Among these 76 events, the one with the longest time span and the largest number of participants, the 13th Hefei Games, which is held every four years, is planned to last from March to November. It is estimated that more than 20,000 people will participate directly and more than 200,000 indirectly.
The 2025 men’s basketball Asian Cup qualifiers hosted by the Asian Basketball Association will be held from November 18th to December 26th, 2024, with 24 countries participating.
The National Summer Swimming Championships are hosted by the Swimming Management Center of the State Sports General Administration. As the highest level competition in the national swimming field, many professional athletes will participate.
The national badminton team competition and the "Li Ning Double Happiness Cup" China Table Tennis Association member league finals also have high attention. In addition, there are hot events such as China, Japan and South Korea Go celebrity mixed doubles and Hefei International Marathon.
Among the newly added competitions, "Keba" Hefei High-tech Enterprise Basketball Tournament, Yangtze River Delta Table Tennis Outdoor Invitational Tournament, China Wanshui Qian Fan Tournament and Chaohu Sailing and Windsurfing Invitational Tournament are expected.
From these 76 competitions, it is not difficult to see that this year’s high-level sports events hosted by Hefei are no longer clustered in venues in the city center, but scattered to scenic spots and scenic spots, which has initially shown a trend of "traveling with the events", and most of the contestants are no longer confined to Hefei, but radiate to Hefei metropolitan area and even the Yangtze River Delta. (Reporter Wei Tao)