"VAN" (Sports Desk - 09.10.2026) :: The World Para Swimming Championships will return to Mexico for the first time in a decade, with Guadalajara hosting the competition for the first time from 25 July to 1 August 2027. The competition will be held at the Centro Acuatico CODE Metropolitano, a venue that has hosted the Para Swimming World Series in the country since 2023.
The World Para Swimming Championships Mexico 2027 will be the 13th edition of the competition and the fourth to take place in the Americas, after Mar del Plata 2002, Montreal 2013 and Mexico City 2017.
This will be the biggest Para swimming event on the road to the LA28 Paralympic Games, with more than 600 athletes from over 70 nations expected to compete in 175 medal events.
“The World Para Swimming Championships will return to Mexico next year and we are delighted to share this news with our community,” Craig Nicholson, Head of World Para Swimming, said. “With LA28 in sight, this will be a great opportunity for athletes and teams to compete in a time zone similar to what they will experience at the Paralympic Games. This also means that the World Championships will be hosted across three different continents within five years, and that is fantastic for reaching different audiences, who will have the opportunity to watch the athletes competing for medals at the two most important events in Para swimming.
“Another aspect we want to highlight is that, as was the case in Singapore 2025, we are once again taking the World Championships to a venue that has previously hosted the World Series. Not only have the facilities been tested and approved to stage major Para swimming competitions, but we also have a Local Organising Committee that is familiar with the sport and with whom we have worked closely for several years.”
In a statement, the National Paralympic Committee of Mexico (NPC Mexico), said:
“Mexico’s designation, and that of the city of Guadalajara, as the host of the 2027 World Para Swimming Championships is a source of immense pride for our Paralympic Movement, but it also represents a great responsibility. Welcoming more than 600 athletes from over 70 countries means opening Mexico’s doors to the world and demonstrating, once again, our ability to organise international sporting events of the highest calibre. Guadalajara has become a key destination for the development of Para Swimming, and now it will have the opportunity to welcome the great figures of this sport to a World Championships that will be part of a decisive moment in the Paralympic cycle on the road to the LA28 Paralympic Games.
“At NPC Mexico, we embrace this challenge with responsibility and with a very clear vision: to deliver a World Championships that leaves a lasting legacy for Mexico and for the international Para sport movement. This achievement does not belong to one person or one institution. It is the result of teamwork, the joining of efforts, and the commitment of all those people and institutions who have believed in our country’s ability to host major international Para sporting events. Welcome to Mexico. Welcome to Guadalajara. See you in 2027.”
Hosts and editions of the World Para Swimming Championships:
Malta 1994
Christchurch 1998
Mar del Plata 2002
Durban 2006
Eindhoven 2010
Montreal 2013
Glasgow 2015
Mexico City 2017
London 2019
Madeira 2022
Manchester 2023
Singapore 2025
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