Berlin, Paris and London Host 2027 Swimming World Cup and LA28 Spots
The new Olympic 50-meter backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly events will be partly decided at the three meets next October.
World Aquatics will hold the 2027 Swimming World Cup in three Olympic host cities: Berlin on October 15–17, Paris on October 22–24 and London on October 29–31, Swimming World reports. It brings the series back to Europe for the first time since 2023.
The meets matter more than usual. Los Angeles 2028 adds 50-meter backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly to the Olympic program, and the World Cup is a direct qualification route for those six new events, with a cap of six unique qualifiers per event, according to World Aquatics. Each stop decides some of them: the men's 50 back and women's 50 fly in Berlin, and the men's 50 breaststroke and women's 50 backstroke in London.
London's leg, at the London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, will be the first major global swimming meet in Britain since the 2012 Games. Broader Olympic swimming qualification opens March 1, 2027.
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