World Games 2005

2005-07-13

IWGA President: Questions and Answers

The World Games 2005: A spectacular event

The World Games 2005

The WG start in two days. What do you expect of this years edition in Duisburg? I have said all along that I expect The World Games 2005 to be another absolute highlight in the International World Games Association’s (IWGA) 25 years of history...

The city of Duisburg has shown on a number of occasions that it’s up to the task as an organizer – by putting on sporting events of a virtually identical scope. I refer not only to the Unversiade in 1989, but also to the numerous canoeing and rowing world championships, and many other events staged at Duisburg’s superb venues over the years. The city – and the entire region for that matter – is very fond of sports. Setting new attendance records for The World Games appears to be a realistic target, considering we are holding the games at the center of Europe’s most densely populated area.

The World Games try to get out of the corner and into the spotlight. The media coverage is expected to be higher than at any of the previous six editions. Where do you want to go with the event?
Let there be no mistake: The World Games were exposed in the past as well. In terms of television coverage, we had even more hours broadcast internationally on the games in 1997 than we do now. We had 958 media personnel from 149 organizations accredited in 2001. Above all when it comes to the quality of the coverage, we seek to establish a new benchmark with the 2005 edition. The World Games, just like the Olympics, are made up of thousands of excellent stories, of stories about exceptional athletes. That we may have neglected somewhat in the past by keeping the focus too much on the technical aspects of our sports. We are glad to see that the Duisburg organizers, in their communications to the outside world, put the emphasis on the human aspect of sports. Without the athletes and the kaleidoscope of colors that they bring to the event, there could hardly be any ‘fasciNATIONS worldgames’.

How do you see the event compared to the Olympic Games?
The World Games and the Olympics share the same values. The IWGA and the International Olympic Committee affirmed this as the premise to the Memorandum of Understanding which they both signed on October 26, 2000. And once you really consider this, the games are certainly no different one from the other when it comes to their underlying philosophy. Everything else is merely a matter of scale. Bear in mind that staging an edition of The World Games requires about the same funds as bidding for an edition of the Olympics through the first phase. Just take a look at Leipzig’s budget for the 2012 bid! And that’s still way before the actual investments for a stadium, for the Olympic Village, etc. need to be made.
The host city is never required to build facilities or extend upon available infrastructure for the sake of The World Games alone. In its brief to the candidate hosts, the IWGA stipulates that the sports be staged at existing venues. Moderation and sustainability are among the leading principles of the IWGA.

Would it be an option, to develop The World Games as official way into the Olympic Games, meaning sports which want to get into the Olympics have to go present themselves first in The World Games?
The actual process of bringing changes to the existing Olympic Sports Program has only now been fully defined. But all sports added to the Olympics over the last three decades have featured at least once in The World Games: baseball, badminton, beach volleyball, softball, taekwondo, triathlon, women’s weightlifting and trampoline. As part of the review of the Olympic Sports Program, which was voted on by the 117th IOC Session last week, four current World Games sports – karate, roller sports, rugby and squash – were considered for inclusion in the 2012 Olympics. Two, squash and karate, got within very few votes of making it on to the program.

IOC-President Jacques Rogge is going to be at the opening ceremony. What do you expect of his visit?
IOC President Jacques Rogge knows The World Games well. He has served as the Chef de Mission for the Belgian delegation to The First World Games 1981. Prior to his election in 2001, he has been the appointed IOC Observer to the IWGA Executive Committee for a number of years, and he has contributed to the development of our organization. I am certain that he, too, will be proud to see just how much progress has been made over recent years in establishing The World Games further. He doesn’t want to limit his visit to an attendance of the Opening Ceremony; he intends to take in as many sports as he possibly can during his short stay in Duisburg.

