2025 World Aquatics Championships

22nd World Aquatics Championships
Host citySingapore
Date(s)11 July – 3 August 2025
Venue(s)3
Nations participating201+2
Athletes participating2,500+
Events77 in 6 sports
Officially opened byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Budapest 2027 →
Artistic swimming
Solo
Technicalmenwomen
Freemenwomen
Duet
Technicalwomenmixed
Freewomenmixed
Team
Technicalmixed
Freemixed
Acrobaticmixed
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomenmixed
10 mmenwomenmixed
Individual & Synchronised
Teammixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Individual
3 km knockout sprintsmenwomen
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
Relay
4 × 1.5 kmmixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomenmixed
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomenmixed
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships, is being held in Singapore from 11 July to 3 August 2025.[1] 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, Russia as the host, the same day as Budapest, Hungary which was selected for 2027.[2] However, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kazan was stripped of its hosting rights. Singapore was selected to replace Kazan on 9 February 2023.[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 ceremony ● Preliminaries ● Finals ● Closing ceremony M Men's matches W Women's matches
July/August 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Total
Ceremonies ● ● –
Swimming 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 8 42
Open water swimming 2 2 2 1 7
Artistic swimming ● 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 11
Diving 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 13
High diving ● ● 1 1 2
Water polo W M W M W M W M W M W M W M 2
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 9 77
Cumulative Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 23 30 36 43 46 55 61 68 77 -

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Singapore)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China5409
2 Spain43512
3 Australia4026
4 Germany4004
5   Neutral Athletes B [a]3328
6 Japan1124
7 Greece1012
 United States1012
9 Austria1001
10 Italy07310
11 Hungary0325
12 Mexico0112
   Neutral Athletes A [b]0112
14 Canada0101
15 France0022
16 Great Britain0011
 Monaco0011
 Romania0011
Totals (18 entries)24242573

