Specifics of Organization of International Complex Competitions in Non-Olympic Sports

The specifics of organization of one of the largest projects in non-Olympic sports - the World Games, and novel competitions - the World Games SportAccord were considered. The main methods used were: the analysis of compe- titions reports, historical, systematic and comparative analysis, and an expert survey. As a result of the research there were: 1) developed the periodization of the World Games in the context of their organization (taking into account the activities of organizing committees, information, economic supply and staffing of these competitions; 2) summarized the features of complex competitions in non-Olympic sports (the World Games and the SportAccord World Games) in comparison with the Olympic Games, as well as the criteria for including sports in competition programs; 3) ground- ed the actual groups of problems of the organization of competitions; 4) confirmed the scientific data on the impact of current development trends of sports (professionalization, commercialization, globalization; emergence of new sports, their organizational structures and competitions; increase of the level of sporting achievements; the increas- ing role of the television and the Internet) on the organization of international complex competitions in non-Olympic sports .The obtained results of the research were implemented at the national level at the complex competitions in non-Olympic sports (the All-Ukrainian beach games, the All-Ukrainian martial arts games).