Korean National Sports Festival

Annual sports festival in South Korea

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Korean National Sports Festival
Hangul	전국체육대회
Hanja	全國體育大會
Revised Romanization	Jeonguk Cheyuk Daehoe
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏn'guk Ch'eyuk Taehoe

The Korean National Sports Festival is an annual sports competition held in South Korea.

For a full week each October, about 20,000 athletes representing 16 cities and provinces throughout the country compete in about 40 separate sports. The site rotates among the major cities, including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju and Incheon. The 2005 festival was held in Ulsan and the 2009 festival in Daejeon.

Competitions are held in High School, College, and Regular Divisions.

History

The current annual numbering originates from the 1920 All-Korea Baseball Series and the formation of the Korean Sports Festival (조선체육회). The Japanese colonial government held a multi-sport competition in 1925, but the Korean Sports Festival first became a national multi-sport competition in 1934, with baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field, and basketball.

In 1938, the Korean Sports Festival was forcibly dissolved by the colonial government. The festival, numbered 26th, resumed upon the 1945 liberation of Korea. With the establishment of South Korea in 1948, the event was renamed the "National Sports Festival," and individual competition was changed to competition among cities and provinces. The festival was cancelled in 1951, during the Korean War.

List of Korean National Sports Festivals

Games	Year	Host	Dates	Competitors			Sports	Events	Ref
Games	Year	Host	Dates	Total	Men	Women	Sports	Events	Ref
1	1920	No Fixed Venue					1	1
2	1921	No Fixed Venue
3	1922	No Fixed Venue
4	1923	No Fixed Venue
5	1924	No Fixed Venue
6	1925	No Fixed Venue
7	1926	No Fixed Venue
8	1927	No Fixed Venue
9	1928	No Fixed Venue
10	1929	No Fixed Venue
11	1930	No Fixed Venue
12	1931	No Fixed Venue
13	1932	No Fixed Venue
14	1933	No Fixed Venue
15	1934	Gyeongseong	November 2–5
16	1935	Gyeongseong	October 22–26
17	1936	Gyeongseong	September
18	1937	Gyeongseong	September
19-25	1938–1944	Discontinued
26	1945	Seoul	October 27–30
27	1946	Seoul	October 16–20
28	1947	Seoul	October 13–19
29	1948	Seoul	October 20–26
30	1949	Seoul	October 15–23
31	1950	Not held due to Korean War
32	1951	Gwangju	October 27–31
33	1952	Seoul	October 18–24
34	1953	Seoul	October 17–22
35	1954	Seoul	October 19–25
36	1955	Seoul	October 15–22
37	1956	Seoul	October 3–9
38	1957	Busan	October 18–24
39	1958	Seoul	October 3–9
40	1959	Seoul	October 3–9
41	1960	Daejeon	October 10–16
42	1961	Seoul	October 11–15
43	1962	Daegu	October 24–29
44	1963	Jeonju	October 4–9
45	1964	Gyeonggi	September 3–8
46	1965	Gwangju	October 5–10
47	1966	Seoul	October 10–15
48	1967	Seoul	October 5–10
49	1968	Seoul	September 12–17
50	1969	Seoul	October 28-November 2
51	1970	Seoul	October 6–11
52	1971	Seoul	October 8–13
53	1972	Seoul	October 6–11
54	1973	Busan	October 12–17
55	1974	Seoul	October 8–13
56	1975	Daegu	October 7–12
57	1976	Busan	October 12–17
58	1977	Gwangju	October 10–15
59	1978	Incheon	October 12–17
60	1979	Chungnam	October 12–17
61	1980	Jeonbuk	October 8–13
62	1981	Seoul	October 10–15
63	1982	Gyeongnam	October 14–19
64	1983	Incheon	October 6–11
65	1984	Daegu	October 11–16
66	1985	Gangwon	October 10–15
67	1986	Seoul, Gyeonggi, Busan	June 20–25
68	1987	Gwangju	October 13–18
69	1988	No Fixed Venue	May 9–22
70	1989	Gyeonggi	September 26-October 1
71	1990	Chungbuk	October 15–21
72	1991	Jeonbuk	October 7–13
73	1992	Daegu	October 10–16
74	1993	Gwangju	October 11–17
75	1994	Daejeon	October 27-November 2
76	1995	Gyeongbuk	October 2–8
77	1996	Gangwon	October 7–13
78	1997	Gyeongnam	October 8–14
79	1998	Jeju	September 25-October 1
80	1999	Incheon	October 11–17
81	2000	Busan	October 12–18
82	2001	Chungnam	October 10–16
83	2002	Jeju	November 9–15
84	2003	Jeonbuk	October 10–16
85	2004	Chungbuk	October 8–14
86	2005	Ulsan	October 14–20
87	2006	Gyeongbuk	October 17–23
88	2007	Gwangju	October 8–14
89	2008	Jeonnam	October 10–16
90	2009	Daejeon	October 20–26
91	2010	Gyeongnam	October 6–12
92	2011	Gyeonggi	October 6–12
93	2012	Daegu	October 11–17
94	2013	Incheon	October 18–24
95	2014	Jeju	October 28-November 3
96	2015	Gangwon	October 16–22
97	2016	Chungnam	October 7–13
98	2017	Chungbuk	October 20–26
99	2018	Jeonbuk	October 12–18
100	2019	Seoul	October 4–10
101	2020	Gyeongbuk	Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
102	2021	Gyeongbuk	October 8–14
103	2022	Ulsan	October 7–13
104	2023	Jeonnam	October 13–19

