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FISA Confirms Regatta Venues and Dates for 2008

by Marion Gallimore on 12 Jul 2006
The starting area at Poznan, Poland venue for the 2008 World Rowing Cup Event Media
Munich, Germany has been selected by the Council of the International Rowing Federation (FISA) to host the first stage of the 2008 Rowing World Cup series. The event will be held on the Olympic Regatta Course in Oberschleissheim, near Munich from 9 to 11 May 2008. Two candidates were in the running to organise this event: The Idroscalo regatta course in Milan, Italy and Munich. Munich will be the site of the 2007 World Rowing Championships in August 2007.

Finish area at the Poznan Rowing Course © Event Media
Finish area at the Poznan Rowing Course © Event Media

‘We are very proud to be able to host another Rowing World Cup regatta on our course in Munich’ said Bernd Schuhmacher, Chairman of the Munich Regatta Association. ‘It is very important for us to utilise the new and renovated infrastructure provided by the World Championships in the future.’ The Munich Olympic Regatta Course was built for the 1972 Olympic Games and provides excellent facilities.

‘We are always very well served by the Munich organising committee. Over the years, they have acquired valuable experience in organising major International Regattas with these incredible permanent facilities,’ said Matt Smith, Executive Director of FISA.

The Rotsee course has again been confirmed as a World Rowing Cup venue © Sky TV
The Rotsee course has again been confirmed as a World Rowing Cup venue © Sky TV

The Rowing World Cup series was launched back in 1997 and includes all 14 Olympic boat classes. The overall Rowing World Cup champions are determined after a series of three regattas. The venues and dates of the 2008 Rowing World Cup series are:

Rowing World Cup I – Munich, Germany from 9 to 11 May 2008
Rowing World Cup II - Poznan, Poland from 30 May to 1 June 2008
Rowing World Cup III - Lucerne, Switzerland from 20 to 22 June 2008

The 2008 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships will take place in Linz / Ottensheim, Austria from 22 to 27 July 2008.

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