The Games will be hosted by TransDia Sport Deutschland e.V. which won a competitive bid to host the Games.
The Games are owned by the World Transplant Games Federation. A unanimous decision of the trustees awarded the Games to Dresden.
Entry is open to all recipients of life-supporting allografts (heart, intestine, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas) from other individuals, and hematopoietic cell (bone marrow) transplants, which may require or have required the use of immunosuppressive drug therapies. Bone Marrow transplants include both allogenic (from other individuals or species) and autologous (from the same individual) transplants.
Competitors must have been transplanted for at least 1 year, with stable graft function, be medically fit and have trained for the events in which they have entered.
If a potential competitor has been transplanted for at least 6 months, with stable graft function, has been training and has permission from his own doctor, his entry may be considered by the WTGF medical committee and be allowed.
Age participation is from 4 years to 80+ years.
Donor families and living donors are invited to choose from a select array of sporting events and take part in up to 5 different sports to help recognize their contribution. These include: Darts, Golf Pairs, Petanque singles, 5km road race, 100m athletics sprint, ball throw, long jump, 3km racewalk (woman) and 5km racewalk (Men), 50 meter back swim, 50 meter breast swim, 50m freestyle swim, 50 meter fly swim and the triathlon.
All competitors from WTGF member countries are eligible to participate. If your country is not a WTGF member, please contact the World Transplant Games Federation for assistance. Learn more at wtgf.org.
All sports competitions and events are completely free to attend, and everyone is warmly welcome! Simply come to the venues during the Games from 17–24 August 2025, choose the sports you’d like to watch, and enjoy the inspiring atmosphere. No tickets or registration are required.
The Games will be held between Sunday August 17 to Saturday August 24, 2025.
Archery, Track and Field, Badminton, 3on3 Basketball, Cycling, Darts, Petanque, 5k Road Race, Sprint Triathlon, Squash, Swimming, Golf, Table Tennis, Tennis, Ten Pin Bowling, Volleyball and 6-a-side Football.
The Games have two objectives: to promote organ donation and encourage more people across the world to register and support donation; and to help recipients improve their health and fitness around their transplanted organ.
The Games have been held on the continents of Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. This will be the first time the Games will be staged in Dresden. They were last staged in Perth, Australia, in 2023. The last time the Games were held in Europe was in Newcastle, England, in 2019.
The World Transplant Games is only made possible by the support of government, corporate and philanthropic partners. See Partners here.
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Yes, participants can book breakfast on site at the hotel. The prices for breakfast depend on the hotel.
As all hotels are located in the city centre and public transport is included in the package price, parking is not included.
All event tickets are exclusively included in the Full Package. The activities of the Cultural Evening take place open air and are freely accessible. The Gala Dinner and catering at the Opening Ceremony are not part of the Lite Package. We are selling additional tickets for the Gala Dinner here.
The Cultural Evening at City Beach Dresden starts at 7:00 PM. From 8:00 PM onwards, it will be open to the public, and everyone is welcome to join for free.
The full package includes the transport of sports-related bulky luggage (bicycle, golf, bowling, archery) on the day of arrival on August 16 and 17 and on the day of departure on August 24. This means that only this luggage is transported from Dresden main station / Dresden Airport to the hotel without participants. All persons will use public transport to get to their hotel and are themselves responsible for the transport of non-sport related luggage. The ticket for public transport is already included in the full package.
There will be a welcome counter at the train station and at the airport to greet all participants and help with checking in bulky luggage. Our staff will be guided by the arrival times of participants entered in advance in the registration system.
We will offer transportation to the cycling, triathlon and golf events on competition days. This shuttle service will start at a central point in Dresden, which is easy to reach for those who have booked the Full package and are therefore staying in one of our hotels.
Those who have booked the Lite package and have organized their accommodation themselves can also use these shuttles.
Registered supporters can also use the shuttle, but athletes have priority due to limited space.
