List of world sports championships

Major international sports competitions

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

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Sport  | Competition name  | Competing entities  | First
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Air racing | Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Drivers  | 2003 |  Matt Hall (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Not held in 2011–2013, discontinued for 2020
Auto racing
Formula One World Championship  | Drivers | 1950 |  Max Verstappen (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | Most wins:Michael Schumacher and  Lewis Hamilton 7,  Juan Manuel Fangio 5
Constructors | 1958 |  McLaren-Mercedes (2024)  | Most wins:Ferrari 16,  McLaren 9,  Williams 8
Formula E World Championship  | Drivers  | 2014–15 |  Pascal Wehrlein (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  |  Jaguar (2023–24)
World Rally Championship | Drivers  | 1977 |  Thierry Neuville (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | 1973 |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2024)  |
TCR World Tour | Drivers  | 2023 |  Norbert Michelisz (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Manufacturers  |  Cyan Racing Lynk & Co (2024)
Grand Touring World Challenge | Drivers  | 2014 |  Lucas Auer &
Maro Engel (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Manufacturers  |  Winward Racing Team Mann-Filter (2024)
FIA World Endurance Championship | Drivers  | 2012 |  Kévin Estre (2024)

André Lotterer (2024)

Laurens Vanthoor (2024)

| 2025 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  |  Toyota (2024)  |
World Rally-Raid Championship | Drivers  | 2023 |  Nasser Al Attiyah &
Édouard Boulanger (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Co-sanctioned with FIM; replaced World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
Teams  |  Toyota Gazoo Racing (2024)
FIA World Baja Cup | Drivers  | 2002  |  Nasser Al Attiyah &
Mathieu Baumel (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  | Baja events split off from cross-country rally competition after original bajas competition was combined with rallies world cup in 2012.
Teams  |  Overdrive Racing (2023)
Karting World Championship | OK | 1964  |  Ethan Jeff-Hall (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
KZ |  Giuseppe Palomba (2024)  | Annual
FIA International Hill Climb Cup | Closed cars  | 2000  |  Janusz Grzyb (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Competition Cars  |  Sébastien Petit (2024)
World Rallycross Championship | RX1  | 2014  |  Johan Kristoffersson (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
RX2  |  Nils Andersson (2024)  | 2025  | Annual
Motorcycling | FIM MotoGP World Championship | Riders | 2002 |  Jorge Martín (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | Until 2002 as 500cc
Constructors | 2002 |  Ducati (2024)
MotoE World Championship | Riders  | 2019 |  Héctor Garzó (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | 2019 |  Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE (2024)
Superbike World Championship | Riders  | 1988 |  Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  |  Ducati (2024)
Supersport World Championship | Riders  | 1999 |  Adrián Huertas (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Manufacturers  |  Ducati (2024)
Motocross World Championship | Riders  | 2003  |  Jorge Prado (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | 2003  |  Honda (2024)
Enduro World Championship | Riders
(EnduroGP)  | 2004  |  Josep García (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Rally-Raid Championship | Riders  | 2022 |  Luciano Benavides (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  | Co-sanctioned with FIA; replaced Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
Manufacturers  | 2022 |  Monster Energy Honda (2023)
FIM Bajas World Cup | Riders  | 2012  |  Mohammed Al-Balooshi (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | 2012  |  KTM (2023)
Speedway World Championship (1936–1994)
Speedway Grand Prix
(since 1995)  | Riders  | 1936 |  Bartosz Zmarzlik (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Speedway World Team Cup
(1960–2000)
Speedway World Cup
(2001–2017, 2023)
Speedway of Nations
(since 2018)  | Nations  | 1960 |  Great Britain (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship | Riders  | 1966 |  Martin Haarahiltunen (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
FIM Trial World Championship | Outdoor  | 1964  |  Toni Bou (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
X-Trial  | 1993  |  Toni Bou (2024)
FIM Hard Enduro World Championship | Riders  | 2018  |  Manuel Lettenbichler (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
FIM SuperEnduro World Championship | Riders  | 2007–08  |  Billy Bolt (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Sidecar World Championship | Pairs  | 1949 |  Harry Payne (driver) &
Kevin Rousseau (passenger) (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Gliding | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals  | 1985  |  Maciej Pospieszyński (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Nations  |  Germany (2024)
World Gliding Championships | Individuals  | 1937  | Winners in 3 classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition.
Paragliding | Paragliding World Cup | Individual  | 1992  |  Honorin Hamard (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Practical shooting | IPSC Handgun World Shoots | Individuals | 1975 |  Eric Grauffel (2022)
Camilla Almici (2022)  | 2025  | Triennial  | Winner(s) of largest division(s)
Motorboat racing | Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship | Individual  | 1981 |  Jonas Andersson (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | 2020 Season got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Motorboat | Aquabike World Championship | Individual  | 1996  |  Samuel Johansson (Runabout GP1), 2024

Quinten Bossche (Ski Division GP1 Man), 2024

Jasmiin Üpraus (Ski Division Woman), 2024

Rashid Al Mulla (Freestyle), 2024

| 2025  | Annual  | 2020 Season was made of only one GP as all the remaining GP were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Sailing | Class World Championships | Individuals and Teams  |  |  |  | Annual  | The majority of sailing 100+ Annual World Championships are none gender specific

