List of world championships

See also: List of World Cups, World championships, World cup competition, List of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth, and List of world championships in mind sports

The following is a list of world championships, sporting events which use one of these two names, or one 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.

Men

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Held every
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Skiing Championships	Individuals	1931	Winners in 5 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1972	Winners in 15 events (2011)	2013	Two years
American football	IFAF World Championship	Nations	1999	United States (2011)	2015	Four years
Association football (soccer)	FIFA World Cup	Nations	1930	Spain (2010)	2014	Four years
	FIFA Club World Cup	Clubs	2000	Corinthians (2012)	2013	One year
Aquatics	FINA World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 31 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)	Individuals	1993	Winners in 20 events (2012)	2014	Two years
Artistic gymnastics	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals	1903	Winners in 8 events (2011)	2013	One year
Athletics	IAAF World Championships in Athletics	Individuals	1983	Winners in 24 events (2011)	2013	Four years until 1991, now two years
	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Individuals	1985	Winners in 13 events (2012)	2014	Two years
	IAAF World Cross Country Championships	Individuals and teams	1973	Winners in 4 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Individuals and teams	1992	Winners in 2 events (2012)	2014	Year
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals and teams	1987	Giorgio Calcaterra (2012)	2013	Year
	IAU 24 hour World Championships	Individuals and teams	2001	Michael Morton (2012)	2013	Year
	IPC Athletics World Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in 126 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Australian rules football	Australian Football International Cup	Team	2002	Ireland (2011)	2014	Three years
Auto racing see the open section below
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Individuals	1977	Winners in 2 events (2011)	2013	One year
	Thomas Cup	Nations	1949	China (2012)	2014	Two years
Bandy	Bandy World Championships	Nations	1957	Russia (2013)	2014	One year
	Bandy World Cup	Clubs	1974	Zorky (2012)	2013	One year
Baseball	Baseball World Cup	Nations	1938	Netherlands (2011)	Defunct	Two years
	World Baseball Classic	Nations	2006	Dominican Republic (2013)	2017	Four years
Basketball	FIBA Basketball World Cup	Nations	1950	United States (2010)	2014	Four years
Basketball	FIBA 3x3 World Championships	Nations	2012	Serbia (2012)	2014	Two years
Beach soccer	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nations	1995	Russia (2011)	2013	Two years
Beach volleyball	Swatch FIVB World Championships	Nations	1997	Emanuel-Alison (2011)	2013	Two years
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Individuals, nations	1958	Winners in 5 events (2013)	2015	One year
Billiards (Pool)	WPA World Nine-ball Championship	Individuals	1990	Darren Appleton (2011)	2013	One year
	WPA World Eight-ball Championship	Individuals	2004	Chang Jung-lin (2012)	2013	One year
	World three-cushion billiards championship	Individuals	1928	Eddy Merckx (2012)	2013	One year
	World Billiards Championship (English billiards)	Individuals	1825	Mike Russell (2011)	2012	One year
	IBSF World Billiards Championship	Individuals	1926	Mike Russell (2011)	2012	One year
Bobsleigh	FIBT World Championships	Four man	1930	Maximilian Arndt Marko Huebenbecker Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze (2013)	2015	One year
		Two man	1931	Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker (2013)
Boxing	see List of undisputed boxing champions, List of heavyweight boxing champions, etc.	Individuals	1882	Winners in several weight classes	At challenge	N/A
	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 10 weight classes (2011)	2013	Two years
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Individuals and teams	1938	Winners in 18 events (2011)	2013	One year
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	Individuals and teams	1949	Winners in 6 events (2011)	2013	One year
Cricket	ICC Cricket World Cup	Nations	1975	India (2011)	2015	Four years
	ICC World Twenty20	Nations	2007	West Indies (2012)	2014	Two Years
	International 20:20 Club Championship	Clubs	2005	Faisalabad Wolves (2005)	Defunct	Only held in 2005
	Champions League Twenty20	Clubs	2009	Sydney Sixers (2012)	2013	Year
Cross-Country Skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals	1925	Winners in 6 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1974	Winners in 19 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1959	Canada (2012)	2013	One year
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1927	Philippe Gilbert (2012)	2013	One year
		Time trial	1994	Tony Martin (2012)
		Team time trial	1962	Omega Pharma-Quick Step (2012)
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	1950	Sven Nys (2013)	2014	One year
	UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships	Individuals	1990	Winners in 5 events (2012)	2013	One year
	UCI Track Cycling World Championships	Individuals and nations	1893	Winners in 10 events (2012)	2013	One year
	UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships	Individuals and nations	2007	Winners in 14 events (2011)	2013
Darts	BDO World Darts Championship	Individuals	1978	Christian Kist (2012)	2013	One year
	PDC World Darts Championship	Individuals	1994	Adrian Lewis (2012)	2013	One year
Equestrian see the mixed section below
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Individual and Team	1923	United States (2012, team épée)	2013	Year
Floorball	World Floorball Championships	Nations	1996	Sweden (2010)	2014	Two years
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1896	Patrick Chan (2013)	2014	One year
Futsal	FIFA Futsal World Cup	Nations	1989	Brazil (2012)	2016	Four years
	AMF Futsal World Cup	Nations	1982	Colombia (2011)	2015	Originally three years, four years after 2003
Gliding see the mixed section below
Handball	World Men's Handball Championship	Nations	1938	Spain (2013)	2015	Two years
	IHF Super Globe	Clubs	1997	Atlético Madrid (2012)	2013	One year
Hockey	Hockey World Cup	Nations	1971	Australia (2010)	2014	Four years
Ice hockey	Ice Hockey World Championships	Nations	1920	Russia (2012)	2013	One year
International rules football	International Rules Series	Nations	1984	Ireland (2011)	2014	Two series every three years
Inline hockey	IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship	Nations	1996	United States (2012)	2011	One year
Inline speed skating	World Inline speed skating Championships	Nations	1937	Colombia (2010)	2010	One year
Lacrosse	World Lacrosse Championship	Nations	1967	United States (2010)	2014	Four years
	World Indoor Lacrosse Championship	Nations	2003	Canada (2011)	2015	Four years
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Men's singles	1955	Felix Loch (2013)	2014	One year
		Men's doubles	1955	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt (2013)	2014	One year
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Men's singles	1979	Gerald Kammerlander (2011)		Two years
		Men's doubles	1979	Damiano Lugon Andrea Millet (2011)		Two years
Motorcycling see the mixed section below
Nordic Combined	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	10 km individual normal hill	1925	Eric Frenzel (2011)	2013	Two years
		10 km individual large hill	1999	Jason Lamy Chappuis (2011)	2013	Two years
		10 km mass start	2009	Todd Lodwick (2009)	Only held in 2009	N/A
		National Team Normal Hill 4 x 5 km	2011	Austria (2011)	2013	Two years
		National Team Large Hill 4 x 5 km	1982	Austria (2011)	2013	Two years
Orienteering	World Orienteering Championships	Sprint	2001	Daniel Hubmann (2011)	2012	One year
		Short distance	1991	Pasi Ikonen (2001)	defunct	Two years
		Middle distance	2003	Thierry Gueorgiou (2011)	2012	One year
		Long distance	1966	Thierry Gueorgiou (2011)	2012	Originally two years, one year since 2003
		Relay	1966	France (2011)	2012
Paddle Tennis	Paddle Tennis World Championship	Nations	1992	Spain (2010)	2012	Two years
Pea shooting	World Pea Shooting Championships	Individuals	1971	Jim Collins (2009)	2010	Annually
