List of world sports championships
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.
Male
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Skiing Championships | Individuals | 1931 | Winners in 5 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| American football | IFAF World Championship | Nations | 1999 |  United States (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Aquatics | FINA World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Winners in 30 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| FINA Diving World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Most medals:  China
|
2018 | Biennial | ||
| FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Winners in 20 events (2012) | 2016 | Biennial | ||
| FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations | 1979 |  Serbia (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | Biennially until 2002 | |
| FINA Water Polo World Championship | Nations | 1973 | Serbia (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | Biennially since 2001 | |
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1931 |  Kim Woo-jin (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Individual compound | 1995 |  Stephan Hansen (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| Team recurve | 1931 | South Korea (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| Team compound | 1995 |  Iran (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| Artistic gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals | 1903 | Winners in 7 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Association football | FIFA World Cup | Nations | 1930 |  Germany (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | |
| FIFA Confederations Cup | Nations | 1992 |  Brazil (2013)
|
2017 | Quadrennial | ||
| FIFA Club World Cup | Clubs | 2000 |  FC Barcelona (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| ConIFA World Football Cup | Nations | 2006 |  County of Nice (2014)
|
2016 | Two years since 2010 | ||
| Athletics | IAAF World Championships in Athletics | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Winners in 24 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | 1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993 |
| IAAF World Cup in Athletics | Nations and continents |
1977 | Europe (2014) |
2018 | Quadrennial | Originally biennially | |
| IAAF World Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Winners in 13 events (2014) | 2016 | Biennial | ||
| IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Individuals and teams | 1973 | Winners in 4 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Individuals and teams | 1992 | Winners in 2 events (2014) | 2016 | Annual | ||
| IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1987 |  Jonas Buud (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals and teams | 2001 | Florian Reus (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | ||
| IPC Athletics World Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Most medals: China (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | ||
| Australian rules football | Australian Football International Cup | Nations | 2002 |  Papua New Guinea (2014)
|
2017 | Triennial | |
| Auto racing see the open section below[1] | |||||||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles & Doubles | 1977 | Singles- Chen Long Doubles- Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan (2015)
|
2017 | Annual | Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Thomas Cup | Nations | 1949 |  Japan (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup. | |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations | 1957 |  Russia (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | The second Bandy WCs were held in 1961; from that point, the championships were held biennially until 2003; and annually since. |
| Bandy World Cup | Clubs | 1974 | Yenisey (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Baseball | Baseball World Cup | Nations | 1938 |  Netherlands (2011)
|
Defunct | Biennial | . |
| World Baseball Classic | Nations | 2006 |  Dominican Republic (2013)
|
2017 | 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 | United States (2014)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | After the 2014 edition, the FIBA Basketball World Cup (but not the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) will be 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 Championships | Nations | 2012 |  Qatar (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | ||
| FIBA Intercontinental Cup | Clubs | 1966 | Real Madrid (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Beach soccer | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Nations | 1995 |  Portugal (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Beach volleyball | Swatch FIVB World Championships | Nations | 1997 | Alison Cerutti–Bruno Schmidt (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Individuals, nations | 1958 | Most medals:  France (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Billiards (Pool) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals | 1990 |  Ko Pin-Yi (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| WPA World Eight-ball Championship | Individuals | 2004 | Chang Jung-lin (2012)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| World three-cushion billiards championship | Individuals | 1928 | Torbjörn Blomdahl (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| World Billiards Championship (English billiards) | Individuals | 1825 |  Mike Russell (2011)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| IBSF World Billiards Championship | Individuals | 1926 | Time:  Pankaj Advani Points:  Peter Gilchrist (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Bobsleigh | FIBT World Championships | Four man | 1930 | Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Kevin Korona Ben Heber (2016) |
2017 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years. |
| Two man | 1931 | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis (2016) |
