List of world sports championships

The following is a list of world sports championships, including some sporting events which use a different name with a similar meaning. In some sports, there is a world series, but that term usually has a somewhat different meaning.

Tournaments which are formally defunct or where a further event is not currently planned are marked with a gray background.

Male

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details & notes
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	Downhill	1931	Patrick Küng (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Super G	1987	Hannes Reichelt (2015)
		Giant slalom	1931	Ted Ligety (2015)
		Slalom	1931	Jean-Baptiste Grange (2015)
		Super combined	1932	Marcel Hirscher (2015)
	FIS Alpine Ski World Cup	Individuals	1967	Marcel Hirscher (2015–16)	2017	One year
		Nations		Austria (2015–16)
	IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1972	Winners in 30 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
American football	IFAF World Championship	Nations	1999	United States (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
Aquatics	FINA World Aquatics Championships	Individuals^[R]	1973	Winners in 30 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
	FINA Diving World Cup	Individuals	1979	Most medals: China	2018	Biennial
	FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)	Individuals^[R]	1993	Winners in 20 events (2014)	2016	Biennial
	FINA Water Polo World Cup	Nations	1979	Serbia (2014)	2018	Quadrennial	Biennially until 2002
	FINA Water Polo World Championship	Nations	1973	Serbia (2015)	2017	Biennial	Biennially since 2001
Archery	World Archery Championships	Individual recurve	1931	Kim Woo-jin (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Individual compound	1995	Stephan Hansen (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Team recurve	1931	South Korea (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Team compound	1995	Iran (2015)	2017	Biennial
Association football	FIFA World Cup	Nations	1930	Germany (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	FIFA Confederations Cup	Nations	1992	Brazil (2013)	2017	Quadrennial
	FIFA Club World Cup	Clubs	2000	FC Barcelona (2015)	2016	Annual
	ConIFA World Football Cup	Nations	2006	Abkhazia (2016)	2018	Two years since 2010
Athletics	IAAF World Championships in Athletics	Individuals^[R]	1983	Winners in 24 events (2015)	2017	Biennial	1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993
	IAAF Continental Cup	Continents	2010	Europe (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Individuals^[R]	1985	Winners in 13 events (2016)	2018	Biennial
	IAAF World Cross Country Championships	Individuals	1973	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Teams		Ethiopia (2015)
	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Individuals	1992	Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (2016)	2018	Biennial	Untill 2010 Annual
		Team	1992	Kenya (2016)
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals	1987	Jonas Buud (2015)	2016	Annual
	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Individuals	2001	Florian Reus (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Teams	2003	Great Britain (2015)
	IPC Athletics World Championships	Individuals	1994	Most medals:  China (2015)	2017	Biennial
Australian rules football	Australian Football International Cup	Nations	2002	Papua New Guinea 2014 (2014)	2017	Triennial
Auto racing see the open section below[1]
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Singles	1977	Chen Long (2015)	2017	Annual	Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years.
		Doubles		Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan (2015)
	Thomas Cup	Nations	1949	Denmark (2016)	2018	Biennial	Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup.
Bandy	Bandy World Championship	Nations	1957	Russia (2016)	2017	Annual	The second Bandy WCs were held in 1961; from that point, the championships were held biennially until 2003; and annually since.
	Bandy World Cup	Clubs	1974	Västerås SK (2016)	2017	Annual
Baseball	World Baseball Classic	Nations	2006	Dominican Republic (2013)	2017	Quadrennial	Started in 1938 (as IBAF Baseball World Cup); Restarted in 2006; the first two of these modern WBCs (MLB approved and sanctioned by IBAF) were separated by three years (2006, 2009); moved to quadrennially in 2013 and after.
Basketball	FIBA Basketball World Cup	Nations	1950	United States (2014)	2019	Quadrennial	After the 2014 edition, the FIBA Basketball World Cup (but not the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) will be reset on a new quadrennial cycle. The 2014 (men's) World Cup will be followed by the 2019 World Cup, avoiding conflict with the FIFA World Cup.
	FIBA 3x3 World Championships	Nations	2012	Serbia (2016)	2017	Biennial
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup	Clubs	1966	Guaros de Lara (2016)	2017	Annual
Beach soccer	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nations	1995	Portugal (2015)	2017	Biennial
Beach volleyball	Swatch FIVB World Championships	Nations	1997	Alison Cerutti–Bruno Schmidt (2015)	2017	Biennial
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Sprint 10 km	1974	Martin Fourcade (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic Years
		Pursuit 12.5 km	1997	Martin Fourcade (2016)
		Mass start 15 km	1999	Johannes Thingnes Bø (2016)
		Individual 20 km	1958	Martin Fourcade (2016)
		Relay 4x7.5 km	1966	Norway (2016)
Billiards	WPA World Nine-ball Championship	Individuals	1990	Albin Ouschan (2016)	2017	Annual
	World three-cushion billiards championship	Individuals	1928	Torbjörn Blomdahl (2015)	2016	Annual
	IBSF World Billiards Championship	Individuals	1926	Time: Pankaj Advani Points: Peter Gilchrist (2015)	2016	Annual
Bobsleigh	FIBT World Championships	Four man	1930	Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Kevin Korona Ben Heber (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years.
		Two man	1931	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis (2016)
Boxing	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 10 weight classes (2015)	2017	Biennial
	WBA World Champion	Individuals		Upto 17 title are awarded	Ongoing	Various	Authorised by the World Boxing Association
	WBC World Champion	Individuals		Upto 17 title are awarded	Ongoing	Various	Authorised by the World Boxing Council
	WBO World Champion	Individuals		Upto 17 title are awarded	Ongoing	Various	Authorised by the World Boxing Organization
	Ring World CHampion	Individuals		Upto 17 title are awarded	Ongoing	Various	Authorised by the rings
	Lineal World Champion	Individuals		Upto 17 title are awarded	Ongoing	Various	Authorised by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Individuals and teams	1938	Winners in 18 events (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years.
