Which country is hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

The 2022 Commonwealth Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, are an international multi-sport event for Commonwealth members that is being held in Birmingham, England from July 28 to August 8, 2022.

Birmingham 2022 will be held in 15 venues across the West Midlands region, with seven of them, including the athletics stadium and marathon route, located in Birmingham itself.

The National Exhibition Centre complex, located on the outskirts of Birmingham in neighbouring Solihull, will host the Games in both its exhibition halls and the NEC Arena.

Coventry, Cannock Chase, Royal Leamington Spa, Sandwell, Warwick, and Wolverhampton are the other regional hosts.

The track cycling will be held at the Lee Valley VeloPark in Stratford, East London, as the sixteenth venue.

This is England’s third time hosting the Commonwealth Games following London 1934 and Manchester 2002, and the seventh Games in the United Kingdom, following London and Manchester, Cardiff 1958, Edinburgh 1970 and 1986, and Glasgow 2014.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games features approximately 6,500 competitors and officials from 72 nations and territories over 11 days of competition.