What are the categories of sports competitions

Sports competition is the general name of various sports competitions. Is under the auspices of the referee, according to the unified rules requirements, organization and implementation of individual athletes or sports teams between the athletic competition, is the association of competitive sports and society, and the role of the media in society.

There are many ways to categorize sports competitions, and they are usually divided into the following categories according to the task of the competition: games, individual championships, invitational and friendly competitions, rivalry competitions, ranking competitions, quiz competitions, selection competitions and qualifying competitions, performance competitions, and communication competitions.

In addition, there are also competitions classified according to the following approaches: according to the organizational system of sports competitions are divided into regional competitions and systematic competitions; according to the object of participation are divided into men's, women's and children's, teenagers, young people, middle-aged and old people's competitions; according to the nature of the scores are divided into individual competitions, team competitions, individual and team competitions. There are also competitions according to different training levels, different weight grading, etc..