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	C-1	1949	David Florence (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years.
		C-1 team	1949	Slovakia (2015)
		C-2	1949	Franz Anton & Jan Benzien (2015)
		C-2 team	1949	France (2015)
		K-1	1949	Jiří Prskavec (2015)
		K-1 team	1949	Czech Republic (2015)
	ICF Canoe Polo World Championships	Nations	1994	Italy (2016)	2018	Biennial
Cricket	ICC Cricket World Cup	Nations	1975	Australia (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
	Indoor Cricket World Cup	Nations	1995	Australia (2016)	2018	Two years
	ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup	Nations	1988	West Indies (2016)	2018	Biennial
	ICC Champions Trophy	Nations	1998	India (2013)	2017	Biennial
	ICC World Twenty20	Nations	2007	West Indies (2016)	2020	Biennial	The World Twenty20 for both sexes changed from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, effective 2010.
Cross-Country Skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	15 km & 18 km	1925	Johan Olsson (2015)	2017	Biennial
		50 km	1925	Petter Northug (2015)
		Skiathlon 15+15 km	1993	Maxim Vylegzhanin (2015)
		Sprint	2001	Petter Northug (2015)
		Relay 4x10 km	1933	Norway (2015)
		Team sprint	2005	Norway (2015)
	IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 19 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1959	Canada (2016)	2017	Annual
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1927	Peter Sagan (2016)	2017	Annual
		Time trial	1994	Tony Martin (2016)
		Team time trial	2012	Etixx-Quick Step (2016)[2]
		Team time trial (nations)	1962	Italy (1994)[2]	Defunct
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	1950	Wout Van Aert (2016)	2017	Annual
	UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships	Cross-country	1990	Nino Schurter (2016)	2017	Annual
		Downhill	1990	Danny Hart (2016)
		Cross-country eliminator	2012	Daniel Federspiel (2016)
		Four cross	2002	Mitja Ergraver (2016)
		Trials 20-inch	1992	Abel Mustieles (2016)
		Trials 26-inch	1995	Jack Carthy (2016)
	UCI Track Cycling World Championships	Individuals and nations	1893	Winners in 10 events (2016); Most medals:  United Kingdom	2017	Annual
	UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships	Individuals and nations	2007	Australia (Most medals); Winners in 15 events (2016)	2017	Annual
Darts	BDO World Darts Championship	Individuals	1978	Scott Waites (2016)	2017	Annual
	PDC World Darts Championship	Individuals	1994	Gary Anderson (2016)	2017	Annual
Equestrian see the mixed section below[3]
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Foil	1926	Yuki Ota (2015)	2017	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years.
		Foil team	1930	Italy (2015)
		Épée	1921	Géza Imre (2015)
		Épée team	1930	Ukraine (2015)
		Sabre	1922	Aleksey Yakimenko (2015)
		Sabre team	1930	Italy (2015)
Field hockey	Hockey World Cup	Nations	1971	Australia (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	Indoor Hockey World Cup	Nations	2003	Netherlands (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1896	Javier Fernández (2016)	2017	Annual
Fistball	Fistball World Cup	Nations	1968	Germany (2015)	2019	Four years
Floorball	World Floorball Championships	Nations	1996	Sweden (2014)	2016	Biennial
Freestyle Skiing	FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships	Moguls	1986	Anthony Benna (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Dual Moguls	2001	Mikaël Kingsbury (2015)
		Aerials	1986	Qi Guangpu (2015)
		Half-pipe	2005	Kyle Smaine (2015)
		Ski cross	2005	Filip Flisar (2015)
		Slopestyle	2011	Fabian Bösch (2015)
Futsal	FIFA Futsal World Cup	Nations	1989	Russia (2016)	2020	Quadrennial
	AMF Futsal World Cup	Nations	1982	Colombia (2015)	2019	quadrennial	Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003
	Intercontinental Futsal Cup	Clubs	1996	Magnus Futsal (2016)	2017	Annual
Gliding see the mixed section below
Golf	Mission Hills World Cup	Nations	1953	Australia (2013)	2016	Two years after 2009
Gymnastics	Artistic Gymnastics World Championships	Individuals & Teams	1903	Winners in 8 Events (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in Olympic Years
	Trampoline World Championships	Individual & Teams	1964	Winners in 7 Events (2015)	2017	Biennial
	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	Pairs	1974	Russian Federation (2016)	2018	Biennial
		Groups	1974	China (2016)
	Artistic Gymnastics World Cup	Individuals	1975	14 winners (one for each apparatus)	2016	Every year
Handball (Field handball)	World Men's Handball Championship	Nations	1938	France (2015)	2017	Two years
	IHF Super Globe	Clubs	1997	Füchse Berlin (2016)	2017	Annual
Handball (Beach Handball)	World Men's Beach Handball Championship	Nations	2004	Croatia (2016)	2018	Biennial
Ice hockey	Ice Hockey World Championships	Nations	1920	Canada (2016)	2017	Annual
Inline skating	IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship	Nations	1996	Canada (2015)	2017	Annual
International rules football	International Rules Series	Nations	1984	Australia (2014)	2017	Triennial	Two series are played every three years
Lacrosse	World Lacrosse Championship	Nations	1967	Canada (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	World Indoor Lacrosse Championship	Nations	2003	Canada (2015)	2019*	Quadrennial
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Men's singles	1955	Felix Loch (2016)	2017	Annual
		Men's doubles	1955	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt (2016)	2017	Annual
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Men's singles	1979	Patrick Pigneter (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Men's doubles	1979	Patrick Pigneter Florian Clara (2015)	2017	Biennial
Modern Pentathlon	World Modern Pentathlon Championships	Individual	1949	Valentin Belaud (2016)	2017	Annual
		Team	1949	Egypt (2016)
		Relay	2004	South Korea (2016)
Motorcycling see the mixed section below[4]
Nordic Combined	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	10 km individual normal hill	1925	Johannes Rydzek (2015)	2017	Biennial
		10 km individual large hill	1999	Bernhard Gruber (2015)	2017	Biennial
		10 km mass start	2009	Todd Lodwick (2009)	Only held in 2009	N/A	Suspended
		National Team Normal Hill 4 x 5 km	2011	Germany (2015)	2017	Biennial
		National Team Large Hill 2 x 7.5 km	1982	France (2015)	2017	Biennial
	FIS Nordic Combined World Cup	Individuals	1983–84	Eric Frenzel (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
Orienteering	World Orienteering Championships	Sprint	2001	Jerker Lysell (2016)	2017	Annual
		Short distance	1991	Pasi Ikonen (2001)	defunct	Biennial
		Middle distance	2003	Matthias Kyburz (2016)	2017	Annual	Originally biennially, annually since 2003
