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| rowspan=2 | [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|FIM MotoGP Championship]] |
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| rowspan=2 | 1949 |
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| [[Valentino Rossi]] ([[2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2008]]) |
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| rowspan=2 | [[2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2009]] |
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| rowspan=2 | One year |
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| Constructors |
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| [[Yamaha]] ([[2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2008]]) |
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| [[FIM World Enduro Championship]] |
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| Individuals |
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| 1990 |
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| [[2008 World Enduro Championship season|Winners in 3 events (2008)]] |
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| [[2009 World Enduro Championship season|2009]] |
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| One year |
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| [[Speedway World Team Cup]] (1960-2000) <br> [[Speedway World Cup]] (since 2001) |
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| National Team |
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| [[1960 Speedway World Team Cup|1960]] |
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| [[Denmark national speedway team|Denmark]] ([[2008 Speedway World Cup|2008]]) |
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| [[2009 Speedway World Cup|2009]] |
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| One year |
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| [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]] |
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| National pair |
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| 1970 |
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| [[Sweden speedway team|Sweden]] (1993) |
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| Defunct |
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| One year until 1993 |
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| [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] (1936-1994) <br> [[Speedway Grand Prix]] (since 1995) |
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| Individuals |
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| [[1936 Individual Speedway World Championship|1936]] |
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| [[Nicki Pedersen]] ([[2008 Speedway Grand Prix|2008]]) |
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| [[2009 Speedway Grand Prix|2009]] |
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| One year |
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| [[Individual Ice Racing World Championship]] |
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| Individuals<ref>[http://www.fim.ch/en/wChampions.asp?page=1&txtName=*&cboCountry=*&cboCategory=*&cboDiscipline=Ice*Racing*(Ind.)&txtYear=*&item=24 World Champions in Individual Ice Racing]</ref> |
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| 1966 |
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| [[Nikolai Krasnikov]] (2008) |
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| 2009 |
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| One year |
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| [[Team Ice Racing World Championship]] |
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| Nations |
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| 1979 |
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| Russia (2009) |
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| 2010 |
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| One year |
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| [[Radio-controlled car]] racing |
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| [[International Federation of Model Auto Racing|IFMAR World Championship]] |
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| Individuals |
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| 1977 |
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| Winners in several classes |
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| 2009 |
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| Two years in 2009 and 2010 |
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|rowspan=2|[[Sailing]] |
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Revision as of 22:11, 1 July 2009
The following is a list of world cups and world championships, sporting events which use one of these two names, or one 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.
See also list of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth.
Men
Women
Mixed
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto racing | Formula One World Championship | Individuals | 1950 | Lewis Hamilton (2008) | 2009 | One year |
| Constructors | 1958 | Scuderia Ferrari (2008) | ||||
| World Rally Championship | Individuals | 1977 | Sébastien Loeb (2008) | 2009 | One year | |
| Manufacturers | 1973 | Citroën (2008) | ||||
| World Touring Car Championship | Individuals | 1987 | Yvan Muller (2008) | 2009 | One year | |
| Manufacturers | SEAT (2008) | |||||
| World Manufacturers' Championship | Manufacturers | 1925 | Delage (1927) | Defunct | One year until 1927 | |
| World Sportscar Championship | Constructors; from 1985 teams |
1953 | Winners in several classes | Defunct | One year until 1992 | |
| Individuals | 1981 | Defunct | One year until 1992 | |||
| Equestrian | FEI World Equestrian Games | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 16 events (2006) | 2010 | Four years |
| Show Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum / Shutterfly (2008) | 2009 | One year | |
| Glider aerobatics | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals | 1985 | Georgij Kaminski (2007) | 2009 | Two years |
| Nations | Hungary (2007) | |||||
| Gliding | World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 1937 | Winners in 6 classes (2008) | 2010 | Two years[13] |
| Korfball | Korfball World Championship | Nations | 1978 | Netherlands (2007) | 2011 | Four years |
| Motorcycling | FIM MotoGP Championship | Individuals | 1949 | Valentino Rossi (2008) | 2009 | One year |
| Constructors | Yamaha (2008) | |||||
| FIM World Enduro Championship | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 3 events (2008) | 2009 | One year | |
| Speedway World Team Cup (1960-2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) |
National Team | 1960 | Denmark (2008) | 2009 | One year | |
| Speedway World Pairs Championship | National pair | 1970 | Sweden (1993) | Defunct | One year until 1993 | |
| Individual Speedway World Championship (1936-1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995) |
Individuals | 1936 | Nicki Pedersen (2008) | 2009 | One year | |
| Individual Ice Racing World Championship | Individuals[17] | 1966 | Nikolai Krasnikov (2008) | 2009 | One year | |
| Team Ice Racing World Championship | Nations | 1979 | Russia (2009) | 2010 | One year | |
| Radio-controlled car racing | IFMAR World Championship | Individuals | 1977 | Winners in several classes | 2009 | Two years in 2009 and 2010 |
| Sailing | ISAF Sailing World Championships | Crews | 2003 | Winners in 3 events (2007) | 2011 | Four years |
| ISAF Team Racing World Championships | Nations | 1995 | USA | 2007 | Two years | |
| Synchronized skating | World Synchronized Skating Championships | Teams | 2000 | Rockettes (Finland) (2008) | 2009 | One year |
Notes
- ^ a b c d Not held in Summer Olympic years.
- ^ a b Auto racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ The second Bandy World Championships were held in 1961. From that point, the championships were held every two years until 2003. Since then, the championships have been held every year.
- ^ The World Twenty20 will change from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years effective in 2010.
- ^ a b Equestrian events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ a b Includes the Pairs and Ice Dance events, shared between male and female skaters.
- ^ a b There exist mixed and women's gliding championships. The most prominent female competitor in mixed world gliding championships was Hanna Reitsch.
- ^ a b Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years.
- ^ a b In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ The Davis Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status.
- ^ Every year since 2006.
- ^ a b The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition.
- ^ Changed from 2005.
- ^ The Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's event was not added until 2009.
- ^ The Fed Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. It was called Federation Cup until 1995.
- ^ World Champions in Individual Ice Racing
R. ^R - One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.
D. ^D - Includes three Doubles events, one for men, one for women, and one for mixed doubles.