In just a few months, Frontwave Arena in Oceanside will host the inaugural SI Women's Games, bringing together top female athletes from around the world for a week of competition pitting Team Americas against Team World.
The event, a partnership between Scripps Sports and Sports Illustrated, will showcase six different sports over six consecutive nights beginning Oct. 28.
"It's an incredible opportunity to see all of them in one place. It's the best of the best competing with six different sports across six different nights, and the only place you can really see it all together," Kate O'Malley Randall said.
O'Malley Randall is part of the team at Sports Illustrated, helping bring the SI Women's Games to Oceanside.
"So Sports Illustrated has been covering sports for 70 years, and we've been covering women's sports for most of that, and watching it grow. I think we just saw an opportunity to bring those stories to life in a unique way, with athletes from around the world, and we're so excited to do it here in Oceanside," O'Malley Randall told ABC 10News.
The games will feature women's flag football stars kicking off the competition on Oct. 28, followed by an evening of judo and wrestling, volleyball, gymnastics, women's basketball, and concluding with tennis featuring U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens on Nov. 2.
Athletes will accumulate points each night for either Team Americas or Team World, competing for more than just individual glory.
"We have a true competition, so it's every night they're competing, but also there's an overall winner for the whole games," O'Malley Randall said.
A free fan zone will be open outside the arena daily. For those unable to attend in person, ION will provide nightly primetime coverage across the country.
"ION's already the home of the WNBA and NWSL, and they've been a home base for women's sports for quite some time, so it just made a lot of sense."
Below, you'll find a schedule for the games:
- Tuesday, Oct. 28 @ 6 p.m.: Flag Football
- A three-game series between Team Americas and Team World
- First two games will be shorter and worth one and two points
- Third game is longer and worth three points
- *Sudden-death playoff in the case of a tie
- A three-game series between Team Americas and Team World
- Wednesday, Oct. 29 @ 6 p.m.: Combat Sports
- 12 total matches between Team Americas and Team World
- Six matches in judo by weight class
- Six in wrestling by weight class
- *Sudden death playoff in the case of a tie
- 12 total matches between Team Americas and Team World
- Thursday, Oct. 30 @ 6 p.m.: Volleyball
- One best-of-five sets match, Team Americas vs. Team World
- Friday, Oct. 31 @ 6 p.m.: Gymnastics
- Artistic Gymnastics: Floor, Beam and Uneven Bars
- Rhythmic Gymnastics: Team and Individual
- Trampoline: Both Individual and Synchronized
- Saturday, Nov. 1 @ 2 p.m.: Basketball
- One full-length game, 20-minute halves
- Team Americas vs. Team World
- One full-length game, 20-minute halves
- Sunday, Nov. 2 @ 2 p.m.: Tennis + Awards Ceremony
- Each match will consist of an eight-game pro set
- Americas 1 vs. World 1 (singles)
- Americas 2 vs World 2 (singles)
- Americas vs World (doubles)
- Each match will consist of an eight-game pro set
Pre-sale tickets were made available to our community starting on Thursday, Aug. 14; the pre-sale period ends at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16.
Below, you'll find links to the tickets for each event. Select "more info" in the pre-sales box and insert code "ABC10" to gain access:
For more information on the athletes and the games in general, visit the Sports Illustrated website.
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