		Long distance	1966	Olav Lundanes (2016)	2017	Annual	Originally biennially, annually since 2003
		Relay	1966	Norway (2016)	2017	Annual	Originally biennially, annually since 2003
Paddle	Paddle World Championship	Nations	1992	Spain (2014)	2016	Biennial
Pitch and putt	Pitch and Putt World Cup	Nations	2004	Ireland (2012)	2016	Quadrennial
	World Strokeplay Championship	Individuals	2009	John Walsh (2013)	2017	Quadrennial
Polo	World Polo Championship	Nations	1987	Chile (2015)	2019	Triennial
Real tennis	Real Tennis World Championship	Individuals^[D]	1740	Camden Riviere (2016)	2018	Biennial
Roller derby	Men's Roller Derby World Cup	Nations	2014	United States (2014)	2016	not stated
Roller hockey	Roller Hockey World Cup	Nations	1936	Argentina (2015)	2017	Biennial	Current FIRS cups restarted in 1958
Rowing	World Rowing Championships	Nations	1962	Winners in 13 events (2015)	2017	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years
	FISA Rowing World Cup	Nations	1997	Winners in 8 events (2016)	2017	Annual
Rugby league	Rugby League World Cup	Nations	1954	Australia (2013)	2017	Quadrennial after 2013
	World Club Challenge	Clubs	1976	North Queensland Cowboys (2016)	2017	Annual after 2000
Rugby union	Rugby World Cup	Nations	1987	New Zealand (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
Rugby union sevens	Rugby World Cup Sevens	Nations	1993	New Zealand (2013)	2018	Quadrennial	In June 2013, World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) announced that it had reconsidered a previous decision to scrap the Rugby World Cup Sevens. After 2013, the next event will be in 2018, and will be held quadrennially afterwards.[5]
Sculling	World Sculling Championship	Individuals	1831	Evans Fischer (1957)	2008	Annual	Annually until 1957; revived in 2008
Sailing	Over 30 Various Titles	Individuals and Teams				Annually	See World Championships in Sailing
Shooting	ISSF World Shooting Championships	Individuals and nations	1897	Winners in 18 events (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	ISSF World Shotgun Championships	Individuals and nations	1934	Winners in 12 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
Skeleton	FIBT World Championships	Individual	1930	Martins Dukurs (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years.
Ski jumping	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals normal hill	1962	Rune Velta (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Individuals large hill	1925	Severin Freund (2015)	2017	Biennial
		National Team normal hill	2001	Austria (2011)		Biennial	Not held in 2007 and 2009,after 2011 mixed team replaced this event
		National Team large hill	1962	Norway (2015)	2017	Biennial
	FIS Ski-Flying World Championships	Individuals	1972	Peter Prevc (2016)	2018	Biennial
		National Team	2004	Norway (2016)	2018	Biennial
Ski mountaineering	World Championships of Ski Mountaineering	Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances	2002	Winners in 5 Events (2015)	2017	Biennial	Relays held since 2004; Long Distance only 2008.
Snooker	World Snooker Championship	Individuals	1927	Mark Selby (2016)	2017	Annual	This championship is not only for Male competitors[6]
	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Individuals	1963	Pankaj Advani (2015)	2016	Annual
Snowboarding	FIS Snowboard World Championships	Big air	2003	Roope Tonteri (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Slopestyle	2011	Ryan Stassel (2015)
		Halfpipe	1996	Scotty James (2015)
		Snowboard cross	1997	Luca Matteotti (2015)
		Parallel slalom	1996	Roland Fischnaller (2015)
		Parallel giant slalom	1999	Andrey Sobolev (2015)
Speed skating	World Allround Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1889	Sven Kramer (2016)	2017	Annual
	World Sprint Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1970	Pavel Kulizhnikov (2016)	2017	Annual
	World Single Distance Championships	500m	1995	Pavel Kulizhnikov (2016)	2017	Annual	In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held.
		1000m		Pavel Kulizhnikov (2016)
		1500m		Denis Yuskov (2016)
		5000m		Sven Kramer (2016)
		10000m		Sven Kramer (2016)
		Team Pursuit	2005	Netherlands (2016)
		Mass start	2015	Lee Seung-hoon (2016)
	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	500m	1976	Sándor Liu Shaolin (2016)	2017	Annual	Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships.
		1000m		Charles Hamelin (2016)
		1500m		Han Tianyu (2016)
		3000m		Han Tianyu (2016)
		5000m Relay		China (2016)
		Overall		Han Tianyu (2016)
	World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships	Nations	1991	South Korea (2011)	Discontinued after 2011	Annual
Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship	Individuals	2010	Scott Croxall (2015)	2016	Annual
Squash	PSA World Championship	Individuals	1976	Karim Abdel Gawad (2016)	2017	Annual
	World International Doubles Squash Championships	Doubles teams	1997	Stewart Boswell & Anthony Ricketts (2006)	2016	Intermittent
	WSF World Team Squash Championships	Nations	1967	England (2013)	2017	Biennial	2015 Championship Cancelled
Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	Singles	1926	Ma Long (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Doubles		Xu Xin & Zhang Jike (2015)
	World Team Table Tennis Championships	Nations	1926	China (2016)	2018	Biennial
Tchoukball	World Tchoukball Championship	Nations	1970	Republic of China (2015)	2017	Biennial
Ten-pin bowling	WTBA World Championships	Nations	1954	Winners in 6 events (2014)	2018	Quadrennial	Biennially until 2010
Tennis	Davis Cup	Nations	1900	Great Britain (2015)	2016	Annual	Note: The Davis Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. Only the teams in the World Group actually compete for the Davis Cup proper; other teams play to (eventually) reach the World Group.
	World Team Cup	Nations	1978	Serbia (2012)	Defunct	Annual
Triathlon	ITU World Triathlon Series	Individuals	1989	Mario Mola (2016)	2017	Annual
Volleyball	FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship	Nations	1949	Poland (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup	Nations	1965	United States (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
	FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup	Nations	1993	Brazil (2013)	2017	Quadrennial
	FIVB Volleyball World League	Nations	1990	Serbia (2016)	2017	Annual
	FIVB Club World Men's Championship	Clubs	1989	Sada Cruzeiro (2016)	2017	Annual
Wrestling (amateur)	World Wrestling Championships	Individuals and Nations	1904	Winners in 16 events (2015)	2016	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years.
	Wrestling World Cup (freestyle)	Nations	1973	Iran (2016)	2017	Annual
	Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman)	Nations	1980	Iran (2016)	2017	Annual

