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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 Returns to Its Founding City with Hong Kong Incorporation
NEWS RELEASE (#2026-02) IDBF Returns to Its Founding City with Hong Kong Incorporation The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) has taken a significant step in its long‑term global strategy with the formal incorporation of International...
IDBF President Represents Global Dragon Boat Community at the 6th Asian Beach Games
NEWS RELEASE (#2026-01) IDBF President Represents Global Dragon Boat Community at the 6th Asian Beach Games IDBF President Claudio Schermi is in Sanya representing the global dragon boat community at the 6th Asian Beach Games — one of Asia’s most...
Bulletin 2 – 15th IDBF Club Crew World Championships Hualien
Bulletin 2 The information in Bulletin No.2 is complementary to Bulletin No. 1. The two Bulletins together serve as the complete guidance to date. The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and the Chinese Taipei Dragon Boat Association...
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.