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| Boxing | see List of undisputed boxing champions and List of heavyweight boxing champions | Individuals | 1882 | Winners in several weight classes | At challenge | N/A | Contest occurs at challenge |
| World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Winners in 10 weight classes (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1938 | Winners in 18 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1949 | Winners in 6 categories (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. | |
| Cricket | ICC Cricket World Cup | Nations | 1975 |  Australia (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Indoor Cricket World Cup | Nations | 1995 | Australia (2014)
|
2016 | Two years | ||
| ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup | Nations | 1988 |  West Indies (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | ||
| ICC Champions Trophy | Nations | 1998 | India (2013)
|
2017 | Biennial | ||
| ICC World Twenty20 | Nations | 2007 | West Indies (2016)
|
2020 | Quadriennial | The World Twenty20 for both sexes changed from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, effective 2010. | |
| Champions League Twenty20 | Clubs | 2009 | Chennai Super Kings (2014)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Cross-Country Skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals | 1925 | Winners in 6 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Winners in 19 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations | 1959 |  Canada (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race | 1927 |  Peter Sagan (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| Time trial | 1994 |  Vasil Kiryienka (2015)
|
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| Team time trial | 1962 | BMC Racing Team (2015)[2]
|
The men's team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships was first held from 1962 to 1994. From 1962 to 1971, the TTT was held annually. After that time, it was held annually except in Olympic years. After the 1994 Worlds, the TTT was removed from the program, and not reinstated until 2012. Note: Since the revival of the World Championships team time trial for men in 2012, and the introduction of the corresponding women's event in the same year, both of these events are now contested by trade teams. | ||||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 1950 |  Wout Van Aert (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | ||
| UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 10 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | ||
| UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals and nations | 1893 | Winners in 10 events (2016); Most medals:  United Kingdom
|
2017 | Annual | ||
| Darts | BDO World Darts Championship | Individuals | 1978 | Scott Waites (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| PDC World Darts Championship | Individuals | 1994 |  Gary Anderson (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | ||
| Equestrian see the mixed section below[3] | |||||||
| Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individual and Team | 1923 | Winners in 6 events (2015); Most medals: Russia
|
2017 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years. |
| Field hockey | Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1971 | Australia (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | |
| Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations | 2003 | Netherlands (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | ||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 1896 | Javier Fernández (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Fistball | Fistball World Cup | Nations | 1968 | Germany (2015)
|
2019 | Four years | |
| Floorball | World Floorball Championships | Nations | 1996 | Sweden (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | |
| Futsal | FIFA Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1989 | Brazil (2012)
|
2016 | Quadrennial | |
| AMF Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1982 |  Colombia (2015)
|
2019 | quadrennial | Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003 | |
| Intercontinental Futsal Cup | Clubs | 1996 | Atlântico (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Gliding see the mixed section below | |||||||
| Golf | Mission Hills World Cup | Nations | 1953 | Australia (2013)
|
2016 | Two years after 2009 | |
| Gymnastics | Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals | 1975 | 14 winners (one for each apparatus) | 2016 | Every year | |
| Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals and teams | 1975 | 8 winners | 2016 | Every year | ||
| Trampolining World Cup | Individuals | ??? | ??? winners | 2016 | Every year | ||
| Handball (Field handball) | World Men's Handball Championship | Nations | 1938 | France (2015)
|
2017 | Two years | |
| IHF Super Globe | Clubs | 1997 | Füchse Berlin (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Ice hockey | Ice Hockey World Championships | Nations | 1920 | Canada (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| Inline skating | IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship | Nations | 1996 | Canada (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| International rules football | International Rules Series | Nations | 1984 | Australia (2014)
|
2017 | Triennial | Two series are played every three years |
| Lacrosse | World Lacrosse Championship | Nations | 1967 | Canada (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | |
| World Indoor Lacrosse Championship | Nations | 2003 | Canada (2015)
|
2019* | Quadrennial | ||
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Men's singles | 1955 | Felix Loch (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Men's doubles | 1955 | Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt (2016) |
2017 | Annual | |||
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Men's singles | 1979 |  Patrick Pigneter (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | ||
| Men's doubles | 1979 | Patrick Pigneter Florian Clara (2015) |
2017 | Biennial | |||
| Motorcycling see the mixed section below[4] | |||||||
| Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 10 km individual normal hill | 1925 | Johannes Rydzek (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| 10 km individual large hill | 1999 |  Bernhard Gruber (2015)