## Male world championship titles

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Sport  | Competition name  | Competing entities  | First
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Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1931 | Winners in 5 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  |
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals  | 1967 |  Marco Odermatt (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Nations  |  Switzerland (2023–24)  |
American football | IFAF World Championship | Nations  | 1999 |  United States (2015)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Not held in 2019
Armwrestling | World Armwrestling Championship | Individuals  | 1979  | Winners in 22 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Aquatics | Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Winners in 20 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 2023 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 1991 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
High diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 2013 |  Aidan Heslop (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Winners in 21 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup | Individuals  | 1988–89 |  Léon Marchand (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Aquatics Diving World Cup | Individuals  | 1979  | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
FINA Marathon Swim World Series | Individuals  | 2007  |  Marc-Antoine Olivier (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series | Individuals  | 2009  |  Aidan Heslop (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Archery | World Archery Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1931 | Winners in 4 events (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Archery World Cup | Individual recurve | 2006 |  Kim Woo-jin (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Individual compound |  James Lutz (2024)  |
World Field Archery Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1969 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Artistic roller skating | Artistic Skating World Championships | Individuals  | 1980  |  Alessandro Liberatore (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in 2020
Athletics | World Athletics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Winners in 24 events (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  | 1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993
World Athletics Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Winners in 13 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Individuals  | 1973 |  Jacob Kiplimo (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  |
Nations  |  Kenya (2024)  |
World Mountain and Trail Running Championships | Individuals  | 1985 | Winners in 10 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Athletics Road Running Championships | Individuals  | 1992 |  Sabastian Sawe (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | Annually until 2010
Team  | 1992  |  (2023)
World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships | Individual & Nations  | 1961 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Athletics Relays | Nations  | 2014 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
IAU 50 km World Championships | Individuals  | 2005  | (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | 2017, 2018 not held
IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals  | 1987  |  Haruki Okayama (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals  | 2001  |  Aleksandr Sorokin (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Nations  | 2003  |  Lithuania (2023)  |
Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles  | 1977 |  Kunlavut Vitidsarn (2023)  | 2025 | Annual  | Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years.
Doubles  |  Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae (2023)
Thomas Cup | Nations  | 1949 |  China (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  | Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup. Most wins:  Indonesia 14,  China 11,  Malaysia 5
Ball Hockey | Ball Hockey World Championship | Nations  | 1996 |  Canada (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations  | 1957 |  Sweden (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | The second Bandy WCs were held in 1961; from that point, the championships were held biennially until 2003; and annually ever since.
Baseball | World Baseball Classic | Nations  | 2006 |  Japan (2023)  | 2026 | Triennial  | 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 until 2017. 2021 postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins:  Japan 3,  Dominican Republic and  United States 1
Baseball World Cup | Nations  | 1938 |  Netherlands (2011)  | Defunct  |  | Biennial until 2011
WBSC Premier12 | Nations  | 2015 |  Chinese Taipei (2024)  | 2027 | Quadrennial  |
Baseball5 | Baseball5 World Cup | Nations  | 2024 |  Cuba (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Basketball | FIBA Basketball World Cup | Nations  | 1950 |  Germany (2023)  | 2027 | 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 |  Serbia (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Biennial until 2016
FIBA Intercontinental Cup | Clubs  | 1966 |  Unicaja (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Beach handball | World Men's Beach Handball Championship | Nations  | 2004 |  Croatia (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Beach soccer | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Nations  | 2005 |  Brazil (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Most wins:  Brazil 6,  Russia 3,  Portugal 2
Beach tennis | Beach Tennis World Championship | Individuals  | 2009  |  André Baran &
Michele Cappelletti (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | Nations  | 1997 |  Perušič – Schweiner (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Beach wrestling | World Beach Wrestling Championships | Individuals  | 2006  | Winners in 4 weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1958 | Winners in 5 events (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic Years
Summer Biathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 1996  | Winners in 3 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Cancelled in 2020
Biathlon World Cup | Individuals overall  | 1977–78 |  Johannes Thingnes Bø (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Nations  | 2000–01 |  Norway (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Billiards & Pool | WPA World Eight-ball Championship | Individuals  | 2004 |  Joshua Filler (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
WPA World Blackball Championship | Individuals  | 2006  |  Gavin Robinson (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals  | 1990  |  Fedor Gorst (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
WPA World Ten-ball Championship | Individuals  | 2008 |  Carlo Biado (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Billiards Championship (English billiards) | Individuals  | 1870 |  David Causier (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals  | 1990  |  Fedor Gorst (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Bobsleigh | IBSF World Championships | Four man  | 1930 |  Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Alexander Schüller
Felix Straub (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Two man  | 1931 |  Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller (2024)
Bobsleigh World Cup | Individuals  | 1984–85  |  Francesco Friedrich (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Bowling
(ten-pin) | QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup | Individuals  | 1965  |  Robin Ilhammar (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships | Nations  | 1954  | Winners in 4 events (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  | Biennially until 2010
Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Individuals and Nations  | 1966 | Winners in 5 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles  | 1979 |  Jason Banks (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  |
Pairs  |  Jason Banks & Michael Stepney (2025)
Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals  | 1974 | Winners in 13 weight classes (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Breakdancing | Battle of the Year | Individuals  | 2009  |  Phil Wizard (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Red Bull BC One | Individuals  | 2004 |  Hong 10 (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals  | 1938 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1949 | Winners in 5 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years
Canoe Slalom World Cup | Individuals  | 1988 | Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations  | 1994  |  Germany (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships | Individuals  | 1988  | Winners in 6 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Wildwater Canoeing World Championships | Individuals  | 1959  | Winners in 6 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Climbing | IFSC Climbing World Championships | Individuals  | 1991 | Winners in 4 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
IFSC Climbing World Cup | Individuals & Nations  | 1989  | Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Cricket | ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI format)  | Nations  | 1975 |  Australia (2023)  | 2027 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Australia 6,  West Indies 2,  India 2,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka,  England 1 each
ICC Men's T20 World Cup (T20I format)  | Nations  | 2007 |  India (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  | Changed from odd-numbered years (2007–2009) to even-numbered years (2010–2016). Biennial until 2016. Quadrennial since 2016. Biennial since 2022. Most wins:  India 2,  West Indies 2,  England 2, multiple countries 1
ICC World Test Championship (Test format)  | Nations  | 2019–21 |  Australia (2021–23)  | 2023–25 | Biennial[a] | 2 year league format concluding with the final
ICC Champions Trophy | Nations  | 1998 |  Pakistan (2017)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Biennial until 2017. Quadrennial since 2025.
Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1925 | Winners in 6 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Individuals  | 1973–74  |  Harald Østberg Amundsen (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
CrossFit | CrossFit Games | Individuals  | 2007 |  James Sprague (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations  | 1959 |  Sweden (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | 2020 cancellation, Most wins:  Canada 36,  Sweden 12,  Scotland 6
Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race  | 1927 |  Tadej Pogačar (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Time trial  | 1994 |  Remco Evenepoel (2024)  | 2025  | Annual
UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1893 | Winners in 11 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Individuals  | 1990 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI BMX World Championships | Individuals  | 1982  |  Joris Daudet (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX  | 2017 | Flatland: Matthias Dandois (2024)
Park: Logan Martin (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Trials  | 1986  | Men Elite 20":
Alejandro Montalvo (2024)
Men Elite 26":
Jack Carthy (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals  | 1950  |  Mathieu van der Poel (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  |
UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships | Individuals  | 2003 |  Simon Andreassen (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup | Individuals & Nations  | 2021 |  Great Britain (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Cross-country  | 1990  |  Alan Hatherly (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Downhill  | 1993  |  Loïc Bruni (2024)  |
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup | Individuals  | 1993–94  |  Eli Iserbyt (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
UCI BMX Supercross World Cup | Individuals  | 2010  |  Izaac Kennedy (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Darts
WDF World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 2022 |  Shane McGuirk (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
PDC World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 1994 |  Luke Littler (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  | Most wins:  Phil Taylor 14,  Michael van Gerwen 3,  Gary Anderson 2
PDC World Cup of Darts | Doubles  | 2010 |  Luke Humphries & Michael Smith (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Most wins:  England 4,  Netherlands 4,  Wales 2
WDF World Cup | Nations  | 1977  |  Netherlands (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983
Disc golf | PDGA World Championships | Individuals  | 1982  |  Isaac Robinson (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Dodgeball | Dodgeball World Championship | Nations - Foam  | 2012  |  United States (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Nations - Cloth  | 2019  |  Austria (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1921 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
Fencing World Cup | Foil
Sabre
Épée  | 1972  |  Cheung Ka Long
Oh Sang-uk
Koki Kano
(2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Field hockey | FIH Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1971 |  Germany (2023)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Pakistan 4,  Netherlands 3,  Australia 3,  Germany 3
Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 2003 |  Germany (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Most wins:  Germany 4,  Austria 2,  Netherlands 1
FIH Men's Hockey5s World Cup | Nations  | 2024 |  Netherlands (2024)  | 2028  | Quadrennial  |
Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1896 |  Ilia Malinin (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals  | 1976  | Winners in 17 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Fistball | Fistball World Championships | Nations  | 1968  |  Germany (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
Flag football | IFAF Flag Football World Championship | Nations  | 2002  |  United States (2024) | 2026  | Biennial  |
Floorball | World Floorball Championships | Nations  | 1996 |  Finland (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Freediving | AIDA World Championship | Individuals  | 2005  | (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Team  | 1996  | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Freerunning & Parkour | Parkour World Championships | Individuals  | 2022 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Freestyle Skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Individuals  | 1986 | Winners in 7 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup | Individuals  | 1980 | Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Football | FIFA World Cup | Nations  | 1930 |  Argentina (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Brazil 5,  Germany 4,  Italy 4
FIFA Club World Cup | Clubs  | 2000 |  Manchester City (2023)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Annual until 2023, Most wins:  Real Madrid 5,  Barcelona 3,  Corinthians 2,  Bayern Munich 2
