2024 Winter Invictus Games

XIII Winter Invictus Games

Emblem of the 2024 Winter Invictus
Host city	Rimso and Nordfolden, Scovern
Motto	Omfhavn det umulige Faðma hið ómögulega ("Embrace the impossible")
Events	120
Dates	17 February–5 March 2024
Officially opened by	King Henrik
Main venue	Rentenbank Arena

The 2024 Winter Invictus Games, officially the XIII Winter Invictus Games (Mescon: XIII. Inviktiske vinterlege, Vestelian: XIII. Inviktiske vinterleker, Frellandic: XIII. Vetrarinvíktileikarnir) and alternatively known as Rimso–Nordfolden 2024 for commercial purposes will be the 13th edition of the Winter Invictus Games, held jointly in Rimso and Nordfolden, Scovern, between February 17 and March 5, 2024.

Rimso–Nordfolden was chosen as the host location at the IIC conference in Alikianos, Piraea in 2019. It is the second time Scovern has hosted the Winter Invictus Games, after Helganes 1984. A total of 120 events will be held across nine venues, with the opening and closing ceremonies being held at the Rentenbank Arena in Rimso.

Bids

Bids for the 2024 games began in 2015. Rimso, Invertwinc, New Morwall and Tolbury were selected as candidates, while Visnagrad and Rahu did not make it past the planning process.

Selection of candidate cities

The quality of bids were assessed in 2017 at the 119th IIC conference in Rongzhuo, Shangea. Cities were given a score out of ten in various categories by chosen representatives of the IIC.

Table of quality and feasibility scores given by the IIC in 2017

Criteria	Rimso		Invertwinc		New Morwall		Tolbury		Visnagrad		Rahu
	Scovern		Caldia		Rizealand		Template:Country data Estmere		Tengaria		Alsland
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max
Games concept and venues	7.0	9.0	7.0	9.0	6.5	9.0	6.5	8.5	5.0	7.0	6.5	7.0
Invictus village	8.0	9.5	7.0	9.0	7.0	8.0	7.5	8.5	6.5	8.0	6.5	7.5
Broadcast and media centre	7.5	9.5	7.0	9.0	8.0	9.5	7.0	8.5	6.0	8.0	7.0	8.0
Sports experience	8.0	9.5	8.0	9.5	9.0	10.0	8.5	9.5	7.0	8.0	7.5	9.0
Environment and meteorology	7.5	9.0	6.5	8.5	5.5	7.0	8.0	9.5	6.0	7.5	8.5	9.5
Accommodation	8.5	10.0	7.0	8.0	6.5	8.0	7.0	7.5	4.5	5.5	6.0	7.0
Transport	8.0	10.0	6.0	7.5	4.0	6.0	6.0	7.0	4.5	6.0	5.0	5.5
Medical services and doping control	7.5	9.5	7.5	9.5	7.0	9.0	7.5	9.0	6.0	7.0	7.0	8.0
Safety and security	8.5	10.0	8.5	10.0	7.5	9.0	8.0	8.5	5.0	7.0	8.5	9.5
Telecommunications	7.0	9.0	7.5	9.0	7.0	9.0	7.5	9.5	7.0	9.0	7.5	8.5
Energy	6.0	8.5	4.0	8.0	6.0	8.0	6.0	8.0	6.5	7.5	6.0	8.0
Government and public support	8.0	9.5	8.0	10.0	7.5	9.0	8.0	9.0	6.0	7.5	5.0	6.5
Finance and marketing	7.5	9.0	7.0	8.0	6.0	7.0	8.0	9.0	5.0	6.5	6.0	7.0

Host city selection

The host city was selected from the four candidate cities at the 121st IIC conference in Alikianos, Piraea, in 2019.

2024 Winter Invictus bidding results

City	Nation	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Rimso–Nordfolden	Scovern	35	43	55
Invertwinc	Caldia	28	33	42
New Morwall	Rizealand	21	21	–
Tolbury–Witburgh	Template:Country data Estmere	13	–	–

Venues

Rimso

Nordfolden

Locations of the host cities in Scovern.

Rimso

• Rentenbank Arena – Opening and closing ceremonies
• Eikrol Velodrome – Figure skating, speed skating (incl. short-track)
• Queen Elisabeth Stadium – Bandy, ice hockey
• Kinobi Arena – Curling, ice climbing
• MBRimsø Media Park – Media and broadcast centre (MBC)
• Prinsenstorv – Medal ceremonies and secondary MBC

Nordfolden Invictus Winter Park

• Revnettind Extreme Park – Biathlon, cross-country skiing, Scovernois combined, ski jumping
• Bifröst Sports Arena – Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton
• Nordfolden Ski Centre – Freestyle skiing, snowboarding
• Glinsefjell Ice Circuit – Noivage, sled dog racing
• Hvidenfjell – Ice mountaineering

The Games

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

Games day	-1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Events
Date	17 Feb.	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	1 Mar.	2	3	4	5
Ceremonies		OC																CC	N/A
Aventine skiing					2	1	1	1	1		1		1	1	1			1	11
Bandy	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Biathlon			1		1	1			1	1	2		1	1		2			11
Bobsleigh											●	1	1			●	1	1	4
Cross-country skiing			1	1		2		1	1	1	1			2			1	1	12
Curling	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2	3
Figure skating		●		●	1	●		1		●		1	●		1	●	1		5
Freestyle skiing	●		1	1	●	1	1					1	1	2	1	2			11
Ice climbing									●	1	1			●	1	1			4
Ice hockey	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	1	2
Luge			●	1	●	1	1	1											4
Noivage		●	●	1	1				1	1	1	1			1	1	1		9
Scovernois combined							1						1		1				3
Short track speed skating			1		2		1		1		2			2					9
Skeleton								●	1	1									2
Ski jumping			1	1	1				●	1		1							5
Snowboarding			●	1	1	2	1	2	1	1									9
Speed skating			1	1	1			1	1	1			2		1	1	2		12
Demonstration sport
Sled dog racing											●	2							2
Daily medal events	—	—	6	7	10	8	7	7	8	8	8	5	7	8	8	7	7	7
Cumulative total	—	—	6	13	23	31	38	45	53	61	69	74	81	89	97	104	111	118

Media and broadcasting

National broadcasters

• Gaullica – Télévision Gaulloise Dêport
• Scovern – STV

See also

• Scovernois Invictus Games:
  • 1984 Winter Invictus Games – Helganes