By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
World Aquatics released the schedule to its 2026 Open Water World Cup, hosting a more consolidated season than the 2025 cup but with the same locations.
This year’s cup will kick off one month later than the 2025 iteration did in Somabay, Egypt. It will wrap up at the end of June in Portugal, whereas the 2025 Cup ended in October.
2026 Open Water World Cup Schedule
Stop 1: Somabay, Egypt — March 27-28 Stop 2: Ibiza, Spain — April 24-25 Stop 3: Golfo Aranci, Italy — May 1-2 Stop 4: Setúbal, Portugal — June 20-21The Cup caps off earlier than usual, World Aquatics says, to make room for a new Open Water Cup calendar structure in 2027. The organization announced that the 2027 World Cup will begin in October of 2026 and end earlier than normal, curtailing timing conflicts with the 2027 World Championships. World Aquatics implied that the 2027 structure, which was made in collaboration with coaches and athletes, would also be used in the 2028 Olympic year and onward.
Going back to 2026, next year’s Cup will end at least several weeks before the start of the European Championships, Pan Pacific Championships, Asian Games, or Commonwealth Games. This gives dual pool and open water athletes, such as Florian Wellbrock and Gregorio Paltrinieri, wiggle room to both compete in the World Cup and prepare for their largest pool championships of the year.
Perhaps for the sake of non-European travellers’ convenience, the Ibiza and Golfo Aranci stops are to take place on back-to-back weekends. This set-up more closely mirrors that of the pool World Cup, where swimmers compete in different cities of the same region on consecutive weeks.
With no Olympic Games or World Championships this summer, these stops will serve as the sole opportunities for athletes to earn points in the newly-established world rankings. The 2025 season saw David Betlehem and Moesha Johnson finish the year at #1.
France’s Logan Fontaine and Italy’s Ginevra Taddeucci will look to defend their 2025 crowns, with Taddeucci once again having the opportunity to compete in home waters.
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