News Several Excellent Bids received to host 2025 IODA Championships

Several Excellent Bids received to host 2025 IODA Championships

The deadline for submitting a bid to host a 2025 IODA Championship was April 15th.

We received several excellent bids this year and we thank our members for their interest in hosting an IODA Championship and for taking the time to prepare and submit their bids. 

Following last year whereby we received a record number of seven bids to host the World Championship, we received just 2 bids this year.

  • Gdynia, Poland
  • Portoroz, Slovenia

We received two bids to host the 2025 European Championship from:

  • Portoroz, Slovenia
  • Cesme, Turkey

For the past several years past we have had difficulty getting bids to host the NAMS.  This year however, we have received two bids to host the 2025 North American Championship.

  • Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
  • Schoelcher, Martinique (FRA)

We received two bids to host the 2025 Asian & Oceanian Championship, however, SRI has recently withdrawn meaning that OMA is selected by acclamation. We hope that SRI will bid for a future IODA championship.

  • Al Mussanah Sports City, Oman
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka (withdrawn)

We have received one bid for the European Team Racing Championship from:

  • Istanbul, Turkey

The South American Championship is rotated each year by agreement of the members in South America. The 2025 South American Championship is to be hosted by Ecuador. 

No bids were received for the 2025 African Championship. 

The bidders will be presenting their bids to the Official Representatives prior to the AGM on June 22nd.

The link to the schedule of bid presentations can be found here.

The 2025 IODA Championships will be selected by the Members at the 2023 AGM on June 22, 2023 in Costa Brava, Spain.