List of world sports championships

See also: World championship and World cup

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.

Open gender world championship titles

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details and notes
Air racing	Red Bull Air Race World Championship	Individuals	2003	Matt Hall (2019)	Defunct	Annual	Not held in 2011–2013, discontinued for 2020
Auto racing
	A1 Grand Prix	Nations	2005–06	Republic of Ireland (2008–09)	Defunct	Annual
	Formula One World Championship	Individuals	1950	Max Verstappen (2021)	2022	Annual
		Constructors	1958	Mercedes (2021)
	FIA World Endurance Championship	Individuals	2012	Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López (2021)	2022	Annual
		Manufacturers		Aston Martin (2019–20)
	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	Nasser Al Attiyah (2021)	Defunct	Annual	Annually until 2021
		Teams		Overdrive SA (2021)
	World Rally-Raid Championship	Individuals	2022		2022	Annual	Co-sanctioned with FIM; replaced World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
		Teams
	FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas	Individuals	2002	Yazeed Al Rajhi (2021)	2022	Annual	Baja events split off from cross-country rally competition after original bajas competition was combined with rallies world cup in 2012.
		Teams		Overdrive SA (2021)
	World Rally Championship	Individuals	1977	Sébastien Ogier (2021)	2022	Annual
		Manufacturers	1973	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2021)
	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	Yann Ehrlacher (2021)	2022	Annual	"World Touring Car Cup" was used between 1993 and 1995 when it was a single event.
		Teams		Cyan Racing (2021)
	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. Resumed as FIA World Endurance Championship
		Individuals	1981	Yannick Dalmas Derek Warwick (1992)		Annual
	Karting World Championship	KZ	1964	Noah Milell (2021)	2022	Annual
		OK		Tuuka Tapponen (2021)
	Intercontinental Drifting Cup	Individuals	2017	James Deane (2021)	2022	Annual
	Formula E	Individuals	2014	Nyck De Vries (2021)	2022	Annual
	FIA International Hill Climb Cup	Closed cars	2000	Karel Trneny (2021)	2022	Annual
		Competition Cars		Sebastien Petit (2021)
	R-GT Cup	Individuals	2015	Pierre Ragues (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Rallycross Championship	RX1	2014	Johan Kristoffersson (2021)	2022	Annual
		RX2e		Guillaume De Ridder (2021)
Bull riding	PBR Global Cup	Nations	2017	USA (2020)	2021	Annual
	PBR World Cup	Nations	2007	Brazil (2010)	Defunct	Annual	Discontinued after 2010
Gliding	FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships	Individuals	1985	Ferenc Tóth (2018)	2019	Annual
		Nations		Germany (2018)
	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	Matthias Walkner (2021)	Defunct	Annual
		Manufacturers	1999	KTM (2021)
	World Rally-Raid Championship	Riders	2022		2022	Annual	Co-sanctioned with FIA; replaced Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
		Manufacturers	2022
	FIM Bajas World Cup	Riders	2012	Martin Michek (2021)	2022	Annual
		Manufacturers	2012	KTM (2021)
	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	Bartosz Zmarzlik (2020)	2019	Annual
	Individual Ice Racing World Championship	Individuals	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)
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	F1 Powerboat World Championship	Individual	1981	Shaun Torrente (2019)	2021	Annual	2020 Season got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Motorboat (Jet Ski)	Aquabike World Championship (powerboating)	Individual	1996	Yousef Al Abdulrazzaq (Runabout GP1) 2020 Stian Schjetlein (Ski Division GP1 Man) 2020, Jessica Chavanne (Ski Division Woman) 2020, Rashid Al Mulla (Freestyle) 2020	2021	Annual	2020 Season was made of only one GP as all the remaining GP were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
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 GT World Championship	Individual	2020	Jörn Neumann (2020)	2021
	IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship	Individual	1986	Davide Ongaro (2018)	2020
	IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship	Individual	1982	Marc Rheinard (2020)	2022		Double header single host event from 2002 up to 2018, triple in 2000 with PRO 10
	IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship, stock	Individual		Andy Murray (2020)			Not held from 1986 through 2016, ran as World Cup event in 2018.
	IFMAR 1:10 ISTC World Championship	Individual	2000	Bruno Coehlo (2018)	2022		Double header single host event from 2002 up to 2018, triple in 2000 with PRO 10
	IFMAR 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship	Individual	2004	Naoto Matsukura (2018)	2020		Double header single host event from 2002 up to 2018, triple in 2000 with PRO 10
	IFMAR PRO 10 World Championship	Individual	1992	Masami Hirosaka (2000)	Defunct		Biennial until 2002
	IFMAR 1:10 235mm IC Track World Championship	Individual	2000	Brian Berry (2002)	Defunct		Biennial until 1984
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	Class World Championships	Individuals and Teams				Annual	The majoirty of sailing 100+ Annual World Championships are none gender specific
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.
	Rubik's Nations Cup	Nations	2017	Germany 1 (2019)	2021	Biannual	Note: Countries can form multiple teams

Male gender world championship titles

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details and notes
Aikido	Aikido World Championships	Individuals	1989	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	Downhill	1931	Vincent Kriechmayr (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Super G	1987	Vincent Kriechmayr (2021)
		Giant slalom	1931	Mathieu Faivre (2021)
		Slalom	1931	Sebastian Foss-Solevåg (2021)
		Alpine combined	1932	Marco Schwarz (2021)
	FIS Alpine Ski World Cup	Individuals	1967	Alexis Pinturault (2020–21)	2021–22	Annual
		Nations		Switzerland (2020–21)
	World Para Alpine Skiing Championships	Individuals	1972	Winners in 30 events (2021)	2023	Biennial
American football	IFAF World Championship	Nations	1999	United States (2015)	2023	Quadrennial	Not held in 2019
Aquatics	FINA World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1973	Most medals: (2019)	2022	Biennial
	World Diving Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 5 events (2019)	2022	Biennial
	FINA Diving World Cup	Individuals	1979	Most medals: Great Britain (2021)	2023	Biennial
	FINA Swimming World Cup	Individuals	1988-89	Matthew Sates (2021)	2022	Annual
	FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)	Individuals	1993	Most medals: United States(2021)	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)	2022	Biennial	Biennially since 2001
	World Para Swimming Championships	Individuals	1990	Most medals: Italy (2019)	2022	Biennial
Archery	World Archery Championships	Individual recurve	1931	Kim Woo-jin (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Individual compound	1995	Nico Wiener (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Team recurve	1931	South Korea (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Team compound	1995	United States (2021)	2023	Biennial
	World Indoor Archery Championships	Individual recurve	1991	Sjef van den Berg (2018)	2023	Biennial
		Team recurve		Netherlands (2018)
		Individual compound		Mike Schloesser (2018)
		Team compound		United States (2018)
	Archery World Cup	Individual recurve	2006	Jack Williams (2021)	2022	Annual
		Individual compound		Mike Schloesser (2021)
	World Field Archery Championships	Individual	1969	(2018)	2022	Biennial
	World 3D Archery Championships	Individual	2003	(2019)	2021	Biennial
	World Para Archery Championship	Individual	1998	(2019)	2022	Biennial
Artistic roller skating	Artistic Skating World Championships	Individuals	1980	(2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in 2020
Athletics	World Athletics Championships	Individuals	1983	Most medals: (2019)	2022	Biennial	1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993
	IAAF Continental Cup	Continents	2010	United States (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
	World Athletics Indoor Championships	Individuals	1985	(2022)	2023	Biennial
	World Athletics Cross Country Championships	Individuals	1973	Joshua Cheptegei (2019)	2022	Biennial
		Teams		Uganda (2019)
	Skyrunning World Championships	Individuals	2010	Spain (2020)	2022	Biennial
	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Individuals	1992	Geoffrey Kipsang (2018)	2022	Biennial	Annually until 2010
		Team	1992	Ethiopia (2018)
	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Individual 20 km	1961	Kōki Ikeda (2018)	2022	Biennial
		Team 20 km		Japan (2018)
		Individual 50 km		Hirooki Arai (2018)
		Team 50 km		Japan (2018)
	IAU 50 km World Championships	Individuals	2005	(2019)	2021	Annual	2017.2018 Not held
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals	1987	(2019)	2021	Annual
	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Individuals	2001	(2019)	2021	Biennial
		Teams	2003	(2019)
	IAAF World Marathon Cup	Individuals	1985	2011	Defunct	Biennial
	World Athletics Relays	Nations	2014	Most medals: Poland (2021)	2023	Biennial
	World Para Athletics Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in multiple events (2019)	2022	Biennial
Australian rules football	Australian Football International Cup	Nations	2002	Papua New Guinea (2017)	2023	Triennial
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Singles	1977	Loh Kean Yew (2021)	2022	Annual	Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years.