FIFA Intercontinental Cup | Clubs  | 2024 |  Real Madrid (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Futsal | FIFA Futsal World Cup | Nations  | 1989 |  Brazil (2024)  | 2028  | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Brazil 6,  Spain 2,  Argentina 1,  Portugal 1
AMF Futsal World Cup | Nations  | 1982 |  Paraguay (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  | Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003
Golf | Mission Hills World Cup | Nations  | 1953 |  Belgium (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
World Golf Championships | WGC Championship | 1999 |  Collin Morikawa (2021)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
WGC Match Play | 1999 |  Sam Burns (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
WGC Invitational | 1999 |  Abraham Ancer (2021)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
WGC-HSBC Champions | 2005  |  Rory McIlroy (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1903 | Winners in 8 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Olympic Years
Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & Nations  | 1964 | Winners in 7 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pair and Group  | 1974 | Winners in 6 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals  | 1995 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals  | 1975 | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Handball | IHF World Men's Handball Championship | Nations  | 1938 |  Denmark (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Most wins:  France 6,  Sweden 4,  Romania 4
IHF Super Globe | Clubs  | 1997 |  Veszprém (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Hyrox | Hyrox World Championships | Individuals  | 2018–19  |  Alexander Roncevic (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Ice climbing | UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships | Lead  | 2002  |  Lee Young-geon (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Speed  | 2002  |  Mohammad Reza Safdarian (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Ice hockey | IIHF World Championship | Nations  | 1920 |  Czech Republic (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | Not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II. Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins:  Canada 28,  Soviet Union & Russia 27,  Czechoslovakia & Czech Republic 13,  Sweden 11
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.[1]
FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations  | 1995  |  United States (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Inline speed skating | Inline Speed Skating World Championships | Individuals  | 1966  | Winners in 11 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals  | 1956 | Winners in 7 events (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Ju-jitsu | Ju-Jitsu World Championships | Individuals  | 1994 | Winners in 14 weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Kabaddi | IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style) | Nations  | 2004 |  India (2016)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  |
Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) | Nations  | 2010 |  Pakistan (2020)  | 2024  | Quadrennial  |
Karate | Karate World Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1970 | Winners in 8 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Kho Kho | Kho Kho World Cup | Nations  | 2025 |  India (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  |
Kickboxing | W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships | Individuals  | 1978 | Winners in various weight classes (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Lacrosse | World Lacrosse Championship | Nations  | 1967 |  United States (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
World Lacrosse Box Championships | Nations  | 2003 |  Canada (2024)  | 2028  | Quadrennial  |
Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Men's singles  | 1955 |  Max Langenhan (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Men's doubles  | 1955 |  Hannes Orlamünder &
Paul Gubitz (2025)
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Men's singles  | 1979 |  Michael Scheikl (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  |
Men's doubles  | 1979 |  Patrick Lambacher &
Matthias Lambacher (2025)
Minifootball | WMF World Cup | Nations  | 2015 |  Romania (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Modern pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Individual  | 1949  |  Csaba Bőhm (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Team  | 1949  |  Hungary (2024)  |
Relay  | 2004  |  South Korea (2024)  |
Modern Pentathlon World Cup | Individuals  | 1999  | Winners in 5 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Mountain and Trail running | World Mountain and Trail Running Championships  | Individuals  | 2021 | Winners in 10 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Mountain Running Championships | Individuals  | 1985 |  Joseph Gray (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
IAU Trail World Championships | Individuals  | 2007 |  Jonathan Albon (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nation  | 1925 | Winners in 3 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  |
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals  | 1983–84 |  Jarl Magnus Riiber (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 1966 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Originally biennially, annually since 2003
Orienteering World Cup | Individuals  | 1986  |  Kasper Fosser (2024)  | 2025  | 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  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2002  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Trail Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2004  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Padel tennis | Padel World Championship | Nations  | 1992  |  Argentina (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Pickleball | World Pickleball Championships  | Nations  | 2019  | (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Polo | World Polo Championship | Nations  | 1987  |  Spain (2022)  | 2026  | Triennial  | Most wins:  Argentina 5,  Brazil 3,  Chile 2
Powerlifting | World Powerlifting Championship | Individuals  | 2011  | Winners in various weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Racquetball | Racquetball World Championships | Nations  | 1981 |  United States (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Pairs  | 1992  |  Timmo Tammemäe & Sander Linnus (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Roll Ball | Roll Ball World Cup | Nations  | 2011 |  Kenya (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Roller derby | Men's Roller Derby World Cup | Nations  | 2014  |  United States (2018)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Roller hockey | Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1936  |  Spain (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  | Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958
Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup | Clubs  | 1983 |  FC Barcelona (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations  | 1962 | Winners in 3 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years
World Rowing Cup | Nations  | 1997  | Winners in varying numbers of events per stage (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Three stages
World Indoor Rowing Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 2018  | Winners in 5 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Rugby league | Rugby League World Cup | Nations  | 1954 |  Australia (2021)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Quadrennial after 2013, Most wins:  Australia 12,  Great Britain 3,  New Zealand 1
Rugby union | Rugby World Cup | Nations  | 1987 |  South Africa (2023)  | 2027 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  South Africa 4,  New Zealand 3,  Australia 2,  England 1
Rugby sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations  | 1993 |  Fiji (2022)  | 2026  | 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.[2]
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 | Winners in various weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Sepak Takraw | ISTAF World Cup | Nations  | 2011  |  Thailand (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1897  | Winners in 28 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1934  | Winners in 4 events (2022)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
World Running Target Championships | Individuals & Team  | 1961 | (Winners in 10 events) (2022)  | 2024  | Quadrennial  |
ISSF World Cup | Individuals  | 1986 |  China (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016  |  Augusto Akio (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Street | 2010  |  Toa Sasaki (2024)  | 2025  |
Skeleton | IBSF World Championships | Individual  | 1982 |  Christopher Grotheer (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Skeleton World Cup | Individual  | 1986–87  |  Matt Weston (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1962 | Winners in 3 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Ski Flying World Championships | Individuals  | 1972 |  Stefan Kraft (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
National Team  | 2004 |  Slovenia (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | Individuals  | 1979–80 |  Stefan Kraft (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Snooker | World Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 1927 |  Kyren Wilson (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | This championship is open to both sexes, but no woman has ever won the event.[3] Most wins in modern era:  Stephen Hendry 7,  Steve Davis 6,  Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 1963 |  Muhammad Asif (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship
Six-red World Championship | Individuals  | 2008 |  Ding Junhui (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
Snooker World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 |  John Higgins&Stephen Maguire (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Individuals  | 1996 | Winners in 6 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Snowboard World Cup | Individuals  | 1994 | Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Snowshoe running | World Snowshoe Championships | Individuals  | 2006 |  Alex Baldaccini (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Softball | Men's Softball World Cup | Nations  | 1966 |  Australia (2022)  | 2025 | Triennial  | Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, biennially till 2019, now triennially
Speed skating | World Allround Speed Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1889 |  Jordan Stolz (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1970  |  Ning Zhongyan (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1996 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held
World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1976 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2025  | 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
Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals  | 1976 |  Diego Elías (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World International Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles  | 1997  |  Elliott Lowe & Raphael Segal (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations  | 1967 |  Egypt (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  | 2021 Championship cancelled
Strength athletics | World's Strongest Man | Individuals  | 1977 |  Tom Stoltman (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Surfing | World Surfing Games | Individuals & Team  | 1964  |  Gabriel Medina (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles  | 1926 |  Fan Zhendong (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Doubles  |  Wang Chuqin & Fan Zhendong (2023)  |
World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations  | 1926 |  China (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 8 weight classes (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Nations  |  South Korea (2023)  |
World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships | Nations  | 2006 |  Iran (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championship | Nations  | 1971  |  Chinese Taipei (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Men's singles  | 2017  |  Apor Györgydeák (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Men's doubles  | 2017  |  Sorrasak Thaosiri & Jirati Chanliang (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Tennis | Davis Cup | Nations  | 1900 |  Italy (2024)  | 2025 | 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  |
ATP Cup | Nations  | 2020 |  Canada (2022)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Triathlon | World Triathlon Championship Series | Individuals  | 2009 |  Alex Yee (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Championships | Individuals  | 1994  |  Antonio Benito (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1990  |  Javier Martín (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Émile Blondel-Hermant (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1998  |  Kevin Viñuela (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Winter Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Franco Pesavento (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Cross Championships | Individuals  | 2011  |  Michele Bonacina (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Ironman World Championship | Individuals  | 1978  |  Patrick Lange (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Individuals  | 2006  |  Rico Bogen (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
Volleyball | Men's World Championship | Nations  | 1949 |  Italy (2022)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Most wins:  Soviet Union 6,  Italy 4,  Brazil 3,  Poland 3
FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League | Nations  | 2018 |  France (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017)
FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship | Clubs  | 1989 |  Sada Cruzeiro (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Wakeboarding | World Wakeboard Championship  | Individuals  | 1994  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Water polo | Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships | Nations  | 1973 |  Croatia (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Biennially since 2001
FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations  | 1979 |  Spain (2023)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Biennially until 2002
Water skiing | Water Ski World Championships | Individuals  | 1949 |  Louis Duplan-Fribourg (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Weightlifting | World Weightlifting Championships | Individuals  | 1891 | Winners in 10 weight classes (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Windsurfing | Windsurfing World Championships | Individuals  | 1974  |  Lars Kleppich (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals  | 1904 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years
Wrestling World Cup (freestyle) | Nations  | 1973 |  United States (2022)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman) | Nations  | 1980  |  Iran (2022)  | 2025  | Annual  |

