The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, accompanied by the Councillor for Tourism, Rosario Martínez, presented the sports program to be held in Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca Tourism Board’s video wall at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR).
Torrevieja will celebrate for the first time the VI International Chess Open Easter Week at the Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, from 13 to 17 April, 2022, which will feature the participation of the champion from last year, Pepe Cuenca, as well as great national and international chess players such as the Armenian Karen Movsziszian (former veteran world champion), Jacob Aagaard (Scotland), considered in the world of chess as the best coach, and the Champion of Spain 2020 (under 16) and 2019 WFM semi-rapid World runner-up, Adhara Rodríguez Redondo (Canary Islands).
This chess tournament will begin on 10 April and in addition to the competition there will be conferences and simultaneous activities that will allow lovers of this sport to enjoy the city of Torrevieja at the same time as they enjoy the chess. It is a firm commitment to sport promoting the different modalities in Torrevieja.
The 73rd edition of the Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana will have the arrival of its fourth stage in Torrevieja on 5 February. A stage that will start from Orihuela and finish in the salt city with a total distance of 193.1km.
In the month of May, the Ibero-American Athletics Games will take place, with two major events taking place in Torrevieja, such as the half marathon and a popular 5-kilometre race for women, aimed at promoting women’s sports.
The Torrevieja International Cup will once again hold the soccer and futsal tournaments during Easter, and in the summer of 2022 the futsal, soccer, volleyball, inclusive soccer and beach handball tournaments, the latter being a novelty within the management of Torrevieja International Cup, despite being a tournament with a long history in the city, which is held for non-profit purposes, welcoming a greater number of participants from all categories each year.
As for water sports, from 27 to 30 January, the 14th Euromarina Optimist Torrevieja Regatta will be held, an international meeting that brings together the best international sailors. In the month of February it will be the turn of the 8th Comunitat Valenciana Olympic Sailing Week, a light sailing meeting in which the Flying Dutchman Cup of Spain and the Cup of Spain Europe Class will take place. The XXII Estrella de Levante Regional Cup Trophy will meet on 30 April and 1 May on the Torrevieja coast for sailing cruisers.
In the firm commitment of Torrevieja as a city of Sport for all, there is a clear focus on promoting the participation in high-quality competitive events of athletes with intellectual disabilities. For this reason, the XIX Edition of the Spanish Championship of Autonomous Teams of the Spanish Federation of People with Intellectual Disabilities (FEDDI) will be held from 1 to 5 June, at the Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja.
Torrevieja continues to promote sports tourism, hosting various international teams for their training sessions, as well as sports campuses, among which the basketball campus stands out, which will take place from 18 May to 6 June, and which has one of the most important players in the Finnish Basketball Team as director of the campus.
