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.

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details and notes
Air racing	Red Bull Air Race World Championship	Drivers	2003	Matt Hall (2019)	Defunct	Annual	Not held in 2011–2013, discontinued for 2020
Auto racing
	Formula One World Championship	Drivers	1950	Max Verstappen (2024)	2025	Annual	Most wins:Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton 7, Juan Manuel Fangio 5
		Constructors	1958	McLaren-Mercedes (2024)			Most wins:Ferrari 16, McLaren 9, Williams 8
	Formula E World Championship	Drivers	2014–15	Pascal Wehrlein (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
		Manufacturers		Jaguar (2023–24)
	World Rally Championship	Drivers	1977	Thierry Neuville (2024)	2025	Annual
		Manufacturers	1973	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2024)
	TCR World Tour	Drivers	2023	Norbert Michelisz (2024)	2025	Annual
		Manufacturers		Cyan Racing Lynk & Co (2024)
	FIA World Endurance Championship	Drivers	2012	Kévin Estre (2024) André Lotterer (2024) Laurens Vanthoor (2024)	2025	Annual
		Manufacturers		Toyota (2024)
	World Rally-Raid Championship	Drivers	2023	Nasser Al Attiyah & Édouard Boulanger (2024)	2025	Annual	Co-sanctioned with FIM; replaced World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
		Teams		Toyota Gazoo Racing (2024)
	FIA World Baja Cup	Drivers	2002	Nasser Al Attiyah & Mathieu Baumel (2023)	2024	Annual	Baja events split off from cross-country rally competition after original bajas competition was combined with rallies world cup in 2012.
		Teams		Overdrive Racing (2023)
	Karting World Championship	OK	1964	Ethan Jeff-Hall (2024)	2025	Annual
		KZ		Giuseppe Palomba (2024)		Annual
	FIA International Hill Climb Cup	Closed cars	2000	Janusz Grzyb (2024)	2025	Annual
		Competition Cars		Sébastien Petit (2024)
	R-GT Cup	Drivers	2015	Raphaël Astier (2022)	2023	Annual
	World Rallycross Championship	RX1	2014	Johan Kristoffersson (2024)	2025	Annual
		RX2		Nils Andersson (2024)	2025	Annual
Motorcycling	FIM MotoGP World Championship	Riders	2002	Jorge Martín (2024)	2025	Annual	Until 2002 as 500cc
		Constructors	2002	Ducati (2024)
	MotoE World Championship	Riders	2019	Héctor Garzó (2024)	2025	Annual
		Manufacturers	2019	Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE (2024)
	Motocross World Championship	Riders	2003	Jorge Prado (2024)	2025	Annual
		Manufacturers	2003	Honda (2024)
	World Rally-Raid Championship	Riders	2022	Luciano Benavides (2023)	2024	Annual	Co-sanctioned with FIA; replaced Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
		Manufacturers	2022	Monster Energy Honda (2023)
	FIM Bajas World Cup	Riders	2012	Mohammed Al-Balooshi (2023)	2024	Annual
		Manufacturers	2012	KTM (2023)
	Enduro World Championship	Riders (EnduroGP)	2004	Josep García (2024)	2025	Annual
	Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (2001–2017, 2023) Speedway of Nations (since 2018)	National Team	1960	Great Britain (2024)	2025	Annual
	Individual Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995)	Riders	1936	Bartosz Zmarzlik (2024)	2025	Annual
	Superbike World Championship	Riders	1988	Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2024)	2025	Annual
		Manufacturers		Ducati (2024)
	Supersport World Championship	Riders	1999	Adrián Huertas (2024)	2025	Annual
		Manufacturers		Ducati (2024)
	FIM Trial World Championship	Outdoor	1964	Toni Bou (2024)	2025	Annual
		X-Trial	1993	Toni Bou (2024)
	FIM Hard Enduro World Championship	Riders	2018	Manuel Lettenbichler (2024)	2025	Annual
	FIM SuperEnduro World Championship	Riders	2007–08	Billy Bolt (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
	Sidecar World Championship	Pairs	1949	Todd Ellis (driver) & Emmanuelle Clément (passenger) (2023)	2024	Annual
Gliding	FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships	Individuals	1985	Maciej Pospieszyński (2024)	2025	Annual
		Nations		Germany (2024)
	World Gliding Championships	Individuals	1937	Winners in 3 classes (2024)	2025	Annual	The duration between World Gliding Championships varies slightly, dependent on the hemisphere of the next planned edition.