|
2017 | 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 | France (2013)
|
2015 | Biennial | |||
| National Team Large Hill 4 x 5 km | 1982 | Germany (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals | 1983–84 | Eric Frenzel (2015–16)
|
2016–17 | One year | ||
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint | 2001 | Jonas Leandersson (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| Short distance | 1991 |  Pasi Ikonen (2001)
|
defunct | Biennial | |||
| Middle distance | 2003 |  Daniel Hubmann (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 | ||
| Long distance | 1966 | Thierry Gueorgiou (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 | ||
| Relay | 1966 |  Switzerland (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 | ||
| Paddle | Paddle World Championship | Nations | 1992 | Spain (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | |
| Pea shooting | World Pea Shooting Championships | Individuals | 1971 | Jim Collins (2009)
|
2010 | Annual | |
| Pitch and putt | Pitch and Putt World Cup | Nations | 2004 |  Ireland (2012)
|
2016 | Quadrennial | |
| World Strokeplay Championship | Individuals | 2009 | John Walsh (2013)
|
2017 | Quadrennial | ||
| Polo | World Polo Championship | Nations | 1987 |  Chile (2015)
|
2019 | Triennial | |
| Real tennis | Real Tennis World Championship | Individuals[D] | 1740 | Winners in 3 events (2014) | 2016 | Biennial | |
| Roller derby | Men's Roller Derby World Cup | Nations | 2014 | United States
|
2016 | not stated | |
| Roller hockey | Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1936 |  Argentina (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958 |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations | 1962 | Winners in 13 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years |
| FISA Rowing World Cup | Nations | 1997 | Winners in 8 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | ||
| Rugby league | Rugby League World Cup | Nations | 1954 | Australia (2013)
|
2017 | Quadrennial after 2013 | |
| World Club Challenge | Clubs | 1976 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (2015)
|
2016 | Annual after 2000 | ||
| Rugby union | Rugby World Cup | Nations | 1987 |  New Zealand (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Rugby union sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations | 1993 | New Zealand (2013)
|
2018 | 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) | 2008 | Annual | Annually until 1957; revived in 2008 |
| Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals and nations | 1897 | Winners in 18 events (2014) | 2018 | Quadrennial | |
| ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals and nations | 1934 | Winners in 12 events (2011) | 2013 | Biennial | ||
| Skeleton | FIBT World Championships | Individual | 1930 |  Martins Dukurs (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years. |
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals normal hill | 1962 |  Rune Velta (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Individuals large hill | 1925 | Severin Freund (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| National Team normal hill | 2001 | Austria (2011)
|
2013 | Biennial | Not held in 2007 or 2009,after 2011 this event replaced mixed team | ||
| National Team large hill | 1962 | Norway (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| FIS Ski-Flying World Championships | Individuals | 1972 |  Peter Prevc (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | ||
| National Team | 2004 | Norway (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | |||
| Ski mountaineering | World Championships of Ski Mountaineering | Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances | 2002 | ITA (2014) | 2016 | Biennial | Relays held since 2004; Long Distance since 2008. |
| Snooker | World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1927 | Stuart Bingham (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | This championship is not only for Male competitors [6] |
| IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1963 | Advani Pankaj (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Big air | 2003 | Roope Tonteri (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Slopestyle | 2011 | Rlyan Stassel (2015)
|
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| Halfpipe | 1996 | Scoty James (2015)
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| Snowboard cross | 1997 | Loca Matteoti (2015)
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| Parallel slalom | 1996 | Roland Fichnaller (2015)
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| Parallel giant slalom | 1999 | Andrej Sobolev (2015)
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| Speed skating | World Allround Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1889 | Sven Kramer (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1970 | Pavel Kulizhnikov (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | ||
| World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1995 | Winners in 6 events (2016) | 2017 | Annual | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held. | |
| World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals[R] | 1976 | Han Tianyu (Overall) Winners in 5 events (2016) |
2017 | 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. | |
| World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships | Nations | 1991 | South Korea (2011)
|
Discontinued after 2011 | Annual | ||
| Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship | Individuals | 2010 | Scott Croxall (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals | 1976 | Grégory Gaultier (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| World International Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles teams | 1997 | Stewart Boswell & Anthony Ricketts (2006)
|
TBA | Intermittent | ||
| WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations | 1967 | England (2013)
|
2017 | Biennial | 2015 Championship Cancelled | |