Pitch and putt	Pitch and Putt World Cup	Nations	2004	Ireland (2012)	2016	Four years
	World Strokeplay Championship	Individuals	2009	Fernando Cano (2009)	2013	Four years
Polo	World Polo Championship	Nations	1987	Argentina (2011)	2011	Three years
Real tennis	Real Tennis World Championship	Individuals	1740	Winners in 3 events (2012)	2014	Two years
Roller hockey	Roller Hockey World Championship	Nations	1936	Spain (2011)	2013	Two years
Rowing	World Rowing Championships	Nations	1962	Winners in 5 events (2012)	2013	One year
Rugby league	Rugby League World Cup	Nations	1954	New Zealand (2008)	2013	Four years after 2013
	World Club Challenge	Clubs	1976	Leeds Rhinos (2012)	2013	One year after 2000
Rugby union	Rugby World Cup	Nations	1987	New Zealand (2011)	2015	Four years
Rugby union sevens	Rugby World Cup Sevens	Nations	1993	Wales (2009)	2013	Four years
Sculling	World Sculling Championship	Individuals	1831	Evans Fischer (1957)	2008	Annually until 1957; revived in 2008
Shooting	ISSF World Shooting Championships	Individuals and nations	1897	Winners in 18 events (2010)	2014	Four years
	ISSF World Shotgun Championships	Individuals and nations	1934	Winners in 12 events (2009)	2011	Two years
Skeleton	FIBT World Championships	Individual	1930	Alexander Tretiakov (2013)	2015	One year
Ski Jumping	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals normal hill	1962	Thomas Morgenstern (2011)	2013	Two years
		Individuals large hill	1925	Gregor Schlierenzauer (2011)	2013	Two years
		National Team normal hill	2001	Austria (2011)	2013	Two years; not held in 2007 or 2009
		National Team large hill	1962	Austria (2011)	2013	Two years
	FIS Ski-Flying World Championships	Individuals	1972	Simon Ammann (2010)	2012	Two years
		National Team	2004	Austria (2010)	2012	Two years
Ski mountaineering	World Championships of Ski Mountaineering	Nations, individuals, teams, relays (since 2004), long distances (since 2008)	2002	Italy (2011)	2013	Two years
Snooker	World Snooker Championship	Individuals	1927	Ronnie O'Sullivan (2012)	2013	One year
	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Individuals	1963	Hossein Vafaei (2011)	2012	One year
Snowboarding	FIS Snowboard World Championships	Big air	2003	Petja Piiroinen (2011)	2013	Two years
		Slopestyle	2011	Seppe Smits (2011)
		Halfpipe	1996	Nathan Johnston (2011)
		Snowboard cross	1997	Alex Pullin (2011)
		Parallel slalom	1996	Benjamin Karl (2011)
		Parallel giant slalom	1999	Benjamin Karl (2011)
Speed skating	World Allround Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1889	Sven Kramer (2013)	2014	One year
	World Sprint Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1970	Stefan Groothuis (2012)	2013	One year
	World Single Distance Championships	Individuals and Nations	1995	Winners in 6 events (2012)	2013	One year
	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1976	Kwak Yoon-Gy (Overall) Winners in 5 events (2012)	2013	One year
	World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships	Nations	1991	South Korea (2011)	Discontinued after 2011	One Year
	Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship	Individuals	2010	Arttu Pihlainen	2012	One Year
Squash	World Open	Individuals	1976	Nick Matthew (2011)	2012	One year
	World International Doubles Squash Championships	Doubles teams	1997	Stewart Boswell & Anthony Ricketts (2006)	Last held in 2006	Intermittent
	World Team Squash Championships	Nations	1967	Egypt (2011)	2013	Two years
Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	Individuals	1926	Winners in 3 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	World Team Table Tennis Championships	Nations	1926	China (2012)	2014	Two years
Ten-Pin Bowling	WTBA World Championships	Nations	1954	Winners in 6 events (2010)	2014	Four years (two years until 2010)
Tennis	Davis Cup	Nations	1900	Czech Republic (2012)	2013	One year
	ITF World Champion	Individuals	1978	Novak Djokovic (2012)	2013	One year
	ITF World Champions	Doubles teams	1996	Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (2012)	2013	One year
	World Team Cup	Nations	1978	Serbia (2012)	2013	One year
Triathlon	ITU Triathlon World Championships	Individuals	1989	Jonathan Brownlee (2012)	2013	One year
Tug of war	TWIF Indoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes	2014	Two years
