List of world sports championships
This article needs to be updated. (December 2019) |
The following is a list of world sports championships, including some sporting events which use a different name with a similar meaning. In some sports, there is a world series, but that term usually has a somewhat different meaning.
Tournaments which are formally defunct or where a further event is not currently planned are marked with a gray background.
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| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Downhill | 1931 |  Kjetil Jansrud (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Super G | 1987 |  Dominik Paris (2019)
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| Giant slalom | 1931 | Henrik Kristoffersen
(2019) |
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| Slalom | 1931 |  Marcel Hirscher
(2019) |
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| Alpine combined | 1932 |  Alexis Pinturault
(2019) |
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| FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals | 1967 | Marcel Hirscher
(2018–19) |
2019–20 | Annual | ||
| Nations | Austria (2018–19)
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| World Para Alpine Skiing Championships | Individuals | 1972 | Winners in 30 events (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | ||
| American football | IFAF World Championship | Nations | 1999 |  United States (2015)
|
2023 | Quadrennial | Not held in 2019 |
| Aquatics | FINA World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Most medals:  (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| FINA Diving World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Most medals: (2018)
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2020 | Biennial | ||
| FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Most medals: (2018)
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2022 | Biennial | ||
| FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations | 1979 |  Hungary (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | Biennially until 2002 | |
| FINA Water Polo World Championship | Nations | 1973 | Italy (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | Biennially since 2001 | |
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1931 | Brady Ellison (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Individual compound | 1995 | James Lutz (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |||
| Team recurve | 1931 | China (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |||
| Team compound | 1995 |  South Korea (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |||
| Association football | FIFA World Cup | Nations | 1930 | France (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| FIFA Club World Cup | Clubs | 2000 |  Real Madrid (2018)
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2019 | Annual | Annual since 2005 | |
| ConIFA World Football Cup | Nations | 2014 |  Kárpátalja (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | Replaced the Viva World Cup | |
| Athletics | World Athletics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Most medals: (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | 1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993 |
| IAAF Continental Cup | Continents | 2010 | Americas (2018) | 2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| World Athletics Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Most medals: (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | ||
| IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Individuals | 1973 |  Joshua Cheptegei
(2019) |
2021 | Biennial | ||
| Teams | Uganda (2019)
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| IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Individuals | 1992 |  Geoffrey Kipsang
(2018) |
2020 | Biennial | Annually until 2010 | |
| Team | 1992 |  Ethiopia (2018)
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| IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals | 1987 |  Hideaki Yamauchi (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals | 2001 | Yoshihiko Ishikawa (2017)
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2019 | Biennial | ||
| Teams | 2003 | Japan (2017)
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| World Para Athletics Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Most medals: (2017)
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2019 | Biennial | ||
| Australian rules football | Australian Football International Cup | Nations | 2002 |  Papua New Guinea 2017 (2017)
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2020 | Triennial | |
| Auto racing see the open section below[1] | |||||||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles | 1977 | Kento Momota (2018)
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2019 | Annual | Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Doubles | Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen (2018)
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| Thomas Cup | Nations | 1949 | China (2018)
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2020 | Biennial | Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup. | |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations | 1957 |  Russia (2019)
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2020 | Annual | The second Bandy WCs were held in 1961; from that point, the championships were held biennially until 2003; and annually ever since. |
| Bandy World Cup | Clubs | 1974 |  Villa Lidköping BK (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Baseball | World Baseball Classic | Nations | 2006 | United States (2017)
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2021 | Quadrennial | Started in 1938 (as IBAF Baseball World Cup); Restarted in 2006; the first two of these modern WBCs (MLB approved and sanctioned by IBAF) were separated by three years (2006, 2009); moved to quadrennially in 2013 and after. |
| Basketball | FIBA Basketball World Cup | Nations | 1950 | Spain (2019)
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2023 | Quadrennial | Following the 2014 edition, the FIBA Basketball World Cup (but not the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) has been reset on a new quadrennial cycle. The 2014 (men's) World Cup will be followed by the 2019 World Cup, avoiding conflict with the FIFA World Cup. |
| FIBA 3x3 World Cup | Nations | 2012 | United States (2019)
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2020 | Annual | Biennial until 2016 | |
| FIBA Intercontinental Cup | Clubs | 1966 |  AEK B.C. (2019)
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2020 | Annual | ||
| Beach soccer | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Nations | 1995 |  Brazil (2017)
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2019 | Biennial | |
| Beach volleyball | Swatch FIVB World Championships | Nations | 1997 | Stoyanovskiy–Krasilnikov (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Sprint 10 km | 1974 |  Benedikt Doll (2017)
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2019 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic Years |
| Pursuit 12.5 km | 1997 | Martin Fourcade
(2017) | |||||
| Mass start 15 km | 1999 | Simon Schempp
(2017) | |||||
| Individual 20 km | 1958 | Lowell Bailey (2017)
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| Relay 4x7.5 km | 1966 | Russia (2017)
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| Billiards | WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals | 1990 | Joshua Filler (2018)
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2019 | Annual | |
| WPA World Ten-ball Championship | Individuals | 2008 | Ko Ping-chung (2019) | TBA | Annual | ||
| IBSF World Billiards Championship | Individuals | 1926 | Time:  Pankaj AdvaniPoints:  Nay Thway Oo (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Bobsleigh | FIBT World Championships | Four man | 1930 | Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis (2017) |
2019 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years. |
| Two man | 1931 | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis (2017) | |||||
| Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Singles | 1966 |  Shannon McIlroy (2016)
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2020 | Quadrennial | |
| Pairs |  Aaron Wilson, Brett Wilkie (2016)
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| Triples |  Andrew Knapper, Jamie Walker, Robert Paxton (2016)
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| Fours | Blake Signal, Mike Kernaghan, Mike Nagy, Ali Forsyth (2016)
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| Team | New Zealand (2016)
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| Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Winners in 10 weight classes (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |
| WBA World Champion | Individuals | Up to 17 titles are awarded | Ongoing | Various | Authorised by the World Boxing Association | ||