Other national sports events

Related annual national sports events include:

The National Winter Sports Festival
The Children's National Sports Festival
The National Sports Festival for the Handicapped

References

External links

Official website (in Korean)
Ministry of Culture & Tourism (in English)
Summary of Previous Festivals (in Korean)
History of the Festival (in Korean)

Multi-sport events

Global
Olympic Games	Olympic Games Summer Winter Paralympic Games Summer Winter Youth Olympic Games
Parasports	Arafura Games Deaflympics Summer Winter Défi sportif IBSA World Games INAS Global Games Invictus Games World Dwarf Games Special Olympics Summer Winter World Abilitysport Games
Professions	International Army Games Lumberjack World Championship Military World Games World Air Games World Firefighters Games World Police and Fire Games
Youth and students	FISU World University Games (Universiade) World School Sport Games (Gymnasiade) International Youth Green Games International Children's Games SELL Student Games World Interuniversity Games Commonwealth Youth Games CPLP Games University International Sports Festival
Intercommunity	Arab Games BRICS Games Commonwealth Games Croatian World Games Gay Games Highland games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie Lusofonia Games Maccabiah Games Pan-Armenian Games World Transplant Games World Eskimo Indian Olympics World Indigenous Games World Polonia Games
Other	CSIT World Sports Games Dew Tour Mind Sports Olympiad UCI Cycling World Championships World Beach Games World Combat Games World Games World Masters Games World Mind Games World Nomad Games World Skate Games World Urban Games X Games

Regional
Africa	African Games African Para Games African Youth Games All-Africa University Games West African University Games
Americas	Pan American Pan American Games Parapan American Games Junior Pan American Games Americas Masters Games Central American and the Caribbean Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Latin American ALBA Games Bolivarian Games North American CANUSA Games North American Indigenous Games North American Outgames South American South American Games South American Beach Games South American University Games South American Youth Games Caribbean Caribbean Games
Asia	Pan Asian Asian Games Summer Winter Asian Para Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Youth Games Southeast Asian SEA Games ASEAN School Games ASEAN University Games ASEAN Para Games Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games West Asian Games
Europe	Black Sea Games European Games European Masters Games European Championships European Para Championships European Para Youth Games European Youth Olympic Festival EuroGames European Universities Championships European Universities Games Games of the Small States of Europe International Erasmus Games
Oceania	Australian Youth Olympic Festival Micronesian Games Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Arafura Games
Intercontinental	Arab Games Arctic Winter Games Asia Pacific Deaf Games Asia Pacific Masters Games Isles Indian Ocean Island Games Island Games Jeux des îles Mediterranean Games

National

Americas

Canada British Columbia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Western Colombia United States amateur juniors seniors Warrior Games
NCSG, United States	Alabama California Florida Massachusetts Missouri Montana Nebraska New York North Carolina Lakota Nation Texas Wisconsin

Asia

Europe

Historical
Pre-Modern Olympics (in order, from 1900 BC to 1859 AD)	Tailteann Games (ancient) Panhellenic Games Ancient Olympic Games Pythian Games Nemean Games Isthmian Games Heraean Games Panathenaic Games Roman Games Cotswold Olimpick Games Gog Magog Games Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games Zappas Olympics
Alternatives to the Modern Olympics	Aryan Games Friendship Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Inter-Allied Games Islamic Games Liberty Bell Classic People's Olympiad Workers' Olympiads Spartakiad
Defunct regional or community events	Afro-Asian Games Asian Indoor Games Asian Martial Arts Games Baltic Sea Games Black Sea Games Central African Games East Asian Games Far Eastern Championship Games FESPIC Games Games of the New Emerging Forces Pacific Ocean Games Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR Tailteann Games (modern) West African Games Women's Islamic Games World Youth Games IWAS World Games Cerebral Palsy Games South African Games North Dakota Netherlands Spartakiad of Albania Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR youth

Winter sports
International	Olympics Paralympics Winter University Games FIS Games Nordic Games Commonwealth World Scout Arctic Winter Games Kennedy Memorial New Zealand Winter Games Winter World Masters Games
Regional	National Winter Games of China Asian Winter Games European Youth Olympic Festival Winter X Games Europe Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games

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