Commonwealth Games

Host cities

After the 1938 Games in Sydney, the British Empire Games Federation allocated the 1942 Games to Montreal, Canada. The Games were officially abandoned following the outbreak of World War II. Canada was given the first option on the 1950 Games but declined.

Host City List

Click on the city names to see interesting facts and figures from each Games.

Year

Number

City

Country

Date

1911

London

England

1930

I

Hamilton

Canada

16-23 Aug

1934

II

London

England

4-11 Aug

1938

III

Sydney

Australia

5-12 Feb

1950

IV

Auckland

New Zealand

4-11 Feb

1954

V

Vancouver

Canada

30 July-7 Aug

1958

VI

Cardiff

Wales

18-26 July

1962

VII

Perth

Australia

21 Nov-1 Dec

1966

VIII

Kingston

Jamaica

4-13 Aug

1970

IX

Edinburgh

Scotland

16-25 July

1974

X

Christchurch

New Zealand

24 Jan-2 Feb

1978

XI

Edmonton

Canada

3-12 Aug

1982

XII

Brisbane

Australia

30 Sept-9 Oct

1986

XIII

Edinburgh

Scotland

24 July-2 Aug

1990

XIV

Auckland

New Zealand

24 Jan-3 Feb

1994

XV

Victoria

Canada

18-28 Aug

1998

XVI

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

10-20 Sept

2002

XVII

Manchester

England

25 July-4 Aug

2006

XVIII

Melbourne

Australia

15-26 March

2010

XIX

Delhi

India

3-14 Oct

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