| WBC World Champion | Individuals | Up to 17 titles are awarded | Ongoing | Various | Authorised by the World Boxing Council | ||
| WBO World Champion | Individuals | Up to 17 titles are awarded | Ongoing | Various | Authorised by the World Boxing Organization | ||
| The Ring World Champion | Individuals | Up to 17 titles are awarded | Ongoing | Various | Authorised by The Ring magazine | ||
| Lineal World Champion | Individuals | Up to 17 titles are awarded | Ongoing | Various | Authorised by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board | ||
| Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1938 | Winners in 17 events (2017) | 2018 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | C-1 | 1949 | Franz Anton (2018)
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2019 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. | |
| C-1 team | 1949 |  Slovakia (2018)
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| C-2 | 1949 | Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché (2017) | |||||
| C-2 team | 1949 | France (2017) | |||||
| K-1 | 1949 | Hannes Aigner (2018)
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| K-1 team | 1949 |  Great Britain (2018)
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| Extreme K1 | 2017 | Christian De Dionigi
(2018) | |||||
| ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations | 1994 | Germany (2018)
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2020 | Biennial | ||
| Carrom | Carrom World Championship | Nations | 1992 |  Sri Lanka (2016)
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2020 | Quadrennial | |
| Cricket | ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI format) | Nations | 1975 | England (2019)
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2023 | Quadrennial | |
| ICC T20 World Cup (T20I format) | Nations | 2007 |  West Indies (2016)
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2020 | Quadrennial | Changed from odd-numbered years (2007–2009) to even-numbered years (2010–2016). Biennial until 2016. Quadrennial since 2016. | |
| Indoor Cricket World Cup | Nations | 1995 | Australia (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | ||
| Champions League Twenty20 | Domestic Teams | 2008 | Chennai Super Kings
(2014) |
Discontinued after 2014 | Annual | The first Champions League Twenty20 was due to be held in 2008 but could not due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Officially discontinued from 2014 due to lack of fan interest. | |
| Blind Cricket World Cup | Nations | 1998 | India (2018)
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2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| Blind T20 World Cup | Nations | 2012 | India (2017)
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2022 | once in five years | ||
| Cross-Country Skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 15 km & 18 km | 1925 |  Iivo Niskanen (2017)
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2019 | Biennial | |
| 50 km | 1925 |  Alex Harvey (2017)
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| Skiathlon 15+15 km | 1993 | Sjur Røthe (2019)
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| Sprint | 2001 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2019)
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| Relay 4x10 km | 1933 | Norway (2017)
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| Team sprint | 2005 | Russia (2017)
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| World Para Nordic Skiing Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Winners in 19 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | ||
| Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations | 1959 | Sweden (2019)
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2020 | Annual | |
| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race | 1927 | Alejandro Valverde
(2018) |
2019 | Annual | |
| Time trial | 1994 | Rohan Dennis (2018)
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| Team time trial (trade teams) | 2012 |  Team Quick-Step Floors (2018)[2] |
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| Team time trial (nations) | 1962 | Italy (1994)[2] | Defunct | Annual | |||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 1950 |  Mathieu van der Poel (2019)
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2020 | Annual | ||
| UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country | 1990 | Nino Schurter (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Downhill | 1990 | Danny Hart (2018)
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| Four cross | 2002 | Mitja Ergraver (2016) | |||||
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX | 2017 | 2019 | Annual | |||
| Cross-country eliminator | 2012 | Titouan Perrin-Ganier (2018)
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| Trials 20-inch | 1992 | Thomas Pechhacker (2018)
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| Trials 26-inch | 1995 | Jack Carthy (2018) | |||||
| UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals and nations | 1893 | Winners in 10 events (2018); Most medals:
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2019 | Annual | ||
| UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships | Individuals and nations | 2007 | Winners in 18 events (2019); Most medals:
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2020 | Annual | ||
| Darts | BDO World Darts Championship | Individuals | 1978 | Glen Durrant (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | |
| PDC World Darts Championship | Individuals | 1994 | Michael van Gerwen
(2019) |
2020 | Annual | ||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | Doubles | 2010 |  Scotland (Gary Anderson & Peter Wright) (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| WDF World Cup | Nations | 1977 | Australia (2017) | 2019 | Biennal | ||
| Equestrian see the open section below[3] | |||||||
| Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Foil | 1926 | Alessio Foconi (2018)
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2019 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years. |
| Foil team | 1930 | (2018)
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| Épée | 1921 | Yannick Borel (2018)
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| Épée team | 1930 |  (2018)
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| Sabre | 1922 | Kim Jung-Hwan (2018)
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| Sabre team | 1930 | (2018)
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| Field hockey | Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1971 | Belgium (2018)
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2022 | Quadrennial | |
| Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations | 2003 | Austria (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 1896 | Nathan Chen (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Fistball | Fistball World Cup | Nations | 1968 | Germany (2015)
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2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Floorball | World Floorball Championships | Nations | 1996 | Finland (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Freestyle Skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Moguls | 1986 | Mikaël Kingsbury
(2019) |
2021 | Biennial | |
| Dual Moguls | 2001 | Mikaël Kingsbury (2019)
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| Aerials | 1986 | Maxim Burov (2019)
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| Half-pipe | 2005 | Aaron Blunck (2019)
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| Slopestyle | 2011 | James Woods (2019)
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| Ski cross | 2005 | François Place (2019)
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| Big air | 2019 | Fabian Bösch (2019)
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| Futsal | FIFA Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1989 |  Argentina (2016)
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2020 | Quadrennial | |
| AMF Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1982 |  Colombia (2015)
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2019 | Quadrennial | Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003. | |
| Intercontinental Futsal Cup | Clubs | 1996 | Magnus Futsal (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Gliding see the open section below | |||||||
| Golf | Mission Hills World Cup | Nations | 1953 | Belgium (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals & Teams | 1903 | Winners in 7 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | Not held in Olympic Years |
| Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & Teams | 1964 | Winners in 7 events (2018) | 2019 | Biennial | ||
| Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pair | 1974 | Russia (2018)
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2020 | Biennial | ||
| Group | 1974 |  Israel (2018)