	TWIF Outdoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes	2014	Two years
Volleyball	Volleyball World Championship	Nations	1949	Brazil (2010)	2014	Four years
	Volleyball World Cup	Nations	1965	Russia (2011)	2015	Four years
	FIVB Volleyball World League	Nations	1990	Poland (2012)	2013	Year
	FIVB Club World Championship	Clubs	1989	Trentino Volley (2012)	2013	Year
Water polo	FINA Water Polo World Cup	Nations	1979	Serbia (2010)	2014	Four years (two years until 2002)
	FINA Water Polo World Championship	Nations	1973	Italy (2011)	2013	Two years since 2001

Women

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Held every
Alpine skiing	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships	Individuals	1931	Winners in 5 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1972	Winners in 15 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Association football (soccer)	FIFA Women's World Cup	Nations	1991	Japan (2011)	2015	Four years
Aquatics	FINA World Aquatics Championships	Individuals	1973	Winners in 20 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)	Individuals	1993	Winners in 20 events (2010)	2012	Two years
Athletics	IAAF World Championships in Athletics	Individuals	1983	Winners in 24 events (2011)	2013	Originally four years, now two years
	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Individuals	1985	Winners in 13 events (2012)	2014	Two years
	IAAF World Cross Country Championships	Individuals and teams	1973	Winners in 4 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	IAAF World Half Marathon Championships	Individuals and teams	1992	Winners in 2 events (2012)	2013	Year
	IAU 100 km World Championships	Individuals and teams	1987	Amy Sproston (2012)	2013	Year
	IAU 24 hour World Championships	Individuals and teams	2001	Michaela Dimitriadu (2012)	2013	Year
	IPC Athletics World Championships	Individuals	1994	Winners in 76 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Auto racing see the mixed section below
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Individuals	1977	Winners in 2 events (2011)	2013	One year
	Uber Cup	Nations	1957	China (2012)	2014	Two years
Bandy	Bandy World Championships for women	Nations	2004	Sweden (2012)	2014	Two years
	Bandy World Cup for women	Clubs	2003	Rekord Irkutsk (2012)	2013	One year
Baseball	Women's Baseball World Cup	Nations	2004	Japan (2012)	2014	Two years
Basketball	FIBA World Championship for Women	Nations	1953	United States (2010)	2014	Four years
	FIBA 3x3 World Championships	Nations	2012	United States (2012)	2014	Two years
Beach volleyball	Swatch FIVB World Championships	Nations	1997	Larissa- Juliana (2011)	2013	Two years
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Individuals, nations	1984	Winners in 5 events (2013)	2015	One year
Bobsleigh	FIBT World Championships	Two woman	2000	Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois (2013)	2015	One year
Boxing	World Amateur Boxing Championships	Individuals	2001	Winners in 13 weight classes (2006)	Unknown	Unknown
Canoeing	ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships	Individuals and teams	1938	Winners in 11 events (2011)	2013	Year
	ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships	Individuals and teams	1949	Winners in 3 events (2011)	2013	Year
Cricket	Women's Cricket World Cup	Nations	1973	England (2009)	2013	Four years
	ICC World Twenty20 (Twenty20 format)	Nations	2009	Australia (2012)	2014	Two years from 2010
Cross-country skiing	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals	1954	Winners in 8 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships	Individuals	1974	??? (2011)	2013	Two years
Curling	World Curling Championships	Nations	1979	Switzerland (2012)	2013	Year
Cycling	UCI Road World Championships	Road race	1958	Marianne Vos (2012)	2013	One year
		Time trial	1994	Judith Arndt (2012)
		Team time trial	2012	Team Specialized–lululemon (2012)
	UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships	Individuals	1990	Winners in 4 events (2012)	2013	Year
	UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships	Individuals	2000	Marianne Vos (2013)	2014	Year
	UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships	Individuals	2007	Winners in 10 events (2011)	2013
Darts	BDO World Darts Championship	Individuals	2001	Anastasia Dobromyslova (2012)	2013	Year
Equestrian see the mixed section below
Fencing	World Fencing Championships	Individual and Team	1923	Russia (2012, team sabre)	2013	Year
Field hockey	Women's Hockey World Cup	Nations	1974	Argentina (2010)	2014	Four years
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	1906	Kim Yu-Na (2013)	2014	One year
Gliding	Women's World Gliding Championships	Individuals	2001	Winners in 3 classes (2007)	2009	Two years
Gymnastics	World Artistic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals and nations	1903	Winners in 6 events (2011)	2013	Year
	World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Individuals and nations	1963	Winners in 9 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Handball	World Women's Handball Championship	Nations	1957	Norway (2011)	2013	Two years
Ice hockey	IIHF World Women's Championships	Nations	1990	Canada (2012)	2013	Year
Inline speed skating	World Inline speed skating Championships	Nations	1986	Colombia (2010)	2010	Year
Lacrosse	Women's Lacrosse World Cup	Nations	1982	United States (2009)	2013	Four years
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Individual	1955	Natalie Geisenberger (2013)	2014	One year
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Individual	1979	Renate Gietl (2011)		Two years
Motorcycling see the mixed section below
Motorcross	World Motocross Championship for Women	Individuals	2008	Stephanie Laier (2011)	2012	Year
Netball	World Netball Championships	Nations	1963	Australia (2011)	2015	Four years
Orienteering	World Orienteering Championships	Individuals	1966	Winners in 4 events (2008)	2009	Year
Paddle tennis	Paddle Tennis World Championship	Nations	1992	Spain (2010)	2012	Two years
Real tennis	Real Tennis World Championship	Individuals	1740	Winners in 2 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Ringette	World Ringette Championships	Nations	1990	Finland	2013	Three years, 1990-2004 two years
Roller derby	Roller Derby World Cup	Nations	2011	United States 2011	2014	Three Years
Roller hockey	FIRS Women's Roller Hockey World Cup	Nations	1992	Argentina (2010)	2012	Two years
Rowing	World Rowing Championships	Nations	1974	Winners in 2 events (2012)	2013	Year
Rugby league	Women's Rugby League World Cup	Nations	2008	New Zealand (2008)	2013	Four years after 2013
Rugby union	Women's Rugby World Cup	Nations	1991	New Zealand (2010)	2014	Four years
Rugby union sevens	Rugby World Cup Sevens	Nations	2009	Australia (2009)	2013	Four years
Sailing	ISAF Class World Championships	Individuals Boats	1907 Onward	A number of classes host women on World titles	Ongoing	Varies
	ISAF Women's Match World Championship	Individuals Boats	1999	-	Ongoing	Annual
	IYRU Women's World Championships	Individuals Boats	1990s		No longer held
Shooting	ISSF World Shooting Championships	Individuals and nations	1958	Winners in 23 events (2010)	2014	Four years
	World Shotgun Championships	Individuals and nations	1967	Winners in 4 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Skeleton	FIBT World Championships	Individual	2000	Shelley Rudman (2013)	2015	One year
Ski jumping	FIS Nordic World Ski Championships	Individuals normal hill	2009	Daniela Iraschko (2011)	2013	Two years
Ski mountaineering	World Championships of Ski Mountaineering	Nations, individuals, teams, relays (since 2004), long distances (since 2008)	2002	Winners in 6 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Softball	ISF Women's World Championship	Nations	1965	Japan (2012)	2014	Four years from 1970–2010, now two years
Speed skating	World All-Round Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1933	Ireen Wüst (2012)	2013	Year
	World Sprint Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1970	Yu Jing (2012)	2013	Year
	World Single Distance Championships	Individuals and nations	1995	Winners in 6 events (2012)	2013	Year
	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships	Individuals	1976	Li Jianrou (Overall) Winners in 5 events (2012)	2013	Year
	World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships	Nations	1991	South Korea (2011)	Discontinued after 2011	One Year