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## Female world championship titles

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held  | Current holder  | Next  | Frequency  | Details & notes

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Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1931 | Winners in 5 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  |
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals  | 1967 |  Lara Gut-Behrami (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Nations  |  Austria (2023–24)  |
American football | IFAF Women's World Championship | Nations  | 2010 |  United States (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Armwrestling | World Armwrestling Championship | Individuals  | 1979  | Winners in 16 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Aquatics | Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Winners in 20 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1973 | Winners in 7 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 1991 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
High diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 2013 |  Rhiannan Iffland (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Winners in 21 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup | Individuals  | 1988–89 |  Kate Douglass (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Aquatics Diving World Cup | Individuals  | 1979  | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
FINA Marathon Swim World Series | Individuals  | 2007  |  Ana Marcela Cunha (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series | Individuals  | 2014  |  Rhiannan Iffland (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Archery | World Archery Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1931 | Winners in 4 events (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Archery World Cup | Individual recurve | 2006 |  Li Jiaman (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Individual compound |  Sara López (2024)  |
World Field Archery Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1969 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Artistic roller skating | Artistic Skating World Championships | Individuals  | 1980  |  Benedetta Altezza (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in 2020
Athletics | World Athletics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Winners in 24 events (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  | 1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993
World Athletics Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Winners in 13 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Individuals  | 1973 |  Beatrice Chebet (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  |
Nations  |  Kenya (2024)  |
World Mountain and Trail Running Championships | Individuals  | 1985 | Winners in 10 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Athletics Road Running Championships | Individuals  | 1992 |  Peres Jepchirchir (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Nations  |  Kenya (2023)  |
World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships | Individual & Nations  | 1961 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Athletics Relays | Nations  | 2014 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
IAU 50 km World Championships | Individuals  | 2005  | (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | 2017, 2018 not held
IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals  | 1987  |  Floriane Hot (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals  | 2001  |  Miho Nakata (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Nations  | 2003  |  Poland (2023)  |
Women's Decathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 2024 |  Allison Halverson[4] |  |  |
Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles  | 1977 |  An Se-young (2023)  | 2025 | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years
Doubles  |  Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (2023)
Uber Cup | Nations  | 1957 |  China (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  | Biennially since 1984 it has been held concurrently with the men's Thomas Cup. Most wins:  China 16,  Japan 6,  Indonesia 3
Ball Hockey | Ball Hockey World Championship | Nations  | 2007  |  United States (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Bandy | Women's Bandy World Championship | Nations  | 2004 |  Sweden (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | Annually from 2006 to 2008, then biennially
Baseball | Women's Baseball World Cup | Nations  | 2004 |  Japan (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Basketball | FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup | Nations  | 1953 |  United States (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  |
FIBA 3x3 World Cup | Nations  | 2012 |  United States (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Biennial until 2016
Beach Handball | World Women's Beach Handball Championship | Nations  | 2004 |  Germany (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Beach tennis | Beach Tennis World Championship | Individuals  | 2009  |  Patricia Díaz &
Rafaella Miller (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | Nations  | 1997 |  Hughes – Cheng (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Beach wrestling | World Beach Wrestling Championships | Individuals  | 2006  | Winners in 4 weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1984 | Winners in 5 events (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic Years
Summer Biathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 1996  | Winners in 3 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Cancelled in 2020
Biathlon World Cup | Individuals overall  | 1987–88 |  Lisa Vittozzi (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Nations  | 2000–01 |  France (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Billiards & Pool | World Women's Billiards Championship | Individuals  | 1931  |  Shruthi L (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals  | 1990 |  Rubilen Amit (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Bobsleigh | IBSF World Championships | Two woman  | 2000 |  Lisa Buckwitz
Vanessa Mark (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Monobob  | 2021 |  Laura Nolte (2024)
Bobsleigh World Cup | Individuals  | 1993–94  |  Laura Nolte (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Bowling
(ten-pin) | QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup | Individuals  | 1965  |  Jenna Stretch (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships | Nations  | 1954  | Winners in 4 events (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  | Biennially until 2010
Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Individuals and Nations  | 1969 | Winners in 5 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles  | 1988 |  Julie Forrest (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  |
Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals  | 1974 | Winners in 13 weight classes (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Breakdancing | Battle of the Year | Individuals  | 2009  |  Ayumi (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Red Bull BC One | Individuals  | 2018 |  Ami (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals  | 1938 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1949 | Winners in 5 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years
Canoe Slalom World Cup | Individuals  | 1988 | Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations  | 1994  |  New Zealand (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships | Individuals  | 1988  | Winners in 5 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Climbing | IFSC Climbing World Championships | Individuals  | 1991 | Winners in 4 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
IFSC Climbing World Cup | Individuals & Nations  | 1989  | Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Cricket | Women's Cricket World Cup (WODI format)  | Nations  | 1973 |  Australia (2022)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Australia (7)
ICC Women's T20 World Cup (WT20I format)  | Nations  | 2009 |  Australia (2023)  | 2026 | Biennial  | Biennially from 2010
Most wins:  Australia (6)
Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1954 | Winners in 6 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Individuals  | 1978–79  |  Jessie Diggins (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
CrossFit | CrossFit Games | Individuals  | 2007 |  Tia-Clair Toomey (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations  | 1979 |  Canada (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | 2020 cancellation
Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race  | 1958 |  Lotte Kopecky (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
Time trial  | 1994 |  Grace Brown (2024)  |
UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1958 | Winners in 11 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first contested in 1893, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Individuals  | 1990 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI BMX World Championships | Individuals  | 1982  |  Alise Willoughby (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX  | 2017 | Flatland: Ayuna Miyashima (2024)
Park: Hannah Roberts (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Trials  | 2001 | Women Elite:  Alba Riera (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals  | 2000 |  Fem van Empel (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  | The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were first contested in 1950, but a women's championship was not added until 2000.
UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships | Individuals  | 2003 |  Mona Mitterwallner (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup | Individuals & Nations  | 2021 |  Great Britain (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Cross-country  | 1991  |  Alessandra Keller (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Downhill  | 1993  |  Valentina Höll (2024)  |
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup | Individuals  | 2002–03  |  Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
UCI BMX Supercross World Cup | Individuals  | 2007  |  Saya Sakakibara (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Darts
WDF World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 2022  |  Beau Greaves (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
WDF World Cup | Nations  | 1983  |  England (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983
Disc golf | PDGA World Championships | Individuals  | 1983  |  Eveliina Salonen (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Dodgeball | Dodgeball World Championship | Nations - Foam  | 2012  |  Canada (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Nations - Cloth  | 2019  |  Austria (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1929 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
Fencing World Cup | Foil
Sabre
Épée  | 1972  |  Lee Kiefer
Sara Balzer
Vivian Kong
(2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Field hockey | FIH Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1974 |  Netherlands (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  |
Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 2003 |  Poland (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Most wins:  Netherlands 3,  Germany 3,  Poland 1
Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1906 |  Kaori Sakamoto (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals  | 1976  | Winners in 17 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Fistball | Fistball World Championships | Nations  | 1994 |  Brazil (2024)  | 2028  | Quadrennial  |
Flag football | IFAF Flag Football World Championship | Nations  | 2002  |  United States (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Floorball | Floorball World Championships | Nations  | 1997 |  Sweden (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Football | FIFA Women's World Cup | Nations  | 1991 |  Spain (2023)  | 2027 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  United States 4,  Germany 2,  Japan 1,  Norway 1,  Spain 1
FIFA Women's Club World Cup | Nations  | ??  | ??  | ??  | Quadrennial  |
Freediving | AIDA World Championship | Individuals  | 2005  | (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Team  | 1996  | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Freerunning & Parkour | Parkour World Championships | Individuals  | 2022 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Freestyle Skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Individuals  | 1986 | Winners in 7 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup | Individuals  | 1980 | Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Futsal | FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup | Nations  | 2025 | (2025)  | 2029  | Quadrennial  |
AMF Futsal World Cup | Nations  | 2008 |  Colombia (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1934 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Olympic Years
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1963 | Winners in 9 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | Changed from 2005
Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & Nations  | 1964 | Winners in 7 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | Not held in Summer Olympics years
Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pair and Group  | 1974 | Winners in 6 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals  | 1995 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals  | 1975 | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals  | 1983 | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Golf | HSBC Women's Champions | Individuals  | 2008 |  Hannah Green (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Handball | IHF World Women's Handball Championship | Nations  | 1957 |  France (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
IHF Women's Super Globe | Clubs  | 2019  |  1º de Agosto (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Hyrox | Hyrox World Championships | Individuals  | 2018–19  |  Megan Jacoby (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Ice climbing | UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships | Lead  | 2002  |  Shin Woon Seon (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Speed  | 2002  |  Aneta Loužecká (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Ice hockey | IIHF World Women's Championship | Nations  | 1990 |  Canada (2024)  | 2025 | 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 COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins:  Canada 13,  United States 10
Inline hockey | FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations  | 2002  |  United States (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Inline speed skating | Inline Speed Skating World Championships | Individuals  | 1967  | Winners in 11 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals  | 1980 | Winners in 7 events (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Ju-jitsu | Ju-Jitsu World Championships | Individuals  | 1994 | Winners in 14 weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Kabaddi | Kabaddi World Cup (circle style) | Nations  | 2010 |  India (2016)  | 2020 |  |
Karate | Karate World Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1980 | Winners in 8 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Kho Kho | Kho Kho World Cup | Nations  | 2025 |  India (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  |
Kickboxing | W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships | Individuals  | 1985 | Winners in various weight classes (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Lacrosse | Women's Lacrosse World Cup | Nations  | 1982 |  United States (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Women's singles  | 1955 |  Julia Taubitz (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Women's doubles  | 1955 |  Selina Egle &
Lara Kipp (2025)
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Women's singles  | 1979 |  Evelin Lanthaler (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  |
Minifootball | WMF Women's World Cup  | Nations  | 2021  |  United States (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Modern pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Individual  | 1981  |  Seong Seung-min (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Team  | 1981  |  Hungary (2024)  |
Relay  | 2004  |  South Korea (2024)  |
Modern Pentathlon World Cup | Individuals  | 1999  | Winners in 5 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Motorcycling | FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship | Riders  | 2024 |  Ana Carrasco (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Mountain and Trail running | World Mountain and Trail Running Championships  | Individuals  | 2021 | Winners in 10 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Mountain Running Championships | Individuals  | 1985 |  Grayson Murphy (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
IAU Trail World Championships | Individuals  | 2007 |  Blandine L'Hirondel (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Netball | Netball World Cup | Nations  | 1963 |  Australia (2023)  | 2027 | Quadrennial  |
Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals  | 1954 | Winners in 2 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  |
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals  | 2020–21 |  Ida Marie Hagen (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 1966 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Originally biennially, annually since 2003
Orienteering World Cup | Individuals  | 1986  |  Simona Aebersold (2024)  | 2025  | 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  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2002  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Trail Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2004  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Padel tennis | Padel World Championship | Nations  | 1992  |  Spain (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Pickleball | World Pickleball Championships  | Nations  | 2019  | (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Powerlifting | World Powerlifting Championship | Individuals  | 2011  | Winners in various weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Racquetball | Racquetball World Championships | Nations  | 1981 |  Mexico (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Ringette | World Ringette Championships | Nations  | 1990 |  Finland (2022)  | 2025  | Biennial  | Triennially 2010–2016
Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Pairs  | 1992  |  Polina Zakharova & Anna Hudelaitis (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Roll Ball | Roll Ball World Cup | Nations  | 2011 |  Kenya (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Roller derby | Roller Derby World Cup | Nations  | 2011 |  United States (2018)  | 2025  | Quadrennial  |
Roller hockey | Women's Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1992 |  Spain (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations  | 1974 | Winners in 2 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years
World Rowing Cup | Nations  | 1997  | Winners in varying numbers of events per stage (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Three stages
World Indoor Rowing Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 2018  | Winners in 5 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Rugby league | Women's Rugby League World Cup | Nations  | 2000 |  Australia (2021)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Quadrennially after 2013
Rugby union | Women's Rugby World Cup | Nations  | 1991 |  New Zealand (2021)  | 2025 | 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 sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations  | 2009 |  Australia (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  | The Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's tournament was not added until 2009[2]
Sailing | World championships in sailing | Individuals and Pairs  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | Multiple Annual  | For a list please see World championships in sailing
Sambo | World Sambo Championships | Individuals  | 1984 | Winners in various weight classes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Sepak Takraw | ISTAF World Cup | Nations  | 2011  |  Thailand (2017)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1958 | Winners in 27 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 1967 | Winners in 4 events (2022)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
World Running Target Championships | Individuals & Team  | 1973  | (Winners in 4 events) (2022)  | 2024  | Quadrennial  |
ISSF World Cup | Individuals  | 1986 |  China (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016  |  Raicca Ventura (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Street | 2010  |  Rayssa Leal (2024)  | 2025  |
Skeleton | FIBT World Championships | Individual  | 2000 |  Hallie Clarke (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in years with Winter Olympics
Skeleton World Cup | Individual  | 1996–97  |  Kimberley Bos (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nations  | 2009 | Winners in 3 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | Individuals  | 2011–12 |  Nika Prevc (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Snooker | World Women's Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 1976 |  Bai Yulu (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 2003 |  Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship
Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Individuals  | 1996 | Winners in 6 events (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
FIS Snowboard World Cup | Individuals  | 1994 | Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Snowshoe running | World Snowshoe Championships | Individuals  | 2006 |  Verónica Galván (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Softball | Women's Softball World Championship | Nations  | 1965 |  Japan (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  | Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, now biennially
World Cup of Softball | Nations  | 2005 |  United States (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Speed skating | World All-Round Speed Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1933  |  Joy Beune (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1970  |  Miho Takagi (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1996 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held
World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1976 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2025  | 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
Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals  | 1979 |  Nouran Gohar (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles  | 1997  |  Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations  | 1979 |  Egypt (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Strength athletics | World's Strongest Woman | Individuals  | 1997  |  Rebecca Roberts (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
Surfing | World Surfing Games | Individuals & Team  | 1964  |  Sally Fitzgibbons (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles  | 1926 |  Sun Yingsha (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Doubles  |  Chen Meng & Wang Yidi (2023)  |
World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations  | 1933 |  China (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals  | 1987 | Winners in 8 weight classes (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Nations  |  Turkey (2023)  |
World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships | Nations  | 2006 |  South Korea (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championships | Nations  | 1980  |  Switzerland (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Women's singles  | 2021  |  Jutatip Kuntatong (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Women's doubles  | 2021  |  Jutatip Kuntatong & Suphawadi Wongkhamchan (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Tennis | Billie Jean King Cup | Nations  | 1963 |  Italy (2024)  | 2025 | 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 | World Triathlon Championship Series | Individuals  | 2009 |  Cassandre Beaugrand (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Championships | Individuals  | 1994  |  Charlène Clavel (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1990  |  Marion Legrand (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Merle Brunnée (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1998  |  Maryna Kyryk (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Winter Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Sandra Mairhofer (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Cross Championships | Individuals  | 2011  |  Marta Menditto (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Ironman World Championship | Individuals  | 1979  |  Laura Philipp (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Individuals  | 2006  |  Taylor Knibb (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
Volleyball | Women's World Championship | Nations  | 1952 |  Serbia (2022)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Most wins:  Soviet Union 5,  Japan 3,  Cuba 3
FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League | Nations  | 2018 |  Italy (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (1993–2017)
FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship | Clubs  | 1991  |  Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Wakeboarding | World Wakeboard Championship  | Individuals  | 1994  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Water polo | Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships | Nations  | 1986 |  United States (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Biennially since 2001
FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations  | 1979 |  United States (2023)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Originally biennially, quadrennially after 2002
Water skiing | Water Ski World Championships | Individuals  | 1949 | Hanna Straltsova (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Weightlifting | World Weightlifting Championships | Individuals  | 1987 | Winners in 10 weight classes (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Windsurfing | Windsurfing World Championships | Individuals  | 1974  |  Lanee Butler (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals  | 1987 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Wrestling World Cup | Nations  | 2001  |  Ukraine (2022)  | 2025  | Annual  |

