Totodată, un nou oraș gazdă pentru Adunarea Generală a ANOC, care urma să aibă loc cu ocazia Jocurile Mondiale pe Plajă, este de așteptat să fie anunțat în cursul acestui an.

Comitetul Olimpic Indonezian a susținut că au fost forțați să își retragă calitatea de gazdă a competiției după ce bugetul necesar  nu a fost eliberat de guvernul de la Jakarta, lucru care a reprezentat o „mare surpriză și o dezamăgire extremă” pentru ANOC.

Decizia de a anula Jocurile a creat valuri în lumea olimpică,  iar ANOC a anunțat că va suporta din cheltuielile angajate de Comitetele Naționale Olimpice (CNO).

Bali World Beach Games have been canceled

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) decided to cancel the Games after the Indonesian government failed to generate a budget for the world competition.

The second edition of the multisport competition, which was due to take place between August 5 and 12, is canceled because there is no time to find an alternative host for an event that was due to have 1,500 athletes from 130 countries competing in 31 disciplines from 14 sports.

Also, a new host city for the ANOC General Assembly, which was to be held on the occasion of the World Beach Games, is expected to be announced later this year.

The Indonesian Olympic Committee claimed they were forced to withdraw their hosting of the competition after the necessary budget was not released by the Jakarta government, which came as a "big surprise and extreme disappointment" to ANOC.

The decision to cancel the Games created waves in the Olympic world, and ANOC announced that it would cover the costs incurred by the National Olympic Committees (NOCs).