About World Championships

IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships

The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) hosts the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships biennially in odd-numbered years.

Worlds is held in different locations around the world each cycle, where participants represent their respective home country.

The upcoming 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships will be held in Brandenburg, Germany, in 2025.

***The provisional inclusion of Breast Cancer Paddlers National Team Class at the next IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Brandenburg, Germany, in 2025 has been approved by the IDBF Executive Committee and Council. ***

PREVIOUS IDBF World Nations Championships
Detailed results can be accessed on the IDBF website.

2023 Pattaya, Thailand  (Results)

2021 Hong Kong - canceled

2019 Pattaya, Thailand (Team USA Results)
2017 Dianchi Lake, Kunming, China
2015 Welland, Canada
2013 Szeged, Hungary
2011 Tampa, Florida, USA
2009 Prague, Czech Republic
2007 Sydney, Australia
2005 Berlin, Germany
2004 Shanghai, China
2003 Poznan, Poland (SARS)
2001 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1999 Nottingham, England
1997 Hong Kong, China
1995 Yue Yang, China