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The World Transplant Games Federation
AbbreviationWTGF
Formation
  • 1978; 47 years ago (1978) / 1987 [1][2]
    (Established)
  • 29 June 2017; 8 years ago (2017-06-29)
    (Legally incorporated)
FounderDr Maurice Slapak
Founded atEngland
PurposePromoting amateur sport amongst organ transplant recipients and associated activities most notably the organisation of World Transplant Games events
HeadquartersThe Quay, 30 Channel Way, Ocean Village Southampton, UK
Region
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, England and Wales, United States
Services
  • Education/training
  • The advancement of health or saving of lives
  • Amateur sport
President
Liz Schick
AffiliationsInternational Olympic Committee
Websitewww.wtgf.org
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The World Transplant Games Federation (abbreviated as WTGF) is a United Kingdom-based non-profit organisation that aims to promote amateur sport amongst organ transplant recipients, living donors and donor families. The WTGF promotes the study of transplantation and aims to educate the public and raise awareness of the world shortage of donor organs. It shares new knowledge from biological/clinical studies and promotes the mental and moral improvement for recipients, living donors and donor families; and fosters international friendship and relations.

Established in 1978,[4] the WTGF was formally incorporated in 2017 and is responsible for the organisation of World Transplant Games events, including the Summer Transplant Games and the Winter Transplant Games, both held every two years, on alternate years.

The WTGF is affiliated with the International Olympic Committee (2013 and 2021)[5] and its headquarters are located in Winchester.

Presidents

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The leading executive officer of the WTGF is called the president; and since formation the following have served in this role:

Ordinal Officeholder Country Term start Term end Time in office Notes
1 Maurice Slapak England 1978 (1978) 2004 (2004) 25–26 years [4]
2 Olivier Coustere France 2004 (2004) 2015 (2015) 20–21 years
3 Chris Thomas Australia August 2015 (2015-08) April 2023 7–8 years [6]
4 Liz Schick Switzerland April 2023 (2023-04) Incumbent

Members

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Source:[7]

60 Nations members in 1 April 2025:

  1. Africa: 4
  2. Asia: 14
  3. Oceania: 2
  4. Americas: 10
  5. Europe: 30

Events

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Source:[8]

Journals

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Since 2010.[9]

World Cup

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1st Football World Cup was held in Italy in 2024 in men football and Chile was Champion.

Calendar

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Source:[10]

European Heart and Lung Transplant Championships 2022 / 6–11 June 2022 / Belgium

European Transplant and Dialysis Sports Games 2022 / 21–28 August 2022 / Oxford, UK

Transplant Games of America / 29 July - 3 August 2022 / USA (San Diego)

Games

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Asian Transplant Games

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  1. 2002 Thialand
  2. 2008 Iran

European Transplant Games

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Source:[11][12][13]

The 15th European Heart & Lung Transplant Championships (12-17 July 2014). Vilnius Lithuania 15 countries participating - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark,Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland.[14]

16th European Heart and Lung Transplant Championships in Vantaa.[15]

ETSC 2024 will be held in Lisbon between Sunday 21 July and Sunday 28 July 2024.

Lisbon for the first time in history (after 2016), the two Federations unite together in holding the 2024 European Transplant Sport Championships.

European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation

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Members:[21][22][18][23][24]

Games:[25][26]

Games Results:[27][28]

  1. 1989
  2. 1990
  3. 1991
  4. 1992
  5. 1994
  6. 1996
  7. 1998
  8. 2000
  9. 2002
  10. 2004
  11. 2006
  12. 2008
  13. 2010
  14. 2012:[29]
  15. 2014
  16. 2016:[30]
  17. 2018:[31][32]
  18. 2020: Cancelled
  19. 2022: Cancelled
  20. 2024:[33][34]

European Transplant and Dialysis Sports Federation

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2000 - 2020 in Hungary / 2020 - Ongoing in Ireland[35]

Source:[11]

Results:[36][37]

Past Results and News:[37]

28 Members:[37]

Board:[38]

Statutes:[39][40]

Rules:[37]

Games Results:[37]

  1. 2000
  2. 2002
  3. 2004:[37]
  4. 2006:[37]
  5. 2008:[37]
  6. 2010:[37]
  7. 2012:[37]
  8. 2014:[37]
  9. 2016:[37][35][41][42][43][15]
  10. 2018:[44]
  11. 2020
  12. 2022
  13. 2024:[33]

European Heart and Lung Transplant Championships

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Participants: heart, lung and heart-lung transplant.

Sports: volleyball,badminton,tennis, table tennis, cycling, ten-pin bowling, petanque, swimming, golf, cross-country running and athletics.

