Five Cities bid for 2007 World Rowing Championships

FISA has received official bids from five cities to host the 2007 World Rowing Championships. They are:

Aiguebelette, France
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Munich, Germany
Poznan, Poland
Zagreb, Croatia

A FISA inspection team will visit each of the sites between now and May 15^th to confirm the details of their bids. The bid committees will then present their projects to the FISA Council at its meeting on June 1^st. Following the presentations the FISA Council will make a selection that will be proposed to the FISA Congress for ratification on August 23, 2003.

The World Rowing Championships will take place in Milan, Italy in 2003; in Banyoles, Spain (for the non-Olympic boat classes) in 2004; in Gifu, Japan in 2005 and in Eton, Great Britain in 2006.