Snowboarding	FIS Snowboard World Championships	Individuals halfpipe	1996	Holly Crawford (2011)	2013	Two years
		Individuals slopestyle	2011	Enni Rukajärvi (2011)
		Individuals snowboard cross	1997	Lindsey Jacobellis (2011)
		Individuals parallel slalom	1996	Hilde-Katrine Engeli (2011)
		Individuals parallel giant slalom	1999	Alena Zavarzina (2011)
Squash	World Open	Individuals	1979	Nicol David (2011)	2012	Year
	World Doubles Squash Championships	Doubles teams	1997	Winners in 2 events (2006)	Unknown	Intermittent
	World Team Squash Championships	Nations	1979	Australia (2010)	2012	Two years
Table tennis	World Table Tennis Championships	Individuals	1926	Winners in 3 events (2011)	2013	Two years
	World Team Table Tennis Championships	Nations	1933	China (2012)	2014	Two years
Ten-pin bowling	WTBA World Championships	Nations	1963	Winners in 6 events (2011)	2013	Two years
Tennis	Fed Cup	Nations	1963	Czech Republic (2012)	2013	Year
	ITF World Champion	Individuals	1978	Serena Williams (2012)	2013	Year
	ITF World Champions	Doubles teams	1996	Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci (2012)	2013	Year
Triathlon	ITU Triathlon World Championships	Individuals	1989	Lisa Nordén (2012)	2013	Year
Tug of war	TWIF Indoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes	2014	Two years
	TWIF Outdoor World Championships	Nations	1976	Winners in various weight classes	2012	Two years
Volleyball	FIVB World Championship	Nations	1952	Russia (2010)	2014	Four years
	FIVB World Cup	Nations	1973	Italy (2011)	2015	Four years
	FIVB World Grand Prix	Nations	1993	United States (2012)	2013	Year
Water polo	FINA Water Polo World Cup	Nations	1979	United States (2010)	2014	Originally two years, four years after 2002
	FINA Water Polo World Championship	Nations	1986	Greece (2011)	2013	Two years since 2001

Open

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Held every
Air racing	Red Bull Air Race World Championship	Individuals	2003	Paul Bonhomme	2012	One year (break 2011)
Auto racing	Formula One World Championship	Individuals	1950	Sebastian Vettel (2012)	2013	One year
		Constructors	1958	Red Bull (2012)
	FIA World Endurance Championship	Individuals	2012	André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler (2012)	2013	One year
		Teams		Audi (2012)
	FIA GT1 World Championship	Individuals	2012	Marc Basseng and Markus Winkelhock (2012)	2013	One year
		Teams		Münnich Motorsport (2012)
	FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup	Individuals	1993	Leonid Novitskiy and Andreas Schulz (2011)	2012	One year
		Teams		BMW (2011)
	World Rally Championship	Individuals	1977	Sébastien Loeb (2012)	2013	One year
		Manufacturers	1973	Citroën (2012)
	World Touring Car Championship	Individuals	1987	Rob Huff (2012)	2013	One year
		Manufacturers		Chevrolet (2012)
	World Manufacturers' Championship	Manufacturers	1925	Delage (1927)	Defunct	One year until 1927
	World Sportscar Championship	Manufacturers; from 1985 teams	1953	Peugeot Talbot Sport (1992)	Defunct	One year until 1992
		Individuals	1981	Yannick Dalmas Derek Warwick (1992)		One year until 1992
	Karting World Championship	Individuals	1964	Flavio Camponeschi (2012)	2013	One year
Equestrian	FEI World Equestrian Games	Individuals	1990	Winners in 27 events (2010)	2014	Four years
	Mounted Games World Individual Championships	Individuals	1986	Brian Kennedy	2013	One year
	Mounted Games World Pairs Championships	Pairs	1992	Mark Devitt & Danny Spencer	2013	One year
	Mounted Games World Team Championships	Team	1986	France	2013	One year
Glider aerobatics	FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships	Individuals	1985	Georgij Kaminski (2009)	2011	Two years
		Nations		France (2009)
Gliding	World Gliding Championships	Individuals	1937	Winners in 6 classes (2008)	2010	Two years
Korfball	Korfball World Championship	Nations	1978	Netherlands (2007)	2011	Four years
Motorcycling	FIM MotoGP Championship	Individuals	1949	Winners in three classes (2012)	2013	One year
		Constructors		Winners in three classes (2012)
	Supercross World Championship	Individuals	2003	Ryan Dungey	2011	One year
	Motocross World Championship	Individuals	2003	Winners in three classes	2010	One year
