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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

Bulletins 3 and 4 for the 12th World Nations Championships Welland, Canada are now available for download. Bulletin No. 3Bulletin No. 4

The IOC (International Olympic Committee) Executive Board has approved IOC recognition of AIMS (Alliance of Independent recognised Members of Sport) subject to the signing of an MoU and some minor amendments to the AIMS Constitution. After the...

Congratulations to the Ukraine Dragon Boat Team on winning the Nations Cup at the 2016 European Championships at the Laghetto dell'EUR in Rome, Italy. To see the races, and some pictures of the 12th EDBF European Dragon Boat Nations Championships,...

With the retirement of several long serving members from the Competition and Technical Commission C&TC), IDBF is now seeking expressions of Interest (EOI) from members who are willing to contribute to the development of dragon boating...

Bulletin No. 2 for the 10th IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Adelaide, Australia has been amended, please make sure you have the latest version. You can download it here.