A world championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking 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, 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 for example has several world champions at different weights, 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
- Air sports:
- Athletics: IAAF World Championships in Athletics
- Aquatics: FINA World Aquatics Championships
- Auto-Racing:
- Badminton: World Badminton Championships
- Ball games
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Football
- FIFA World Cup, called Football World Championships in many languages.
- FIFA Women's World Cup
- Handball
- Rugby league: Rugby League World Cup
- Rugby union:
- Rugby World Cup
- Women's Rugby World Cup
- Sevens version: Rugby World Cup Sevens (men and women)
- Softball
- Volleyball: Volleyball World Championship
- Canoeing:
- Cycling:
- Dancing
- International DanceSport Federation World Formation dance championships
- Equestrian:
- Gymnastics: World Gymnastics Championships
- Judo: World Judo Championships
- Rowing: World Rowing Championships
- Snooker: World Snooker Championship
- Speedway:
- Speedway Grand Prix (formerly: Speedway World Championship)
- Speedway World Cup (U-21)
- Winter Sports:
- Alpine skiing: Alpine World Skiing Championships
- Bandy: Bandy World Championships
- Biathlon: Biathlon World Championships
- Bobsleigh: FIBT World Championships
- Curling: World Curling Championships
- Figure Skating: World Figure Skating Championships
- Ice Hockey: Ice Hockey World Championships
- Luge:
- Nordic Skiing: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Skeleton: FIBT World Championships
- Speed Skating: Several, see overview at World championships speed skating
- Amateur Boxing
- Amateur Wrestling:
- Professional Wrestling:
Performing
Eating
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