{"id":321919,"date":"2025-12-18T00:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321919\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T00:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:50:09","slug":"shortlist-of-cities-for-prince-harrys-2029-invictus-games-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321919\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist of cities for Prince Harry’s 2029 Invictus Games revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three cities have been named as finalists to stage the 2029 Invictus Games, the foundation behind the biennial sporting event revealed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Aalborg in Denmark, the South Korean city of Daejeon, and San Diego in the United States are now competing to secure hosting rights for the competition.<\/p>\n

The games, established by Prince Harry in 2014, bring together wounded, injured and sick military personnel and veterans from around the world to compete in adaptive sports.<\/p>\n

The event serves as a platform for the recovery and rehabilitation of service members who have suffered physical or psychological harm during their military careers.<\/p>\n

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The Invictus Games have announced the shortlist for the 2029 games <\/p>\n

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The selection process involved a thorough evaluation examining multiple factors, including vision and legacy, operational capabilities, sporting delivery, accessibility, sustainability measures, governance structures, and financial stability.<\/p>\n

Organisers also assessed each candidate’s potential to contribute to the broader Invictus Movement’s long-term development.<\/p>\n

Several other locations had put forward proposals but were not selected for the final shortlist.<\/p>\n

“The quality, ambition and heart shown across all the bids for the Invictus Games 2029 has been truly inspiring,” Rob Owen, chief executive of the Invictus Games Foundation said.<\/p>\n

He noted that the record number of applications demonstrated confidence in the Invictus Movement’s future.<\/p>\n

“Aalborg, Daejeon and San Diego each demonstrated not only the ability to deliver outstanding Games, but also a deep understanding of how Invictus can catalyse lasting systemic change for individuals, communities and societies,” Mr Owen added.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry has been running the Invictus Games since 2014 <\/p>\n

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He expressed gratitude towards Italy, Nigeria and Ukraine for their submissions, acknowledging that choosing between the bids had proved challenging given their exceptional quality.<\/p>\n

The foundation confirmed that its connections with the unsuccessful bidding nations would continue through various programmes.<\/p>\n

These include Nigeria’s Armed Forces Invictus Centre and the Signature Programme for Ukraine, which aim to expand the movement’s reach beyond any single host location.<\/p>\n

“We now look forward to the next phase of assessment and collaboration as we work together to determine the best home for Invictus Games 2029,” Mr Owen said.<\/p>\n

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The Invictus Games will take place in Birmingham in 2027 <\/p>\n

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The winning city will be announced during summer 2026.<\/p>\n

Before the 2029 edition takes place, Birmingham will first welcome competitors when it stages the games in 2027, having previously secured hosting rights for that year’s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three cities have been named as finalists to stage the 2029 Invictus Games, the foundation behind the biennial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,983,1852,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-321919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-prince-harry","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-sgg","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}