Do you wish in more support from the IOC?
The World Games are held ‘under the patronage of the IOC’. And that is mutually understood to be more than simply adding a byline and providing moral support. The IWGA receives financial support from the IOC. It allows us to run our headquarters in Colorado Springs, USA, and to engage in a number of activities to continually develop The World Games. Under the terms of the MoU, the IOC provides support and assistance through the transfer of knowledge program in number of areas. Much of what you will see in Duisburg – the athletes’ parade by nations during the Opening Ceremony, the protocol governing the awards presentations, etc. – can all be traced back to valuable input the IWGA, and the organizers, received from the IOC. As The World Games mature, they will undoubtedly benefit from further IOC assistance. I hope that the 2009 organizers, the city of Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, will be able to rely on elements of the Olympic Results and Information System that will be used during Beijing 2008. One of the other significant contributions is the IOC’s effort to rally support for The World Games among all constituents of the Olympic Movement. The IOC President himself called repeatedly on the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to sanction and support their national multi-sport delegations to 2005 Duisburg. Many new NOCs, the German NOK among them, have followed suit. I expect to see a record number of NOCs involved in 2005 Duisburg.

What are the strength of The World Games? Where do you see the weaknesses?
The diversity of their sports would obviously come to mind as foremost strength. No other multi-sport event covers as broad a range of sports performed at the highest international level as do The World Games. But – once one starts matching up strength versus weakness, it tends to happen rather frequently – the strong side gets close to becoming a potential pitfall. The IWGA has 32 member federations governing close to 40 different sports at the world level. About a dozen other International Sports Federations have indicated their interest to join the IWGA and to be part of the games. Empirically, around 30 official sports get to feature in an edition of The World Games, the host cities add a few invitational sports, and all of the sudden you are up against the type of ‘athletic smorgasboard’ that is simply too overwhelming, that tends to be very heavy on the stomach - even before one sits down to start eating. Adding depth to all our featured sports is as important as is their variety. Keeping our future sports program properly balanced is the challenge for the IWGA executive during the next four years.

It seems that some of the sports represented are still not organized in a professional way. Isn't that a major problem?
All our member federations have to perform up to minimum standards, and they do. We unite under the IWGA umbrella IFs with annual budgets of many millions of Euros and others that have to run their sport on a shoestring. Whether the job gets done by professional staff or by an enthusiastic volunteer workforce is never the issue – as long as the standards are met. Every single member federation can legitimately claim that it governs its sport at the world level. The vast majority of our federations are recognized by the IOC, all belong to the General Association of International Sports Federations.

The number of participants has developed form 1265 in 1981 to an estimated 3500 now. 100 countries will be represented. It seems like a wide range, but many countries just send a few athlets. Is there a problem of getting participants from other than industrial countries?
That we have around 100 nations present for 2005 Duisburg honors the IFs. They have made an effort in bringing the world’s best athletes and in ensuring a fair global representation. By establishing the selection criteria, they determine the international participation in The World Games. At least at this point, the IWGA is not able to do what the IOC does: foster athletes from developing countries through Olympic Solidarity – from training through to their participation in the games. Maybe in the future athletes in World Games sports, too, will be eligible for Olympic Solidarity support.

The WG cost about 15 Million Euros. All the money come from local sponsors or from the state. How is the financial situation of the IWGA?
In the past, and including the 2005 Duisburg edition, the IWGA has surrendered all commercial rights to the organizers in return for annual contributions which have allowed us to keep the association afloat. In the future we will become more involved in exploiting some of these rights jointly with the organizers. That the national and regional governments contribute to the funding of an event like The World Games seems appropriate, given their scope and their importance.

Big sport organizations draw money from TV-coverage. Do you expect the WG to be able to do that in the future too?
The major sporting events that are capable to draw substantial revenue from TV rights on their strength alone can be counted on one hand. For all others, including The World Games, it remains a struggle. Even if rights fees per se cannot be easily obtained, other formulas exist to secure airtime and to generate income. Changes in technology and different financial models to have coverage delivered to audiences will make it possible for The World Games, too, to be more prominent on air, and thus become an even better proposition to their partners.

If we would ask you to suggest to a visitor one event to see in Duisburg? What would it be?
I can only recommend a 10-day general pass, all events included, with free public transport thrown in on top. What I can vouch for: whatever event you will end up at, you will get to see the world’s best athletes in the particular sport perform at their very best. To the 3,500 sportsmen and women who come to Duisburg, The World Games are the pinnacle in their sporting careers. To the 500,000 spectators we expect at the 27 venues, the ‘fasciNATIONS worldgames’ will be memorable.

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Duisburg's Year In Sports...

