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Monday, 19 December 2016

Upcoming Sports & Summits Venues (3 marks)

Venues of sports & summits

Summer Olympics

2012 – London, UK
2016 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020 – Tokyo, Japan

Winter Olympics
2014 – Sochi, Russia
2018 – Pyeongchang, South Korea
2022 – Beijing, China


Commonwealth Games
2010 – New Delhi, India
2014 – Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
2018 – Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
2022- Durban, South Africa


Asian Games
2014 – Incheon, South Korea
2018 – Jakarta, Indonesia
2022- Hangzhou, China


Hockey World Cup
2010 – New Delhi, India (Winner- Australia)
2014 – The Hague, Netherlands (Winner-
Australia)
2018 – New Delhi, India


Women Hockey World Cup
2010 – Argentina (Winner- Argentina)
2014 – The Hague, Netherlands (Winner-
Netherlands)
2018 – London, England



FIFA World Cup2010 – South Africa (Winner- Spain)
2014 – Brazil (Winner- Germany)
2018 – Russia
2022 – Qatar


Women Football World Cup
2011 – Germany (Winner – Japan)
2015 – Canada (Winner – United States)
2019 – France


ICC Cricket World Cup
2011 – India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka ( Winner-
India)
2015 – Australia and New Zealand (Winner –
Australia)
2019 – England
2023 – India


Women Cricket World Cup
2013 – India (Winner- Australia)
2017 – England
2021 – New Zealand


ICC World T-20 World Cup
2014 – Bangladesh (Winner- Sri Lanka)
2016 – India (Winner – West Indies)
2018 – Australia


Women ICC World T-20 World Cup
2014 – Bangladesh (Winner- Australia)
2016 – India (Winner – West Indies)
2018 – West Indies
ICC World Test Championship
2017 (1st edition) – England
2021 – India


Venues of Summits

G-20 Summits (1999)
The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies: 19 countries plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the European Council and by the European Central Bank. 

Chairperson- Tony Abott,

Total Countries- 20


Countries= BRICS + G7 + Argentina, Australia,
Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia,
Turkey

10th G 20 Meeting 2015 – Antalya, Turkey
11th G 20 Meeting 2016 – Hangzhou, China
12th G 20 Meeting 2017 – Germany
13th G 20 Meeting 2018 – India



BRICS Summits (2008) (Brazil, Russia, India,
China, South Africa)


6th BRICS Summit 2014 – Fortaleza, Brazil
7th BRICS Summit 2015 – UFA, Russia
8th BRICS Summit 2016 – KHUJRAHO (MP)
shifted from GOA


G-7 Annual Summits (Earlier it was G8, Now
Russia suspended temporarily) (1975)

Group of Seven Countries – France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of
America, Canada.
40th G8 Summit 2014 – Brussels, Belgium
41st G8 Summit 2015 – Schloss Elmau,
Germany
42nd G8 Summit 2016 – Shima, Japan
43rd G8 Summit 2017 – Italy
44th G8 Summit 2018 – Canada
45th G8 Summit 2019 – France


SAARC Summits (South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation) (1985)
HQ- Nepal , Secretary General- Arjun Bahadur
Thapa and Indian Representative at SAARC
Lakshmi Savithri
Countries (8)- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Theme
of 18th SAARC Summit – ‘Deeper Integration for
Peace, Progress and Prosperity’.
18th SAARC Summit 2014 – Kathmandu, Nepal
19th SAARC Summit 2016 – Islamabad,
Pakistan


ASEAN Summits (Association of South East
Asian Nation)

HQ- Jakarta, Indonesia, Total Countries- 10 and
Secretary General- Le Luong Minh (Vietnam)
(INDIA IS NOT IN ASEAN COUNTRIES)
24th ASEAN Summit 2014 (May)– Nay Pyi
Taw, Myanmar
25th ASEAN Summit 2014 (November)– Nay
Pyi Taw, Myanmar
26th ASEAN Summit 2015 (April)– Langkawi,
Malaysia
27th ASEAN Summit 2015 (November)–
Manila, Philippines
East Asia Summit (EAS)
EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN
leaders’ meetings.
9th East Asia Summit 2014 – Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
10th East Asia Summit 2015 – Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
11th East Asia Summit 2016 – Vientiane, Laos


IBSA Summits (2003)
IBSA Dialogue Forum – India, Brazil, South Africa.
7th IBSA Summit 2015 – New Delhi, India
BIMSTEC Summits (Bay of Bengal Initiative
for Multisectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation(1997)
Total Countries (7)- Bangladesh, India, Myanmar,
Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand, Bhutan. Chairmanship-
Nepal
3rd BIMSTEC Summit 2014 – Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
4th BIMSTEC Summit 2015 – Nepal


APEC Summits (Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation) (1989)

Total Countries- 21 , HQ- Singapore and Executive
Director- Alan Bolard

 INDIA IS NOT IN APEC  COUNTRIES.
26th APEC Summit 2014 – Beijing, China
27th APEC Summit 2015 – Philippines, Manila
28th APEC Summit 2016 – Peru, Lima
29th APEC Summit 2017 – Vietnam, Hanoi
Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) (2010)
Total Countries participated in the 2nd NSS 2012
summit was 53 countries.
3rd NSS 2014 – Hague, Netherlands
4th NSS 2016 – Washington, USA
NATO Summit (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization) (1949)
Total Countries- 28 , HQ- Belgium and Secretary
General- Jenus Stoltenberg (newly elected from
Norway)
INDIA IS NOT IN NATO SUMMIT COUNTRIES.
NATO 2014- Cardiff, UK
NATO 2016- Warsaw, Poland

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