		Doubles		Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi (2021)
		Mixed Doubles		Dechapol Puavaranukroh & Sapsiree Taerattanachai (2021)
	Thomas Cup	Nations	1949	Indonesia (2020)	2022	Biennial	Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup. Most wins: Indonesia 13, China 10, Malaysia 5
	BWF Para-Badminton World Championships	Individuals and Doubles	1998	Winners in 10 events (2019)	2021	Biennial
Ball Hockey	Ball Hockey World Championship	Nations	1996	Slovakia (2019)	2021	Biennial
Bandy	Bandy World Championship	Nations	1957	Russia (2019)	2022	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	Bollnäs GIF (2019)	2021	Annual
Baseball	World Baseball Classic	Nations	2006	United States (2017)	2023	Quadrennial	Started in 1938 (as IBAF Baseball World Cup); Restarted in 2006; the first two of these modern WBCs (MLB approved and sanctioned by WBSC) were separated by three years (2006, 2009); moved to quadrennially in 2013 and after. 2021 postponed until 2023. Most wins: Japan 2, Dominican Republic and United States 1
	Baseball World Cup	Nations	1938	Netherlands (2011)	Defunct		Biennial until 2011
	WBSC Premier12	Nations	2015	Japan (2019)	2023	Qundrennial
Baseball5	Baseball5 World Cup	Nations	2022		2022	Biennial
Basketball	FIBA Basketball World Cup	Nations	1950	Spain (2019)	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. Most wins: United States 5, Yugoslavia 5, Soviet Union 3
	FIBA 3x3 World Cup	Nations	2012	United States (2019)	2022	Annual	Biennial until 2016
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup	Clubs	1966	Hereda San Pablo Burgos (2021)	2022	Annual
	Wheelchair Basketball World Championship	Nations	1973	Great Britain (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Basque Pelota	Basque Pelota World Championships	Nations	1952	France (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Beach soccer	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nations	1995	RFU Russia (2021)	2023	Biennial	Most wins: Brazil 14, Portugal 3, Russia 2
Beach volleyball	FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Nations	1997	Stoyanovskiy–Krasilnikov (2019)	2022	Biennial
Beach woodball	Beach Woodball World Cup	Nations	2019	(2021)	2023	Biennial
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Sprint 10 km	1974	Martin Ponsiluoma (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic Years
		Pursuit 12.5 km	1997	Émilien Jacquelin (2021)
		Mass start 15 km	1999	Sturla Holm Lægreid (2021)
		Individual 20 km	1958	Sturla Holm Lægreid (2021)
		Relay 4x7.5 km	1966	Norway (2021)
	Summer Biathlon World Championships	Individuals	1996	Czech Republic (2021)	2022	Annual	2020 cancel
	Biathlon World Cup	Individuals overall	1977	Johannes Thingnes Bø (2020-21)	2021-22	Annual
		Nations	2000-01	Norway (2020-21)	2021-22	Annual
	Para Biathlon World Championships	Individuals	1990	(2021)	2023	Annual
Billiards	WPA World Eight-ball Championship	Individuals	2004	Chang Jung-lin (2012)	Defunct
	WPA World Blackball Championship	Individuals	2006	Scott Gillespie (2018)	2020
	IPA World Blackball Championship	Individuals	2014	Jon McAllister (2020)	2022
	WEPF Eight-ball Pool World Championship	Individuals	1993	Mick Hill (2019)	2020
	WPA World Nine-ball Championship	Individuals	1990	Albin Ouschan (2021)	2023	Annual
	WPA World Ten-ball Championship	Individuals	2008	Eklent Kaçi (2021)	2023	Annual
	World Billiards Championship (English billiards)	Individuals	1870	Peter Gilchrist (2019)	2020	Annual
	IBSF World Billiards Championship (English billiards)	Individuals	1926	Time: Pankaj Advani Points: Peter Gilchrist (2019)	2021	Annual
	World Straight Pool Championship	Individuals	2006	Shane Van Boening (2019)	2022	Annual
	WPA World Artistic Pool Championship	Individuals	2000	(2019)	??	Annual
	World Cup of Pool	Individuals	2006	Joshua Filler&Christoph Reintjes (2021)	2022	Annual
Bobsleigh	FIBT World Championships	Four man	1930	Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Alexander Schüller Thorsten Margis (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years.
		Two man	1931	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller (2021)
	IBSF Para Sport World Championship	Nations	2016	(2021)	2023	Annual
Boccia	World Boccia Championships	Nations	2010	(2018)	2022	Biennial
Bodybuilding	IFBB World Men´s Bodybuilding Championships	Individuals		(2019)	2021	Annual
	World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships	Individuals	1979	(2009)	Defunct
Bowls	World Bowls Championship	Singles	1966	Shannon McIlroy (2016)	2023	Quadrennial
		Pairs		Aaron Wilson, Brett Wilkie (2016)
		Triples		Andrew Knapper, Jamie Walker, Robert Paxton (2016)
		Fours		Blake Signal, Mike Kernaghan, Mike Nagy, Ali Forsyth (2016)
		Team		New Zealand (2016)
	World Indoor Bowls Championships	Singles	1979	Les Gillett (2022)	2023	Annual
		Pairs		Stuart Anderson, Darren Burnett (2022)
Boxing	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 13 weight classes (2021)	2023	Biennial
	Boxing World Cup	Individuals	1979	(2020)	2022		2020 resume take place
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu	World Jiu-Jitsu Championship	Individuals	1996	(2021)	2022	Annual
	World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup	Individuals	2009	(2019)	2020	Annual
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Men's C–1 500 m	1971	Conrad-Robin Scheibner (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years,Men's C-2 200 m.C-4 1000 m.C-4 200 m.C-1 4 × 200 m relay.C-1 10000 m.C-2 10000 m. K–2 200 m. K–4 1000 m ;Women's K-4 200 m. K-2 1000 m. K-4 1000 m. K-2 5000 m. K-1 4 × 200 m relay,has been not take place.
		Men's C–1 1000 m	1938	Conrad-Robin Scheibner (2021)
		Men's C–1 5000 m	2010	Balázs Adolf (2021)
		Men's C–2 500 m	1971	Nicolae Craciun & Daniele Santini (2021)
		Men's C–2 1000 m	1938	Russian Canoe Federation Kirill Shamshurin & Vladislav Chebotar (2021)
		Men's C–4 500 m	1989	Vitaliy Vergeles & Andrii Rybachok & Yurii Vandiuk & Taras Mishchuk (2021)
		Men's K–1 200 m	1994	Andrea Di Liberto (2021)
		Men's K–1 500 m	1948	Mikita Borykau (2021)
		Men's K–1 1000 m	1938	Fernando Pimenta (2021)
		Men's K–1 5000 m	2010	Bálint Noé (2021)
		Men's K–2 500 m	1948	Marcus Walz & Rodrigo Germade (2021)
		Men's K–2 1000 m	1938	Dennis Kernen & Martin Nathell (2021)
		Men's K–4 500 m	1977	Oleh Kukharyk & Dmytro Danylenko & Igor Trunov & Ivan Semykin (2021)
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	C-1	1949	Václav Chaloupka (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years.
		C-1 team	1949	France (2021)
		C-2	1949	2019 not take place
		C-2 team	1949	2019 not take place
		K-1	1949	Boris Neveu (2021)
		K-1 team	1949	France (2021)
		Extreme K1	2017	Joe Clarke (2021)
	Canoe Slalom World Cup	C-1	1988	Denis Gargaud Chanut (2021)	2022	Annual
		C-2	1988	2021 not take place
		K-1	1988	Vít Přindiš (2021)
		Extreme slalom	1988	Vít Přindiš (2021)
	Wildwater Canoeing World Cup	Individuals	1989	(2019)	2021	Annual
	ICF Canoe Polo World Championships	Nations	1994	Germany (2018)	2022	Biennial
	ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships	teams	1988	Hungary (2021)	2022	Annual
	Wildwater Canoeing World Championships	teams	1959	France (2021)	2023	Biennual
Carom Sports (Billiards)	World three-cushion billiards championship	Individuals	1928	Dick Jaspers (2021)	2022	Annual
		Teams	1981	Murat Naci Çoklu/Lütfi Çenet (2019)
	Three-Cushion World Cup	Individuals	1986	Not Awarded (2021)	2022	Annual total 7 competitions
	World Five-pins Championship	Individuals	1965	Alejandro Martinotti (2017)	TBA
	World Championship 5 Pins National Teams	Teams	2019	Italy (2019)	TBA
	Artistic Billiards World Championship	Individuals	1937	Turkey (2012)	Defunct
Carrom	Carrom World Championship	Men's Singles	2016	India Prashant More (2016)	Defunct
		Men's Doubles	2016	Sandeep Deorukhkar/Riyaz Akbar (2016)
		Men's Team	2016	Sri Lanka (2016)
	Carrom World Cup	Nations	2002	Sri Lanka (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Climbing	IFSC Climbing World Championships	Lead	1991	Jakob Schubert (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Bouldering	2001	Kokoro Fujii (2021)
		Speed	1991	Danyil Boldyrev (2021)
		Combined	2012	Yannick Flohé (2021)
	IFSC Climbing World Cup	Lead	1989	Stefano Ghisolfi (2021)	2022	Annual
		Bouldering	1999	Yoshiyuki Ogata (2021)
		Speed	1998	Veddriq Leonardo (2021)
	IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships	Individuals	2011	Lead:Winners in 13 events (2021)	2023	Biennial
	IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup	Individuals	2021	(2021)	2022	Annual
CP football	World CP Football Championships	Nations	1982	Russia (2019)	2022	Annual
Cricket	ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI format)	Nations	1975	England (2019)	2023	Quadrennial	Most wins: Australia 5, West Indies 2, India 2
	ICC T20 World Cup (T20I format)	Nations	2007	Australia (2021)	2022	Biennial	Changed from odd-numbered years (2007–2009) to even-numbered years (2010–2016). Biennial until 2016. Quadrennial since 2016. Most wins: West Indies 2, multiple countries 1
	ICC World Test Championship (Test format)	Nations	2019-21	New Zealand (2019-21)	2021-23	Biennial	2 year league format concluding with the final
	Indoor Cricket World Cup	Nations	1995	South Africa (2019)	2021	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)	2022	Quadrennial
	Blind T20 World Cup	Nations	2012	India (2017)	2022	once in five years
Cross-country skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	15 km & 18 km	1925	Hans Christer Holund (2021)	2023	Biennial
		50 km	1925	Emil Iversen (2021)
		Skiathlon 15+15 km	1993	Alexander Bolshunov (2021)
		Sprint	2001	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2021)
		Relay 4x10 km	1933	Norway (2021)
		Team sprint	2005	Norway (2021)
	World Para Nordic Skiing Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 19 events (2021)	2023	Biennial
	FIS Cross-Country World Cup	Individuals	1973-74	Alexander Bolshunov(2020–21)	2021-22	Annual
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1959	Sweden (2022)	2023	Annual	2020 cancellation
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1927	Julian Alaphilippe (2021)	2022	Annual
		Time trial	1994	Filippo Ganna (2021)
		Team time trial (trade teams)	2012	2019 not take place
		Team time trial (nations)	1962	Italy (1994)	Defunct	Annual
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	1950	Mathieu van der Poel (2021)	2022	Annual
	UCI Mountain Bike World Championships	Cross-country	1990	Nino Schurter (2021)	2022	Annual
		Downhill	1990	Greg Minnaar (2021)
		Four cross	2002	Tomáš Slavík (2021)
	UCI Mountain Bike World Cup	Individuals	1990	Mathias Flückiger (2021)	2022	Annual
	UCI Urban Cycling World Championships	Freestyle BMX		Flatland: Matthias Dandois Park: Logan Martin (2021)	2021	Annual
		Cross-country eliminator	2012	2021 Not Take Place
		Trials 20-inch	1992	2021 Not Take Place
		Trials 26-inch	1995	2021 Not Take Place
	UCI Track Cycling World Championships	Individuals and nations	1893	Winners in 22 events (2021); Most medals: Germany	2022	Annual
	UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships	Individuals	2003	Andreas Seewald (2021)	2022	Annual
	UCI Trials World Championships	Individuals	1986	Men's trials, 20 inch: Borja Conejos Men's trials, 26 inch: Jack Carthy (2021)	2022	Annual
	UCI BMX World Championships	Individuals	1982	Niek Kimmann (2021)	2022	Annual
	UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships	Individuals	1956	Lukas Kohl (2021)	2022	Annual
	UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup	Individuals and nations	1993	Poland (2019–20)	2021	Annual
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup	Individuals	1993–94	Wout van Aert (2020–21)	2021–22	Annual
	UCI BMX Supercross World Cup	Individuals	2010	Simon Marquart (2021)	2022	Annual
	UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships	Individuals and nations	2007	Winners in 18 events (2020)	2021	Annual
	UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships	Individuals and nations	2009	Italy (2021)	2022	Annual
Darts	BDO World Darts Championship	Individuals	1978	Wayne Warren (2020)	2021	Annual
	PDC World Darts Championship	Individuals	1994	Gerwyn Price (2021)	2022	Annual	Most wins: Phil Taylor 14, Michael van Gerwen 3, Gary Anderson 2
	PDC World Cup of Darts	Doubles	2010	(Peter Wright & John Henderson) (2021)	2022	Annual	Most wins: England 4, Netherlands 4, Scotland and Wales 1
	WDF World Cup	Nations	1977	Netherland (2019)	2021	Biennal
Dodgeball	World Dodgeball Championships	Nations	2012	United States (2019)	2022	Annual
Dragon Boat	World Dragon Boat Championships	Nations	2006	(2019)	2022	Annual
	World Nations Championships	Nations	1995	(2019)	2023	Biennial
	Club Crew World Championships	Nations	1996	(2018)	2022	Biennial
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Foil	1926	Enzo Lefort (2019)	2022	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years.
		Foil team	1930	United States (2019)
		Épée	1921	Gergely Siklósi (2019)
		Épée team	1930	France (2019)
		Sabre	1922	Oh Sang-uk (2019)
		Sabre team	1930	South Korea (2019)
	Fencing World Cup	Individuals and Nations	1972	(2019-20)	2020-21	Annual
	World Wheelchair fencing championships	Individuals	2010	(2019)	2022	Biennal
Field hockey	FIH Hockey World Cup	Nations	1971	Belgium (2018)	2023	Quadrennial	Most wins: Pakistan 4, Netherlands 3, Australia 3
	Indoor Hockey World Cup	Nations	2003	Austria (2018)	2022	Quadrennial	Most wins: Germany 3, Netherlands 1, Austria 1
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1896	Shoma Uno (2022)	2023	Annual
Finswimming	Finswimming World Championships	Individuals	1976	Russian Underwater Federation (2021)	2023	Biennial
	Finswimming World Cup	Individuals	2014	(2019)	2022	Annual
Fistball	Fistball World Cup	Nations	1968	Germany (2019)	2023	Quadrennial
Flag football	IFAF Flag Football World Championship	Nations	2002	United States (2021)	2022	Biennial
Floorball	World Floorball Championships	Nations	1996	Sweden (2020)	2022	Biennial
Freediving	AIDA World Championships	Individuals	1996	(2022)	2023	Annual
		Team	2005	(2022)	2023	Annual
Freerunning & Parkour	World Parkour Championship	Individuals	2022		2022
Freestyle Skiing	FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships	Moguls	1986	Mikaël Kingsbury (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Dual Moguls	2001	Mikaël Kingsbury (2021)
		Aerials	1986	Maxim Burov (2021)
		Half-pipe	2005	Nico Porteous (2021)
		Slopestyle	2011	Andri Ragettli (2021)
		Ski cross	2005	Alex Fiva (2021)
		Big air	2019	Oliwer Magnusson (2021)
Football	FIFA World Cup	Nations	1930	France (2018)	2022	Quadrennial	Most wins: Brazil 5, Germany 4, Italy 4
	FIFA Club World Cup	Clubs	2000	Chelsea (2021)	TBD	Annual	Annual since 2005, Most wins: Real Madrid 4, Barcelona 3, Corinthians 2, Bayern Munich 2
	ConIFA World Football Cup	Nations	2014	Kárpátalja (2018)	2022	Biennial	Replaced the Viva World Cup
Football (Blind)	IBSA Blind Football World Championships - B1	Nations	1998	Brazil (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
	IBSA Blind Football World Championships - B2/B3	Nations	1998	Ukraine (2019)	2021	Biennial
Football (Amputee)	Amputee Football World Cup	Nations	1984	Angola (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Futsal	FIFA Futsal World Cup	Nations	1989	Portugal (2021)	2024	Quadrennial	Most wins: Brazil 5, Spain 2, Argentina 1
	AMF Futsal World Cup	Nations	1982	Argentina (2019)	2023	Quadrennial	Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003.