Female

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details & notes
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	Downhill	1931	Tina Maze (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Super G	1987	Anna Fenninger (2015)
		Giant slalom	1931	Anna Fenninger (2015)
		Slalom	1931	Mikaela Shiffrin (2015)
		Combined	1932	Tina Maze (2015)
	FIS Alpine Ski World Cup	Individuals	1967	Lara Gut (women) (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
		Nations		Austria (2015–16)
	IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1972	Winners in 30 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
Archery	World Archery Championships	Individual recurve	1931	Ki Bo-Bae (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Individual compound	1995	Kim Yun-hee (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Team recurve	1931	Russia (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Team compound	1995	Ukraine (2015)	2017	Biennial
Association football	FIFA Women's World Cup	Nations	1991	United States (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
Aquatics	FINA World Aquatics Championships	Individuals^[R]	1973	Winners in 20 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
	FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)	Individuals^[R]	1993	Winners in 20 events (2014)	2016	Biennial
Athletics	IAAF World Championships in Athletics	Individuals^[R]	1983	Winners in 24 events (2015)	2017	Biennial	1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993
	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Individuals^[R]	1985	United States (most medals); Winners in 13 events (2016)	2018	Biennial
	IAAF World Cross Country Championships	Individuals	1973	Agnes Jebet Tirop (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Teams		Ethiopia (2015)
	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Individuals	1992	Peres Jechirchir (2016)	2018	Biennial
		Teams		Kenya (2015)
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals	1987	Camile Herron (2015)	2016	Annual
	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Individuals	2001	Katalin Nagy (2015)	2016	Annual
		Teams	2003	United States (2015)
	IPC Athletics World Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in 76 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
Auto racing see the mixed section below[1]
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Singles	1977	Carolina Marín (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
		Doubles		Tian Qing & Zhan Yunlei (2015)
	Uber Cup	Nations	1957	China (2016)	2018	Biennial	Biennially since 1984 it has been held concurrently with the men's Thomas Cup.
Bandy	Bandy World Championship	Nations	2004	Sweden (2016)	2018	Biennial	Annually from 2006 to 2008, then biennially
	Bandy World Cup Women	Clubs	2003	Rekord Irkutsk (2016)	2017	Annual
Baseball	Women's Baseball World Cup	Nations	2004	Japan (2016)	2018	Biennial
Basketball	FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup	Nations	1953	United States (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	FIBA 3x3 World Championships	Nations	2012	Czech Republic (2016)	2017	Biennial
Beach volleyball	Swatch FIVB World Championships	Nations	1997	Bárbara Seixas–Ágatha Bednarczuk (2015)	2017	Biennial
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Sprint 7.5 km	1984	Tiril Eckhoff (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic Year.
		Pursuit 10 km	1997	Laura Dahlmeier (2016)
		Mass start 12.5 km	1999	Marie Dorin Habert (2016)
		Individual 15 km	1984	Marie Dorin Habert (2016)
		Relay 4x6 km	1984	Norway (2016)
		Team	1984	Russian Federation (1998)	Defunct	Annual
Bobsleigh	FIBT World Championships	Two woman	2000	Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel Annika Drazek (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years.
Boxing	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	2001	Kazakhstan (Most medals); Winners in 13 weight classes	2018	Biennial
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Individuals and teams	1938	Winners in 11 events (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	K-1	1949	Kateřina Kudějová (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
		K-1 team	1949	Czech Republic (2015)
		C-1	2009	Jessica Fox (2015)
		C-1 team	2011	Australia (2015)
	ICF Canoe Polo World Championships	Nations	1994	New Zealand (2016)	2018	Biennial
Cricket	Women's Cricket World Cup (one-day international)	Nations	1973	Australia (2013)	2017	Quadrennial
	ICC World Twenty20 (Twenty20 format)	Nations	2009	West Indies (2016)	2018	Biennial	Biennially from 2010
Cross-country skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	10 km	1954	Charlotte Kalla (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Skiathlon 15 km	1993	Therese Johaug (2015)
		30 km	1980	Therese Johaug (2015)
		Sprint	2001	Marit Bjørgen (2015)
		Team Sprint	2005	Norway (2015)
		Relay 4x5 km	1954	Norway (2015)
	IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1974	??? (2015)	2017	Biennial
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1979	Switzerland (2016)	2017	Annual
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1958	Amalie Dideriksen (2016)	2017	Annual	The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
		Time trial	1994	Amber Neben (2016)
		Team time trial (trade)	2012	Boels-Dolmans (2016)[2]
		Team time trial (nations)	1987	Russia (1994)	1994
	UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships	Cross-country	1990	Annika Langvad (2016)	2017	Annual
		Downhill	1990	Rachel Atherton (2016)
		Cross-country eliminator	2012	Linda Indergard (2016)
		Four-cross	2002	Caroline Buchanan (2016)
		Trials	2001	Nina Reichenbach (2016)
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	2000	Thalita de Jong (2016)	2017	Annual	The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were first contested in 1950, but a women's championship was not added until 2000.
	UCI Track Cycling World Championships	Individuals and nations	1958	Winners in 9 events (2016)	2017	Annual	The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first contested in 1893, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
	UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships	Individuals and nations	2007	Great Britain (Most medals); Winners in 15 events (2016)	2017
Darts	BDO World Darts Championship	Individuals	2001	Trina Gulliver (2016)	2017	Annual	The BDO World Darts Championship was first contested in 1978, but a women's championship was not added until 2001.
Equestrian see the mixed section below[3]
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Foil	1929	Inna Deriglazova (2015)	2017	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
		Foil team	1932	Italy (2015)
		Épée	1988	Rossella Fiamingo (2015)
		Épée team	1988	China (2015)
		Sabre	1999	Sofiya Velikaya (2015)
		Sabre team	1999	Russian Federation (2015)
Field hockey	Women's Hockey World Cup	Nations	1974	Netherlands (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1906	Evgenia Medvedeva (2016)	2017	Annual
Fistball	Fistball World Cup	Nations	1994	Germany (2016)	2018
Floorball	Floorball World Championships	Nations	1997	Sweden (2015)	2017	Biennial
Freestyle Skiing	FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships	Moguls	1986	Justine Dufour-Lapointe (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Dual Moguls	2001	Hannah Kearney (2015)
		Aerials	1986	Laura Peel (2015)
		Half-pipe	2005	Virginie Faivre (2015)
		Ski cross	2005	Andrea Limbacher (2015)
		Slopestyle	2011	Lisa Zimmermann (2015)
Futsal	AMF Futsal Women's World Cup	Nations	2008	Colombia (2013)	2017	Quadrennial
Gliding	Women's World Gliding Championships	Individuals	2001	Winners in 3 classes (2015)	2017	Biennial	The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition.
Gymnastics	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals and nations	1903	Winners in 6 events (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in years with a Summer Olympics
	World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals and nations	1963	Winners in 9 events (2015)	2017	Biennial	Changed from 2005
