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15th IDBF Club Crew World Championships (CCWC2026)
Liyu Lake, Hualien , Chinese Taipei
29 August to 6 September 2026
18th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships (WDBRC2027)
Kwun Tong Promenade, Hong Kong, China
2027
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IDBF President Claudio Schermi Elected to AIMS Council for a Four-Year Term
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-14) IDBF President Claudio Schermi Elected to AIMS Council for a Four-Year Term Lausanne, Switzerland – 27 October 2025. The Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) successfully concluded its General Assembly...
Hualien Signs MoU to Host the 2026 IDBF Club Crew World Championships
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-13) Hualien Signs MoU to Host the 2026 IDBF Club Crew World Championships The IDBF President Claudio Schermi today led the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) confirming Hualien as host of the 15th IDBF Club...
IDBF Announces New Athletes Commission Leadership
NEWS RELEASE (#2025-12) IDBF Announces New Athletes Commission Leadership The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) is pleased to formally announce the new Athletes Commission for the 2025–2027 term, following its inaugural meeting held in...
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.