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Individuals[D] | 1926 | Winners in 3 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations | 1926 | China (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | ||
| Ten-Pin Bowling | WTBA World Championships | Nations | 1954 | Winners in 6 events (2014) | 2018 | Quadrennial | Biennially until 2010 |
| Tennis | Davis Cup | Nations | 1900 | Great Britain (2015)
|
2016 | 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 | Javier Gómez (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| Volleyball | FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship | Nations | 1949 |  Poland (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | |
| FIVB Volleyball World League | Nations | 1990 | France (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| FIVB Club World Men's Championship | Clubs | 1989 | Sada Cruzeiro (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Volleyball World Cup | Nations | 1965 | United States (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | ||
| Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1904 | Winners in 16 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Wrestling World Cup | Nations | 1973 | Iran (Freestyle (men)) Iran (Greco-Roman))
|
2015 | Annual | ||
Female
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Individuals | 1931 | Winners in 5 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1931 | Ki Bo-Bae (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Individual compound | 1995 | Template:Country data Kor Kim Yun-hee (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |||
| Team recurve | 1931 | Russia (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| Team compound | 1995 |  United States (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| Association football | FIFA Women's World Cup | Nations | 1991 | United States (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Aquatics | FINA World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Winners in 20 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Winners in 20 events (2014) | 2016 | Biennial | ||
| Athletics | IAAF World Championships in Athletics | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Winners in 24 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | 1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993 |
| IAAF World Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Winners in 13 events (2014) | 2016 | Biennial | ||
| IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Individuals and teams | 1973 | Winners in 4 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Individuals and teams | 1992 | Winners in 2 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | ||
| IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1987 | Camile Herron (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals and teams | 2001 | Katalin Nagy (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| IPC Athletics World Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in 76 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Auto racing see the mixed section below[1] | |||||||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles & Doubles | 1977 | Singles- Carolina Marín Doubles- Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei (2015)
|
2017 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years |
| Uber Cup | Nations | 1957 | China (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | Biennially since 1984 it has been held concurrently with the men's Thomas Cup. | |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations | 2004 | Sweden (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | Annually from 2006 to 2008, then biennially |
| Bandy World Cup Women | Clubs | 2003 | Kareby IS (2015)
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2016 | Annual | ||
| Baseball | Women's Baseball World Cup | Nations | 2004 | Japan (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | |
| Basketball | FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup | Nations | 1953 | United States (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | |
| FIBA 3x3 World Championships | Nations | 2012 | United States (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | ||
| Beach soccer | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Nations | 1995 2005 |
Russia (2011)
|
2013 | Biennial | 1995–2005 as Beach Soccer World Championships; then under FIFA; originally annually, now biennially |
| Beach volleyball | Swatch FIVB World Championships | Nations | 1997 | Bárbara Seixas–Ágatha Bednarczuk (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Individuals, nations | 1984 | Winners in 5 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | |
| Billiards (Pool) | World Cup of Pool | Nations | 2006 | Finland (2012)
|
2013 | One year | |
| Bobsleigh | FIBT World Championships | Two woman | 2000 | Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel Annika Drazek (2016) |
2017 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years. |
| Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals | 2001 | Winners in 13 weight classes (2015) | |||
| Boxing World Cup | Nations | 2005 | (Winners in 11 weight classes) (2014) | 2016 | Two years | ||
| Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1938 | Winners in 11 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and teams | 1949 | Winners in 4 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years | |
| Cricket | Women's Cricket World Cup (one-day international) | Nations | 1973 | Australia (2013)
|
2017 | Quadrennial | |
| ICC World Twenty20 (Twenty20 format) | Nations | 2009 | West Indies (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | Biennially from 2010 | |
| Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals | 1954 | Winners in 8 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships | Individuals | 1974 | ??? (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations | 1979 | Switzerland (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race | 1958 | Lizzie Armitstead (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958. |
| Time trial | 1994 | Linda Villumsen (2015)
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| Team time trial | 2012 | Velocio-SRAM (2015)[2]