Paragliding	Paragliding World Cup	Individual	1992	Honorin Hamard (2022)	2023	Annual
Practical shooting	IPSC Handgun World Shoots	Individuals	1975	Eric Grauffel (2022) Camilla Almici (2022)	2025	Triennial	Winner(s) of largest division(s)
Motorboat racing	F1 Powerboat World Championship	Individual	1981	Jonas Andersson (2023)	2024	Annual	2020 Season got cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Motorboat	Aquabike World Championship	Individual	1996	Samuel Johansson (Runabout GP1), 2024 Quinten Bossche (Ski Division GP1 Man), 2024 Jasmiin Üpraus (Ski Division Woman), 2024 Rashid Al Mulla (Freestyle), 2024	2025	Annual	2020 Season was made of only one GP as all the remaining GP were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Sailing	Class World Championships	Individuals and Teams				Annual	The majority of sailing 100+ Annual World Championships are none gender specific

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details and notes
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	Individuals	1931	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Alpine Ski World Cup	Individuals	1967	Marco Odermatt (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
		Nations		Switzerland (2023–24)
American football	IFAF World Championship	Nations	1999	United States (2015)	2025	Quadrennial	Not held in 2019
Armwrestling	World Armwrestling Championship	Individuals	1979	Winners in 22 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Aquatics	Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals[R]	1973	Winners in 20 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	Diving at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	2023	Winners in 2 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1991	Winners in 2 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	High diving at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	2013	Aidan Heslop (2024)	2025	Biennial
	World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)	Individuals[R]	1993	Winners in 21 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	World Aquatics Swimming World Cup	Individuals	1988–89	Léon Marchand (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Aquatics Diving World Cup	Individuals	1979	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	FINA Marathon Swim World Series	Individuals	2007	Marc-Antoine Olivier (2024)	2025	Annual
	Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series	Individuals	2009	Aidan Heslop (2024)	2025	Annual
Archery	World Archery Championships	Individuals & Nations	1931	Winners in 4 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	Archery World Cup	Individual recurve	2006	Kim Woo-jin (2024)	2025	Annual
		Individual compound		James Lutz (2024)
	World Field Archery Championships	Individuals & Nations	1969	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
Artistic roller skating	Artistic Skating World Championships	Individuals	1980	Alessandro Liberatore (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in 2020
Athletics	World Athletics Championships	Individuals[R]	1983	Winners in 24 events (2023)	2025	Biennial	1983–1991 held quadrennially, biennially starting 1993
	World Athletics Indoor Championships	Individuals[R]	1985	Winners in 13 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	World Athletics Cross Country Championships	Individuals	1973	Jacob Kiplimo (2024)	2026	Biennial
		Nations		Kenya (2024)
	World Mountain and Trail Running Championships	Individuals	1985	Winners in 10 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	World Athletics Road Running Championships	Individuals	1992	Sabastian Sawe (2023)	2025	Biennial	Annually until 2010
		Team	1992	(2023)
	World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships	Individual & Nations	1961	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	World Athletics Relays	Nations	2014	Winners in 2 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	IAU 50 km World Championships	Individuals	2005	(2024)	2025	Annual	2017, 2018 not held
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals	1987	Haruki Okayama (2022)	2023	Annual
	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Individuals	2001	Aleksandr Sorokin (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Nations	2003	Lithuania (2023)
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Singles	1977	Kunlavut Vitidsarn (2023)	2025	Annual	Annually since 2006; Not held in Summer Olympic years.
		Doubles		Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae (2023)
	Thomas Cup	Nations	1949	China (2024)	2026	Biennial	Since 1984, it has been held concurrently with the women's Uber Cup. Most wins:  Indonesia 14,  China 11,  Malaysia 5
Ball Hockey	Ball Hockey World Championship	Nations	1996	Canada (2024)	2026	Biennial
Bandy	Bandy World Championship	Nations	1957	Sweden (2023)	2025	Annual	The second Bandy WCs were held in 1961; from that point, the championships were held biennially until 2003; and annually ever since.
Baseball	World Baseball Classic	Nations	2006	Japan (2023)	2026	Triennial	Started in 1938 (as IBAF Baseball World Cup); Restarted in 2006; the first two of these modern WBCs (MLB approved and sanctioned by WBSC) were separated by three years (2006, 2009); moved to quadrennially until 2017. 2021 postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins:  Japan 3,  Dominican Republic and  United States 1
	Baseball World Cup	Nations	1938	Netherlands (2011)	Defunct		Biennial until 2011
	WBSC Premier12	Nations	2015	Chinese Taipei (2024)	2027	Quadrennial
Baseball5	Baseball5 World Cup	Nations	2024	Cuba (2024)	2026	Biennial
Basketball	FIBA Basketball World Cup	Nations	1950	Germany (2023)	2027	Quadrennial	Following the 2014 edition, the FIBA Basketball World Cup (but not the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup) has been reset on a new quadrennial cycle. The 2014 (men's) World Cup will be followed by the 2019 World Cup, avoiding conflict with the FIFA World Cup. Most wins:  United States 5,  Yugoslavia 5,  Soviet Union 3
	FIBA 3x3 World Cup	Nations	2012	Serbia (2023)	2025	Annual	Biennial until 2016
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup	Clubs	1966	Unicaja (2024)	2025	Annual
Beach handball	World Men's Beach Handball Championship	Nations	2004	Croatia (2024)	2026	Biennial
Beach soccer	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nations	2005	Brazil (2024)	2025	Biennial	Most wins:  Brazil 6,  Russia 3,  Portugal 2
Beach tennis	Beach Tennis World Championship	Individuals	2009	André Baran & Michele Cappelletti (2024)	2025	Annual
Beach volleyball	FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Nations	1997	Perušič – Schweiner (2023)	2025	Biennial
Beach wrestling	World Beach Wrestling Championships	Individuals	2006	Winners in 4 weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Individuals & Nations	1958	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic Years