## Mixed-sex world championship titles

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Sport  | Competition name  | Competing entities  | First
held  | Current holder  | Next  | Frequency  | Details and notes

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Alpine Skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Team parallel event  | 2005 |  Italy (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  |
Archery | World Archery Championships | Team recurve
male – female pair  | 1931 |  South Korea (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Team compound
male – female pair  | 1995 |  United States (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Aquatics | Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | 4×100 m Mixed freestyle relay  | 2015 |  China (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
4×100 m Mixed medley relay  | 2015 |  United States (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) | 4×50 m Mixed freestyle relay  | 2014 |  Italy (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
4×50 m Mixed medley relay  | 2014 |  Neutral Athletes B (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
4×100 m Mixed medley relay  | 2024 |  Neutral Athletes B (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Duet free routine  | 2015 |  Cheng Wentao and Shi Haoyu (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Duet technical routine  |  Nargiza Bolatova and Eduard Kim (2024)  | 2025 |
Team free routine  | 2023 |  China (2024)  | 2025 |
Team technical routine  |  China (2024)  | 2025 |
Acrobatic routine  |  China (2024)  | 2025 |
Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Nations  | 2011 |  Australia (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 3 events (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Athletics | World Athletics Championships | 4×400 mixed relay  | 2019 |  United States (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Mixed relay  | 2017 |  Kenya (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  |
World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships | Mixed relay  | 2024 |  Italy (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
World Athletics Relays | 4×400 m mixed relay  | 2017 |  United States (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
2×2×400 m mixed relay  | 2019 |  Poland (2021)  | Defunct  |
Shuttle hurdles mixed relay  |  Germany (2021)  |
Badminton | BWF World Championships | Mixed Doubles  | 1977 |  Seo Seung-jae & Chae Yoo-jung (2023)  | 2025 | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years.
Sudirman Cup | Nations  | 1989 |  China (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | 4 × 6 km M+W relay  | 2005 |  France (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years
6 km M + 7.5 km W single relay  | 2021 |  France (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years
Bowls | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Mixed Pairs  | 2004 |  Jason Banks & Beth Riva (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  |
CrossFit | CrossFit Games | Mixed teams  | 2007 |  Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Cycling | UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country Team relay  | 1999 |  United States (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Team trials  | 1999  |  Spain (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Curling | World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | National mixed teams
male – female pair  | 2008 |  Sweden (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | 2020 cancellation
World Mixed Curling Championship | National mixed teams (4 players)  | 2015 |  Sweden (2024)  | 2026  | Annual  | 2020–2022 championships were cancelled
Dodgeball | Dodgeball World Championship | Nations - Foam  | 2016  |  Canada (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Nations - Cloth  | 2022  |  Austria (2024)
Equestrian | Dressage World Cup | Individuals  | 1986 |  Patrik Kittel (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
Driving World Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1972  |  Boyd Exell (individual, 2024)
Netherlands (team, 2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Show Jumping World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 |  Henrik von Eckermann (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | National pairs
male – female pair
from the same nation  | 1908 |  Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Ice Dance
male – female pair from the same nation  | 1952  |  Madison Chock & Evan Bates (2024)  |
Frisbee | WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championship | Individuals  | 1983  |  United States (2024)  | 2028  | Quadrennial  |
Gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Nations  | 2016  |  Belgium (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Mixed pairs  | 1974
Korfball | IKF World Korfball Championship | 4 females and 4 males  | 1978 |  Netherlands (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
Modern Pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Mixed Relay  | 2001  |  South Korea (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Mixed singles  | 2025 |  Max Langenhan & Julia Taubitz (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Mixed doubles  | 2025 |  Thomas Steu & Wolfgang Kindl
Selina Egle &
Lara Kipp (2025)
Nations  | 1989 |  Germany (2025)
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Nations  | 2001 |  Evelin Lanthaler & Daniel Gruber (2025)  | 2027  | Biennial  | Not held in 2015, 2017 and 2019
Nordic combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Mixed team normal hill  | 2023 |  Norway (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint relay  | 2014  |  Switzerland (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in 2019, 2020
Quidditch | IQA World Cup | Nations  | 2012  |  United States (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | Quidditch has rules based on gender, not sex, calling itself a mixed-gender sport
Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Nations  | 1992  |  Guntars Mankus & Irita Pukite (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Rowing | World Rowing Championships | PR2 Mixed double sculls
1 Male & 1 Female  | 2013 |  Great Britain (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
PR3 Mixed double sculls
1 Male & 1 Female  | 2013 |  Australia (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
PR3 Mixed coxed four
2 Male & 2 Female
plus an open coxswain  | 2013 |  Great Britain (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
World Indoor Rowing Championships | Mixed 2000 m relay
2 Male & 2 Female  | 2018  |  Finland Team FINLAND (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Sailing | Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship  | Male and Female Pair  | 2013  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Mixed Offshore Doubles World Championship  | Male and Female Pair  | 2021  | Winners in various events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Mixed team normal hill  | 2013 |  Norway (2025)  | 2027  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
Synchronized skating | ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships | Teams  | 2000  |  Les Suprêmes (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Mixed doubles  | 1926 |  Wang Chuqin & Sun Yingsha (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Tennis | Hopman Cup | National teams
male – female pair  | 1989 |  Switzerland (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Competitions are played in traditional order: women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles
United Cup | National teams of men and women  | 2023 |  United States (2025)  | 2026  | Annual  |
Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Nations  | 2017  |  Suphawadi Wongkhamchan & Phakpong Dejaroen (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Triathlon | World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | National teams of two men and two women  | 2003  |  Germany (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |

