UIPM Executive Board awards 2022 Congress and future competitions

The UIPM Executive Board met today in Tokyo (JPN) and made decisions around the awarding of competitions and events spanning the next three years.

COVID-19 Coronavirus travel restrictions permitting, the UIPM 2022 Congress will take place in Antigua (Guatemala), following the online UIPM 2021 Congress already scheduled for November 2021.

The UIPM 2022 Pentathlon World Cup series will be the first competitions to adopt the new Modern Pentathlon format designed for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and teams can now start preparing for competitions next season in Cairo (Egypt), Budapest (Hungary), Albena (Bulgaria) and Ankara (Turkey).

Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan formerly known as Astana, will host Pentathlon World Cups in 2023 and 2024.

There is also exciting news for the worldwide youth athlete community, which will soon be reunited for the UIPM 2021 Youth World Championships (U19/U17), with the 2022 competition awarded to Lugnano (Italy).

The full list of awards is as follows:

UIPM Pentathlon World Cup (2022-24)

• Cairo (EGY)
• Budapest (HUN)
• Albena (BUL)

UIPM 2022 Pentathlon World Cup

• Ankara (TUR)

UIPM Pentathlon World Cup (2023-24)

• Nur-Sultan (KAZ)

UIPM 2022 Youth World Championships (U19/U17)

• Lignano (ITA)

UIPM 2022 Congress

• Antigua (GUA)

UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann said: “The members of the UIPM Executive Board today made a series of unanimous decisions that sent out a clear message that we are balancing our activities worldwide.

“The meeting underlined the strong support we received from athletes and coaches for the new Modern Pentathlon format, which will be introduced during the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon World Cup.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is still causing difficulties worldwide and we continue to take care of our athletes and officials – we need to provide hope through sport so that all nations can overcome the situation.”