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17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships (WDBRC2025)
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
16-20 July 2025
15th IDBF Club Crew World Championships (CCWC2026)
5-10 September 2026
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14th IDBF Club Crew World Championships live streaming
Live streaming for the 2024 14th IDBF Club Crew World Championships - Ravenna, Italy The 2024 14th IDBF Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) is shaping up to be the largest ever! With 163 clubs from 30 different countries, this will be the...
14th IDBF Club Crew World Championships – Bulletin 4
The information in Bulletin No.4 is complementary to Bulletins 1,2 and 3 The four Bulletins together serve as complete guidance. The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and the Italian Dragon Boat Federation (FIDB) are pleased to advise...
Expression of Interest – Chair of Ethics Committee
Expression of Interest – Chair of Ethics Committee The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) is the global governing body for dragon boat racing. Founded in 1991, it oversees and promotes the sport of dragon boat paddling across the world....
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The IDBF is an international non-governmental, non-profit world organization for dragon boating and other paddle sport activities.
With the objects of encouraging the development of the sport of Dragon Boat Racing and of maintaining its Asian cultural, historical and religious traditions and of strengthening the bonds of friendship that unite those who practice it, the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) was founded on June 24th, 1991 in Hong Kong by the Governing Associations of Australia, the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, the Republic of Phillippines, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