	Summer Biathlon World Championships	Individuals	1996	Winners in 3 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Cancelled in 2020
	Biathlon World Cup	Individuals overall	1977–78	Johannes Thingnes Bø (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
		Nations	2000–01	Norway (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Billiards & Pool	WPA World Eight-ball Championship	Individuals	2004	Joshua Filler (2024)	2025	Annual
	WPA World Blackball Championship	Individuals	2006	Gavin Robinson (2024)	2026	Biennial
	WPA World Nine-ball Championship	Individuals	1990	Fedor Gorst (2024)	2025	Annual
	WPA World Ten-ball Championship	Individuals	2008	Carlo Biado (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Billiards Championship (English billiards)	Individuals	1870	David Causier (2024)	2025	Annual
	IBSF World Billiards Championship (English billiards)	Individuals	1926	Pankaj Advani (2022)	2023	Annual
	World Cup of Pool	Individuals	2006	James Aranas & Johann Chua (2023)	2024	Annual
Bobsleigh	IBSF World Championships	Four man	1930	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis Alexander Schüller Felix Straub (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years
		Two man	1931	Francesco Friedrich Alexander Schüller (2024)
	Bobsleigh World Cup	Individuals	1984–85	Francesco Friedrich (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Bowling (ten-pin)	QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup	Individuals	1965	Robin Ilhammar (2024)	2025	Annual
	WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships	Nations	1954	Winners in 4 events (2021)	2022	Annual	Biennially until 2010
Bowls	World Bowls Championship	Individuals and Nations	1966	Winners in 5 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	World Indoor Bowls Championships	Singles	1979	Stewart Anderson (2024)	2025	Annual
		Pairs		Stewart Anderson & Darren Burnett (2024)
Boxing	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 13 weight classes (2023)	2025	Biennial
Breakdancing	Battle of the Year	Individuals	2009	Phil Wizard (2023)	2025	Annual
	Red Bull BC One	Individuals	2004	Hong 10 (2023)	2025	Annual
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Individuals	1938	Winners in 8 events (2024)	2025	Annual
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	Individuals and Nations	1949	Winners in 5 events (2023)	2025	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
	Canoe Slalom World Cup	Individuals	1988	Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)	2025	Annual
	ICF Canoe Polo World Championships	Nations	1994	Germany (2024)	2026	Biennial
	ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships	Individuals	1988	Winners in 6 events (2024)	2025	Annual
	Wildwater Canoeing World Championships	Individuals	1959	Winners in 6 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Climbing	IFSC Climbing World Championships	Individuals	1991	Winners in 4 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	IFSC Climbing World Cup	Individuals & Nations	1989	Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)	2025	Annual
Cricket	ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI format)	Nations	1975	Australia (2023)	2027	Quadrennial	Most wins:  Australia 6,  West Indies 2,  India 2,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka,  England 1 each
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup (T20I format)	Nations	2007	India (2024)	2026	Biennial	Changed from odd-numbered years (2007–2009) to even-numbered years (2010–2016). Biennial until 2016. Quadrennial since 2016. Biennial since 2022. Most wins:  India 2,  West Indies 2,  England 2, multiple countries 1
	ICC World Test Championship (Test format)	Nations	2019–21	Australia (2021–23)	2023–25	Biennial[a]	2 year league format concluding with the final
	ICC Champions Trophy	Nations	1998	Pakistan (2017)	2025	Quadrennial	Biennial until 2017. Quadrennial since 2025.
Cross-country skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals and Nations	1925	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Cross-Country World Cup	Individuals	1973–74	Harald Østberg Amundsen (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
CrossFit	CrossFit Games	Individuals	2007	James Sprague (2024)	2025	Annual
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1959	Sweden (2024)	2025	Annual	2020 cancellation, Most wins: Canada 36, Sweden 12, Scotland 6
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1927	Tadej Pogačar (2024)	2025	Annual
		Time trial	1994	Remco Evenepoel (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	1950	Mathieu van der Poel (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Mountain Bike World Championships	Individuals	1990	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Mountain Bike World Cup	Cross-country	1990	Alan Hatherly (2024)	2025	Annual
		Downhill	1993	Loïc Bruni (2024)
	UCI Urban Cycling World Championships	Individuals	2017	Park: Kieran Reilly (2023) Flatland: Yu Shoji (2023)	2024	Annual
	UCI Track Cycling World Championships	Individuals & Nations	1893	Winners in 11 events (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships	Individuals	2003	Simon Andreassen (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Trials World Championships	Individuals	1986	Men's trials, 20 inch: Alejandro Montalvo (2023) Men's trials, 26 inch: Jack Carthy (2023)	2024	Annual
	UCI BMX World Championships	Individuals	1982	Joris Daudet (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup	Individuals & Nations	2021	Great Britain (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup	Individuals	1993–94	Eli Iserbyt (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
	UCI BMX Supercross World Cup	Individuals	2010	Izaac Kennedy (2024)	2025	Annual
Darts
	WDF World Darts Championship	Individuals	2022	Andy Baetens (2023)	2024	Annual
	PDC World Darts Championship	Individuals	1994	Luke Humphries (2024)	2025	Annual	Most wins: Phil Taylor 14, Michael van Gerwen 3, Gary Anderson 2
	PDC World Cup of Darts	Doubles	2010	Luke Humphries & Michael Smith (2024)	2025	Annual	Most wins: England 4, Netherlands 4, Wales 2
	WDF World Cup	Nations	1977	Netherlands (2023)	2025	Biennial	The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983
Disc golf	PDGA World Championships	Individuals	1982	Isaac Robinson (2024)	2025	Annual
Dodgeball	Dodgeball World Championship	Nations - Foam	2012	United States (2024)	2026	Biennial
		Nations - Cloth	2019	Austria (2024)	2026	Biennial
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Individuals and Nations	1921	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
	Fencing World Cup	Foil Sabre Épée	1972	Cheung Ka Long Oh Sang-uk Koki Kano (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Field hockey	FIH Hockey World Cup	Nations	1971	Germany (2023)	2026	Quadrennial	Most wins:  Pakistan 4,  Netherlands 3,  Australia 3,  Germany 3
	Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup	Nations	2003	Austria (2023)	2025	Quadrennial	Most wins:  Germany 3,  Austria 2,  Netherlands 1
	FIH Men's Hockey5s World Cup	Nations	2024	Netherlands (2024)	2028	Quadrennial
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1896	Ilia Malinin (2024)	2025	Annual
Finswimming	Finswimming World Championships	Individuals	1976	Winners in 17 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
Fistball	Fistball World Championships	Nations	1968	Germany (2023)	2027	Quadrennial
Flag football	IFAF Flag Football World Championship	Nations	2002	United States (2024)	2026	Biennial
Floorball	World Floorball Championships	Nations	1996	Sweden (2022)	2024	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 (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup	Individuals	1980	Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Football	FIFA World Cup	Nations	1930	Argentina (2022)	2026	Quadrennial	Most wins:  Brazil 5,  Germany 4,  Italy 4
	FIFA Club World Cup	Clubs	2000	Manchester City (2023)	2025	Quadrennial	Annual until 2023, Most wins: Real Madrid 5, Barcelona 3, Corinthians 2, Bayern Munich 2
	FIFA Intercontinental Cup	Clubs	2024	Real Madrid (2024)	2025	Annual
Futsal	FIFA Futsal World Cup	Nations	1989	Brazil (2024)	2028	Quadrennial	Most wins:  Brazil 6,  Spain 2,  Argentina 1,  Portugal 1
	AMF Futsal World Cup	Nations	1982	Paraguay (2023)	2027	Quadrennial	Originally a triennial event, held quadrennially after 2003
Golf	Mission Hills World Cup	Nations	1953	Belgium (2018)	2021	Biennial
	World Golf Championships	WGC Championship	1999	Collin Morikawa (2021)	Defunct	Annual
		WGC Match Play	1999	Sam Burns (2023)	2024	Annual
		WGC Invitational	1999	Abraham Ancer (2021)	Defunct	Annual
		WGC-HSBC Champions	2005	Rory McIlroy (2019)	Defunct	Annual
Gymnastics	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals & Nations	1903	Winners in 8 events (2023)	2025	Annual	Not held in Olympic Years
	Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships	Individual & Nations	1964	Winners in 7 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	Pair and Group	1974	Winners in 6 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships	Individuals	1995	Winners in 8 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	Artistic Gymnastics World Cup	Individuals	1975	Winners in various events (2024)	2025	Annual
Handball	IHF World Men's Handball Championship	Nations	1938	Denmark (2023)	2025	Biennial	Most wins:  France 6,  Sweden 4,  Romania 4
	IHF Super Globe	Clubs	1997	Veszprém (2024)	2025	Annual
Hyrox	Hyrox World Championships	Individuals	2018–19	Alexander Roncevic (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Ice climbing	UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships	Lead	2002	Lee Young-geon (2024)	2025	Annual
		Speed	2002	Mohammad Reza Safdarian (2024)	2025	Annual
Ice hockey	IIHF World Championship	Nations	1920	Czech Republic (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II. Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins:  Canada 28,  Soviet Union and  Russia 27,  Czechoslovakia and  Czech Republic 13,  Sweden 11
	World Cup of Hockey	Nations	1976 (as Canada Cup)	Canada (2016)	Unknown	Quadrennial
Inline hockey	IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship	Nations	1996	United States (2017)	Defunct	Annual	The IIHF cancelled the championship in 2019 and can no longer govern inline hockey.[1]
	FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships	Nations	1995	United States (2024)	2025	Annual
Inline speed skating	Inline Speed Skating World Championships	Individuals	1966	Winners in 11 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Judo	World Judo Championships	Individuals	1956	Winners in 7 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Ju-jitsu	Ju-Jitsu World Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in 14 weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Kabaddi	IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style)	Nations	2004	India (2016)	2025	Quadrennial
	IKF Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style)	Nations	2010	Pakistan (2020)	2024	Quadrennial
Karate	Karate World Championships	Individuals & Nations	1970	Winners in 8 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
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 (2024)	2025	Annual
		Men's doubles	1955	Juri Gatt Riccardo Schöpf (2024)
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Men's singles	1979	Alex Gruber (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Men's doubles	1979	Patrick Lambacher Matthias Lambacher (2023)	2025	Biennial
Minifootball	WMF World Cup	Nations	2015	Romania (2023)	2025	Biennial
Modern pentathlon	World Modern Pentathlon Championships	Individual	1949	Csaba Bőhm (2024)	2025	Annual
		Team	1949	Hungary (2024)
		Relay	2004	South Korea (2024)
	Modern Pentathlon World Cup	Individuals	1999	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Mountain and Trail running	World Mountain and Trail Running Championships	Individuals	2021	Winners in 10 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	World Mountain Running Championships	Individuals	1985	Joseph Gray (2019)	Defunct	Annual
	IAU Trail World Championships	Individuals	2007	Jonathan Albon (2019)	Defunct	Annual
Nordic Combined	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals & Nation	1925	Winners in 3 events (2023)	2025	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 (2023)	2025	Biennial
	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 (2023)	2025	Biennial
	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)	2025	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 (2023)	2025	Biennial	2021 Championship cancelled
Strength athletics	World's Strongest Man	Individuals	1977	Tom Stoltman (2024)	2025	Annual
Surfing	World Surfing Games	Individuals & Team	1964	Gabriel Medina (2024)	2025	Annual
Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	Singles	1926	Fan Zhendong (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Doubles		Wang Chuqin & Fan Zhendong (2023)
	World Team Table Tennis Championships	Nations	1926	China (2024)	2026	Biennial
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 8 weight classes (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Nations		South Korea (2023)
	World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships	Nations	2006	Iran (2023)	2025	Biennial
Tchoukball	World Tchoukball Championship	Nations	1971	Chinese Taipei (2023)	2027	Quadrennial
Teqball	Teqball World Championships	Men's singles	2017	Apor Györgydeák (2024)	2025	Annual
		Men's doubles	2017	Sorrasak Thaosiri & Jirati Chanliang (2024)	2025	Annual
Tennis	Davis Cup	Nations	1900	Italy (2024)	2025	Annual	Note: The Davis Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. Only the teams in the World Group actually compete for the Davis Cup proper; other teams play to (eventually) reach the World Group. Most wins:  United States 32,  Australia 28,  France 10