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| UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 4 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | ||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 2000 | Thalita de Jong (2016)
|
2017 | 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 9 events (2016) | 2017 | Annual | The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first contested in 1893, but women's championships were not added until 1958. | |
| Enduro World Series | Individuals | 2013 | Tracy Moseley (2014)
|
2015 | Annual | ||
| Darts | BDO World Darts Championship | Individuals | 2001 | Trina Gulliver (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | The BDO World Darts Championship was first contested in 1978, but a women's championship was not added until 2001. |
| Equestrian see the mixed section below[3] | |||||||
| Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individual and Team | 1923 | Winners in 6 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years |
| Field hockey | Women's Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1974 | Netherlands (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | |
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 1906 | Evgenia Medvedeva (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Floorball | Floorball World Championships | Nations | 1997 | Sweden (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Futsal | AMF Futsal Women's World Cup | Nations | 2008 | Colombia (2013)
|
2014 | ??? | |
| Gliding | Women's World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 2001 | Winners in 3 classes (2015) | 2017 | 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 (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Not held in years with a Summer Olympics |
| World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals and nations | 1963 | Winners in 9 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | Changed from 2005 | |
| Handball | World Women's Handball Championship | Nations | 1957 | Norway (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Ice hockey | IIHF World Women's Championships | Nations | 1990 | United States (2015)
|
2016 | 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 | Netherlands (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Inline speed skating | World Inline speed skating Championships | Nations | 1986 | Colombia (2013)
|
2014 | Annual | |
| Lacrosse | Women's Lacrosse World Cup | Nations | 1982 |  United States (2013)
|
2017 | Quadrennial | |
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Individual | 1955 | Natalie Geisenberger (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Individual | 1979 | Evelyn Lanthaler (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | ||
| Motorcycling see the mixed section below[4] | |||||||
| Motorcross | World Motocross Championship for Women | Individuals | 2008 | Stephanie Laier (2011)
|
2012 | Annual | |
| Netball | World Netball Championships | Nations | 1963 | Australia (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | |
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Individuals[R] | 1966 | Winners in 4 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | Biennially up to 2003, then annually |
| IOF | Individual and nations | 1986 | Switzerland (2012)
|
2013 | 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 (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| Ringette | World Ringette Championships | Nations | 1990 | Finland (2013)
|
2016 | Triennial | Biennially 1990-2004 |
| Ringette | Ringette World Club Championship | Clubs | 2008 | LL-89 (2011)
|
2014 | Triennial | |
| Roller derby | Roller Derby World Cup | Nations | 2011 | United States 2014
|
2017 | Triennial | |
| Roller hockey | Women's Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1992 | Argentina (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations | 1974 | Winners in 9 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years |
| FISA Rowing World Cup | Nations | 1997 | Winners in 6 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | ||
| Rugby league | Women's Rugby League World Cup | Nations | 2000 | Australia (2013)
|
2017 | Quadrennial | Quadrennially after 2013 |
| Rugby union | Women's Rugby World Cup | Nations | 1991 | England (2014)
|
2017 | Quadrennial | After the first event in 1991, a consistent four-year cycle was established in 1994. After the 2014 event, a new four-year cycle was established, with the next Women's World Cup to be held in 2017. |
| Rugby union sevens (women) | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations | 2009 | New Zealand (2013)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | The Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's tournament was not added until 2009[5] |
| Sailing | ISAF Class World Championships | Individuals Boats | 1907 Onward | Ongoing | Varies | A number of classes host women on World titles | |
| ISAF Women's Match World Championship | Individuals Boats | 1999 | Ongoing | Annual | |||
| Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals and nations | 1958 | Winners in 23 events (2014) | 2018 | Quadrennial | |
| World Shotgun Championships | Individuals and nations | 1967 | Winners in 4 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | ||
| Skeleton | FIBT World Championships | Individual | 2000 | Tina Hermann (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | Not held in years with Winter Olympics. |
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals normal hill | 2009 | Carina Vogt (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Ski mountaineering | World Championships of Ski Mountaineering | Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances | 2002 | Winners in 6 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | Relays added (2004); Long Distance added (2008) |
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Individuals halfpipe | 1996 | Xuetong Cai (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Individuals slopestyle | 2011 | Myiabi Onitsuka (2015)
|
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| Individuals snowboard cross | 1997 | Lyndsey Jacobellis (2015)
|