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| Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals | 1975 | 14 winners (one for each apparatus) | 2018 | Annual | ||
| Handball (Olympic handball) | IHF World Men's Handball Championship | Nations | 1938 |  Denmark (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| IHF Super Globe | Clubs | 1997 | FC Barcelona (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Handball (Beach Handball) | World Men's Beach Handball Championship | Nations | 2004 | Brazil (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Ice hockey | Ice Hockey World Championship | Nations | 1920 | Finland (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | |
| Inline skating | IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship | Nations | 1996 | United States (2017)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Kabaddi | IKF Kabaddi World Cup | Nations | 2004 | India (2016)
|
2019 | Triennial | |
| Lacrosse | World Lacrosse Championship | Nations | 1967 | United States (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| World Indoor Lacrosse Championship | Nations | 2003 | Canada (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | ||
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Men's singles | 1955 | Felix Loch (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | |
| Men's doubles | 1955 | Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken (2019) |
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| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Men's singles | 1979 | Alex Gruber (2017)
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2019 | Biennial | ||
| Men's doubles | 1979 | Rupert Brueggler Tobias Angerer (2017) |
2019 | Biennial | |||
| Modern pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Individual | 1949 | James Cooke (2018)
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2019 | Annual | |
| Team | 1949 | France (2018)
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| Relay | 2004 | France (2018)
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| Motorcycling see the open section below[4] | |||||||
| Nine-pin bowling | Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships | Single classic | 2006 |  Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)
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2020 | Biennial | |
| Sprint | Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)
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| Combination | Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)
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| Nine-pin bowling World Team Championships | Team | 2005 | Serbia (2019)
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2021 | Biennial | ||
| Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 10 km individual normal hill | 1925 | Johannes Rydzek (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |
| 10 km individual large hill | 1999 | Eric Frenzel (2019)
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2019 | Biennial | |||
| 10 km mass start | 2009 | Todd Lodwick (2009) | Only held in 2009 | N/A | Suspended | ||
| National Team Normal Hill 4 x 5 km | 2011 | Germany (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |||
| National Team Large Hill 2 x 7.5 km | 1982 | Germany (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |||
| FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals | 1983–84 | Jarl Magnus Riiber (2018–19) | 2019–20 | Annual | ||
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint | 2001 | Daniel Hubmann (2017) | 2018 | Annual | |
| Short distance | 1991 | Pasi Ikonen (2001) | Defunct | Biennial | |||
| Middle distance | 2003 | Thierry Gueorgiou (2017) | 2018 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 | ||
| Long distance | 1966 | Olav Lundanes (2017) | 2018 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 | ||
| Relay | 1966 | Norway (2017)
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2018 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 | ||
| Paddle | Paddle World Championship | Nations | 1992 | Argentina (2016)
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2018 | Biennial | |
| Pitch and putt | Pitch and Putt World Cup | Nations | 2004 |  Ireland (2016)
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2020 | Quadrennial | |
| World Strokeplay Championship | Individuals | 2009 | Liam O'Donovan (2017) | 2021 | Quadrennial | ||
| Polo | World Polo Championship | Nations | 1987 |  Chile (2015)
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2019 | Triennial | |
| Real tennis | Real Tennis World Championship | Individuals[D] | 1740 | Camden Riviere (2016) | 2018 | Biennial | |
| Roller derby | MRDA Championships | Teams | 2017 | St. Louis GateKeepers (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | |
| Roller hockey | Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1936 |  Portugal (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958 |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations | 1962 | Winners in 13 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years |
| Rugby league | Rugby League World Cup | Nations | 1954 | Australia (2017)
|
2021 | Quadrennial | Quadrennial after 2013 |
| Rugby union | Rugby World Cup | Nations | 1987 |  South Africa (2019)
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2023 | Quadrennial | |
| Rugby union sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations | 1993 | New Zealand (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | In June 2013, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) announced that it had reconsidered a previous decision to scrap the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After 2013, the next event will be in 2018, and will be held quadrennially afterwards.[5] |
| Sculling | World Sculling Championship | Individuals | 1831 | Evans Fischer (1957) | Annual | ||
| Sailing | Over 30 Various Titles | Individuals and Teams | Annually | See World Championships in Sailing | |||
| Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals and nations | 1897 | Winners in 18 events
(2018) |
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals and nations | 1934 | Winners in 6 events (2018) | 2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| ISSF World Cup | Individuals | 1988 | Winners in 9 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | ||
| Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016 | Heimana Reynolds (2019)
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2020 | Annual | |
| Street | 2010 | Nyjah Huston (2019)
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| Skeleton | FIBT World Championships | Individual | 1930 |  Martins Dukurs (2017)
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2019 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years. |
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals normal hill | 1962 | Stefan Kraft (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |
| Individuals large hill | 1925 | Markus Eisenbichler
(2019) |
2021 | Biennial | |||
| National Team normal hill | 2001 | Austria (2011)
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Defunct | Biennial | Not held in 2007 and 2009, after 2011 mixed team replaced this event | ||
| National Team large hill | 1962 |  Poland (2017)
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2019 | Biennial | |||
| FIS Ski-Flying World Championships | Individuals | 1972 | Daniel-André Tande (2016) | 2020 | Biennial | ||
| National Team | 2004 | Norway (2018)
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2020 | Biennial | |||
| Ski mountaineering | World Championships of Ski Mountaineering | Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances | 2002 | Winners in 5 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | Relays held since 2004; Long Distance only 2008. |
| Snooker | World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1927 | Judd Trump (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | This championship is open to both sexes, but no woman has ever won the event.[6] |
| IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1963 | Chang Bingyu (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship | |
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Big air | 2003 | Roope Tonteri (2017) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Slopestyle | 2011 | Chris Corning (2019)
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| Halfpipe | 1996 | Scotty James (2019)
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| Snowboard cross | 1997 | Mick Dierdorff (2019)
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| Parallel slalom | 1996 | Dmitry Loginov (2019)
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| Parallel giant slalom | 1999 | Dmitry Loginov (2019)
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| Speed skating | World Allround Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1889 | Patrick Roest (2018) | 2019 | Annual | |
