Breaking news: Paris 2024 begins in 2023!

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are scheduled to take place between 26 July and 11 August 2024, but in reality they’ve already begun. In 2023 alone, there will be a large amount of events, qualifiers, and milestones which you won't want to miss out on.

In fact, in 2023 about 700 Paris 2024 spots will be awarded in almost all of the Olympic sports to NOCs and athletes based across every continent. There will also be test events, Look & Feel reveals, the unveiling of the Olympic torch relay route and much more.

So to make sure you don’t miss anything, bookmark this article, print it out and stick it on your wall. Are you ready?

January – Register for tickets and follow the men’s handball World Championships

12 – 29 January – Handball: Men’s World championships, Poland and Sweden
31 January – Ticketing: End of draw for Phase 1

February – Create your Games tickets packs

15 February to 15 March – Ticketing: people who have registered between 1 December and 31 January will receive an email with the result of the draw during this period and, if chosen, will be able to create their Games packs.

March – 500 days to go and Shooting European championships

5 – 15 March – Shooting: European championships (10 metres) will be held in Tallinn
14 March - 500 days to go to Paris 2024
End of March – Volunteers: the recruitment portal for the general public will close

April – More ticketing phases and Olympic week

3 - 8 April - Olympic & Paralympic week
March – April - Ticketing: registration period for the draw for the sale of single tickets

May – Rugby 7s and single tickets phase

May – Ticketing: sales of single tickets for people selected in the draw begin
12 – 14 May - Rugby 7s: Final event of the Women’s Series, Toulouse
20 – 21 May - Rugby 7s: Final event of the Men’s Series, London

June – Olympic Day and European Games

21 June - 2 July - European Games in Krakow, Poland
23 June - Olympic Day

Summer 2023 - Applications of volunteer candidates to be reviewed

July – One year to go and multiple spots to be awarded

9 - 16 July – Test event: Sailing in Marseille Marina
13 – 16 July - World Triathlon mixed relay championships in Hamburg
14 – 28 July – Archery: Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands
14 – 30 July - FINA world championships in Fukuoka, Japan
25 July - 6 Aug – Shooting: Shotgun European championships in Leobersdorf, Austria
26 July – One year to go to Paris 2024 Olympic Games

August – Over 200 spots for Paris 2024 awarded

Date to be confirmed - Hockey Oceania Cup, New Zealand
1 – 12 August - IFSC World Championships, Bern, Switzerland: speed, boulder and lead
3 – 13 August - UCI World Championships Glasgow, Scotland: BMX racing, mountain bike, road cycling, road cycling time trial and BMX freestyle
4 - 19 August - African Games, Accra, Ghana
10 – 20 August - Sailing worlds, The Hague, Netherlands
11 – 20 August: Surfing WSL Tahiti Pro
14 – 31 August: Shooting world championships, location to be defined
17 - 20 August – Test event: Triathlon and para-triathlon on Pont Alexandre III
18 – 27 August - Eurohockey championships, Moenchengladbach, Germany
21 August - Modern pentathlon World championships, Bath, UK
21 -27 - Rhythmic gymnastics world championships, Valencia, Spain
25 August – 10 Sept - FIBA Men Basketball World Cup, Indonesia, Japan and Philippines
28 August – One year to go to Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

September – Asian Games and rowing

3 – 10 September: Rowing Worlds championships, Belgrade, Serbia
2 - 17 September: Weightlifting World championships, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16 – 24 September - 3 women’s volleyball Olympic qualifying tournaments, Japan and other locations to be announced
16 – 24 September - Wrestling World championships in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
19 – 24 September - Canoe Sprint and Slalom World Championships in Waltham Cross, UK
23 – 24 September - Breaking World championships in Leuven, Belgium
23 September - 8 October - Asian Games in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China
29 September – 8 October - Artistic gymnastics world championships Antwerp, Belgium: 56 spots for Paris 2024 to be awarded
Autumn 2023 – Paralympic Games Ticketing sales start

October – Panamerican Games and volleyball

30 September – 8 October - 3 men’s volleyball OQ tournaments, Japan and other locations to be announced
1 – 10 October - Shooting Africa championships, Cairo, Egypt
20 October - 5 November - Panamerican Games, Santiago, Chile
22 October - 2 November – Shooting Asia championship, Changwon, Republic of Korea

November – Who will fly highest on the trampoline?

9 -12 November - Trampoline world championships, Birmingham, UK

December – Taekwondo and Handball to end the year

30 November – 17 December - Handball Women’s World Championships, Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Date to be confirmed - World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champion Series finale, Wuxi, China

And there will be even more events to be confirmed in 2023 such as the revealing of the Paris 2024 Look & Feel, the Olympic Torch Relay route, the Paris 2024 medals design, the Olympic Torch and lanterns designs and no doubt some unexpected surprises.