107th National Sports Festival Opens in Jeju, with 30,000 Competing in 50 Sports
The 107th National Sports Festival, the largest multisport event in South Korea, opens in Jeju on October 16.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the 107th National Sports Festival will be held across Jeju Special Self-Governing Province from October 16 through October 22. Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Choi Hwi-young will attend the opening ceremony at Jeju World Cup Stadium at 6 p.m. on October 16 and declare the festival open.
Organized by the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and co-hosted by Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education, and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Sports Council, the festival will draw about 30,000 participants, including 20,000 athletes and 10,000 officials.
Athletes will compete in divisions including under-18, university, general, and overseas Korean. Events across 50 sports—49 official sports and one demonstration sport, jiu-jitsu—will be held at 74 venues across Jeju, including the Gangchanghak Sports Complex.
Many national team athletes who recently competed at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games will also take part, including swimmers Hwang Sun-woo, archer Kim Woo-jin, fencer Oh Sang-uk, weightlifter Park Hye-jeong, and track-and-field athletes Namadi Joeljin and Biewesa Daniel Gasama. Lee Hyun-ji, who won silver in the women's judo 78-kilogram-and-over category at the Asian Games, will be the final torchbearer at the opening ceremony.
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The opening ceremony will be broadcast live on KBS 1TV. Admission to all events at the National Sports Festival is free. The closing ceremony will be held at Jeju World Cup Stadium on October 22.
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