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 | Individuals  | 2003 |  Matt Hall (2019)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Not held in 2011–2013, discontinued for 2020
Auto racing
A1 Grand Prix | Nations  | 2005–06 |  Republic of Ireland (2008–09)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Formula One World Championship  | Individuals | 1950 |  Max Verstappen (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Constructors | 1958 |  Red Bull Racing (2023)  |
FIA World Endurance Championship | Individuals  | 2012 |  Brendon Hartley

Ryō Hirakawa

Sébastien Buemi (2023)

| 2024 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | Toyota (2023)  |
FIA GT1 World Championship | Individuals  | 2010 | Marc Basseng and
Markus Winkelhock (2012)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Annually until 2012
Teams  | Münnich Motorsport (2012)
FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies | Individuals  | 1993  |  Nasser Al Attiyah (2021)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Annually until 2021
Teams  |  Overdrive SA (2021)
World Rally-Raid Championship | Individuals  | 2023 |  Nasser Al Attiyah /  Mathieu Baumel (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  | Co-sanctioned with FIM; replaced World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
Teams  |  Toyota Gazoo Racing (2022)
FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas | Individuals  | 2002  |  Nasser Al Attiyah /  Mathieu Baumel (2023)  |  | Annual  | Baja events split off from cross-country rally competition after original bajas competition was combined with rallies world cup in 2012.
Teams  |  Overdrive SA (2021)
World Rally Championship | Individuals  | 1977 |  Kalle Rovanperä (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | 1973 |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2023)  |
World Touring Car Championship | Individuals  | 1987 | Thed Björk (2017)  | Defunct  | Annual  | changed name to the World Touring Car Cup.
Manufacturers  | Volvo (2017)
World Touring Car Cup | Individuals  | 2018 |  Yann Ehrlacher (2021)  | Defunct  | Annual  | "World Touring Car Cup" was used between 1993 and 1995 when it was a single event.
Teams  |  Cyan Racing (2021)
World Manufacturers' Championship | Manufacturers  | 1925 | Delage (1927)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Annually until 1927
World Sportscar Championship | Manufacturers;
from 1985 teams  | 1953 | Peugeot Talbot Sport (1992)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Annually until 1992. Resumed as FIA World Endurance Championship
Individuals  | 1981 | Yannick Dalmas
Derek Warwick (1992)  | Annual
Karting World Championship | KZ  | 1964  |  Nasser Al Thani (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
OK  |  Kirill Kutskov (2023)  | Annual  |
Intercontinental Drifting Cup | Individuals  | 2017  |  James Deane (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Formula E | Individuals  | 2014  |  Jake Dennis (2022–23)  | 2023–24 | Annual  |
FIA International Hill Climb Cup | Closed cars  | 2000  |  Dan Michl (2023)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Competition Cars  |  Sebastien Petit (2023)
R-GT Cup | Individuals  | 2015  |  Pierre Ragues (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Rallycross Championship | RX1  | 2014  |  Johan Kristoffersson (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
RX2e  |  Guillaume De Ridder (2021)  |  |  |
Bull riding | PBR Global Cup | Nations  | 2017  |  USA (2022)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Discontinued after 2022
PBR World Cup | Nations  | 2007  |  Brazil (2010)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Discontinued after 2010
Gliding | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals  | 1985  |  Ferenc Tóth (2018)  | 2019  | Annual  |
Nations  |  (2018)  |
World Gliding Championships | Individuals  | 1937  | Winners in 6 classes (2018)  | 2020  | Biennial  | The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition.
Paragliding | Paragliding World Cup | Individual  | 1992  | Winners in 5 competitions (2016)  | 2017–18  | Annual  |
Motorcycling | FIM MotoGP World Championship | MotoE Individual  | 2019  |  Mattia Casadei (2023)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Moto3 Individual  | 2012  |  Izan Guevara (2022)  | Until 2012 as 125cc
Moto2 Individual  | 2010  |  Augusto Fernández (2022)  | Until 2010 as 250cc
MotoGP Individual  | 2002  |  Francesco Bagnaia (2022)  | Until 2002 as 500cc
Moto3 Constructor  | 2012  | Gas Gas (2018)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Moto2 Constructor  | 2010  | Kalex (2022)  |
MotoGP Constructor  | 2002  | Ducati (2022)  |
Supercross World Championship | Individuals  | 2003  |  Jason Anderson (2018)  | 2019  | Annual  |
Motocross World Championship | MX2 Individual  | 2003  |  Jorge Prado Garcia (2018)  | 2019  | Annual  |
MXGP Individual  | 2003  |  Jeffrey Herlings (2018)  |
MX2 Constructor  | 2003  | KTM (2018)  | 2019  | Annual  |
MXGP Constructor  | 2003  | KTM (2018)  |
FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship | Riders  | 1999  |  Matthias Walkner (2021)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | 1999  |  KTM (2021)  |
World Rally-Raid Championship | Riders  | 2022 |  Sam Sunderland (2022)  | 2022 | Annual  | Co-sanctioned with FIA; replaced Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
Manufacturers  | 2022 |  Monster Energy Honda (2022)
FIM Bajas World Cup | Riders  | 2012  |  Martin Michek (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | 2012  |  KTM (2021)  |
FIM World Enduro Championship | E3  | 2004  |  Steve Holcombe (2018)  | 2019  | Annual  |
E2  | 2004  |  Eero Remes (2018)  |
E1  | 2004  |  Brad Freeman (2018)  |
FIM sidecarcross World Championship | Pairs  | 1980 | Jan Hendrickx
Ben van den Bogaart (2016)  | 2017 | Annual  |
Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000)
Speedway World Cup (since 2001)  | National Team  | 1960 | Poland (2017)  | 2018 | Annual  |
Speedway World Pairs Championship | National pair  | 1970 | Sweden (1993)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Annually until 1993
Individual Speedway World Championship (1936–1994)
Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995)  | Individuals  | 1936 |  Bartosz Zmarzlik (2020)[1] | 2019 | Annual  |
Individual Ice Racing World Championship | Individuals[2] | 1966 | Dmitry Koltakov (2017)  | 2018 | Annual  |
Team Ice Racing World Championship | Nations  | 1979 | Russia (2017)  | 2018 | Annual  |
Sidecar World Championship | Pairs  | 1949  |  Ben Birchall (driver) &
Tom Birchall (passenger) (2018)  | 2019  | Annual  |
Endurance FIM World Championship | Team  | 1975  |  F.C.C TSR Honda France (2018)  | 2019  | Annual  |
Superbike World Championship | Individuals  | 1988 |  Jonathan Rea (2018)  | 2019 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | Kawasaki (2018)  |
Supersport World Championship | Individuals  | 1999  |  Sandro Cortese (2018)  | 2019 | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | Yamaha (2018)  |
FIM Superstock 1000 Championship | Individuals  | 2000  |  Markus Reiterberger (2018)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Manufacturers  | BMW S1000RR (2018)  |
Practical shooting | IPSC Handgun World Shoots | Individuals | 1975 |  Ben Stoeger (2017)  | 2020 | Triennial  | Winner(s) of largest division(s)
Teams | United States Production Team (2014) Simon Racaza, Ben Stoeger, Matthew Mink  | Defunct
IPSC Rifle World Shoots | Individuals | 2017 | Teemu Rintala | 2019
Teams | Finland Open Team (2017) Teemu Rintala, Raine Peltokoski, Jarkko Laukia, Kim Leppänen
IPSC Shotgun World Shoots | Individuals | 2012 |  Josh Froelich (2018)  | 2021
Teams | Russia Standard Team (2018) Roman Anikin, Roman Khalitov, Sergey Orlov
Oleg Kudryavtsev
IPSC Action Air World Shoots | Individuals | 2018 |  Chun Ki Wu (2018)  | 2021
Teams |  Hong Kong (2018)
Motorboat racing | F1 Powerboat World Championship | Individual  | 1981  |  Shaun Torrente (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  | 2020 Season got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Motorboat (Jet Ski) | Aquabike World Championship (powerboating) | Individual  | 1996  |  Marcus Jorgensen (Runabout GP1) 2022

