| The 8th World Games |
| Administrative body |
International World Games Association (IWGA) |
| Supervisor |
Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC),
Sports Affairs Council, Executive Yuan (SAC) |
| Organizer |
Kaohsiung Organizing Committee (KOC) |
| President |
Ms. Chu Chen (Kaohsiung Mayoress) |
| Managing Director |
Ms. Shyh-Fang Liu |
| CEO |
Ms. Emily Hsu |
| Date |
July 16-26, 2009 |
| Venues/Cities |
Kaohsiung City and Kaohsiung County |
| Budget (in NTD) |
Competitions：1 640 000 000 (1.64 Billion) |
| Venues：510 000 000 (510 Million) |
| Broadcasting：250 000 000 (250 Million) |
| Total：2 400 000 000 (2.4 Billion) |
| (NTD：USD = approx. 33:1) |
| Budget share |
Central Government：50% |
| Local Government：46% |
| KOC：4% |
| Extra budget for Main Stadium |
4 795 000 000 (4.795 Billion) NTD by Central Government |
| Total number of participants |
5994 (103 countries) |
| Number of athletes |
2908 (84 countries) |
| Number of officials |
684 |
| Number of extra officials |
899 |
| Number of volunteers |
4652 |
| Number of accredited media staff |
792 (233 companies) |
| Domestic media：530 (123 companies) |
| International media：262 (110 companies) |
| Number of sports |
Official sports：26 |
| Invitational sports：5 (At least 6 events/day, at most 14 events/day) |
| Sports Park Activities：6 |
| The largest delegations |
TPE：300 |
| RUS：164 |
| JPN：160 |
| GBR：146 |
| USA：146 |
| GER：145 |
| FRA：138 |
| Cultural program |
Opening Ceremony (Main Stadium, July 16, 7.30 pm) |
| Closing Ceremony (Main Stadium, July 26, 7.30 pm) |
| The World Games Plaza (True Love Harbor/Glory Pier,July 15-26) |