| World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1970 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (2019) | 2019 | Annual | ||
| World Single Distance Championships | 500m | 1995 | Ruslan Murashov (2019)
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2020 | Annual | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held. | |
| 1000m | Kai Verbij (2019)
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| 1500m | Thomas Krol (2019)
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| 5000m | Sverre Lunde Pedersen (2019)
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| 10000m | Jorrit Bergsma (2019)
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| Team Pursuit | 2005 | Netherlands (2019)
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| Mass start | 2015 | Joey Mantia (2017)
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| World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | 500m | 1976 | Hwang Dae-heon (2018) | 2019 | Annual | Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships. | |
| 1000m | Charles Hamelin (2018) | ||||||
| 1500m | Charles Hamelin (2018) | ||||||
| 3000m | Shaolin Sándor Liu (2018) | ||||||
| 5000m Relay | South Korea (2018) | ||||||
| Overall | Charles Hamelin (2018) | ||||||
| World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships | Nations | 1991 | Korea (2011) | Discontinued after 2011 | Annual | ||
| Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals | 1976 |  Ali Farag (2018–19)
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2019–20 | Annual | |
| World International Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles teams | 1997 | Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley (2019) | TBA | Intermittent | ||
| WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations | 1967 | Egypt (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | 2015 Championship cancelled | |
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles | 1926 | Ma Long (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |
| Doubles | Fan Zhendong & Xu Xin
(2017) |
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| World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations | 1926 | China (2016)
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2018 | Biennial | ||
| Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 8 events (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Nations | South Korea (2019)
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| Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championship | Nations | 1970 |  Republic of China (2017)
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2019 | Biennial | |
| Ten-pin bowling | WTBA World Championships | Nations | 1954 | Most medals: (2018)
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2021 | Annual | Biennially until 2010 |
| Tennis | Davis Cup | Nations | 1900 |  Croatia (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Note: The Davis Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. Only the teams in the World Group actually compete for the Davis Cup proper; other teams play to (eventually) reach the World Group. |
| World Team Cup | Nations | 1978 | Serbia (2012)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Triathlon | ITU World Triathlon Series | Individuals | 1989 | Mario Mola (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Volleyball | FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship | Nations | 1949 | Poland (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup | Nations | 1965 | United States (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | ||
| FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup | Nations | 1993 | Brazil (2017)
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2021 | Quadrennial | ||
| FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League | Nations | 2018 | Russia (2018)[7] |
2019 | Annual | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017) | |
| FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship | Clubs | 1989 | Volley Lube (2019)
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2020 | Annual | ||
| Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1904 | Winners in 16 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Wrestling World Cup (freestyle) | Nations | 1973 | United States (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman) | Nations | 1980 | Russia (2017)
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2018 | Annual | ||
FemaleEdit
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details & notes |
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| Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Downhill | 1931 |  Ilka Štuhec (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Super G | 1987 | Mikaela Shiffrin (2019)
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| Giant slalom | 1931 | Petra Vlhová (2019)
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| Slalom | 1931 | Mikaela Shiffrin (2019)
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| Combined | 1932 | Wendy Holdener (2019)
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| FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals | 1967 | Mikaela Shiffrin
(2018–19) |
2019–20 | Annual | ||
| Nations | Austria (2018–19)
|
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| World Para Alpine Skiing Championships | Individuals | 1972 | Winners in 30 events (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | ||
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1931 |  Lei Chien-ying (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Individual compound | 1995 | Natalia Avdeeva (2019)
|
Biennial | ||||
| Team recurve | 1931 | Chinese Taipei (2019)
|
Biennial | ||||
| Team compound | 1995 | Chinese Taipei (2019)
|
Biennial | ||||
| Association football | FIFA Women's World Cup | Nations | 1991 | United States (2019)
|
2023 | Quadrennial | |
| Aquatics | FINA World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Winners in 37 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |
| FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Winners in 20 events (2018) | 2020 | Biennial | ||
| Athletics | IAAF World Championships in Athletics | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Winners in 24 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | 1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993 |
| IAAF World Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Winners in 13 events (2018); Most medals: United States | 2020 | Biennial | ||
| IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Irene Cheptai (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | ||
| Teams | Kenya (2017)
|
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| IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Individuals | 1992 | Netsanet Gudeta (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | ||
| Teams | Ethiopia (2018)
|
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| IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals | 1987 | Nikolina Šustić (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals | 2001 | Patrycja Bereznowska (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | ||
| Teams | 2003 | United States (2017)
|
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| World Para Athletics Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in 76 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | ||
| Auto racing see the open section below[1] | |||||||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles | 1977 | Carolina Marin (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years |
| Doubles | Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara (2018)
| ||||||
| Uber Cup | Nations | 1957 | China (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | Biennially since 1984 it has been held concurrently with the men's Thomas Cup. | |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations | 2004 | Sweden (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | Annually from 2006 to 2008, then biennially |
| Bandy World Cup Women | Clubs | 2003 | Rekord Irkutsk (2018) | 2019 | Annual | ||
| Baseball | Women's Baseball World Cup | Nations | 2004 | Japan (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Basketball | FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup | Nations | 1953 | United States (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| FIBA 3x3 World Cup | Nations | 2012 | China (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | Biennial until 2016 | |
| Beach volleyball | Swatch FIVB World Championships | Nations | 1997 | Pavan–Humana-Paredes (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Sprint 7.5 km | 1984 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic Year. |
| Pursuit 10 km | 1997 | Denise Herrmann (2019)
| |||||
| Mass start 12.5 km | 1999 | Dorothea Wierer (2019)
| |||||
| Individual 15 km | 1984 | Hanna Öberg (2019)
| |||||
| Relay 4x6 km | 1984 | Norway (2019)
| |||||
| Bobsleigh | FIBT World Championships | Two woman | 2000 | Elana Meyers Kehri Jones (2017) |
