List of world sports championships
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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
[edit]| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
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| Air racing | Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Drivers | 2003 |  Matt Hall (2019)
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Defunct | Annual | Not held in 2011–2013, discontinued for 2020 |
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| Formula One World Championship | Drivers | 1950 |  Max Verstappen (2024)
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2025 | Annual | Most wins: Michael Schumacher and  Lewis Hamilton 7,  Juan Manuel Fangio 5
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| Constructors | 1958 | McLaren-Mercedes (2024)
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Most wins: Ferrari 16, McLaren 9, Williams 8
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| Formula E World Championship | Drivers | 2014–15 | Pascal Wehrlein (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Jaguar (2023–24)
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| World Rally Championship | Drivers | 1977 |  Thierry Neuville (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 1973 |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2024)
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| TCR World Tour | Drivers | 2023 |  Norbert Michelisz (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers |  Cyan Racing Lynk & Co (2024)
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| Grand Touring World Challenge | Drivers | 2014 |  Lucas Auer & Maro Engel (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers |  Winward Racing Team Mann-Filter (2024)
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| FIA World Endurance Championship | Drivers | 2012 |  Kévin Estre (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Toyota (2024)
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| World Rally-Raid Championship | Drivers | 2023 |  Nasser Al Attiyah & Édouard Boulanger (2024)
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2025 | Annual | Co-sanctioned with FIM; replaced World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies | |
| Teams | Toyota Gazoo Racing (2024)
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| FIA World Baja Cup | Drivers | 2002 | Nasser Al Attiyah & Mathieu Baumel (2023)
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2024 | Annual | Baja events split off from cross-country rally competition after original bajas competition was combined with rallies world cup in 2012. | |
| Teams | Overdrive Racing (2023)
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| Karting World Championship | OK | 1964 | Ethan Jeff-Hall (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| KZ | Giuseppe Palomba (2024)
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Annual | |||||
| FIA International Hill Climb Cup | Closed cars | 2000 |  Janusz Grzyb (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Competition Cars | Sébastien Petit (2024)
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| World Rallycross Championship | RX1 | 2014 | Johan Kristoffersson (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| RX2 | Nils Andersson (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||||
| Motorcycling | FIM MotoGP World Championship | Riders | 2002 |  Jorge Martín (2024)
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2025 | Annual | Until 2002 as 500cc |
| Constructors | 2002 | Ducati (2024)
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| MotoE World Championship | Riders | 2019 | Héctor Garzó (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 2019 | Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE (2024)
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| Superbike World Championship | Riders | 1988 |  Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Ducati (2024)
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| Supersport World Championship | Riders | 1999 | Adrián Huertas (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | Ducati (2024)
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| Motocross World Championship | Riders | 2003 | Jorge Prado (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 2003 | Honda (2024)
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| Enduro World Championship | Riders (EnduroGP) |
2004 | Josep García (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| World Rally-Raid Championship | Riders | 2022 | Luciano Benavides (2023)
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2024 | Annual | Co-sanctioned with FIA; replaced Cross-Country Rallies World Championship | |
| Manufacturers | 2022 | Monster Energy Honda (2023)
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| FIM Bajas World Cup | Riders | 2012 |  Mohammed Al-Balooshi (2023)
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2024 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 2012 | KTM (2023)
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| Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995) |
Riders | 1936 | Bartosz Zmarzlik (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (2001–2017, 2023) Speedway of Nations (since 2018) |
Nations | 1960 | Great Britain (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Individual Ice Speedway World Championship | Riders | 1966 | Martin Haarahiltunen (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| FIM Trial World Championship | Outdoor | 1964 | Toni Bou (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| X-Trial | 1993 | Toni Bou (2024)
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| FIM Hard Enduro World Championship | Riders | 2018 | Manuel Lettenbichler (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| FIM SuperEnduro World Championship | Riders | 2007–08 | Billy Bolt (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Sidecar World Championship | Pairs | 1949 | Harry Payne (driver) & Kevin Rousseau (passenger) (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Gliding | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals | 1985 | Maciej Pospieszyński (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Nations | Germany (2024)
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| World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 1937 | Winners in 3 classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition. | |
| Paragliding | Paragliding World Cup | Individual | 1992 | Honorin Hamard (2022)
