The Bahamas, Barbados, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Malta, Morocco, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Trinidad (according to the official Games website Morocco debuted in 2013, and it does not list The Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Malta, Philippines, or Trinidad among participating nations).[3][1]
Athletes
10,000[4]
Events
45 sports
Opening
6 July 2017
Closing
17 July 2017[5]
Opened by
Reuven Rivlin
Main venue
Teddy Stadium
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The 2017 Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: משחקי המכביה 2017), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games (Hebrew: המכביה ה-20), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah Games are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. A total of 10,000 athletes competed, a Maccabiah Games record, making the 2017 Maccabiah Games the third-largest sporting competition in the world (after the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup).[1][6] The athletes were from 85 countries, also a record.[1] Countries represented for the first time included the Bahamas, Barbados, Cambodia, the Cayman Islands, Haiti, Malta, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and Trinidad (according to the official Games website Morocco debuted in 2013, and it does not list The Bahamas, Cambodia, Haiti, Malta, the Philippines, or Trinidad among participating nations). The athletes competed in 45 sports.
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