Season Calendar 2026
Source: https://www.worldaquatics.com/
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The 2026 Aquatics calendar is a significant “bridge year” for the sport. Unlike 2024 or 2025, there is no long-course World Aquatics Championship in 2026. Instead, the year focuses on the World Cup series for all disciplines and concludes with the Short Course (25m) World Championships in Beijing.
Below is the comprehensive schedule for the 2026 World Aquatics season.
🏊 Swimming
The swimming year is split between the “Silk Road” World Cup tour in the fall and the Short Course World Championships in December.
| Event | Dates | Location |
| World Cup – Stop 1 | Oct 1–3 | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| World Cup – Stop 2 | Oct 8–10 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| World Cup – Stop 3 | Oct 15–17 | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) | Dec 1–6 | Beijing, China |
🤽 Water Polo
The 2026 season features a revamped World Cup format, culminating in a joint Men’s and Women’s Super Final in Australia.
| Event | Dates | Location |
| Men’s World Cup (Div 1) | April 6–12 | Alexandroupoli, Greece |
| Men’s World Cup (Div 2) | April 7–12 | Malta |
| Women’s World Cup (Div 2) | April 21–26 | Malta |
| Women’s World Cup (Div 1) | May 1–6 | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| World Cup Super Final (Men & Women) | July 20–26 | Sydney, Australia |
💦 Diving & High Diving
The Diving World Cup returns to its three-stop format, while High Diving features two primary stops in the summer.
Diving
- Stop 1: Feb 26 – March 1 | Montreal, Canada
- Stop 2: March 5–8 | Zapopan, Mexico
- Super Final: May 1–3 | Beijing, China
High Diving
- World Cup Stop 1: May 15–17 | Ft. Lauderdale, USA
- World Cup Stop 2: July 11–12 | Porto Flavia, Italy
💃 Artistic Swimming
The 2026 tour spans four continents and five cities, focusing on the new scoring system implemented for the LA 2028 cycle.
| Event | Dates | Location |
| World Cup – Stop 1 | Feb 13–15 | Medellin, Colombia |
| World Cup – Stop 2 | March 27–29 | Paris, France |
| World Cup – Stop 3 | May 1–3 | Xi’an, China |
| World Cup – Stop 4 | May 29–31 | Pontevedra, Spain |
| World Cup Super Final | June 19–21 | Toronto, Canada |
🌊 Open Water Swimming
The 2026 season finishes earlier than usual to accommodate a major calendar shift for the 2027 season.
- Stop 1: March 27–28 | Somabay, Egypt
- Stop 2: April 24–25 | Ibiza, Spain
- Stop 3: May 1–2 | Golfo Aranci, Italy
- Stop 4: June 20–21 | Setúbal, Portugal
Note: The 2027 Open Water season will actually begin in October 2026 with a new “winter” series format.
Other Key Competitions
- European Aquatics Championships: July 31 – August 9 | Paris, France
- World Junior Artistic Swimming Championships: August 12–16 | Budapest, Hungary
- Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya): Sept 26 – Oct 2 (Aquatics events)
Luxembourg and its neighbors (France, Belgium, and Germany) have a very active 2026 aquatics calendar, highlighted by the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.
Below are the key events for the region:
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
The “d’Coque” National Sports Centre in Kirchberg remains the hub for major international meets in the Grand Duchy.
- Luxembourg Euro Meet:January 30 – February 1, 2026
- One of Europe’s premier early-season meets. It consistently attracts Olympic stars (like David Popovici and Florent Manaudou) and serves as a qualifying event for major international championships.
- CIJ Meet Luxembourg:March 12–14, 2026
- A massive international youth and open category meet with over 2,000 entries, held at d’Coque.
- Artistic Swimming Youth European Championships:June 4–7, 2026
- Luxembourg will host the continent’s best young artistic swimmers for this major European Aquatics event.
- Swim Trophy (1ère étape): January 25, 2026.
🇫🇷 France (The Main Stage)
France is the center of the aquatics world in 2026, hosting the “crown jewel” of the European season.
- European Aquatics Championships (Paris):July 31 – August 16, 2026
- Artistic Swimming & Diving: July 31 – August 5/6 (Saint-Denis)
- Open Water (River Seine): August 4–8
- Swimming: August 10–16 (Olympic Aquatics Centre)
- French Open Winter Championships: March 4–7, 2026 (Bourg-en-Bresse).
- Giant Open International Meeting: March 19–21, 2026 (Paris).
- French Long Course Championships: June 25–28, 2026.
🇧🇪 Belgium
Antwerp and Charleroi host the primary Belgian fixtures.
- Championnats FFBN Open: February 13–14, 2026 (Charleroi).
- Flanders Swimming Cup: March 20–22, 2026 (Antwerp).
- Open Belgian Championships (50m): May 15–17, 2026 (Antwerp).
- Belgian Age Group Championships: July 17–19 and July 24–26, 2026.
🇩🇪 Germany
- International German Diving Championships: February 4–7, 2026 (Berlin).
- German Masters Long Distance Championships: March 6–8, 2026 (Stuttgart).
- European Junior Swimming Championships: July 7–12, 2026 (Host city TBC, but confirmed for Germany).
- German Championships (25m): November 12–15, 2026 (Wuppertal).
🇳🇱 Netherlands (Special Mention)
If you are willing to travel slightly further, the Netherlands has a few high-profile meets:
- Eindhoven Diving Cup: February 4–7, 2026.
- International Swim Meet Amersfoort (ISMA): February 19–21, 2026.
- Dutch Long Course Championships: April 30 – May 3, 2026.