2005-05-09
Elephant Daisy and “Rhein Fire” campaigning for World Games 2005-disciplines American Football and Tug-of-war

2005-05-04
Interview about the World Games

2005-05-03
Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder considers World Games 2005 very important

2005-04-28
World famous tenor José Cura

2005-04-22
GAISF Award

2005-04-21
IOC-President Jacques Rogge looks forward to The World Games 2005

2005-04-20
World Games 2005 organising committee at SportAccord in Berlin:

2005-04-19
Manfred von Richthofen brings out the importance of World Games 2005

2005-04-18
Otto Schily at The World Games 2005 information stand

2005-04-18
SportAccord in Berlin

2005-04-15
SportAccord

2005-04-14
Amelie from Oberhausen and Sven from Essen named ‘Faces of The World Games 2005’

2005-04-10
New Principal Sponsor

2005-04-06
Minus 99 Days

2005-03-31
A Streetcar: Named fasciNATIONS

2005-03-30
Casting: The Faces Of 2005 Duisburg

2005-03-25
Allwin wishes you a Happy Easter

2005-03-24
Succession In The Management

2005-03-22
World Games 2005 mourning for Managing Director Gerd Bildau

2005-03-22
IWGA deeply shocked by Bildau's death

2005-03-22
Death of Gerd Bildau

2005-03-16
New Principal Sponsor

2005-03-11
Rugby Federation announces nominees

2005-03-10
Nominations for the World Games 2005

2005-03-09
'Allwin': Brings Good News To The NRW Capital 08 Mar 2005

2005-03-05
Indoor Hockey Pre-Event

2005-02-28
Time To Dance

2005-02-25
Focus to the World Games 2005

2005-02-23
Czech Olympic Committee Gears Up

2005-02-20
“IHK Niederrhein“ new co-operation partner of The World Games 2005

2005-02-20
Sweden is World Champion in Three Cussion Billiards

2005-02-20
Germany reached semi-final in a brilliant fight

2005-02-19
Germany reached second place behind the Belgium team

2005-02-18
Germany and Belgium reached quarter-finals with little problems

2005-02-17
More than 2000 athletes

2005-02-14
Positive Prognosis of the CoCom-Meeting

2005-02-11
Summit In Duisburg

2005-02-10
IWGA-Executive Board is coming to Duisburg

2005-02-09
On Track For 100 Nations

2005-02-08
World Games 2005 on the Carnival Parade through Duisburg

2005-02-07
Homepage of the World Games 2005 extremely popular

2005-02-04
'Allwin' the mascot of the World Games 2005

2005-02-01
Media Accreditation begins today

2005-01-31
WIGE MEDIA AG will be the Host Broadcaster of The World Games 2005

2005-01-31
Hansi Seestaller and Karin Berière will be entering the Squash-Court

2005-01-26
Germany’s best Squash players want to qualify for The World Games 2005

2005-01-25
Olympic Champion taking part in The World Games 2005

2005-01-23
World Games 2005: The “boot“ fair was a great success

2005-01-19
Heike Lätzsch: Shinny replaced by Water skis

2005-01-18
Canoe-Queen Birgit Fischer is fond of The World Games 2005

2005-01-14
It’s only six months to the kick off!

2005-01-13
Minister for sports says, that World Games 2005 are most important event in North Rhine-Westphalia

2005-01-13
Talk with Dr. Michael Vesper

2005-01-12
Korfball in the Daily Telegraph in London

2005-01-12
World Games 2005 are famous amongst radio operators

2005-01-11
Rugby’s coming to Duisburg

2005-01-10
World Games 2005 ambassador Birgit Fischer at the “BOOT“

2005-01-07
Speed Skaters from five continents nominated for The World Games 2005

2005-01-07
Tickets for the Opening Ceremony are in great demand

2005-01-05
Chiropractors of FICS

2004-12-29
The World Games 2005 in Duisburg and the Rhine-Ruhr area

2004-12-28
We wish you a Happy New Year!

2004-12-27
Dr. Michael Vesper attests a new quality to The World Games 2005

2004-12-22
Buy your World Games 2005 tickets online!

