FINA announces 2014 World Cup stops; Europe loses Berlin

See fina.org

The 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup calendar is now official, including two stops in Arabia in late August, one in Hong Kong late December, two in Europe early October, and three in the Far East late October / early November.

Berlin is out, Germany according to SwimmingWorld without a World Cup stop for the first time ever in the history of the series, and Europe is thus down to only two stops, compared to the usual three.

The calendar according to FINA

• August 27-28 Doha (QAT)
• August 31 – September 1* Dubai (UAE)
• September 29-30 Hong Kong (HKG)
• October 4-5* Eindhoven (NED)
• October 8-9 Moscow (RUS)
• October 24-25* Beijing (CHN)**
• October 28-29 Tokyo (JPN)
• November 1-2 Singapore (SIN)

* dates to be confirmed
** place to be confirmed