FAI Drone Sports
Edition 2021
A new event FAI Drone Racing format has been implemented in 2019 in order to be better attractive for media. The format is based on the World Cup with two Series of events (Masters and Challenger), completed by the World Drone Racing Championship (WDRC) Grand Final at the end of the year.
- Download the World Cup rules Drone Racing World Cup Rules
World Cup contests are considered as FAI second category events based on individual participation (no national team representing a NAC). Any person holding a valid FAI Sporting Licence or FAI Drone Permission can be eligible for the World Cup ranking.
CHALLENGER WORLD CUP SERIES
Two Challenger World Cup contests may be organized every year for any country. For a country which extends over more than three time zones, one Challenger World Cup contest may be organized within each time zone of the country with a maximum of four events for the country.
17 Challenger World Cup contests from 14 different countries are actually registered on the FAI Calendar.
Note: Click on the link in the 'Event' column to access FAI database information for a specific contest.
Event |
Location |
Dates |
Website and/or Facebook | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maj Flaj Drone Race | Skopje (North Macedonia) | 15 & 16 May | www.majflaj.mk |
MKD-1 |
| Model Air Games | Herning - Western Jutland (Denmark) | 22 & 23 May | https://dronesport.dk/ | DEN |
| Seoul Drone Race World Cup | Seoul city - Drone Park (Korea) | 29 & 30 May | www.k-ama.org | KOR-1 |
| Drone World Cup El Yelmo | Jaen (Spain) | 4 to 6 June | www.fiaelyelmo.com | ESP-1 |
| Dutch Drone Race World Cup | Assen (Netherlands) | 5 June | www.dronevents.eu | NED |
| DRWC | Antwerp (Belgium) | 26 & 27 June | BEL | |
| Drone Extreme Racing | Bela Crkva (Serbia) | 26 & 27 June | www.rcdronsrbija.com | SRB |
| World Cup Cubillos Del Sil | Cubillos Del Sil, Leon (Spain) | 10 & 11 July | ESP-2 | |
| Paris Drone Racing World Cup | La Queue en Brie (France) | 10 & 11 July | FRA | |
| Belarus Drone Racing World Cup | Minsk (Belarus) | 25 & 26 July | www.dr1.by | BLR |
| Rostec World Cup | Moscow (Russian Federation) | 7 & 8 August | https://events.trurez.ru/drone | RUS |
| UK Drone Racing World Cup Open International | RAF Barkston Heath (United Kingdom) | 28 to 30 August | GBR | |
| F9U World Cup Italy | Magreta - Modena (Italy) | 4 & 5 September | https://it-rt.facebooK.com/pages/Aereoclub-Gas-Gruppo-Aereomodellisbco-Secchia/215559981799589 | ITA |
| PAM Cup | Plovdiv (Bulgarai) | 4 & 5 September | www.pamcup.com | BUL |
| Daegu Drone Race World Cup | Daegu city - Stadium (Korea) | 25 & 26 September | kama@k-ama.org | KOR-2 |
| F9U Argentina-Open Int´l World Cup | Juarez Celman - Córdoba (Argentina) | 9 & 10 October | www.faa.org.ar | ARG |
| Phoenix Drone Racing - Trophy of Prilep | Prilep (North Macedonia) | 9 & 10 October | www.prilepcup.info | MKD-2 |
In addition, one additional Non World Cup Open International contest is registered for Spain.
Event |
Location |
Dates |
Website and/or Facebook | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open International SITE | Ibiza (Spain) | 16 October | www.tenerifedroneparty.com |
ESP-3 |
