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Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
16-20 July 2025
15th IDBF Club Crew World Championships (CCWC2026)
5-10 September 2026
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Bulletin 1 Supplementary information – 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, Germany
Supplementary information - Bulletin 1 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, Brandenburg a.d. Havel, Germany 14th - 20th July 2025 Addendum to Information Bulletin No. 1: 16 and Under (16U) Classes The IDBF has not...
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NEWS RELEASE (#2025-01) Athletes Commission Election Notice Dear IDBF Members, The election for the IDBF Athlete’s Commission will be held during the 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships at the Regatta Venue Beetzsee in...
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The IDBF is an international non-governmental, non-profit world organization for dragon boating and other paddle sport activities.
With the objects of encouraging the development of the sport of Dragon Boat Racing and of maintaining its Asian cultural, historical and religious traditions and of strengthening the bonds of friendship that unite those who practice it, the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) was founded on June 24th, 1991 in Hong Kong by the Governing Associations of Australia, the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, the Republic of Phillippines, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.