Host Countries/Cities (since 1990)

Olympic Games (Summer)
Barcelona 1992
Atlanta 1996
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012

 

Olympic Games (Winter)
Albertville 1992
Lillehammer 1994
Nagano 1998
Salt Lake City 2002
Torino 2006
Vancouver 2010
Sochi 2014

 

FIFA Football World Cup
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea and Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010

 

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Hong Kong 1992
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Chinese Taipei 2004
Brazil 2008

 

Rugby World Cup
England 1991
South Africa 1995
Wales 1999
Australia 2003
France 2007
New Zealand 2011

 

Cricket World Cup
Australia and New Zealand 1992
India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka 1996
England 1999
South Africa 2003
West Indies 2007
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka 2011
Australia and New Zealand 2015

 

Commonwealth Games
New Zealand 1990
Canada 1994
Malaysia 1998
England 2002
Australia 2006
New Delhi 2010

 

All-Africa Games
Egypt 1991
Zimbabwe 1995
South Africa 1999
Nigeria 2003
Algeria 2007
Zambia 2011

 

Asian Games
China 1990
Japan 1994
Thailand 1998
Korea Republic 2002
Qatar 2006
China 2010
Korea Republic 2014

 

Central American and Caribbean Games
Mexico 1990
Puerto Rico 1993
Venezuela 1998
El Salvador 2002
Colombia 2006
Puerto Rico 2010
Mexico 2014

Last reviewed: 2 April 2009