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| Individuals parallel slalom | 1996 |  Ester Ledecka (2015)
|
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| Individuals parallel giant slalom | 1999 | Claudia Riegler (2015)
|
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| Individuals big air | 2015 | Elena Könz (2015)
|
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| Softball | Women's Softball World Championship | Nations | 1965 | Japan (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | Quadrennially from 1970–2010, now biennially |
| World Cup of Softball | Nations | 2005 | United States (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Speed skating | World All-Round Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1933 | Martina Sáblíková (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1970 | Brittany Bowe (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | ||
| World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and nations | 1995 | Winners in 6 events (2016) | 2017 | Annual | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held. | |
| World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals[R] | 1976 | Choi Min-jeong (Overall) Winners in 5 events (2016) |
2017 | 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. | |
| World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships | Nations | 1991 | South Korea (2011)
|
Discontinued after 2011 | Annual | ||
| ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup | Individuals and Nations | 1999/2000 | Winners in 6 events (2015/16) | 2015/16 | One year | ||
| Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals | 1979 |  Nicol David (2014)
|
2015 | Annual | |
| World Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles teams | 1997 | Shelley Kitchen & Tamsyn Leevey (2006)
|
TBA | Intermittent | ||
| WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations | 1979 | England (2014)
|
2016 | Biennial | ||
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Individuals[D] | 1926 | Winners in 3 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations | 1933 | China (2016)
|
2018 | Biennial | ||
| Ten-pin bowling | WTBA World Championships | Nations | 1963 | Winners in 6 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| Tennis | Fed Cup | Nations | 1963 | Czech Republic (2015)
|
2016 | 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 | Gwen Jorgensen (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |
| Volleyball | Women's World Championship | Nations | 1952 | United States (2014)
|
2018 | Quadrennial | |
| FIVB World Cup | Nations | 1973 | China (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | ||
| FIVB World Grand Prix | Nations | 1993 | United States (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| FIVB Club World Women's Championship | Clubs | 1991 |  Eczacibaşi VitrA (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Water polo | FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations | 1979 | United States (2010)
|
2014 | Quadrennial | Originally biennially, quadrennially after 2002 |
| FINA Water Polo World Championship | Nations | 1986 | United States (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | Biennially since 2001 | |
| Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals | 1987 | Winners in 8 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | |
| Wrestling World Cup | Nations | 2001 | Japan (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
Open
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Cushion (Billiards) |
Three-Cushion World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Daniel Sánchez
|
2015 | Insertual | ||
| Aeromodelling | 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_F3_World_Championship_for_Indoor_Aerobatic_Model_Aircraft | Individuals and nations | Gernot Bruckmann
|
2017 | Biennial | ||||
| Austria
| ||||||||
| Air racing | Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Individuals | 2003 | Paul Bonhomme (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | Not held in 2011–2013 | |
| Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals | 1967 | Marcel Hirscher (men) Lara Gut (women) (2015–16)
|
2016–17 | One year | ||
| Nations | Austria (men and women) (2015–16)
|
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| Auto racing | Formula One World Championship | Individuals | 1950 | Lewis Hamilton (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | ||
| Constructors | 1958 | Mercedes (2015)
|
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| FIA World Endurance Championship | Individuals | 2012 | Timo Bernhard Mark Weber Brendon Hartley (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Manufacturers | Porsche (2015)
|
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| FIA GT1 World Championship | Individuals | 2010 | Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock (2012)
|
Defunct | Annual | Annually until 2012 | ||
| Teams | Münnich Motorsport (2012)
| |||||||
| FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup | Individuals | 1993 | Nasser Al-Attiyah (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Teams | BMW (2011)
|
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| FIA Formula E Championship | Drivers | 2014-15 | Nelson Piquet, Jr. (2014-15)
|
2015-16 | Annual | |||
| Teams | Renault e.dams (2014-15)
| |||||||
| World Rally Championship | Individuals | 1977 | Sébastien Ogier (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Manufacturers | 1973 | Volkswagen (2015)
|
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| World Touring Car Championship | Individuals | 1987 | José María López (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Manufacturers | Citroën (2015)
|
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| 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 | Lando Norris (2014)
|
2015 | Annual | |||
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Cup | Individuals | 1977–78 | Martin Fourcade (men) Gabriela Soukalova (women) (2015–16) |
2016–17 | One year | ||
| Nations | 1996–97 | Norway (men) Germany (women) (2015–16) |
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| Bobsleigh | Bobsleigh World Cup | Teams | 1984-85 | Three teams (2015-16) | 2016-17 | One year | ||
