Categories: World Games | 1993 in sports | Sports festivals hosted in the Netherlands IWGA logo The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. ... Image File history File links usage permitted by e-mail of 22th July, 2005: quote Dear Uwe, I have spoken with our Communications Director and he is said you may use the logo for your article. ... The 1981 World Games were the very first World Games and they were held in Santa Clara, California in the United States. ... Location of Santa Clara within Santa Clara County, California. ... The second World Games were held in 1985 in London, the capital city of England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The third World Games were held in 1989 in Karlsruhe, then part of West Germany. ... Karlsruhe (population 285,812 in 2006) is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border. ... Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006)  - Municipality 98. ... Location within Finland Lahti (Lahtis in Swedish) is a Finnish city of 100,049 inhabitants (2006), bordering the Vesijärvi lake. ... This is the current Japanese collaboration of the week! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... The World Games of 2005 took place in Duisburg, Germany from 14th July 2005 until 24th July 2005. ... Duisburg is a German city and port in the western part of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The World Games of 2009 will take place in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) ... Nickname: Coordinates: Country Region Southern Taiwan Capital Lingya Dist (苓雅區) Government  - Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) Area  - City 154 km²  (59. ...