Valentin Dardillat (Ski Division GP1 Man) 2022,  Jasmiin Üpraus (Ski Division Woman) 2022, Rashid Al Mulla (Freestyle) 2022

| 2023  | Annual  | 2020 Season was made of only one GP as all the remaining GP were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Radio-controlled car racing  | IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship  | Individual  | 1977  |  Shoki Takahata (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, 2WD  | Individual  | 1985  |  Spencer Rivkin (2019)  | 2021  | Double header single host event
IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, 4WD  | Individual  |  Bruno Coelho (2019)
IFMAR 1:5 Touring Car World Championship  | Individual  | 2001  |  Marko Grigić (2019)  | 2021  |
IFMAR 1:8 IC GT World Championship  | Individual  | 2020  |  Jörn Neumann (2020)  | 2021  |
IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship | Individual  | 1986  |  Davide Ongaro (2018)  | 2020  |
IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship  | Individual  | 1982  |  Marc Rheinard (2020)  | 2022  | Double header single host event from 2002 up to 2018, triple in 2000 with PRO 10
IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship, stock  | Individual  |  Andy Murray (2020)  | Not held from 1986 through 2016, ran as World Cup event in 2018.
IFMAR 1:10 ISTC World Championship  | Individual  | 2000  |  Bruno Coelho (2018)  | 2022  | Double header single host event from 2002 up to 2018, triple in 2000 with PRO 10
IFMAR 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship  | Individual  | 2004  |  Naoto Matsukura (2018)  | 2020  | Double header single host event from 2002 up to 2018, triple in 2000 with PRO 10
IFMAR PRO 10 World Championship  | Individual  | 1992  |  Masami Hirosaka (2000)  | Defunct  | Biennial until 2002
IFMAR 1:10 235mm IC Track World Championship  | Individual  | 2000  |  Brian Berry (2002)  | Defunct  | Biennial until 1984
Radio-controlled boat sailing  | IRSA – 10 Rater World Championships | Individual  | 1999  |  Brad Gibson (2016)  | Undefined  | Various  | Authorised by World Sailing and the International Radio Sailing Association
IRSA – A Class World Championships | Individual  |  |  Graham Bantock (2005)  | Undefined  | Various
IRSA – Marblehead World Championships | Individual  |  |  Brad Gibson (2018)  | Biennial  | Various
IRSA – One Metre World Championship | Individual  | 1994  |  Zvonko Jelacic (2017)  | 2019  | Biennial
Sailing | Class World Championships | Individuals and Teams  |  |  |  | Annual  | The majority of sailing 100+ Annual World Championships are none gender specific
Speedcubing | WCA World Championship | Individuals  | 1982 |  Max Park (2023)  | 2025  | Biannual  | Note: The World Championships were started in 1982, but they only became biannual at the second World Championship, in 2003.
Rubik's Nations Cup | Nations  | 2017  |  Germany 1 (2019)  | 2025  | Biannual  | Note: Countries can form multiple teams

## Male world championship titles

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Sport  | Competition name  | Competing entities  | First
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Aikido | Aikido World Championships | Individuals  | 1989  |  Ikeda Hiroki (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Individuals  | 1931 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals  | 1967 |  Marco Odermatt (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Nations  |  Switzerland (2023–24)  |
World Para Alpine Skiing Championships | Individuals  | 1972  | Several winners in Alpine and Nordic (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
American football | IFAF World Championship | Nations  | 1999 |  United States (2015)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Not held in 2019
Aquatics | FINA World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Most medals:  China (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Diving Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2025)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
FINA Diving World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 | Most medals:  China (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  |
World Aquatics Swimming World Cup | Individuals  | 1988-89 |  Qin Haiyang (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Most medals:  United States (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations  | 1979 |  Spain (2023)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Biennially until 2002
FINA Water Polo World Championship | Nations  | 1973 |  Croatia (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Biennially since 2001
World Para Swimming Championships | Individuals  | 1990  | Most medals:  Italy (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Archery | World Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1931 |  Mete Gazoz (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Individual compound | 1995 |  Ojas Pravin Deotale (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Team recurve | 1931 |  South Korea (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Team compound | 1995 |  Poland (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Indoor Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1991 |  Sjef van den Berg (2018)  | Defunct  | Biennial  |
Team recurve |  Netherlands (2018)  |
Individual compound |  Mike Schloesser (2018)  |
Team compound |  United States (2018)  |
Archery World Cup | Individual recurve | 2006 |  Marcus D'almeida (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Individual compound |  Mathias Fullerton (2023)  |
World Field Archery Championships | Individual  | 1969 | (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
World 3D Archery Championships | Individual  | 2003 | (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
World Para Archery Championship | Individual  | 1998 | (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
Artistic roller skating | Artistic Skating World Championships | Individuals  | 1980  | (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  | Not held in 2020
Athletics | World Athletics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Most medals:  United States (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  | 1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993
IAAF Continental Cup | Continents  | 2010 |  United States (2018)  | Defunct  | Quadrennial  |
World Athletics Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 |  United States (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Individuals  | 1973 |  Joshua Cheptegei (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Teams  |  Uganda (2019)  |
Skyrunning World Championships | Individuals  | 2010 |  Spain (2020)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Individuals  | 1992 |  Geoffrey Kipsang (2018)  | 2022 | Biennial  | Annually until 2010
Team  | 1992  |  Ethiopia (2018)
IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Individual 20 km  | 1961 |  Kōki Ikeda (2018)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Team 20 km  |  (2018)
Individual 50 km  |  Hirooki Arai (2018)
Team 50 km  |  (2018)
IAU 50 km World Championships | Individuals  | 2005  | (2023)  |  | Annual  | 2017, 2018 Not held
IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals  | 1987  | (2022)  |  | Annual  |
IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals  | 2001  | (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Teams  | 2003  | (2023)  |
IAAF World Marathon Cup | Individuals  | 1985 | 2011 | Defunct  | Biennial  |
World Athletics Relays | Nations  | 2014 | Most medals:  United States (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Para Athletics Championships | Individuals  | 1994  | Winners in multiple events (2024)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Australian rules football | Australian Football International Cup | Nations  | 2002 |  Papua New Guinea (2017)  |  | Triennial  |
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
BWF Para-Badminton World Championships | Individuals and Doubles  | 1998  | Winners in 10 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
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.
Bandy World Cup | Clubs  | 1974  |  Bollnäs GIF (2019)  |  | Annual  |
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 |  Japan (2019)  | 2024 | 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  |
Wheelchair Basketball World Championship | Nations  | 1973  |  United States (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Basque Pelota | Basque Pelota World Championships | Nations  | 1952 |  Spain (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Beach soccer | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Nations  | 2005 |  Brazil (2024)  | 2025 | Biennial  | Most wins:  Brazil 6,  Russia 3,  Portugal 2
Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | Nations  | 1997 |  Perušič – Schweiner (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Sprint 10 km  | 1974  |  Sturla Holm Lægreid (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic Years
Pursuit 12.5 km  | 1997  |  Johannes Thingnes Bø (2024)
Mass start 15 km  | 1999  |  Johannes Thingnes Bø (2024)
Individual 20 km  | 1958  |  Johannes Thingnes Bø (2024)
Relay 4x7.5 km  | 1966  |  Sweden (2024)
Summer Biathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 1996 |  Czech Republic (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Cancelled in 2020
Biathlon World Cup | Individuals overall  | 1977 |  Johannes Thingnes Bø (2020–21)  | 2021–22 | Annual  |
Nations  | 2000–01 |  Norway (2020–21)  | 2021–22 | Annual  |
Para Biathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 1990 | (2021)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Billiards | WPA World Eight-ball Championship | Individuals  | 2004 |  Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
WPA World Blackball Championship | Individuals  | 2006  |  Senzo Gumede (2022)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
IPA World Blackball Championship | Individuals  | 2014  |  Liam Dunster (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
WEPF Eight-ball Pool World Championship | Individuals  | 1993  |  Ronan McCarthy (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals  | 1990 |  Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
WPA World Ten-ball Championship | Individuals  | 2008 |  Wojciech Szewczyk (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
World Billiards Championship (English billiards) | Individuals  | 1870 |  David Causier (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
IBSF World Billiards Championship (English billiards)  | Individuals  | 1926 |  Pankaj Advani (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
World Straight Pool Championship | Individuals  | 1912 |  Oliver Ortmann (2010)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
WPA World Artistic Pool Championship | Individuals  | 2000 |  Chi-Ming Lin (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
World Cup of Pool | Individuals  | 2006 |  David Alcaide&Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Bobsleigh | FIBT World Championships | Four man  | 1930 |  Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller
Thorsten Margis (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years.
Two man  | 1931 |  Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller (2021)
IBSF Para Sport World Championship | Nations  | 2016 | (2021)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Singles  | 1966 |  Shannon McIlroy (2016)  | 2023 | Quadrennial  |
Pairs  |  Aaron Wilson, Brett Wilkie (2016)
Triples  |  Andrew Knapper, Jamie Walker, Robert Paxton (2016)
Fours  |  Blake Signal, Mike Kernaghan, Mike Nagy, Ali Forsyth (2016)
Team  |  New Zealand (2016)
World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles  | 1979 |  Les Gillett (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Pairs  |  Stuart Anderson, Darren Burnett (2022)
Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals  | 1974 | Winners in 13 weight classes (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Boxing World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 | (2020)  | 2022 |  | 2020 resume take place
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | World Jiu-Jitsu Championship | Individuals  | 1996  | (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup | Individuals  | 2009  | (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals  | 1938 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and Teams  | 1949 | Winners in 5 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years
Canoe Slalom World Cup | C-1  | 1988  |  Denis Gargaud Chanut (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
C-2  | 1988  | 2021 not take place
K-1  | 1988  |  Vít Přindiš (2021)
Extreme slalom  | 1988  |  Vít Přindiš (2021)
Wildwater Canoeing World Cup | Individuals  | 1989  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations  | 1994  |  Germany (2018)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships | teams  | 1988  |  Hungary (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Wildwater Canoeing World Championships | teams  | 1959  |  France (2021)  | 2023  | Biennual  |
Carom Sports
(Billiards)  | World three-cushion billiards championship | Individuals  | 1928 |  Dick Jaspers (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Teams  | 1981  |  Murat Naci Çoklu/Lütfi Çenet (2019)
Three-Cushion World Cup | Individuals  | 1986  | Not Awarded (2021)  | 2022  | Annual total 7 competitions  |
World Five-pins Championship | Individuals  | 1965 |  Alejandro Martinotti (2017)  | TBA  |  |
World Championship 5 Pins National Teams | Teams  | 2019 |  Italy (2019)  | TBA  |  |
Artistic Billiards World Championship | Individuals  | 1937  |  Turkey (2012)  | Defunct  |  |
Climbing | IFSC Climbing World Championships | Lead  | 1991  |  Jakob Schubert (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Bouldering  | 2001  |  Mickaël Mawem (2023)
Speed  | 1991  |  Matteo Zurloni (2023)
Combined  | 2012  |  Jakob Schubert (2023)
IFSC Climbing World Cup | Lead  | 1989  |  Sorato Anraku (2023)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Bouldering  | 1999  |  Sorato Anraku (2023)
Speed  | 1998  |  Veddriq Leonardo (2023)
IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships | Individuals  | 2011  | Lead:Winners in 13 events (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
IFSC Paraclimbing World Cup | Individuals  | 2021  | (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
CP football | World CP Football Championships | Nations  | 1982 |  Ukraine (2022)  | 2024  | 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
Indoor Cricket World Cup | Nations  | 1995  |  South Africa (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
ICC Champions Trophy | Nations  | 1998 |  Pakistan (2017)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Biennial until 2017. Quadrennial since 2025.
Blind Cricket World Cup  | Nations  | 1998  |  India (2018)  | 2022  | Quadrennial  |
Blind T20 World Cup  | Nations  | 2012  |  India (2017)  | 2022  | once in five years  |
Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals and Teams  | 1925 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Para Nordic Skiing Championships | Individuals  | 1974  | Winners in 19 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Individuals  | 1973–74  |  Harald Østberg Amundsen (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations  | 1959 |  Sweden (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | 2020 cancellation
Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race  | 1927 |  Remco Evenepoel (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Time trial  | 1994 |  Tobias Foss (2022)  |
Team time trial (trade teams)  | 2012 |  Quick-Step Floors (2018)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Team time trial (nations)  | 1962 |  Italy (1994)[3] | Defunct  | Annual  |
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals  | 1950 |  Tom Pidcock (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country  | 1990  |  Nino Schurter (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Downhill  | 1990  |  Loïc Bruni (2022)  |
Four cross  | 2002  |  Tomáš Slavík (2021)  |
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Individuals  | 1990 |  Mathias Flückiger (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX  |  | Flatland: Matthias Dandois
Park: Logan Martin
(2021)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Cross-country eliminator  | 2012  | 2021 Not Take Place  |
Trials 20-inch  | 1992  | 2021 Not Take Place  |
Trials 26-inch  | 1995  | 2021 Not Take Place  |
UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1893 | Winners in 22 events (2021); Most medals:  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships | Individuals  | 2003 |  Andreas Seewald (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI Trials World Championships | Individuals  | 1986 | Men's trials, 20 inch:
Borja Conejos
Men's trials, 26 inch:
Jack Carthy
(2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI BMX World Championships | Individuals  | 1982  |  Niek Kimmann (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships | Individuals  | 1956  |  Lukas Kohl (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup | Individuals and nations  | 1993 |  Poland (2019–20)  | 2021 | Annual  |
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup | Individuals  | 1993–94 |  Wout van Aert (2020–21)  | 2021–22 | Annual  |
UCI BMX Supercross World Cup | Individuals  | 2010 |  Simon Marquart (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 2007 | Winners in 18 events (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  |
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 2009 |  Italy (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Darts
BDO World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 1978 |  Wayne Warren (2020)  | 2021 | Defunct  | Replaced by WDF World Darts Championship
WDF World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 2022 |  Andy Baetens (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
PDC World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 1994 |  Luke Humphries

