The French city of Montpellier will host the third leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Cup from 5-7 May 2023.

France is a mainstay on the sport’s international calendar with Paris having hosted the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series five times from 2017-2022.

However, this will be the first time the southern city, near the Mediterranean Sea, has hosted a FINA event.

Eve Planeix, who won three European bronze medals with the French team at Roma 2022, was delighted to learn that her sport return to her homeland next year.

“It’s a huge pleasure to experience this wonderful event,” Planeix told FINA.

“We are very much looking forward to sharing our sport’s values. Welcome to France!”

The 2023 FINA Artistic Swimming World Cup will begin in Markham (Canada) from 16-18 March, before heading to Cairo (Egypt) 28-30 April.

Following the performances from the three opening FINA Artistic Swimming World Cup competitions, the overall top 12 in each event category will qualify for the Super Final.

The date and location for that event will be announced by FINA at a later date.

Additional information:

The FINA Artistic Swimming World Cup was formerly known as the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series, which ran from 2017-2022.

Prior to this, FINA held a single annual global artistic swimming event.

This event was known as the FINA Synchro World Trophy from 2006-2016 and the FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup from 1979-2014.