{"id":821697,"date":"2026-07-24T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821697\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:48:09","slug":"world-supercross-championship-wsx-announces-new-zealand-as-sixth-and-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/821697\/","title":{"rendered":"World Supercross Championship (WSX) announces New Zealand as sixth and final round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Supercross Championship (WSX) has announced Christchurch, New Zealand, as it sixth and final round of the 2026 season. The round will be held on December 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The round will be the first for the WSX series in New Zealand, and will be contested in the newly developed One New Zealand Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The venue is located in the city center of Christchurch, which will provide racers and fans with a vibrant setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly excited to bring World Supercross to New Zealand for the first time,\u201d said Thomas Covington, WSX Director of Racing, in a news release. \u201cChristchurch is the perfect setting for the final round of what will be our biggest season yet, with championship titles set to be decided in front of a passionate motorsport audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to New Zealand, the WSX series has announced races in Canada, the United Kingdom, Argentina, and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The original schedule for WSX listed South Africa as the final of five rounds. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/worldsupercrosschampionship.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">South Africa is now listed as the fifth round with a city and date to be announced soon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2026 World Supercross Championship (WSX) Schedule<\/p>\n<p>08-08-2026: Calgary, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n<p>10-10-2026: Birmingham, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>10-24-2026: Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n<p>11-21-2026: Robina, Gold Coast, Australia<\/p>\n<p>TBA: South Africa<\/p>\n<p>12-05-2026: Christchurch, New Zealand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Supercross Championship (WSX) has announced Christchurch, New Zealand, as it sixth and final round of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-821697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}