List of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth
The following is a list of world cups and world championships for juniors and youth, sporting events which use one of these two names, or a name with a similar meaning. Tournaments which are formally defunct or where a further event is not currently planned are marked with a gray background.
Men[]
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
Age groups | First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aikido | Aikido World Championships | Individuals | 2017 | (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Alpine skiing | World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships | Individuals | One year | ||||
| Aquatics | FINA World Junior Swimming Championships | Individuals[R] | 17 or younger | 2006 | Winners in 20 events (2019) | 2022 | Two years |
| Individuals | 19 or younger | 2012 | (2018) | 2021 | Two years | ||
| FINA World Junior Diving Championships | Individuals[R] | One years | |||||
| Nations | 2019 | One years | |||||
| Archery | World Youth Archery Championships | Individuals and Nations | Two year | ||||
| Indoor archery | World Indoor Archery Championships | Individuals and Nations | 2007 | 2018 | Two year | ||
| Athletics | IAAF World U20 Championships | Individuals[R] | 18–19 | 1986 | Winners in 22 events (2018) | Two years | |
| IAAF World U18 Championships | Individuals[R] | 17 or younger | 1999 | Winners in 19 events (2017) | Defunct | Two years until 2017 | |
| Badminton | BWF World Junior Championships | Individuals[D] | 19 or younger | 1992 | Winners in 3 events (2019) | 2021 | One year |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship U-21 | Nations | 21 or younger |  Russia ()
|
Two years | ||
| Bandy World Championship U-19 | Nations | 19 or younger | Russia ()
|
One year | |||
| Bandy World Championship U-17 | Nations | 17 or younger | Russia ()
|
One year | |||
| Bandy World Championship U-15 | Nations | 15 or younger | Russia ()
|
Two years | |||
| Baseball | U-23 Baseball World Cup | Nations | 23 or younger |  Japan (2018)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| 18U Baseball World Cup | Nations | 18 or younger |  Chinese Taipei ()
|
One year through 2000, now two years | |||
| 15U Baseball World Cup | Nations | 15 or younger |  United States ()
|
One year through 1998, two years starting in 2001 | |||
| 12U Baseball World Cup | Nations | 11–12 | Chinese Taipei ()
|
Two years | |||
| Big League World Series | Communities[1] | 15–18 | 1968 |  Puerto Rico (2015)
|
Defunct | One year, until 2016 | |
| Senior League World Series | Communities[2] | 13–16 | 1961 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Junior League World Series | Communities[3] | 13–15 | 1981 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Intermediate League World Series | Communities[4] | 11–13 | 2013 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Little League World Series | Communities[5] | 11–13 | 1947 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Baseball5 | Youth Baseball5 World Cup | Nations | Two year | ||||
| Softball | Nations | 23 or younger | 2021 | ||||
| U-18 Men's Softball World Cup | Nations | 18 or younger | 1981 | Japan ()
|
Two years | ||
| Nations | 15–18 | Defunct | |||||
| Nations | 13–16 | 2019 | One years | ||||
| Nations | 11–13 | 2019 | One years | ||||
| Basketball | FIBA Under-21 World Championship | Nations | 21 or younger |  Lithuania (2005)
|
Defunct | Four years until 2005 | |
| FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup | Nations | 19 or younger | 1979 | United States (2019)
|
2021 | Four years until 2007, now two years | |
| FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup | Nations | 17 or younger | 2010 | United States (2018)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships | Nations | 18 or younger | United States ()
|
2021 | Two years | ||
| FIBA 3x3 Under-23 World Cup | Nations | 23 or younger | Russia ()
|
2021 | One year | ||
| Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships | Nations | 21 or younger | 2001 |  Brazil (2019)
|
2021 | Two years |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships | Nations | 19 or younger | 2002 | Russia (2018)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon Junior World Championships | Individual and Nations | 1967 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Billiards | Individual | 19 or younger ; 17 or younger | 1991 | 2019 | 2021 | One years | |
| Bobsleigh | Individual | 2021 | One years | ||||
| Bodybuilding | Individuals | 2019 | 2020 | One year | |||
| Boxing | Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships | Individual | 1979 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Canoeing | ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships | Individual | 1986 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Individual | 2021 | Two years | |||||
| Cricket | U-19 Cricket World Cup | Nations | 19 or younger | 1988 |  Bangladesh ()
|
2022 | Two years |
| Indoor cricket | Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket | Nations | 19 or younger | 2003 | 2015 | Defunct | |
| Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships | Individual | 1977 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Curling | World Junior Curling Championships | Nations | 1975 |  Canada (2020)
|
2021 | One years | |
| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Individuals | 1975 | 2021 | One years | ||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 1979 | 2021 | One years | |||
| UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships | Individuals | 1990 | 2021 | One year | |||
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Individuals | 2017 | 2021 | One years | |||
| UCI Junior Track World Championships | Individuals | 1975 | 2021 | One years | |||
| Fencing | Junior World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1950 | 2019 | 2021 | One years | |
| Field archery | World Field Archery Championships | Individuals | 1986 | 2018 | 2022 | ||
| Field hockey | Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup | Nations | 21 or younger | 1979 |  Argentina (2021)
|
2023 | Two years |
| Inline hockey | FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations | 2007 |  Czech Republic ()
|
Annual | ||
| Figure skating | World Junior Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 13–19 | 1976 | Winners in 3 events (2020) | 2021 | One year |
| Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals | 1989 | (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Fistball | Nations | 18 or younger | 2018 | 2021 | |||
| Football (soccer) | FIFA U-20 World Cup | Nations | 20 or younger | 1977 |  Ukraine (2019)
|
2021 | Two years |
