2026 Key Sports Festival Busan, with PIAC
Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2026 · Busan
Overview
The 2026 Key Sports Festival Busan, held with PIAC, is a multi-sport event hosted and organized by the Key Sports Festival and sponsored by PIAC and others. The Key Sports Festival is a multi-sport event. This event goes beyond a simple athletic competition; it is a composite program that includes competitive events (competition), an expo, a conference, and various accompanying events. Participants range widely, from professional elite athletes to general athletes and members of the public interested in sports. In other words, it is designed with a structure in which "anyone can participate." This inclusion of both athletes and the general public reflects the Key Sports Festival's aim to present itself as a "sports festival for everyone." In summary, the Key Sports Festival is Korea's only multi-discipline, multi-sport festival that combines professionalism and popular appeal, sports and culture, competition and experience. It is designed so that participants of various ages and skill levels can enjoy it together, and under the slogan "a sports festival for everyone," it is an integrated event that embraces sports, culture, and experience.
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