The 53rd

World Rowing Championships The World Rowing Championships is an international Rowing (sport), rowing regatta organized by International Rowing Federation, FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It is a week-long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer ...

will be held from 21 to 28 September 2025 in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, China, under the organization of the International Federation of Rowing Societies (FISA) and the Chinese Rowing Federation. Shanghai was supposed to hold the

2021 World Rowing Championships The 2021 World Rowing Championships was planned to be held from 17 to 24 October 2021 in Shanghai, China. Due to COVID-19-related mitigation issues, the event was cancelled by the World Rowing Association at the request of the Shanghai Organising ...

at the Shanghai Water Sports Centre on

Dianshan Lake Dianshan Lake () is a freshwater lake west of Zhujiajiao, Qingpu District, in Shanghai, China. Measuring , it is the largest freshwater lake in Shanghai and the upstream of the Huangpu River. The Shanghai Water Sports Centre was supposed to be ...

, but the competition was cancelled due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. The 2025 event will use the venue that had been chosen for the 2021 competition.

References

Rowing in China Sport in Shanghai 2025 in Chinese sport World Rowing Championships September 2025 in Asia 2025 in rowing International sports competitions hosted by China Sports competitions in Shanghai {{Rowing-stub