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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Famous quotes containing the word open:
“The gates of Hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But, to return, and view the cheerful skies;
In this, the task and mighty labour lies.”
—Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)
“Hail ye small sweet courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it! like grace and beauty which beget inclinations to love at first sight; ‘tis ye who open this door and let the stranger in.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“Better is open rebuke than hidden love.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 27:5.