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Sanctioned by the International Surfing Association (ISA).

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Uniting the top international Surfing talent since 1964, the ISA World Surfing Games is an Olympic-style team competition that features National Surfing Teams consisting of up to four men and two women. With 132 surfers representing 27 countries at the 2015 event, 2016 is expected to be even larger as athletes will flock to compete in the world renowned and powerful waves of Costa Rica for Individual Medals and the coveted World Team Champion Trophy.
The 2016 ISA World Surfing Games will take place on the back of the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to include Surfing on the Sports Programme for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. With Surfing already having been recommended by Tokyo 2020 for inclusion, the IOC will make the final decision at the IOC Session in Rio this August. This could potentially lead the 2016 ISA World Surfing Games to be the first major World Championship to take place with Surfing as an Olympic sport.

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