2025 World Aquatics Championships
| 22nd World Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city | Singapore |
| Date(s) | 11 July – 3 August 2025 |
| Venue(s) | 3 |
| Nations participating | 203+2 |
| Athletes participating | 2,500+ |
| Events | 77 in 6 sports |
| Officially opened by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| Officially closed by | Husain Al-Musallam |
| 2025 World Aquatics Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | |||
| Solo | |||
| Technical | men | women | |
| Free | men | women | |
| Duet | |||
| Technical | women | mixed | |
| Free | women | mixed | |
| Team | |||
| Technical | mixed | ||
| Free | mixed | ||
| Acrobatic | mixed | ||
| Diving | |||
| Individual | |||
| 1 m | men | women | |
| 3 m | men | women | |
| 10 m | men | women | |
| Synchronised | |||
| 3 m | men | women | mixed |
| 10 m | men | women | mixed |
| Individual & Synchronised | |||
| Team | mixed | ||
| High diving | |||
| 20 m | women | ||
| 27 m | men | ||
| Open water swimming | |||
| Individual | |||
| 3 km knockout sprints | men | women | |
| 5 km | men | women | |
| 10 km | men | women | |
| Relay | |||
| 4 × 1.5 km | mixed | ||
| Swimming | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
| Water polo | |||
| Tournament | men | women | |
| Rosters | men | women | |
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.
Host selection
[edit]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
[edit]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]
- World Aquatics Championships Arena (artistic swimming, swimming)
- OCBC Aquatic Centre (diving, water polo)
- Sentosa Island (high diving, open water swimming)
- Singtel Waterfront Theatre (opening ceremony)[9]
Symbols
[edit]Theme
[edit]The theme of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships being held in Singapore is "Water Shapes Us".[10]
Mascots
[edit]On 2 April 2025, the mascots were announced as Ollie, an otter, and Dewey, a dugong.[11]
Schedule
[edit]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 | 49 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 77 | - |
Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Singapore)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 15 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 |  Australia | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 |  United States | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 |  Neutral Athletes B [a] | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 |  Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 |  Spain | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 |  France | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 |  Canada | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 |  Italy | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 |  Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Japan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
 Mexico | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 14 |  Hungary | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 |  Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 |  South Africa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 |  Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 |  Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Neutral Athletes A [b] | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 North Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Monaco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 77 | 79 | 77 | 233 | |
Source: Worldaquatics
Participating National Federations
[edit]203 countries, plus the Athlete Refugee Team and two Neutral Athletes teams (representing Belarusian and Russian athletes) competed.
- World Aquatics members not competing were British Virgin Islands, Chad, Gibraltar, Liberia and Liechtenstein.
- IOC members Kiribati, Nauru, South Sudan and Tuvalu did not compete as they were not members of World Aquatics.
Broadcasting
[edit]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:
| 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, 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 | 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Singapore gets nod to host 2025 World Aquatics Championships". Yahoo News. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "One-Year Countdown to World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 12 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "2025 World Aquatics Masters Championships Info Bulletin" (PDF). 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Inspiring performances delivered at World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 Opening Ceremony". World Aquatics. 10 July 2025.
- ^ Chauhan, Pankaj. "World Aquatics Championship 2025 Singapore Guide". swimzing.
- ^ "Meet Ollie and Dewey! Mascots for the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 revealed". World Aquatics. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Where to Watch | World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". World Aquatics. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.