World Rowing U23 Championships

World Rowing U23 Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by the World Rowing Federation. Rowers can compete in U23 events until December 31 of the year that they turn 22. The World Rowing U23 Championship is just under a week long and consists of a progression system to advance from heats to finals. The regatta has 22 boat classes, which includes the 8 lightweight boat classes.

History

From 1976, the U23 event was organised as the Nations Cup, independently from FISA. In 2002, it became the World Rowing U23 Regatta, before becoming the Championships in 2005.

Venues

Ed.	Year	City	Country	Date	Nations
1	2005	Amsterdam	Netherlands	21–24 July
2	2006	Heindonk	Belgium	20–23 July
3	2007	Glasgow	United Kingdom	26–29 July
4	2008	Brandenburg an der Havel	Germany	17–20 July
5	2009	Račice	Czech Republic	26–29 July
6	2010	Brest	Belarus	22–25 July	58
7	2011	Amsterdam	Netherlands	20–24 July	63
8	2012	Trakai	Lithuania	11–15 July	55
9	2013	Ottensheim	Austria	24–28 July
10	2014	Varese	Italy	23–27 July
11	2015	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	22–26 July
12	2016	Rotterdam	Netherlands	21–28 August
13	2017	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	19–23 July
14	2018	Poznań	Poland	25–29 July
15	2019	Sarasota	USA	24–28 July
16	2020	Bled	Slovenia	16–23 August [cancelled]^[1]
17	2021	Račice	Czech Republic	7–11 July	54
18	2022	Varese	Italy	25–30 July	56
19	2023	Plovdiv	Bulgaria	19–23 July	51
20	2024	St. Catharines	Canada	18–25 August
21	2025	Poznań^[2]	Poland
22	2026	Duisburg^[2]	Germany