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | Nations | 17 or younger | 1985 | Brazil (2019)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| Floorball | Nations | 2021 | |||||
| Freestyle skiing | FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships | Individuals | 15–18 | 2003 | Winners in 7 events (2019) | 2021 | annually |
| Miniature golf | Individuals | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Golf | World Junior Golf Championship | Individuals | 17 or younger | 2015 | 2019 | 2021 | One year |
| Gymnastics | Junior World Gymnastics Championships | Individuals | 1989 | 2019 | 2021 | Two Years | |
| Artistic gymnastics | Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships | Individuals | 17 or younger | 2019 | 2019 | 2021 | Two Years |
| Handball | IHF Men's Junior World Championship | Nations | 21 or younger |  France (2019)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| IHF Men's Youth World Championship | Nations | 19 or younger |  Egypt (2019)
|
Two years | |||
| Beach handball | IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship | Nations | 2017 |  Spain (2017)
|
2021 | ||
| Ice Climbing | Ice Climbing World Youth Championships | Individuals | U16.U19.U22 | () | One Year | ||
| Ice hockey | IIHF World U20 Championship | Nations | 20 or younger | 1977 | Canada (2020)
|
2021 | Year |
| IIHF World U18 Championship | Nations | 18 or younger | 1999 |  Sweden (2019)
|
2021 | Year | |
| Indoor soccer | Nations | U23 | 2018 | 2018 | 2021 | 1st edition in 2018 is U21,Two years | |
| Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Karate | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Kickboxing | WAKO World Championships (Cadets and Juniors) | Individuals | 1996 | (2018) | 2022 | Two years | |
| Kurash | Individuals | 2000 | 2016 | 2020 | |||
| Lacrosse | Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships | Nations | 19 or younger | 1988 | United States (2016)
|
2021 | Four years |
| Luge | Individuals | 1985 | 2020 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Modern pentathlon | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||||
| Muaythai | Individuals | 2005 | (2019) | 2020 | One year | ||
| Nine-pin bowling | Individuals | 2014 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Individuals | 2013 | 2019 | 2021 | Two years | |||
| Orienteering | Junior World Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 20 and younger | 1990 | 2021 | One year | |
| Racquetball | Individuals | 2006 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Rowing | World Rowing Junior Championships | Nations | 18 or younger | 1967 | (2019) | Year | |
| World Rowing U23 Championships | Individuals | 23 or younger | 2005 | (2019) | 2021 | One year | |
| Rugby union | World Rugby Under 20 Championship | Nations | 20 or younger | 2008 | France (2019)
|
Year | |
| Under 19 Rugby World Championship | Nations | 19 or younger |  New Zealand (2007)
|
Defunct | Year | ||
| Under 21 Rugby World Championship | Nations | 21 or younger | (2006)
|
Defunct | Year | ||
| Sambo | Individuals | 2019 | 2020 | One year | |||
| Short track speed skating | World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 1994 | 3 different winners (distances) (2020) South Korea (relay)
|
2022 | One year |
| Skeleton | Individual | 2021 | One years | ||||
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships | Individual | 1977 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships | Individuals | 1997 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Speed skating | World Junior Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 1972 | (allround) (2020) South Korea (team sprint) Russia (team pursuit)
|
2022 | One year |
| ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 2008–09 | Winners in 6 events (2019–20) | 2021–22 | One year | |
| Squash | World Junior Squash Championships | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 1973 | Mostafa Asal (2019)
|
One year | |
| Sailing | ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships | Nations | Under 19's | 1971 | 2021 | annually | |
| 420 World Championships | Individuals | U17 or younger | 2015 | (2019) | 2020 | ||
| 470 World Championships | Individuals | 2016 | (2019) | 2020 | |||
| 49er & 49er FX World Championships | Individuals | 2011 | (2020) | 2021 | |||
| Laser 4.7 World Championships | Individuals | 18 or younger | 2002 | (2019) | 2021 | ||
| Laser Radial World Championships | Individuals | 21 or younger | 2009 | (2019) | 2021 | ||
| Sport climbing | IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Shooting | ISSF Junior World Cup | Individual | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Ski orienteering | Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships | Individual | 1994 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
| Skyrunning | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Snooker | IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship | Individual | 21 and younger | 1987 | 2019 | 2021 | One year |
| IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship | Individual | 18 and younger | 2015 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Surfing | Individuals | 2019 | 2020 | One year | |||
| Table tennis | World Junior Table Tennis Championships | Individuals[D] and Nations | 18 or younger | 2003 | Winners in 10 events (2019) | 2020 | One year |
| Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Junior Championships | Individuals | 15–17 | 1996 | Winners in 10 events (2018) | 2022 | Two years |
| Nations |  Iran (2018)
| ||||||
| Tennis | Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup | Nations | 1985 | Japan ()
|
One year | ||
| Tug of war | Nations | 1976 | Winners in various weight classes (2018) | 2021 | Two years | ||
| Volleyball | FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship | Nations | 23 or younger | 2013 | Argentina (2017)
|
Defunct | Two years |
| FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship | Nations | 21 or younger | Iran (2019)
|
2021 | Two years | ||
| FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship | Nations | 19 or younger | 1989 |  Italy (2019)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| Canoe polo | ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations | 21 or younger | 2002 | 2018 | 2021 | Two years |
| Weightlifting | IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships | Individuals | 1975 | Winners in 10 events (2019) | 2021 | One year | |
| Water skiing | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Windsurfing | RS:X World Championships | Individuals | 2020 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Wrestling | Junior World Wrestling Championships | Individuals | 1975 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Individuals | Under 23 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Wushu | World Junior Wushu Championships | