Menpora calls on Israel not to participate in the World Beach Games in Bali

Posted On: April 27, 2023

Jakarta –

Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Dito Ariotedjo said the Israeli team did not participate in the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games (AWBG) in Bali. Therefore, he said there would be no objections because Israel did not participate in the event.

“That’s for sure. There is no problem, the Olympic committee released the participating countries on April 27. I did not see the name of Israel. So there is no controversy,” said Dito Ariotedjo, reported by Antara, Thursday (4/27/2023).

The ANOC World Beach Games will bring together 69 countries in Bali from April 28 to May 1, 2023.

“So ‘clear’ that there will be no rejection,” Dito said.

The ANOC World Beach Games (AWBG) Bali is known to be held from August 5-12, 2023 and will continue with the ANOC General Assembly from August 13-15, 2023. The AWBG is the largest multi-branch event based on the number of participating countries which has never been held in Indonesia and can become a springboard for the bid to host the 2036 Olympics.

At the CoM meeting, the Indonesia ANOC World Beach Games Organizing Committee will present the host’s readiness, such as arena, accommodation, transportation and others. AWBG Bali 2023 will bring together approximately 1,600 athletes from 130 countries. Athletes who show up must go through a rigorous qualification process until July 2023.

The following participating countries are confirmed to attend the 2nd Chefs de Mission (CoM) Meeting of the ANOC 2023 World Beach Games in Bali from April 28 to May 1:
1. Algeria
2. Argentina
3. Australia
4. Azerbaijan
5.Bahamas
6. Barbados
7. Benin
8.Bosnia and Herzegovina
9. Brazil
10. Canada
11. Chile
12. China
13. Colombia
14. Costa Rica
15. Croatia
16. Cuba
17. Czech Republic
18. Ecuador
19. Egypt
20. Salvador
21.France
22 Georgians
23. Germany
24. Great Britain
25. Greece
26. Hong Kong
27. Hungary
28. Indonesian
29. Iran
30. Ireland
31. Italy
32. Japan
33.Kazakhstan
34. South Korea
35. Kuwait
36. Latvian
37. Lithuania
38. Madagascar
39. Mauritius
40. Mongolia
41. Morocco
42. New Zealand
43. North Macedonia
44.Oman
45. Palestine
46. Panama
47.Paraguay
48. Peru
49.Philippines
50 Poland
51. Portugal
52. Qatar
53. Romania
54 Samoa, America
55. Saudi Arabia
56. Senegalese
57. Singapore
58. Slovakia
59. Slovenia
60. Spain
61. Taiwan
62.Togo
63. Trinidad and Tobago
64. Tunisia
65. Türkiye
66. United States
67.Vanuatu
68. Virgin Islands, United States
69. Zimbabwe