(2024)

| 2025  | Annual  | Most wins:  Phil Taylor 14,  Michael van Gerwen 3,  Gary Anderson 2
PDC World Cup of Darts | Doubles  | 2010 |  (Gerwyn Price & Jonny Clayton) (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  | Most wins:  England 4,  Netherlands 4,  Wales 2
Dodgeball | World Dodgeball Championships | Nations - Foam  | 2012  | USA  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Nations - Cloth  | 2019  | Austria  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Teams  | 1921 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
Fencing World Cup | Individuals and Nations  | 1972 | (2019–20)  | 2020–21 | Annual  |
World Wheelchair fencing championships | Individuals  | 2010 | (2019)  | 2022 | Biennal  |
Field hockey | FIH Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1971 |  Germany (2023)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Pakistan 4,  Netherlands 3,  Australia 3,  Germany 3
Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 2003 |  Austria (2023)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Germany 3,  Austria 2,  Netherlands 1
FIH Men's Hockey5s World Cup | Nations  | 2024 |  Netherlands (2024)  | 2024 |  |
Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1896 |  Shoma Uno (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals  | 1976  | Russian Underwater Federation (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Finswimming World Cup | Individuals  | 2014  | (2019)  | 2022  | Annual  |
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 |  Sweden (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
Freediving | AIDA World Championships | Individuals  | 2005  | (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Team  | 1996  | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Freerunning & Parkour | World Parkour Championship | Individuals  | 2022 |  | 2022 |  |
Freestyle Skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Moguls  | 1986  |  Mikaël Kingsbury

(2021)

