17th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships
Brandenburg an der Havel (Germany) – July 14th – 20th, 2025
Greetings
As Lord Mayor, I invite you to let us host your Nations World Dragon Boat Championships 2025 on our wonderful regatta course in Brandenburg an der Havel.
Together with our experienced organization team and the German Dragon Boat Association we will to ensure that these will be unforgettable championships at thehighest level.
Welcome to Brandenburg an der Havel.
Steffen Scheller
Lord Mayor of Brandenburg adH
The state government and the city of Brandenburg an der Havel invest annually for the maintenance and constant modernization of the natural regatta course on the Beetzsee, so that high-ranking national and international regattas can continue to take place.
The state of Brandenburg stands for world-class in the sports of rowing, canoe racing and dragon boat sports.
We want to prove this again and warmly welcome dragon boat
athletes from all over the world in 2025.
Dr. Dietmar Woidke
Prime Minister of the Federal State of Brandenburg
Dear Dragon Boat Friends all over the world,
20 years after the first IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Germany, we will be able to open such a large and important championship again in July 2025. That makes us incredibly proud.
With one of the most experienced and competenced teams at our side, the Brandenburg Regatta Team, we can promise you that the 17th IDBF WDBRC will be an extremely successful experience for all participants and also the visitors. The technical and logistical conditions on the regatta course at Beetzsee will inspire you.
We would like to thank the mayor of the city of Brandenburg adH, Steffen Scheller, and the Prime Minister of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke, for their support.
However, our special thanks goes to all the members of the organizing committee as well as the many hard-working and enthusiastic helpers who always do their best to make this World Dragon Boat Racing Championships unforgettable for all of us.
Dear friends, please feel you very welcome in Brandenburg an der Havel, in the heart of Germany.
Ute Becker-Frenzel
President of DDV
