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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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The Heartbeat of the IBCPC Festival: Joy, Passion, and a Homecoming in France
The Heartbeat of the IBCPC Festival: Joy, Passion, and a Homecoming in France Written by Meri Gibson, IBCPC President, IDBF senior Vice President Every four years, the IBCPC Participatory Festival becomes far more than a gathering on the water. It...
Bulletin 3 – 15th IDBF Club Crew World Championships Hualien
Bulletin 3 The information in Bulletin No.3 is complementary to Bulletin No. 1 and Bulletin No. 2. The three Bulletins together serve as the complete guidance to date. The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) and the Chinese Taipei Dragon...
IDBF and HKCDBA Celebrate Dual 35th Anniversaries at a Defining Moment for the Federation
NEWS RELEASE (#2026-05) IDBF and HKCDBA Celebrate Dual 35th Anniversaries at a Defining Moment for the Federation The IDBF marked a defining moment in its global story with the opening of its new Headquarters in Hong Kong, where the Federation...
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.
