In search of sports events in Turkey in 2023? Here, you can find a list of the sporting events that will be held in Turkey in 2023.

Turkey 2023 April Sport Events

This April, there are many sports events you can attend in Turkey. Moreover, the cities that host these activities are also golden spots for tourist attractions, so make sure that you take a look at them as well.

2023 IIHF World Championship Division II

The IIHF's primary responsibilities are to oversee, promote, and coordinate hockey around the world. The promotion of cordial ties between the national associations that make up the membership as well as coordinated operation for the good order of the sport are additional responsibilities. The federation may take the necessary actions to conduct itself and its affairs in accordance with its statutes, bylaws, and regulations and to maintain its authority over ice hockey on a global scale. The IIHF is the organization in charge of organizing all IIHF competition-related sponsorships, license rights, advertising, and merchandise. 

The International Ice Hockey Federation will host an international ice hockey competition called the IIHF World Championship Division II in 2023. 

The 2023 Group A and Group B tournaments will take place in Madrid, Spain (15–21 April), and Istanbul, Turkey (17–23 April). 

2023 Judo Grand Slam Antalya

The IJF World Tour includes a number of international judo competitions, including the Judo Grand Slam competitions. This sports event in Turkey includes a lot of thrill and action, so be prepared!

The Grand Slam competitions are the highest-ranked international judo competitions, that is, the competitions in which the judoka can accumulate the most ranking points, after the Olympic Games, World Championships, and World Masters. 

Although some sources claim the inaugural Grand Slam competition took place in Tokyo in December 2008, the IJF referred to it as the "Kano Cup," not the "Grand Slam." Further tournaments were also organized in 2009 in Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, and Paris. Rio de Janeiro was replaced in 2013 by Baku. There were four Grand Slam competitions annually up until 2013. In 2014, it was planned to add a fifth competition, which would take place in Abu Dhabi. Two more tournaments were added in 2019. Moreover, Turkey is hosting a Grand Slam Tournament this year. Sports events in Turkey sound very packed this year!

2023 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The International Gymnastics Federation hosts the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships, also known as the FIG World Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championships (FIG). In June 2019, the first edition took place in Gyr, Hungary. From 2021 on, the championships will be held twice a year in odd-numbered years. The COVID-19 outbreak forced the cancellation of the 2021 edition. The following championships will take place in 2023.  Boys and girls between the ages of 16 and 17 are both eligible. 

A total of 14 sets of medals are up for grabs in the junior worlds' eight boy's (team, all-around, floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar), and six girl's (team, all-around, floor exercise, vault, uneven bars, balance beam) disciplines.