Hambantota bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Hambantota 2018 was an unsuccessful bid to stage the 2018 Commonwealth Games by the city of Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The right to host the Games was won by the Gold Coast 2018 bid after a 43-27 vote by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly on 11 November 2011 in Saint Kitts.

Hambantota bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Logo of Hambantota's 2018 Commonwealth Games bid
Host city Hambantota, Sri Lanka
MottoTogether from the heart
Events228 events in 17 sports
Opening ceremony16 May
Closing ceremony27 May
Main venueMahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium
Websitehttp://www.hambantota2018.com/

Background

The city made their surprise bid for the Games on March 31, 2010.[1]

Hambantota
Location of Hambantota in Sri Lanka.

Hambantota planned on building many new venues if it won the bid, including an athletics stadium, an aquatic centre, a multi-sports complex, a velodrome stadium and a hockey stadium. The athletes village would have been located around the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, which would have been one of the venues. The remaining venues would have been built near the cricket stadium.[2] Unlike the Gold Coast's plan, which include venues in the nearby cities of Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville, Hambantota's venues were all planned for the same area.[3]

Proposed venues
Venue Location Sports Capacity Status
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium Hambantota Ceremonies
Archery		 60,000
2,500		 Existing/Expansion
International Aquatics Centre Hambantota Diving
Swimming		 2,500
5,000		 New
Athletics Stadium Hambantota Athletics
Rugby sevens		 40,000 New
Exhibition Centre hall 1 Hambantota Badminton 2,500 New
Exhibition Centre hall 2 Hambantota Netball preliminaries 2,500 New
Exhibition Centre hall 3 Hambantota Weightlifting 2,500 New
Multi-Sport Complex - boxing arena Hambantota Boxing 3,000 New
Multi-Sport Complex - lawn bowls stadium Hambantota Lawn bowls 2,500 New
Multi-Sport Complex - squash arena Hambantota Squash 3,000 New
Multi-Sport Complex - table tennis arena Hambantota Table tennis 3,000 New
Multi-Sport Complex - wrestling arena Hambantota Wrestling 2,500 New
Velodrome Hambantota Track cycling 4,000 New
Main Arena Hambantota Gymnastics
Netball finals		 5,000 New
Hockey Stadium Hambantota Field hockey 7,000 New
Ranminithenna Shooting Range Hambantota District Shooting 5,500 New
Tissa Lake triathlon course Tissamaharama Road cycling
Triathlon		 1,000
2,000+		 Temporary
Marathon course Embilipitiya Athletics (marathon start) N/A Temporary

Proposed schedule

Hambantota proposed hosting the games between May 16 and 27, 2018. 17 sports and 228 events were planned to be contested if the bid was successful.[4]

 OC Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  1 Event finals  CC Closing ceremony
May16th
Wed		17th
Thu		18th
Fri		19th
Sat		20th
Sun		21st
Mon		22nd
Tue		23rd
Wed		24th
Thu		25th
Fri		26th
Sat		27th
Sun
CeremoniesOCCC
Archery ● ● ● 2 2 2 2 8
Athletics 1 5 7 6 7 7 11 44
Badminton ● ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● ● 3 2 6
Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 5 5 10
Cycling 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 16
Diving 3 2 3 2 10
Gymnastics 1 1 2 5 5 1 1 4 20
Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2
Lawn bowls ● ● ● ● 2 ● 2 ● 2 6
Netball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1
Rugby sevens ● 1 1
Shooting 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 4 18
Squash ● ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● ● ● 3 5
Swimming 5 4 8 4 10 7 38
Table tennis ● ● ● ● 2 ● ● ● 1 2 2 7
Weightlifting 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 15
Wrestling 3 4 4 3 3 4 21
Total Gold Medals 11 15 22 14 30 25 24 15 21 26 25 228
May16th
Wed		17th
Thu		18th
Fri		19th
Sat		20th
Sun		21st
Mon		22nd
Tue		23rd
Wed		24th
Thu		25th
Fri		26th
Sat		27th
Sun		T

References
  1. 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – BID PROCESS Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sri Lanka to build 20 key sporting venues for 2018 CWG Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Bligh outlines Commonwealth Games bid Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Hambantota 2018 Bid book part 2 Archived 2011-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
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