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 1992 WPA World Pool Championship / 1992 WPA Women's World Pool Championship |
| 1995 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 1995 WPA World Pool Championship / 1995 WPA Women's World Pool Championship |
| 1998 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship / 1998 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
| 2002 | Kaohsiung | Nine-ball | 2002 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
| 2004 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| 2005 | Kaohsiung | Nine-ball | 2005 WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| 2006 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 2006 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
| 2007 | Taoyuan | Nine-ball | 2007 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |
| 2008 | Taipei | Nine-ball | 2008 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship |

## Rowing

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1997 | Taiwan | 1997 Asian Rowing Championships |
| 2009 | Yilan | 2009 Asian Rowing Championships |

## Rugby

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1980 | Taipei | 1980 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship |
| 1996 | Taipei | 1996 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship |
| 2013 | Kaohsiung | 2013 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship |
| 2018 | Taipei | 2018 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship |
| 2019 | Kaohsiung | 2019 U-19 Asia Rugby Championship |

## Softball

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1969 | Taipei | 1969 Asian Women's Softball Championship |
| 1982 | Taipei | 1982 Women's Softball World Championship |
| 1999 | Taipei | 1999 Junior Women's Softball World Championship |
| 2006 | Tainan | 2006 World University Softball Championship |
| 2011 | Nantou | 2011 Asian Women's Softball Championship |
| 2017 | Taichung | 2017 Asian Women's Softball Championship |
| 2019 | Tainan | 2019 U-12 Softball World Cup |
| 2021 | Taichung | 2021 U-12 Softball World Cup |
| 2023 | Nantou | 2023 U-15 Women Softball Asian Cup |

## Soft tennis

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1977 | Taichung | 1977 World Soft Tennis Championships |
| 1983 | Taichung | 1983 World Soft Tennis Championships |
| 1999 | Taipei | 1999 World Soft Tennis Championships |
| 2012 | Chiayi | 2012 Asian Soft Tennis Championship |

## Squash

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2006 | Taipei | 2006 Asian Squash Championships (Individual and Team) |
| 2016 | New Taipei | 2016 Asian Squash Team Championships |

## Table tennis

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1994 | Taipei | 1994 ITTF Men's World Cup |
| 1998 | Taipei | 1998 ITTF Women's World Cup |
| 2002 | Taipei | 2002 World Para Table Tennis Championships |
| 2019 | Taichung | 2019 Asian Para Table Tennis Championships |

## Tchoukball

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1984 | Taiwan | 1984 World Tchoukball Championships |
| 2004 | Taiwan | 2004 World Youth Tchoukball Championships |
| 2004 | Taiwan | 2004 World Tchoukball Championships |
| 2006 | Taiwan | 2006 Asia Pacific Tchoukball Championships |
| 2008 | Taiwan | 2008 Asia Pacific Tchoukball Championships |
| 2011 | Taiwan | 2011 Asia Pacific University Tchoukball Championships |
| 2013 | Taiwan | 2013 World Youth Tchoukball Championships |
| 2014 | Taiwan | 2014 Asia Pacific Tchoukball Championships |
| 2015 | Taiwan | 2015 World Tchoukball Championships |
| 2016 | Taiwan | 2016 Asia Pacific Youth Tchoukball Championships |
| 2017 | Taiwan | 2017 World Beach Tchoukball Championships |
| 2019 | Taiwan | 2019 Asia Pacific University Tchoukball Championships |

## Tennis

| Year | Location | Event |
| 2024 | Taipei | 2024 Davis Cup qualifying round |

## Volleyball

| Year | Location | Event |
| 1999 | Chiayi | 1999 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship |
| 2008 | Taipei | 2008 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship |
| 2011 | Taipei | 2011 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship |
| 2014 | Taipei | 2014 Asian Women's U19 Volleyball Championship |
| 2015 | Taipei | 2015 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship |
| 2016 | Kaohsiung | 2016 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship |
| 2018 | Taipei | 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup |
| 2019 | Taipei | 2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship |
| 2023 | Taipei | 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup |

## Other sporting events

| Year | Location | Sport | Event |
| 1997 | Taipei | Wrestling | 1997 Asian Wrestling Championships (Women) |
| 2001 | Kaohsiung and Taichung | Cycling | 2001 Asian Cycling Championships |
| 2007 | Taipei | Handball | 2007 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship |
| 2008 | Taipei | K-1 | K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Taipei |
| 2013 | Kaohsiung | Pentathlon | 2013 World Modern Pentathlon Championships |
| 2019 | Taoyuan | Shooting sports | 2019 Asian Airgun Championships |
| 2023 | Taipei | Korfball | 2023 IKF World Korfball Championship |

## Recurring sporting events

| Year | City | Sport | Event |
| 1977– | New Taipei, Taipei, and Kaohsiung | Basketball | William Jones Cup |
| 1979– | New Taipei | Marathon | New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon |
| 1980– | Taipei | Badminton | Taipei Open |
| 1986– | Taipei | Marathon | Taipei Marathon |
| 1987– | New Taipei (Tamsui) | Golf | Mercuries Taiwan Masters |
| 2000– | Hualien | Marathon | Taroko Gorge International Marathon |
| 2003– | Taiwan | Cycling | Tour de Taiwan |
| 2007– | Tainan | Marathon | Tainan Historical Capital International Half Marathon |
| 2008– | Taipei | Tennis | Taipei Open |
| 2010– | Kaohsiung | Marathon | Kaohsiung Fubon Marathon |
| 2011– | Taoyuan, New Taipei, Taipei | Golf | LPGA Taiwan Championship |
| 2011– | Taipei (2011 - 2013), Tainan (2014 -) | Baseball | U-12 Baseball World Cup |
| 2012– | Taichung, and Yunlin (Douliu) | Baseball | Asia Winter Baseball League |
| 2012– | Kaohsiung | Tennis | Kaohsiung Challenger |
| 2014– | Taipei | Tennis | Santaizi ATP Challenger |
| 2023– | Kaohsiung | Badminton | Kaohsiung Masters |

## Former recurring sporting events

| Year | Location | Sport | Event |
| 1965–2006 | Taiwan | Golf | Taiwan Open |
| 1977–1992 | Taipei | Tennis | Taipei Grand Prix |
| 1986–1994 | Taipei | Tennis | Taipei Women's Championships |
| 2010–2011 | Kaohsiung | Soccer | Long Teng Cup |
| 2015–2016 | Taipei | Badminton | Chinese Taipei Masters |
| 2016–2018 | Kaohsiung and Taipei | Tennis | WTA Taiwan Open |

## Cancelled sporting events

| Year | Location | Sport | Event |
| 2012 | Taoyuan | Baseball | 2012 World University Baseball Championship |
| 2019 | Taipei | Figure skating | Asian Open Figure Skating Classic |
| 2019 | Taipei | Multi-sport | 2019 World Combat Games |
| 2019 | Taichung | Multi-sport | 2019 East Asian Youth Games |