| 2023 | Biennial  |
Dual Moguls  | 2001  |  Mikaël Kingsbury (2021)  |
Aerials  | 1986  |  Maxim Burov (2021)  |
Half-pipe  | 2005  |  Nico Porteous (2021)  |
Slopestyle  | 2011  |  Andri Ragettli (2021)  |
Ski cross  | 2005  |  Alex Fiva (2021)  |
Big air  | 2019  |  Oliwer Magnusson (2021)  |
Football | FIFA World Cup | Nations  | 1930 |  Argentina (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Brazil 5,  Germany 4,  Italy 4
FIFA Club World Cup | Clubs  | 2000 |  Manchester City (2023)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  | Quadrennial since 2025, Most wins:  Real Madrid 5,  Barcelona 3,  Corinthians 2,  Bayern Munich 2
ConIFA World Football Cup | Nations  | 2014 |  Kárpátalja (2018)  | 2024 | Biennial  | Replaced the Viva World Cup
Football (Blind) | IBSA Blind Football World Championships – B1  | Nations  | 1998 |  Brazil (2018)  | 2022 | Quadrennial  |
IBSA Blind Football World Championships – B2/B3  | Nations  | 1998 |  Ukraine (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Football (Amputee) | Amputee Football World Cup | Nations  | 1984  |  Turkey (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
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
Goalball | Goalball World Championships | Nations  | 1978  |  Brazil (2022)  | 2026  | Qradrennial  |
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 | 1999  |  Rory McIlroy (2019)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Grappling | World Grappling Championship | Individuals  | 2007  | (2013)  | Defunct  | Biennial  |
Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals & Teams  | 1903  |  China (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Not held in Olympic Years
Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & Teams  | 1964  | Individual:  Yan Langyu
Teams: Russian Gymnastics Federation (2021)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pair and Group  | 1974  | Russian Gymnastics Federation (2020)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals  | 1995 | Russian Gymnastics Federation (2021)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals  | 1975 | (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals  | 1983 | (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Trampoline World Cup | Individuals  | 2008  | (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Wheel Gymnastics World Championships Senior  | Individuals  | 1995  | Simon Rufener  | 2026  | Biennial  | All-around champion gym wheel
Handball (Olympic 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  |
Handball (Beach handball)  | World Men's Beach Handball Championship | Nations  | 2004 |  Croatia (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Ice Climbing | UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup | Individuals  | 2000  | (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  |
UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships | Individuals  | 2002  | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
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 and  Russia 27,  Czechoslovakia and  Czech Republic 13,  Sweden 11
World Para Ice Hockey Championships | Nations  | 1996 | PoolA: United States (2021)
PoolB: Russia (2019)
PoolC: China (2018)  |  | Annual  |
World Cup of Hockey | Nations  | 1976 (as Canada Cup)  |  Canada (2016)  | Unknown  | Quadrennial  |
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.[4]
FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations  | 1995  |  United States (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Indoor Soccer | WMF World Cup | Nations  | 2015 |  Romania (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals  | 1956 |  Japan (2021)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Kabaddi | IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style) | Nations  | 2004 |  India (2016)  |  |  |
IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) | Nations  | 2010 |  Pakistan (2020)  |  |  |
Karate | Karate World Championships | Individuals  | 1970 |  (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Kendo | World Kendo Championship | Individuals  | 1970  |  (2018)  | 2024  | Triennial  |
Kickboxing | W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships | Individuals  | 1978  | (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Lacrosse | World Lacrosse Championship | Nations  | 1967 |  United States (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
World Lacrosse Box Championships | Nations  | 2003 |  Canada (2024)  | 2028  | Quadrennial  |
Lifesaving | World Life Saving Championships | Nations  | 1955  | Winners in 20 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Men's singles  | 1955 |  Max Langenhan (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Men's doubles  | 1955 |  Juri Gatt
Riccardo Schöpf (2024)  |
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Men's singles  | 1979 |  Alex Gruber (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Men's doubles  | 1979 |  Patrick Lambacher
Matthias Lambacher (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  |  Valentin Prades (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Mountain running | World Mountain Running Championships | Individuals  | 1985 |  Joseph Gray (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships | Individuals  | 2004 |  Jim Walmsley (2019)  | 2020 | Annual  |
IAU Trail World Championships | Individuals  | 2007 |  Jonathan Albon (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
World Mountain & Trail Running Championships | Individuals  | 2021 |  | 2021 |  |
Muaythai | IFMA World Muaythai Championships | Individuals  | 1993  | (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Nine-pin bowling | Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships | Single classic  | 2006 |  Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Sprint  |  Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)  |
Combination  |  Vilmoš Zavarko (2018)  |
Nine-pin bowling World Team Championships | Team  | 2005 |  Serbia (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | 10 km individual normal hill  | 1925 |  Jarl Magnus Riiber (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
10 km individual large hill  | 1999 |  Johannes Lamparter (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
10 km mass start  | 2009 |  Todd Lodwick (2009)  | Only held in 2009  | N/A  | Suspended
National Team Normal Hill 4 x 5 km  | 2011 |  Norway (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
National Team Large Hill 2 x 7.5 km  | 1982 |  Austria (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals  | 1983–84 |  Jarl Magnus Riiber (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint  | 2001  |  Isac von Krusenstierna (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Short distance  | 1991  |  Pasi Ikonen (2001)  | Defunct  | Biennial  |
Middle distance  | 2003  |  Matthias Kyburz (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Originally biennially, annually since 2003
Long distance  | 1966  |  Kasper Fosser (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Originally biennially, annually since 2003
Relay  | 1966  |  Sweden (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Originally biennially, annually since 2003
Orienteering World Cup | Individuals  | 1986  |  Kasper Fosser (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually
World Ski Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 1975  | (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Ski Orienteering World Cup | Individuals  | 1989  | (2013–14)  | Defunct  |  |
World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2002  | (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Trail Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2004  | (2019)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Padel tennis | Padel Tennis World Championship | Nations  | 1992  |  Argentina (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Pétanque | Pétanque World Championships | Nations  | 1959  |  France (2018)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Pickleball | World Pickleball Championships | Nations  | 2019  | (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Pitch and putt | Pitch and Putt World Cup | Nations  | 2004 |  Ireland (2016)  | 2021  | Quadrennial  |
World Strokeplay Championship | Individuals  | 2009  |  Ireland Liam O'Donovan (2017)  | 2021  | Quadrennial  |
Polo | World Polo Championship | Nations  | 1987  |  Spain (2022)  | 2026 | Triennial  | Most wins:  Argentina 5,  Brazil 3,  Chile 2
Powerlifting | World Powerlifting Championship | Individuals  | 2011 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Para Powerlifting Championships | Individuals  | 1994  |  China (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Racquetball | Racquetball World Championships | Nations  | 1981  |  Alejandro Landa (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Real tennis | Real Tennis World Championship | Singles [D] | 1740  |  Camden Riviere (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Doubles  | 2001  |  Camden Riviere & Tim Chisholm (2024)  | 2026
Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Nations  | 1992 |  Timmo Tammemäe & Riho Seepõld (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Roll Ball | Roll Ball World Cup | Nations  | 2011 | (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Roller derby | Men's Roller Derby World Cup | Teams  | 2014  |  United States (2018)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Roller derby | MRDA Championships | Teams  | 2017  |  St. Louis GateKeepers (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Roller hockey | Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1936  |  Spain (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  | Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958
Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup | Clubs  | 1985  |  Spain (2018)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations  | 1962 | Winners in 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 (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  | Three stages
World Indoor Rowing Championships | Individual and teams  | 2018  | Winners in 54 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
World Wheelchair Rugby Championships | Nations  | 1995 |  Australia (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  |
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.[5]
Sailing | World championships in sailing | Individuals and Pairs  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A  | Multiple Annual  | Sailing hold multiple male only events See Here mainly in the Olympic discipline
Sambo | World Sambo Championships | Individuals  | 1973  |  Russia (2020)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Sambo World Cup | Individuals  |  | (2020)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Sepak Takraw | ISTAF World Cup | Nations  | 2011  |  Thailand (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship | Nations  | 1985  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1897 | Winners in 18 events

(2018)

| 2022 | Quadrennial  |
ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1934 | Winners in 6 events (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
ISSF World Running Target Championships | Individuals  | 1961 | (2019)  | 2021 | Quadrennial  |
ISSF World Cup | Individuals  | 1986 |  India (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
World Shooting Para Sport Championships | Individuals  | 1994 | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016  |  Heimana Reynolds (2019)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Street | 2010  |  Yuto Horigome (2021)  | 2022 |
Skeleton | FIBT World Championships | Individual  | 1982 |  Christopher Grotheer (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years
IBSF Para Sport World Championship | Nations  | 2016 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals normal hill  | 1962 |  Piotr Żyła (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Individuals large hill  | 1925 |  Stefan Kraft (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
National Team normal hill  | 2001 |  Austria (2011)  | Defunct  | Biennial  | Not held in 2007 and 2009, after 2011 mixed team replaced this event
National Team large hill  | 1962 |  (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships | Individuals  | 1972 |  Karl Geiger (2020)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
National Team  | 2004 |  Norway (2020)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 |  Halvor Egner Granerud (2020–21)  | 2021–22 | Annual  |
Ski mountaineering | World Championships of Ski Mountaineering | Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances  | 2002 | Winners in 5 events (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  | Relays held since 2004; Long Distance only 2008.
Snooker | World Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 1927 |  Luca Brecel (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  | This championship is open to both sexes, but no woman has ever won the event.[6] Most wins in modern era:  Stephen Hendry 7,  Steve Davis 6,  Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 1963 |  Muhammad Asif (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  | Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship
Six-red World Championship | Individuals  | 2008 |  Ding Junhui (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Snooker World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 |  John Higgins&Stephen Maguire (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Big air  | 2003 |  Taiga Hasegawa (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Slopestyle  | 2011 |  Marcus Kleveland (2023)  |
Halfpipe  | 1996 |  Chaeun Lee (2023)  |
Snowboard cross  | 1997 |  Jakob Dusek (2023)  |
Parallel slalom  | 1996 |  Andreas Prommegger (2023)  |
Parallel giant slalom  | 1999 |  Oskar Kwiatkowski (2023)  |
FIS Snowboard World Cup | Individuals  | 1994 | (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
World Para Snowboard Championships | Individuals  | 2015 | Winners in 6 Events (2019)  | 2021 | 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 |  Patrick Roest (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1970  |  Tatsuya Shinhama (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and Teams  | 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 Teams  | 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
World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships | Nations  | 1991 |  South Korea (2011)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Discontinued after 2011
Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals  | 1976 |  Ali Farag (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
World International Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles teams  | 1997  |  Declan James & James Willstrop (2022)  | 2024  | Biennial  |
WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations  | 1967 |  Egypt (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  | 2021 Championship cancelled
Sumo | Sumo World Championships | Openweight  | 1992  | (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Surfing | World Surfing Championship | Individuals  | 1964  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles  | 1926 |  Fan Zhendong (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Doubles  |  Wang Chuqin & Fan Zhendong (2021)  |
World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations  | 1926 |  China (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
World Para Table Tennis Championships | Individuals  | 1990 | Winners in 16 events (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Nations  | 1990 | Winners in 11 events (2017)  |  | Quadrennial  |
Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 8 events (2019)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Nations  |  South Korea (2019)  |
World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships | Individuals and Teams  |  |  Chinese Taipei (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championship | Nations  | 1971  |  Chinese Taipei (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Individuals  | 2017  | (2021)  | 2022  | annual  |
Ten-pin bowling | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships | Nations  | 1954  | Most medals:  (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  | Biennially until 2010
QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup | Individuals  | 1965  |  François Louw (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Tennis | Davis Cup | Nations  | 1900 | Canada | 2022 | Annual  | Note: The Davis Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. Only the teams in the World Group actually compete for the Davis Cup proper; other teams play to (eventually) reach the World Group. Most wins:  United States 32,  Australia 28,  France 10
World Team Cup | Nations  | 1978  |  Serbia (2012)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Touch Football | Touch Football World Cup | Nations  | 1988  |  Australia (2019)  | 2023 | Quadrennial  |
Triathlon | World Triathlon Series | Individuals  | 1989  |  Kristian Blummenfelt (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Championships | Individuals  | 1994  |  Kristian Høgenhaug (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1990  |  Nathan Guerbeur (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Seppe Odeyn (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1998  |  David Castro Fajardo (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Winter Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Hans Christian Tungesvik (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Cross Championships | Individuals  | 2011  |  Arthur Serrieres (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Cup | Individuals  | 1978  |  Javier Gómez (2008)  |  | Annual  | Since 2009 World Cup champions are no longer decided.
Ironman World Championship | Individuals  | 1991  |  Jan Frodeno (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Individuals  | 2006  |  Gustav Iden (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Tug of war | TWIF Indoor World Championships | Nations  | 1976  | Winners in various weight classes (2019)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
TWIF Outdoor World Championships | Nations  | 1976  | Winners in various weight classes (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Underwater Hockey | Underwater Hockey World Championships | Nations  | 1980  |  New Zealand (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  | Most wins:  Australia (11)
Volleyball | FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship | Nations  | 1949 |  Italy (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Soviet Union 6,  Italy 4,  Brazil 3,  Poland 3
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup | Nations  | 1965 |  Brazil (2019)  | Defunct  | Quadrennial  | Most wins:  Soviet Union and  Russia 6,  Brazil 3,  United States 2
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup | Nations  | 1993 |  Brazil (2017)  | Defunct  | Quadrennial  |
FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League | Nations  | 2018 |  France (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017)
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship | Clubs  | 1989 |  Sada Cruzeiro (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Para Volleyball Championship | Nations  | 1983  |  Iran (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Vocotruyen | Vocotruyen World Championships | Individuals  | 2016  |  Algeria (2022)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Wakeboard | World Wakeboard Championship | Individuals  | 1994  | (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Water Ski | Water Ski World Championships | Individuals  | 1949 |  Nate Smith (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Weightlifting | World Weightlifting Championships | 55 kg  | 1891 |  Arli Chontey (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
61 kg  |  Shin Rok (2021)  |
67 kg  |  Doston Yokubov (2021)  |
73 kg  |  Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (2021)  |
81 kg  |  Karlos Nasar (2021)  |
89 kg  |  Yu Dong-ju (2021)  |
96 kg  |  Lesman Paredes (2021)  |
102 kg  |  Rasoul Motamedi (2021)  |
109 kg  |  Akbar Djuraev (2021)  |
+109 kg  |  Lasha Talakhadze (2021)  |
Windsurfing | Windsurfing World Championships | Individuals  | 1980  |  Kiran Badloe (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals and Nations  | 1904 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years.
Wrestling World Cup (freestyle) | Nations  | 1973  |  Russia (2019)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman) | Nations  | 1980  |  Russia (2017)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Wushu | World Wushu Championships | Individuals  | 1991 | Winners in 22 events (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Sanda World Cup | Individuals  | 2002  | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Taolu World Cup | Individuals  | 2016 | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |

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## Female world championship titles

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

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Aikido | Aikido World Championships | Individuals  | 1989  |  Okura Saya (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Individuals  | 1931 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals  | 1967 |  Mikaela Shiffrin (2021–22)  | 2022–23 | Annual  |
Nations  |  Austria (2021–22)  |
World Para Alpine Skiing Championships | Individuals  | 1972 | Winners in 30 events (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
American football | IFAF Women's World Championship | Nations  | 2010 |  United States (2017)  | 2022 | Quadrennial  |
Archery | World Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1931 |  Jang Min-hee (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Individual compound | 1995 |  Sara López (2021)  | Biennial  |
Team recurve | 1931 |  South Korea (2021)  | Biennial  |
Team compound | 1995 |  Colombia (2021)  | Biennial  |
World Indoor Archery Championships | Individual recurve | 1991 |  Elena Richter (2018)  | Defunct  | Biennial  |
Team recurve |  Germany (2018)  |
Individual compound |  Natalia Avdeeva (2018)  |
Team compound |  United States (2018)  |
Archery World Cup | Individual recurve | 2006 |  Lisa Unruh (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Individual compound |  Sara López (2021)  |
World Field Archery Championships | Individual  | 1969 | (2018)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
World 3D Archery Championships | Individual  | 2003 | (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
World Para Archery Championship | Individual  | 1998 | (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Artistic roller skating | Artistic Skating World Championships | Individuals  | 1980  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  | Not held in 2020
Aquatics | FINA World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Winners in 37 events (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
FINA Swimming World Cup | Individuals  | 1988–89  |  Emma McKeon (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Winners in 20 events (2018)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
World Synchronised swimming Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 10 events (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
World Diving Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2022)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
FINA Diving World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 | Most medals:  Great Britain (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations  | 1979 |  United States (2018)  | 2022  | Quadrennial  | Originally biennially, quadrennially after 2002
FINA Water Polo World Championship | Nations  | 1986 |  United States (2022)  | 2023  | Biennial  | Biennially since 2001
World Para Swimming Championships | Individuals  | 1990  | Most medals:  Italy (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Athletics | World Athletics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Winners in multiple events (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  | 1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993
World Athletics Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Winners in 13 events (2018); Most medals: United States  | 2023 | Biennial  |
World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Individuals  | 1973 |  Hellen Obiri (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Teams  |  Ethiopia (2019)  |
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | Individuals  | 1992 |  Netsanet Gudeta (2018)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Teams  |  Ethiopia (2018)  |
Skyrunning World Championships | Individuals  | 2010 | (2018)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
IAAF World Race Walking Cup | Individual 20 km  | 1961 |  Lupita González (2018)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Team 20 km  |  (2018)  |
Individual 50 km  |  Liang Rui (2018)  |
Team 50 km  |  (2018)  |
IAU 50 km World Championships | Individuals  | 2005  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  | 2017.2018 Not held
IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals  | 1987 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals  | 2001 | (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Teams  | 2003  | (2019)  |
IAAF World Marathon Cup | Individuals  | 1985 | (2011)  | Defunct  | Biennial  |
World Athletics Relays | Nations  | 2014 | Most medals:  Poland (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
World Para Athletics Championships | Individuals  | 1994 | Winners in multiple events (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Women's Decathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 2024 |  Allison Halverson (ARM)[7] |  |  |
Australian rules football | Australian Football International Cup | Nations  | 2011 |  Ireland (2017)  | 2021 | Triennial  |
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
BWF Para-Badminton World Championships | Individuals and Doubles  | 1998 | Winners in 10 events (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  |
Ball Hockey | Women's Ball Hockey World Championship | Nations  | 2007 | (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations  | 2004 |  Sweden (2020)  | 2022 | Biennial  | Annually from 2006 to 2008, then biennially
Bandy World Cup Women | Clubs  | 2003 |  Sweden Skutskärs IF (2019)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Baseball | Women's Baseball World Cup | Nations  | 2004 |  Japan (2018)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Basketball | FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup | Nations  | 1953 |  United States (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  |
FIBA 3x3 World Cup | Nations  | 2012 |  United States (2019)  | 2024 | Annual  | Biennial until 2016
Wheelchair Basketball World Championship | Nations  | 1990 |  Netherlands (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  |
DIBF Basketball World Championships | Nations  | 2003 | (2019)  | 2023 | Quadrennial  |
DIBF 3x3 World Cup | Nations  | 2020 | (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
Basque Pelota | Basque Pelota World Championships | Nations  | 1952 |  France (2018)  | 2022 | Quadrennial  |
Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | Nations  | 1997 |  Pavan–Humana-Paredes (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Sprint 7.5 km  | 1984  |  Tiril Eckhoff (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic Year.
Pursuit 10 km  | 1997  |  Tiril Eckhoff (2021)
Mass start 12.5 km  | 1999  |  Lisa Theresa Hauser (2021)
Individual 15 km  | 1984  |  Markéta Davidová (2021)
Relay 4x6 km  | 1984  |  Norway (2021)
Summer Biathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 1996 |  Czech Republic (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | 2020 cancel
Biathlon World Cup | Individuals overall  | 1977 |  Tiril Eckhoff (2020–21)  | 2021–22 | Annual  |
Nations  | 2000–01 |  Norway (2020–21)  | 2021–22 | Annual  |
Para Biathlon World Championships | Individuals  | 1990 | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Billiards (English billiards)  | World Women's Billiards Championship | Individuals  | 1931 |  Anna Lynch (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals  | 1990 |  Kelly Fisher (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Blind Football | IBSA Blind Football World Championships – B1/B2/B3  | Nations  | 2021 | (2021)  | 2021  |  |
Bobsleigh | FIBT World Championships | Two woman  | 2000 |  Kaillie Humphries
Lauren Gibbs (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  | Not held in Winter Olympic years.
IBSF Para Sport World Championship | Nations  | 2016 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Singles  | 1969 |  Karen Murphy (2016)  | 2023 | Quadrennial  |
Pairs  |  Laura Daniels, Jess Sims (2016)
Triples  |  Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch, Carla Krizanic (2016)
Fours  |  Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch, Carla Krizanic, Kelsey Cottrell (2016)
Team  |  Australia (2016)
World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles  | 1988 |  Laura Daniels (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals  | 1974 | Winners in 10 weight classes (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Boxing World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 | (2008)  | 2020 |  | 2020 resume take place
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | World Jiu-Jitsu Championship | Individuals  | 1996  | (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals  | 1938 | Winners in 8 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and Teams  | 1949 | Winners in 5 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in Summer Olympic years
Canoe Slalom World Cup | C-1  | 1988  |  Tereza Fišerová (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
C-2  | 1988  | 2021 not take place
K-1  | 1988  |  Jessica Fox (2021)
Extreme slalom  | 1988  |  Caroline Trompeter (2021)
Wildwater Canoeing World Cup | Individuals  | 1989  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations  | 1994  |  (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
ICF Canoe Marathon World Championship | teams  | 1988  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Climbing | IFSC Climbing World Championships | Lead  | 1991 |  Ai Mori (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Bouldering  | 2001  |  Janja Garnbret (2023)
Speed  | 1991  |  Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (2023)
Combined  | 2012  |  Janja Garnbret (2023)
IFSC Climbing World Cup | Lead  | 1989  |  Janja Garnbret (2021)  | 2024 | Annual  |
Bouldering  | 1999  |  Natalia Grossman (2023)
Speed  | 1998  |  Emma Hunt (2021)
IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships | Individuals  | 2011  | Lead:Winners in 5 events(2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Cricket | Women's Cricket World Cup (WODI format)  | Nations  | 1973 |  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 Teams  | 1954 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
World Para Nordic Skiing Championships | Individuals  | 1974 | 2019 | 2021 | Biennial  |
FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Individuals  | 1973–74 |  Jessie Diggins (2020–21)  | 2021–22 | Annual  |
Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations  | 1979 |  Switzerland (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  | 2020 cancellation
Cycling  | UCI Road World Championships | Road race  | 1958 |  Lotte Kopecky (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  | The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
Time trial  | 1994 |  Chloé Dygert (2023)  |
Team time trial (trade)  | 2012 |  Canyon–SRAM (2018)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
Team time trial (nations)  | 1987 |  Russia (1994)  | Defunct  | Annual  |
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country  | 1990  |  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Downhill  | 1990  |  Valentina Höll (2022)  |
Four-cross  | 2002  |  Caroline Buchanan (2017)  | Defunct  |
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Individuals  | 1991 |  Kate Courtney (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX  | 2017  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Cross-country eliminator  | 2012  |  Gaia Tormena (2019)  |
Trials  | 2001  |  Nina Reichenbach (2019)  |
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals  | 2000 |  Marianne Vos (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  | The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were first contested in 1950, but a women's championship was not added until 2000.
UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1958 | Winners in 10 events (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  | The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first contested in 1893, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships | Individuals  | 2003 | (2019)  | 2020 | Annual  |
UCI Trials World Championships | Individuals  | 1986 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
UCI BMX World Championships | Individuals  | 1982  |  Alise Willoughby (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships | Individuals  | 1956  |  Lisa Hattemer (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 2007 | Winners in 15 events (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  |
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 2009 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Darts
BDO World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 2001 |  Mikuru Suzuki (2020)  | 2021 | Defunct  | The BDO World Darts Championship was first contested in 1978, but a women's championship was not added until 2001. Replaced by WDF World Darts Championship
WDF World Darts Championship | Individuals  | 2022  |  Beau Greaves (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
WDF World Cup | Nations  | 1983 |  England

