The 2025 Wanda Diamond League season will begin in Xiamen on April 26th and cross four continents and 13 countries before coming to an end at the series final in Zurich on August 27th-28th.
After another record-breaking season came to a close in Brussels last month, fans and athletes can now begin their preparations for the next Wanda Diamond League campaign, an official media release said.
As in previous years, the 2025 Wanda Diamond League will see the world’s biggest stars compete across four different continents at 14 of the sport’s most prestigious one-day meetings, with the most successful qualifying for the two-day Wanda Diamond League Final in Zurich.
The Road to the Final will begin in Xiamen on April 26th and will remain in China for the second meeting of the season in Shanghai/Suzhou on May 3rd.
The series will then head to Doha and Rabat before the first European meeting of the year in Rome on June 6th.
Following stops in Oslo, Stockholm and Paris, the Road to the Final will then hit Eugene, Monaco and London in July before entering the home straight in August.
After meetings in Silesia, Lausanne and Brussels, the Wanda Diamond League Final will return to Zurich for the first time since 2022 on August 27th-28th.
Each discipline will be staged between four and seven times on the Road to the Final, giving athletes from across the world and the full diversity of track and field the chance to qualify.
All 32 Wanda Diamond League champions will then be crowned at the series final at Weltklasse Zurich, with both the iconic Diamond Trophy and record levels of prize money at stake.
2025 Diamond League: Prize Money
The Wanda Diamond League will increase athlete prize money to the highest levels in the series’ history from next season.
Following a decision by the Diamond League General Assembly on Sunday, the total amount of prize money paid over the course of the season will increase to 9,240,000 US dollars in 2025.
The new total is almost a third higher than the sum paid during the pandemic-affected period of 2021-2024, and the highest ever since the Diamond League’s launch in 2010.
Including promotional fees for top athletes, a total of around 18 million USD will be paid to athletes in total over the course of the 2025 season, with many more millions being invested in athlete services such as travel and transport, accommodation and medical and physio provision.
Under the new structure, the total prize money awarded per meeting will be 500,000 USD at each of the 14 regular series meetings, and 2,240,000 USD at the Wanda Diamond League Final.
The total prize money per discipline will be between 30,000 USD and 50,000 USD at the series meetings and between 60,000 USD and 100,000 USD at the Final.
As always, prize money is entirely gender-equal, with exactly the same rates for male and female athletes. The increase will also apply to all 32 Diamond Disciplines, benefitting athletes across the full diversity of track and field.
The increase in prize money reflects the Wanda Diamond League’s position as athletics’ premier one-day series and the backbone of the outdoor season for the world’s biggest stars.
With 15 meetings in 13 countries on four different continents, the series provides elite athletes from across the globe with a chance to compete at the highest level from April to September.
Since 2010, the series and its meetings have invested an estimated 270 million USD in athletes: 180 million USD in promotional fees and prize money, and around 90 million USD in athlete services.
As it enters its 16th season in 2025, the series will continue to provide the best conditions possible and highest level services for athletes in all disciplines.
2025 Diamond League: Schedule, Meetings, Disciplines, Country
| MEETING | COUNTRY | DATE |
| Xiamen | CHN | 26 April 2025 |
| Shanghai/Keqiao | CHN | 03 May 2025 |
| Doha | QAT | 16 May 2025 |
| Rabat | MAR | 25 May 2025 |
| Rome | ITA | 06 June 2025 |
| Oslo | NOR | 12 June 2025 |
| Stockholm | SWE | 15 June 2025 |
| Paris | FRA | 20 June 2025 |
| Eugene | USA | 05 July 2025 |
| Monaco | MON | 11 July 2025 |
| London | GBR | 19 July 2025 |
| Silesia | POL | 16 August 2025 |
| Lausanne | SUI | 20 August 2025 |
| Brussels | BEL | 22 August 2025 |
| Final in Zurich | SUI | 27-28 August 2025 |
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