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The Commonwealth Games 2026 will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 23 to August 2 and will feature 10 sports spread across four venues.
Glasgow will be the designated host city for the Commonwealth Games for the second time. The historic Scottish city held the Games for the first time in 2014.
However, unlike the expansive Glasgow 2014, which saw 17 sports contested across 14 venues, the 2026 edition will be a far more concentrated one.
In fact, Glasgow 2026 will be the smallest Commonwealth Games in recent memory and will be exclusively hosted in pre-existing venues – a lot of which were either built or redeveloped during the 2014 iteration.
All four 2026 Commonwealth Games venues are concentrated within an eight-mile corridor across Glasgow.
Alongside the 10 sports, Glasgow 2026 will also feature para athletics, para swimming, para track cycling, para powerlifting, para bowls and 3×3 wheelchair basketball as part of its integrated competition programme.
Glasgow International Arena
Sports: Artistic gymnastics, track cycling, para track cycling
The Glasgow International Arena will host two sports at the Commonwealth Games 2026.
Gymnastics competitions will be held in the main arena from July 24 to July 28 while the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, housed within the same sports complex, will stage the cycling programme from July 30 to August 2.
Located in Dalmarnock in Glasgow’s East End, the facility opened in October 2012 and was purpose-built for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The complex comprises the multi-purpose Glasgow Arena surrounded by the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, named after Scotland’s most successful Olympian.
Sir Chris Hoy won six Olympic gold medals, 11 world titles and two Commonwealth Games gold medals during an illustrious track cycling career.
Designed as a flexible indoor venue, the arena staged the badminton competition during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and has since hosted a variety of major sporting events.
The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome has also hosted the track events at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships.
Scottish Event Campus
Sports: 3×3 basketball, boxing, judo, netball, bowls, weightlifting, 3×3 wheelchair basketball, para bowls, para powerlifting
The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) will serve as the largest competition hub at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026, with six sports spread across its three main sections – The Hydro, the SEC Armadillo and the SEC Centre.
Located on the north bank of the River Clyde, the SEC has been at the heart of Glasgow’s major sporting and entertainment events for four decades.
Opened in 1985 as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), the campus has expanded over the years with the addition of the iconic SEC Armadillo in 1997 and The Hydro in 2013.
Together, the interconnected venues have hosted everything from World Boxing Championship and judo to concerts, conferences and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The Hydro
Sport: Netball
One of the UK’s largest indoor arenas, The Hydro will stage the entire CWG 2026 netball competition from July 25 to August 2.
Officially opened in 2013, the 14,000-capacity arena hosted both netball and artistic gymnastics during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Since then, it has established itself as one of Britain’s busiest indoor venues, regularly staging international sporting events alongside major concerts and live entertainment.
SEC Armadillo
Sports: Weightlifting and para powerlifting
The distinctive SEC Armadillo, recognisable by its curved aluminium roof, returns as the venue for weightlifting after hosting the sport during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Para powerlifting will be held on July 24, followed by the weightlifting competition from July 26 to July 30, with a combined 20 medal events scheduled across the two disciplines.
SEC Centre
Sports: 3×3 basketball, 3×3 wheelchair basketball, bowls, para bowls, boxing and judo
The SEC Centre, the original exhibition complex at the campus, will host the widest range of sports at Glasgow 2026.
The venue’s interconnected exhibition halls will stage 3×3 basketball and 3×3 wheelchair basketball (July 24-29), bowls and para bowls (July 24-August 2) as well as the two combat sports – boxing (July 24-August 1) and judo (July 31-August 2).
Previously known as the SECC, the venue spans more than 22,000 sqm of exhibition space and was one of the principal competition venues during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, when it hosted boxing, judo and wrestling.
Scotstoun Stadium
Sports: Athletics, para athletics
Athletics, the marquee sport of every Commonwealth Games, will be contested at Scotstoun Stadium at CWG 2026.
Situated in Glasgow’s west end, Scotstoun Stadium first opened in 1915 as the Scotstoun Showgrounds before undergoing a major redevelopment between 2008 and 2010.
The modernised Scotstoun Sports Complex hosted the squash and table tennis competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and will stage athletics and para athletics at Glasgow 2026.
Today, Scotstoun is best known as the home ground of the Glasgow Warriors, one of Scotland’s leading professional rugby union clubs, while also serving as one of the country’s premier athletics venues.
Unlike Hampden Park, which hosted athletics in 2014 after a temporary transformation, Scotstoun is a purpose-built athletics facility.
Its World Athletics-compliant track regularly stages the Scottish Athletics Championships and other elite domestic meets.
All track and field events, including the integrated para athletics programme, will be held here from July 27 to August 1.
Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Sports: Swimming, para swimming
The Tollcross International Swimming Centre will host the swimming and para swimming competitions at the Commonwealth Games 2026 from July 24 to July 29.
A total of 56 medal events will be contested at the venue – 42 in swimming and 14 in para swimming.
Located in the east of Glasgow, the aquatic centre opened in 1997 and has established itself as one of the UK’s leading venues for international swimming.
It previously hosted the swimming programme at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games before welcoming the 2015 World Para Swimming Championships, the 2018 European Aquatics Championships and the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
The venue features a 50-metre competition pool, complemented by additional pools used for warm-up and training.
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