## See also

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* List of world championships in mind sports
* List of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth
* List of world cups
* World championship
* World cup
* List of multi-sport events

## Notes

[edit]

* R. ^R – One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Merk, Martin (24 June 2019). "Statutes, Regulations amended". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
2. ^ a b "Future of Rugby World Cup Sevens confirmed" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
3. ^ Sport, Frank Keogh BBC (3 March 2015). "Reanne Evans: Ladies' champion to face men in world qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
4. ^ "Women's Decathlon Championships Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

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* Wheelchair handball
* Wheelchair rugby
* Wheelchair curling
* mixed team
* Goalball
* Sitting volleyball

|

Individual|

* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Climbing
* Cycling
* track cycling
* road cycling
* Powerlifting
* Shooting
* Snowboard
* Skiing
* alpine
* Nordic
* Swimming
* Table tennis

Combat sports|

* Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
* Ju-Jitsu World Championships
* Kendo
* Kickboxing (amateur)
* Muaythai
* Sambo
* Sumo
* Wrestling
* beach wrestling
* Wushu

Cue sports|

* Carom billiards
* Three-cushion
* men
* women
* team
* Five-pins
* individual
* team
* artistic
* English billiards
* amateurs
* women
* Pool
* blackball
* chinese eight ball
* eight-ball
* men nine-ball
* women nine-ball
* team nine-ball
* pyramid
* ten-ball
* straight pool
* Snooker
* men
* women
* team
* amateurs
* six-red

Mind sports|

* Backgammon
* Bridge
* Chess
* open
* women
* team
* Draughts
* men
* women
* checkers
* draughts-64
* draughts-64 women
* Go
* Puzzles
* Scrabble
* Sudoku
* Xiangqi

| Esports|

* Call of Duty
* Counter-Strike
* Dota 2
* eSailing
* FIFA
* Fortnite
* League of Legends
* Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
* NES Tetris
* Overwatch
* Pro Evolution Soccer
* Rainbow Six Siege
* Rocket League
* Smite
* StarCraft II
* Valorant

|

Motorsport|

| Auto racing|

* Formula E
* Formula One
* Hill climb
* Karting
* Rallying
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sports Car Endurance
* Touring Car

|

Motorcycle sports|

* Endurance
* Enduro
* Beach Racing
* SuperEnduro
* Hard Enduro
* team endurance
* Ice racing
* individual
* team
* Grand Prix
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Motocross
* individual
* women
* nations
* Supercross
* SuperMotocross
* Sidecarcross
* Snowcross
* Production
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Women
* Rally raid
* Bajas
* Sidecar
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* long track
* team long track
* flat track
* Supermoto
* team
* Trial
* nations
* E-Bike
* cross

Other|

* Aeroplane sport
* Aerobatic
* Aerobatic GP
* Powerboating
* Aquabike
* F1
* F4s
* offshore
* Radio-controlled racing
* 1:10 electric off-road
* 1:8 nitro off-road
* Tank biathlon

Other sports|

| Team|

* American football
* men
* women
* Australian football
* Baseball5
* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Cricket
* ODI (men)
* ODI (women)
* Beach handball
* Beach soccer
* Beach tennis
* Canoe polo
* Dancesport
* Formation Latin
* Dodgeball
* Fistball
* Flag football
* Floorball
* men
* women
* Futsal
* men
* women
* men's club
* women
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* Inline hockey
* Kabaddi
* Circle
* Standard
* Kho kho
* Korfball
* Lacrosse
* indoor
* Life saving
* Minifootball
* Netball
* Padel tennis
* Quadball
* Ringette
* Rogaining
* Roll Ball
* Roller derby
* men
* women
* Roller hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby league
* men
* men's club
* women
* Rugby union
* men
* women
* Sailing
* Yachts
* Dinghies
* Sepaktakraw
* Socca
* Synchronized skating
* Tchoukball
* Underwater hockey
* Underwater rugby

|

Individual|

* Air sports
* ballooning
* gliding
* parachuting
* paragliding
* Aquatics
* water skiing
* Armwrestling
* Archery
* indoor
* 3D
* field
* Athletics
* cross country
* half marathon
* indoor
* women's decathlon
* relays
* 100 km
* mountain running
* long distance mountain running
* snowshoe running
* skyrunning
* trail running
* Bowling
* Tenpin
* Ninepin (singles, team)
* Bowls
* indoor
* outdoor
* Canoeing
* marathon
* ocean race
* wildwater
* SUP
* canoe sailing
* freestyle
* waveski
* Crokinole
* CrossFit
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* indoor
* mountain bike marathon
* trials
* Darts
* WDF
* PDC
* team
* Finswimming
* Fishing
* freshwater
* fly fishing
* Gymnastics
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* parkour
* Ice Climbing
* Modern pentathlon
* biathle
* triathle
* laser run
* Mounted games
* Orienteering
* foot
* ski
* mountain bike
* trail
* Pétanque
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Roller Sports
* artistic skating
* inline alpine
* inline downhill
* inline speed skating
* roller freestyle
* scootering
* Rowing
* coastal
* indoor
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* practical rifle
* practical shotgun
* Skiing
* flying
* speed
* ski mountaineering
* telemarking
* Squash
* individual
* doubles
* team
* Summer biathlon
* Strength athletics
* men
* women
* Surfing
* short board
* long board
* big wave
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming
* short course
* Teqball
* Triathlon
* Aquathlon
* Duathlon
* Ironman
* Ironman 70.3
* cross
* cross duathlon
* long distance
* long distance duathlon
* sprint
* winter
* Yo-yo

* See also: World cups

* v
* t
* e

World cups

* List of world cups

Team|

* Association football
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* ConIFA
* Athletics
* Continental
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* men
* women
* mixed
* Baseball
* men
* women
* Basketball
* men
* women
* Beach soccer
* Boxing
* Bull riding
* Cricket
* Test
* men ODI
* men T20
* women ODI
* women T20
* indoor
* Darts
* PDC
* WDF
* Fencing
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Futsal
* FIFA men
* FIFA women
* AMF men
* AMF women
* Golf
* men
* women
* Ice hockey
* Kabaddi
* Circle
* Standard
* Kho kho
* Lacrosse
* women
* Para ice hockey
* men
* women
* Pesäpallo
* Pitch and putt
* Pool (nine-ball)
* Quidditch/Quadball
* Roll ball
* Motorsport
* auto racing
* motocross
* quadcross
* speedway
* trial
* Roller derby
* men
* women
* Rowing
* Rugby league
* men
* women
* nines
* wheelchair
* Rugby union
* men
* women
* sevens
* Sepaktakraw
* Snooker
* Softball
* men
* women
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* men
* women
* mixed
* Touch football
* Volleyball
* men
* women
* Water polo
* men
* women
* Wrestling
* teams
* clubs

Individual|

* Archery
* Bowling
* Ten-pin bowling
* Nine-pin bowling classic
* Canoe slalom
* Wildwater canoeing
* Chess
* Cyclo-cross
* Diving
* Equestrian dressage
* Fencing
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* Mountain bike racing
* Orienteering
* Paralympic
* summer
* winter
* Road bicycle racing
* men
* women
* Sailing
* Show jumping
* Sport shooting
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Track cycling
* Triathlon
* Weightlifting
* Wushu
* Taolu
* Sanda

