2025 World Aquatics Championships
| 22nd World Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city | Singapore |
| Date(s) | 11 July – 3 August 2025 |
| Venue(s) | 3 |
| Officially opened by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam (expected) |
The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships, will be held in Singapore, from 11 July to 3 August 2025.[1] Originally to be held in Kazan, Russia, the championships were relocated to Singapore on 9 February 2023 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It is the first city in Southeast Asia to host the world championships.
Host selection
[edit]On 21 July 2019, World Aquatics (then FINA) selected Kazan as the host, the same day as Budapest, Hungary which was selected for 2027.[2] however due to the response of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kazan were stripped of its hosting rights. Singapore was selected to replace Kazan on 9 February 2023.[3][4]
Venues
[edit]Most of the competitions will be held at the Singapore Sports Hub built for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[5][6]
Organisers initially considered hosting the swimming events at the National Stadium or the Singapore Indoor Stadium, but eventually decided to build a temporary venue on the site of Car Park G (expected to be known as World Aquatics Championships Arena) for the swimming and artistic swimming events.[6][7]
- World Aquatics Championships Arena (Artistic Swimming, Swimming)
- OCBC Aquatic Centre (Diving, Water Polo)
- Sentosa Island (High Diving, Open Water Swimming)
Schedule
[edit]The competition schedule was announced on 18 June 2024.[7][8]
| ● | Preliminaries | ● | Finals |
| July/August | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Swimming | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||
| Open Water Swimming | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Artistic Swimming | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||
| Diving | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||
| High Diving | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Water Polo | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
References
[edit]- ^ "World Aquatics Championships 2025 awarded to Singapore". World Aquatics. 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Kazan and Budapest awarded 2025 and 2027 World Aquatics Championships". InsideTheGames. 21 July 2019.
- ^ "Singapore replaces Kazan as host of 2025 World Aquatics Championships". InsideTheGames. 9 February 2023.
- ^ Keith, Braden (9 February 2023). "2025 World Aquatics Championships Moved from Russia to Singapore". SwimSwam. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "One-Year Countdown to World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 12 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Temporary venue at Kallang to be built for World Aquatics Championships in Singapore". The Straits Time. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ a b "2025 World Aquatics Masters Championships Info Bulletin" (PDF). 3 October 2024.
- ^ "World Aquatics announces competition schedule for the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.