2025 World Aquatics Championships

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22nd World Aquatics Championships
2025 World Aquatics Championships logo.svg
Host city Singapore
Date(s)11 July – 3 August 2025
Venue(s)3
Nations participating203+2
Athletes participating2,500+
Events77 in 6 sports
Officially opened by Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Officially closed by Husain Al-Musallam

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships, were held in Singapore from 11 July to 3 August 2025. [1] It is the first city in Southeast Asia to host the World Championships.

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Host selection

On 21 July 2019 World Aquatics (then FINA) selected Kazan, Russia as the host, the same day as Budapest, Hungary which was selected for 2027. [2] However, on 9 February 2023 Singapore was selected to replace Kazan as host city due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [3] [4] [5]

Venues

Most of the competitions is being held at the Singapore Sports Hub built for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. [6] [7]

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 (known as World Aquatics Championships Arena) for the swimming and artistic swimming events. [7] [8]

Symbols

Theme

The theme of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships being held in Singapore is "Water Shapes Us". [10]

Mascots

On 2 April 2025, the mascots were announced as Ollie, an otter, and Dewey, a dugong. [11]

Schedule

The initial competition schedule was announced on 18 June 2024. The detailed competition schedule was released on 12 December 2024. [8] [12] [13]

Opening ceremonyPreliminariesFinalsClosing ceremonyMMen's matchesWWomen's matches
July/August10111213141516171819202122232425262728293031123Total
Ceremonies
Swimming 4455556842
Open water swimming 22217
Artistic swimming 212211211
Diving 22221111113
High diving 112
Water polo WMWMWMWMWMWMWM2
Total000000202422222237676667977
Cumulative Total0000002248101214161820233036434955616877-

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Singapore)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15121037
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 137828
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10111132
4  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes B [a] 68418
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63110
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 43512
7Flag of France.svg  France 41510
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4149
9Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 211619
10Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2013
11Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2002
12Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1438
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1438
14Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1337
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1225
16Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1214
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1023
18Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1012
19Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1001
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1001
21Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0202
22  World Aquatics logomark 2.svg   Neutral Athletes A [b] 0123
23Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0112
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0112
25Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0101
27Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 0011
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 0011
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0011
Totals (29 entries)777977233
Source: Worldaquatics

Participating National Federations

203 countries, plus the Athlete Refugee Team and two Neutral Athletes teams (representing Belarusian and Russian athletes) competed.

Participating National Federations

Broadcasting

The Championships are being broadcast on the World Aquatics website which can be accessed worldwide. The competition is also being broadcast through the rights-holding broadcasters in various countries and regions:

Rights-holding broadcasters [14]
RegionBroadcaster(s)Countries/Territories
Africa SuperSport Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Islands, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia (including Somaliland), South Africa, Saint Helena & Ascension, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Americas NBC Sports / Peacock United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
CBC Canada
Grupo Globo Brazil
DirecTV Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia TV Asahi Japan
CMG / CCTV-5 China, Macau
ELTA  [ zh ]Chinese Taipei
Sky Sports Republic of Korea
Mediacorp Singapore (host country)
i-Cable (swimming only)Hong Kong
Europe Eurovision Pan-Europe (excluding Belarus & Russia)
ORF Austria
BHRT Bosnia and Herzegovina
BNT Bulgaria
HRT Croatia
CYBC Cyprus
CT Czechia
Yle Finland
France Télévisions France
ARD / ZDF Germany
ERT Greece
MTVA Hungary
RÚV Iceland
The Sports Channel Israel
Sky Italia / RAI Italy
LRT Lithuania
RTCG Montenegro
NOS Netherlands
RTV North Macedonia
RTP Portugal
TVR Romania
RTS Serbia
RTVS Slovakia
RTVSLO Slovenia
RTVE Spain
SVT Sweden
SRG SSR Switzerland
TRT Turkey
PBC Ukraine
Aquatics GB United Kingdom
Match TV Russia, Belarus
Oceania Nine Network Australia

Notes

  1. 1 2 In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russian Federation. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes B (NAB)" and under the World Aquatics flag.
  2. 1 2 In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Republic of Belarus. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes A (NAA)" and under the World Aquatics flag.

References

  1. "World Aquatics Championships 2025 awarded to Singapore". World Aquatics. 9 February 2023.
  2. "Kazan and Budapest awarded 2025 and 2027 World Aquatics Championships". InsideTheGames. 21 July 2019.
  3. "Singapore replaces Kazan as host of 2025 World Aquatics Championships". InsideTheGames. 9 February 2023.
  4. Keith, Braden (9 February 2023). "2025 World Aquatics Championships Moved from Russia to Singapore". SwimSwam. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. "Singapore gets nod to host 2025 World Aquatics Championships". Yahoo News. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  6. "One-Year Countdown to World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 12 July 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Temporary venue at Kallang to be built for World Aquatics Championships in Singapore". The Straits Time. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  8. 1 2 "2025 World Aquatics Masters Championships Info Bulletin" (PDF). 3 October 2024.
  9. "Inspiring performances delivered at World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 Opening Ceremony". World Aquatics. 10 July 2025.
  10. Chauhan, Pankaj. "World Aquatics Championship 2025 Singapore Guide". swimzing.
  11. "Meet Ollie and Dewey! Mascots for the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 revealed". World Aquatics. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  12. "World Aquatics announces competition schedule for the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  13. "World Aquatics unveils the detailed competition schedule for the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  14. "Where to Watch | World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.