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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has partnered with the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Saudi Arabia to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games 2025 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This groundbreaking step follows the IOC’s recent announcement that the IOC Executive Board (EB) has established Olympic Esports Games, IOC reports.
Until now, playing video games in the Olympic arrangement was in a "trial period" through the Olympic Esport Series event that took place in Singapore last year.
The real thing will start next year, and the first Olympic Esports Games will be held in Saudi Arabia, it was announced today. More precisely, an agreement was reached between the International Olympic Committee and Saudi Arabia that will be valid for the next 12 years.
"We are proud to support the writing of a new chapter in Olympic history that has the potential to inspire the dreams and ambitions of millions of athletes around the world." - said Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, president of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
The International Olympic Committee now has the task of choosing the city where the Olympic Esports Games will be held, as well as the games in which the players will compete, the qualification process, etc.
It was emphasized that the organizational and financial model of the Olympic Esports Games will be different from the model used for the classic Olympic Games.
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