(2019)

| 2021 | Biennial  | The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983.
Dodgeball | World Dodgeball Championships | Nations - Foam  | 2012  | Canada  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Nations - Cloth  | 2019  | Austria  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Teams  | 1929 | Winners in 6 events (2023)  | 2025  | Annual  | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
Fencing World Cup | Individuals and Nations  | 1972 | (2019–20)  | 2020–21 | Annual  |
World Wheelchair fencing championships | Individuals  | 2010 | (2019)  | 2021 | Biennal  |
Field hockey | FIH Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1974 |  Netherlands (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  |
Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 2003 |  Germany (2018)  | 2023 | Quadrennial  |
Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1906 |  Kaori Sakamoto (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals  | 1976  | (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Finswimming World Cup | Individuals  | 2014  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Fistball | Fistball World Championships | Nations  | 1994 |  Germany (2021)  | 2024  | Quadrennial  |
Flag football | IFAF Flag Football World Championship | Nations  | 2002  |  United States (2021)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Floorball | Floorball World Championships | Nations  | 1997 |  Sweden (2021)  | 2023 | 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 Championships | Individuals  | 1996 | (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Team  | 2005 | (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Freerunning & Parkour | World Parkour Championship | Individuals  | 2021 |  | 2021 | Quadrennial  |
Freestyle skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Moguls  | 1986  |  Yulia Galysheva (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Dual Moguls  | 2001  |  Perrine Laffont (2019)  |
Aerials  | 1986  |  Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya (2019)  |
Half-pipe  | 2005  |  Kelly Sildaru (2019)  |
Slopestyle  | 2011  |  Tess Ledeux (2017)  | Cancelled in 2019.
Ski cross  | 2005  |  Marielle Thompson (2019)  |
Big air  | 2019  |  Tess Ledeux (2019)  |
Futsal | AMF Futsal Women's World Cup | Nations  | 2008 |  Brazil (2019)  | 2021 | Quadrennial  |
Women's Futsal World Tournament | Nations  | 2010 |  Brazil (2015)  | 2020 |  |
Goalball | Goalball World Championships | Nations  | 1982 |  Russia (2018)  | 2022 | Qradrennial  |
Grappling | World Grappling Championship | Individuals  | 2007  | (2013)  | Defunct  | Biennial  |
Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1903 |  China (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Not held in years with a Summer Olympics
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1963 | Winners in 9 events (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  | Changed from 2005
Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & teams  | 1964  |  Bryony Page (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  | Not Held in Summer Olympics Year
Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup | Individual  | 1983  |  Russia (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pairs  | 1974  |  Portugal (2021)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Groups  | 1974  |  Russia (2021)  |
Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals  | 1995 |  Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı (2021)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals  | 1975 | (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Trampoline World Cup | Individuals  | 2008  | (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Wheel Gymnastics World Championships Senior  | Individuals  | 1995  |  Kira Homeyer  | 2026  | Biennial  | All-around champion gym wheel
Golf | HSBC Women's Champions | Individuals  | 2008  |  Park Sung-hyun (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Handball | IHF World Women's Handball Championship | Nations  | 1957 |  France (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
IHF Women's Super Globe | Teams  | 2019  |  1º de Agosto (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Handball (Beach Handball)  | World Women's Beach Handball Championship | Nations  | 2004 |  Germany (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
Ice Climbing | UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup | Individuals  | 2000  | (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships | Individuals  | 2015  | (2017)  | 2022 | Biennual  |
Ice hockey | IIHF World Women's Championships | Nations  | 1990 |  United States (2023)  | 2024 | 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 12,  United States 10
Indoor hockey | Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 2003 |  Germany (2018)  | 2025  | Quadrennial  |
Indoor Soccer | WMF Women's World Cup  | Nations  | 2021  |  United States (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Inline hockey | FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations  | 1995 |  France (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals  | 1980 |  Japan (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Kabaddi | IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) | Nations  | 2010 |  India (2016)  | 2020 |  |
Karate | Karate World Championships | Individuals  | 1970 | Winners in 8 events (2018)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Kendo | World Kendo Championship | Individuals  | 1997  |  Japan (2018)  | 2021  | Triennial  |
Kickboxing | W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships | Individuals  | 1978  | (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Lacrosse | Women's Lacrosse World Cup | Nations  | 1982 |  United States (2022)  | 2026 | Quadrennial  |
Lifesaving | World Life Saving Championships | Nations  | 1955  | Winners in 20 events (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Individual  | 1955 |  Ekaterina Katnikova

(2020)

| 2021  | Annual  |
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Individual  | 1979 |  Evelin Lanthaler (2023)  | 2025  | 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  | (2020)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Mountain running | World Mountain Running Championships | Individuals  | 1985 |  Grayson Murphy (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships | Individuals  | 2004 |  Cristina Simion (2019)  | 2020 | Annual  |
IAU Trail World Championships | Individuals  | 2007 |  Blandine L'Hirondel (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
World Mountain & Trail Running Championships | Individuals  | 2021 |  | 2021 |  |
Muaythai | IFMA World Muaythai Championships | Individuals  | 1993  |  Russia (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Netball | World Netball Championships | Nations  | 1963 |  New Zealand (2019)  | 2023 | Quadrennial  |
Nine-pin bowling | Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships | Single classic  | 2006 |  Sina Beißer (2018)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Sprint  |  Ines Maričić (2018)  |
Combination  |  Jasmina Anđelković (2018)  |
Nine-pin bowling World Team Championships | Team  | 2005 |  Germany (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals  | 1954 | (2021)  | 2023 | Annual  |
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals  | 2020–21 |  Ida Marie Hagen (2023–24)  | 2024–25 | Annual  |
Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint  | 2001  | 2019 Not Take Place  |  | Annual  | Originally biennially, annually since 2003
Short distance  | 1991  |  Hanne Staff (2001)  | Defunct  | Biennial  |
Middle Distance  | 2003  |  Tove Alexandersson (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  | Originally biennally, annually since 2003
Long distance  | 1966  |  Tove Alexandersson

