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The IDBF has decided, due to a several circumstances, the 13th World Nations Championships of the Juniors and U 24 Racing Classes will be held during the 17th EDBF Club Crew Championships from 27th - 30th July,2017 at Divonne-Les-Bains, France....

The Pan American Club Crew Championships were officially launched yesterday in Ponce, Puerto Rico. To watch the races go to www.wipr.pr/tv/envivo/ on Saturday and Sunday (starting at 9am) Click here to check the schedule: https://goo.gl/bh0zyR

The 2nd World Cup is taking place now in Wuxin, Changhzou, China. For complete full results of this event go to the link listed below. Depending on your country of origin, you can watch live races on the web. CCTV-5 will broadcast the races on...

We are pleased to announce that the 2017 IDBF World Championships will be in Dianchi Lake, City of Kunming, Yunnan Province, for the Premier and Senior Divisions. The event will be presented from 18th to 23rd October 2017. Note that the IDBF...

The 12th European Nations Championships will be held from July 29 to July 31 in Rome on Lago dell'EUR. There are 1,600 competitors registered from 17 different countries. Moldavia will be racing for the first time in an international event. For the...

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival is celebrating this year its 40th anniversary. The festivities will be held on 3 days. Races will be presented in 10 different locations in Hong Kong region, with thousands wof participants and spectactors.

China has applied to set a new World Record for the longest wooden dragon boat. On May 28, 2016, 1,600 men carried the dragon boat to the river in Shibing County in the province of Guizhou, China. https://youtu.be/q1FzPxspFcU On June 9, 180 female...

The IDBF News Magazine, Dragon Boat International (DBI) issue 28 is now available for download.

You can find here the Bulletin Number 2

IDBF is proud to announce the 2nd World Cup to be held in Wujin, China from the 19th – 24th of October 2016. More details to be published on this website soon.

The Alliance of Independent recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) held a Working Group meeting and conference from the 11th – 13th August in Bangkok, with an agenda packed with meetings and presentations. The IOC, IWGA, FISU, OCA and many more have...

The results of the 10th IDBF Club Crew World Championships that were held in Adelaide are available online. https://idbfchamps.org/2016adl.php