World Rowing Cup

The World Rowing Cup is an international rowing competition organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). It began in 1997 and comprises three regattas (apart from in 2001 when there were four) held throughout early summer. In each event points are awarded to the top seven finishing boats and an overall winner determined after the last world cup regatta each year. During the regattas the current leader in each event must wear yellow bibs. The World Rowing Cup has only been staged outside Europe on 3 occasions, in 2001 Princeton and in both 2013 and 2014 Sydney.

World Cup in single scullers (1990–1995)

From 1990 to 1995, the World Rowing Cup was a competition for single scullers. At three to six international regattas during one season, points for a total rating and cash prizes could be won. The World Rowing Federation wanted to better market its sport and increase sponsorship income through improved TV-presence. These goals were missed, which ultimately led to the termination of this form of the World Cup after the 1995 season.^[1]

Season	Venues	Overall winner (women)^[2]	Overall winner (men)^[2]
1990	Mission Bay, San Diego (7 April) Mühlauhafen, Mannheim (13 May) Årungen, Ås (3 June) Bosbaan, Amsterdam (1 July) Rotsee, Lucerne (15 July)	Titie Jordache West Germany	Jüri Jaanson Estonia
1991	Lago di Piediluco (10 April) Regattabahn Duisburg [de], Duisburg (26 May) Hjälmsjön [sv], Örkelljunga Municipality (2 June) Bosbaan, Amsterdam (29 June) Rotsee, Lucerne (14 July)	Silken Laumann Canada	Václav Chalupa Czechoslovakia
1992	Mission Bay, San Diego (5 April) Fühlinger See, Cologne (3 May) Lake Bagsværd, Copenhagen (31 May) Rotsee, Lucerne (14 June)	Beate Schramm Germany	Thomas Lange Germany
1993	Yarra River, Melbourne (28 February) Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course, Mexico City (28 March) Regattabahn Duisburg [de], Duisburg (23 May) Kaukajärvi, Tampere (6 June) River Thames, Henley-on-Thames (4 July) Rotsee, Lucerne (11 July)	Annelies Bredael Belgium	Václav Chalupa Czech Republic
1994	Regattabahn Duisburg [de], Duisburg (22 May) River Thames, Henley-on-Thames (3 July) Rotsee, Lucerne (17 July)	Marnie McBean Canada	Xeno Müller Switzerland
1995	Hazewinkel, Heindonk (4 June) Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, Paris (18 June) River Thames, Henley-on-Thames (2 July) Rotsee, Lucerne (9 July)	Trine Hansen Denmark	Jüri Jaanson Estonia

Editions and stages (since 1997)

#	Year	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Events	Overall winner
1	1997	Oberschleißheim	Paris	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
2	1998	Oberschleißheim	Heindonk	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
3	1999	Heindonk	Vienna	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
4	2000	Oberschleißheim	Vienna	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
5	2001	Princeton	Seville	Vienna	Oberschleißheim	-	Germany
6	2002	Heindonk	Lucerne	Oberschleißheim	-	-	Germany
7	2003	Milan	Oberschleißheim	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
8	2004	Poznań	Oberschleißheim	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
9	2005	Dorney	Oberschleißheim	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
10	2006	Oberschleißheim	Poznań	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
11	2007	Ottensheim	Amsterdam	Lucerne	-	-	Great Britain
12	2008	Oberschleißheim	Lucerne	Poznań	-	-	Great Britain
13	2009	Banyoles	Oberschleißheim	Lucerne	-	-	Great Britain
14	2010	Bled	Oberschleißheim	Lucerne	-	-	Great Britain
15	2011	Oberschleißheim	Hamburg	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
16	2012	Belgrade	Lucerne	Oberschleißheim	-	-	Great Britain
17	2013	Sydney	Dorney	Lucerne	-	-	Great Britain
18	2014	Sydney	Aiguebelette-le-Lac	Lucerne	-	-	New Zealand
19	2015	Bled	Varese	Lucerne	-	-	New Zealand
20	2016	Varese	Lucerne	Poznań	-	-	New Zealand
21	2017	Belgrade	Poznań	Lucerne	-	-	Great Britain
22	2018	Belgrade	Ottensheim	Lucerne	-	-	Germany
23	2019	Plovdiv	Poznań	Rotterdam	-	-	Australia
24	2020	Sabaudia	Varese	Lucerne	-	-	2020 World Cup cancelled
25	2021	Zagreb	Lucerne	Sabaudia	-	-	Germany
26	2022	Belgrade	Poznań	Lucerne	-	-	Netherlands
27	2023	Zagreb	Varese	Lucerne	-	-	Great Britain
28	2024	Varese	Lucerne	Poznań	-	-

Format

The World Rowing Cup is an annual series of three regattas that act as a lead-up to the World Rowing Championships. Racing at the World Rowing Cup includes the 14 Olympic boat classes and a selection of International boat classes. Para-rowing is contested at some World Cups. Each Olympic boat class earns points based on the finishing order. The highest placing boat from a country is awarded the following points:

1st = 8 points, 2nd = 6 points, 3rd = 5 points, 4th = 4 points, 5th = 3 points, 6th = 2 points, 7th = 1 point^[3]^[4]

References

^ Smith, Matt (2011). "Chapter 22. Shaping the Sport of Rowing". In Nolte, Volker (ed.). Rowing Faster (2 ed.). Champaign: Human Kinetics. pp. 285–296. ISBN 978-0-7360-9040-7.
^ ^a ^b German rowing federation (2004). Rudersport Almanach 2004 (in German). Wiebelsheim: Limpert Verlag. p. 184. ISBN 3-7853-1694-1.
^ "World Rowing - World Rowing Cups".
^ "World Rowing - 2020 World Rowing Coaches Conference".

External links

The official World Rowing
Lucerne World Cup website Archived 23 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Munich World Cup website Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Smith, Matt (2011). "Chapter 22. Shaping the Sport of Rowing". In Nolte, Volker (ed.). Rowing Faster (2 ed.). Champaign: Human Kinetics. pp. 285–296. ISBN 978-0-7360-9040-7.

[almanac-2] German rowing federation (2004). Rudersport Almanach 2004 (in German). Wiebelsheim: Limpert Verlag. p. 184. ISBN 3-7853-1694-1.

[3] "World Rowing - World Rowing Cups".

[4] "World Rowing - 2020 World Rowing Coaches Conference".

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