Representatives of Turkmenistan arrived at Kazan International Airport to participate in the first ever multi-sport tournament “Future Games”. Their opening ceremony will take place on February 21 in the capital of Tatarstan, writes the publication “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”.

“Games of the Future” is a large-scale sporting event at the intersection of sports, science and technology, based on the “phygital” concept. This term consists of two words – physical (physical) and digital (digital), meaning the combination of the real and the virtual. In the context of sports, this is a double event, where the same team competes first in a real sport and then in an eSports game similar to that sport.

It is expected that over 270 teams from more than 100 countries will take part in the Games of the Future, and the total prize fund of the competition will be $10 million. All prize money will be divided between 21 disciplines, which are divided into five categories: sports, tactics, strategy, technology and speed.

The Turkmenistan national team consists of 15 athletes (14 students and 1 teacher) representing the Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan. She will perform in physical football and physical basketball matches.

As the press service of the “Games of the Future” reported, the Turkmen delegation was warmly greeted by volunteers at the Kazan airport. They helped the participants with accreditation and guided them to the buses that will take the athletes to the competition venues.

The Future Games will take place at nine different venues. The main venue of the tournament will be the Kazan Expo exhibition complex, where the opening and closing ceremonies will take place, as well as competitions in fidget football, fit basketball, fit skateboarding, Dota 2 + super final, MLBB + super final, dance simulator and virtual reality game. By the way, at the closing ceremony the country that will host the second Future Games will be named.

The multi-sport tournament will last until March 3.