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A world championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest
Contest

A contest, is an event in which two or more individuals or teams engage in competition against each other, often for a prize or similar incentive....
. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking
Ranking

A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second....
 systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual (or other entity) in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead they may organise a world cup
World cup

A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities - usually international teams or individuals representing their continents - compete for the title of world champion....
, or they may organize both. Often, the use of the term cup or championship in this sense is just a choice of words.






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A world championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest
Contest

A contest, is an event in which two or more individuals or teams engage in competition against each other, often for a prize or similar incentive....
. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking
Ranking

A ranking is a relationship between a set of items such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than" or "ranked equal to" the second....
 systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual (or other entity) in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead they may organise a world cup
World cup

A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities - usually international teams or individuals representing their continents - compete for the title of world champion....
, or they may organize both. Often, the use of the term cup or championship in this sense is just a choice of words. Some sports have multiple champions because of multiple organizations such as pro boxing and wrestling.

Certain sports do not have a world championships or a world cup as such, but may have one or several world champions. Professional boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 for example has several world champions at different weights
Boxing weight classes

Boxing body weight-class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:...
, but each one of them is decided by a "title fight", not a tournament.

Sports

A full list is presented at List of world cups and world championships
List of world cups and world championships

The following is a list of world cups and 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....


  • Air sports:
    • World Gliding Championships
      World Gliding Championships

      The World Gliding Championships is a gliding competitions held every two years or so by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are sometimes held in the summer in the Southern Hemisphere....
  • Athletics: IAAF World Championships in Athletics
    IAAF World Championships in Athletics

    The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations . Originally, it was organised every four years, but this changed in 1991, and it has since been organised biennially....
  • Aquatics: FINA World Aquatics Championships
  • Auto-Racing:
    • FIA Formula One World Championship
      Formula One

      Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
    • FIA World Rally Championship
      World Rally Championship

      The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer....
       (WRC)
    • FIA World Touring Car Championship
      World Touring Car Championship

      The World Touring Car Championship is an international touring car racing championship organized by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile....
       (WTCC)
    • FIA World Sportscar Championship
      World Sportscar Championship

      The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile from 1953 to 1992....
  • Badminton: World Badminton Championships
  • Ball games
    • Baseball
      • Baseball World Cup
      • World Baseball Classic
        World Baseball Classic

        The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament, first held in 2006 in sports. It is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation and created by Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association, and other professional baseball leagues and their players associations around the world....
    • Basketball
      • FIBA World Championship
        FIBA World Championship

        The FIBA World Championship is a world basketball tournament for men's national teams held wiktionary:quadrennial by the International Basketball Federation ....
      • FIBA World Championship for Women
        FIBA World Championship for Women

        The FIBA World Championship for Women is a world basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It is held on the same cycle and in the same year as the FIBA World Championship, but in a different country....
    • Football: 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...
      , called Football World Championships in many languages.
    • Handball
      • World Men's Handball Championship
        World Men's Handball Championship

        The World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938....
      • World Women's Handball Championship
        World Women's Handball Championship

        The World Championship in team handball for women has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957.Championships ...
    • Rugby: Rugby World Cup
      Rugby World Cup

      The Rugby World Cup is the premier international rugby union competition. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board , and is contested by the List of international rugby union teams....
    • Softball
      • ISF Women's World Championship
        ISF Women's World Championship

        The ISF Women's World Championship is a world softball tournament for women's national teams held every four years by the International Softball Federation ....
    • Volleyball: Volleyball World Championship
      Volleyball World Championship

      The Volleyball World Championship is a men's and women's indoor volleyball competition. It is the oldest and most important of all the international events organized by the FIVB and must not be confused with the Volleyball World Cup or the Volleyball World League....
  • Canoeing: Flatwater Racing World Championships
    Flatwater Racing World Championships

    The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoeing organised by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years since 1970....
  • Cycling:
    • UCI Track World Championships, Men
    • UCI Track World Championships, Women
    • World Cycling Championship
      World Cycling Championship

      The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale ....
    • World Cyclo-cross Championships
      World Cyclo-cross Championships

      The first recognised UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships took place in Paris in 1950 and was won by Jean Robic, of France. Between 1950 and 1966 the championship was open to both amateurs and professionals....
    • World Mountain Bike Championship
  • Dancing
    • International DanceSport Federation
      International DanceSport Federation

