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2038 Commonwealth Games

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The 2038 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXVI Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Darwin 2038, is a multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth scheduled to take place in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The host city was selected at the 2027 CGF General Assembly in Geelong, Australia.

Host selection

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2038 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City Country Votes
Darwin Australia 39
Francistown Botswana 26
Suva Fiji 5

Venues

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The Darwin 2038 was hosted across 18 venues located in Darwin, Alice Springs, Cairns and Broome. The Australian and Northern Territory Governments and the City of Darwin invested A$320 million to deliver new and upgraded venues. Lendlease was the overlay delivery partner and official supporter property and infrastructure of the Games.

Venues in Darwin

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Marrara Oval, which was upgraded to a convertible stadium that can hold 43,000, will host the athletics, opening and closing ceremonies.

Carrara Stadium, located in the suburb of Carrara, was the main venue for Athletics, the Opening ceremony and the Closing ceremony. The seating capacity of the stadium was temporarily increased to 40,000 for the games by the installation of a large temporary North Stand. The new Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre hosted the Badminton, Para Powerlifting, Weightlifting and Wrestling events. The Carrara Indoor Sports Stadium hosted the back-of-house event operations.

The Gold Coast City Convention and Exhibition Centre, located in the suburb of Broadbeach, hosted Basketball and Netball (preliminaries) and also served as the Main Media Centre and International Broadcast centre hosting over 3000 members of the worlds press. The Broadbeach Bowls Clubhosted the Bowls competition.

The Nerang Mountain Bike Trails was the location for the Mountain Bike competition. A new course was constructed to meet international competition requirements and temporary spectator seating for 2,000 spectators.

The newly built Coomera Indoor Sports Centre hosted Gymnastics and Netball (finals). The Oxenford Studios hosted the sports of Boxing, Table Tennis and Squash. During Games mode the venue was enhanced to provide for the International Sporting Federation technical venue requirements and provide spectator seating of 3,000 (boxing) and 3,200 (table tennis). The Gold Coast Hockey Centre hosted the men's and women's hockey events during the games. The Southport Broadwater Parklands hosted Triathlon, Marathon and Racewalking events. The Optus aquatic centre hosted the Swimming and Diving events.

Robina Stadium hosted the Rugby 7s competition and upgraded to meet World Rugby standards. The Currumbin Beachfront hosted the road racing elements of the cycling programme. Coolangatta Beachfront hosted the Beach volleyball event.

Venues outside Gold Coast[edit]

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Brisbane, along with the Gold Coast, forms part of the South East Queensland conurbation. Track Cycling was held at the Sleeman Sports Complex in the suburb of Chandler, where a new indoor cycling velodrome (Anna Meares Velodrome) was built. The Velodrome's seat capacity was 4,000 during the games mode.

The Shooting disciplines were held at the Belmont Shooting Centre. In Tropical North Queensland, the Cairns Convention Centre and Townsville Entertainment Centre hosted the preliminary rounds of both the men's and women's basketball competitions.

2034 FIFA World Cup

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The 2034 FIFA World Cup will be the 25th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer/football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Australia and New Zealand from 28 June to 2 August 2034 and will be the first World Cup ever to be held in Oceania. It is to be played in a timeframe of around 35 days. The Australia 2034 bid beat a rival bid by China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore during a final vote at the 70th FIFA Congress in New York. It will be New Zealand and Australia's first time hosting the men's tournament.

Venues

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Eight cities and ten stadiums will be used in Australia, and four cities and five stadiums in New Zealand. From the proposed venues, Gold Coast and Newcastle were not selected in Australia. The planned Aukland Stadium in Auckland will host the opening game, with the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne to host the 2034 Men's World Cup final match.

Australia
Hobart Geelong Canberra Brisbane Adelaide Melbourne Perth Sydney
Hobart Stadium Kardinia Park Canberra Stadium Lang Park(Brisbane Stadium) Adelaide Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Perth Stadium Stadium Australia Sydney Football Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 30,000 (expandable to 45,000) Capacity: 52,500 Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 100,024 Capacity: 56,347 Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 83,500 Capacity: 45,000
Under Construction
Under Construction
Under construction

Australia host cities

Melbourne

Sydney

Brisbane

Perth

Adelaide

Canberra

Geelong

Hobart

New Zealand host cities

Auckland

Dunedin

Christchurch

Wellington

New Zealand
Auckland Dunedin Christchurch Wellington
Eden Park Auckland Stadium Forsyth Barr Stadium(Dunedin Stadium) Christchurch Stadium Wellington Regional Stadium
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 60,000
Under Construction Under Construction Under Construction Under Construction