Goalball	Goalball World Championships	Nations	1978	Brazil (2018)	2022	Qradrennial
Golf	Mission Hills World Cup	Nations	1953	Belgium (2018)	2021	Biennial
	World Golf Championships	WGC Championship	1999	Collin Morikawa (2021)	2022	Annual
		WGC Match Play	1999	Billy Horschel (2021)	2022	Annual
		WGC Invitational	1999	Abraham Ancer (2021)	2022	Annual
		WGC-HSBC Champions	1999	Rory McIlroy (2019)	2022	Annual
Grappling	World Grappling Championship	Individuals	2007	(2013)	Defunct	Biennial
Gymnastics	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals & Teams	1903	China (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Olympic Years
	Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships	Individual & Teams	1964	Individual: Yan Langyu Teams: Russian Gymnastics Federation (2021)	2022	Biennial
	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	Pair and Group	1974	Russian Gymnastics Federation (2020)	2022	Biennial
	Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships	Individuals	1995	Russian Gymnastics Federation (2021)	2022	Biennial
	Artistic Gymnastics World Cup	Individuals	1975	(2021)	2022	Annual
	Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup	Individuals	1983	(2021)	2022	Annual
Trampoline World Cup	Individuals	2008	(2021)	2022	Annual
Handball (Olympic handball)	IHF World Men's Handball Championship	Nations	1938	Denmark (2021)	2023	Biennial	Most wins: France 6, Sweden 4, Romania 4
	IHF Super Globe	Clubs	1997	Magdeburg (2021)	2022	Annual
Handball (Beach handball)	World Men's Beach Handball Championship	Nations	2004	Brazil (2018)	2022	Biennial
Ice Climbing	UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup	Individuals	2000	(2021)	2022	Annual
	UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships	Individuals	2015	(2017)	2022	Biennual
Ice hockey	IIHF World Championship	Nations	1920	Canada (2021)	2022	Annual	Cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Most wins: Canada, Soviet Union and Russia 27, Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic 12, Sweden 11
	World Para Ice Hockey Championships	Nations	1996	PoolA: United States (2021) PoolB: Russia (2019) PoolC: China (2018)		Annual
	World Cup of Hockey	Nations	1976 (as Canada Cup)	Canada (2016)	Unknown	Quadrennial
	Hockey5s World Cup	Nations	2024		2024
Inline hockey	IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship	Nations	1996	United States (2017)	Defunct	Annual	The IIHF cancelled the championship in 2019 and can no longer govern inline hockey.
	FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships	Nations	1995	Sweden (2021)	2022	Annual
Indoor Soccer	WMF World Cup	Nations	2015	Mexico (2019)	2022	Biennial
Judo	World Judo Championships	Individuals	1956	Japan (2021)	2023	Annual
Rogaining	World Rogaining Championships	Nations	1992	Timmo Tammemäe & Riho Seepõld (2019)	2022	Biennial
Roll Ball	Roll Ball World Cup	Nations	2011	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Roller derby	Men's Roller Derby World Cup	Teams	2014	United States (2018)	2022	Biennial
Kabaddi	IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)	Nations	2004	India (2016)
	IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)	Nations	2010	Pakistan (2020)
Karate	Karate World Championships	Individuals	1970	Japan (2021)	2023	Biennial
Kendo	World Kendo Championship	Individuals	1970	Japan (2018)	2024	Triennial
Kickboxing	W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships	Individuals	1978	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Kurash	World Kurash Championships	Individuals	1999	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Lacrosse	World Lacrosse Championship	Nations	1967	United States (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
	World Indoor Lacrosse Championship	Nations	2003	Canada (2019)	2023	Quadrennial
Lifesaving	World Life Saving Championships	Nations	1955	(2018)	2022	Biennial
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Men's singles	1955	Roman Repilov (2021)	2023	Annual
		Men's doubles	1955	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken (2021)
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Men's singles	1979	Thomas Kammerlander (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Men's doubles	1979	Patrick Pigneter Florian Clara (2021)	2023	Biennial
Modern pentathlon	World Modern Pentathlon Championships	Individual	1949	Ádám Marosi (2021)	2022	Annual
		Team	1949	Hungary (2021)
		Relay	2004	Russia (2021)
	Modern Pentathlon World Cup	Individuals	1999	Valentin Prades (2021)	2022	Annual
Mountain running	World Mountain Running Championships	Individuals	1985	Joseph Gray (2019)	2021	Annual
	World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships	Individuals	2004	Jim Walmsley (2019)	2020	Annual
	IAU Trail World Championships	Individuals	2007	Jonathan Albon (2019)	2020	Annual
	World Mountain & Trail Running Championships	Individuals	2021		2021
Muaythai	IFMA World Muaythai Championships	Individuals	1993	(2021)	2022	Annual
Nine-pin bowling	Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships	Single classic	2006	Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)	2022	Biennial
		Sprint		Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)
		Combination		Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)
	Nine-pin bowling World Team Championships	Team	2005	Serbia (2021)	2023	Biennial
Nordic Combined	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	10 km individual normal hill	1925	Jarl Magnus Riiber (2021)	2023	Biennial
		10 km individual large hill	1999	Johannes Lamparter (2021)	2023	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	Norway (2021)	2023	Biennial
		National Team Large Hill 2 x 7.5 km	1982	Austria (2021)	2023	Biennial
	FIS Nordic Combined World Cup	Individuals	1983–84	Jarl Magnus Riiber (2020–21)	2021–22	Annual
Orienteering	World Orienteering Championships	Sprint	2001	Isac von Krusenstierna (2021)	2022	Annual
		Short distance	1991	Pasi Ikonen (2001)	Defunct	Biennial
		Middle distance	2003	Matthias Kyburz (2021)	2022	Annual	Originally biennially, annually since 2003
		Long distance	1966	Kasper Fosser (2021)	2022	Annual	Originally biennially, annually since 2003
		Relay	1966	Sweden (2021)	2022	Annual	Originally biennially, annually since 2003
	Orienteering World Cup	Individuals	1986	Kasper Fosser (2021)	2022	Annual	Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually
	World Ski Orienteering Championships	Individuals	1975	(2021)	2023	Biennial
	Ski Orienteering World Cup	Individuals	1989	(2013–14)	Defunct
	World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships	Individuals	2002	(2021)	2022	Annual
	World Trail Orienteering Championships	Individuals	2004	(2019)	2022	Annual
Padel tennis	Padel Tennis World Championship	Nations	1992	(2018)	2020	Biennial
Pétanque	Pétanque World Championships	Nations	1959	France (2018)	2022	Biennial
Pickleball	World Pickleball Championships	Nations	2019	(2021)	2023	Biennial
Pitch and putt	Pitch and Putt World Cup	Nations	2004	Ireland (2016)	2021	Quadrennial
	World Strokeplay Championship	Individuals	2009	Ireland Liam O'Donovan (2017)	2021	Quadrennial
Polo	World Polo Championship	Nations	1987	Argentina (2017)	2022	Triennial	Most wins: Argentina 5, Brazil 3, Chile 2
Powerlifting	World Powerlifting Championship	Individuals	2011	(2019)	2021	Annual
	World Para Powerlifting Championships	Individuals	1994	China (2021)	2023	Biennial
Racquetball	Racquetball World Championships	Nations	1981	Alejandro Landa (2021)	2023	Biennial
Real tennis	Real Tennis World Championship	Individuals	1740	Robert Fahey (2018)	2022	Biennial
Roller derby	MRDA Championships	Teams	2017	St. Louis GateKeepers (2019)	2021	Annual
Roller hockey	Roller Hockey World Cup	Nations	1936	Portugal (2019)	2021	Biennial	Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958
	Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup	Clubs	1985	Spain (2018)	Defunct	Annual
Rowing	World Rowing Championships	Nations	1962	Winners in 13 events (2019)	2021	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years
	Rowing World Cup	Nations	1997	Winners in 6 events (2020)	2021	Annual
	World Indoor Rowing Chammpionships	Individuals	2018	(2020)	2021	Annual
Rugby league	Rugby League World Cup	Nations	1954	Australia (2017)	2021	Quadrennial	Quadrennial after 2013, Most wins: Australia 11, Great Britain 3, New Zealand 1
Rugby union	Rugby World Cup	Nations	1987	South Africa (2019)	2023	Quadrennial	Most wins: New Zealand 3, South Africa 3, Australia 2
	World Wheelchair Rugby Championships	Nations	1995	Japan (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Rugby 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.
