FAQs

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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 and haemopoietic cell transplants from other individuals or species which require or have required the use of immunosuppressive drug therapies.

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 take part in a select array of sporting events to help recognise their contribution. These include: Archery, 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.

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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REGISTRATION FAQ

You can enter sample times and numbers here and log in again after booking your flights or trains and change the data.

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.

Not at the moment. We offer single rooms in cat 1, 3, 4 + caravan

Only one full payment is possible for single payments. If the team manager have indicated that they do not wish to make an individual payment only, the participant could pay the team manager by the beginning of June.

For us as the organizer it is absolutely necessary that you have Travel Health Insurance. Therefore, you cannot complete the registration form yet. The data you enter will be saved temporarily. Search for your existing insurance data or buy new insurance through us or from other insurance companies. You can then complete the registration form.

We need the correct passport number to create the invitation letter at the end of the registration process. To complete the registration anyway, click ‚No‘ in response to the visa question and contact the WTG2025 team registration@wtg2025.com later.

All event tickets are exclusively included in the Full Package. The cultural evening activities take place outdoors and are freely accessible. The Gala Dinner and catering at the Opening Ceremony are not included in the Lite Package. We do not plan to sell additional tickets for the Gala Dinner or Opening Ceremony catering.

All athletes must apply as participants and be confirmed by the team manager. Parents of junior athletes create a profile for their own and add the children as family members.

We are working hard to find a good solution. Please continue to wait. We will inform all team managers about news.

The username is assigned automatically when the account is created. Before the password can be set, the username is in the confirmation email.

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