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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
Latest News
IDBF appoints Natacha Tremblay as Chair of the Women’s Commission
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-05) IDBF appoints Natacha Tremblay as Chair of the Women’s Commission The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) is proud to announce the appointment of Natacha Tremblay as Chair of the Women’s Commission. This...
IDBF Inspects Race Venue for the 2025 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, Brandenburg
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-04) IDBF Inspects Race Venue for the 2025 17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships, Brandenburg Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany – The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) has completed a three day...
“We Are Going Back Home” – IDBF President Claudio Schermi Announces After Hong Kong Visit
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-03) "We Are Going Back Home" – IDBF President Claudio Schermi Announces After Hong Kong Visit Hong Kong, February 15, 2025 – Claudio Schermi, President of the International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF), concluded his...
About Us
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.
