Argentina at the 2025 World Games

Argentina at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeARG
NOCArgentine Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors75 (45 men and 30 women) in 13 sports and 24 events
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
7
World Games appearances (overview)

Argentina competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1]

Athletes representing Argentina won seven medals: two golds, two silver and three bronzes, in which was the second most successful participation of Argentina at the World Games (just behind of 2017 tally of 3-1-2). The country finished in 32nd place in the medal table.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Argentina women's national beach handball team Beach handball Women's tournament 12 August
 Gold Maria Vargas Parada Racquetball Women's singles 17 August
 Silver Diego García Racquetball Men's singles 17 August
 Silver Diego García
Maria Vargas Parada
Racquetball Mixed doubles 17 August
 Bronze Eugenia de Armas Water skiing Women's Freestyle 10 August
 Bronze Sara Banchoff Tzancoff Parkour Women's speed 12 August
 Bronze Sara Banchoff Tzancoff Parkour Women's freestyle 13 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Baseball 15 0 15
Billards 0 1 1
Boules sports 1 1 2
Canoe marathon 2 2 4
Fistball 10 10 20
Gymnastics 1 2 3
Handball 0 10 10
Kickboxing 1 0 1
Racquetball 1 1 2
Roller sports 14 0 14
Wakeboarding 0 1 1
Wushu 0 2 2
Total 45 30 75

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Elimination round Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Claudia Carcacha Women's individual barebow 286 10  Schafer (GER)
L 56–61
Did not advance

Baseball

Summary

Team Event Group play Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Argentina men Men's tournament  Venezuela (VEN) L 2–3  Czech Republic (CZE) W 0–7  Japan (JPN) L 7–3 3  Australia (AUS) W 1–12  Czech Republic (CZE) W 0–3 5

Beach handball

Argentina qualified at the 2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships from China.

Team Event Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinal / PM Final / BM / PM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Argentina women's Women's tournament  Portugal
W 2–0
 Croatia
W 2–0
 China
W 2–0
1 Q  Vietnam
W 2–0
 Spain
W 2–1
 Germany
W 2–1
Gold

Billiards

Pool

Women
Athlete Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Soledad Ayala 10-ball  Meng (AUS)
L 4-7
 Bryant (CAN)
W 7-6
2 Q  Liu (CHN)
L 4-7
Did not advance

Boules sports

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final / BM
Result Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lucas Hecker Men's lyonnaise progressive shooting 81 4 Q  Marsens (FRA)
L 42-46
 Soligon (ITA)
L 38-42
4
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final / BM
Result Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lucas Hecker
Milagros Pereyra
Doubles Quick shooting 72 6 Did not advance

Canoe marathon

Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Juan Ignacio Cáceres Men's K-1 short distance 14:57.81 12 Q 14:16.87 6
Men's K-1 long distance N/a 1:43:21.27 15
Cecilia Collueque Women's K-1 short distance 17:36.85 18 Did not advance
Women's K-1 long distance N/a 1:51:43.71 (–1L) 17

Fistball

Argentina qualified in the men's fistball tournament by finishing at 2023 World Championships and women's fistball tournament by finishing at 2023 South American Championship.

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Argentina men's Men's tournament  New Zealand
W 3–0
 Italy
L 1–3
 Chile
L 3–1
3 N/a  Italy
L 3–0
 New Zealand
W 1–3
7
Argentina women's Women's tournament  United States
W 3–0
 New Zealand
W 3–2
 Chile
L 3–0
2 N/a  New Zealand
L 3–1
 United States
W 1–3
7


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Kick-boxing

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Matías García Men's K1 style 75 kg  Cinal (POL)
L 0-3
Did not advance

Inline hockey

Summary

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank Opposition

Score

Opposition

Score

Rank
Argentina men Men's tournament  Czech Republic
L 0–7
 France
L 1–2
 Chinese Taipei
L 4–1
4  Chinese Taipei
L 4–1
 China
W 4–5
7

Parkour

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sara Banchoff Tzancoff Women's speed 42:22 3 Q 39:52 Bronze
Women's freestyle 21.0 4 Q 20.6 Bronze

Racquetball

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Diego García Men's singles  O'Keeney (IRL)
W 11-6, 11-2, 11-3
 Acuña (CRC)
W 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
 Galicia (GUA)
W 12-10, 11-4, 11-9
 Moscoso (BOL)
L 11-9, 2-11, 9-11, 11-6, 12-14
Silver
Maria Vargas Parada Women's singles  Dalvi (IND)
W 11-2, 11-1, 11-3
 Céspedes (DOM)
W 11-1, 11-4, 11-1
 Martínez (GUA)
W 10-12, 14-12, 12-10, 12-6
 Longoria (MEX)
W 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9
Gold
Diego García
Maria Vargas Parada
Double  Ugalde /
Villacreses (ECU)
W 11-7, 11-5, 12-10
 Portillo /
Longoria (MEX)
W 11-9, 11-8, 11-4
 Kono /
Kajino (JPN)
W 11-4, 11-7, 11-7
 Bredenbeck /
Ros (USA)
L 7-11, 9-11, 6-11
Silver

Trampoline gymnastics

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Santiago Ferrari Men's double mini-trampoline 47.100 8 Did not advance

Water skiing

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Eugenia de Armas Women's Freestyle 65.89 1 Q 69.11 2 Q 64.00 Bronze

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by country, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-25.