	World Team Cup	Nations	1978	Serbia (2012)	Defunct	Annual
	ATP Cup	Nations	2020	Canada (2022)	Defunct	Annual
Triathlon	World Triathlon Championship Series	Individuals	2009	Alex Yee (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Long Distance Championships	Individuals	1994	Antonio Benito (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Duathlon Championships	Individuals	1990	Javier Martín (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships	Individuals	1997	Émile Blondel-Hermant (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships	Individuals	1998	Kevin Viñuela (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Winter Championships	Individuals	1997	Franco Pesavento (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Cross Championships	Individuals	2011	Michele Bonacina (2024)	2025	Annual
	Ironman World Championship	Individuals	1978	Patrick Lange (2024)	2025	Annual
	Ironman 70.3 World Championship	Individuals	2006	Rico Bogen (2023)	2024	Annual
Volleyball	Men's World Championship	Nations	1949	Italy (2022)	2025	Biennial	Most wins:  Soviet Union 6,  Italy 4,  Brazil 3,  Poland 3
	FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League	Nations	2018	France (2024)	2025	Annual	It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World League (1990–2017)
	FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship	Clubs	1989	Sada Cruzeiro (2024)	2025	Annual
Wakeboarding	World Wakeboard Championship	Individuals	1994	Winners in various events (2024)	2025	Annual
Water polo	Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships	Nations	1973	Croatia (2024)	2025	Biennial	Biennially since 2001
	FINA Water Polo World Cup	Nations	1979	Spain (2023)	2025	Quadrennial	Biennially until 2002
Water skiing	Water Ski World Championships	Individuals	1949	Louis Duplan-Fribourg (2023)	2025	Biennial
Weightlifting	World Weightlifting Championships	Individuals	1891	Winners in 10 weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Windsurfing	Windsurfing World Championships	Individuals	1974	Lars Kleppich (2023)	2024	Annual
Wrestling (amateur)	World Wrestling Championships	Individuals	1904	Winners in 8 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
	Wrestling World Cup (freestyle)	Nations	1973	United States (2022)	2025	Annual
	Wrestling World Cup (Greco-Roman)	Nations	1980	Iran (2022)	2025	Annual

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Frequency	Details & notes
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	Individuals	1931	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Alpine Ski World Cup	Individuals	1967	Lara Gut-Behrami (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
		Nations		Austria (2023–24)
American football	IFAF Women's World Championship	Nations	2010	United States (2022)	2026	Quadrennial
Armwrestling	World Armwrestling Championship	Individuals	1979	Winners in 16 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Aquatics	Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals[R]	1973	Winners in 20 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	Diving at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	Synchronised swimming at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals & Nations	1973	Winners in 7 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1991	Winners in 2 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	High diving at the World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	2013	Rhiannan Iffland (2024)	2025	Biennial
	World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)	Individuals[R]	1993	Winners in 21 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	World Aquatics Swimming World Cup	Individuals	1988–89	Kate Douglass (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Aquatics Diving World Cup	Individuals	1979	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	FINA Marathon Swim World Series	Individuals	2007	Ana Marcela Cunha (2024)	2025	Annual
	Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series	Individuals	2014	Rhiannan Iffland (2024)	2025	Annual
Archery	World Archery Championships	Individuals & Nations	1931	Winners in 4 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	Archery World Cup	Individual recurve	2006	Li Jiaman (2024)	2025	Annual
		Individual compound		Sara López (2024)
	World Field Archery Championships	Individuals & Nations	1969	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
Artistic roller skating	Artistic Skating World Championships	Individuals	1980	Benedetta Altezza (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in 2020
Athletics	World Athletics Championships	Individuals[R]	1983	Winners in 24 events (2023)	2025	Biennial	1983–1991 quadrennially, biennially from 1993
	World Athletics Indoor Championships	Individuals[R]	1985	Winners in 13 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	World Athletics Cross Country Championships	Individuals	1973	Beatrice Chebet (2024)	2026	Biennial
		Nations		Kenya (2024)
	World Mountain and Trail Running Championships	Individuals	1985	Winners in 10 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	World Athletics Road Running Championships	Individuals	1992	Peres Jepchirchir (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Nations		Kenya (2023)
	World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships	Individual & Nations	1961	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	World Athletics Relays	Nations	2014	Winners in 2 events (2024)	2025	Biennial
	IAU 50 km World Championships	Individuals	2005	(2024)	2025	Annual	2017, 2018 not held
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals	1987	Floriane Hot (2022)	2023	Annual
	IAU 24 Hour World Championship	Individuals	2001	Miho Nakata (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Nations	2003	Poland (2023)
	Women's Decathlon World Championships	Individuals	2024	Allison Halverson[4]
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Singles	1977	An Se-young (2023)	2025	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
		Doubles		Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan (2023)
	Uber Cup	Nations	1957	China (2024)	2026	Biennial	Biennially since 1984 it has been held concurrently with the men's Thomas Cup. Most wins:  China 16,  Japan 6,  Indonesia 3
Ball Hockey	Ball Hockey World Championship	Nations	2007	United States (2024)	2026	Biennial
Bandy	Women's Bandy World Championship	Nations	2004	Sweden (2023)	2025	Biennial	Annually from 2006 to 2008, then biennially
Baseball	Women's Baseball World Cup	Nations	2004	Japan (2024)	2026	Biennial
Basketball	FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup	Nations	1953	United States (2022)	2026	Quadrennial
	FIBA 3x3 World Cup	Nations	2012	United States (2023)	2025	Annual	Biennial until 2016