Sailing	World championships in sailing	Individuals and Pairs	N/A	N/A	N/A	Multiple Annual	Sailing hold multiple male only events See Here mainly in the Olympic discipline
Sambo	World Sambo Championships	Individuals	1973	Russia (2020)	2021	Annual
	Sambo World Cup	Individuals		(2020)	2021	Annual
Beach Sambo	World Beach Sambo Championships	Individuals	2021	All-Russian sambo federation (2021)	2022	Annual
Sepak Takraw	ISTAF World Cup	Nations	2011	Thailand (2017)	2021	Biennial
	King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship	Nations	1985	(2019)	2021	Annual
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 (2019)	2021	Biennial
	ISSF World Running Target Championships	Individuals	1961	(2019)	2021	Quadrennial
	ISSF World Cup	Individuals	1986	India (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Shooting Para Sport Championships	Individuals	1994	(2019)	2021	Annual
Shuttlecock	World Shuttlecock Championships	Individuals and Nations	2003	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Skateboarding	World Skateboarding Championship	Park	2016	Heimana Reynolds (2019)	2022	Annual
		Street	2010	Yuto Horigome (2021)	2022
Skeleton	FIBT World Championships	Individual	1930	Christopher Grotheer (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years.
	IBSF Para Sport World Championship	Nations	2016	(2019)	2021	Annual
Ski jumping	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals normal hill	1962	Piotr Żyła (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Individuals large hill	1925	Stefan Kraft (2021)	2023	Biennial
		National Team normal hill	2001	Austria (2011)	Defunct	Biennial	Not held in 2007 and 2009, after 2011 mixed team replaced this event
		National Team large hill	1962	Germany (2021)	2023	Biennial
	FIS Ski-Flying World Championships	Individuals	1972	Karl Geiger (2020)	2022	Biennial
		National Team	2004	Norway (2020)	2022	Biennial
	FIS Ski Jumping World Cup	Individuals	1979	Halvor Egner Granerud (2020-21)	2021-22	Annual
Ski mountaineering	World Championships of Ski Mountaineering	Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances	2002	Winners in 5 events (2019)	2021	Biennial	Relays held since 2004; Long Distance only 2008.
Snooker	World Snooker Championship	Individuals	1927	Mark Selby (2021)	2022	Annual	This championship is open to both sexes, but no woman has ever won the event. Most wins in modern era: Stephen Hendry 7, Steve Davis 6, Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Individuals	1963	Muhammad Asif (2019)	2021	Annual	Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship
	Six-red World Championship	Individuals	2008	Stephen Maguire (2019)	2020	Annual
	Snooker World Cup	Individuals	1979	John Higgins&Stephen Maguire (2019)	2021	Annual
Snowboarding	FIS Snowboard World Championships	Big air	2003	Mark McMorris (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Slopestyle	2011	Marcus Kleveland (2021)
		Halfpipe	1996	Yūto Totsuka (2021)
		Snowboard cross	1997	Lucas Eguibar (2021)
		Parallel slalom	1996	Benjamin Karl (2021)
		Parallel giant slalom	1999	Dmitry Loginov (2021)
	FIS Snowboard World Cup	Individuals	1994	(2020-21)	2021-22	Annual
	World Para Snowboard Championships	Individuals	2015	Winners in 6 Events (2019)	2021	Biennial
Softball	Men's Softball World Championship	Nations	1966	Argentina (2019)	2022	Biennial	Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, now biennially
Speed skating	World Allround Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1889	Patrick Roest (2020)	2021	Annual
	World Sprint Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1970	Tatsuya Shinhama (2020)	2021	Annual
	World Single Distance Championships	500m	1995	Laurent Dubreuil (2021)	2022	Annual	In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held.
		1000m		Kai Verbij (2021)
		1500m		Thomas Krol (2021)
		5000m		Nils van der Poel (2021)
		10000m		Nils van der Poel (2021)
		Team Pursuit	2005	Netherlands (2021)
		Team Sprint	2019	2021 Not Take Place
		Mass start	2015	Joey Mantia (2021)
	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	500m	1976	Shaoang Liu (2021)	2022	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		Shaolin Sándor Liu (2021)
		1500m		Charles Hamelin (2021)
		3000m		Defunct
		5000m Relay		Netherlands (2021)
		Overall		Shaoang Liu (2021)
	World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships	Nations	1991	Korea (2011)	Discontinued after 2011	Annual
Squash	PSA World Championship	Individuals	1976	Ali Farag (2020-21)	2021–22	Annual
	World International Doubles Squash Championships	Doubles teams	1997	Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley (2019)	2021	Biennial
	WSF World Team Squash Championships	Nations	1967	Egypt (2019)	2021	Biennial	2015 Championship cancelled
Sumo	Sumo World Championships	Openweight	1992	Batsuuri Namsraijav (2019)	2021	Annual
		Heavyweight		Atsushi Igarashi (2019)
		Light Heavyweight		Konstantin Abdula-Zade (2019)
		Middleweight		Badral Baasandorj (2019)
		Lightweight		Sviatoslav Semykras (2019)
		Team		Russia (2019)
Surfing	World Surfing Championship	Individuals	1964	(2019)	2021	Annual
Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	Singles	1926	Fan Zhendong (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Doubles		Mattias Falck & Kristian Karlsson (2021)
	World Team Table Tennis Championships	Nations	1926	China (2018)	2022	Biennial	2020 cancelled
	World Para Table Tennis Championships	Individuals	1990	Winners in 11 events (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
		Nations	1990	Winners in 11 events (2017)		Quadrennial
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 8 events (2019)	2022	Biennial
		Nations		South Korea (2019)
	World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships	Individuals and Teams		Chinese Taipei (2019)	2021	Annual
Tchoukball	World Tchoukball Championship	Nations	1970	Singapore (2019)	2021	Biennial
Teqball	Teqball World Championships	Individuals	2017	(2021)	2022	annual
Ten-pin bowling	WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships	Nations	1954	Most medals: (2021)	2022	Annual	Biennially until 2010
	QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup	Individuals	1965	Francois Louw (2019)	2021	Annual
Tennis	Davis Cup	Nations	1900	Russian Tennis Federation (2021)	2022	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. Most wins: United States 32, Australia 28, France 10
	World Team Cup	Nations	1978	Serbia (2012)	Defunct	Annual
Touch Football	Touch Football World Cup	Nations	1988	Australia (2019)	2023	Quadrennial
Triathlon	World Triathlon Series	Individuals	1989	Kristian Blummenfelt (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Triathlon Long Distance Championships	Individuals	1994	Kristian Høgenhaug (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Triathlon Duathlon Championships	Individuals	1990	Nathan Guerbeur (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships	Individuals	1997	Seppe Odeyn (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships	Individuals	1998	David Castro Fajardo (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Triathlon Winter Championships	Individuals	1997	Hans Christian Tungesvik (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Triathlon Cross Championships	Individuals	2011	Arthur Serrieres (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Triathlon Cup	Individuals	1978	Javier Gómez (2008)		Annual	Since 2009 World Cup champions are no longer decided.