2019 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years. |
| Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Singles | 1969 | Karen Murphy (2016) | 2020 | Quadrennial | |
| Pairs |  Laura Daniels, Jess Sims (2016)
| ||||||
| Triples | Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch, Carla Krizanic (2016)
| ||||||
| Fours | Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch, Carla Krizanic, Kelsey Cottrell (2016)
| ||||||
| Team | Australia (2016)
| ||||||
| World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles | 1988 | Julie Forrest (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals | 2001 | Winners in 13 weight classes; Most medals: China | 2019 | Biennial | |
| Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1938 | Winners in 10 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | K-1 | 1949 | Jessica Fox (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years | |
| K-1 team | 1949 | France (2018)
| |||||
| C-1 | 2009 | Jessica Fox (2018)
| |||||
| C-1 team | 2011 | Great Britain (2015)
| |||||
| ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations | 1994 | Germany (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | ||
| Cricket | Women's Cricket World Cup (WODI format) | Nations | 1973 | England (2017)
|
2021 | Quadrennial | |
| ICC Women's T20 World Cup (WT20I format) | Nations | 2009 | Australia (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | Biennially from 2010 | |
| Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 10 km | 1954 | Charlotte Kalla (2015) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Skiathlon 15 km | 1993 | Therese Johaug (2019)
|
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| 30 km | 1980 | Therese Johaug (2015) | |||||
| Sprint | 2001 | Maiken Caspersen Falla (2019)
|
|||||
| Team Sprint | 2005 | Sweden (2019)
|
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| Relay 4x5 km | 1954 | Norway (2015) | |||||
| World Para Nordic Skiing Championships | Individuals | 1974 | 2019 | 2021 | Biennial | ||
| Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations | 1979 | Canada (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race | 1958 | Anna van der Breggen
(2018) |
2019 | Annual | The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958. |
| Time trial | 1994 | Annemiek van Vleuten
(2018) |
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| Team time trial (trade) | 2012 | Canyon-SRAM (2018)[2] | |||||
| Team time trial (nations) | 1987 | Russia (1994) | Defunct | Annual | |||
| UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country | 1990 | Kate Courtney (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Downhill | 1990 | Rachel Atherton (2018)
|
|||||
| Four-cross | 2002 | Caroline Buchanan (2017)
|
Defunct | ||||
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX | 2017 | 2019 | Annual | |||
| Cross-country eliminator | 2012 | Coline Clauzure (2018)
|
|||||
| Trials | 2001 | Nina Reichenbach (2018)
|
|||||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 2000 | Sanne Cant (2018)
|
2020 | Annual | The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were first contested in 1950, but a women's championship was not added until 2000. | |
| UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals and nations | 1958 | Winners in 10 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first contested in 1893, but women's championships were not added until 1958. | |
| UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships | Individuals and nations | 2007 | Winners in 15 events (2018); Most medals: Great Britain | 2019 | |||
| Darts | BDO World Darts Championship | Individuals | 2001 | Mikuru Suzuki (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | The BDO World Darts Championship was first contested in 1978, but a women's championship was not added until 2001. |
| WDF World Cup | Nations | 1983 | Netherlands
(2017) |
2019 | Biennial | The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983. | |
| Equestrian see the open section below[3] | |||||||
| Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Foil | 1929 | Alive Volpi (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years |
| Foil team | 1932 | United States (2018)
| |||||
| Épée | 1988 | Mara Navarria (2018)
| |||||
| Épée team | 1988 | United States (2018)
| |||||
| Sabre | 1999 | Sofia Pozdniakova
(2018) | |||||
| Sabre team | 1999 | France (2018)
| |||||
| Field hockey | Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1974 | Netherlands (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations | 2003 | Germany (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 1906 | Kaetlyn Osmond (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Fistball | Fistball World Cup | Nations | 1994 | Germany (2018)
|
2020 | ||
| Floorball | Floorball World Championships | Nations | 1997 | Sweden (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | |
| Freestyle skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Moguls | 1986 |  Yulia Galysheva (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Dual Moguls | 2001 | Perrine Laffont (2019)
|
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| Aerials | 1986 |  Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya (2019)
|
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| Half-pipe | 2005 |  Kelly Sildaru (2019)
|
|||||
| Slopestyle | 2011 | Tess Ledeux (2017)
|
Cancelled in 2019. | ||||
| Ski cross | 2005 | Marielle Thompson (2019)
|
|||||
| Big air | 2019 | Tess Ledeux (2019)
|
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| Futsal | AMF Futsal Women's World Cup | Nations | 2008 | Brazil (2017)
|
2021 | Quadrennial | |
| Gliding | Women's World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 2001 | Winners in 3 classes (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition. |
| Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals and nations | 1903 | Winners in 6 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | Not held in years with a Summer Olympics |
| Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals and nations | 1963 | Winners in 9 events (2018) | 2019 | Biennial | Changed from 2005 | |
| Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & teams | 1964 | Winners in 7 events (2018) | 2019 | Biennial | ||
| Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pairs | 1974 | Russia (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | ||
| Groups | 1974 | Russia (2018)
|
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| Handball | IHF World Women's Handball Championship | Nations | 1957 | France (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | |
| Handball (Beach Handball) | World Women's Beach Handball Championship | Nations | 2004 | Greece (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Ice hockey | IIHF World Women's Championships | Nations | 1990 | United States (2017)
|
2019 | Annually | Originally held every two years (no championship in 1996). Since 1997, annual except in Winter Olympic years for the top level of competition (champion listed here). Lower levels of the championships used the same schedule until 2014, when they adopted an annual schedule including championships in Olympic years. |
| Indoor hockey | Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations | 2003 | Germany (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| Lacrosse | Women's Lacrosse World Cup | Nations | 1982 | United States (2017)
|
2021 | Quadrennial | |
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Individual | 1955 | Natalie Geisenberger
(2019) |
2020 | Annual | |
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Individual | 1979 | Greta Pinggera (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | ||
| Motorcycling see the open section below[8] | |||||||
| Motorcycling | FIM Women's Motocross World Championship | Individuals | 2008 | Kiara Fontanesi (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| FIM Women's Enduro World Championship | Individuals | 2010 | Laia Sanz (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Modern pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Individual | 1981 | Anastasiya Prokopenko (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Team | 1981 | Hungary (2018)
|
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| Relay | 2004 | (2018)
|
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| Netball | World Netball Championships | Nations | 1963 | New Zealand (2019)
|
2023 | Quadrennial | |
| Nine-pin bowling | Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships | Single classic | 2006 | Sina Beißer (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Sprint | Ines Maričić (2018)
|
||||||
| Combination | Jasmina Anđelković (2018)
|
||||||
| Nine-pin bowling World Team Championships | Team | 2005 | Croatia (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | ||
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint | 2001 | Maja Alm (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 |
| Short distance | 1991 | Hanne Staff (2001) | Defunct | Biennial | |||
