Bids invited for 2020 and 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships

World Sailing Member National Authorities and Host Cities are invited to bid for the 2020 and 2021 Youth Sailing World Championships following the publication of Information for Bidders and the Event Manual.

The Youth Sailing World Championships attracts only the best youth sailors from around the world and competition is notoriously tough as competitors are selected by their MNA from a host of eligible sailors within each nation.
 
The Information for Bidders outlines the specification of requirements for bidding and the Event Manual provides guidance to organisers appointed as host.
 
Click here for the Information for Bidders.
 
Click here for the Event Manual.
 
The next edition of the Youth Worlds will be held in Sanya, China where more than 380 sailors from 62 nations will compete across nine events.
 
An MNA or Host City interested in hosting the event shall inform the World Sailing Executive Office by 1 November 2017 to inform them of their intent to bid.
 
All bids for 2020 and 2021 must be received by the Executive Office by email by 17:00 UTC on Sunday 31 December.
 
About the Youth Worlds
 
The Youth Worlds was first held in Sweden in 1971. The 2017 Youth Sailing World Championships will be the 47th edition of the championship.
 
Past notable winners include American’s Cup skippers, Chris Dickson (NZL), Russell Coutts (NZL), Dean Barker (NZL); Olympic medallists, Nathan Outteridge (AUS), Iain Jensen (AUS), Robert Scheidt (BRA), Amelie Lux (GER), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Iain Percy (GBR), Alessandra Sensini (ITA), Elise Rechichi (AUS) and Tessa Parkinson (AUS); Volvo Ocean Race sailors like Stuart Bannatyne (NZL) and Richard Clarke (CAN).
 
The most successful Youth World Champions are Great Britain’s Sally Cuthbert and Poland’s Zofia Klepacka having won four successive titles in the Laser II and Mistral respectively.
 
Italy is the current holder of the Nations Trophy, awarded annually to the top performing nation at the Youth Worlds. France is the most success nation through the history of the Championship, winning the Nations Trophy on a record 11 occasions and holding a record 79 medals: 29 gold, 31 silver and 19 bronze.