Pan American Club Crew Championships 2027
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
March 29 to April 4, 2027
Please NOTE: The PanAmerican Dragon Boat Federation has added TEAM ELIGIBILTY REQUIREMENTS as follows:
• Club Eligibility The team must represent a legitimate dragonboat club.
• Athlete Eligibility Athletes must be bona fide members of the club they are competing with for a minimum of at least 2 months before the first day of competition.
• National Federation Endorsement Clubs must be endorsed by their National Federation
A. Crews participating in PACCC are required to maintain a practice attendance record including photos for PACCC 2027.
B. All athletes, coaches, and team managers attending PACCC 2027 must be paid members of the USDBF and affiliated with the club they are competing with at PACCC 2027 no later than January 29, 2027. All athletes, coaches, and team managers attending PACCC 2027 must be a member in good standing of their respective region no later than January 29, 2027. NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS DATE WILL BE GRANTED.
C. All athletes, including drummer and stern/ helms no matter where they live will be required to attend a minimum of 8 dragon boat practices/events with their club during the club’s season leading up to PACCC. A maximum of 1 practice can count per day. A maximum of 3 practices/races can count in any 7- consecutive-day, non-overlapping period. (week)
D. A Club’s season is defined as anytime between January 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027.
E. Practices that count toward the requirement must be done in a dragon boat at the home site and include a signed practice roster and photo of the paddlers at that practice, uploaded within the week in the google drive.
F. Practice rosters may be signed by a team manager, team captain, or any athlete. However, the signature must be someone who was physically present at the practice. Signatures may be digital.
G. Races that count towards the requirement above will require a signed race roster by the chief race official or event director. A full race event counts as one race, even if the crew races in multiple divisions, heats or rounds.
a. Races count as one event even if the race is multiple days.
H. National Team training camps, practices or tryouts are not recognized as club trainings.
I. Team USA Crews DO NOT QUALIFY as bona fide crews for this event.
J. Cutoff will be two weeks prior to PACCC. All documents must be submitted to Competition@usdbf.org no later than March 13, 2027.
K. Document review and approval will be conducted by a subcommittee of the Competition & Technical Committee.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The USDBF Competition and Technical Committee will have final authority to determine bona fide club membership. Crews participating in the PACCC 2027 must be ready to present documentation that verifies team membership
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