Winter sports|

* Biathlon
* Curling
* Skiing
* Alpine
* Cross-country
* Freestyle
* ski cross
* Nordic combined
* Ski jumping
* ski flying
* Snowboarding
* Ski mountaineering
* Ski orienteering
* Sledding
* Bobsleigh
* Luge
* Skeleton
* Speed skating
* Short track

* See also: World championships

* v
* t
* e

World championships between clubs

Current|

* Association football
* men
* quadrennial
* annual
* women
* quadrennial
* annual
* Bandy
* men
* women
* Basketball
* men
* Beach soccer
* men
* Futsal
* men
* Handball
* men
* women
* Roller hockey (quad)
* men
* women
* Rugby league
* men
* Volleyball
* men
* women
* Wrestling
* men

Former|

* Association football
* men
* Basketball
* men
* Ice hockey
* men
* Ringette
* women
* T20 cricket
* men 2005
* men 2009–14
* Roller hockey (quad)
* men
* Water polo
* men

World championships in the 21st century

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2013

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Aquatics
* Archery
* Athletics
* cross country
* Badminton
* Beach soccer
* Beach volleyball
* Boxing (amateur)
* Bowls
* Canoeing
* sprint
* slalom
* Cycling
* road
* track
* BMX
* mountain bike
* Fencing
* Floorball (women)
* Futsal
* women
* AMF women
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* Handball
* men
* women
* Judo
* Modern pentathlon
* Orienteering
* Rowing
* Squash
* men
* women
* men's team
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Wushu

Winter sports|

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy (men)
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh / Skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed doubles
* wheelchair
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* men
* Nordic skiing
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* single distance
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* open
* women
* rapid
* blitz
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Draughts
* men match
* men
* women
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Snooker
* six-red

Motor sports|

* Endurance
* Formula One
* F1 Powerboat
* Motocross
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* Rally
* Sidecarcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Radio-controlled
* 1:10 off-road
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2014

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Association football (men)
* Athletics (indoor)
* Basketball
* men
* women
* 3x3 basketball
* Diving
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Floorball
* Futsal (women)
* Judo
* Orienteering
* Racquetball
* Rugby union
* wheelchair
* Shooting
* Squash (women's team)
* Sport climbing
* Swimming (25 m)
* Table tennis (team)
* Volleyball
* Water polo

Winter sports|

* Bandy
* men
* women
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed doubles
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Ski flying
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* open
* rapid
* blitz
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Snooker
* six-red

Motor sports|

* Air race
* Endurance
* Formula One
* F1 Powerboat
* Motocross
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* Motorcycle cross-country rally
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Sidecarcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2015

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* American football
* Aquatics
* Archery
* Association football (women)
* Athletics
* cross country
* Badminton
* Beach soccer
* Beach volleyball
* Boxing (amateur)
* Bowls
* Canoeing
* sprint
* slalom
* Cricket
* Cycling
* road
* track
* BMX
* mountain bike
* Fencing
* Fistball
* Floorball (women)
* Futsal
* AMF men
* women
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* Handball
* men
* women
* Judo
* Korfball
* Minifootball
* Modern pentathlon
* Netball
* Orienteering
* Rowing
* Rugby union
* Squash
* men
* women
* men's team
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Wushu

Winter sports|

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy (men)
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh / Skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed
* mixed doubles
* wheelchair
* Figure skating
* Freestyle skiing / Snowboarding
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Nordic skiing
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* single distance
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* women
* rapid
* blitz
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Draughts
* men match
* men
* women match
* women
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Ten-ball
* Snooker
* six-red

Motor sports|

* Air race
* Endurance
* Formula One
* F1 Powerboat
* Motocross
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* Motorcycle cross-country rally
* Radio-controlled
* 1:10 off-road
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Sidecarcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2016

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Archery (indoor)
* Athletics (indoor)
* Badminton (team)
* Basketball (3x3)
* Beach handball
* Bowls
* outdoor
* indoor
* Boxing (women)
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike & trials
* cyclo-cross
* BMX
* Fencing
* Finswimming
* Floorball (men)
* Futsal
* Karate
* Modern pentathlon
* Nine-pin bowling
* Orienteering
* Racquetball
* Real tennis
* Rowing
* Squash
* men
* women
* women's team
* Sport climbing
* Swimming (25 m)
* Table tennis
* Wrestling

Winter sports|

* Bandy
* men
* women
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh / Skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed
* mixed doubles
* wheelchair
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* single distances
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* open
* women
* rapid
* blitz
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Draughts
* men
* women
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Snooker
* six-red

Motor sports|

* Air race
* Endurance
* Formula One
* F1 Powerboat
* Motocross
* men
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* Motorcycle cross-country rally
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Sidecarcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2017

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* American football (women)
* Archery
* Aquatics
* diving
* high diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* synchronized swimming
* water polo
* Athletics
* cross country
* Badminton
* Baseball (men)
* Basketball (3x3)
* Beach soccer
* Beach volleyball
* Bowls
* Boxing (men)
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* marathon
* Cricket (women)
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* cyclo-cross
* BMX
* Urban
* Fencing
* Floorball (women)
* Futsal (AMF women)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* Handball
* men
* women
* Inline hockey
* Judo
* open
* Minifootball
* Modern pentathlon
* Nine-pin bowling
* Orienteering
* trail
* Rowing
* Rugby league
* men
* women
* Rugby union (women)
* Shotgun shooting
* Softball (men)
* Squash
* men
* women
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Windsurfing
* Wrestling
* Wushu

Winter sports|

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy (men)
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh / skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed
* mixed doubles
* Figure skating
* Freestyle skiing / snowboarding
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Nordic skiing
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* single distances
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* women
* rapid
* blitz
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Draughts
* men
* women
* rapid / blitz
* Russian version
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Snooker
* six-red

Motor sports|

* Air race
* Endurance racing
* F1 Powerboat
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* Radio-controlled
* 1:10 off-road
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* Sidecarcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2018

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Archery
* field
* indoor
* Association football (men)
* Athletics (indoor)
* Badminton
* individual
* team
* Basketball
* women
* Basketball (3x3)
* Beach handball
* men
* women
* Bowls
* Boxing (women)
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* marathon
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* cyclo-cross
* BMX
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field hockey
* men
* women
* Finswimming
* Floorball (men)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* Judo
* Karate
* Lacrosse (men)
* Modern pentathlon
* Muaythai
* Nine-pin bowling
* Orienteering
* Quidditch
* Racquetball
* Real tennis
* Rowing
* Rugby sevens
* men
* women
* Rugby union
* wheelchair
* Sailing
* Sambo
* Shooting
* Softball (women)
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* women's team
* Swimming (25 m)
* Table tennis
* men
* women
* team
* Volleyball
* men
* women
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Winter sports|

* Bandy
* men
* women
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed
* mixed doubles
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Ski flying
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* men
* women's match
* women
* rapid
* blitz
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Draughts
* men's match
* women's match
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Snooker
* six-red

Motor sports|

* Air race
* Endurance auto racing
* 2018–19
* Endurance motorcycle racing
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* F1 Powerboat
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* Sidecarcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2019

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Aquatics
* artistic swimming
* diving
* high diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* water polo
* Archery
* Association football (women)
* Athletics
* cross country
* relay
* Badminton
* mixed team
* Basketball
* men
* 3x3
* Beach soccer
* Beach volleyball
* Bowls
* Boxing
* men
* women
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* marathon
* Cricket
* Test
* ODI (men)
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* cyclo-cross
* BMX
* Fencing
* Floorball (women)
* Futsal (AMF men)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* Handball
* men
* women
* Judo
* Korfball
* Minifootball
* Modern pentathlon
* Muaythai
* Netball
* Nine-pin bowling
* Orienteering
* Roller hockey
* men
* women
* Rowing
* Rugby union (men)
* Shooting (shotgun)
* Softball (men)
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* men
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* women
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* men
* women
* team
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Windsurfing
* Wrestling
* Wushu

Winter sports|

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy (men)
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh / skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed
* mixed doubles
* wheelchair
* Figure skating
* Freestyle skiing / snowboarding
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Nordic skiing
* Speed skating
* allround
* single distances
* sprint
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* rapid
* blitz
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Draughts
* men
* women
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Ten-ball
* Snooker
* six-red

Motor sports|

* Air race
* Aquabike
* Endurance auto racing
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* Endurance motorcycle racing
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* F1 Powerboat
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Radio-controlled
* 1:10 off-road
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* Auto
* Moto
* Bajas auto
* Bajas moto
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* Sidecarcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2020

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Athletics
* ~~race walking~~
* half marathon
* Beach handball
* men
* women
* Bowls
* outdoor
* indoor
* Cricket
* men
* Test
* women
* T20
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* cyclo-cross
* Floorball (men)
* ~~Nine-pin bowling~~
* Sambo
* Table tennis
* men
* women
* Windsurfing

Winter sports|

* Bandy
* men
* women
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh / skeleton
* Curling
* ~~men~~
* ~~women~~
* ~~mixed~~
* ~~mixed doubles~~
* wheelchair
* ~~Figure skating~~
* Ice hockey
* ~~men~~
* women
* Luge
* Ski flying
* Speed skating
* allround
* single distances
* sprint
* ~~short track~~

