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World Champion is a title that can be given to a contesting team/individual/organisation in a sport or other competitive endeavour. To become a "world champion" it is usual for the contestant to have entered, and won, a competition
Competition

Competition is a rivalry between individuals, groups, nations, or animals, for territory, a niche, or allocation of resources. It arises whenever two or more parties strive for a goal which cannot be shared....
 open to all eligible contestants from around the world
World

World is a common name for the planet Earth seen from a human worldview, as a place inhabited by human beings. It is often used to signify the sum of human experience and history, or the 'human condition' in general....
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Other individuals or organisations can be described as 'world champion', but this is either simply a matter of recognition of their prowess or promotional hyperbole, without conferring any real status.

tence of other similar competitions, administrated by other organisations, can give rise to confusion over which has the right to declare the world champion.






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World Champion is a title that can be given to a contesting team/individual/organisation in a sport or other competitive endeavour. To become a "world champion" it is usual for the contestant to have entered, and won, a competition
Competition

Competition is a rivalry between individuals, groups, nations, or animals, for territory, a niche, or allocation of resources. It arises whenever two or more parties strive for a goal which cannot be shared....
 open to all eligible contestants from around the world
World

World is a common name for the planet Earth seen from a human worldview, as a place inhabited by human beings. It is often used to signify the sum of human experience and history, or the 'human condition' in general....
.

Other individuals or organisations can be described as 'world champion', but this is either simply a matter of recognition of their prowess or promotional hyperbole, without conferring any real status.

Examples of World Champions


  • Winners of the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup
    FIFA World Cup

    The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the List of men's national association football teams of the members of F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global govern...
    .
  • Winners of the American Football World Cup
    American Football World Cup

    American Football World Cup is an international competition held every four years since 1999 to decide the "world champion" of American football....
    .
  • Winner of the World Snooker Championship
    World Snooker Championship

    The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....


Disputed World Champions


Multiple awarding bodies

The existence of other similar competitions, administrated by other organisations, can give rise to confusion over which has the right to declare the world champion. But this is usually resolved by adding a modifier to the title identifying the organisation awarding it.

Examples
  • International boxing's many organisations, including the WBA
    World Boxing Association

    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
    , WBC and WBO
    World Boxing Organization

    The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. Its offices are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico....
    .
  • Brewers Association's World Beer Cup and the Brewing Industry International Awards


National competitions

Controversy can arise when a national competition results in the winner being awarded the title "World Champion", without any entrants from other countries. This can happen when the national competition operates on the assumption, sometimes mistaken, that there are no interested contestants of suitable quality in other countries. The national champion is therefore, by default, also the world champion. Parties in other countries can take exception to this and accuse the hosting national organisation of over-reaching themselves.

Examples
  • Winners of Baseball's
    Baseball

    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
     World Series
    World Series

    The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball, the culmination of the sport's playoff each October. Since the Series takes place in mid-autumn, sportswriters many years ago dubbed the event the Fall Classic, a usage reflected in the logo for the 2008 World Series; it is also sometimes known as the October Clas...
    .


Insignificant competitions

It is possible for anyone to become 'world champion' if the scope of the competition is narrow enough or lacks any publicity and interest world-wide. 'World champions' of this type are, however, usually treated either humorously, or with ridicule.

Examples
  • Winners of the World Snail Racing Championships
    Snail racing

    Snail racing is a sport that involves the racing of two or more snails. There are numerous events that take place around the world, though the majority take place in the United Kingdom....