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🚀 First ever FAI World Drone Soccer Championships kicks off this Saturday in Shanghai! 🇨🇳⚽️

Get ready for fast-paced, futuristic action as 18 nations compete in the inaugural FAI World Drone Soccer Championships, running 15–18 November.

This groundbreaking event brings a team sport to the world of air sports — with players flying drones to score goals while defending their own! 🥅🤖

💬 “All the players are thrilled to have their sport recognised at World Championship level,” said Antonis Papadopoulos, President of the FAI Aeromodelling Commission.

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FFAM - Fédération Française d'Aéromodélisme

Heads up! 📢

Registration is open for the next event in the FAI E-Drone Racing World Cup:

🚀2025 FAI Italy e-Drone Racing World Cup
📅KEY DATES:
🔹Registration - 21 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC, to 11 Sept 2025 23:59 UTC
🔹Qualifications - 28 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC, to 11 Sept 2025 23:59 UTC
🔹Competition: 20 Sept 13:00 UTC

✅Register via
🔗Find out more: https://www.fai.org/news/registration-2025-fai-italy-e-drone-racing-world-cup

BACK TO THE FUTURE!

🔥The FAI E-Drone Racing World Cup season 2025 kick offs with the 2025 FAI Legacy e-Drone Racing World Cup – a return to a famous track.

Let's find out how much drone racing has evolved since 2018!

🚀First World Cup event: 16 August 2025
📍Track: The inaugural 2018 FAI World Drone Racing Championships in Shenzen, China

📅KEY DATES
(Timings Europe/Paris time (UTC+02:00).

🔹Registration closes: 15 August 01:59
🔹Qualification ends: 15 August 01:59
🔹First phase: 16 August 15:00 – 15:56
🔹Second phase: 16 August 16:20 – 18:30

✅Register via EreaDrone
🔗Find out more: https://fai.org/news/event-1-fai-e-drone-racing-world-cup-2025

After breathtakingly fast performances across the five challenging events of the 2024 season, 18-year-old Swan Versmissen of France has been proclaimed the champion of the inaugural FAI e-Drone Racing World Cup. 🏆

RESULTS:

🥇Swan Versmissen, France
🥈Kirill Loban, Serbia
🥉Krutharth Mohan Chickmagalur, India

140 pilots represented 40 countries in the five world cup events, with a variety of tracks including Saudi Arabia and alpine mountains.

👉See full results and event details: https://www.fai.org/news/swan-versmissen-france-2024-fai-e-drone-racing-world-cup-champion

✨ The World Games ✨ a unique platform to showcase the excitement and technical prowess of air sports, inspiring future generations...

As air sports continue to evolve, their presence in The World Games will remain a vital component of their growth and success.

In our latest article we outline the impact that visibility at The World Games has had on air sports since our partnership was founded in 1997.

👉 https://www.fai.org/news/world-games-importance-air-sports



Images: Marcus King/FAI/IWGA

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Celebrating excellence in Drone Racing 🏆
Witness the best moments from the 2024 FAI World Drone Racing Championship last day & award ceremony in Hangzhou, China.
Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants! 🇨🇳🌟
📸 All pics: https://bit.ly/3NINZNK
🏁 Results: https://bit.ly/resultswdrc2024

🤩 Winners of the 2024 FAI World Drone Racing Championship:
TEAMS
🥇 Korea
🥈 China
🥉 Japan

Full results: https://bit.ly/resultswdrc2024

🤩 👏👏👏 Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants!

🏆 2024 FAI World Drone Racing Championship (Hangzhou, China - 31 Oct-3 Nov)
📸 Antonis Papadopoulos - Pics: https://bit.ly/3NINZNK

🤩 Winners of the 2024 FAI World Drone Racing Championship:
JUNIOR
🥇 HASHIMOTO Yuki (JPN)
🥈 BAI Xize (CHN)
🥉 KIM MinJae (KOR)

Full results: https://bit.ly/resultswdrc2024

🤩 👏👏👏 Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants!

🏆 2024 FAI World Drone Racing Championship (Hangzhou, China - 31 Oct-3 Nov)
📸 Antonis Papadopoulos - Pics: https://bit.ly/3NINZNK