Tickets for the swimming portion of the 2026 European Championships, scheduled for August 10-16, are set to go on sale Friday, January 23, at 2:00 pm French time. This initial release covers swimming, artistic swimming, and diving, with tickets for open water swimming and high diving to be released at a later date.
The official ticketing page for the competition is available here.
During the week, swimming heats range from €23 to €44 depending on your seating category, while evening finals run €46 to €91. Weekend sessions cost more: heats are priced between €27 and €53, with finals ranging from €56 to €109.
In addition to standard seating, reduced-visibility tickets are available at lower prices. These seats are priced by session rather than location: €20 for weekday heats, €40 for weekday finals, €23 for weekend heats, and €48 for weekend finals.
See the prices for each sport below, along with euro to US dollar conversions for swimming tickets.
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              PRICING CONVERSIONS
| Session Type | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Reduced Visibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekday Heats | €44 ($51.47) | €31 ($36.27) | €23 ($26.91) | €20 ($23.40) |
| Weekday Finals | €91 ($106.46) | €64 ($74.89) | €46 ($53.83) | €40 ($46.81) |
| Weekend Heats | €53 ($62.02) | €38 ($44.47) | €27 ($31.59) | €23 ($26.91) |
| Weekend Finals | €109 ($127.56) | €77 ($90.11) | €56 ($65.53) | €48 ($56.17) |
Pool swimming will be held at the Paris Olympic Aquatic Centre, which was the only new, permanent venue built for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The facility had a capacity of 5,000 for the Olympics, which was reduced to 2,500 post-Games. It hosted diving, water polo, and artistic swimming competitions during the Olympic Games, with pool swimming being hosted in La Defense Arena, which has since returned to its primary function as an indoor rugby and concert venue.
The 2026 event will mark the third time France has hosted the European Aquatics Championships and the second time Paris has been the hub city. Paris hosted the third edition in 1931, and then in 1987, the eastern French city of Strasbourg hosted the event.
The competition will encompass five of the six traditional aquatics disciplines, with water polo holding a separate championship since 1997. The 2026 edition is currently underway in Belgrade, Serbia.
The meet schedule has pool swimming in the back-half of the meet schedule, which breaks from the pattern of the last decade where in these inter-Olympic editions (aka non-Olympic years) have led off with swimming.
FULL COMPETITION SCHEDULE
- Artistic Swimming:Â July 31-August 5
- Diving:Â July 31-August 6
- Open Water Swimming:Â August 4-August 8
- Swimming:Â August 10-August 16
- High Diving: TBD
This later timing is strategic, though, as it will avoid a direct conflict with the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, which are being held in an abbreviated format and timeline from July 23-August 2. Pool swimming is the only overlapping discipline between the two events after diving was left off the schedule for the first time in the event’s history.
Glasgow and Paris are only 2 hours apart by plane, and Paris time is only 1 hour later than Glasgow. The primary European nation that participates in the Commonwealth Games is the United Kingdom (and its various subsidiary parts like England, Scotland, and Wales). Cyprus and Malta also participate in both events.
