The Burj challenge
For the first time in the history of Gov Games, the Battle of the Cities teams are taking on an extraordinary challenge, climbing 160 floors through the stairs to the top of the tallest tower in the world — Burj Khalifa! They have one goal in mind: To earn addition points and boost their score at Gov Games.
Participating Categories
Battle of the Government
The Government entities category for men and women brings together the strongest teams in the Battle of the Government to compete for the title of Gov Games champion.
Battle of the Community
Following the Qualifications, the strongest teams in the Community Games category will come together for the Battle of the Community at Gov Games. Only one team will emerge victorious on the field.
Battle of the Cities
Dubai is the ultimate destination to welcome teams from different cities to compete in Battle of the Cities category. International cities will be competing again in this highly anticipated event.
Battle of the Juniors
"Battle of the Juniors" is a new category that showcases the energy and potential of our youngest contenders, aged 10 to 13.
Participation Rules
Participants shall be a minimum of 18 years old and must be employed for a minimum of 3 months by the government organization, which they are representing.
If it is found that a participant is not employed by the organisation, the organisation’s team will be automatically disqualified.
All participants must be physically and mentally fit to take on such a strenuous and demanding obstacle course.
All participants must be confident in the water and be able to swim.
All participants should sign the waiver and must have gone through the necessary registration process to be eligible to participate.
Each player can only compete in one category. If they are registered in both categories, Government Entities and Community Category, the teams they belong to will therefore be disqualified.
Participation Rules
Participants shall be a minimum of 18 years old.
Must be a legal resident of the United Arab Emirates.
Must have qualified at Gov Games pre-qualification event.
Must be able to cope with extreme conditions.
Must be in good health and capable of participating in strenuous athletic activities.
Free of any existing or recurring injuries.
The teams can be mixed, male or female gender.
Team name can represent a company or an organisation, provided they are current employees and present NOC from the company.
5 main team members, and 2 subsitute. At the pre-qualification event 5 team members will compete, if the team is qualified to participate in Gov Games main event, they must add 2 subsistute and register as 7 members.
Each player can only compete in one category. If they are registered in both categories, Government Entities and Community Category, the teams they belong to will therefore be disqualified.
Participation Rules
All walks of life coming together to represent their city.
Each city will assemble a team of 6 members. 3 of the 6 members should be citizens of this city the remaining 3 can be either residents or citizens.
Each team should present an official document confirming their representation of the city issued by government entity to participate in GOV GAMES.
Everyone is welcome to participate, starting from the public to government employees. *Passport or identification card should be valid and issued by the represented country.
Participation Rules
Participants must be between the ages of 10 - 13 (between March 3, 2010 and March 4, 2014).
Teams must consist of 5 main team members and 2 substitutes, excluding the coach.
Participants must be in good health and free of any existing, recurring injuries (e.g. asthma, or heart complications). Should be capable of participating in
strenuous athletic activities for extended period of time.
Participants are required to register with a team led by a coach who is 21 years of age or older.
Teams can be of mixed age and gender.
All participants, including the coach, must have be a valid Emirates ID.
Participants can only compete for one team.
Participants need conset from their parent or guardian to participate. The parent or guardian need to submit a valid Emirates ID.
Each coach can oversee only one team.
Registration is available exclusively through www.govgame.ae
Results
Gov Games reserves the right to disqualify any participant who does not comply with the above rules. Participation is this event is based on a first-come, first-served basis.