Underwater Photography World Championships

The Underwater Photography World Championships is the peak international event for the underwater sport of underwater photography. The event is conducted on behalf of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)[1] by an affiliated national federation. The championships was first held in 1985. Two variants of the championship are offered. The first is held at an open water site and has been conducted on 16 occasions as of November 2017. Its official title often includes the world ‘sea’ in order to distinguish it from the second which is held in a swimming pool. The swimming pool variant which is concerned with a number of creative categories has held twice with a third championship scheduled for Bari, Italy during 2004 being cancelled due to low competitor registration.[2][3]

History
Year Date Championship Location event # Nations # Teams
1985 January 1 – 2 1st World Championship Genoa, Italy[4] - -
1987 June 17 – 18 2nd World Championship Costa Brava, Spain[5][6] - -
1990 September 19 – 24 3rd World Championship Milazzo, Italy[7][8] - -
1992 August 11 – 14 4th World Championship Isla de la Juventud, Cuba[9][10] - -
1994 September 25 – 30 5th World Championship Jeju, South Korea[11][12] - -
1996 October 6 – 12 6th World Championship Menorca, Spain[13][14] - -
1997 May 8 – 11 1st World Championships Underwater Photography - Swimming Pool Paris, France[2] - -
1998 September 13 – 18 7th World Championship Ålesund, Norway[15] - -
2000 June 10 – 15 8th World Championship Hurghada, Egypt[16][17] - -
2001 September 16 2nd World Championships Underwater Photography - Swimming Pool Copenhagen, Denmark[2] - -
2002 August 26 – 29 9th World Championship Marseille, France[18] - -
2005 September 13 – 18 10th World Championship L'Estartit, Spain[19][20] - 42
2007 May 9 – 14 11th World Championship Port Louis, Mauritius[21][22] 16 26
2009 May 31 – June 5 12th World Championship Jeju, South Korea[23][24][25] 20 -
2011 May 26 – 31 13th World Championship Bodrum, Turkey[26] - -
2013 April 9 – 14 14th World Championship Cayo Largo, Cuba[27] 18 78
2015 May 21 – 25th 15th CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship Zeeland, Netherlands[28] 20[28] -
2017 Nov 22 – 17 16th World Championship La Paz, Mexico[29] 20 35

Future championships

The 17th CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship will be held at Tenerife from October 15–20, 2019, Spain. The next CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship Swimming Pool will be held November 13–17, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.

See also
  • Orhan Aytür – Turkish professor of optoelectronics and underwater photographer

References
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