After the success of the summer and winter World Games, the International Military Sports Council has decided to create a new category of international sports competitions opened to the young generations of the military personnel of the world, called “the CISM World Cadet Games”.

Based on the strong commitment of the Russian Armed Forces to teach the younger generations on the values of sports and the ideals of CISM, the 2^nd CISM World Cadet Games was attributed to the city of Saint-Petersburg at the CISM Board of Director meeting 1/2011 held in Algeria, in April 2011.

Saint Petersburg is a city of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. In 1914 the name of the city was changed to Petrograd, in 1924 to Leningrad and in 1991 back to Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. From 1713 through 1728 and from 1732 it was the capital of the country until 1918 when the central government bodies moved from Petrograd to Moscow. It is Russia's second largest city after Moscow with 4.6 million inhabitants. Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural centre, and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.

One of the world’s most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg has all the ingredients for hosting this extraordinary CISM event. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city is also home to the Hermitage, the largest art museum in the entire world. The city has 221 museums, 2000 libraries, more than 80 theatres, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries and exhibition halls, 62 cinemas and around 80 other cultural establishments.

The Games are planned to be organized inside the Military Physical Education Institute founded in 1909 in Saint Petersburg, that is the higher military education institution preparing officers specializing in physical education and sport, situated in the former barracks of the Litovsky Lifeguard Regiment.