2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

{{Short description|36th edition held between the 17th and 21st of September}}

The 2014 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 36th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from September 17 to 21, 2014 at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, United States (Western Maryland near Pittsburgh) under the auspices of International Canoe Federation (ICF), at the Adventure Sports Center International facility.

The Deep Creek bid was selected by the ICF Board of Directors on April 15, 2011 in Paris.[http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/NewsGallery/News-Archive/April-2011/ICF-BOD-Selects-2013-2015-Host-Cities-for-World-Championships.html "ICF selects Hosts for ICF World Championship Events from 2013 – 2015"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320083228/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/NewsGallery/News-Archive/April-2011/ICF-BOD-Selects-2013-2015-Host-Cities-for-World-Championships.html |date=2012-03-20 }} - International Canoe Federation. April 15, 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-08. The other bids were by Vienna and Kraków.[http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/NewsGallery/News-Archive/March-2011/Bids-in-for-ICF-Events.html "Bids in for ICF Events (2013-2015)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801160605/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/NewsGallery/News-Archive/March-2011/Bids-in-for-ICF-Events.html |date=2012-08-01 }} - International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 2012-04-08.

In total there were 10 events of which 9 were medal events. The women's C1 team event did not count as a medal event due to insufficient number of participating federations. According to ICF rules, there must be at least 6 federations participating at a non-olympic event to count as a world championship event.{{cite web|title=ICF Canoe Slalom Competition Rules 2013|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Aboutoursport/Canoe-Slalom/Rules-and-education/main/0/text_files/file/ICF%20Canoe%20Slalom%20Competition%20Rules%202013.pdf|accessdate=20 September 2014|archive-date=6 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906015903/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Aboutoursport/Canoe-Slalom/Rules-and-education/main/0/text_files/file/ICF%20Canoe%20Slalom%20Competition%20Rules%202013.pdf|url-status=dead}}