Monaco, November 26, 2021: World Athletics has announced that the Wanda Diamond League will touch down in 14 cities across four different continents in 2022, with the series set to host two meetings in China in July and August.
Track and field’s premier one-day meeting series returns for its 13th annual cycle next summer, with the world’s best athletes battling it out throughout the season for a place in the Wanda Diamond League Final.
Athletes will compete for points in 13 series meetings from May to September, with the most successful qualifying for the two-day season finale in Zurich and a shot at the prestigious Diamond Trophy.
The season will open in Doha, Qatar on May 13. The second leg will be in Britain, either in Birmingham or London, on May 21, although this is not confirmed.
Athletes will have the chance to test out the host venue for the 2022 World Athletics Championships when the series arrives in Eugene, Oregon on May 28.
The world’s best will then head to Rabat, Morocco on June 5, before returning to Europe for the rest of the month with meetings in Rome, Oslo, Paris and Stockholm.
After the World Athletics Championships, the Wanda Diamond League will return to China for the first time since 2019, with the Shanghai Diamond League set for July 30 and a second Chinese meeting scheduled for August 6.
August will then see the series head to Monaco and Lausanne before the last series meeting in Brussels on September 2.
Those athletes who have picked up enough points on the Road to the Final will then head to Zurich, where the 32 Wanda Diamond League champions will be crowned at a two-day season finale on September 7-8.