(2019)

| 2021 | Annual  | Originally biennally, annually since 2003
Relay  | 1966  |  Sweden (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  | Originally biennally, annually since 2003
Orienteering World Cup | Individuals  | 1986  |  Tove Alexandersson (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  | Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually
World Ski Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 1975  | (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Ski Orienteering World Cup | Individuals  | 1989  | (2013–14)  | Defunct  |  |
World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2002  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
World Trail Orienteering Championships | Individuals  | 2004  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Padel tennis | Padel Tennis World Championship | Nations  | 1992  | (2022)  | 2024  | Biennial  |
Pétanque | Pétanque World Championships | Nations  | 1988  |  Thailand (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Pickleball | World Pickleball Championships | Nations  | 2019  | (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Powerlifting | World Powerlifting Championship | Individuals  | 2011 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Para Powerlifting Championships | Individuals  | 1994  | Winners in 10 events (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Racquetball | Racquetball World Championships | Nations  | 1981  | (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Real tennis | Real Tennis World Championship | Singles  | 1985  |  Claire Fahey (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial
Doubles  |  Claire Fahey & Tara Lumley (2023)
Ringette | World Ringette Championships | Nations  | 1990 |  Finland (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  | Triennially 2010–2016
Ringette World Club Championship | Clubs  | 2008 |  LL-89 (2011)  | Defunct  | Triennial  | 2014 event cancelled
Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Nations  | 1992 |  Anna Burlinova&Maria Plyashechko (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Roll Ball | Roll Ball World Cup | Nations  | 2011 | (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Roller derby | WFTDA Championships | Teams  | 2006  |  Rose City Rollers (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Roller hockey | Women's Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations  | 1992  |  Spain (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations  | 1974 | Winners in 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 (2023)  | 2024  | Annual  | Three stages
World Indoor Rowing Championships | Individuals and teams  | 2018  | Winners in 54 events (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Rugby league | Women's Rugby League World Cup | Nations  | 2000  |  Australia (2017)  | 2021 | Quadrennial  | Quadrennially after 2013
Rugby union | Women's Rugby World Cup | Nations  | 1991 |  New Zealand (2017)  | 2021 | Quadrennial  | After the first event in 1991, a consistent four-year cycle was established in 1994 and ran through 2014. A new four-year cycle was established in 2017.
Rugby union sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations  | 2009 |  New Zealand (2018)  | 2022 | Quadrennial  | The Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's tournament was not added until 2009[5]
Sailing | World championships in sailing | Individual and Pairs  |  |  |  | Annually  | For a list please see World championships in sailing
Women's Match Racing World Championship  |  |  |  |  | Annually  |
Sambo | World Sambo Championships | Individuals  | 1973  |  Russia (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Sambo World Cup | Individuals  |  | (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Sepak Takraw | ISTAF World Cup | Nations  | 2011  |  Thailand (2017)  |  | Biennial  |
King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship | Nations  | 1985  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1958 | Winners in 23 events (2018)  | 2022 | Quadrennial  |
ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals and nations  | 1967 | Winners in 4 events (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
ISSF World Running Target Championships | Individuals  | 1961 | (2019)  | 2021 | Quadrennial  |
ISSF World Cup | Individuals  | 1986 | Winners in 6 events (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Shooting Para Sport Championships | Individuals  | 1994 | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016  |  Misugu Okamoto (2019)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Street | 2010  |  Pamela Rosa (2019)  | 2021 |
Skeleton | FIBT World Championships | Individual  | 2000 |  Hallie Clarke (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Not held in years with Winter Olympics
IBSF Para Sport World Championship | Nations  | 2016 | (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  |
Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals normal hill  | 2009 |  Maren Lundby (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  |
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 |  Maren Lundby (2019–20)  | 2020–21 | Annual  |
Ski mountaineering | World Championships of Ski Mountaineering | Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances  | 2002  | Winners in 6 events (2019)  | 2021 | Biennial  | Relays added (2004); Long Distance added (2008)
Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Individuals halfpipe  | 1996 |  Cai Xuetong (2023)  | 2025  | Biennial  |
Individuals slopestyle  | 2011 |  Mia Brookes (2023)  |
Individuals snowboard cross  | 1997 |  Eva Adamczyková (2023)  |
Individuals parallel slalom  | 1996 |  Julie Zogg (2023)  |
Individuals parallel giant slalom  | 1999 |  Tsubaki Miki (2023)  |
Individuals big air  | 2015 |  Anna Gasser (2023)  |
FIS Snowboard World Cup | Individuals  | 1994 | (2023–24)  | 2024–25  | Annual  |
World Para Snowboard Championships | Individuals  | 2015 | Winners in 6 Events (2019)  | 2021 | 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  |
Snooker | World Women's Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 1976 |  Reanne Evans (2019)  | 2020 | Annual  |
IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals  | 2003 |  Ng On-yee (2019)  | 2021 | Annual  | Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship
World Women 6-Reds Snooker Championships | Individuals  | 2013  |  Nutcharat Wongharuthai (2020)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Speed skating | World All-Round Speed Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1933 |  Ireen Wüst (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals  | 1970 |  Miho Takagi (2020)  | 2021 | Annual  |
World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and Teams  | 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 Teams  | 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
World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships | Nations  | 1991 |  South Korea (2011)  | Defunct  | Annual  | Discontinued after 2011
Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals  | 1979 |  Nour El Sherbini

(2023)

| 2024 | Annual  |
World Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles teams  | 1997  |  Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal (2022)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations  | 1979 |  Egypt (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
Sumo | Sumo World Championships | Openweight  | 1992  | (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Surfing | World Surfing Championship | Individuals  | 1964  | (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles  | 1926 |  Wang Manyu (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Doubles  |  Sun Yingsha & Wang Manyu (2021)  |
World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations  | 1933 |  (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
World Para Table Tennis Championships | Individuals  | 1990 | Winners in 16 events (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Nations  | 1990 | Winners in 5 events (2017)  |  | Quadrennial  |
Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 8 events (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Nations  |  South Korea (2019)  |
World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships | Individuals and Teams  |  |  Chinese Taipei (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championships | Nations  | 1980  |  Switzerland (2023)  | 2027  | Quadrennial  |
Ten-pin bowling | WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships | Nations  | 1963  | Winners in 6 events (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup | Individuals  | 1965  |  Rebecca Whiting (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Tennis | Billie Jean King Cup | Nations  | 1963 |  Canada (2023)  | 2024 | 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 Series | Individuals  | 1989  |  Flora Duffy (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Championships | Individuals  | 1994  |  Sarissa de Vries (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1990  |  Joselyn Brea (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Merle Brunnée (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships | Individuals  | 1998  |  Margot Garabedian (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Winter Championships | Individuals  | 1997  |  Daria Rogozina (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Cross Championships | Individuals  | 2011  |  Loanne Duvoisin (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
World Triathlon Cup | Individuals  | 1991  |  Samantha Warriner (2008)  |  | Annual  | Since 2009 World Cup champions are no longer decided.
Ironman World Championship | Individuals  | 1991  |  Anne Haug (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Individuals  | 2006  |  Daniela Ryf (2019)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Tug of war | TWIF Indoor World Championships | Nations  | 1976  | Winners in various weight classes (2020)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
TWIF Outdoor World Championships | Nations  | 1976  | Winners in various weight classes (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Underwater Hockey | Underwater Hockey World Championships | Nations  | 1980  |  New Zealand  | 2022  | Biennial  | Most wins:  Australia (8)
Volleyball | Women's World Championship | Nations  | 1952 |  Serbia (2022)  | 2025 | Quadrennial  |
Women's World Cup | Nations  | 1973  |  China (2019)  | Defunct  | Quadrennial  |
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup | Nations  | 1993 |  China (2017)  | Defunct  | Quadrennial  |
FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League | Nations  | 2018 |  Italy (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (1993–2017)
FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship | Clubs  | 1991 |  Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (2023)  | 2024 | Annual  |
World Para Volleyball Championship | Nations  | 1994  |  Brazil (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
Vocotruyen | Vocotruyen World Championships | Individuals  | 2016  |  Algeria (2022)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Wakeboard | World Wakeboard Championship | Individuals  | 1994  | (2022)  | 2023  | Annual  |
Water Ski | Water Ski World Championships | Individuals  | 1949 | (2019)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Weightlifting | World Weightlifting Championships | 45 kg  | 1987 |  Thunya Sukcharoen (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
49 kg  |  Surodchana Khambao (2021)
55 kg  |  Ghofrane Belkhir (2021)
59 kg  |  Kuo Hsing-chun (2021)
64 kg  |  Neama Said (2021)
71 kg  |  Meredith Alwine (2021)
76 kg  |  Lee Min-ji (2021)
81 kg  |  Alina Marushchak (2021)
87 kg  |  Monkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg (2021)
+87 kg  |  Son Young-hee (2021)
Windsurfing | Windsurfing World Championships | Individuals  | 1980  | (2020)  | 2021  | Annual  |
RS:X World Championships | Individuals  |  | (2020)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals  | 1987 | Winners in 4 events (2024)  | 2025 | Annual  |
Wrestling World Cup | Nations  | 2001  |  Russia (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Wushu | World Wushu Championships | Individuals  | 1991 | Winners in 18 events (2023)  | 2025 | Biennial  |
Sanda World Cup | Individuals  | 2002  | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Taolu World Cup | Individuals  | 2016 | (2024)  | 2026  | Biennial  |

## Mixed-sex world championship titles

[edit]

