A year of a lot of competition and more than titles at stake as a prelude to Paris 2024
MADRID, 1 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The 2023 that is already here brings a tight sports calendar with international tournaments that have to take center stage this course, such as the Women’s Soccer World Cup or the Men’s Basketball World Cup in which Spain defends its title.
After Qatar 2022, football will once again take center stage in 2023, this time in the usual summer months, with the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which will take place from July 20 to August 20. There, Spain will try to hit the table that escaped in the previous World Cup and in the EURO.
Almost next, the other great date of the summer. The orange ball will roll in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia, from August 25 to September 10, in an always attractive World Cup with the Spanish addition that Sergio Scariolo’s team will defend the title.
On the other hand, during the season, different sports will have their great moment in 2023, in a calendar that continues to suffer the adjustments caused by the massive suspension of events during the hard time of the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, many of these international tournaments will distribute tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
For athletics, the king of the Olympics, it will be the year of the European indoor track, in Istanbul from March 2 to 5, and the World Cup, in Budapest from August 19 to 27, despite the fact that in 2022 there was also the World in Eugene (United States).
Chronologically, 2023 will bring an important event for snow lovers in March, with the Snowboard World Cups that will take place in Bakuriani (Georgia), the great goal of the Olympic runner-up, the Spanish Queralt Castellet.
Boxing will also have a World Cup in 2023, from May 1 to 14, in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Meanwhile, the one-year delay of the previous world taekwondo event means that there are two consecutive tournaments of this sport, with the one that will be held this 2023 in Baku. In the Azerbaijani capital, the young Madrid native Adriana Cerezo will have her options and will seek revenge after her disappointment in Mexico last year.
The Olympic runner-up in Tokyo can reaffirm her intention to go for gold at the Paris 2024 Games. In the kimono arts, 2023 will bring the Karate World Cup in Budapest in October and the Judo European Championship the following month in Montpellier (France). .
In June, the orange ball will go into action with the women’s Eurobasket organized by Slovenia and Israel. Spain will seek its fourth title after its defeat in the quarterfinals against Serbia in 2021, now in the new project led by Miguel Méndez. Summer brings the best tournaments, since from July 20 to August 20 the Women’s Soccer World Cup will take place.
Australia and New Zealand will host the event that Spain dreams of. Jorge Vilda’s team will have the great objective of dethroning the United States after many months looking the best teams in the world in the eye, despite the conflict that occurred when many soccer players left the calls.
Also in August, from 1 to 12, the Olympic climbing champion, the Spanish Alberto Ginés, will go to the World Cup in Bern as a candidate for gold, his goal for the great event of the season. Other champions in Tokyo 2020 such as Alberto Fernández and Fátima Gálvez in Olympic shooting will have a European and World Championship in 2023.
Continuing with the crowd, from August 18 to 27 the European field hockey will be held in Moenchengladbach (Germany), also with strong Spanish interests in both teams. The summer month will also have the World Championships in athletics, rhythmic gymnastics, canoeing and the aforementioned basketball in the men’s category. There will also be European volleyball, both female and male, with Spain in both.
September will be the month of golf with the celebration of the Solheim Cup and the Ryder Cup, from October 18 to 24 for women and from October 29 to 1 for men in Rome. Two tournaments that are similar in impact to a soccer World Cup, especially the Ryder.
The Solheim has the addition that in 2023 it will be held at Finca Cortesín (Málaga). Spain will also host the triathlon world championships in Ibiza from April 29 to May 7 and rhythmic gymnastics in August in Valencia. In addition, Alicante will once again be the start of the Ocean Race, something for which it is also aiming in 2026.
On the other hand, Paralympic sport will have its moments of special glory this 2023 that has just begun with a European Paralympic triathlon in Madrid and a World Cup in Paris. The chair basketball World Cup will be held in Dubai after being postponed to 2022 so as not to coincide with the soccer tournament in neighboring Qatar.