	Ironman World Championship	Individuals	1991	Jan Frodeno (2019)	2021	Annual
	Ironman 70.3 World Championship	Individuals	2006	Gustav Iden (2019)	2021	Annual
Tug of war	TWIF Indoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes (2019)	2022	Biennial
	TWIF Outdoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes (2021)	2023	Biennial
Underwater Hockey	Underwater Hockey World Championships	Nations	1980	New Zealand (2018)	2022	Biennial	Most wins: Australia (11)
Volleyball	FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship	Nations	1949	Poland (2018)	2022	Quadrennial	Most wins: Soviet Union 6, Brazil, Italy, Poland 3
	FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup	Nations	1965	Brazil (2019)		Quadrennial	Most wins: Soviet Union and Russia 6, Brazil 3, United States 2
	FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup	Nations	1993	Brazil (2017)		Quadrennial
	FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League	Nations	2018	Brazil (2021)	2022	Annual	It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017)
	FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship	Clubs	1989	Sada Cruzeiro (2021)	2022	Annual
	World Para Volleyball Championship	Nations	1983	Iran (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Vovinam	World Vovinam Championships	Individuals	2009	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Water Ski	Water Ski World Championships	Individuals	1949	Nate Smith (2021)	2023	Biennial
Weightlifting	World Weightlifting Championships	55 kg	1891	Arli Chontey (2021)	2022	Annual
		61 kg		Shin Rok (2021)
		67 kg		Doston Yokubov (2021)
		73 kg		Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (2021)
		81 kg		Karlos Nasar (2021)
		89 kg		Yu Dong-ju (2021)
		96 kg		Lesman Paredes (2021)
		102 kg		Rasoul Motamedi (2021)
		109 kg		Akbar Djuraev (2021)
		+109 kg		Lasha Talakhadze (2021)
Windsurfing	Windsurfing World Championships	Individuals	1980	Kiran Badloe (2021)	2022	Annual
Woodball	Woodball World Cup	Individuals	2004	(2020)	2022	Biennual
Wrestling (amateur)	World Wrestling Championships	Individuals and Nations	1904	(2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years.
	Wrestling World Cup (freestyle)	Nations	1973	Russia (2019)	2022	Annual
	Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman)	Nations	1980	Russia (2017)	2022	Annual
Wushu	World Wushu Championships	Individuals	1991	Winners in 24 events (2019)	2023	Biennial
	World Traditional Wushu Championships	Individuals	2004	(2019)	2021	Biennial
	World Taijiquan Championships	Individuals	2014	(2018)	2021	Biennial
	Sanda World Cup	Individuals	2002	(2018)	2021	Biennial
	Taolu World Cup	Individuals	2016	(2018)	2022	Biennial

Female world championship titles

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details & notes
Aikido	Aikido World Championships	Individuals	1989	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	Downhill	1931	Corinne Suter (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Super G	1987	Lara Gut-Behrami (2021)
		Giant slalom	1931	Lara Gut-Behrami (2021)
		Slalom	1931	Katharina Liensberger (2021)
		Combined	1932	Mikaela Shiffrin (2021)
	FIS Alpine Ski World Cup	Individuals	1967	Petra Vlhová (2020–21)	2021–22	Annual
		Nations		Switzerland (2020–21)
	World Para Alpine Skiing Championships	Individuals	1972	Winners in 30 events (2019)	2021	Biennial
American football	IFAF Women's World Championship	Nations	2010	United States (2017)	2022	Quadrennial
Archery	World Archery Championships	Individual recurve	1931	Jang Min-hee (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Individual compound	1995	Sara López (2021)		Biennial
		Team recurve	1931	South Korea (2021)		Biennial
		Team compound	1995	Colombia (2021)		Biennial
	World Indoor Archery Championships	Individual recurve	1991	Elena Richter (2018)	2023	Biennial
		Team recurve		Germany (2018)
		Individual compound		Natalia Avdeeva (2018)
		Team compound		United States (2018)
	Archery World Cup	Individual recurve	2006	Lisa Unruh (2021)	2022	Annual
		Individual compound		Sara López (2021)
	World Field Archery Championships	Individual	1969	(2018)	2022	Biennial
	World 3D Archery Championships	Individual	2003	(2019)	2021	Biennial
	World Para Archery Championship	Individual	1998	(2019)	2022	Biennial
Artistic roller skating	Artistic Skating World Championships	Individuals	1980	(2019)	2021	Annual	Not held in 2020
Association football	FIFA Women's World Cup	Nations	1991	United States (2019)	2023	Quadrennial
	FIFA Women's Club World Cup	Nations	??	??	??	Quadrennial
Aquatics	FINA World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 37 events (2019)	2022	Biennial
	FINA Swimming World Cup	Individuals	1988-89	Emma McKeon (2021)	2022	Annual
	FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)	Individuals	1993	Winners in 20 events (2018)	2021	Biennial
	World Synchronised swimming Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 10 events (2019)	2022	Biennial
	World Diving Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 5 events (2019)	2022	Biennial
	FINA Diving World Cup	Individuals	1979	Most medals: Great Britain (2021)	2023	Biennial
	FINA Water Polo World Cup	Nations	1979	United States (2018)	2022	Quadrennial	Originally biennially, quadrennially after 2002
	FINA Water Polo World Championship	Nations	1986	United States (2019)	2022	Biennial	Biennially since 2001
	World Para Swimming Championships	Individuals	1990	Most medals: Italy (2019)	2022	Biennial
Athletics	World Athletics Championships	Individuals	1983	Winners in multiple events (2019)	2022	Biennial	1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993
	World Athletics Indoor Championships	Individuals	1985	Winners in 13 events (2018); Most medals: United States	2023	Biennial
	World Athletics Cross Country Championships	Individuals	1973	Hellen Obiri (2019)	2022	Biennial
		Teams		Ethiopia (2019)
	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Individuals	1992	Netsanet Gudeta (2018)	2022	Biennial
		Teams		Ethiopia (2018)
	Skyrunning World Championships	Individuals	2010	(2018)	2021	Biennial
	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Individual 20 km	1961	Lupita González (2018)	2022	Biennial
		Team 20 km		China (2018)
		Individual 50 km		Liang Rui (2018)
		Team 50 km		China (2018)
	IAU 50 km World Championships	Individuals	2005	(2019)	2021	Annual	2017.2018 Not held
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals	1987	(2019)	2021	Annual
	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Individuals	2001	(2019)	2021	Biennial
		Teams	2003	(2019)
	IAAF World Marathon Cup	Individuals	1985	(2011)	Defunct	Biennial
	World Athletics Relays	Nations	2014	Most medals: Poland (2021)	2023	Biennial
	World Para Athletics Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in multiple events (2019)	2022	Biennial
Australian rules football	Australian Football International Cup	Nations	2011	Ireland (2017)	2021	Triennial
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Singles	1977	Akane Yamaguchi (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
		Doubles		Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (2021)
	Uber Cup	Nations	1957	China (2018)	2021	Biennial	Biennially since 1984 it has been held concurrently with the men's Thomas Cup.
	BWF Para-Badminton World Championships	Individuals and Doubles	1998	Winners in 10 events (2019)	2021	Biennial
Ball Hockey	Women's Ball Hockey World Championship	Nations	2007	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Bandy	Bandy World Championship	Nations	2004	Sweden (2020)	2022	Biennial	Annually from 2006 to 2008, then biennially
	Bandy World Cup Women	Clubs	2003	Sweden Skutskärs IF (2019)	2022	Annual
Baseball	Women's Baseball World Cup	Nations	2004	Japan (2018)	2021	Biennial
Basketball	FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup	Nations	1953	United States (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
	FIBA 3x3 World Cup	Nations	2012	China (2019)	2022	Annual	Biennial until 2016
	Wheelchair Basketball World Championship	Nations	1990	Netherland (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Basque Pelota	Basque Pelota World Championships	Nations	1952	France (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Beach volleyball	FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Nations	1997	Pavan–Humana-Paredes (2019)	2022	Biennial
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Sprint 7.5 km	1984	Tiril Eckhoff (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic Year.
		Pursuit 10 km	1997	Tiril Eckhoff (2021)
		Mass start 12.5 km	1999	Lisa Theresa Hauser (2021)
		Individual 15 km	1984	Markéta Davidová (2021)
		Relay 4x6 km	1984	Norway (2021)
	Summer Biathlon World Championships	Individuals	1996	Czech Republic (2021)	2022	Annual	2020 cancel
	Biathlon World Cup	Individuals overall	1977	Tiril Eckhoff (2020-21)	2021-22	Annual
		Nations	2000-01	Norway (2020-21)	2021-22	Annual
	Para Biathlon World Championships	Individuals	1990	(2019)	2021	Annual
Billiards (English billiards)	World Women's Billiards Championship	Individuals	1931	Anna Lynch (2019)	2020	Annual
	WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship	Individuals	1990	Kelly Fisher (2019)	2021	Annual
	WPA World Artistic Pool Championship	Individuals	2000	(2019)	??	Annual
Blind Football	IBSA Blind Football World Championships - B1/B2/B3	Nations	2021	(2021)	2021
Bobsleigh	FIBT World Championships	Two woman	2000	Kaillie Humphries Lauren Gibbs (2020)	2021	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years.
