World Freshwater Angling Championships

The World Freshwater Angling Championships is a freshwater angling competition. Participating countries fish in teams of five with titles awarded to the team with the fewest points, the competition area is split into sections and the winner with the most weight will be awarded one point, two for second, three for third, at the end of the two days the team with the least points is the top team. Since its inception in 1954, the competition has been staged on rivers, canals and still waters from a selected host nation. Currently (to 2021), the world championships have not been held outside of Europe.

The 68th event was held in September 2022 at Bilje, in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. Held at Lake Biljsko Jezero which holds prussian carp, dwarf catfish, grass carp, catfish, asp, bighead, red perch, silver bream, ide and carassius. First-time world champions were 🇷🇸 Serbia, with 🇮🇹 Italy in second place and 🇨🇿 Czech Republic in third. and the individual new world champion was 🇭🇷 Mihael Pongrac of Croatia.

The 69th World Freshwater Coarse Angling Championships was held in Mequinenza-Fayón, at the Ribarroja Dam, on the river Ebro, Spain on 9-10th September 2023. and the team event won by 🇷🇸 Serbia, for a second consecutive year, with 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England in second place, and 🇫🇷 France in third. The individual world championship winner was Esteve Martinez 🇪🇸, with James Dent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Sean Ashby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 of England in second and third place.

The 70th World Championships are due to be held at Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France on 21 – 22 September 2024.

Brief history
The inaugural world championship was held in West Germany in 1954 and won by team England, with the first individual title going to Gino Vigarani of Italy. In 1992, Dave Wesson, an Australian, became the only non-European to win the title. The 2020 World Freshwater Angling Championships was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but resumed in 2021. The host nation have been team champions on 15 occasions, with the strongest nation at home being Italy who have won on their own waters 6 times, the others were Belgium 2, France, Luxembourg, Romania, East Germany, West Germany, England, Spain. The host nation has produced a home grown individual world champion from just 9 events of the 67 fished (one in seven).

For a video history of this major angling event, see External links at the bottom of this page.

World Championship Nations Team Results
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