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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 2 – 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, Brandenburg Germany
Bulletin 2 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, Brandenburg a.d. Havel, Germany 14th - 20th July 2025 The information in Bulletin No 2 is complementary to Bulletin No 1. The two Bulletins together serve as complete guidance. The...
Announcing the 2025 Inductees for the International Dragon Boat Hall of Fame
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-07) Celebrating Excellence: Announcing the 2025 Inductees to the International Dragon Boat Hall of Fame The IDBF is delighted to announce its 2025 inductees to the International Dragon Boat Hall of Fame, celebrating the...
3rd MENA Championships 2025 set for April 11-13 in the UAE
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-06) 3rd MENA Championships 2025 set for April 11-13 in the UAE The 3rd MENA Championships 2025, an IDBF recognised festival, will be held from April 11 to 13, 2025, at Al Khan Corniche Beach in Sharjah, UAE. This...
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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.