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2023 | Annual | |
| Practical shooting | IPSC Handgun World Shoots | Individuals | 1975 | Eric Grauffel (2022) Camilla Almici (2022)
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2025 | Triennial | Winner(s) of largest division(s) |
| Motorboat racing | Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship | Individual | 1981 | Jonas Andersson (2024)
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2025 | Annual | 2020 Season got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Motorboat | Aquabike World Championship | Individual | 1996 | Samuel Johansson (Runabout GP1), 2024
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2025 | Annual | 2020 Season was made of only one GP as all the remaining GP were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| Sailing | Class World Championships | Individuals and Teams | Annual | The majority of sailing 100+ Annual World Championships are none gender specific |
Male world championship titles
[edit]| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
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| Alpine skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1931 | Winners in 5 events (2025) | 2027 | Biennial | |
| FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | Individuals | 1967 |  Marco Odermatt (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Nations | Switzerland (2023–24)
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| American football | IFAF World Championship | Nations | 1999 | United States (2015)
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2025 | Quadrennial | Not held in 2019 |
| Armwrestling | World Armwrestling Championship | Individuals | 1979 | Winners in 22 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Aquatics | Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1973 | Winners in 20 events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 5 events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals | 2023 | Winners in 2 events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals | 1991 | Winners in 2 events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| High diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals | 2013 | Aidan Heslop (2024)
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2025 | Biennial | ||
| World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) | Individuals[R] | 1993 | Winners in 21 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Aquatics Swimming World Cup | Individuals | 1988–89 | Léon Marchand (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| World Aquatics Diving World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Winners in 4 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| FINA Marathon Swim World Series | Individuals | 2007 | Marc-Antoine Olivier (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series | Individuals | 2009 | Aidan Heslop (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1931 | Winners in 4 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Archery World Cup | Individual recurve | 2006 |  Kim Woo-jin (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Individual compound | James Lutz (2024)
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| World Field Archery Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1969 | Winners in 4 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| Artistic roller skating | Artistic Skating World Championships | Individuals | 1980 | Alessandro Liberatore (2024)
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2025 | Annual | Not held in 2020 |
| Athletics | World Athletics Championships | Individuals[R] | 1983 | Winners in 24 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | 1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993 |
| World Athletics Indoor Championships | Individuals[R] | 1985 | Winners in 13 events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Individuals | 1973 |  Jacob Kiplimo (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | ||
| Nations |  Kenya (2024)
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| World Mountain and Trail Running Championships | Individuals | 1985 | Winners in 10 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| World Athletics Road Running Championships | Individuals | 1992 | Sabastian Sawe (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | Annually until 2010 | |
| Team | 1992 | (2023)
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| World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships | Individual & Nations | 1961 | Winners in 4 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Athletics Relays | Nations | 2014 | Winners in 2 events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| IAU 50 km World Championships | Individuals | 2005 | (2024) | 2025 | Annual | 2017, 2018 not held | |
| IAU 100 km World Championships | Individuals | 1987 | Haruki Okayama (2022)
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2023 | Annual | ||
| IAU 24 Hour World Championship | Individuals | 2001 |  Aleksandr Sorokin (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | ||
| Nations | 2003 | Lithuania (2023)
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| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Singles | 1977 |  Kunlavut Vitidsarn (2023)
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2025 | Annual | Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Doubles | Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae (2023)
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| Thomas Cup | Nations | 1949 |  China (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup. Most wins:  Indonesia 14, China 11,  Malaysia 5
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| Ball Hockey | Ball Hockey World Championship | Nations | 1996 |  Canada (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship | Nations | 1957 | Sweden (2023)
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2025 | Annual | The second Bandy WCs were held in 1961; from that point, the championships were held biennially until 2003; and annually ever since. |
| Baseball | World Baseball Classic | Nations | 2006 | Japan (2023)
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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
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| Baseball World Cup | Nations | 1938 | Netherlands (2011)
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Defunct | Biennial until 2011 | ||
| WBSC Premier12 | Nations | 2015 |  Chinese Taipei (2024)
