The senior World Rowing Championships are held every year at the end of the international rowing season and World Champions are crowned in 14 Olympic boat classes – seven for men and seven for women, as well as six International boat classes for lightweight rowers.
Para-rowers compete in nine boat classes, four are Paralympic boat classes. During an Olympic and Paralympic year the World Rowing Championships include only International boat classes.
For 2022, a World Rowing Development Training Camp will be organized for a selected group of development teams from 13- 17 September. This is part of the World Rowing Development Programme, offered to development Member Federations with the generous support of the 2022 Racice World Rowing Championships (WRCHs) Organising Committee.