| Cross-Country Skiing | FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Individuals | 1973–74 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (men) Therese Johaug (women) (2015–16)
|
2016–17 | One year | ||
| Equestrian | Dressage World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Adelinde Cornelissen (2012)
|
2013 | Annual | ||
| Four-in-hand Driving World Cup | Individuals | ???? | ???? | ???? | One year | |||
| Eventing World Cup | Individuals | 2003 | Michael Jung (2010)
|
Suspended | Annual | No final since 2010; final ranking leader is World Cup Champion | ||
| FEI World Equestrian Games | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 27 events (2014) | 2018 | Quadrennial | |||
| Mounted Games World Individual Championships | Individuals | 1986 | Widukind Moormann (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Mounted Games World Pairs Championships | Pairs | 1992 | Craig O'Connor & Kate O'Connor (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Mounted Games World Team Championships | Team | 1986 | United States of America (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Show Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Steve Guerdat (2015)
|
2016 | One year | |||
| Glider (aircraft) aerobatics | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals | 1985 | Maciej Pospieszyński (2012/13) | 2011 | Biennial | ||
| Nations | France (2009)
|
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| Gliding | World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 1937 | Winners in 6 classes (2014) | 2016 | Biennial | The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition. | |
| Korfball | Korfball World Championship | Nations | 1978 | Netherlands (2015)
|
2019 | Quadrennial | ||
| Luge | Luge World Cup | Individual | 1977-78 | Three champions (2015-16) | 2016-17 | One year | ||
| Motorcycling | FIM MotoGP Championship | Individuals | 1949 | Winners in three classes (2015) | 2016 | Annual | ||
| Constructors | Winners in three classes (2015) | |||||||
| Supercross World Championship | Individuals | 2003 | Ryan Dungey
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Motocross World Championship | Individuals | 2003 | Winners in two classes (2015) | 2016 | Annual | |||
| FIM World Enduro Championship | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 3 events (2015) | 2016 | Annual | |||
| FIM sidecarcross World Championship | Pairs | 1980 | Etienne Bax (2015) Kaspars Stupelis
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) |
National Team | 1960 | Sweden (2015) | 2016 | Annual | |||
| Speedway World Pairs Championship | National pair | 1970 | Sweden (1993) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1993 | ||
| Individual Speedway World Championship (1931–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995) |
Individuals | 1931 | Tai Woffinden (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Individual Ice Racing World Championship | Individuals[7] | 1966 | Dmitri Khomitsevich (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |||
| Team Ice Racing World Championship | Nations | 1979 | Russia (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |||
| Sidecar World Championship | Pairs | 1949 | Bennie Streuer (driver) & Geert Koerts (passenger) (2015) |
2016 | Annual | |||
| Endurance FIM World Championship | Team | 1975 | Suzuki Endurance Racing Team
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Superbike World Championship | Individuals | 1988 | Jonathan Rea (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Manufacturers | Kawasaki (2015)
|
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| Supersport World Championship | Individuals | 1999 | Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Manufacturers | Honda (2014)
|
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| FIM Superstock 1000 Championship | Individuals | 2000 | Lorenzo Savadori (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Manufacturers | Aprilia (2015)
|
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| Padel | Padel World Championship | Nations | 1992 | Argentina (2012)
|
2014 | Biennial | ||
| Pétanque | Pétanque World Championships | Nations | 1959 | France (2012)
|
2014 in Dakar | Biennial | ||
| Pitch and putt | Pitch and Putt World Cup | Nations | 2012 | Ireland (2012)
|
2014 | Biennial | ||
| Motorboat racing | Class 1 World Powerboat Championship | Individual Boats | 1992 |  Victory 3 (2014)
|
2015 | 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 | ||
| F1 Powerboat World Championship | Individual | 1981 | Philipe Chiape (2015)
|
2016 | Annual | |||
| Radio-controlled racing | IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship | Individual | 1977 | Simon Kurzbuch (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | ||
| IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship — 2WD | Individual | 1985 | Spencer Rivkin (2015)
|
2017 | Double header single host event | |||
| IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship — 4WD | Individual | Bruno Coehlo (2015)
| ||||||
| IFMAR 1:5 Touring Car World Championship | Individual | 2001 | Russell Grenenger (2015)
|
2017? | ||||
| IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship | Individual | 1986 | Ty Tessmann (2014)
|
2016 | ||||
| IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship | Individual | 1982 | Marc Rheinard (2014)
|
2016 | Double header single host event since 2002, triple in 2000 with PRO 10 | |||
| IFMAR ISTC World Championship | Individual | 2000 | Naoto Matsukura (2014)
|
2016 | ||||
| IFMAR 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship | Individual | 2002 | Alexander Hagberg (2014)
|
2016 | ||||
| IFMAR PRO 10 World Championship | Individual | 1992 | Masami Hirosaka (2000)
|
Defunct | Biennial until 2000, single host event with 1:12 on-road in 1996-2000 | |||
| IFMAR 1:10 235mm Touring Car World Championship | Individual | 2000 | Brian Berry (2002)
|
Defunct | Biennial until 2002 | |||
| IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship — Stock | Individual | 1982 | Bud Bartos (1984)
|
Defunct | Biennial until 1984 | |||
