Hosted by British Canoeing the ICF Board convened to discuss key topics around the future of canoeing at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Manchester (24-25th March).

As part of the meeting nine major events were awarded:

Canoe Sprint
2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Lake Bagsvaerd (DEN)
2021 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships, Montemor-o-Velho (POR)

Canoe Slalom
2020 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships, Krakow (POL)
2021 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, Bratislava (SVK)*
*Under condition of receiving the plan and budget sponsor till July
2021 ICF Junior & U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships, Auckland (NZL)

Canoe Freestyle
2021 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships, Nottingham (GBR)

Canoe Marathon
2021 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, Pitesti (ROU)

Wildwater Canoeing
2021 ICF Wildwater World Championships (WWC – Sprint), Bratislava (SVK) *
2021 ICF Junior and U23 Wildwater World Championships (Sprint and Classic)
Vote was postponed and will be decided in July ExCo

Canoe Polo
2020 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships, Rome (ITA)

Dragon Boat Racing
2019 ICF World Championships, Kiev (UKR)
2020 ICF World Championsips, Indore/Bhopal (IND)