Dear Friends
I wish to inform you that two days ago, Jerry Wallwork made a presentation to the Executive Board of the IWF in Norway regarding to the World Cup and Oceania Championships next year 2026. The presentation was unanimously endorsed with acclamation.
Therefore I am now officially advising you that the 2026 IWF World Cup, Oceania Senior / Junior / Youth Championships and Commonwealth Junior / Youth Championships will be held in Apia, Samoa from the 25th April to 2nd May.
The Opening Ceremony and the OWF Annual Congress will be held on the 25th April. Quite a number of seminars will be held on Sunday 26th April. With the competition starting on Monday 27th April and concluding on 2nd May.
For the Oceania Countries this event will also be the final qualification event for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Please take note of these dates.
The deadline for Preliminary Entries for all of these events will be Monday 26th January, 2026.
The deadline for the Final Entries for all events will be Sunday 22nd March, 2026.
The Verification of Entries will be 10th April, 2026.
Full details, rules and regulations will be sent out on the 14th December.
Kindest regards,
Paul Coffa MBE
General Secretary