	Trampoline World Championships	Individual & teams	1964	Winners in 7 Events (2015)	2017	Biennial
	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	Pairs	1974	Russian Federation (2016)	2018	Biennial
		Groups	1974	Russian Federation (2016)
Handball	World Women's Handball Championship	Nations	1957	Norway (2015)	2017	Biennial
Handball (Beach Handball)	World Women's Beach Handball Championship	Nations	2004	Spain (2016)	2018	Biennial
Ice hockey	IIHF World Women's Championships	Nations	1990	United States (2016)	2017	Annually	Originally held every two years (no championship in 1996). Since 1997, annual except in Winter Olympic years for the top level of competition (champion listed here). Lower levels of the championships used the same schedule until 2014, when they adopted an annual schedule including championships in Olympic years.
Indoor hockey	Indoor Hockey World Cup	Nations	2003	Netherlands (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
Lacrosse	Women's Lacrosse World Cup	Nations	1982	United States (2013)	2017	Quadrennial
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Individual	1955	Natalie Geisenberger (2016)	2017	Annual
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Individual	1979	Evelyn Lanthaler (2015)	2017	Biennial
Motorcycling see the mixed section below[7]
Motorcycling	FIM Women's Motocross World Championship	Individuals	2008	Livia Lancelot (2016)	2017	Annual
	FIM Women's Enduro World Championship	Individuals	2010	Laia Sanz (2016)	2017	Annual
Modern Pentathlon	World Modern Pentathlon Championships	Individual	1981	Sarolta Kovács (2016)	2017	Biennial
		Team	1981	Hungary (2016)
		Relay	2004	Germany (2016)
Netball	World Netball Championships	Nations	1963	Australia (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
Orienteering	World Orienteering Championships	Sprint	2001	Maja Alm (2016)	2017	Annual	Originaly biennially, annualy since 2003
		Short distance	1991	Hanne Staff (2001)	defunct	Biennial
		Middle Distance	2003	Tove Alexandersson (2016)	2017	Annual	Originally biennally, annually since 2003
		Long distance	1966	Tove Alexandersson (2016)	2017	Annual	Originally biennally, annually since 2003
		Relay	1966	Russian Federation (2016)	2017	Annual	Originally biennally, annually since 2003
Orienteering	Orienteering World Cup	Individuals	1986	Tove Alexandersson (2015)	2016	Annual	Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually
Real tennis	Real Tennis World Championship	Individuals^[D]	1740	Winners in 2 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
Ringette	World Ringette Championships	Nations	1990	Finland (2016)	2019	Triennial	Biennially 1990–2004
	Ringette World Club Championship	Clubs	2008	LL-89 (2011)		Triennial	2014 event cancelled
Roller derby	Roller Derby World Cup	Nations	2011	United States (2014)	2017	Triennial
Roller hockey	Women's Roller Hockey World Cup	Nations	1992	Spain (2016)	2017	Biennial
Rowing	World Rowing Championships	Nations	1974	Winners in 9 events (2015)	2017	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years
	FISA Rowing World Cup	Nations	1997	Winners in 6 events (2016)	2017	Annual
Rugby league	Women's Rugby League World Cup	Nations	2000	Australia (2013)	2017	Quadrennial	Quadrennially after 2013
Rugby union	Women's Rugby World Cup	Nations	1991	England (2014)	2017	Quadrennial	After the first event in 1991, a consistent four-year cycle was established in 1994. After the 2014 event, a new four-year cycle was established, with the next Women's World Cup to be held in 2017.
Rugby union sevens (women)	Rugby World Cup Sevens	Nations	2009	New Zealand (2013)	2018	Quadrennial	The Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's tournament was not added until 2009[5]
Sailing	Over 30 Various Titles	Individuals and Teams				Annually	See World Championships in Sailing
Shooting	ISSF World Shooting Championships	Individuals and nations	1958	Winners in 23 events (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	World Shotgun Championships	Individuals and nations	1967	Winners in 4 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
Skeleton	FIBT World Championships	Individual	2000	Tina Hermann (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in years with Winter Olympics.
Ski jumping	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals normal hill	2009	Carina Vogt (2015)	2017	Biennial
Ski mountaineering	World Championships of Ski Mountaineering	Nations, individuals, teams, relays, long distances	2002	Winners in 6 events (2015)	2017	Biennial	Relays added (2004); Long Distance added (2008)
Snowboarding	FIS Snowboard World Championships	Individuals halfpipe	1996	Xuetong Cai (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Individuals slopestyle	2011	Miyabi Onitsuka (2015)
		Individuals snowboard cross	1997	Lindsey Jacobellis (2015)
		Individuals parallel slalom	1996	Ester Ledecka (2015)
		Individuals parallel giant slalom	1999	Claudia Riegler (2015)
		Individuals big air	2015	Elena Könz (2015)
Softball	Women's Softball World Championship	Nations	1965	United States (2016)	2018	Biennial	Quadrennially from 1970–2010, now biennially
	World Cup of Softball	Nations	2005	Japan (2016)	2017	Annual
Speed skating	World All-Round Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1933	Martina Sáblíková (2016)	2017	Annual
	World Sprint Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1970	Brittany Bowe (2016)	2017	Annual
	World Single Distance Championships	500m	1995	Lee Sang-hwa (2016)	2017	Annual	In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held.
		1000m		Jorien ter Mors (2016)
		1500m		Jorien ter Mors (2016)
		3000m		Martina Sáblíková (2016)
		10000m		Martina Sáblíková (2016)
		Mass start	2015	Ivanie Blondin (2016)
		Team pursuit	2005	Netherlands (2016)
	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	500m	1976	Fan Kexin (2016)	2017	Annual	Note: Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships.
		1000m		Choi Min-jeong (2016)
		1500m		Marianne St-Gelais (2016)
		3000m		Suzanne Schulting (2016)
		3000m relay		South Korea (2016)
		Overall		Choi Min-jeong (2016)
	World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships	Nations	1991	South Korea (2011)	Discontinued after 2011	Annual
ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup	Individuals and Nations	1999/2000	Kwak Yoon-gy (Overall winner); Winners in 6 events (2015/16)	2015/16	One year
Squash	PSA World Championship	Individuals	1979	Nour El Sherbini (2015)	2016	Annual
	World Doubles Squash Championships	Doubles teams	1997	Shelley Kitchen & Tamsyn Leevey (2006)	TBA	Intermittent
	WSF World Team Squash Championships	Nations	1979	England (2014)	2016	Biennial
Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	Singles	1926	Ding Ning (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Doubles		Liu Shiwen & Zhu Yuling (2015)
	World Team Table Tennis Championships	Nations	1933	China (2016)	2018	Biennial
Tchoukball	World Tchoukball Championships	Nations	1980	Republic of China (2015)	2017	Biennial
Ten-pin bowling	WTBA World Championships	Nations	1963	Winners in 6 events (2015)	2017	Biennial
Tennis	Fed Cup	Nations	1963	Czech Republic (2015)	2016	Annual	Note: The Fed Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. It was called Federation Cup until 1995.
Triathlon	ITU World Triathlon Series	Individuals	1989	Flora Duffy (2016)	2017	Annual
Volleyball	Women's World Championship	Nations	1952	United States (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	Women's World Cup	Nations	1973	China (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
	FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup	Nations	1993	Brazil (2013)	2017	Quadrennial
	FIVB World Grand Prix	Nations	1993	Brazil (2016)	2017	Annual
	FIVB Club World Women's Championship	Clubs	1991	Eczacibaşi Istanbul (2016)	2017	Annual
Water polo	FINA Water Polo World Cup	Nations	1979	Serbia (2014)	2018	Quadrennial	Originally biennially, quadrennially after 2002
	FINA Water Polo World Championship	Nations	1986	United States (2015)	2017	Biennial	Biennially since 2001
Wrestling (amateur)	World Wrestling Championships	Individuals	1987	Winners in 8 events (2015)	2016	Annual
	Wrestling World Cup	Nations	2001	Japan (2015)	2016	Annual

