Drone sports are growing as fast as ever with exciting initiatives springing up around the world!

Always pushing the limits of technology for velocity and agility, drone sports give spectators a glimpse into the world of tomorrow: incredible displays of skill, strategy and speed against a futuristic backdrop.

Drone Racing

FAI WORLD DRONE RACING CHAMPIONSHIP

The FAI World Drone Racing Championship (WDRC) is the biggest competition of its kind, and offers an arena for the world’s elite drone racing pilots to pit their skills against one another.

The 2024 edition will take place in Hangzhou, China from 31 October 31 to 3 November.

FAI DRONE RACING WORLD CUP

The FAI Drone Racing World Cup made a happy come-back in 2022 with the victory of MinJae Kim of Korea and 2023 with the triumph of French pilot Killian Rousseau.

2024 is expected to see fast-rising figures once again. Stay tuned!

THE WORLD GAMES

The 12th edition of The World Games will take place from Thursday 7th to Sunday 17th August 2025 in Chengdu city, People's Republic of China, and will once again feature drone racing.

E-Drone Racing

The first FAI E-Drone Racing World Cup series launched in 2024 and aims to introduce newcomers and gamers to the ultramodern world of drone racing, with its easily accessible format.

E-Drone racing is an online version of a physical drone race, accessible to a wide audience who can compete from the comfort of their favourite gaming chair, anywhere in the world.

Drone Soccer

Drone Soccer is also on a high trend with new competition concepts being tested in various countries.

Its addition to the Sporting Code as a provisional class in May 2019 prepared the ground for official competitions, and 2023 saw the first FAI Open International tournament registered to the FAI Events Calendar. FAI Open International tournaments in different countries are registered for the year 2024.

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FAI World and continental championships (CAT.1)

11 Dec
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14 Dec 2019
2019 FAI World Drone Racing Championship Grand Final
Ningbo,
CHN

Other FAI-Sanctioned events (CAT.2)

12 Mar 2019
2019 Race Of Drones Oulu
Oulu,
FIN
11 May
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12 May 2019
2019 MajFlaj
Skopje,
MKD
31 May
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02 Jun 2019
2019 World Cup Drones FAI F9U El Yelmo
El Yelmo, Andalucía,
ESP
01 Jun
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02 Jun 2019
2019 Seoul Drone Race World Cup
Seoul,
KOR
15 Jun
-
16 Jun 2019
2019 World Cup Latvia Drone Racing
Cesis,
LAT
06 Jul
-
07 Jul 2019
2019 Partouche Drone Race World Cup
Forges-les-Eaux,
FRA
13 Jul
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14 Jul 2019
2019 German Drone World Cup
Nördlingen,
GER
20 Jul
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21 Jul 2019
2019 Belgium FAI Drone Racing World Cup
Gouy lez Pieton,
BEL
10 Aug
-
11 Aug 2019
2019 Belarus Drone Racing World Cup
Minsk,
BLR
17 Aug
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18 Aug 2019
2019 Moscow Cup
Moscow,
RUS
17 Aug
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18 Aug 2019
2019 German Drone Championship
Crailsheim,
GER
24 Aug
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25 Aug 2019
2019 UK Drone Racing Open International
Barkston Heath, Grantham,
GBR
07 Sep
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08 Sep 2019
2019 F9U Wold Cup Italy
Magreta di Sassuolo, Modena,
ITA
13 Sep
-
15 Sep 2019
2019 EPFL Drone Racing Cup
Lausanne,
SUI
14 Sep
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15 Sep 2019
2019 Mazovia Drone Racing
Warsaw,
POL
14 Sep
-
15 Sep 2019
2019 Pam Cup
Plovdiv,
BUL
21 Sep
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22 Sep 2019
2019 Lithuania Drone Racing World Cup
Vilnius,
LTU
21 Sep
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22 Sep 2019
2019 Daegu Drone Race World Cup
Daegu city,
KOR
12 Oct
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13 Oct 2019
2019 Phoenix Drone Racing - FAI World Cup
Prilep,
MKD
25 Oct
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27 Oct 2019
2019 Sevilla Drone World Cup
Sevilla,
ESP

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