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2027 | Quadrennial | ||
| Baseball5 | Baseball5 World Cup | Nations | 2024 |  Cuba (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Basketball | FIBA Basketball World Cup | Nations | 1950 | Germany (2023)
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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
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| FIBA 3x3 World Cup | Nations | 2012 |  Serbia (2023)
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2025 | Annual | Biennial until 2016 | |
| FIBA Intercontinental Cup | Clubs | 1966 | Unicaja (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Beach handball | World Men's Beach Handball Championship | Nations | 2004 |  Croatia (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Beach soccer | FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Nations | 2005 |  Brazil (2024)
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2025 | Biennial | Most wins: Brazil 6,  Russia 3,  Portugal 2
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| Beach tennis | Beach Tennis World Championship | Individuals | 2009 | André Baran & Michele Cappelletti (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships | Nations | 1997 |  Perušič – Schweiner (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | |
| Beach wrestling | World Beach Wrestling Championships | Individuals | 2006 | Winners in 4 weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1958 | Winners in 5 events (2025) | 2027 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic Years |
| Summer Biathlon World Championships | Individuals | 1996 | Winners in 3 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Cancelled in 2020 | |
| Biathlon World Cup | Individuals overall | 1977–78 |  Johannes Thingnes Bø (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Nations | 2000–01 | Norway (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | |||
| Billiards & Pool | WPA World Eight-ball Championship | Individuals | 2004 | Joshua Filler (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| WPA World Blackball Championship | Individuals | 2006 |  Gavin Robinson (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | ||
| WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals | 1990 | Fedor Gorst (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| WPA World Ten-ball Championship | Individuals | 2008 |  Carlo Biado (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| World Billiards Championship (English billiards) | Individuals | 1870 | David Causier (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Individuals | 1990 | Fedor Gorst (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Bobsleigh | IBSF World Championships | Four man | 1930 | Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Felix Straub (2024) |
2025 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| Two man | 1931 | Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller (2024) | |||||
| Bobsleigh World Cup | Individuals | 1984–85 | Francesco Friedrich (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Bowling (ten-pin) |
QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup | Individuals | 1965 | Robin Ilhammar (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships | Nations | 1954 | Winners in 4 events (2021) | 2022 | Annual | Biennially until 2010 | |
| Bowls | World Bowls Championship | Individuals and Nations | 1966 | Winners in 5 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| World Indoor Bowls Championships | Singles | 1979 |  Jason Banks (2025)
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2026 | Annual | ||
| Pairs | Jason Banks & Michael Stepney (2025)
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| Boxing | World Amateur Boxing Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Winners in 13 weight classes (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Breakdancing | Battle of the Year | Individuals | 2009 | Phil Wizard (2023)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Red Bull BC One | Individuals | 2004 | Hong 10 (2023)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Canoeing | ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships | Individuals | 1938 | Winners in 8 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1949 | Winners in 5 events (2023) | 2025 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years | |
| Canoe Slalom World Cup | Individuals | 1988 | Winners in 3 disciplines (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations | 1994 | Germany (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | ||
| ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships | Individuals | 1988 | Winners in 6 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Wildwater Canoeing World Championships | Individuals | 1959 | Winners in 6 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Climbing | IFSC Climbing World Championships | Individuals | 1991 | Winners in 4 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| IFSC Climbing World Cup | Individuals & Nations | 1989 | Winners in 3 disciplines (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Cricket | ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI format) | Nations | 1975 | Australia (2023)
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2027 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Australia 6,  West Indies 2,  India 2,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka, England 1 each
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| ICC Men's T20 World Cup (T20I format) | Nations | 2007 | India (2024)
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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
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| ICC World Test Championship (Test format) | Nations | 2019–21 | Australia (2021–23)
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2023–25 | Biennial[a] | 2 year league format concluding with the final | |
| ICC Champions Trophy | Nations | 1998 | Pakistan (2017)
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2025 | Quadrennial | Biennial until 2017. Quadrennial since 2025. | |
| Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1925 | Winners in 6 events (2025) | 2027 | Biennial | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Individuals | 1973–74 | Harald Østberg Amundsen (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| CrossFit | CrossFit Games | Individuals | 2007 | James Sprague (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Curling | World Curling Championships | Nations | 1959 | Sweden (2024)
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2025 | Annual | 2020 cancellation, Most wins: Canada 36, Sweden 12, Scotland 6
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| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Road race | 1927 |  Tadej Pogačar (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Time trial | 1994 | Remco Evenepoel (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |||
| UCI Track Cycling World Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1893 | Winners in 11 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Individuals | 1990 | Winners in 4 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| UCI BMX World Championships | Individuals | 1982 | Joris Daudet (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Freestyle BMX | 2017 | Flatland: Matthias Dandois (2024) Park: Logan Martin (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Trials | 1986 | Men Elite 20": Alejandro Montalvo (2024) Men Elite 26": Jack Carthy (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 1950 | Mathieu van der Poel (2025)
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2026 | Annual | ||
| UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships | Individuals | 2003 |  Simon Andreassen (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup | Individuals & Nations | 2021 | Great Britain (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| UCI Mountain Bike World Cup | Cross-country | 1990 |  Alan Hatherly (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Downhill | 1993 | Loïc Bruni (2024)
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| UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup | Individuals | 1993–94 | Eli Iserbyt (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | ||
| UCI BMX Supercross World Cup | Individuals | 2010 | Izaac Kennedy (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Darts | |||||||
| WDF World Darts Championship | Individuals | 2022 |  Shane McGuirk (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| PDC World Darts Championship | Individuals | 1994 | Luke Littler (2025)
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2026 | Annual | Most wins: Phil Taylor 14, Michael van Gerwen 3, Gary Anderson 2
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| PDC World Cup of Darts | Doubles | 2010 | Luke Humphries & Michael Smith (2024)
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2025 | Annual | Most wins: England 4, Netherlands 4,  Wales 2
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| WDF World Cup | Nations | 1977 | Netherlands (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983 | |
| Disc golf | PDGA World Championships | Individuals | 1982 | Isaac Robinson (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Dodgeball | Dodgeball World Championship | Nations - Foam | 2012 | United States (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Nations - Cloth | 2019 | Austria (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |||
| Fencing | World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1921 | Winners in 6 events (2023) | 2025 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years |
| Fencing World Cup | Foil Sabre Épée |
1972 |  Cheung Ka Long Oh Sang-uk Koki Kano(2023–24) |
2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Field hockey | FIH Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1971 | Germany (2023)
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2026 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Pakistan 4, Netherlands 3, Australia 3, Germany 3
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| Men's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup | Nations | 2003 | Germany (2025)
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2027 | Biennial | Most wins: Germany 4, Austria 2, Netherlands 1
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| FIH Men's Hockey5s World Cup | Nations | 2024 | Netherlands (2024)
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2028 | Quadrennial | ||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 1896 | Ilia Malinin (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals | 1976 | Winners in 17 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | |
| Fistball | Fistball World Championships | Nations | 1968 | Germany (2023)
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2027 | Quadrennial | |
| Flag football | IFAF Flag Football World Championship | Nations | 2002 | United States (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Floorball | World Floorball Championships | Nations | 1996 |  Finland (2024)
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2026 | Biennial | |
| Freediving | AIDA World Championship | Individuals | 2005 | (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Team | 1996 | (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | |||
| Freerunning & Parkour | Parkour World Championships | Individuals | 2022 | Winners in 2 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | |
| Freestyle Skiing | FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships | Individuals | 1986 | Winners in 7 events (2025) | 2027 | Biennial | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup | Individuals | 1980 | Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24) | 2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Football | FIFA World Cup | Nations | 1930 | Argentina (2022)
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2026 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Brazil 5, Germany 4, Italy 4
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| FIFA Club World Cup | Clubs | 2000 | Manchester City (2023)
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2025 | Quadrennial | Annual until 2023, Most wins: Real Madrid 5, Barcelona 3, Corinthians 2, Bayern Munich 2
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| FIFA Intercontinental Cup | Clubs | 2024 | Real Madrid (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Futsal | FIFA Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1989 | Brazil (2024)
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2028 | Quadrennial | Most wins: Brazil 6, Spain 2, Argentina 1, Portugal 1
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| AMF Futsal World Cup | Nations | 1982 |  Paraguay (2023)
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2027 | Quadrennial | Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003 | |
| Golf | Mission Hills World Cup | Nations | 1953 | Belgium (2018)
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2021 | Biennial | |
| World Golf Championships | WGC Championship | 1999 | Collin Morikawa (2021)
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Defunct | Annual | ||
| WGC Match Play | 1999 | Sam Burns (2023)
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2024 | Annual | |||
| WGC Invitational | 1999 |  Abraham Ancer (2021)
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Defunct | Annual | |||
| WGC-HSBC Champions | 2005 |  Rory McIlroy (2019)
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Defunct | Annual | |||
| Gymnastics | World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1903 | Winners in 8 events (2023) | 2025 | Annual | Not held in Olympic Years |
| Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | Individual & Nations | 1964 | Winners in 7 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Pair and Group | 1974 | Winners in 6 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | Individuals | 1995 | Winners in 8 events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | Individuals | 1975 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Handball | IHF World Men's Handball Championship | Nations | 1938 | Denmark (2023)
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2025 | Biennial | Most wins: France 6, Sweden 4,  Romania 4
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| IHF Super Globe | Clubs | 1997 | Veszprém (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Hyrox | Hyrox World Championships | Individuals | 2018–19 | Alexander Roncevic (2023–24)
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2024–25 | Annual | |
| Ice climbing | UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships | Lead | 2002 | Lee Young-geon (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |
| Speed | 2002 |  Mohammad Reza Safdarian (2024)
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2025 | Annual | |||
| Ice hockey | IIHF World Championship | Nations | 1920 | Czech Republic (2024)
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2025 | Annual | Not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II. Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins: Canada 28, Soviet Union & Russia 27, Czechoslovakia & Czech Republic 13, Sweden 11
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| Inline hockey | IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship | Nations | 1996 | United States (2017)
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Defunct | Annual | The IIHF cancelled the championship in 2019 and can no longer govern inline hockey.[1] |
| FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations | 1995 | United States (2024)
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2025 | Annual | ||
| Inline speed skating | Inline Speed Skating World Championships | Individuals | 1966 | Winners in 11 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals | 1956 | Winners in 7 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Ju-jitsu | Ju-Jitsu World Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in 14 weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Kabaddi | IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style) | Nations | 2004 | India (2016)
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2025 | Quadrennial | |
| Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) | Nations | 2010 | Pakistan (2020)
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2024 | Quadrennial | ||
| Karate | Karate World Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1970 | Winners in 8 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Kho Kho | Kho Kho World Cup | Nations | 2025 | India (2025)
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2026 | Annual | |
| Kickboxing | W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships | Individuals | 1978 | Winners in various weight classes (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Lacrosse | World Lacrosse Championship | Nations | 1967 | United States (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | |
| World Lacrosse Box Championships | Nations | 2003 | Canada (2024)
|
2028 | Quadrennial | ||
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Men's singles | 1955 | Max Langenhan (2025)
|
2027 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| Men's doubles | 1955 | Hannes Orlamünder & Paul Gubitz (2025)
| |||||
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Men's singles | 1979 | Michael Scheikl (2025)
|
2027 | Biennial | ||
| Men's doubles | 1979 | Patrick Lambacher & Matthias Lambacher (2025)
| |||||
| Minifootball | WMF World Cup | Nations | 2015 | Romania (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Modern pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Individual | 1949 | Csaba Bőhm (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Team | 1949 | Hungary (2024)
|
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| Relay | 2004 | South Korea (2024)
|
|||||
| Modern Pentathlon World Cup | Individuals | 1999 | Winners in 5 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Mountain and Trail running | World Mountain and Trail Running Championships | Individuals | 2021 | Winners in 10 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| World Mountain Running Championships | Individuals | 1985 | Joseph Gray (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| IAU Trail World Championships | Individuals | 2007 | Jonathan Albon (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Nordic Combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nation | 1925 | Winners in 3 events (2025) | 2027 | Biennial | |
| FIS Nordic Combined World Cup | Individuals | 1983–84 | Jarl Magnus Riiber (2023–24)
|
2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 1966 | Winners in 2 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Originally biennially, annually since 2003 |
| Orienteering World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Kasper Fosser (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually | |
| World Ski Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 1975 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 2002 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| World Trail Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 2004 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Padel tennis | Padel World Championship | Nations | 1992 | Argentina (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Pickleball | World Pickleball Championships | Nations | 2019 | (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Polo | World Polo Championship | Nations | 1987 | Spain (2022)
|
2026 | Triennial | Most wins: Argentina 5, Brazil 3,  Chile 2
|
| Powerlifting | World Powerlifting Championship | Individuals | 2011 | Winners in various weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Racquetball | Racquetball World Championships | Nations | 1981 | United States (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Pairs | 1992 |  Timmo Tammemäe & Sander Linnus (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Roll Ball | Roll Ball World Cup | Nations | 2011 | Kenya (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Roller derby | Men's Roller Derby World Cup | Nations | 2014 | United States (2018)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Roller hockey | Roller Hockey World Cup | Nations | 1936 | Spain (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958 |
| Roller Hockey Intercontinental Cup | Clubs | 1983 | FC Barcelona (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | Nations | 1962 | Winners in 3 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years |
| World Rowing Cup | Nations | 1997 | Winners in varying numbers of events per stage (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Three stages | |
| World Indoor Rowing Championships | Individuals and Nations | 2018 | Winners in 5 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Rugby league | Rugby League World Cup | Nations | 1954 | Australia (2021)
|
2026 | Quadrennial | Quadrennial after 2013, Most wins: Australia 12, Great Britain 3,  New Zealand 1
|
| Rugby union | Rugby World Cup | Nations | 1987 | South Africa (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | Most wins: South Africa 4, New Zealand 3, Australia 2, England 1
|
| Rugby sevens | Rugby World Cup Sevens | Nations | 1993 |  Fiji (2022)
|
2026 | Quadrennial | In June 2013, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) announced that it had reconsidered a previous decision to scrap the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After 2013, the next event will be in 2018, and will be held quadrennially afterwards.[2] |
| Sailing | World championships in sailing | Individuals and Pairs | N/A | N/A | N/A | Multiple Annual | Sailing hold multiple male only events See Here mainly in the Olympic discipline |
| Sambo | World Sambo Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in various weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Sepak Takraw | ISTAF World Cup | Nations | 2011 | Thailand (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Shooting | ISSF World Shooting Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1897 | Winners in 28 events (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| ISSF World Shotgun Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1934 | Winners in 4 events (2022) | 2023 | Biennial | ||
| World Running Target Championships | Individuals & Team | 1961 | (Winners in 10 events) (2022) | 2024 | Quadrennial | ||
| ISSF World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | China (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Skateboarding | World Skateboarding Championship | Park | 2016 | Augusto Akio (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Street | 2010 | Toa Sasaki (2024)
|
2025 | ||||
| Skeleton | IBSF World Championships | Individual | 1982 | Christopher Grotheer (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| Skeleton World Cup | Individual | 1986–87 | Matt Weston (2023–24)
|
2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Individuals & Nations | 1962 | Winners in 3 events (2025) | 2027 | Biennial | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| FIS Ski Flying World Championships | Individuals | 1972 | Stefan Kraft (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| National Team | 2004 | Slovenia (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |||
| FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979–80 | Stefan Kraft (2023–24)
|
2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Snooker | World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1927 | Kyren Wilson (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | This championship is open to both sexes, but no woman has ever won the event.[3] Most wins in modern era: Stephen Hendry 7, Steve Davis 6, Ronnie O'Sullivan 7
|
| IBSF World Snooker Championship | Individuals | 1963 | Muhammad Asif (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship | |
| Six-red World Championship | Individuals | 2008 | Ding Junhui (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Snooker World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | John Higgins&Stephen Maguire (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboard World Championships | Individuals | 1996 | Winners in 6 events (2025) | 2027 | Biennial | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| FIS Snowboard World Cup | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24) | 2024–25 | Annual | ||
| Snowshoe running | World Snowshoe Championships | Individuals | 2006 | Alex Baldaccini (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Softball | Men's Softball World Cup | Nations | 1966 | Australia (2022)
|
2025 | Triennial | Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, biennially till 2019, now triennially |
| Speed skating | World Allround Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1889 | Jordan Stolz (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| World Sprint Speed Skating Championships | Individuals | 1970 | Ning Zhongyan (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Single Distance Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1996 | Winners in 8 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held | |
| World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1976 | Winners in 4 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships | |
| Squash | PSA World Championship | Individuals | 1976 |  Diego Elías (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| World International Doubles Squash Championships | Doubles | 1997 | Elliott Lowe & Raphael Segal (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| WSF World Team Squash Championships | Nations | 1967 |  Egypt (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | 2021 Championship cancelled | |
| Strength athletics | World's Strongest Man | Individuals | 1977 | Tom Stoltman (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Surfing | World Surfing Games | Individuals & Team | 1964 | Gabriel Medina (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Singles | 1926 | Fan Zhendong (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Doubles | Wang Chuqin & Fan Zhendong (2023)
|
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| World Team Table Tennis Championships | Nations | 1926 | China (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 8 weight classes (2023) | 2025 | Biennial | |
| Nations | South Korea (2023)
|
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| World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships | Nations | 2006 | Iran (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| Tchoukball | World Tchoukball Championship | Nations | 1971 | Chinese Taipei (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | |
| Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Men's singles | 2017 | Apor Györgydeák (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Men's doubles | 2017 | Sorrasak Thaosiri & Jirati Chanliang (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |||
| Tennis | Davis Cup | Nations | 1900 | Italy (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Note: The Davis Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. Only the teams in the World Group actually compete for the Davis Cup proper; other teams play to (eventually) reach the World Group. Most wins: United States 32, Australia 28, France 10
|
| World Team Cup | Nations | 1978 | Serbia (2012)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| ATP Cup | Nations | 2020 | Canada (2022)
|
Defunct | Annual | ||
| Triathlon | World Triathlon Championship Series | Individuals | 2009 | Alex Yee (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| World Triathlon Long Distance Championships | Individuals | 1994 | Antonio Benito (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Duathlon Championships | Individuals | 1990 | Javier Martín (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships | Individuals | 1997 | Émile Blondel-Hermant (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships | Individuals | 1998 | Kevin Viñuela (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Winter Championships | Individuals | 1997 | Franco Pesavento (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| World Triathlon Cross Championships | Individuals | 2011 | Michele Bonacina (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Ironman World Championship | Individuals | 1978 | Patrick Lange (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Ironman 70.3 World Championship | Individuals | 2006 | Rico Bogen (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Volleyball | Men's World Championship | Nations | 1949 | Italy (2022)
|
2025 | Biennial | Most wins: Soviet Union 6, Italy 4, Brazil 3, Poland 3
|
| FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League | Nations | 2018 | France (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017) | |
| FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship | Clubs | 1989 | Sada Cruzeiro (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Wakeboarding | World Wakeboard Championship | Individuals | 1994 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Water polo | Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships | Nations | 1973 | Croatia (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | Biennially since 2001 |
| FINA Water Polo World Cup | Nations | 1979 | Spain (2023)
|
2025 | Quadrennial | Biennially until 2002 | |
| Water skiing | Water Ski World Championships | Individuals | 1949 | Louis Duplan-Fribourg (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Weightlifting | World Weightlifting Championships | Individuals | 1891 | Winners in 10 weight classes (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Windsurfing | Windsurfing World Championships | Individuals | 1974 | Lars Kleppich (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |
| Wrestling (amateur) | World Wrestling Championships | Individuals | 1904 | Winners in 8 events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years |
| Wrestling World Cup (freestyle) | Nations | 1973 | United States (2022)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman) | Nations | 1980 | Iran (2022)
|
2025 | Annual |
- ^ only for final match
Female world championship titles
[edit]
Mixed-sex world championship titles
[edit]| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Skiing | FIS Alpine World Ski Championships | Team parallel event | 2005 | Italy (2025)
|
2027 | Annual | |
| Archery | World Archery Championships | Team recurve male – female pair |
1931 | South Korea (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Team compound male – female pair |
1995 | United States (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |||
| Aquatics | Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | 4×100 m Mixed freestyle relay | 2015 | China (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| 4×100 m Mixed medley relay | 2015 | United States (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | |||
| World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) | 4×50 m Mixed freestyle relay | 2014 | Italy (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| 4×50 m Mixed medley relay | 2014 |  Neutral Athletes B (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |||
| 4×100 m Mixed medley relay | 2024 | Neutral Athletes B (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |||
| Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Duet free routine | 2015 | Cheng Wentao and Shi Haoyu (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| Duet technical routine |  Nargiza Bolatova and Eduard Kim (2024)
|
2025 | |||||
| Team free routine | 2023 | China (2024)
|
2025 | ||||
| Team technical routine | China (2024)
|
2025 | |||||
| Acrobatic routine | China (2024)
|
2025 | |||||
| Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships | Nations | 2011 | Australia (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| Diving at the World Aquatics Championships | Individuals | 1973 | Winners in 3 events (2024) | 2025 | Biennial | ||
| Athletics | World Athletics Championships | 4×400 mixed relay | 2019 | United States (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| World Athletics Cross Country Championships | Mixed relay | 2017 | Kenya (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships | Mixed relay | 2024 | Italy (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| World Athletics Relays | 4×400 m mixed relay | 2017 | United States (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| 2×2×400 m mixed relay | 2019 | Poland (2021)
|
Defunct | ||||
| Shuttle hurdles mixed relay | Germany (2021)
|
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| Badminton | BWF World Championships | Mixed Doubles | 1977 | Seo Seung-jae & Chae Yoo-jung (2023)
