World Aquatics Unveils Competition Schedule for 2025 World Aquatic Championships in Singapore

World Aquatics, in collaboration with the Singapore Organising Committee, has unveiled the competition schedule for 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. 

Set to take place from July 11 to August 3, 2025, the event will feature an impressive 75 medal events across six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming, and high diving. Over 2,500 athletes from 210 national federations are expected to compete, making it one of the most anticipated events in aquatic sports.

Competition will begin on July 11 with the opening rounds of water polo, which will continue through July 24, concluding with the men’s and women’s gold medal matches. Open water swimming will follow shortly after, running from July 15 to July 20. Artistic swimming will kick off on July 18, with events wrapping up on July 25.High diving is set to take place from July 24 to July 27, overlapping with the start of diving events, which run from July 26 to August 3. 

Swimming will close the 2025 World Championships in Singapore with an eight-day competition from July 27 to August 3, culminating in medal-only finals before the Closing Ceremony. Spanning 24 days, this edition is notably longer than the typical 16–17 day format of recent editions, including Budapest (2022), Fukuoka (2023), and Doha (2024). However, Singapore will continue the recent trend, established in 2023, of scheduling swimming in the final week of competition.The full swimming schedule can be found here. 

2025 World Aquatics Championships – Event Schedule & Venues

Notably, this will be the first time Singapore will host the World Aquatics Championships for the first time, marking a key milestone for the nation. As the third consecutive edition held in Asia, following Fukuoka in 2023 and Doha in 2024, the Singapore 2025 World Championships will build on the region’s growing prominence in aquatic sports.