2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships

2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships was 21st edition of World Hot Air Ballooning Championships held in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil from July 17 to July 27, 2014. It was a first time when championships were held in South America. Total of 23 tasks were held.

21st FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
LocationRio Claro, São Paulo,  Brazil
Start dateJuly 17, 2014 (2014-07-17)
End dateJuly 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)
Competitors58 from 22 nations
Champion
Japan Yudai Fujita

Final ranking

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Top 20
Rank Balloonist Nation Points Wins
  Yudai Fujita   Japan 17443 3
  Uwe Schneider   Germany 16216 0
  Lupercio Lima   Brazil 16064 1
4 Stefan Zeberli    Switzerland 15867 1
5 Rimas Kostiuškevičius   Lithuania 15173 1
6 Gerald Stuerzlinger   Austria 15130 0
7 Artem Denisenko   Russia 15096 1
8 Joe Heartsill   United States 15092 0
9 Rokas Kostiuškevičius   Lithuania 15002 0
10 Rhett Heartsill   United States 14717 1
11 Marc Blaser    Switzerland 14587 0
12 Andy Baird   United States 14584 0
13 Paul Petrehn   United States 14548 2
14 Sergey Latypov   Russia 14508 0
15 Nico Betzen   Luxembourg 14066 0
16 Tod Isley   United States 13993 1
17 Fabio Passos   Brazil 13845 1
18 Nicolas Schwartz   France 13578 1
19 Alexander Dultsev   Russia 13439 0
20 Jose-Maria Llado   Spain 13432 0

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