The Australian state of Victoria will host the 2026 Commonwealth Video games, the federal government confirmed on Tuesday. Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, was granted an unique negotiating interval to safe internet hosting rights for the Video games in February.

"It’s an ideal honour to have Victoria chosen because the host venue for the 2026 Commonwealth Video games -- we are able to’t wait

to welcome the world to all of our state," Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews stated in a press release.

The quadrennial Video games, a multi-sport gathering for principally former British colonies, has struggled to stay related, with 4 of the final 5 editions held in Australia or Britain.

Exterior Australia, no different nations or cities expressed curiosity in taking the vacant 2026 slot.

The Video games will likely be unfold throughout 4 regional hubs within the state, within the cities of Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland, creating a brand new multi-city mannequin for the occasion, the Victoria authorities stated.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee congratulated Victoria.

"Bringing the 2026 Commonwealth Video games to Victoria is unbelievable information for New Zealand," the NZOC stated in a press release.

Australia most just lately hosted the Video games on the Gold Coast in 2018, with Melbourne internet hosting the 2006 version.

The English metropolis of Birmingham will host the 2022 version from July 28-Aug. 8, after changing South Africa who had been stripped of them in 2017 over a scarcity of progress of their preparations.