2015 Inas Global Games Awarded to Ecuador

The International Federation for sport for athletes with an intellectual impairment (Inas) has announced today that the 4th Inas Global Games will be held in Guayaquil, ed Ecuador.

The Games, shop which opens on 20 September 2015, is a week-long event featuring eight sports and is expected to attract more than 1,000 of the world’s elite athletes with an intellectual impairment.

It is the first time the event will have been held outside of Europe, following Games in Sweden, Czech Republic and Italy, and it will take place just a year before the 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil.

Ecuador was chosen ahead of Croatia and Colombia, in a closely fought bid contest.

Nick Parr, Executive Director at Inas applauded all three bidding nations: “The Global Games are the pinnacle event in the Inas calendar and we received three excellent bids. The Governing Board faced a difficult task finding the winner and I would like to congratulate everybody involved in the Ecuador bid on their success. Inas looks forward to a fantastic event in a little over two year’s time.”

The Games will feature the following sports: athletics, swimming, table tennis, rowing, basketball, futsal, tennis and cycling. A decision regarding the inclusion of any demonstration sports will be made shortly.