Different Types of Sport Events

The Problematic Of Categorizing (Sporting) Events

The existing literature review can lead the reader to a difficult situation where he or she has to deal with a confusion of concept categorizations and varieties (see Table 1 & Fig. 1). Unfortunately, this situation cannot easily highlight to the reader an easy way of sport event classification(s) that is expected of him. An important problem is also that the standardization of criteria often concerns categories of events, such cultural, political, private oriented events, and not just sports and especially small-scale sport events. Gammon (2012, p.105) stated this problem. According to him “Unsurprisingly numerous sports events have ben situated within the special event category (which is a term often used as an umbrella term for all planned events) [...] ”. Small-Scale Sport Events in relation to Large-Scale Sport Events also have a more beneficial impact on the local community, affecting positively the “three pillars” of its development (economy, society, natural environment) (Gibson, Kaplanidou & Kang, 2012; Ziakas, 2010).