2025 World Aquatics Championships

22nd World Aquatics Championships
Host citySingapore
Date(s)10 July – 3 August 2025
Venue(s)3
Nations participating206
Athletes participating2,500+
Events77 in 6 sports
Officially opened byTharman Shanmugaratnam
Budapest 2027

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships, is being held in Singapore from 10 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 will be 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 1 1 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 1 1 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 1 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
Totals (0 entries)0000

Participating National Federations

  •  Afghanistan
  •  Albania
  •  Algeria
  •  American Samoa
  •  Andorra
  •  Angola
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (4)
  •  Argentina
  •  Armenia
  •  Athlete Refugee Team
  •  Aruba
  •  Australia
  •  Austria
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Bahamas
  •  Bahrain
  •  Bangladesh
  •  Barbados (2)
  •  Belgium
  •  Benin
  •  Bermuda
  •  Bhutan
  •  Bolivia
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Botswana (2)
  •  Brazil
  •  Brunei
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Burkina Faso
  •  Burundi
  •  Cambodia
  •  Cameroon
  •  Canada (65)
  •  Cape Verde (4)
  •  Cayman Islands
  •  Central African Republic
  •  Chile
  •  China
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Colombia
  •  Comoros
  •  Cook Islands
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Croatia
  •  Cuba
  •  Curaçao
  •  Cyprus
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  •  Denmark
  •  Djibouti
  •  Dominica
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Timor-Leste
  •  Ecuador
  •  Egypt
  •  El Salvador
  •  Eritrea
  •  Estonia
  •  Eswatini
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Faroe Islands
  •  Federated States of Micronesia
  •  Fiji
  •  Finland
  •  France
  •  Gabon
  •  The Gambia
  •  Georgia
  •  Germany
  •  Ghana
  •  Great Britain (29)
  •  Greece
  •  Grenada
  •  Guam
  •  Guatemala
  •  Guinea
  •  Guinea-Bissau
  •  Guyana
  •  Haiti
  •  Honduras
  •  Hong Kong
  •  Hungary
  •  Iceland (5)
  •  India
  •  Indonesia
  •  Iran
  •  Iraq
  •  Ireland
  •  Israel
  •  Italy
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Jamaica
  •  Japan
  •  Jordan
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Kenya
  •  Kosovo
  •  Kuwait
  •  Kyrgyzstan
  •  Laos
  •  Latvia
  •  Lebanon
  •  Lesotho
  •  Libya
  •  Liechtenstein
  •  Lithuania
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Macau
  •  Madagascar
  •  Malawi (3)
  •  Malaysia
  •  Maldives
  •  Mali
  •  Malta
  •  Marshall Islands (1)
  •  Mauritania
  •  Mauritius
  •  Mexico
  •  Moldova
  •  Monaco
  •  Mongolia
  •  Montenegro
  •  Morocco
  •  Mozambique
  •  Namibia
  •  Nepal
  •  Netherlands
  • Neutral Independent Athletes (25)
  •  New Zealand
  •  Niger
  •  Nigeria
  •  North Korea
  •  North Macedonia
  •  Northern Mariana Islands
  •  Norway
  •  Oman
  •  Pakistan
  •  Palau
  •  Palestine
  •  Panama
  •  Papua New Guinea
  •  Paraguay
  •  Peru
  •  Philippines
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Puerto Rico
  •  Qatar
  •  Republic of the Congo
  •  Romania
  •  Rwanda
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
  •  Saint Lucia (3)
  •  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  •  Samoa
  •  San Marino
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Senegal
  •  Serbia
  •  Seychelles
  •  Sierra Leone
  •  Singapore (host)
  •  Sint Maarten
  •  Slovakia
  •  Slovenia
  •  Solomon Islands
  •  South Africa
  •  South Korea
  •  Spain
  •  Sri Lanka
  •  Sudan
  •  Suriname
  •  Sweden
  •  Switzerland
  •  Syria
  •  Tajikistan
  •  Tanzania
  •  Thailand
  •  Togo
  •  Tonga
  •  Trinidad and Tobago
  •  Tunisia
  •  Turkey
  •  Turkmenistan
  •  Turks and Caicos Islands
  •  Uganda
  •  Ukraine
  •  United Arab Emirates
  •  United States (103)
  •  Uruguay
  •  Uzbekistan
  •  Vanuatu
  •  Venezuela
  •  Vietnam
  •  Virgin Islands
  •  Yemen
  •  Zambia
  •  Zimbabwe

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.
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  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.