2025 World Aquatics Championships
[1] Originally to be held in Kazan, Russia, the championships were relocated to Singapore on 9 February 2023 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.It is the first city in Southeast Asia to host the World Championships.[2] however due to the response of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kazan were stripped of its hosting rights.[3][4] Most of the competitions will be held at the Singapore Sports Hub built for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.[5][6] Organisers initially considered hosting the swimming events at the National Stadium or the Singapore Indoor Stadium, but eventually decided to build a temporary venue on the site of Car Park G (expected to be known as World Aquatics Championships Arena) for the swimming and artistic swimming events.