GSI EVENT STUDY / HEMPEL SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AARHUS 2018
Overview
Event History Overview The Sailing World Championships were first held in Cádiz, Spain in 2003. The event has taken place every four years with the exception of a change in cycle from 2011 to 2014, in order to take place in even years for which a summer Olympic Games do not take place. The Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 (Aarhus 2018) was the fifth edition of the Sailing World Championships and was the fourth time a European nation has hosted the event. Including the sixth edition, which will take place in The Hague, Netherlands in 2022, only Perth, Australia has hosted the event outside of Europe, in 2011.
CONTINENTAL HOSTING DISTRIBUTION (2003-2022)
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Aarhus was selected by World Sailing (formerly ISAF) to host the event on 10 May 2014. The ISAF Evaluation Commission made their recommendation to the ISAF Executive Committee who unanimously endorsed the recommendation. The Danish bid defeated rival bids from Busan, Korea; Gdynia, Poland and The Hague, Netherlands. The Danish bid partners - the Danish Sailing Association, Sport Event Denmark, Sport Aarhus Events (City of Aarhus) and Sailing Aarhus - were cited as bringing together proven regatta organisation experience. The successful bid followed three previous attempts to host the world championships, highlighting the desire of the Danish authorities to secure the prestigious event.
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Oceania
Aarhus 2018 became the largest Sailing World Championships in history after 12 events took place, one more than the 11 events competed during each of the first two editions in Cádiz, Spain (2003) and Cascais, Portugal (2007), and two more events than at each of the previous two editions in Santander, Spain (2014) and Perth, Australia (2011).
Sailing World Championships hosts (2003-2022) YEAR
CITY
NATION
CONTINENT
2003
Cádiz
Spain
Europe
2007
Cascais
Portugal
Europe
2011
Perth
Australia
Oceania
2014
Santander
Spain
Europe
2018
Aarhus
Denmark
Europe
2022
The Hague
Netherlands
Europe
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