Beach Handball	World Women's Beach Handball Championship	Nations	2004	Germany (2024)	2026	Biennial
Beach tennis	Beach Tennis World Championship	Individuals	2009	Patricia Díaz & Rafaella Miller (2024)	2025	Annual
Beach volleyball	FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Nations	1997	Hughes – Cheng (2023)	2025	Biennial
Beach wrestling	World Beach Wrestling Championships	Individuals	2006	Winners in 4 weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Individuals & Nations	1984	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic Years
	Summer Biathlon World Championships	Individuals	1996	Winners in 3 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Cancelled in 2020
	Biathlon World Cup	Individuals overall	1987–88	Lisa Vittozzi (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
		Nations	2000–01	France (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Billiards (English billiards)	World Women's Billiards Championship	Individuals	1931	Shruthi L (2024)	2025	Annual
	WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship	Individuals	1990	Rubilen Amit (2024)	2025	Annual
Bobsleigh	IBSF World Championships	Two woman	2000	Lisa Buckwitz Vanessa Mark (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in Winter Olympic years
		Monobob	2021	Laura Nolte (2024)
	Bobsleigh World Cup	Individuals	1993–94	Laura Nolte (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Bowling (ten-pin)	QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup	Individuals	1965	Jenna Stretch (2024)	2025	Annual
	WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships	Nations	1954	Winners in 4 events (2021)	2022	Annual	Biennially until 2010
Bowls	World Bowls Championship	Individuals and Nations	1969	Winners in 5 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	World Indoor Bowls Championships	Singles	1988	Katherine Rednall (2024)	2025	Annual
Boxing	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 13 weight classes (2023)	2025	Biennial
Breakdancing	Battle of the Year	Individuals	2009	Ayumi (2023)	2025	Annual
	Red Bull BC One	Individuals	2018	Ami (2023)	2025	Annual
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Individuals	1938	Winners in 8 events (2024)	2025	Annual
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	Individuals and Nations	1949	Winners in 5 events (2023)	2025	Annual	Not held in Summer Olympic years
	Canoe Slalom World Cup	Individuals	1988	Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)	2025	Annual
	ICF Canoe Polo World Championships	Nations	1994	New Zealand (2024)	2026	Biennial
	ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships	Individuals	1988	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Climbing	IFSC Climbing World Championships	Individuals	1991	Winners in 4 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	IFSC Climbing World Cup	Individuals & Nations	1989	Winners in 3 disciplines (2024)	2025	Annual
Cricket	Women's Cricket World Cup (WODI format)	Nations	1973	Australia (2022)	2025	Quadrennial	Most wins:  Australia (7)
	ICC Women's T20 World Cup (WT20I format)	Nations	2009	Australia (2023)	2026	Biennial	Biennially from 2010 Most wins:  Australia (6)
Cross-country skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals and Nations	1954	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Cross-Country World Cup	Individuals	1978–79	Jessie Diggins (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
CrossFit	CrossFit Games	Individuals	2007	Tia-Clair Toomey (2024)	2025	Annual
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1979	Canada (2024)	2025	Annual	2020 cancellation
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1958	Lotte Kopecky (2024)	2025	Annual	The UCI Road World Championships were first contested in 1927, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
		Time trial	1994	Grace Brown (2024)
	UCI Mountain Bike World Cup	Cross-country	1991	Alessandra Keller (2024)	2025	Annual
		Downhill	1993	Valentina Höll (2024)
	UCI Mountain Bike World Championships	Individuals	1990	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Urban Cycling World Championships	Individuals	2017	Park: Hannah Roberts (2023) Flatland: Aude Cassagne (2023)	2024	Annual
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	2000	Fem van Empel (2024)	2025	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 & Nations	1958	Winners in 11 events (2024)	2025	Annual	The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first contested in 1893, but women's championships were not added until 1958.
	UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships	Individuals	2003	Mona Mitterwallner (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Trials World Championships	Individuals	2001	Nina Reichenbach (2023)	2024	Annual
	UCI BMX World Championships	Individuals	1982	Alise Willoughby (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup	Individuals & Nations	2021	Great Britain (2024)	2025	Annual
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup	Individuals	2002–03	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
	UCI BMX Supercross World Cup	Individuals	2007	Saya Sakakibara (2024)	2025	Annual
Darts
	WDF World Darts Championship	Individuals	2022	Beau Greaves (2023)	2024	Annual
	WDF World Cup	Nations	1983	England (2023)	2025	Biennial	The WDF World Cup was first contested in 1977, but a women's championship was not added until 1983
Disc golf	PDGA World Championships	Individuals	1983	Eveliina Salonen (2024)	2025	Annual
Dodgeball	Dodgeball World Championship	Nations - Foam	2012	Canada (2024)	2026	Biennial
		Nations - Cloth	2019	Austria (2024)	2026	Biennial
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Individuals and Nations	1929	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic events in Summer Olympic years
	Fencing World Cup	Foil Sabre Épée	1972	Lee Kiefer Sara Balzer Vivian Kong (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Field hockey	FIH Hockey World Cup	Nations	1974	Netherlands (2022)	2026	Quadrennial
	Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup	Nations	2003	Netherlands (2023)	2025	Biennial
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1906	Kaori Sakamoto (2024)	2025	Annual
Finswimming	Finswimming World Championships	Individuals	1976	Winners in 17 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
Fistball	Fistball World Championships	Nations	1994	Brazil (2024)	2028	Quadrennial
Flag football	IFAF Flag Football World Championship	Nations	2002	United States (2024)	2026	Biennial
Floorball	Floorball World Championships	Nations	1997	Sweden (2023)	2025	Biennial
Football	FIFA Women's World Cup	Nations	1991	Spain (2023)	2027	Quadrennial	Most wins:  United States 4,  Germany 2,  Japan 1,  Norway 1,  Spain 1
	FIFA Women's Club World Cup	Nations	??	??	??	Quadrennial
Freediving	AIDA World Championship	Individuals	2005	(2024)	2025	Annual
		Team	1996	(2024)	2026	Biennial
