- 2009 Maccabiah Games
Maccabiah Infobox
Name = Games of the XVIII Maccabiah
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Nations participating = 60
"estimated"
Athletes participating = 8,300
"estimated"
Events =
Opening ceremony = July 12
Closing ceremony = July 24
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Stadium = The 2009 Maccabiah Games ( _he. המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט) will be the 18th incarnation of the games. The organizing committee believes that this will be the largest games held yet. The American delegation will be arriving two weeks prior to the games to hold practice sessions at a cost of more than two and a half million dollars. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=המכביה ה-18 תהיה הגדולה ביותר אי-פעם |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3507780,00.html |format= |work= |publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= |accessdate=2008-02-17 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]Participating Communities
Footnotes
[http://www.maccabiusa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=203&Itemid=189]
External links
;Officialhttp://www.maccabiah.com
;Unofficial
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/the_maccabiah_games.htm Summaries of each of the Games]
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