The men's iQFoil competition at the 2023 Sailing World Championships was the men's windsurfer event and was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023. The entries were limited to 100 boards. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series. The medal series was planned for 19 August.
The competition served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Olympic sailing competition with 11 out of 24 national quota being distributed at the event.
Summary.
Sebastian Kördel of Germany was the reigning world champion, having won the 2022 iQFoil World Championships in Brest, France, while Nicolas Goyard of France had won the Paris 2024 Test Event the month before. In the Sailing World Cup, Sam Sills of Great Britain had won the Trofeo Princesa Sofía, Fabien Pianazza of France (not present) had won the Semaine Olympique Française, Luuc van Opzeeland of the Netherlands had won the Allianz Regatta, and Kördel had won the Kiel Week.
Kördel and van Opzeeland took the lead after the first day of racing. After them, Goyard had three third place finishes. No wind limited the possibility to sail on 18 August.
From the opening series results, Nicolò Renna of Italy qualified directly to the final, while Kördel and van Opzeeland made it to the semi-final. van Opzeeland won the championship title by winning the medal series, ahead of Kördel, with Renna to receive the bronze medal.
With the final results, national quotas were awarded by the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Spain, Poland, Brazil and Switzerland.