Age groups (5–17, 18–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–59, 60–64, 65–69, 70+)

Previous Games 

 2024 Lisbon, Portugal [33][37]
 2022 Cancelled [37]
 2020 Cancelled [37]
 2018 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
 2016 Vantaa, Finland
 2014 Vilnus, Lithuania
 2012 Apeldoorn, Netherlands
 2010 Växjö, Sweden
 2008 Vichy, France
 2006 Napol, Italy
 2004 Dublin, Ireland
 2002 Klagenfurt, Austria
 2000 Sandefjord, Norway
 1998 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
 1996 Lausanne, Switzerland
 1994 Espoo, Finland
 1992 Enschene, Netherlands
 1991 London, Great Britain
 1990 Paris, France
 1989 Gorssel, Netherlands

Source:[12][13][45]

European Transplant and Dialysis Sports Championships

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Participants: kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bonemarrow transplant recipients, dialysis patients.

Sports: volleyball, badminton, tennis, table tennis, cycling, petanque, swimming, darts, golf, virtual triathlon, mini-marathon and athletics.

Age groups (5–17, 18–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–59, 60–64, 65–69, 70+)

Previous Games 

 2026 Arnhem, Netherlands
 2024 Lisbon, Portugal [33][37]
 2022 Oxford, UK
 2020 Dublin, Ireland [46]
 2018 Cagliari, Italy [47]
 2016 Vantaa, Finland [37]
 2014 Krakow, Poland
 2012 Zagreb, Croatia
 2010 Dublin, Ireland
 2008 Wurzburg, Germany
 2006 Pécs, Hungary
 2004 Ljubljana, Slovenia
 2002 Balatonaliga, Hungary
 2000 Athens, Greece [37]

Source:[42]

MENA Transplant Games

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Middle East Transplant Games Federation (METGF) [48]

MESOT : The Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation[49][50]

1st Middle East Transplant Games (METG) Championship in Kuwait in 2001 [51]

14th Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT) 10–13 September 2014.

  1. 2001 Kuwait
  2. 2007 Kuwait [52]
  3. 2010 Tunisia
  4. 2012 UAE [2][53]
  5. 2014 Istanbul, Turkey [14]
  6. 2016 Egypt Cancelled
  7. Next TBD

Latin American

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11th Argentinean and 6th Latin American Games 2012 250 people from 7 nations [2]

2014 Transplant Games of America (TGA) inaugural 5K event.[14]

USA

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USA Games [54][55]

Medals

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2016

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EHLTC (ETSC)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain41201071
2 Netherlands2610642
3 Finland2112336
4 Austria208735
5 Sweden179632
6 Ireland145625
7 Denmark116219
8 Norway84517
9 Germany75214
10 Greece66517
11 Bulgaria56112
12 France53412
13 Belgium3205
14 Italy1304
15 Switzerland1012
Totals (15 entries)1869958343

ETDSC (EDTSC)

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[37]

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland383828104
2 Hungary35322895
3 Great Britain31201364
4 Germany25162364
5 Ireland20181957
6 Poland17142051
7 Greece105722
8 Italy513523
9 France58619
10 Slovenia551121
11 Spain531018
12 Romania5128
13 Netherlands47314
14 Portugal42511
15 Czech Republic37111
16 Denmark35210
17 Austria24612
18 Norway2226
19 Switzerland2103
20 Belgium16512
21 Slovakia1225
22 Sweden0448
23 Cyprus0246
Totals (23 entries)223215206644

2024

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EHLTC (ETSC)

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[33]

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain104014
2 Bulgaria82111
3 France81211
4 Germany5106
5 Italy5005
 Netherlands5005
7 Czech Republic2103
8 Austria2002
 Spain2002
10 Sweden1113
11 Ireland1102
12 Belgium1023
13 Norway1001
14 Portugal0123
Totals (14 entries)5112871

ETDSC (EDTSC)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain1335113197
2 Germany784732157
3 Hungary464127114
4 Poland463127104
5 France44282698
6 Ireland4322570
7 Finland38212281
8 Italy3015651
9 Spain2951044
10 Belgium28171560
11 Greece2519650
12 Portugal20141347
13 Netherlands197329
14 Austria1310730
15 Sweden137626
16 Norway126220
17 Bulgaria103316
18 Czech Republic613827
19 Switzerland44210
20 Slovenia3339
21 Turkey3227
22 Canada2103
23 Andorra2002
 Denmark2002
25 Cyprus1225
26 Slovakia1124
27 Croatia1102
28 United States0000
Totals (28 entries)6523712421,265

See also

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