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The 2019 World Beach Games, the inaugural World Beach Games, will be a multi-sport event organized by the Association of National Olympic Committees to be hosted by San Diego, California, United States.
Host selection
On 30 October 2015, San Diego was unanimously approved as host of the inaugural World Beach Games at the ANOC General Assembly in Washington D.C..Sarasota, Sochi, Dubai and a city in China were the other candidate cities which made bids to host the games.
The games were originally scheduled to be held on September 29 - October 9, 2017. However, in August 2016 it was announced to be postponed to 2019.
References
2019 World Beach Games Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA