2018 Micras Games

2018 Micras Games

Daocheng 2018
Candidate city logo for Daocheng 2018
Details
Host city	Daocheng,  Jingdao
Dates	31 Aug – 30 Sept 2018
Participating nations	58
Events	323 in 46 sports
Opening ceremony	31 August
Closing ceremony	Not held
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The 2018 Micras Games, officially known as the I Micras Games and commonly referred to as Daocheng 2018, was the inaugural hosting of the Micras Games; a multi-sport event coordinated by the Fédération Micraise de Sport.

The games were scheduled to comprise a total of 46 sports separated into 323 events for which gold, silver and bronze medals were to be awarded. However, problems with the events' scheduling and organisational issues experienced by the FMS led to the games being abandoned prior to being completed. Ultimately, only 119 events saw medals awarded, from a total of 26 sports, leaving the games less than halfway finished.

Hosting

Four cities initially bid to host the games, though this was reduced to three following the withdrawal of the bid from the Florian city of Birmingham due to events related to the War of Lost Brothers. As a result, voting among the executives of the FMS took place with three candidates, with the Jingdaoese capital of Daocheng winning the rights to host the games through an instant run-off vote.

Bids and voting

2018 Micras Games bidding results
City	Nation	Votes
Daocheng	Jingdao	4
Lilycove	Hoenn	3
Jamestown	Vyktory	0
Birmingham	Florian Republic	—

Preparation

Venues

Events were scheduled to take place in twenty venues, primarily within Daocheng itself, though a number of sports were to be played throughout greater Jingdao as per necessity. The Games Village complex was entirely purpose-built for the games, with brand new venues and athlete accommodation on the same site. Both existing—excluding street courses—and new venues in Daocheng and ten other cities would have otherwise been used for events.

Games Village

• Heavenly Light Stadium
• Indoor Arenas
• Olympian All-Weather Stadium
• Olympian Aquatics Complex
• VeloDome

Daocheng

• Daocheng Frozen Coliseum
• Heavenly Light Golf and Lawn Tennis Club
• Jingdao National Sport Club
• Zijincheng Stadion

Outside Daocheng

• Coastal Arena, Pangbin
• Daishu Baseball Park, Daishu
• Future Arena, Libang
• Grand Square Haimiku, Haimiku
• Kaimingcheng Oval, Kaimingcheng
• National Water Centre, Jijiang
• Shining Light Stadium, Xiacheng
• Stadium of Blue Rising Star, Hantian
• Xiacheng Gardens, Xiacheng
• Xiacheng Stadion, Xiacheng
• Xingang Emperor's Field, Xingang

Games

Opening ceremony

A section of the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony was held in the Heavenly Light Stadium on 31 August, on the night prior to the first competitive action of the games' scheduled events.

The opening half of the ceremony included a number of performances showcasing the history and culture of the host nation Jingdao, with musical acts and dance troupes from across the expansive empire being included for a sense of unity.

Following the lighting of the Micras Games crucible to signal the opening of the games, a parade of athletes took place as the participating nations were introduced to the audience and their flags displayed alongside Jingdao's in the stadium.

Sports

The games' sports were separated into two categories; traditional sports which were competed for using standard FMS procedures, and "live" events which were competed for between the leaders—or prominent citizens—of the participating nations. There were to be 46 sports played at the games, though twenty of these saw no medals awarded with many not even beginning their competitions.

Traditional sports

• Amorian football (2) (details)
• Archery (4) (details)
• Athletics (48) (details)
• Badminton (5) (details)
• Baseball (2) (details)
• Basketball (2) (details)
• Boxing (16) (details)
• Brosatamış (1) (details)
• Canoeing (16) (details)

• Curling (5) (details)
• Cycling (18) (details)
• Fencing (12) (details)
• Field hockey (2) (details)
• Figure skating (5) (details)
• Golf (8) (details)
• Gymnastics (16) (details)
• Handball (2) (details)
• Hetlöhi (2) (details)

• Ice hockey (2) (details)
• Jūdō (14) (details)
• Ólbescból (2) (details)
• Pentathlon (2) (details)
• Rowing (14) (details)
• Rugby (8) (details)
• Softball (2) (details)
• Speed skating (22) (details)
• Swimming (34) (details)

• Table tennis (5) (details)
• Taekwondo (8) (details)
• Tennis (5) (details)
• Triathlon (2) (details)
• Twenty20 cricket (2) (details)
• Volleyball (4) (details)
• Water polo (2) (details)
• Women's association football (1) (details)
• Wrestling (18) (details)

Live events

• Chess (1) (details)
• Countdown (1) (details)

• Diplomacy (1) (details)
• Draughts (1) (details)

• Eight-ball (1) (details)
• GeoGuessr (1) (details)

• Mini putt (1) (details)
• Poker (1) (details)

• Risk (1) (details)
• Ten-pin bowling (1) (details)

Participating nations

All existing FMS and MCS members were invited to participate in the games, meaning that sovereign nations routinely represented by multiple sports teams had the option to send either separate or unified delegations. Four nations committed to sending unified delegations, with ten FMS members' athletes participating under the flag of their parent nation as a result. A total of 58 national delegations were sent to compete at the games.

Boycotts

Due to Jingdao's participation in the War of Lost Brothers, the nations of Natopia and Shireroth announced they would boycott the games, and both placed blanket bans on their own athletes—and athletes from their respective territories—prohibiting them from participating in any form. As a result, athletes from a total of twelve FMS members were affected by the boycott.

Calendar

The calendar for the games related to the official competition dates for events in the traditional sports programme. The live events programme had no set dates, with competitions for the ten medal events free to take place throughout the month of September where possible. This calendar indicates the scheduled dates for events, rather than the timetable that eventually occurred.

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

Event		31 Fr	1 Sa	2 Su	3 Mo	4 Tu	5 We	6 Th	7 Fr	8 Sa	9 Su	10 Mo	11 Tu	12 We	13 Th	14 Fr	15 Sa	16 Su	17 Mo	18 Tu	19 We	20 Th	21 Fr	22 Sa	23 Su	24 Mo	25 Tu	26 We	27 Th	28 Fr	29 Sa	30 Su	Events
Ceremonies		OC																														CC	0
Amorian football			●	●					●	●				●	●					●	●				●	●					1	1	2
Archery						●	2	●	●	●	●	1	1																				4
Athletics																			1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	48
Badminton			●	●	●	●	●	1	2	2																							5
Baseball								●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●		●	2												2
Basketball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●		1	1														2
Boxing							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	2	3	3	4	2	1												16
Brosatamış					●	●	●	●	●	●		●		1																			1
Canoeing	Slalom								●	●	1	1	2																				16
	Sprint												●	●	4	4	●	4
Curling			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2		5
Cycling	Road cycling				1	1			2																								18
	Track cycling										2	2	1	1	1	3
	BMX																		●	●	2
	Mountain biking																							1	1
Fencing			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1																			12
Field hockey																	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Figure skating								●		●	1		●	1	●	1		●	1	●		1											5
Golf			1	1			●	●	●	1	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	1			8
Gymnastics	Artistic																●	●	1	1	1	1				3	3	4					16
	Trampoline																														1	1
Handball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			●	●			●	●			1	1								2
Hetlöhi									●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1																	2
Ice hockey								●	●		●	●	●			●	●	●		●	●		●	●	2								2
Jūdō			2	2	2	2	2	2	2																								14
Ólbescból								●	●	●		●		●	●	●	●	●	1	1													2
Pentathlon																													1	1			2
Rowing																●	●	●	●	3	3	4	4										14
Rugby	Rugby league					●	●				●	●				●	●				●	●					1	1					8
	Rugby union			●	●				●	●				●	●				●	●					1	1
	Rugby league nines																													●	●	2
	Rugby union sevens																												●	●	2
Softball															●	●	●		●	●	●		●	2									2
Speed skating	Long track									1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		1	1	1	2									22
	Short track												1			1		2		●		1	3
Swimming			1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4																					34
Table tennis							●	●	1		●	●	2		●	●	2																5
Taekwondo														2	2	2	2																8
Tennis					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	2	2																			5
Triathlon															1		1																2
Twenty20 cricket							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1													2
Volleyball	Beach volleyball		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1																			4
	Indoor volleyball															●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1
Water polo																			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1			2
Women's association football										●	●	●			●	●	●			●	●	●				●					1		1
Wrestling																								2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	18
Daily medal total		—	5	5	8	8	9	8	12	9	11	11	12	11	11	15	8	12	11	12	15	12	12	12	14	11	11	8	10	10	13	7	313
Cumulative medal total		—	5	10	18	26	35	43	55	64	75	86	98	109	120	135	143	155	166	178	193	205	217	229	243	254	265	273	283	293	306	313
Event		31 Fr	1 Sa	2 Su	3 Mo	4 Tu	5 We	6 Th	7 Fr	8 Sa	9 Su	10 Mo	11 Tu	12 We	13 Th	14 Fr	15 Sa	16 Su	17 Mo	18 Tu	19 We	20 Th	21 Fr	22 Sa	23 Su	24 Mo	25 Tu	26 We	27 Th	28 Fr	29 Sa	30 Su	Total events

Medal table

Upon the games' abandonment, 119 of the scheduled 323 events had been completed and had seen medals awarded, with the below table being the distribution of medals at the time.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greater Sangun	13	5	2	20
2	Florian Republic	11	2	0	13
3	Jingdao	8	10	9	27
4	Senya	8	7	6	21
5	Craitland	7	8	5	20
6	Kalgachia	7	3	1	11
7	Hoenn	6	6	11	23
8	Mercury	6	6	9	21
9	River Warriors	6	4	5	15
10	Passio-Corum	6	2	2	10
11	Nova England	6	0	4	10
12	Birgeshir	3	6	2	11
13	Gerenia	3	6	1	10
14	Caputia	3	3	2	8
15	Lusa	3	2	0	5
16	Kingdom of Coria	3	1	4	8
17	Tellia	2	6	4	12
18	Krasnarus	2	3	3	8
19	Treisenberg	2	3	1	6
20	Gotzborg	2	1	2	5
21	Kasterburg	2	1	1	4
22	Nova English Korea	1	7	2	10
23	Freeland	1	3	3	7
	Lakkvia	1	3	3	7
25	Constancia	1	2	4	7
26	Zandarijn	1	2	3	6
27	Juclandia	1	2	2	5
28	Astaronia	1	2	1	4
	Vyktory	1	2	1	4
30	Xang Muang	1	1	3	5
31	Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	1	0	3	4
32	Saint-Antoine	1	0	2	3
33	Coastalis	1	0	1	2
	Lamantia	1	0	1	2
34	Lostisland	1	0	0	1
	Talenore	1	0	0	1
36	Raspur	0	2	3	5
37	Wechua	0	2	1	3
38	Merenolitovina	0	2	0	2
39	Eklesia	0	1	2	3
40	New Vaduz	0	1	1	2
	Stormark	0	1	1	2
	Tiana	0	1	1	2
43	Galactic Wyrm Assembly	0	1	0	1
	Incontinentia	0	1	0	1
	New Calbion	0	1	0	1
	Qyzylqaystan	0	1	0	1
	Srbozemska	0	1	0	1
48	North Antarctica	0	0	3	3
	Strait of Haifa	0	0	3	3
50	Batavia	0	0	2	2
51	Inner Benacia	0	0	1	1
	Iteru	0	0	1	1
	New Sussex	0	0	1	1
	Réunion	0	0	1	1
Total		119	119	119	357

Closing ceremony

Planned for 30 September, the closing ceremony was cancelled in light of the games' abandonment and incompletion.

Broadcasting

Country	TV Broadcasters	Radio Broadcasters
Birgeshir	B-TV	DüňaSpor FM
Caputia	Caputian Broadcasting Corporation	Caputian Broadcasting Corporation
Kingdom of Coria Territories   Astaronia	RTV Korija StadioSport RTV Astaronija (Astaronia)	RTV Korija StadioSport Radio RTV Astaronija (Astaronia)
Craitland	CrTV	VVoices
Eklesia	Eklesian Broadcasting Corporation	Eklesian Broadcasting Corporation
Florian Republic Territories   Etourney	FBC Sport Red Sports	Free Sports Radio
Freeland	PRF1 TV	Radio PRF1 Radio PRF2
Hoenn	Hoso Hoenn Scale ESPN8	Hoso Hoenn Meteor FM ESPN Radio
Kasterburg	Nationale Maatschappij voor Propaganda	Nationale Maatschappij voor Propaganda
Mercury Territories   Lusa  North Antarctica  Nova England  Nova English Korea  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	MeTV (multiple channels) MicraSport NESport (Nova England, Nova English Korea) Tele Lusa (Lusa)	RadioMercury
Raspur	Vizierate of Virtue, External Film Unit	Radio Rastakhiz
Senya Territories   Lamantia  Ranentsi  Tiana	Senya TV Sport Televizionna Firma na Ranentsi (Ranentsi)	Radio Senya Radyenen Sanya Der Rundfunksender (Lamantia) Radio Firma na Ranentsi (Ranentsi)
Vyktory	VBC Sports	VBC Sports Radio

Aftermath

Following the incomplete games' scheduled finish, the FMS came under some criticism for what many saw as an overambitious attempt at an event of its scale with little prior practice or rehearsal. Despite the final schedule of the games being smaller than had been initially mooted in its planning stages, the majority of those in charge of its organisation admitted blame for its failure and expressed a desire for similar mistakes to not be made again.

Plans for a second edition of the games were never shelved, and ultimately a revived version was created in September 2019—one year after the ill-fated inaugural hosting—for which results in existing competitions from a range of sports would be used to award Micras Games medals. This format was designed to alleviate the scheduling and organisational problems that plagued the 2018 games by removing the requirement for all competitions to be hosted in one host nation at the same time, with competitions already scheduled for the ensuing two years to count towards the games. The first edition of the newly-structured games began in mid-March 2020 with the opening matches of the Amorian football World Cup.

Due to its unfinished nature and abandonment, the 2018 games were not officially deemed cancelled until May 2020, when the executive council of the FMS subsequently voted overwhelmingly in favour of formally closing them. Prior to the 2018 games' procedural closure, the following edition had already seen medals awarded for two events, marking a clear progression towards the desired success of the new format.