ISPO Award: Applications For 2023 Start Now

What an event! Anyone who watched the ISPO Award Gathering live at ISPO Munich on November 29 or has followed the coverage in the press and on ISPO.com knows: the ISPO Award is probably the most important award in the sports industry.

And now you have another opportunity to win the coveted trophy for your product or service. The application forms for 2023 have recently gone online, and the first application phase in 2023 will run until January 11.

Act now and apply for the Q1-Judging of the ISPO Award. The countdown has started.

The New ISPO Award at a Glance
  • More Reach

    • Inclusion in ISPO Award magazine (with distribution to all trade show visitors)
    • Award presentation as a wide-reaching, editorial review report on ISPO.com in three languages (DE/EN/FR)
    • Editorial specials & curation for trade fairs and other events
  • More Flexibility

    • Year-round submission and awarding through 4 x judgings annually
    • No more different winner levels
    • No more category selection necessary
    • Services, apps etc. welcome
    • Payment (5.900 EUR) only at award ceremony (small handling fee is excluded)
  • More News Value

    • Target group-oriented targeting of the review award article
    • Targeted public presentation on your desired date (via embargo period)
    • Exhibition of the awarded products and servcies at ISPO Munich or OutDoor by ISPO included

All Timings at a Glance

The fact that the ISPO Award is now awarded all year round gives you more flexibility. If you apply now, you have the chance for your product to be exhibited as an award-winning product at ISPO Munich in November. You can find the upcoming jury meetings with the respective application deadlines here.

  Application Deadline First Judging Jury Meeting Trade fair exhibition
Q4 /2022 18.10.2022 21.10.2022 04.11.2022 ISPO Munich 2022
Q1 /2023 11.01.2023 13.01.2023 27.01.2023 OutDoor by ISPO 2023 /
ISPO Munich 2023
Q2 /2023 14.04.2023 17.04.2023 05.05.2023 OutDoor by ISPO 2023 /
ISPO Munich 2023
Q3 /2023 08.09.2023 11.09.2023 22.09.2023 OutDoor by ISPO 2024 /
ISPO Munich 2023
Q4 /2023 20.10.2023 23.10.2023 03.11.2023 OutDoor by ISPO 2024 /
ISPO Munich 2023

After receiving your application, the jury will review all documents in the 1st judging and decide who may send in their samples for the jury meeting. All applications that have made it to the jury meeting will be notified immediately and asked to send in the sample or similar. To save you effort, please send us the samples only after explicit request.

What Could an Application Look Like?

An example:

Company X would like to apply with product A for the ISPO Award. It is an outdoor product that should ideally be exhibited at ISPO Munich. Company X therefore submits the application for Q4/2022.

  1. By October 18, 2022: The application documents must be completely entered in the online tool.
  2. On October 22, 2022: On the basis of these documents, the jury will view the applications received for the first time and decide who has the best chance of winning an award on the basis of the documents.
  3. Immediately after the first judging: The selected applications will be contacted and asked to send in a sample or similar.
  4. By November 03, 2022: This sample must be received at the specified address no later than the day before the jury meeting on November 04, 2022.
  5. After the jury meeting: The award winners will be contacted by our editors so that the test report can be written.
  6. November 28 to 30, 2022: The winning products will be exhibited at ISPO Munich 2022 and will either be returned afterwards or collected by company X on the last day of the trade fair.

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