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

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Aquatic | FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | 4×50 m Mixed freestyle relay  | 1993 |  France (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
4×50 m Mixed medley relay  | 1993 |  United States (2022)  | 2024 | Biennial  |
Archery | World Archery Championships | Team recurve
male – female pair  | 1931 |  South Korea (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Team compound
male – female pair  | 1995 |  Colombia (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
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  |
BWF Para-Badminton World Championships | Mixed Doubles  | 1998 | Winners in 3 events (2024)  | 2026 | Biennial  |
Basketball | FIBA 3x3 World Championships | National teams of
two men and two women  | 2012 |  France (2012)  | Defunct  |  | Three players are on the court at any one time
Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | 4 × 7.5 km M+W relay  | 2005 |  Norway (2021)  | 2023 | Annual  | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years
6 km M + 7.5 km W single relay  | 2021 |  France (2021)  | 2023 | Annual  | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years
Bowls | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Mixed Pairs  | 2004 |  Paul Foster,  Alison Merrien (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Cheerleading | The Cheerleading Worlds | Mixed teams  |  | GymTyme All-Stars Chrome (2021)  | 2022  | Annual  |
Cycling | UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country Team relay  | 1999  |  France (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Team trials  | 1999  | (2019)  | 2021 | 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)  | 2025  | Annual  | 2020–2022 championships were cancelled
World Wheelchair Curling Championship | National mixed teams (5 players)  | 2002 |  Norway (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | 2021 was postponed to October
World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | National mixed teams (2 players)  | 2022 |  South Korea (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  | Inaugural event pushed from 2021 to 2022
Diving | World Diving Championships | Individuals  | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2019)  | 2022 | Biennial  |
Dragon and Lion Dance | World Dragon and Lion Dance Championships | Teams  | (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Dodgeball  | World Dodgeball Championships  | Nations - Foam  | 2016  | Canada  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Nations - Cloth  | 2022  | Austria  | 2026  | Biennial  |
Equestrian | Dressage World Cup | Individuals  | 1986 |  Jessica von Bredow-Werndl (2021–22)  | 2022–23 | Annual  |
Driving World Championships | Teams and Individuals  | 1972  |  Boyd Exell (individual, 2022)
Netherlands (team, 2022)  | 2024  | Biennial  |
Mounted Games World Individual Championships  | Individuals  | 1986  |  Colin Verdelhan (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Mounted Games World Pairs Championships  | Pairs  | 1992  |  Jake O'Connor
Craig O'Connor (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Mounted Games World Team Championships  | Team  | 1986  |  England (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Show Jumping World Cup | Individuals  | 1979 |  Steve Guerdat (2019)  | 2020 | Annual  |
FEI Endurance World Championship | Individuals  |  | (2018)  | 2021  | Biennial  |
Flying disc | WFDF World Overall Championships | Individuals  |  | (2019)  |  | Annual  |
WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championship | Individuals  |  | (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | National pairs
male – female pair
from the same nation  | 1908 | (FSR) Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Ice Dance
male – female pair from the same nation  | 1952  | (FSR) Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov (2022)  | 2023
Gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Teams  | 2016  | (RGF) (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
Mixed pairs  | 1974  |
Inline speed skating | World Inline speed skating Championships | Teams  | 1937  |  (2020)  | 2021  | Annual  |
Korfball | IKF World Korfball Championship | 4 females and 4 males  | 1978 |  Netherlands

(2019)

| 2023 | Quadrennial  |
Modern Pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Mixed Relay  | 2001  |  South Korea (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Nations  | 1989 |  Austria (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Nations  | 2001 |  | 2021  | Biennial  | Not held in 2015, 2017 and 2019
Modern Pentathlon | UIPM Biathle-Triathle World Championships | Nationals  |  |  Annika Schneider & Uli Raeth (2021)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Nine-pin bowling | Nine-pin bowling Single's World Championships | Mixed tandems  | 2004 |  Renáta Navrkalová & Jan Endršt (2018)  | 2023 | Biennial  | First time held in 2004. After division of the championships, added to the Team Worlds (2005 & 2007). Since 2008 in Single's World Championships program.
Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint relay  | 2014  |  | TBA  | Annual  | Not held in 2019
Pétanque | Pétanque World Championships | Nations  | 2017  |  Thailand (2019)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Quidditch | IQA World Cup | Nations  | 2012  |  United States

(2018)

| 2022 | Biennial  | Quidditch has rules based on gender, not sex, calling itself a mixed-gender sport
Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Nations  | 1992 |  Polina Zakharova & Artem Gorodynets & Ievgenii Tsyren (2019)  | 2022 | 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 | IFDS SKUD 18 World Championship  | Female or Mixed Pair  | 2007  |  Alexandra Rickham & Niki Birrell (2011)  | ?  | Annual?  |
Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship  | Male and Female Pair  | 2013  | (2019)  | 2020  | Annual  |
Mixed Offshore Doubles World Championship  | Male and Female Pair  | 2021  |  |  | Annual  |
Synchronized skating | ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships | Teams  | 2000  |  Les Suprêmes (2022)  | 2023 | Annual  |
Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Mixed doubles  | 1926 |  Wang Chuqin & Sun Yingsha (2021)  | 2023 | Biennial  |
World Para Table Tennis Championships | Mixed doubles  | 1990 | Winners in 7 events (2022)  | 2026  | Quadrennial  |
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  | 2024 |  Germany (2024)  | 2025  | Annual  |
Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Nations  | 2017  |  Csaba Bányik & Zsanett Janicsek (2021)  | 2023  | Biennial  |
Triathlon | World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | National teams of two men and two women  | 2003  |  France (2019)  | 2022 | Annual  |
Tug of war | TWIF Indoor World Championships | Nations  | 1976  | Winners in various weight classes (2020)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
TWIF Outdoor World Championships | Nations  | 1976  | Winners in various weight classes (2018)  | 2022  | Biennial  |
Wheelchair handball | IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship | Nations  | 2020 |  | 2022 | Annual until 2022  |

## See also

[edit]

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

## 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. ^ "Speedway World Championships | Official Website". Speedway World Championships. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
2. ^ Champions in Individual Ice Racing (motorcycle)
3. ^ From 1962 to 1994, the men's World Championship team time trial was contested by national teams. Since the revival of this race in 2012, it has been contested by trade teams, usually featuring riders of several nationalities.
4. ^ Merk, Martin (24 June 2019). "Statutes, Regulations amended". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ Sport, Frank Keogh BBC (3 March 2015). "Reanne Evans: Ladies' champion to face men in world qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
7. ^ "Women's Decathlon Championships Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

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Olympic sports|

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* Association football
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* men
* women
* Basketball
* men
* women
* 3x3 basketball
* club
* Beach volleyball
* Curling
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* mixed
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* men
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* Handball
* men
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* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby 7s
* Softball
* men
* women
* Volleyball
* men
* men's club
* women
* women's club
* Water polo
* men
* women

|

Individual|

* Aquatic sports
* Archery
* Athletics
* outdoor
* race walking
* Badminton
* men
* women
* mixed
* individual
* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh and skeleton
* Boxing
* women
* Canoeing
* slalom
* sprint
* Cycling
* BMX
* mountain biking
* road
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* Dance sport
* breakdancing
* Equestrianism
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* Fencing
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* men
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* Gymnastics
* artistic
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* trampoline
* Ice skating
* figure
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* Rowing
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* Shooting
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* Skiing
* alpine
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* snowboarding
* Sport climbing
* Surfing
* Table tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* men
* women
* Triathlon
* mixed relay
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Discontinued|

* Basque pelota
* Croquet
* singles
* team
* Karate
* Lacrosse
* men
* women
* Polo
* Rackets
* Real tennis
* Tug of war
* outdoor
* indoor

Paralympic sports|

| Team|

* Blind football
* Para ice hockey
* men
* women
* Wheelchair basketball
* 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

Motorsport|

| Auto racing|

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

|

Motorcycle sports|

* Endurance
* Enduro
* 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
* Test
* ODI (men)
* ODI (women)
* T20 (men)
* T20 (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
* Quidditch/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
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* indoor
* mountain bike marathon
* trials
* Darts
* BDO
* 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
* scooter
* Rowing
* coastal
* indoor
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* practical rifle
* practical shotgun
* Skiing
* flying
* speed
* ski mountaineering
* telemarking
* Squash
* individual
* doubles
* team
* Summer biathlon
* 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

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

* See also: World cups

* v
* t
* e

World championships between clubs

Current|

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

Proposed|

* Association football
* women

* 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

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
* 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
* 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 korfball
* 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
* Roller sports
* 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
* Superstock
* Formula E
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Radio-controlled racing
* 1:8 nitro off-road
* 1:10 electric touring car
* 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
* Sitting Volleyball
* Men
* Women
* 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

* v
* t
* e

World championships in 2024

Summer sports and
indoor sports|

* Athletics
* indoor
* cross country
* race walking
* Aquatics
* artistic swimming
* diving
* high diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* swimming (25 m)
* water polo
* Archery
* 3D
* field
* Badminton (team)
* Baseball (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

Para sports|

* Para-athletics
* Para-cycling
* road
* track
* Paratriathlon
* Wheelchair curling
* mixed doubles
* mixed team
* Wheelchair handball

Cue and mind sports|

* Chess
* Darts
* PDC
* WDF
* 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

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