GAMES

Our commitment is to encourage, promote and fund the participation of Maltese athletes in International games. It is our responsibility to select, send and support Maltese athletes to high calibre games.

Olympic Games


Commonwealth Games


European Games


Mediterranean Games


GSSE


The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
_ The first edition of the Summer Olympic games was held in 189
_ The first edition of the Winter Olympic games was held in 1924

The Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then. Athletes with a disability are also included as full members of their national teams, making the Commonwealth Games as the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event.

It is also the world’s first multi-sport event which inducts equal number of women’s and men’s medal events and was implemented recently in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. With such unique features, the World Economic Forum called the event inspiring and significant.

The European Games is an international multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations.

The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees (EOC), which announced their launch at its 41st General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012.

The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport games held usually every four years, between nations around or very close to the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa, and Asia meet.

The games are under the auspices of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM).

The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) are a biennial multi-sport event, which originated from an idea of Bertie Muscat, a former member of the Maltese Olympic Committee Executive, in 1981. The Games came into fruition in 1985, when the first Games were hosted by San Marino.  The Games are organized by and feature the National Olympic Committees of nine European small states which are also affiliated members of the European Olympic Committees (EOC).

The Games are held at the end of May or beginning of June and feature competition in nine Summer Olympic sports. From its initial forming at the 1984 Olympics through 2009, there were eight members. In 2009, Montenegro became the group’s ninth member.

To be eligible for participation in these Games, members all have a population of less than one million people. Cyprus is the only exception. This is due to the fact that upon inception of these Games in 1984, its population was below one million.

BEIJING
2022

4 Feb-20 Feb 2022
Winter Games

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PARIS
2024

26 Jul - 11 Aug 2024
Summer Games

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TOKYO
2020

23 Jul - 08 Aug 2021
Summer Games

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RIO

2016

05 Aug - 21 Aug 2016
Summer Games

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SOCHI

2014

07 Feb - 23 Feb 2014
Winter Games

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LONDON
2012

27 Jul - 12 Aug 2012
Summer Games

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BEIJING
2008

08 Aug - 24 Aug 2008
Summer Games

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ATHENS
2004

13 Aug - 29 Aug 2004
Summer Games

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SYDNEY
2000

15 Sep - 01 Oct 2000
Summer Games

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ATLANTA
1996

19 Jul - 04 Aug 1996
Summer Games

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BARCELONA
1992

25 Jul - 09 Aug 1992
Summer Games

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SEOUL
1988

17 Sep - 02 Oct 1988
Summer Games

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LOS ANGELES
1984

28 Jul - 12 Aug 1984
Summer Games

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MONTREAL
1976

17 Jul - 01 Aug 1976
Summer Games

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MUNICH

1972

26 Aug - 10 Sep 1972
Summer Games

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MEXICO
1968

12 Oct - 27 Oct 1968
Summer Games

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TOKYO

1964

10 Oct - 24 Oct 1964
Summer Games

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ROME
1960

25 Aug - 11 Sep 1960
Summer Games

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MUNICH

1972

22 Nov - 08 Dec 1956
Summer Games

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HELSINKI

1952

19 Jul - 03 Aug 1952
Summer Games

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LONDON 

1948

29 Jul - 14 Aug 1948
Summer Games

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BERLIN

1936

01 Aug - 16 Aug 1936
Summer Games

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LOS ANGELES
1932

30 Jul - 14 Aug 1932
Summer Games

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AMSTERDAM
1928

28 Jul - 12 Aug 1928
Summer Games

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MILANO
2026

6 Feb - 26 Feb 2026
Winter Games

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