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) by an affiliated national federation. The championships was first held in 1985. Two variants of the championship are offered. The first is held at a open water site and has been conducted on 14 occasions as of August 2013. 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.^[1][2]

History

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

Future championships

As of July 2013, the 15th CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship will be held from 21 to 25 May 2015 in the Netherlands.^[30]

See also

• Orhan Aytür

References

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External links

• CMAS 8th underwater photography
• 13th CMAS World Championships Underwater Photography / Bodrum, Turkey 2011, Trailer
• 14th CMAS Underwater Photography World Championship Cuba
• 2015 CMAS World Championship of Underwater Photography - promotional video