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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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CCWC 2026 Official Social Media & Scam Alert Guidelines
CCWC 2026 Official Social Media & Scam Alert Guidelines Discover the official social media channels for CCWC 2026 and learn how to identify and report fake Facebook groups, pages, and profiles impersonating the IDBF or the Championships. This...
Paddles Ready x IDBF: ‘ This Could Be Their Last Adventure’ – A Conversation with Senior Vice President Meri Gibson
Paddles Ready x IDBF: ' This Could Be Their Last Adventure' - A Conversation with Senior Vice President Meri Gibson In this powerful episode of Paddles Ready, Meri Gibson President of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers Commission and Senior...
Paddles Ready x IDBF: ‘We Are a Sport’ – A Conversation with President Claudio Schermi
Paddles Ready x IDBF: 'We Are a Sport' - A Conversation with President Claudio Schermi As the IDBF begins its next chapter with the establishment of our new Headquarters in Hong Kong, President Claudio Schermi recently joined Paddles Ready for a...
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.
