Open International World Cup competitions are 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 Drone Racing World Cup ranking.

Two Drone Racing World Cup events may be organized every year for any country. For a country which extends over more than three time zones, one World Cup contest may be organized within each time zone of the country with a maximum of four events for the country.

There are actually 11 Drone Racing World Cup events (Challenger Series) from 9 different countries published on the FAI Calendar for the year 2023.

The FAI Drone Racing World Cup Silesia Poland planned May 5 to 7 in Chorzow initiall published had been cancelled by the organiser on February 20 due to withdraw of the financial support of the local government.

Note: Click on the link in the 'Event' column to access FAI database information for a specific event

EVENT
VENUE, LOCATION
DATES
WEBSITE and/or FACEBOOK CODE
FAI Korea Drone Race World Cup Songdo, Incheon City (Korea) May 18 to 20, 2023

http://www.kamaworldcup.com

https://www.facebook.com/kama1961

KOR-1
Trofeo Centenario Aeronautica Militare Pratica di Mare, Roma (Italy) June 17 & 18, 2023 https://www.f9u.it/events/event/2023-f9u-world-cup-italy/ ITA
FAI Worldcup Aircrasher Aichtal (Germany) June 24 & 25, 2023 https://www.aircrasher.de/dcs/dcs-aisch-und-fai-worldcup/ GER
DRP French World Cup FAI Paint Factory, Charnay-lèsMâcon (France) July 1 & 2, 2023 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOeV8SwkSidLrGSu3dibQpenV1m4Yc4Pr6S2RExF-5MnVtpg/viewform FRA
DXRacing Vracevgajsko jezero, Bela Crkva (Serbia) July 15 & 16, 2023 http://www.rcdronsrbija.com SRB
Gaelic GP Santiago de Compostella Santiago de Compostella July 22, 2023

https://www.gaelicgp.es/l/en-gaelic-gp-series-20232/

ESP-1
Drone Club Varna Cup Varna (Bulgaria) July 22 & 23, 2023 https://www.facebook.com/Droneclubvarna/ BUL
Phoenix Drone Racing Prilep Sport Stadium, Prilep (North Macedonia) July 29 & 30, 2023

http://www.fpvphoenix.prilepcup.info

https://www.facebook.com/zdravko.todoroski.7

MKD
FAI Namwon Drone Race World Cup Chunhyangol Sports Complex, Namwon (Korea) August 11 to 13, 2023

http://www.kamaworldcup.com

https://www.facebook.com/kama1961

KOR-2
Drone Racing World Cup Hungary Györ (Hungary) August 25 to 27, 2023 https://www.droneracehungary.hu/ HUN
World Cup Tenerife Drone Sport Tenerife (Spain) November 4 & 5, 2023

https://www.tenerifedroneparty.com

https://tenerifedroneparty.com/world-cup-tenerife-2023-y-campeonato-de-espana-2023/

ESP-2

In addition, two Open International Non World Cup events are published on the FAI Calendar.

EVENT
LOCATION
DATES
WEBSITE and/or FACEBOOK
VI Trofeo Secchia F9U Sassuolo, Modena (Italy) 9 & 10 September  
FAI Hong Kong Open Drone Racing Championship Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) 25 November www.dsahk.org

Note: World Cup Masters Series had been introduced in 2019. No Masters event is considered in 2023.

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