The first round of the invitation to the 25th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship is closed. 58 pilots entered from 31 countries. You may see here which countries and which pilots are ready to compete in Szeged yet.

The second round invitation will start on 18th March. We will invite the nominated pilots by email. They can complete the entries until 15th April.

The organisation is running well and the next step is the FAI CIA Plenary in Lausanne on next week. The ballooning community will planning and deciding from our sport future on this conference.