World Aquatics on Wednesday named Berlin, Paris and London as the host cities for the 2027 Swimming World Cup, with the three-stop series also offering direct qualification opportunities for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Berlin will host the opening leg from October 15-17, followed by Paris from October 22-24 and London from October 29-31.
Athletes will be able to secure direct Olympic qualification in the newly introduced 50 metres butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke events across the series.
The men’s 50m backstroke and women’s 50m butterfly qualifiers will be decided in Berlin, while Paris will determine the men’s 50m butterfly and women’s 50m breaststroke qualifiers.
The final qualification places will be awarded in London’s Aquatics Centre, where the men’s 50m breaststroke and women’s 50m backstroke events will serve as Olympic qualifiers.
“Each city has an outstanding sporting pedigree and Olympic heritage and therefore offers a fitting stage to determine the qualifiers for 50m events newly-introduced onto the Olympic programme for LA28,” said World Aquatics President Husain Al Musallam.
