Dear international canoe family,

Duisburg is back on the world stage of canoe racing. We are eagerly awaiting the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships. It is a special world championship this August. In the pre-Olympic year, expectations are high.

Duisburg has already hosted the World Canoe Championships five times. In 1979, 1987, 1995, 2007 and 2013, the title fights created enthusiasm: among the fans in the stands, but also among the athletes and officials. The Paracanoe World Championships in 2013 and 2016 are also unforgettable.

We look forward to warmly welcoming the best in the world and their fans to Duisburg from August 23-27, 2023. Together we will make the ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships an outstanding event.

World President Thomas Konietzko met with organizing team at the regatta course

ICF issues positive interim report for "inspiring 2023 World Canoe Championships" in Duisburg

DUISBURG (03/24/2023). Thomas Konietzko set the bar high: "We expect World Championships in Duisburg to be inspiring and exciting." This was said by the president of the world federation ICF at the meeting with the organizing committee of the title fights in canoe racing and para-canoe from August 23 to 27. Together with the ICF Event Manager Balint Vekassy, Thomas Konietzko informed himself on site in the Sportpark Duisburg about the state of preparations five months before the start of the first preliminary race on the Wedau track. The interim report was very positive.

The following 91 nations have announced their participation:

	Algier		Angola		Argentina		Armenia
	Australia		Austria		Azerbaijan
	Belgium		Belize		Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Brazil		Bulgaria		Canada		Chile
	China		Columbia		Cook Islands		Croatia
	Cuba		Cyprus		Czech Republic
	Denmark		Ecuador		Egypt
	Estonia		Finland		France		Georgia
	Germany		Great Britain		Greece		Guam
	Honduras		Hong Kong		Hungary		India
	Indonesia		Italy		Iran
	Iraq		Ireland		Israel		Japan
	Kazakhstan		Kenia		Korea		Kyrgyzstan
	Latvia		Lithuania		Luxemburg
	Mexico		Morocco
	Moldovia		Mozambique		Netherlands		New Zealand
	Nigeria		North Macedonia		Norway
	Paraguay		Philippines		Poland
	Portugal		Puerto Rico		Romania		Samoa
	Sao Tomé & Principe		Senegal		Serbia
	Seychelles		Slovenia
	Singapore		Slovakia		South Africa		Spain
	Sweden		Switzerland		Tadjikistan
	Thailand		Tonga		Trinidad & Tobago		Tunisia
	Turkey		Ukraine		Uruguay		USA
	Uzbekistan		Venezuela		Vietnam

Target for the world championship in canoe racing and paracanoe on the regatta course in Duisburg

DKV Presidium maintains exclusion of Russia and Belarus

DUISBURG (16.02.2023). According to the current status, the Canoe Racing World Championships will be held without athletes from Russia and Belarus. The Presidium of the German Canoe Federation (DKV), at its meeting on February 10, reiterated its position on the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes for all international events taking place in Germany. No authorization to start will be granted. The World Canoe and Paracanoe Championships on the Wedau course in Duisburg's Sportpark are scheduled for August 23-27. Jürgen Joachim, the president of the organizing Kanu-Regatta-Verein Duisburg (KRV), expects the world's best canoeists from about 100 nations.