The event, set to take place in China for the first time in its history, is due to take place between August 7 and 17.

The dates were agreed upon by the International World Games Association (IWGA) and the Local Organising Committee in the capital of Sichuan Province.

After the 11th edition of the World Games in Birmingham in Alabama had to be postponed by one year to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IWGA is thus returning to its standard scheduling.

The World Games 2025 are due to be the first edition held under the guidelines set by the strategy paper "Growth Beyond Excellence".

The maximum permitted number, including athletes and technical officials, for the official sports programme of the 2025 World Games and onwards will be increased from 4,200 to 5,000.

In principle, this number will include 4,000 participants proposed by the 39 IWGA Member Federations with events on the programme.

The remaining 1,000 participants will be made up of participants from other disciplines in agreement with the host cities, participants from disciplines determined in consultation with the International Olympic Committee, and participants from Para disciplines.

These disciplines will be determined after consultation with the International Paralympic Committee.

The next edition of the World Games in Birmingham in Alabama is set to be attended by 3,600 athletes from more than 100 countries.

A total of 34 sports are on the programme for the Games, which take place from July 7 to 17 next year.

Chengdu was awarded the 2025 World Games during the IWGA Annual General Meeting at the SportAccord Convention in Gold Coast in May 2019.

The World Games is set to be the second major international multi-sports event to be staged by Chengdu.

It is already hosting the 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games, an event postponed until June 26 to July 7 next year due to the coronavirus crisis.

Chengdu is the fifth most populous city in China, with a population of more than 10 million, but is best known as a major breeding centre for pandas at Dujiangyan, an ancient irrigation system designated as a World Heritage Site.

The World Games were set up in 1981 to help promote sports and disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games.

They were first held in Santa Clara, and this will be only the second time they have taken place in Asia having been held in Kaohsiung in Chinese Taipei in 2009.

They were last held in 2017 when they were staged in Wroclaw in Poland.