| Middle Distance | 2003 | Natalia Gemperle (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Originally biennally, annually since 2003 | ||
| Long distance | 1966 | Tove Alexandersson
(2018) |
2019 | Annual | Originally biennally, annually since 2003 | ||
| Relay | 1966 | Switzerland (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Originally biennally, annually since 2003 | ||
| Orienteering World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Tove Alexandersson (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually | |
| Real tennis | Real Tennis World Championship | Individuals[D] | 1740 | Winners in 2 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |
| Ringette | World Ringette Championships | Nations | 1990 | Finland (2017)
|
2019 | Triennial | Biennially 1990–2004 |
| Ringette World Club Championship | Clubs | 2008 | LL-89 (2011)
|
Triennial | 2014 event cancelled | ||
| Roller derby | WFTDA Championships | Teams | 2018 | Rose City Rollers
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Roller hockey | Women's Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1992 | (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations | 1974 | Winners in 9 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years |
| FISA Rowing World Cup | Nations | 1997 | Winners in 6 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | ||
| Rugby league | Women's Rugby League World Cup | Nations | 2000 | Australia (2017) | 2021 | Quadrennial | Quadrennially after 2013 |
| Rugby union | Women's Rugby World Cup | Nations | 1991 | New Zealand (2017)
|
2021 | Quadrennial | After the first event in 1991, a consistent four-year cycle was established in 1994 and ran through 2014. A new four-year cycle was established in 2017. |
| Rugby union sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations | 2009 | New Zealand (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | The Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's tournament was not added until 2009[5] |
| Sailing | Over 30 Various Titles | Individuals and Teams | Annually | See World Championships in Sailing | |||
| Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals and nations | 1958 | Winners in 23 events (2018) | 2022 | Quadrennial | |
| World Shotgun Championships | Individuals and nations | 1967 | Winners in 4 events (2018) | 2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| ISSF World Cup | Individuals | 1988 | Winners in 6 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | ||
| Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016 | Misugu Okamoto (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | |
| Street | 2010 | Pamela Rosa (2019)
|
|||||
| Skeleton | FIBT World Championships | Individual | 2000 | Jacqueline Lölling
(2017) |
2019 | Annual | Not held in years with Winter Olympics. |
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals normal hill | 2009 | Carina Vogt (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | |
| Ski mountaineering | World Championships of Ski Mountaineering | Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances | 2002 | Winners in 6 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | Relays added (2004); Long Distance added (2008) |
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Individuals halfpipe | 1996 | Chloe Kim (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| Individuals slopestyle | 2011 | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
(2019) |
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| Individuals snowboard cross | 1997 |  Eva Samková (2019)
|
|||||
| Individuals parallel slalom | 1996 | Julie Zogg (2019)
|
|||||
| Individuals parallel giant slalom | 1999 | Selina Jörg (2019)
|
|||||
| Individuals big air | 2015 | Anna Gasser (2017)
|
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| Softball | Women's Softball World Championship | Nations | 1965 | United States (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, now biennially |
| World Cup of Softball | Nations | 2005 | Japan (2017)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Speed skating | World All-Round Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1933 | Miho Takagi (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1970 | Nao Kodaira (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| World Single Distance Championships | 500m | 1995 | Vanessa Herzog (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held. | |
| 1000m | Brittany Bowe (2019)
| ||||||
| 1500m | Ireen Wust (2019)
| ||||||
| 3000m | Martina Sáblíková (2019)
| ||||||
| 10000m | Martina Sáblíková (2019)
| ||||||
| Mass start | 2015 | Irene Schouten (2019)
| |||||
| Team pursuit | 2005 | Netherlands (2019)
| |||||
| World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | 500m | 1976 | Choi Min-jeong (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Note: Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships. | |
| 1000m | Choi Min-jeong (2018)
| ||||||
| 1500m | Choi Min-jeong (2018)
| ||||||
| 3000m | Choi Min-jeong (2018)
| ||||||
| 3000m relay | South Korea (2018)
| ||||||
| Overall | Choi Min-jeong (2018)
| ||||||
| World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships | Nations | 1991 | Korea (2011) | Discontinued after 2011 | Annual | ||
| Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals | 1979 | Raneem El Weleily
(2017) |
2018-19 | Annual | |
| World Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles teams | 1997 | Shelley Kitchen & Tamsyn Leevey (2006)
|
TBA | Intermittent | ||
| WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations | 1979 | Egypt (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | ||
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles | 1926 | Ding Ning (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | |
| Doubles | Maharu Yoshimura & Kasumi Ishikawa (2017)
|
||||||
| World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations | 1933 | China (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | ||
| Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 8 events (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Nations | South Korea (2019)
|
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| Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championships | Nations | 1980 | Republic of China (2015) | 2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Ten-pin bowling | WTBA World Championships | Nations | 1963 | Winners in 6 events (2017) | 2019 | Biennial | |
| Tennis | Fed Cup | Nations | 1963 | Czech Republic (2018)[9] |
2019 | Annual | Note: The Fed Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. It was called Federation Cup until 1995. |
| Triathlon | ITU World Triathlon Series | Individuals | 1989 | Vicky Holland (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Volleyball | Women's World Championship | Nations | 1952 | Serbia (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | |
| Women's World Cup | Nations | 1973 | China (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | ||
| FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup | Nations | 1993 | Brazil (2017)
|
2021 | Quadrennial | ||
| FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League | Nations | 2018 | United States (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (1993–2017) | |
| FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship | Clubs | 1991 | Imoco Volley (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| Water polo | FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations | 1979 | Hungary (2018)
|
2022 | Quadrennial | Originally biennially, quadrennially after 2002 |
| FINA Water Polo World Championship | Nations | 1986 | United States (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | Biennially since 2001 | |
| Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals | 1987 | Winners in 8 events (2018) | 2019 | Annual | |
| Wrestling World Cup | Nations | 2001 | (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
OpenEdit
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Cushion (Billiards) |
Three-Cushion World Cup | Individuals | 1986 |  Tayfun Taşdemir (2019)
|
2020 | Insertual | |
| World three-cushion billiards championship | Individuals | 1928 | Dick Jaspers (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Air racing | Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Individuals | 2003 | Martin Šonka (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Not held in 2011–2013 |
| Auto racing | |||||||
| A1 Grand Prix | Nations | 2005–06 | Republic of Ireland (2008–09)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Formula One World Championship | Individuals | 1950 | Lewis Hamilton (2019) | 2020 | Annual | ||
| Constructors | 1958 | Mercedes (2019) | |||||
| FIA World Endurance Championship | Individuals | 2012 | Timo Bernhard Earl Bamber & Brendon Hartley (2017) |
2018 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Porsche (2017) | ||||||
| FIA GT1 World Championship | Individuals | 2010 | Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock (2012) |