Freerunning & Parkour	Parkour World Championships	Individuals	2022	Winners in 2 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
Freestyle Skiing	FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships	Individuals	1986	Winners in 7 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup	Individuals	1980	Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Futsal	AMF Futsal World Cup	Nations	2008	Colombia (2022)	2026	Quadrennial
	Women's Futsal World Tournament	Nations	2010	Brazil (2015)	2020
Gymnastics	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals & Nations	1934	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Annual	Not held in Olympic Years
	Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships	Individuals and nations	1963	Winners in 9 events (2023)	2025	Biennial	Changed from 2005
	Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships	Individual & Nations	1964	Winners in 7 events (2023)	2025	Biennial	Not held in Summer Olympics years
	Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	Pair and Group	1974	Winners in 6 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships	Individuals	1995	Winners in 8 events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	Artistic Gymnastics World Cup	Individuals	1975	Winners in various events (2024)	2025	Annual
	Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup	Individuals	1983	Winners in various events (2024)	2025	Annual
Golf	HSBC Women's Champions	Individuals	2008	Hannah Green (2024)	2025	Annual
Handball	IHF World Women's Handball Championship	Nations	1957	France (2023)	2025	Biennial
	IHF Women's Super Globe	Clubs	2019	1º de Agosto (2019)	2021	Annual
Hyrox	Hyrox World Championships	Individuals	2018–19	Megan Jacoby (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Ice climbing	UIAA Ice Climbing World Championships	Lead	2002	Shin Woon Seon (2024)	2025	Annual
		Speed	2002	Aneta Loužecká (2024)	2025	Annual
Ice hockey	IIHF World Women's Championship	Nations	1990	Canada (2024)	2025	Annually	Originally held every two years (no championship in 1996). Since 1997, annual except in Winter Olympic years for the top level of competition (champion listed here). Lower levels of the championships used the same schedule until 2014, when they adopted an annual schedule including championships in Olympic years. Cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most wins:  Canada 13,  United States 10
Inline hockey	FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships	Nations	2002	United States (2024)	2025	Annual
Inline speed skating	Inline Speed Skating World Championships	Individuals	1967	Winners in 11 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Judo	World Judo Championships	Individuals	1980	Winners in 7 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Ju-jitsu	Ju-Jitsu World Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in 14 weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Kabaddi	Kabaddi World Cup (circle style)	Nations	2010	India (2016)	2020
Karate	Karate World Championships	Individuals & Nations	1980	Winners in 8 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
Kickboxing	W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships	Individuals	1985	Winners in various weight classes (2023)	2025	Biennial
Lacrosse	Women's Lacrosse World Cup	Nations	1982	United States (2022)	2026	Quadrennial
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Women's singles	1955	Lisa Schulte (2024)	2025	Annual
		Women's doubles	1955	Selina Egle Lara Michaela Kipp (2024)
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Women's singles	1979	Evelin Lanthaler (2023)	2025	Biennial
Minifootball	WMF Women's World Cup	Nations	2021	United States (2021)	2023	Biennial
Modern pentathlon	World Modern Pentathlon Championships	Individual	1981	Seong Seung-min (2024)	2025	Annual
		Team	1981	Hungary (2024)
		Relay	2004	South Korea (2024)
	Modern Pentathlon World Cup	Individuals	1999	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Motorcycling	FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship	Riders	2024	Ana Carrasco (2024)	2025	Annual
Mountain and Trail running	World Mountain and Trail Running Championships	Individuals	2021	Winners in 10 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	World Mountain Running Championships	Individuals	1985	Grayson Murphy (2019)	Defunct	Annual
	IAU Trail World Championships	Individuals	2007	Blandine L'Hirondel (2019)	Defunct	Annual
Netball	Netball World Cup	Nations	1963	Australia (2023)	2027	Quadrennial
Nordic Combined	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals	1954	Gyda Westvold Hansen (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Nordic Combined World Cup	Individuals	2020–21	Ida Marie Hagen (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	Simona Aebersold (2024)	2025	Annual	Unofficial title cups held in 1983 and 1984 (first official cup in 1986); held biennially until 2004, now annually
	World Ski Orienteering Championships	Individuals	1975	Winners in various events (2024)	2026	Biennial
	World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships	Individuals	2002	Winners in various events (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Trail Orienteering Championships	Individuals	2004	Winners in various events (2024)	2025	Annual
Padel tennis	Padel World Championship	Nations	1992	Spain (2024)	2026	Biennial
Pickleball	World Pickleball Championships	Nations	2019	(2023)	2025	Biennial
Powerlifting	World Powerlifting Championship	Individuals	2011	Winners in various weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Racquetball	Racquetball World Championships	Nations	1981	Mexico (2024)	2026	Biennial
Ringette	World Ringette Championships	Nations	1990	Finland (2022)	2025	Biennial	Triennially 2010–2016
Rogaining	World Rogaining Championships	Pairs	1992	Polina Zakharova & Anna Hudelaitis (2023)	2025	Biennial
Roll Ball	Roll Ball World Cup	Nations	2011	Kenya (2023)	2025	Biennial
Roller derby	Roller Derby World Cup	Nations	2011	United States (2018)	2025	Quadrennial
Roller hockey	Women's Roller Hockey World Cup	Nations	1992	Spain (2024)	2026	Biennial
Rowing	World Rowing Championships	Nations	1974	Winners in 2 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Championships are not held for Olympic/Paralympic events in Summer Olympic/Paralympic years
	World Rowing Cup	Nations	1997	Winners in varying numbers of events per stage (2024)	2025	Annual	Three stages
	World Indoor Rowing Championships	Individuals and Nations	2018	Winners in 5 events (2024)	2025	Annual
Rugby league	Women's Rugby League World Cup	Nations	2000	Australia (2021)	2026	Quadrennial	Quadrennially after 2013
Rugby union	Women's Rugby World Cup	Nations	1991	New Zealand (2021)	2025	Quadrennial	After the first event in 1991, a consistent four-year cycle was established in 1994 and ran through 2014. A new four-year cycle was established in 2017.
