FINA announced in November 2008 that the cities that had expressed interest in hosting the 2013 World Aquatics Championships were Belgrade (Serbia), Budapest and Balatonfred (Hungary), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Hamburg (Germany), Hong Kong (China), Madrid (Spain), and which other?
2013 FINA Diving World Series 2013 FINA Diving World Series The 2013 FINA Diving World Series is the 2013 edition of FINA Diving World Series. The divers who participate are the current world and olympic champions and runners-up,the top 8 divers in the world rankings and along with some wild cards from either the host nation or from certain countries which had previously qualified athletes for the World Series. This World Series was made up by six legs hosted in different cities: 1st leg Beijing, China, 2nd leg Sheffield, United Kingdom, 3rd leg Dubai, United Arab Emirates , 4th leg Moscow, Russia, and 5th and
2013 World Aquatics Championships 2013 World Aquatics Championships The 15th FINA World Championships (, ) were held from July 20 to August 4 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, open water, and synchronised swimming. The Championships were originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in May 2010. FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010. The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships: This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships