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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air racing | Red Bull Air Race World Championship | Individuals | 2003 |  Matt Hall (2019)
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Defunct | Annual | Not held in 2011–2013, discontinued for 2020 |
| Auto racing | |||||||
| A1 Grand Prix | Nations | 2005–06 |  Republic of Ireland (2008–09)
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Defunct | Annual | ||
| Formula One World Championship | Individuals | 1950 |  Max Verstappen (2023)
|
2024 | Annual | ||
| Constructors | 1958 |  Red Bull Racing (2023)
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| FIA World Endurance Championship | Individuals | 2012 |  Brendon Hartley
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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)
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Defunct | Annual | Annually until 2021 | |
| Teams |  Overdrive SA (2021)
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| World Rally-Raid Championship | Individuals | 2023 | Nasser Al Attiyah /  Mathieu Baumel (2023)
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2024 | Annual | Co-sanctioned with FIM; replaced World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies | |
| Teams |  Toyota Gazoo Racing (2022)
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| FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas | Individuals | 2002 | Nasser Al Attiyah / Mathieu Baumel (2023)
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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)
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| 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)
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| World Manufacturers' Championship | Manufacturers | 1925 | Delage (1927) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1927 | |
| World Sportscar Championship | Manufacturers; from 1985 teams |
1953 | Peugeot Talbot Sport (1992) | Defunct | Annual | Annually until 1992. 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)
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| 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)
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| Bull riding | PBR Global Cup | Nations | 2017 |  USA (2022)
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Defunct | Annual | Discontinued after 2022 |
| PBR World Cup | Nations | 2007 |  Brazil (2010)
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Defunct | Annual | Discontinued after 2010 | |
| Gliding | FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships | Individuals | 1985 |  Ferenc Tóth (2018)
|
2019 | Annual | |
| Nations |  (2018)
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| 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)
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Until 2012 as 125cc | ||||
| Moto2 Individual | 2010 | Augusto Fernández (2022)
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Until 2010 as 250cc | ||||
| MotoGP Individual | 2002 | Francesco Bagnaia (2022)
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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)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| Motocross World Championship | MX2 Individual | 2003 | Jorge Prado Garcia (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| MXGP Individual | 2003 | Jeffrey Herlings (2018)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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| FIM Bajas World Cup | Riders | 2012 | Martin Michek (2021)
|
2022 | Annual | ||
| Manufacturers | 2012 | KTM (2021)
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| FIM World Enduro Championship | E3 | 2004 | Steve Holcombe (2018)
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2019 | Annual | ||
| E2 | 2004 | Eero Remes (2018)
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| E1 | 2004 | Brad Freeman (2018)
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| 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)
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| 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
|
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)
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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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- ^ only for final match
Female world championship titles
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Mixed-sex world championship titles
[edit]| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities | First held |
Current holder | Next | Frequency | Details and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]- ^ "Speedway World Championships | Official Website". Speedway World Championships. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Champions in Individual Ice Racing (motorcycle)
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.