| Sailing | ISAF Sailing World Championships | Individuals Boats | 2003 | Winners in up to 9 classes | 2014 | Quadrennial | ||
| ISAF Sailing World Cup | Individuals | 2008 | Winners in 10 Olympic disciplines | Ongoing | Annual | |||
| ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships | Individuals Boats | 1971 | winners in about 10 categories | 2016 | Annual | |||
| Team Racing World Championships | Individuals Boats | 1995 | 2016 | Annual | ||||
| Offshore Team Racing World Championships | Individuals Boats | 2004 | 2016 | Annual | ||||
| ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship | Individuals Boats | 1998 | 2016 | Annual | ||||
| ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship | National Teams of 2/3 boats | 1998 | 2017 | Biennial | ||||
| Star World Championships | Team of two persons | 1923 | Brazil Lars Grael Samuel Goncalves |
2016 | Annual | |||
| Shooting | ISSF World Cup | Individuals | 1988 | Winners in 15 events (2015) | 2016 | One year | ||
| Skeleton | Skeleton World Cup | Individuals | 1986-87 (men), 1996-97 (women) | Two champions (2015-16) | 2016-17 | One year | ||
| Ski Jumping | FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979–80 | Peter Prevc (2015–16)
|
2016–17 | One year | ||
| National Team | ? | Norway (2015–16)
|
2016–17 | One year | ||||
| Ski orienteering | World Cup in Ski Orienteering | Individual and nations | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ||
| Slot car racing | ISRA World Championship | Individual | 1992 | Winners in 4 classes | 2015 | Annual | ||
| Speed skating | Speed Skating World Cup | Individuals and Nations | 1985–86 | Winners in 12 events (2015–16) | 2016–17 | One year | ||
| Tug of war | TWIF Indoor World Championships | Nations | 1976 | Winners in various weight classes | 2014 | Biennial | ||
| TWIF Outdoor World Championships | Nations | 1976 | Winners in various weight classes | 2014 | Biennial |
Mixed-Sex Teams
| 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 (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |
| Team compound male – female pair |
1995 | South Korea (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | |||
| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Mixed Doubles | 1977 | Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (2015)
|
2017 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Sudirman Cup | Nations | 1989 | China (2015)
|
2017 | Biennial | ||
| Basketball | FIBA 3x3 World Championships | National teams of two men and two women |
2012 | France
|
2014 | Biennial | Three players are on the court at any one time |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Nations | 2005 | France (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Bull riding | PBR World Cup | Nations | 2007 | Brazil (2010)
|
??? | One year | |
| Curling | World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | National mixed teams male – female pair |
2008 | Russia (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | National pairs male – female pair from the same nation |
1908 | Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Ice Dance male – female pair from the same nation |
1952 | Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (2016)
|
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| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Nations | 1989 | Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl /Tobias Arlt(2016) |
2017 | Annual | |
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Nations | 2001 | Anton Blasbichler Renate Gietl Patrick Pigneter Florian Clara (2011) |
Biennial | |||
| Sailing | IFDS SKUD 18 World Championship | Pair – female and either male or another female |
2007 | Ongoing | Annual | ||
| Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship | Male – female pair | 2013 | Ongoing | Annual | |||
| Synchronized skating | World Synchronized Skating Championships | Teams | 2000 | Paradise (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | |
| Ten-Pin Bowling | QubicaAMF World Cup | Individuals | 1965 |  Wu Siu Hong (men) Clara Guerero (women) (2015) |
2016 | Annual | |
| Tennis | Hopman Cup | National teams male – female pair |
1989 | Australia (2016)
|
2017 | Annual | Competitions are played in traditional order: women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles |
| Touch football (rugby league) | Touch Football World Cup | Nations | 1988 | Australia (both men and women) (2015) |
2019 | Four years | |
| Triathlon | ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships | National teams of two men and two women | 2003 | (2015)
|
2016 | Annual |
Paralympics and other class
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Skiing | IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships | Individuals | 1972 | Winners in 30 events (2015) | 2017 | Biennial | |
| Cycling | UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships | Individuals and nations | 2007 | Winners in 14 events (2011) | 2013 | ||
| Paragliding | Paragliding World Cup | Individual | 1992 | Overall 2011: Peter Nauenschwander (F) | ???? | Annual | |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations | 2002 | Winners in 4 events (2015) | 2017 | Annual | Championships are not held for Paralympic events in Summer Paralympic years |
Notes
- ^ a b Note: Auto racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ a b This differs from the practice in the road races (as well as the 1962–1994 men's World Championship TTT), where teams are based on nationality. The flag in this entry reflects where the team is registered, not necessarily the nationality of its cyclists.
- ^ a b Equestrian events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
- ^ a b Motorcycle racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors. Cite error: The named reference "Motorcycle" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b "Future of Rugby World Cup Sevens confirmed" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Sport, Frank Keogh BBC. "Reanne Evans: Ladies' champion to face men in world qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ^ Champions in Individual Ice Racing (motorcycle)
References
R. ^R - One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.