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* women
* Darts
* BDO
* PDC
* Snooker

Motor sports|

* Aquabike
* Endurance auto racing
* Endurance motorcycle racing
* ~~F1 Powerboat~~
* Formula E
* 2020–21
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* ~~team~~
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Radio-controlled racing
* 1:12 Electric track
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* ~~Auto~~
* ~~Moto~~
* Bajas auto
* Bajas moto
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2021

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Archery
* Arm wrestling
* Athletics
* race walking
* relay
* Badminton
* individual
* team
* mixed team
* ~~Baseball (women)~~
* Beach tennis
* Bowling
* 9-pin
* 10-pin
* Bowls (indoor)
* Boxing (men)
* Canoeing
* sprint
* slalom
* marathon
* wildwater
* ocean race
* standup paddling
* canoe sailing
* Cricket
* men
* T20
* Test
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* mountain bike marathon
* mountain bike eliminator
* cyclo-cross
* BMX
* urban
* indoor
* gran fondo
* Finswimming
* Flag football
* men
* women
* Floorball
* men
* women
* Football
* futsal (men)
* beach soccer (men)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* aesthetic
* Handball
* men
* women
* Judo
* kata
* Karate
* Modern pentathlon
* biathle/triathle
* Muaythai
* Orienteering
* Padel
* Racquetball
* Rowing
* coastal
* Roller Sports
* Inline speed skating
* Skateboarding (street)
* Artistic skating
* Scootering
* Inline downhill
* Inline hockey
* Sailing
* 470
* Laser Radial
* Melges 20
* Platu 25
* offshore sailing
* match racing
* Hempel
* ~~Shooting (running target)~~
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* men
* women
* Surfing
* Swimming (25m)
* Table tennis
* Surf
* longboard
* Triathlon
* duathlon
* cross
* aquathlon
* long distance duathlon
* half Ironman
* long distance triathlon
* triathlon
* Tug of War (outdoor)
* Weightlifting
* Windsurfing
* iQFoil
* RS:X
* Raceboard
* Wrestling

Winter sports|

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy
* ~~men~~
* Biathlon
* summer
* Bobsleigh / Skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* ~~mixed~~
* mixed doubles
* wheelchair
* Figure skating
* Freestyle skiing
* Grass skiing
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* artificial track
* natural track
* Nordic skiing
* Rollerski
* Ski orienteering
* Snowboarding
* Speed skating
* single distances
* short track
* Telemarking
* Winter triathlon

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* Darts
* Draughts
* men
* women's match
* women
* Pool
* Nine-ball
* Team nine-ball
* Ten-ball
* Snooker
* Three-cushion

Motor sports|

* Aquabike
* Drifting
* Endurance auto racing
* FIM EWC
* Superstock
* Enduro
* endurance
* e-bike
* Flat Track
* F1 Powerboat
* Formula E
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* Formula One
* Hill climb
* Long track
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Motosurf
* Rally
* WRC-2
* WRC-3
* R-GT
* J-WRC
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* Auto
* Moto
* Bajas auto
* Bajas moto
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* ice speedway
* Sidecar
* Sidecarcross
* Snowcross
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Supercross
* Supermoto
* team
* Touring car
* Trial
* men
* women
* e-trial
* x-trial
* team trial

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2022

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* American football (women)
* Aquatics
* artistic swimming
* diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* water polo
* Association football (men)
* Athletics
* ~~half marathon~~
* indoor
* outdoor
* mountain and trail running
* Badminton
* individual
* team
* Basketball
* women
* 3x3
* Basque pelota
* Beach handball
* men
* women
* Beach volleyball
* Bowling (9-pin)
* Bowls
* indoor WBT
* indoor WB/IIBC
* Boxing (women)
* Canoeing
* marathon
* slalom
* sprint
* Cricket
* men (T20)
* women
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* marathon
* BMX
* cyclo-cross
* urban
* gravel
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field hockey (women)
* Finswimming
* Floorball (men)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* aesthetic
* parkour
* Indoor hockey
* ~~men~~
* ~~women~~
* Judo
* Lacrosse (women)
* Modern pentathlon
* Orienteering
* Racquetball
* Real tennis
* men
* women
* Rowing
* Rugby league
* men
* women
* wheelchair
* PDRL
* Rugby sevens
* men
* women
* Rugby union
* women
* wheelchair
* Sitting volleyball
* Men
* Women
* Shooting
* rifle / pistol
* running target
* shotgun
* Softball (men)
* Squash
* men
* women
* Surfing
* shortboard
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming (25m)
* Table tennis
* Volleyball
* men
* women
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Winter sports|

* Bandy
* ~~men~~
* women
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed doubles
* mixed
* Figure skating
* Ice climbing
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Ski flying
* Ski orienteering
* Short track speed skating
* Sled dog racing
* on-snow
* sleddog
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* Winter triathlon

Cue & mind sports|

* Bridge
* teams
* Carom billiards
* individual
* team
* Chess
* Fischer Random
* Darts
* PDC
* WDF
* Draughts
* men
* Pool
* nine-ball
* ten-ball
* Snooker
* open
* women

Motor sports|

* Electric touring car
* Endurance auto racing
* Endurance moto racing
* Formula E
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* FIA Bajas
* FIM Bajas
* Sidecarcross
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Supercross
* Touring car

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2023

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* Archery
* Association football (women)
* Aquatics
* artistic swimming
* diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* water polo
* Athletics
* cross country
* ~~indoor~~
* masters
* outdoor
* road running
* Badminton
* individual
* mixed team
* Baseball (men)
* Basketball
* men
* 3x3
* Beach soccer (men)
* Beach volleyball
* Bowls
* outdoor
* indoor WBT
* indoor WB/IIBC
* Boxing
* men
* women
* Breaking
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* marathon
* Climbing
* Cricket
* Test
* ODI
* women T20
* Cycling
* road
* track
* Fencing
* Field hockey (men)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* Handball
* men
* women
* Indoor hockey
* men
* women
* Judo
* Karate
* Korfball
* Lacrosse (men)
* Minifootball
* Modern pentathlon
* Netball
* Nine-pin bowling
* Orienteering
* Real tennis
* men
* women
* Rowing
* Rugby union (men)
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Socca
* Squash
* men
* women
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Wushu

Winter sports|

* Alpine skiing
* Bandy
* men
* women
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh / Skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed doubles
* Figure skating
* Freestyle skiing
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Nordic skiing
* Ski mountaineering
* Snowboarding
* Speed skating
* single distances
* short track

Cue & mind sports|

* Chess
* open
* women
* Draughts
* open
* women
* Darts
* PDC
* WDF
* Snooker
* open
* women

Motor sports|

* Air sports
* F3P
* Endurance auto racing
* Endurance moto racing
* Enduro
* Formula E
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* FIA Bajas
* FIM Bajas
* Sidecarcross
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* longtrack
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Supercross

Parasports|

* Sitting volleyball
* Men
* Women

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2024

Summer sports and
indoor sports|

* Athletics
* indoor
* cross country
* race walking
* relay
* Aquatics
* artistic swimming
* diving
* high diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* swimming (25 m)
* water polo
* Archery
* 3D
* field
* Badminton (team)
* Baseball
* men's 12
* women
* Beach handball
* men
* women
* Beach soccer (men)
* Bowls
* indoor WBT
* indoor WB/IIBC
* Box lacrosse
* men
* women
* ~~boxing (women)~~
* Canoe
* marathon
* polo
* sprint
* Cricket
* T20 men
* T20 women
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* esports
* gravel
* indoor
* mountain bike
* MTB enduro
* MTB marathon
* road
* track
* urban
* Finswimming
* Flag football
* men
* women
* Floorball (men)
* Futsal (men)
* Gymnastics
* aerobic
* acrobatic
* Hockey5s
* men
* women
* Judo
* Modern pentathlon
* Orienteering
* Parkour
* Real tennis (doubles)
* Rowing
* Sambo
* Softball (women)
* Squash
* men
* women
* Surfing
* Table tennis (team)
* Triathlon (mixed relay)
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Winter sports|

* Biathlon
* summer
* Bobsleigh / Skeleton
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed
* mixed doubles
* Figure skating
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Ski flying
* Speed skating
* allround
* single distances
* sprint
* short track

Cue and mind sports|

* Chess
* Darts
* PDC
* WDF
* Draughts
* men
* women
* Snooker
* men
* women

Motor sports|

* Air Sports
* F3P
* Endurance auto racing
* Endurance moto racing
* Superstock
* Enduro
* Formula E
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* FIA Bajas
* FIM Bajas
* Sidecarcross
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* longtrack
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Women

Para sports|

* Para-athletics
* Para-cycling
* road
* track
* Paratriathlon
* Para ice hockey
* men
* women
* Wheelchair curling
* mixed doubles
* mixed team
* Wheelchair handball

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