	IBSF Para Sport World Championship	Nations	2016	(2019)	2021	Annual
Bodybuilding	World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships	Individuals	1979	(2009)	Defunct
Bowls	World Bowls Championship	Singles	1969	Karen Murphy (2016)	2023	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	Laura Daniels (2021)	2022	Annual
Boxing	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 10 weight classes (2019)	2021	Biennial
	Boxing World Cup	Individuals	1979	(2008)	2020		2020 resume take place
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu	World Jiu-Jitsu Championship	Individuals	1996	(2019)	2020	Annual
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Individuals and teams	1938	Winners in 10 events (2019)	2021	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	K-1	1949	Eva Terčelj (2019)	2021	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
		K-1 team	1949	Great Britain (2019)
		C-1	2009	Andrea Herzog (2019)
		C-1 team	2011	Australia (2019)
	Canoe Slalom World Cup	C-1	1988	Tereza Fišerová (2021)	2022	Annual
		C-2	1988	2021 not take place
		K-1	1988	Jessica Fox (2021)
		Extreme slalom	1988	Caroline Trompeter (2021)
	Wildwater Canoeing World Cup	Individuals	1989	(2019)	2021	Annual
	ICF Canoe Polo World Championships	Nations	1994	Germany (2018)	2021	Biennial
	ICF Canoe Marathon World Championship	teams	1988	(2019)	2021	Annual
Carrom	Carrom World Championship	Women's Singles	2016	IND Saikumar Apoorva (2016)	Defunct
		Women's Doubles	2016	Kajol Kumari/Saikumar Apoorva (2016)
		Women's Team	2016	India (2016)
	Carrom World Cup	Nations	2002	India (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
Climbing	IFSC Climbing World Championships	Lead	1991	Seo Chae-hyun (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Bouldering	2001	Natalia Grossman (2021)
		Speed	1991	Natalia Kałucka (2021)
		Combined	2012	Jessica Pilz (2021)
	IFSC Climbing World Cup	Lead	1989	Janja Garnbret (2021)	2022	Annual
		Bouldering	1999	Natalia Grossman (2021)
		Speed	1998	Emma Hunt (2021)
	IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships	Individuals	2011	Lead:Winners in 5 events(2019)	2021	Biennial
Cricket	Women's Cricket World Cup (WODI format)	Nations	1973	England (2017)	2022	Quadrennial
	ICC Women's T20 World Cup (WT20I format)	Nations	2009	Australia (2020)	2022	Biennial	Biennially from 2010
Cross-country skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	10 km	1954	Therese Johaug (2021)	2023	Biennial
		Skiathlon 15 km	1993	Therese Johaug (2021)
		30 km	1980	Therese Johaug (2021)
		Sprint	2001	Jonna Sundling (2021)
		Team Sprint	2005	2021 Not Take Place
		Relay 4x5 km	1954	Norway (2021)
	World Para Nordic Skiing Championships	Individuals	1974	2019	2021	Biennial
	FIS Cross-Country World Cup	Individuals	1973-74	Jessie Diggins (2020-21)	2021-22	Annual
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1979	Switzerland (2022)	2023	Annual	2020 cancellation
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1958	Anna van der Breggen (2020)	2021	Annual	The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
		Time trial	1994	Anna van der Breggen (2020)
		Team time trial (trade)	2012	2019 Not Take Place
		Team time trial (nations)	1987	Russia (1994)	Defunct	Annual
	UCI Mountain Bike World Championships	Cross-country	1990	Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (2020)	2021	Annual
		Downhill	1990	Camille Balanche (2020)
		Four-cross	2002	Caroline Buchanan (2017)		Defunct
	UCI Mountain Bike World Cup	Individuals	1991	Kate Courtney (2019)	2021	Annual
	UCI Urban Cycling World Championships	Freestyle BMX	2017	(2019)	2021	Annual
		Cross-country eliminator	2012	Gaia Tormena (2019)
		Trials	2001	Nina Reichenbach (2019)
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	2000	Lucinda Brand (2021)	2022	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 (2020)	2021	Annual	The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first contested in 1893, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
	UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships	Individuals	2003	(2019)	2020	Annual
	UCI Trials World Championships	Individuals	1986	(2019)	2021	Annual
	UCI BMX World Championships	Individuals	1982	Alise Willoughby (2019)	2021	Annual
	UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships	Individuals	1956	Lisa Hattemer (2019)	2021	Annual
	UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships	Individuals and nations	2007	Winners in 15 events (2020)	2021	Annual
	UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships	Individuals and nations	2009	(2019)	2021	Annual
Darts	BDO World Darts Championship	Individuals	2001	Mikuru Suzuki (2020)	2021	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	England (2019)	2021	Biennial	The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983.
Dodgeball	World Dodgeball Championships	Nations	2012	United States (2019)	2021	Annual
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Foil	1929	Inna Deriglazova (2019)	2021	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
		Foil team	1932	Russia (2019)
		Épée	1988	Nathalie Moellhausen (2019)
		Épée team	1988	China (2019)
		Sabre	1999	Olha Kharlan (2019)
		Sabre team	1999	Russia (2019)
	Fencing World Cup	Individuals and Nations	1972	(2019-20)	2020-21	Annual
	World Wheelchair fencing championships	Individuals	2010	(2019)	2021	Biennal
Field hockey	FIH Hockey World Cup	Nations	1974	Netherlands (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
	Indoor Hockey World Cup	Nations	2003	Germany (2018)	2021	Quadrennial
Freediving	AIDA World Championships	Individuals	1996	(2022)	2023	Annual
		Team	2005	(2022)	2023	Annual
Freerunning & Parkour	World Parkour Championship	Individuals	2021		2021	Quadrennial
Inline hockey	FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships	Nations	1995	France (2021)	2022	Annual
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1906	Kaori Sakamoto (2022)	2023	Annual
Finswimming	Finswimming World Championships	Individuals	1976	(2018)	2021	Biennial
	Finswimming World Cup	Individuals	2014	(2019)	2021	Annual
Fistball	Fistball World Cup	Nations	1994	Germany (2018)	2021
Flag football	IFAF Flag Football World Championship	Nations	2002	United States (2021)	2022	Biennial
Floorball	Floorball World Championships	Nations	1997	Sweden (2021)	2023	Biennial
Freestyle skiing	FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships	Moguls	1986	Yulia Galysheva (2019)	2021	Biennial
		Dual Moguls	2001	Perrine Laffont (2019)
		Aerials	1986	Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya (2019)
		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)
Futsal	AMF Futsal Women's World Cup	Nations	2008	Brazil (2019)	2021	Quadrennial
	Women's Futsal World Tournament	Nations	2010	Brazil (2015)	2020
Goalball	Goalball World Championships	Nations	1982	Russia (2018)	2022	Qradrennial
Grappling	World Grappling Championship	Individuals	2007	(2013)	Defunct	Biennial
Gymnastics	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals and nations	1903	China (2021)	2022	Annual	Not held in years with a Summer Olympics
	Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships	Individuals and nations	1963	Winners in 9 events (2019)	2022	Biennial	Changed from 2005
	Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships	Individual & teams	1964	Bryony Page (2021)	2022	Annual	Not Held in Summer Olympics Year
	Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup	Individual	1983	Russia (2021)	2022	Annual
	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	Pairs	1974	Portugal (2021)	2022	Biennial
		Groups	1974	Russia (2021)
	Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships	Individuals	1995	Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı (2021)	2021	Biennial
	Artistic Gymnastics World Cup	Individuals	1975	(2021)	2022	Annual
	Trampoline World Cup	Individuals	2008	(2021)	2022	Annual
Golf	HSBC Women's Champions	Individuals	2008	Park Sung-hyun (2019)	2021	Annual
Handball	IHF World Women's Handball Championship	Nations	1957	Norway (2021)	2023	Biennial
	IHF Women's Super Globe	Teams	2019	1º de Agosto (2019)	2021	Annual
Handball (Beach Handball)	World Women's Beach Handball Championship	Nations	2004	Greece (2018)	2020	Biennial
Ice Climbing	UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup	Individuals	2000	(2021)	2022	Annual
	UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships	Individuals	2015	(2017)	2022	Biennual