Participating National Federations

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

Participating National Federation
  •  Afghanistan (1)
  •  Anguilla (1)
  •  Albania (2)
  •  Algeria (3)
  •  American Samoa (1)
  •  Andorra (3)
  •  Angola (5)
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (4)
  •  Argentina (23)
  •  Armenia (8)
  •  Athlete Refugee Team (3)
  •  Aruba (6)
  •  Australia (96)
  •  Austria (13)
  •  Azerbaijan (2)
  •  Bahamas (4)
  •  Bahrain (4)
  •  Bangladesh (2)
  •  Barbados (2)
  •  Belgium (5)
  •  Belize (1)
  •  Benin (3)
  •  Bermuda (1)
  •  Bhutan (2)
  •  Bolivia (9)
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
  •  Botswana (3)
  •  Brazil (51)
  •  Brunei (3)
  •  Bulgaria (7)
  •  Burkina Faso (2)
  •  Burundi (2)
  •  Cambodia (2)
  •  Cameroon (4)
  •  Canada (65)
  •  Cape Verde (4)
  •  Cayman Islands (2)
  •  Central African Republic (1)
  •  Chile (14)
  •  China (96)
  •  Chinese Taipei (15)
  •  Colombia (15)
  •  Comoros (2)
  •  Cook Islands (3)
  •  Costa Rica (10)
  •  Croatia (50)
  •  Cuba (11)
  •  Curaçao (4)
  •  Cyprus (4)
  •  Czech Republic (15)
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
  •  Denmark (13)
  •  Djibouti (1)
  •  Dominica (1)
  •  Dominican Republic (11)
  •  Timor-Leste (2)
  •  Ecuador (6)
  •  Egypt (12)
  •  El Salvador (5)
  •  Equatorial Guinea (1)
  •  Eritrea (2)
  •  Estonia (6)
  •  Eswatini (2)
  •  Faroe Islands (4)
  •  Federated States of Micronesia (2)
  •  Fiji (4)
  •  Finland (5)
  •  France (49)
  •  Gabon (1)
  •  The Gambia (2)
  •  Georgia (11)
  •  Germany (46)
  •  Ghana (4)
  •  Great Britain (71)
  •  Greece (62)
  •  Grenada (2)
  •  Guam (3)
  •  Guatemala (7)
  •  Guinea (1)
  •  Guinea-Bissau (2)
  •  Guyana (2)
  •  Haiti (2)
  •  Honduras (5)
  •  Hong Kong (33)
  •  Hungary (70)
  •  Iceland (5)
  •  India (20)
  •  Indonesia (21)
  •  Iran (2)
  •  Iraq (2)
  •  Ireland (13)
  •  Israel (28)
  •  Italy (96)
  •  Ivory Coast (2)
  •  Jamaica (3)
  •  Japan (82)
  •  Jordan (2)
  •  Kazakhstan (27)
  •  Kenya (12)
  •  Kosovo (2)
  •  Kuwait (4)
  •  Kyrgyzstan (2)
  •  Laos (2)
  •  Latvia (3)
  •  Lebanon (4)
  •  Lesotho (2)
  •  Libya (2)
  •  Lithuania (13)
  •  Luxembourg (4)
  •  Macau (10)
  •  Madagascar (4)
  •  Malawi (3)
  •  Malaysia (13)
  •  Maldives (4)
  •  Mali (2)
  •  Malta (4)
  •  Marshall Islands (1)
  •  Mauritania (1)
  •  Mauritius (4)
  •  Mexico (38)
  •  Moldova (3)
  •  Monaco (3)
  •  Mongolia (4)
  •  Montenegro (17)
  •  Morocco (5)
  •  Mozambique (4)
  •  Myanmar (3)
  •  Namibia (6)
  •  Nepal (4)
  •  Netherlands (31)
  •    Neutral Athletes A (16)[b]
  •    Neutral Athletes B (58)[a]
  •  New Zealand (32)
  •  Nicaragua (2)
  •  Niger (1)
  •  Nigeria (4)
  •  North Korea (15)
  •  North Macedonia (2)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (4)
  •  Norway (8)
  •  Oman (2)
  •  Pakistan (3)
  •  Palau (2)
  •  Palestine (3)
  •  Panama (4)
  •  Papua New Guinea (4)
  •  Paraguay (4)
  •  Peru (9)
  •  Philippines (4)
  •  Poland (27)
  •  Portugal (7)
  •  Puerto Rico (5)
  •  Qatar (2)
  •  Republic of the Congo (2)
  •  Romania (21)
  •  Rwanda (4)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
  •  Saint Lucia (3)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
  •  Samoa (4)
  •  San Marino (1)
  •  Saudi Arabia (4)
  •  Senegal (2)
  •  Serbia (21)
  •  Seychelles (3)
  •  Sierra Leone (4)
  •  Singapore (69) (host)
  •  Sint Maarten (2)
  •  Slovakia (22)
  •  Slovenia (3)
  •  Solomon Islands (2)
  •  Somalia (1)
  •  South Africa (53)
  •  South Korea (35)
  •  Spain (68)
  •  Sri Lanka (7)
  •  Sudan (4)
  •  Suriname (2)
  •  Sweden (16)
  •  Switzerland (12)
  •  Syria (2)
  •  Tajikistan (2)
  •  Tanzania (2)
  •  Thailand (24)
  •  Togo (2)
  •  Tonga (2)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (5)
  •  Tunisia (5)
  •  Turkey (9)
  •  Turkmenistan (4)
  •  Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
  •  Uganda (6)
  •  Ukraine (26)
  •  United Arab Emirates (2)
  •  United States (119)
  •  Uruguay (7)
  •  Uzbekistan (8)
  •  Vanuatu (2)
  •  Venezuela (13)
  •  Vietnam (3)
  •  Virgin Islands (2)
  •  Yemen (1)
  •  Zambia (2)
  •  Zimbabwe (7)

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]
Region Broadcaster(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, 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, Swaziland, 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 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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

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  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. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b "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.
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