2004-12-22
Merry Christmas

2004-12-21
Jan Osterloh defeats his rival Thomas Ahrens

2004-12-21
World Games 2005 are highly frequented on the Internet

2004-12-13
World Games-Sport Rugby meets Football

2004-12-09
Games Of Short Distances

2004-12-08
Delegation from Kaohsiung visits Duisburg

2004-12-08
Team Germany wears stripes

2004-12-07
Indoor Trial Moved

2004-12-02
HTS International provides World Games 2005 athletes, officials and volunteers with their outfits

2004-12-01
Ticket sale for the World Games 2005 has begun

2004-12-01
Now available

2004-11-30
Dr. Jacques Rogge emphasizes the importance of the world games

2004-11-30
The World Games 2005 as a model for The Olympic Games in Peking

2004-11-30
World Games presentation on the Gala night

2004-11-29
Roller Sports Championship in Fresno

2004-11-29
Ju-Jitsu Championship in Spain

2004-11-26
Ju-Jitsu Championship in Spain

2004-11-22
World Games 2005 poster campaign: Volunteers needed!

2004-11-21
Karate:World Championships In Mexico

2004-11-19
World Games 2005 receive authorization

2004-11-19
Karate: Kora Knühmann

2004-11-17
Mayor Adolf Sauerland avows to the World Games 2005

2004-11-11
More Capital Matters

2004-11-09
Managing Director Gerd Bildau at the German Bundestag

2004-11-08
The team from The Netherlands is the Champion

2004-11-06
New `Official Partner´ for the World Games 2005

2004-11-05
Korfball Youth Championship in Duisburg

2004-11-03
Twice as many visitors on the Internet

2004-10-31
Korfball World Youth Championship - A clear victory of Belgium over Germany

2004-10-30
NOV President Wolfgang Rittmann: The World Games 2005 are the non-Olympic sport’s opportunity to present themselves

2004-10-27
The Netherlands against the rest of the world

2004-10-25
World Games 2005 represantatives at the Orienteering Worldcup Finals in Dresden

2004-10-24
Korfball U23 World Championship

2004-10-21
“Looking Forward to the World Games”

2004-10-17
Sumo: World Championships in Riesa

2004-10-15
„38 sports poster advertising campaign“ in Duisburg and its partner cities

2004-10-10
Duisburg is well on track

2004-09-27
Another Principal Sponsor:

2004-09-27
A new look for the website

2004-08-12
Innenhafen race on August 14th 2004

2004-08-12
Season Opening Ceremony of EV Duisburg on August 14th 2004

2004-08-06
World Games sport on German TV-show “ZDF-Fernsehgarten“

2004-08-05
German Archery Championship in Mülheim/Ruhr

2004-07-30
German Archery Championship

2004-07-30
Meridian Challenge 2004 Duisburg

2004-07-30
German Barefoot – Waterski Championship and Open Wakeboard Championship

2004-07-23
World Games 2005

2004-07-23
German Sinalco GmbH will be one of the main sponsors of the World Games

2004-07-22
Duisburg is now World Games City

2004-07-21
Pressevent in Duisburg

2004-06-03
Grand opening of the world’s longest slider for wakeboarders!

2004-05-23
World Champions Russia dominate

2004-05-19
Important visitors at the World Games stall

2004-05-18
World Games 2005

2004-05-14
World Games in a new look

2004-04-27
German Rhythmic Gymnastics Open 2004

2004-04-27
Now supporting the World Games 2005

2004-03-19
Cooperation agreement signed

2004-03-18
On your marks ..... The Games are near:

2004-03-18
Preparations for the World Games under way

2003-11-28
Promoting the World Games

2003-09-01
At full speed through Duisburg's Regatta Course

2003-08-27
Advisory Council of the World Games 2005 Ltd. founded

2003-08-27
Fighting for every inch of ground

2003-08-15
Meridian Challenge Barefoot Water Ski on the Regattabahn in Duisburg

2003-02-19
World Games 2005 Ltd. on Promotion Tour

2003-02-16
Reception for the German Gymnastics Federation

2003-02-16
Heavyweights in Duisburg

2002-11-25
Duisburg presented itself to the World Sports Presidents

2002-11-24
Congress of the International World Games Association

2002-11-22
Opening of the GAISF Congress

2002-11-21
New desktop backgrounds

2002-11-21
Delegation from Duisburg in Colorado Springs