Following the conclusion of The World Games 2017, the International World Games Association (IWGA) invited its 37 Member Federations to submit applications for
the sports and disciplines they would like included in The World Games 2021 Birmingham. In April 2018, the IWGA Executive Committee announced the Official Sports Program for The World Games 2022, and a more detailed version was released in July 2020 which includes 34 official and invitational sports. Listed below are the federations participating in 2022.