Defunct | Annual | Annually until 2012 | |
| Teams | Münnich Motorsport (2012) | ||||||
| FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies | Individuals | 1993 | Jakub Przygoński (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Teams | Orlen Team/X-Raid (2018) | ||||||
| FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas | Individuals | 2019 | 
|
2019 | Annual | Baja events split off from cross-country rally competition after original bajas competition was combined with rallies world cup in 2012. | |
| Teams | |||||||
| World Rally Championship | Individuals | 1977 | Ott Tänak (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 1973 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2018) | |||||
| World Touring Car Championship | Individuals | 1987 | Thed Björk (2017) | Defunct | Annual | changed name to the World Touring Car Cup. | |
| Manufacturers | Volvo (2017) | ||||||
| World Touring Car Cup | Individuals | 2018 | Gabriele Tarquini (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | "World Touring Car Cup" was used between 1993 and 1995 when it was a single event. | |
| Teams | M Racing-YMR (2018)
| ||||||
| World Manufacturers' Championship | Manufacturers | 1925 | Delage (1927) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1927 | |
| World Sportscar Championship | Manufacturers; from 1985 teams |
1953 | Peugeot Talbot Sport (1992) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1992 | |
| Individuals | 1981 | Yannick Dalmas Derek Warwick (1992) |
Annual | ||||
| Karting World Championship | Individuals | 1964 | Lorenzo Travisanutto (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Bowls | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles | 1979 | Mark Dawes (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | originally just men's singles but now open |
| Pairs | 1986 | Mark Dawes, Jamie Chestney (2019)
|
originally just men's pairs but now open | ||||
| Bull riding | PBR Global Cup | Nations | 2017 | BRA (2019)
|
2020 | Annual | |
| PBR World Cup | Nations | 2007 | Brazil (2010)
|
Defunct | Annual | Discontinued after 2010 | |
| Equestrian | Dressage World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Isabell Werth (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| World Four-in-Hand Championships | Teams and Individuals | 1972 | Boyd Exell (individual) Netherlands (team); (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | ||
| FEI World Equestrian Games | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 26 events (2018) | 2022 | Quadrennial | ||
| Mounted Games World Individual Championships | Individuals | 1986 | Widukind Moormann (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Mounted Games World Pairs Championships | Pairs | 1992 | Joe Garnett Colin Verdelhan (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Mounted Games World Team Championships | Team | 1986 | Ireland (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Show Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Beezie Madden (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Gliding | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals | 1985 | Ferenc Tóth (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Nations | Germany (2018)
|
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| World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 1937 | Winners in 6 classes (2018) | 2020 | Biennial | The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition. | |
| Paragliding | Paragliding World Cup | Individual | 1992 | Winners in 5 competitions (2016) | 2017-18 | Annual | |
| Motorcycling | FIM MotoGP World Championship | Moto3 Individual | 2012 | Jorge Martin (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Until 2012 as 125cc |
| Moto2 Individual | 2010 | Francesco Bagnaia (2018)
|
Until 2010 as 250cc | ||||
| MotoGP Individual | 2002 | Marc Márquez (2018)
|
Until 2002 as 500cc | ||||
| Moto3 Constructor | 2012 | Honda (2018) | 2019 | Annual | |||
| Moto2 Constructor | 2010 | Kalex (2018) | |||||
| MotoGP Constructor | 2002 | Honda (2018) | |||||
| Supercross World Championship | Individuals | 2003 | Jason Anderson (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Motocross World Championship | MX2 Individual | 2003 | Jorge Prado Garcia (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| MXGP Individual | 2003 | Jeffrey Herlings (2018)
|
|||||
| MX2 Constructor | 2003 | KTM (2018) | 2019 | Annual | |||
| MXGP Constructor | 2003 | KTM (2018) | |||||
| FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship | Riders | 1999 | Toby Price (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 1999 | KTM (2018)
|
|||||
| FIM Bajas World Cup | Riders | 2012 |  Mohammed Al Balooshi (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 2012 | KTM (2018)
|
|||||
| FIM World Enduro Championship | E3 | 2004 | Steve Holcombe (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| E2 | 2004 | Eero Remes (2018)
|
|||||
| E1 | 2004 | Brad Freeman (2018)
|
|||||
| FIM sidecarcross World Championship | Pairs | 1980 | Jan Hendrickx Ben van den Bogaart (2016) |
2017 | Annual | ||
| Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) |
National Team | 1960 | Poland (2017) | 2018 | Annual | ||
| Speedway World Pairs Championship | National pair | 1970 | Sweden (1993) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1993 | |
| Individual Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995) |
Individuals | 1936 | Tai Woffinden (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Individual Ice Racing World Championship | Individuals[10] | 1966 | Dmitry Koltakov (2017) | 2018 | Annual | ||
| Team Ice Racing World Championship | Nations | 1979 | Russia (2017) | 2018 | Annual | ||
| Sidecar World Championship | Pairs | 1949 | Ben Birchall (driver) & Tom Birchall (passenger) (2018) |
2019 | Annual | ||
| Endurance FIM World Championship | Team | 1975 | F.C.C TSR Honda France (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Superbike World Championship | Individuals | 1988 | Jonathan Rea (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Kawasaki (2018) | ||||||
| Supersport World Championship | Individuals | 1999 | Sandro Cortese (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Yamaha (2018) | ||||||
| FIM Superstock 1000 Championship | Individuals | 2000 | Markus Reiterberger (2018)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | BMW S1000RR (2018) | ||||||
| Pétanque | Pétanque World Championships | Nations | 1959 | France (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | |
| Pitch and putt | Pitch and Putt World Cup | Nations | 2004 | Ireland (2016) | 2020 | Quadrennial | |
| Practical shooting | IPSC Handgun World Shoots | Individuals | 1975 | Ben Stoeger (2017)
|
2020 | Triennial | Winner(s) of largest division(s) |
| Teams | United States Production Team (2014) Simon Racaza, Ben Stoeger, Matthew Mink | Defunct | |||||
| IPSC Rifle World Shoots | Individuals | 2017 | Teemu Rintala | 2019 | |||
| Teams | Finland Open Team (2017) Teemu Rintala, Raine Peltokoski, Jarkko Laukia, Kim Leppänen | ||||||
| IPSC Shotgun World Shoots | Individuals | 2012 | Josh Froelich (2018)
|
2021 | |||
| Teams | Russia Standard Team (2018) Roman Anikin, Roman Khalitov, Sergey Orlov Oleg Kudryavtsev | ||||||
| IPSC Action Air World Shoots | Individuals | 2018 |  Chun Ki Wu (2018)
|
2021 | |||
| Teams | Hong Kong (2018)
| ||||||
| Motorboat racing | Class 1 World Powerboat Championship | Individual Boats | 1992 | Team Abu Dhabi (2016) | 2017 | Annual | |
| F1 Powerboat World Championship | Individual | 1981 | Shaun Torrente (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | ||
| UIM Powerboat GPS World Championship | Individual boats | 2003 | Winners in 3 classes | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 2011, known as Powerboat P1 World Championship up to 2009 | |
| Aeromodelling | FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft | Individual | 1960 | Yuan Kang Lee (2016) | 2018 | Biennial | |
| FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft | Individual | 1960 | Winners in 4 classes | 2018 | Biennial | ||
| FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft | Individuals and nations | 1960 | Christophe Paysant Le-Roux | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| United States | |||||||
| FAI F3C World Championships for Model Helicopters | Individuals and nations | 1985 | Hiroki Ito | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Japan | |||||||
| FAI F3N World Championships for Model Helicopters | Individuals and nations | 2013 | Eric Weber | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Israel | |||||||
| FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft | Individuals and nations | 2011 | Gernot Bruckmann | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Austria | |||||||
| FAI F3D World Championship for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft | Individuals and nations | 1985 | Randy Bridge | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Czech Republic | |||||||
| FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders | Individuals and nations | 2011 | Alex Hewson | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| New Zealand | |||||||
| FAI F3F World Championship for Model Gliders | Individuals and nations | 2012 | František Ruisl | 2016 | Biennial | ||
| France | |||||||
| FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders | Individuals and nations | 1998 | Jan Littva | 2016 | Biennial | ||
| New Zealand | |||||||
| FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft | Individual | 1970 | Winners in 2 classes | 2018 | Biennial | ||
| FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft | Individuals and nations | 1986 | Winners in 2 classes | 2018 | Biennial | ||
| FAI S World Championships for Space Models | Individual | 1972 | Robert Kreutz | 2018 | Biennial | ||
| Radio-controlled car racing | IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship | Individual | 1977 | Shoki Takahata (2019)
|
2021 | Biennial | |
| IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, 2WD | Individual | 1985 | Spencer Rivkin (2019)
|
2021 | Double header single host event | ||
| IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, 4WD | Individual | Bruno Coehlo (2019)
| |||||
| IFMAR 1:5 Touring Car World Championship | Individual | 2001 | Marko Grigić (2019)
|
2021 | |||
| IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship | Individual | 1986 | Davide Ongaro (2018)
|
2020 | |||
| IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship | Individual | 1982 | Alexander Hagberg (2018)
|
2020 | Double header single host event from 2002 up until 2018, triple in 2000 with PRO 10 | ||
| IFMAR ISTC World Championship | Individual | 2000 | Bruno Coehlo (2018)
| ||||
| IFMAR 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship | Individual | 2002 | Naoto Matsukura (2018)
|
2020 | |||
| Radio-controlled boat sailing | IRSA – 10 Rater World Championships | Individual | 1999 | Brad Gibson (2016)
|
Undefined | Various | Authorised by World Sailing and the International Radio Sailing Association |
| IRSA – A Class World Championships | Individual | Graham Bantock (2005)
|
Undefined | Various | |||
| IRSA – Marblehead World Championships | Individual | Brad Gibson (2018)
|
Biennial | Various | |||
| IRSA – One Metre World Championship | Individual | 1994 | Zvonko Jelacic (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | ||
| Sailing | Over 80 Various Titles | Individuals and Teams | Annually | See World Championships in Sailing | |||
| Speedcubing | WCA World Championship | Individuals | 1982 | Philipp Weyer (2019)
|
2021 | Biannual | Note: The World Championships were first held in 1982, but they only became biannual at the second World Championship, in 2003. Feliks Zemdegs is the only person to have won twice. |
| Rubik's Nations Cup | Nations | 2017 | Germany 1 (2019)
|
2021 | Biannual | Note: Countries can form multiple teams | |
| Tug of war | TWIF Indoor World Championships | Nations | 1976 | Winners in various weight classes (2016) | 2018 | Biennial | |
| TWIF Outdoor World Championships | Nations | 1976 | Winners in various weight classes (2016) | 2018 | Biennial |
Mixed-sex teamsEdit
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Team recurve male – female pair |
1931 | South Korea
(2017) |
2019 | Biennial | |
| Team compound male – female pair |
1995 | South Korea
(2017) |
2019 | Biennial | |||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Mixed Doubles | 1977 |  Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir
(2017) |
2018 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Sudirman Cup | Nations | 1989 | South Korea (2017)
|
2019 | Biennial | ||
| Basketball | FIBA 3x3 World Championships | National teams of two men and two women |
2012 | France (2012)
|
Defunct | Three players are on the court at any one time | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Mixed relay 2x6,2x7.5 km | 2005 | Germany
(2017) |
2019 | Annual | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years |
| Bowls | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Mixed Pairs | 2004 | Jamie Chestney, Lesley Doig (2018) | 2019 | Annual | |
| Cycling | UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country Team relay | 1999 | Switzerland
(2017) |
2018 | Annual | |
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Team trials | 1999 | France (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | ||
| Curling | World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | National mixed teams male – female pair |
2008 | Switzerland
(2017) |
2018 | Annual | |
| World Mixed Curling Championship | National mixed teams (4 players) | 2015 | Scotland (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | ||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | National pairs male – female pair from the same nation |
1908 | Sui Wenjing & Han Cong (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | |
| Ice Dance male – female pair from the same nation |
1952 | Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (2017)
|
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| Gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Teams | 2016 | Russia (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | |
| Mixed pairs | 1974 | ||||||
| Korfball | IKF World Korfball Championship | 4 females and 4 males | 1978 | Netherlands
(2015) |
2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Modern Pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Mixed Relay | 2001 | Germany
(2017) |
2018 | Biennial | |
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Nations | 1989 | Germany
(2017) |
2018 | Annual | |
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Nations | 2001 | Italy (2013)
|
2019 | Biennial | Not held in 2015 and 2017 | |
| Nine-pin bowling | Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships | Mixed tandems | 2004 | Renáta Navrkalová & Jan Endršt (2018)
|
2020 | Biennial | First time held in 2004. After division of the championships, added to the Team Worlds (2005 & 2007). Since 2008 in Single's World Championships program. |
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint relay | 2014 | Sweden (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | |
| Quidditch | IQA World Cup | Nations | 2012 | United States
(2018) |
2020 | Biennial | Quidditch has rules based on gender, not sex, calling itself a mixed-gender sport |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | PR2 Para Mixed Pair 1 Male & 1 Female |
2013 | Netherlands
(2017) |
2018 | Annual | |
| PR3 Para Mixed Pair 1 Male & 1 Female |
2013 | Brazil (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | |||
| Para Mixed Coxed Four 2 Male & 2 Female plus an open cox |
2013 | Great Britain
(2017) |
2018 | Annual | |||
| World Rowing Cup | Nations | 1997 | Germany
(2018) |
2019 | Annual | 1990–1995 the World Rowing Cup was a competition for single scullers, one man and one woman was declared the overall winner each year. Currently the World Cup consists of 3 stages, each of them includes events for men and women; the nation with most points as a summary is declared the overall winner. | |
| Sailing | IFDS SKUD 18 World Championship | Female or Mixed Pair | 2007 | Alexandra Rickham & Niki Birrell (2011)
|
? | Annual? | |
| Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship | Mixed Pair | 2013 | Ben Saxton & Katie Dabson (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | ||
| Synchronized skating | World Synchronized Skating Championships | Teams | 2000 | Paradise (2017)
|
2018 | Annual | |
| Tennis | Hopman Cup | National teams male – female pair |
1989 | Switzerland (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | Competitions are played in traditional order: women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles |
| Triathlon | ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships | National teams of two men and two women | 2003 | Australia (2017)
|
2018 | Annual |
See alsoEdit
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Note: Auto racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ a b c From 1962 to 1994, the men's World Championship team time trial was contested by national teams. Since the revival of this race in 2012, it has been contested by trade teams, usually featuring riders of several nationalities.
- ^ a b Equestrian events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ Motorcycle racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ a b "Future of Rugby World Cup Sevens confirmed" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Sport, Frank Keogh BBC. "Reanne Evans: Ladies' champion to face men in world qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League 2018 Finals - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ With the exception of off-road racing, motorcycle racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ https://www.fedcup.com/en/statistics/champions.aspx
- ^ Champions in Individual Ice Racing (motorcycle)