Open

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details and notes
3-Cushion (Billiards)	Three-Cushion World Cup	Individuals	1986	Dani Sánchez (2015)	2016	Insertual
Air racing	Red Bull Air Race World Championship	Individuals	2003	Matthias Dolderer (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in 2011–2013
Auto racing	Formula One World Championship	Individuals	1950	Lewis Hamilton (2015)	2016	Annual
		Constructors	1958	Mercedes (2015)
	FIA World Endurance Championship	Individuals	2012	Timo Bernhard Mark Weber Brendon Hartley (2015)	2016	Annual
		Manufacturers		Porsche (2015)
	FIA GT1 World Championship	Individuals	2010	Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock (2012)	Defunct	Annual	Annually until 2012
		Teams		Münnich Motorsport (2012)
	FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup	Individuals	1993	Nasser Al-Attiyah (2015)	2016	Annual
		Teams		BMW (2011)
	FIA Formula E Championship	Drivers	2014–15	Sébastien Buemi (2015–16)	2016–17	Annual
		Teams		Renault e.dams (2015–16)
	World Rally Championship	Individuals	1977	Sébastien Ogier (2016)	2017	Annual
		Manufacturers	1973	Volkswagen (2016)
	World Touring Car Championship	Individuals	1987	José María López (2015)	2016	Annual
		Manufacturers		Citroën (2015)
	World Manufacturers' Championship	Manufacturers	1925	Delage (1927)	Defunct	Annual	Annually until 1927
	World Sportscar Championship	Manufacturers; from 1985 teams	1953	Peugeot Talbot Sport (1992)	Defunct	Annual	Annually until 1992
		Individuals	1981	Yannick Dalmas Derek Warwick (1992)		Annual
	Karting World Championship	Individuals	1964	Paolo De Conto (2016)	2017	Annual
Biathlon	Biathlon World Cup	Individuals	1977–78	Martin Fourcade (men) Gabriela Soukalova (women) (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
		Nations	1996–97	Norway (men)  Germany (women) (2015–16)
Bobsleigh	Bobsleigh World Cup	Two-man	1984–85	Won Yun-jong (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
		Four-man	1984–85	Maximilian Arndt (2015–16)
		Combined man	1984–85	Nico Walther (2015–16)
		Two-woman	1994–95	Kaillie Humphries (2015–16)
Cross-Country Skiing	FIS Cross-Country World Cup	Individuals	1973–74	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (men) Therese Johaug (women) (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
Equestrian	Dressage World Cup	Individuals	1986	Hans Peter Minderhoud (2016)	2017	Annual
	World Four-in-Hand Championships	Teams and Individuals	1972	Boyd Exell (individual)  Netherlands (team); (2014)	2016	Biennial
	Eventing World Cup	Individuals	2003	Michael Jung (2010)	Suspended	Annual	No final since 2010; final ranking leader is World Cup Champion
	FEI World Equestrian Games	Individuals	1990	Winners in 27 events (2014)	2018	Quadrennial
	Mounted Games World Individual Championships	Individuals	1986	Colin Verdelhan (2016)	2017	Annual
	Mounted Games World Pairs Championships	Pairs	1992	Mitch Lyons& April Wilson (2016)	2017	Annual
	Mounted Games World Team Championships	Team	1986	France (2016)	2017	Annual
	Show Jumping World Cup	Individuals	1979	Steve Guerdat (2016)	2017	One year
Gliding	FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships	Individuals	1985	Ferenc Tóth	2016	Annual
		Nations		Czech Republic (2015)
	World Gliding Championships	Individuals	1937	Winners in 6 classes (2016)	2018	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 (2015)	2016–17	Annual
Korfball	Korfball World Championship	Nations	1978	Netherlands (2015)	2019	Quadrennial
Luge	Luge World Cup	Men's singles	1977–78	Felix Loch (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
		Men's doubles	1977–78	Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt (2015–16)
		Women's singles	1977–78	Natalie Geisenberger (2015–16)
Motorcycling	FIM MotoGP Championship	MOTO3 Individual	2012	Brad Binder (2016)	2017	Annual	Untill 2012 as 125cc
		MOTO2 Individual	2010	Johann Zarco (2016)			Untill 2010 as 250cc
		MOTOGP Individual	2002	Marc Márquez (2016)			Untill 2002 as 500cc
		MOTO3 Constructor	2012	KTM (2016)	2017	Annual
		MOTO2 Constructor	2010	Kalex (2016)
		MOTOGP Constructor	2002	Honda (2016)
	Supercross World Championship	Individuals	2003	Ryan Dungey (2016)	2017	Annual
	Motocross World Championship	MX2 Individual	2003	Jeffrey Herlings (2016)	2017	Annual
		MXGP Individual	2003	Tim Gajser (2016)
		MX2 Constructor	2003	KTM (2016)	2017	Annual
		MXGP Constructor	2003	Honda (2016)
	FIM World Enduro Championship	E3	2004	Mathias Bellino (2016)	2017	Annual
		E2	2004	Antoine Méo (2016)
		E1	2004	Eero Remes (2016)
	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 (2016)	2017	Annual
	Speedway World Pairs Championship	National pair	1970	Sweden (1993)	Defunct	Annual	Annually until 1993
	Individual Speedway World Championship (1931–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995)	Individuals	1931	Greg Hancock (2016)	2017	Annual
	Individual Ice Racing World Championship	Individuals[8]	1966	Dmitri Khomitsevich (2016)	2017	Annual
	Team Ice Racing World Championship	Nations	1979	Russia (2016)	2017	Annual
	Sidecar World Championship	Pairs	1949	Pekka Päivarinta (driver) & Kirsi Kainulainen (passenger) (2016)	2017	Annual
