List of World Championships - Open

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 (2012) 2013 One year
Teams (2012)
FIA GT1 World Championship Individuals 2011 Lucas Luhr and
Michael Krumm (2011)		 2012 One year
Teams JR Motorsports (2011)
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) 2012 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 Nyk de Vries (2010) 2011 One year
Basketball FIBA 3x3 World Championships Nations 2012 France 2014 Two years
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
Figure skating World Figure Skating Championships Pairs 1908 Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (2011) 2012 One year
Ice Dance 1952 Meryl Davis & Charlie White (2011)
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 (2010) 2011 One year
Constructors Winners in three classes (2010)
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 Joris Hendrickx (2009)
Kaspars Liepins		 2010 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 Greg Hancock (2011) 2012 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 Pekka Päivärinta (driver) &
Adolf Hänni (passenger) (2011)		 2012 One year
Endurance FIM World Championship Team 1975 Yamaha Austria Racing Team 2011 One year
Superbike World Championship Individuals 1988 Carlos Checa (2011) 2012 One year
Manufacturers Ducati (2011)
Supersport World Championship Individuals 1999 Chaz Davies (2011) 2012 One year
Manufacturers Yamaha (2011)
FIM Superstock 1000 Championship Individuals 2000 Ayrton Badovini (2010) 2011 One year
Manufacturers BMW (2010)
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 Sami Seliö (2010) 2011 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
Synchronized skating World Synchronized Skating Championships Teams 2000 Rockettes (2011) 2012 One year
Tennis Hopman Cup Nations 1989 Czech Republic (2012) 2013 One year

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