Rugby sevens	Rugby World Cup Sevens	Nations	2009	Australia (2022)	2026	Quadrennial	The Rugby World Cup Sevens was first contested in 1993, but a women's tournament was not added until 2009[2]
Sailing	World championships in sailing	Individuals and Pairs	N/A	N/A	N/A	Multiple Annual	For a list please see World championships in sailing
Sambo	World Sambo Championships	Individuals	1984	Winners in various weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Sepak Takraw	ISTAF World Cup	Nations	2011	Thailand (2017)	2026	Biennial
Shooting	ISSF World Shooting Championships	Individuals & Nations	1958	Winners in 27 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	ISSF World Shotgun Championships	Individuals & Nations	1967	Winners in 4 events (2022)	2023	Biennial
	World Running Target Championships	Individuals & Team	1973	(Winners in 4 events) (2022)	2024	Quadrennial
	ISSF World Cup	Individuals	1986	China (2024)	2025	Annual
Skateboarding	World Skateboarding Championship	Park	2016	Raicca Ventura (2024)	2025	Annual
		Street	2010	Rayssa Leal (2024)	2025
Skeleton	FIBT World Championships	Individual	2000	Hallie Clarke (2024)	2025	Annual	Not held in years with Winter Olympics
	Skeleton World Cup	Individual	1996–97	Kimberley Bos (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Ski jumping	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals & Nations	2009	Winners in 3 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Ski Jumping World Cup	Individuals	2011–12	Nika Prevc (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Snooker	World Women's Snooker Championship	Individuals	1976	Bai Yulu (2024)	2025	Annual
	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Individuals	2003	Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (2024)	2025	Annual	Also known as the World Amateur Snooker Championship
Snowboarding	FIS Snowboard World Championships	Individuals	1996	Winners in 6 events (2023)	2025	Biennial
	FIS Snowboard World Cup	Individuals	1994	Winners in 6 disciplines (2023–24)	2024–25	Annual
Snowshoe running	World Snowshoe Championships	Individuals	2006	Verónica Galván (2024)	2026	Biennial
Softball	Women's Softball World Championship	Nations	1965	Japan (2024)	2026	Biennial	Quadrennially from 1970 to 2010, now biennially
	World Cup of Softball	Nations	2005	United States (2019)	Defunct	Annual
Speed skating	World All-Round Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1933	Joy Beune (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Sprint Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1970	Miho Takagi (2024)	2026	Biennial
	World Single Distance Championships	Individuals and Nations	1996	Winners in 8 events (2024)	2025	Annual	In Winter Olympic years, the World Single Distance Championships are not held
	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	Individuals and Nations	1976	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2025	Annual	Although the International Skating Union did not conduct an official World Short Track Championship until 1981, it began organising international events in 1976. All annual ISU-sanctioned international championships from 1976 to 1980 are now retrospectively recognised as World Championships
Squash	PSA World Championship	Individuals	1979	Nouran Gohar (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Doubles Squash Championships	Doubles	1997	Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal (2024)	2026	Biennial
	WSF World Team Squash Championships	Nations	1979	Egypt (2022)	2024	Biennial
Strength athletics	World's Strongest Woman	Individuals	1997	Rebecca Roberts (2023)	2024	Annual
Surfing	World Surfing Games	Individuals & Team	1964	Sally Fitzgibbons (2024)	2025	Annual
Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	Singles	1926	Sun Yingsha (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Doubles		Chen Meng & Wang Yidi (2023)
	World Team Table Tennis Championships	Nations	1933	China (2024)	2026	Biennial
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo Championships	Individuals	1987	Winners in 8 weight classes (2023)	2025	Biennial
		Nations		Turkey (2023)
	World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships	Nations	2006	South Korea (2023)	2025	Biennial
Tchoukball	World Tchoukball Championships	Nations	1980	Switzerland (2023)	2027	Quadrennial
Teqball	Teqball World Championships	Women's singles	2021	Jutatip Kuntatong (2024)	2025	Annual
		Women's doubles	2021	Jutatip Kuntatong & Suphawadi Wongkhamchan (2024)	2025	Annual
Tennis	Billie Jean King Cup	Nations	1963	Italy (2024)	2025	Annual	Note: The Fed Cup is not formally a world championship, but is traditionally held as equivalent in status. It was called Federation Cup until 1995.
Triathlon	World Triathlon Championship Series	Individuals	2009	Cassandre Beaugrand (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Long Distance Championships	Individuals	1994	Charlène Clavel (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Duathlon Championships	Individuals	1990	Marion Legrand (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Long Distance Duathlon Championships	Individuals	1997	Merle Brunnée (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Aquathlon Championships	Individuals	1998	Maryna Kyryk (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Winter Championships	Individuals	1997	Sandra Mairhofer (2024)	2025	Annual
	World Triathlon Cross Championships	Individuals	2011	Marta Menditto (2024)	2025	Annual
	Ironman World Championship	Individuals	1979	Laura Philipp (2024)	2025	Annual
	Ironman 70.3 World Championship	Individuals	2006	Taylor Knibb (2023)	2024	Annual
Volleyball	Women's World Championship	Nations	1952	Serbia (2022)	2025	Biennial	Most wins:  Soviet Union 5,  Japan 3,  Cuba 3
	FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League	Nations	2018	Italy (2024)	2025	Annual	It replaced the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix (1993–2017)
	FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship	Clubs	1991	Eczacıbaşı Dynavit (2023)	2024	Annual
Wakeboarding	World Wakeboard Championship	Individuals	1994	Winners in various events (2024)	2025	Annual
Water polo	Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships	Nations	1986	United States (2024)	2025	Biennial	Biennially since 2001
	FINA Water Polo World Cup	Nations	1979	United States (2023)	2025	Quadrennial	Originally biennially, quadrennially after 2002
Water skiing	Water Ski World Championships	Individuals	1949	Hanna Straltsova (2023)	2025	Biennial
Weightlifting	World Weightlifting Championships	Individuals	1987	Winners in 10 weight classes (2024)	2025	Annual
Windsurfing	Windsurfing World Championships	Individuals	1974	Lanee Butler (2023)	2024	Annual
Wrestling (amateur)	World Wrestling Championships	Individuals	1987	Winners in 4 events (2024)	2025	Annual
	Wrestling World Cup	Nations	2001	Ukraine (2022)	2025	Annual