	Endurance FIM World Championship	Team	1975	Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (2016)	2017	Annual
	Superbike World Championship	Individuals	1988	Jonathan Rea (2016)	2017	Annual
		Manufacturers		Kawasaki (2016)
	Supersport World Championship	Individuals	1999	Kenan Sofuoğlu (2016)	2017	Annual
		Manufacturers		Kawasaki (2016)
	FIM Superstock 1000 Championship	Individuals	2000	Raffaele De Rosa (2016)	2017	Annual
		Manufacturers		Ducati (2016)
Pétanque	Pétanque World Championships	Nations	1959	France (2012)	2016 in Dakar	Biennial
Pitch and putt	Pitch and Putt World Cup	Nations	2012	Ireland (2012)	2016	Quadrennial
Motorboat racing	Class 1 World Powerboat Championship	Individual Boats	1992	MTI (2015)	2016	Annual
	UIM Powerboat GPS World Championship	Individual boats	2003	Winners in 3 classes	Defunct	Annual	Annually until 2011, known as Powerboat P1 World Championship up to 2009
	F1 Powerboat World Championship	Individual	1981	Philipe Chiape (2015)	2016	Annual
Aeromodelling	FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft	Individual	1960	Yuan Kang Lee (2016)	2018	Biennial
	FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft	Individual	1960	Winners in 4 classes	2018	Biennial
	FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft	Individuals and nations	1960	Christophe Paysant Le-Roux	2017	Biennial
				United States
	FAI F3C World Championships for Model Helicopters	Individuals and nations	1985	Hiroki Ito	2017	Biennial
				Japan
	FAI F3N World Championships for Model Helicopters	Individuals and nations	2013	Eric Weber	2017	Biennial
				Israel
	FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft	Individuals and nations	2011	Gernot Bruckmann	2017	Biennial
				Austria
	FAI F3D World Championship for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft	Individuals and nations	1985	Randy Bridge	2017	Biennial
				Czech Republic
	FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders	Individuals and nations	2011	Alex Hewson	2017	Biennial
				New Zealand
	FAI F3F World Championship for Model Gliders	Individuals and nations	2012	František Ruisl	2016	Biennial
				France
	FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders	Individuals and nations	1998	Jan Littva	2016	Biennial
				New Zealand
	FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft	Individual	1970	Winners in 2 classes	2018	Biennial
	FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft	Individuals and nations	1986	Winners in 2 classes	2018	Biennial
	FAI S World Championships for Space Models	Individual	1972	Robert Kreutz	2018	Biennial
Radio-controlled racing	IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship	Individual	1977	Simon Kurzbuch (2015)	2017	Biennial
	IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, 2WD	Individual	1985	Spencer Rivkin (2015)	2017		Double header single host event
	IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, 4WD	Individual		Bruno Coehlo (2015)
	IFMAR 1:5 Touring Car World Championship	Individual	2001	Russell Grenenger (2015)	2017?
	IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship	Individual	1986	David Ronnefalk (2016)	2018
	IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship	Individual	1982	Naoto Matsukura (2016)	2018		Double header single host event since 2002, triple in 2000 with PRO 10
	IFMAR ISTC World Championship	Individual	2000	Ronald Völker (2016)
	IFMAR 1:10 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Championship	Individual	2002	Dominic Greiner (2016)	2018
	IFMAR PRO 10 World Championship	Individual	1992	Masami Hirosaka (2000)	Defunct		Biennial until 2000, single host event with 1:12 on-road in 1996–2000
	IFMAR 1:10 235mm Touring Car World Championship	Individual	2000	Brian Berry (2002)	Defunct		Biennial until 2002
	IFMAR 1:12 Electric Track World Championship – Stock	Individual	1982	Bud Bartos (1984)	Defunct		Biennial until 1984
Radio Controlled Sailing	IRSA – 10 Rater World Championships	Individual	1999	Brad Gibson (2016)			Authorised by World Sailing and the International Radio Sailing Association
	IRSA – A Class World Championships	Individual		Graham Bantock (GBR)	Undefined	Various
	IRSA – Marblehead World Championships	Individual		Brad Gibson (GBR)	2016	Various
	IRSA – One Metre World Championship	Individual	1994	Brad Gibson (GBR)	2017	Bi-Annual
Sailing	Over 80 Various Titles	Individuals and Teams				Annually	See World Championships in Sailing
Shooting	ISSF World Cup	Individuals	1988	Winners in 15 events (2016)	2017	One year
Skeleton	Skeleton World Cup	Men	1986–87	Martins Dukurs (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
		Women	1996–97	Tina Hermann (2015–16)
Ski Jumping	FIS Ski Jumping World Cup	Individuals	1979–80	Peter Prevc (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
		National Team	?	Norway (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
Speed skating	Speed Skating World Cup	Individuals and Nations	1985–86	Winners in 12 events (2015–16)	2016–17	One year
Tug of war	TWIF Indoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes (2016)	2018	Biennial
	TWIF Outdoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes (2016)	2018	Biennial