Ice hockey	IIHF World Women's Championships	Nations	1990	United States (2019)	2021	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. Cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Indoor hockey	Indoor Hockey World Cup	Nations	2003	Germany (2018)	2025	Quadrennial
Indoor Soccer	WMF Women's World Cup	Nations	2021	United States (2021)	2023	Biennial
Judo	World Judo Championships	Individuals	1980	Japan (2019)	2021	Annual
Kabaddi	IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)	Nations	2010	India (2016)	2020
Karate	Karate World Championships	Individuals	1970	Winners in 8 events (2018)	2021	Biennial
Kendo	World Kendo Championship	Individuals	1997	Japan (2018)	2021	Triennial
Kickboxing	W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships	Individuals	1978	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Kurash	World Kurash Championships	Individuals	1999	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Lacrosse	Women's Lacrosse World Cup	Nations	1982	United States (2017)	2021	Quadrennial
Lifesaving	World Life Saving Championships	Nations	1955	(2018)	2022	Biennial
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Individual	1955	Ekaterina Katnikova (2020)	2021	Annual
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Individual	1979	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Modern pentathlon	World Modern Pentathlon Championships	Individual	1981	Volha Silkina (2019)	2021	Annual
		Team	1981	Belarus (2019)
		Relay	2004	Mexico (2019)
	Modern Pentathlon World Cup	Individuals	1999	(2020)	2021	Annual
Mountain running	World Mountain Running Championships	Individuals	1985	Grayson Murphy (2019)	2021	Annual
	World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships	Individuals	2004	Cristina Simion (2019)	2020	Annual
	IAU Trail World Championships	Individuals	2007	Blandine L'Hirondel (2019)	2020	Annual
	World Mountain & Trail Running Championships	Individuals	2021		2021
Muaythai	IFMA World Muaythai Championships	Individuals	1993	Russia (2019)	2021	Annual
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)	2023	Biennial
		Sprint		Ines Maričić (2018)
		Combination		Jasmina Anđelković (2018)
	Nine-pin bowling World Team Championships	Team	2005	Germany (2021)	2023	Biennial
Nordic Combined	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals	1954	(2021)	2023	Annual
	FIS Nordic Combined World Cup	Individuals	2020–21	Gyda Westvold Hansen (2021–22)	2022–23	Annual
Orienteering	World Orienteering Championships	Sprint	2001	2019 Not Take Place		Annual	Originally biennially, annually since 2003
		Short distance	1991	Hanne Staff (2001)	Defunct	Biennial
		Middle Distance	2003	Tove Alexandersson (2019)	2021	Annual	Originally biennally, annually since 2003
		Long distance	1966	Tove Alexandersson (2019)	2021	Annual	Originally biennally, annually since 2003
		Relay	1966	Sweden (2019)	2021	Annual	Originally biennally, annually since 2003
	Orienteering World Cup	Individuals	1986	Tove Alexandersson (2019)	2021	Annual	Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually
	World Ski Orienteering Championships	Individuals	1975	(2019)	2021	Biennial
	Ski Orienteering World Cup	Individuals	1989	(2013–14)	Defunct
	World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships	Individuals	2002	(2019)	2021	Annual
	World Trail Orienteering Championships	Individuals	2004	(2019)	2021	Annual
Padel tennis	Padel Tennis World Championship	Nations	1992	(2018)	2021	Biennial
Pétanque	Pétanque World Championships	Nations	1988	Thailand (2018)	2021	Biennial
Pickleball	World Pickleball Championships	Nations	2019	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Powerlifting	World Powerlifting Championship	Individuals	2011	(2019)	2021	Annual
	World Para Powerlifting Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in 10 events (2019)	2021	Biennial
Racquetball	Racquetball World Championships	Nations	1981	(2018)	2021	Biennial
Real tennis	Real Tennis World Championship	Individuals	1740	Winners in 2 events (2019)	2021	Biennial
Ringette	World Ringette Championships	Nations	1990	Finland (2019)	2021	Biennial	Triennially 2010–2016
	Ringette World Club Championship	Clubs	2008	LL-89 (2011)	Defunct	Triennial	2014 event cancelled
Rogaining	World Rogaining Championships	Nations	1992	Anna Burlinova&Maria Plyashechko (2019)	2021	Biennial
Roll Ball	Roll Ball World Cup	Nations	2011	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Roller derby	WFTDA Championships	Teams	2006	Rose City Rollers (2019)	2021	Annual
Roller hockey	Women's Roller Hockey World Cup	Nations	1992	Spain (2019)	2021	Biennial
Rowing	World Rowing Championships	Nations	1974	Winners in 9 events (2019)	2021	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years
	Rowing World Cup	Nations	1997	Winners in 6 events (2020)	2021	Annual
	World Indoor Rowing Championships	Individuals	2018	(2020)	2021	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
Sailing	World championships in sailing	Individual and Pairs				Annually	For a list please see World championships in sailing
	Women's Match Racing World Championshhip					Annually
Sambo	World Sambo Championships	Individuals	1973	Russia (2019)	2020	Annual
	Sambo World Cup	Individuals		(2019)	2020	Annual
Beach Sambo	World Beach Sambo Championships	Individuals	2021		2021	Annual
Sepak Takraw	ISTAF World Cup	Nations	2011	Thailand (2017)	2021	Biennial
	King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship	Nations	1985	(2019)	2021	Annual
Shooting	ISSF World Shooting Championships	Individuals and nations	1958	Winners in 23 events (2018)	2022	Quadrennial
	ISSF World Shotgun Championships	Individuals and nations	1967	Winners in 4 events (2019)	2021	Biennial
	ISSF World Running Target Championships	Individuals	1961	(2019)	2021	Quadrennial
	ISSF World Cup	Individuals	1986	Winners in 6 events (2020)	2021	Annual
	World Shooting Para Sport Championships	Individuals	1994	(2019)	2021	Annual
Shuttlecock	World Shuttlecock Championships	Individuals and Nations	2003	(2019)	2021	Biennial
Skateboarding	World Skateboarding Championship	Park	2016	Misugu Okamoto (2019)	2022	Annual
		Street	2010	Pamela Rosa (2019)	2021
Skeleton	FIBT World Championships	Individual	2000	Tina Hermann (2020)	2021	Annual	Not held in years with Winter Olympics.
	IBSF Para Sport World Championship	Nations	2016	(2019)	2021	Annual
Ski jumping	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals normal hill	2009	Maren Lundby (2019)	2021	Biennial
	FIS Ski Jumping World Cup	Individuals	1979	Maren Lundby (2019-20)	2020-21	Annual
Ski mountaineering	World Championships of Ski Mountaineering	Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances	2002	Winners in 6 events (2019)	2021	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)
		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	2019 Not Take Place
	FIS Snowboard World Cup	Individuals	1994	(2019-20)	2020-21	Annual
	World Para Snowboard Championships	Individuals	2015	Winners in 6 Events (2019)	2021	Biennial
Softball	Women's Softball World Championship	Nations	1965	United States (2018)	2023	Biennial	Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, now biennially
	World Cup of Softball	Nations	2005	Japan (2017)	Defunct	Annual
Snooker	World Women's Snooker Championship	Individuals	1976	Reanne Evans (2019)	2020	Annual
	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Individuals	2003	Ng On-yee (2019)	2021	Annual	Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship
	World Women 6-Reds Snooker Championships	Individuals	2013	Nutcharat Wongharuthai (2020)	2021	Annual
Speed skating	World All-Round Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1933	Ireen Wüst (2020)	2021	Annual
	World Sprint Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1970	Miho Takagi (2020)	2021	Annual
	World Single Distance Championships	500m	1995	Nao Kodaira (2020)	2021	Annual	In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held.
		1000m		Jutta Leerdam (2020)
		1500m		Ireen Wust (2020)
		3000m		Martina Sáblíková (2020)
		5000m		Natalya Voronina (2020)
		Mass start	2015	Ivanie Blondin (2020)
		Team pursuit	2005	Japan (2020)
		Team sprint	2019	Netherlands (2020)
	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	500m	1976	Lara van Ruijven (2019)	2021	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.
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