|
2025 | Annual | Not held in Summer Olympic years. |
| Sudirman Cup | Nations | 1989 | China (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | ||
| Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships | 4 × 6 km M+W relay | 2005 | France (2025)
|
2027 | Annual | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years |
| 6 km M + 7.5 km W single relay | 2021 | France (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Not held in the Winter Olympic Years | ||
| Bowls | World Indoor Bowls Championships | Mixed Pairs | 2004 | Jason Banks & Beth Riva (2025)
|
2026 | Annual | |
| CrossFit | CrossFit Games | Mixed teams | 2007 | Raw Iron CrossFit Mayhem Thunder (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Cycling | UCI Mountain Bike World Championships | Cross-country Team relay | 1999 | United States (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Team trials | 1999 | Spain (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Curling | World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | National mixed teams male – female pair |
2008 | Sweden (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | 2020 cancellation |
| World Mixed Curling Championship | National mixed teams (4 players) | 2015 | Sweden (2024)
|
2026 | Annual | 2020–2022 championships were cancelled | |
| Dodgeball | Dodgeball World Championship | Nations - Foam | 2016 | Canada (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Nations - Cloth | 2022 | Austria (2024)
| |||||
| Equestrian | Dressage World Cup | Individuals | 1986 | Patrik Kittel (2023–24)
|
2024–25 | Annual | |
| Driving World Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1972 | Boyd Exell (individual, 2024) Netherlands (team, 2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | ||
| Show Jumping World Cup | Individuals | 1979 | Henrik von Eckermann (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Figure skating | World Figure Skating Championships | National pairs male – female pair from the same nation |
1908 | Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Ice Dance male – female pair from the same nation |
1952 | Madison Chock & Evan Bates (2024)
|
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| Frisbee | WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championship | Individuals | 1983 | United States (2024)
|
2028 | Quadrennial | |
| Gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | Nations | 2016 | Belgium (2024)
|
2026 | Biennial | |
| Mixed pairs | 1974 | ||||||
| Korfball | IKF World Korfball Championship | 4 females and 4 males | 1978 | Netherlands (2023)
|
2027 | Quadrennial | |
| Modern Pentathlon | World Modern Pentathlon Championships | Mixed Relay | 2001 | South Korea (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Luge | FIL World Luge Championships | Mixed singles | 2025 | Max Langenhan & Julia Taubitz (2025)
|
2027 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| Mixed doubles | 2025 | Thomas Steu & Wolfgang Kindl Selina Egle & Lara Kipp (2025) | |||||
| Nations | 1989 | Germany (2025)
| |||||
| FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships | Nations | 2001 | Evelin Lanthaler & Daniel Gruber (2025)
|
2027 | Biennial | Not held in 2015, 2017 and 2019 | |
| Nordic combined | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Mixed team normal hill | 2023 | Norway (2025)
|
2027 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| Orienteering | World Orienteering Championships | Sprint relay | 2014 | Switzerland (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | Not held in 2019, 2020 |
| Quidditch | IQA World Cup | Nations | 2012 | United States (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | Quidditch has rules based on gender, not sex, calling itself a mixed-gender sport |
| Rogaining | World Rogaining Championships | Nations | 1992 |  Guntars Mankus & Irita Pukite (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Rowing | World Rowing Championships | PR2 Mixed double sculls 1 Male & 1 Female |
2013 | Great Britain (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |
| PR3 Mixed double sculls 1 Male & 1 Female |
2013 | Australia (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |||
| PR3 Mixed coxed four 2 Male & 2 Female plus an open coxswain |
2013 | Great Britain (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | |||
| World Indoor Rowing Championships | Mixed 2000 m relay 2 Male & 2 Female |
2018 | Finland Team FINLAND (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | ||
| Sailing | Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship | Male and Female Pair | 2013 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | |
| Mixed Offshore Doubles World Championship | Male and Female Pair | 2021 | Winners in various events (2024) | 2025 | Annual | ||
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic World Ski Championships | Mixed team normal hill | 2013 | Norway (2025)
|
2027 | Annual | Not held in Winter Olympic years |
| Synchronized skating | ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships | Teams | 2000 | Les Suprêmes (2024)
|
2025 | Annual | |
| Table tennis | World Table Tennis Championships | Mixed doubles | 1926 | Wang Chuqin & Sun Yingsha (2023)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Tennis | Hopman Cup | National teams male – female pair |
1989 | Switzerland (2019)
|
Defunct | Annual | Competitions are played in traditional order: women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles |
| United Cup | National teams of men and women | 2023 | United States (2025)
|
2026 | Annual | ||
| Teqball | Teqball World Championships | Nations | 2017 | Suphawadi Wongkhamchan & Phakpong Dejaroen (2024)
|
2025 | Biennial | |
| Triathlon | World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships | National teams of two men and two women | 2003 | Germany (2024)
|
2025 | Annual |
See also
[edit]- List of world championships in mind sports
- List of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth
- List of world cups
- World championship
- World cup
- List of multi-sport events
Notes
[edit]- R. ^R – One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.
References
[edit]- ^ Merk, Martin (24 June 2019). "Statutes, Regulations amended". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sport, Frank Keogh BBC (3 March 2015). "Reanne Evans: Ladies' champion to face men in world qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Women's Decathlon Championships Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2024.