2025 World Aquatics Championships
22nd FINA World Championships
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The 2025 World Aquatics Championships, the 22nd edition of the World Aquatics Championships, were held in Singapore from 11 July to 3 August 2025.[1] It was the first city in Southeast Asia to host the World Championships.
| 22nd World Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
| |
| Host city | Singapore |
| Date | 11 July – 3 August 2025 |
| Venue | 3 |
| Nations | 203+2 |
| Athletes | 2,500+ |
| Events | 77 in 6 sports |
| Opened by | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| Closed by | Husain Al-Musallam |
Host selection
On 21 July 2019, World Aquatics (then FINA) selected Kazan, Russia as the host of the championship; the same day as Budapest, Hungary was selected for the 2027 edition.[2] However, on 9 February 2023, Singapore was selected to replace Kazan as host city due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4][5]
Venues
Most of the competitions were held at the Singapore Sports Hub built for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[6][7]
Organisers initially considered hosting the swimming events at the National Stadium or the Singapore Indoor Stadium, but eventually decided to build a temporary venue on the site of Car Park G (known as World Aquatics Championships Arena) for the swimming and artistic swimming events.[7][8]
- World Aquatics Championships Arena (artistic swimming, swimming)
- OCBC Aquatic Centre (diving, water polo)
- Sentosa Island (high diving, open water swimming)
- Singtel Waterfront Theatre (opening ceremony)[9]
Symbols
Schedule
The initial competition schedule was announced on 18 June 2024. The detailed competition schedule was released on 12 December 2024.[8][12][13]
| ● | Opening ceremony | ● | Preliminaries | ● | Finals | ● | Closing ceremony | M | Men's matches | W | Women's matches |
| July/August | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swimming | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| Open water swimming | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Artistic swimming | ● | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Diving | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| High diving | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Water polo | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 77 |
| Cumulative Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 36 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 77 | - |
Medal table
* Host nation (Singapore)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 15 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 |  Australia | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 |  United States | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 |  Neutral Athletes B [a] | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 |  Germany | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 |  Spain | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 |  France | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 |  Canada | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 |  Italy | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 |  Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Japan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
 Mexico | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| 14 |  Hungary | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 15 |  Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 |  South Africa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 |  Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 |  Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Neutral Athletes A [b] | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 North Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Monaco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 77 | 79 | 77 | 233 | |
Participating federations
203 countries, plus the Athlete Refugee Team and two Neutral Athletes teams (representing Belarusian and Russian athletes) competed.[citation needed]
- World Aquatics members not competing were British Virgin Islands, Chad, Gibraltar, Liberia and Liechtenstein.[citation needed]
- IOC members Kiribati, Nauru, South Sudan and Tuvalu did not compete as they were not members of World Aquatics.[citation needed]
Broadcasting
The Championships were broadcast on the World Aquatics website which can be accessed worldwide. The competition was broadcast through the rights-holding broadcasters in various countries and regions:
| Region | Broadcaster(s) | Countries/Territories |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | SuperSport | Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Islands, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia (including Somaliland), South Africa, Saint Helena & Ascension, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Americas | NBC Sports / Peacock | United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| CBC | Canada | |
| Grupo Globo | Brazil | |
| DirecTV | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela | |
| Asia | TV Asahi | Japan |
| CMG / CCTV-5 | China, Macau | |
| ELTA | Chinese Taipei | |
| Sky Sports | Republic of Korea | |
| Mediacorp | Singapore (host country) | |
| i-Cable (swimming only) | Hong Kong | |
| Europe | Eurovision | Pan-Europe (excluding Belarus & Russia) |
| ORF | Austria | |
| BHRT | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| BNT | Bulgaria | |
| HRT | Croatia | |
| CYBC | Cyprus | |
| CT | Czechia | |
| Yle | Finland | |
| France Télévisions | France | |
| ARD / ZDF | Germany | |
| ERT | Greece | |
| MTVA | Hungary | |
| RÚV | Iceland | |
| The Sports Channel | Israel | |
| Sky Italia / RAI | Italy | |
| LRT | Lithuania | |
| RTCG | Montenegro | |
| NOS | Netherlands | |
| RTV | North Macedonia | |
| RTP | Portugal | |
| TVR | Romania | |
| RTS | Serbia | |
| RTVS | Slovakia | |
| RTVSLO | Slovenia | |
| RTVE | Spain | |
| SVT | Sweden | |
| SRG SSR | Switzerland | |
| TRT | Turkey | |
| PBC | Ukraine | |
| Aquatics GB | United Kingdom | |
| Match TV | Russia, Belarus | |
| Oceania | Nine Network | Australia |
Notes
- In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russian Federation. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes B (NAB)" and under the World Aquatics flag.
- In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Republic of Belarus. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes A (NAA)" and under the World Aquatics flag.