The ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup campaign will make a welcome return to Markkleeberg in 2019. There were world cups in this German city in 2017 and 2011, and a European Championships in 2015.

With judgment day fast approaching for potential Olympic quotas, the world's best paddlers will look forward to the intense and challenging conditions which will be on offer in Markkleeberg. Kanupark Markkleeberg was built in 2006 and is locate on the outskirts of Leipzig.