Sports

Required Sports:   15 total including Archery, Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics (Track & Field), Badminton, Basketball, Diving, Fencing, Judo, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo.

Optional Sports:   The Host City for the Games has the option of adding (with FISU approval) up to 3 sports to the Games. The NC Bid Committee is recommending Baseball/Softball, Football (Soccer), and Rugby 7s. Note that in the Olympic Games Baseball (men only) and Softball (women only) are considered one sport (Baseball and Softball internationally are under a single International Sport Federation), though the competitions in Baseball and Softball would actually be staged separately in different venues for a 2027 Games in the Triangle.