2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games

15th Special Olympics World Summer Games
Host city	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Events	in 25 sports
Main venue	Zayed Sports City Stadium

The 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Bids

There were three finalists chosen from the countries who have submitted bids to host Games: Australia, Germany, and South Africa.^[1] However, all three countries have withdrawn their bids as of April 2015.^[2]

↑ "2019 Special Olympics World Games Finalists Announced". Special Olympics (specialolympics.org). Retrieved 14 February 2013.
↑ http://www.specialolympics.org/Press/2012/2019_World_Games_Finalists.aspx

Special Olympics World Games

Summer	1968 1970 1972 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Winter	1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Countries	Canada Estonia Great Britain Mexico Philippines United States Greece

Others	Flame of Hope Law Enforcement Torch Run A Very Special Christmas

Key figures	Eunice Kennedy Shriver Anne McGlone Burke Sargent Shriver Timothy Shriver Loretta Claiborne Bruce Pasternack

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