	FIM World Enduro Championship	Individuals	1990	Winners in 3 events (2008)	2009	One year
	FIM Sidecarcross World Championship	Pairs	1980	Daniël Willemsen (2012) Kenny van Gaalen	2013	One year
	Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001)	National Team	1960	Denmark (2012)	2013	One year
	Speedway World Pairs Championship	National pair	1970	Sweden (1993)	Defunct	One year until 1993
	Individual Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) Speedway Grand Prix (since 1995)	Individuals	1936	Chris Holder (2012)	2013	One year
	Individual Ice Racing World Championship	Individuals	1966	Nikolai Krasnikov (2010)	2011	One year
	Team Ice Racing World Championship	Nations	1979	Russia (2009)	2010	One year
	Sidecar World Championship	Pairs	1949	Tim Reeves (driver) & Ashley Hawes (passenger) (2012)	2013	One year
	Endurance FIM World Championship	Team	1975	Yamaha Austria Racing Team	2011	One year
	Superbike World Championship	Individuals	1988	Max Biaggi (2012)	2013	One year
		Manufacturers		Aprilia (2012)
	Supersport World Championship	Individuals	1999	Kenan Sofuoğlu (2012)	2013	One year
		Manufacturers		Honda (2012)
	FIM Superstock 1000 Championship	Individuals	2000	Sylvain Barrier (2012)	2013	One year
		Manufacturers		Kawasaki (2012)
Motorboat racing	Class 1 World Powerboat Championship	Individuals Boats	1992	Victory Team	2012	One years
	Powerboat P1 World Championship	Individual	2003	Winners in 3 classes	2011	One years
	F1 Powerboat World Championship	Individual	1981	Alex Carella (2012)	2013	One years
Radio-controlled car racing	IFMAR Worlds	Individuals	1977	Winners in 8 classes	2012 2013	Two years
Sailing	ISAF Sailing World Championships	Individuals Boats	2003	Winners in up to 9 classes	2014	Four years
	ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships	Individuals Boats	1971	winners in about 10 categories	2013	Annual
	Team Racing World Championships	Individuals Boats	1995		2013	Annual
	Offshore Team Racing World Championships	Individuals Boats	2004		2013	Annual
	ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship	Individuals Boats	1998		2013	Annual
	ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship	National Teams of 2/3 boats	1998		2013	Bi Annual
	Star World Championships	Team of two persons	1923	United States George Szabo Rick Peters	2013	Annual
	Windsurfing World Championships	Individual	1980	Julien Bontemps	2013	Annual
Slot car racing	ISRA Worlds	Individual	1992	Winners in 4 classes	2011	One year

Mixed

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	First held	Current holder	Next	Held every
Badminton	BWF World Championships	Male & Female Pair	1977	Winners in 1 event (2011)	2013	One year
	Sudirman Cup	Nations	1989	China (2011)	2013	Two years
Basketball	FIBA 3x3 World Championships	National teams of two men and two women, with three players on the court at any one time	2012	France	2014	Two years
Biathlon	Biathlon World Championships	Nations	2005	Norway (2013)	2015	One year
Figure skating	World Figure Skating Championships	Pairs — one woman and one man from the same nation	1908	Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov (2013)	2014	One year
		Ice Dance — one woman and one man from the same nation	1952	Meryl Davis & Charlie White (2013)
Luge	FIL World Luge Championships	Nations	1989	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt(2013)	2014	One year
	FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships	Nations	2001	Anton Blasbichler Renate Gietl Patrick Pigneter Florian Clara (2011)		Two years
Sailing	IFDS SKUD 18 World Championship	Pair with a Female and either a Male or Female	2007		Ongoing	Year
	Mixed Nacra 17 World Championship	Male & Female Pair	2013		Ongoing	Year
Synchronized skating	World Synchronized Skating Championships	Teams	2000	Team Unique (2013)	2014	One year
Tennis	Hopman Cup	National teams of one man and one woman, playing (in order) women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles	1989	Spain (2013)	2014	Year
	Mixed Doubles World Championship	Male & Female Pair

Notes

    R.  ^R - One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.
    D.  ^D - Includes three Doubles events, one for men, one for women, and one for mixed doubles.