| 22nd World Aquatics Championships | |
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| Host city | Singapore |
| Date(s) | 11 July – 3 August 2025 |
| Venue(s) | 3 |
| Officially opened by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam (expected) |
| ← Doha 2024 Budapest 2027 → | |
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. 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
On 21 July 2019, World Aquatics (then FINA) selected Kazan as the host, the same day as Budapest, Hungary which was selected for 2027. 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.
Venues
Most of the competitions will be held at the Singapore Sports Hub built for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.
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.
- World Aquatics Championships Arena (Artistic Swimming, Swimming)
- OCBC Aquatic Centre (Diving, Water Polo)
- Sentosa Island (High Diving, Open Water Swimming)
Schedule
The initial competition schedule was announced on 18 June 2024. The detailed competition schedule was released on 12 December 2024.
| ● | 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
- "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.
- ^ "Temporary venue at Kallang to be built for World Aquatics Championships in Singapore". The Straits Time. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- "World Aquatics unveils the detailed competition schedule for the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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