Budapest will host the FINA global event for the fourth time; aside from last year, they had hosted the previous three times.
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The short three-meet schedule for the 2023 World Cup Series, which will take place in October entirely in Europe, has been released by World Aquatics. When compared to the peak of 12 stops from 1998 to 2000 and the average of 7-8 stops for most of the World Cup’s history, the 2022 series will be the shortest in the tournament’s history. In anticipation of the Olympic year, this year’s meets will take place in Long Course Meters (a 50-meter pool), as opposed to the customary 25-meter course. In the years leading up to the Olympics, this became customary.
From October 6 to October 8, the event will begin in Berlin, Germany. This is the 18th World Aquatics competition to be held in Berlin since 2000. The following leg will be held from October 13–15 in Athens, Greece. The World Aquatics event will be held in Athens for the first time. Budapest, Hungary will host the final stop of the World Aquatics competition from October 20 to 22. The World Aquatics Championships twice, in 2017 and 2018, as well as the Swimming World Cup were all held at Budapest’s Duna Arena.
Kristof Milak, who in the 2017 World Aquatics Championships broke the 200-meter butterfly record, is looking forward to competing in his native Hungary.
In the 35-year history of the series, the stop in Athens marks the first time in Greece. On the other end of that spectrum, Berlin, which was the only European stop last year, will host 22 events starting in 2023. Budapest will host the FINA global event for the fourth time; aside from last year, they had hosted the previous three times, becoming a consistent member of the event hosting rotation.
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As a result, neither the US nor Canada will see a new season of the show this year. The US hosted in Indianapolis last year for the first time since the inaugural series in 1988–1989. And Toronto hosted a meet for the first time since that year. The most recent hosting events took place in New York in 2005–2006 for the US and Edmonton in 2002–2003 for Canada.
In particular, the overall series standings showed that the short 2022 series worked well. And seemed to keep viewers interested throughout. Due to the smaller schedule and the fact that two of the three stops were in North America. It is difficult to distinguish between the two causes. But the 2023 series, which will take place entirely in Europe, should make it easier. The competitions will count as Olympic and World Championship qualifying events for 2024.
The prize money for the 2023 series has not yet been disclosed by World Aquatics. But last year, more than $1.1 million was given out. Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago took the top spot with $160,000 earned. Followed by American Beata Nelson in second place with $152,000 registered to her name.
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