      The International DanceSport Federation , which was founded in 1957 as "ICAD," is the federation that governs the rules applied to, and the granting of, all international DanceSport competitions....
       World Formation dance
      Formation dance

      Formation dance is a style of dancing in which is a choreographed dance routine is performed by several dance couples, called the formation team....
       championships
  • Equestrian:
    • FEI World Equestrian Games
    • Eventing World Championship
      Eventing World Championship

      The Eventing World Championship, or the eventing competition in the World Equestrian Games , began in 1966. It includes both a team and individual competition for the best horses and riders in the sport of eventing....
    • Show Jumping World Championships
      Show Jumping World Championships

      The Show Jumping World Championships, or the show jumping competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games, was started in 1953, with individual competition....
    • Dressage World Championship
      Dressage World Championship

      The Dressage World Championship is held every four years. The best horse and rider competitions in the world compete for individual and team titles....
  • Gymnastics: World Gymnastics Championships
    World Gymnastics Championships

    The F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique organises World Gymnastics Championships for each of the gymnastic disciplines:...
  • Snooker: 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....
  • Speedway:
    • Speedway Grand Prix
      Speedway Grand Prix

      Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone motorcycle speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Championship....
       (formerly: Speedway World Championship
      Speedway World Championship

      The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked Motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each season....
      )
    • Speedway World Cup
      Speedway World Cup

      The Speedway World Cup is an annual motorcycle speedway event held each year in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was in 2001 and it replaced the old Speedway World Team Cup competition....
       (U-21
      Team Speedway Junior World Championship

      The Team Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway event held each year in different countries . The first edition of the competition was in 2005....
      )
  • Winter Sports:
    • Alpine skiing
      Alpine skiing

      Alpine skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long skis attached to each foot. Alpine skiing takes place at specially developed ski resorts where trees are cut, slopes are manipulated, snow is groomed & avalanches controlled to facilitate the activity....
      : Alpine World Skiing Championships
      Alpine World Skiing Championships

      The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are organized by the International Ski Federation . The first world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931....
    • Bandy
      Bandy

      Bandy is a winter sport where a ball is hit with a stick. It shares a common ancestry with ice hockey having been developed from the informal "ball and stick on ice" games known collectively as shinny....
      : Bandy World Championships
      Bandy World Championships

      The Bandy World Championships are a competition between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy....
    • Biathlon: Biathlon World Championships
      Biathlon World Championships

      The first Biathlon World Championships was held in 1958, with individual and relay contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years....
    • Curling: World Curling Championships
      World Curling Championships

      The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships....
    • Figure Skating: World Figure Skating Championships
      World Figure Skating Championships

      The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
    • Ice Hockey: Ice Hockey World Championships
      Ice Hockey World Championships

      The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.They were preceded by the Ice Hockey European Championships which was held from 1910 to 1932, and decided at the 1920 Summer Olympics for the first time....
    • Nordic Skiing: Nordic Skiing World Championships
    • Speed Skating: Several, see overview at World championships speed skating
  • Amateur Wrestling:
    • FILA: FILA World Championship
  • Professional Wrestling:
    • World Wrestling Entertainment: WWE Championship
      WWE Championship

      The World Wrestling Entertainment Championship is a professional wrestling World Heavyweight Championship championship in World Wrestling Entertainment....
    • World Wrestling Entertainment: World Heavyweight Championship
      World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)

      The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling World Heavyweight Championship championship owned and copyrighted by World Wrestling Entertainment ....
    • World Wrestling Entertainment: ECW Championship
    • National Wrestling Alliance: NWA World Heavyweight Championship
      NWA World Heavyweight Championship

      The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling World Heavyweight Championship in the National Wrestling Alliance....
    • Total Nonstop Action Wrestling: TNA World Heavyweight Championship
      TNA World Heavyweight Championship

      The Total Nonstop Action Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling World Heavyweight Championship championship in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling....


Trivia

  • The first sport to declare a world champion was real tennis, starting in 1740.


Performing

  • World Championships of Performing Arts
    World Championships of Performing Arts

    The World Championships of Performing Arts is an international talent competition held annually in Los Angeles, California. Competitors of every age are judged in acting, singing, dancing, modeling, instrumentalists, and variety categories....


Eating

  • World Pie Eating Championship
    World Pie Eating Championship

    The annual World Pie Eating Championship is usually held at Harry's Bar on Wallgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The competition has been held since 1992....