Mixed-sex teams

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details and notes
Archery	World Archery Championships	Team recurve male – female pair	1931	South Korea (2015)	2017	Biennial
		Team compound male – female pair	1995	South Korea (2015)	2017	Biennial
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Mixed Doubles	1977	Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (2015)	2017	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years.
	Sudirman Cup	Nations	1989	China (2015)	2017	Biennial
Basketball	FIBA 3x3 World Championships	National teams of two men and two women	2012	France	defunct	Biennial	Three players are on the court at any one time
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Mixed relay 2x6,2x7.5 km	2005	France (2016)	2017	Annual	Not held in the Winter Olympic Years
Bull riding	PBR World Cup	Nations	2007	Brazil (2010)	Discontinuited	One year
Cycling	UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships	Cross-country Team relay	1999	France (2016)	2017	Annual
		Team trials	1999	France (2016)
Curling	World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship	National mixed teams male – female pair	2008	Russia (2016)	2017	Annual
	World Mixed Curling Championship	National mixed teams (4 players)	2015	Russia (2016)	2017	Annual
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	National pairs male – female pair from the same nation	1908	Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford (2016)	2017	Annual
		Ice Dance male – female pair from the same nation	1952	Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (2016)
Gymnastics	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	Teams	2016	Russian Federation (2016)	2018	Biennial
		Mixed pairs	1974	Russian Federation (2016)
Modern Pentathlon	World Modern Pentathlon Championships	Mixed Relay	2001	Russian Federation (2016)	2017	Biennial
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Nations	1989	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl /Tobias Arlt (2016)	2017	Annual
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Nations	2001	Alex Gluber, Melanie Schwarz, Patrick Pigneter, Florian Clara (2013)	2017?	Biennial	Not held in 2015
Orienteering	World Orienteering Championships	Sprint relay	2014	Denmark (2016)	2017	Annual
Rowing	Rowing World Championships	Para Mixed Pair 1 Male & 1 Female				Annual
		Para Mixed Coxed Four 2 Male & 2 Female plus an open cox				Annual
Sailing	IFDS SKUD 18 World Championship	Female or Mixed Pair	2007	Alexandra Rickham & Niki Birrell (2011)	?	Annual?
	Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship	Mixed Pair	2013	Billy Besson & Marie Riou (2016)	2017	Annual
Synchronized skating	World Synchronized Skating Championships	Teams	2000	Paradise (2016)	2017	Annual
Ten-pin bowling	QubicaAMF World Cup	Individuals	1965	Wang Hongbo (men) Jenny Wenger (women) (2016)	2017	Annual
Tennis	Hopman Cup	National teams male – female pair	1989	Australia (2016)	2017	Annual	Competitions are played in traditional order: women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles
Touch football (rugby league)	Touch Football World Cup	Nations	1988	Australia (both men and women) (2015)	2019	Four years
Triathlon	ITU Triathlon Mixed Relay World Championships	National teams of two men and two women	2003	(2016)	2017	Annual

See also

• World championship
• List of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth
• List of world championships in mind sports
• World cup competition

Notes

1. Note: Auto racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
2. This differs from the practice in the road races (as well as the 1962–1994 men's World Championship TTT), where teams are based on nationality. The flag in this entry reflects where the team is registered, not necessarily the nationality of its cyclists.
3. Equestrian events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
4. Motorcycle racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
5. "Future of Rugby World Cup Sevens confirmed" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
6. Sport, Frank Keogh BBC. "Reanne Evans: Ladies' champion to face men in world qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
7. With the exception of off-road racing, motorcycle racing events make no distinction between male and female competitors.
8. Champions in Individual Ice Racing (motorcycle)

References

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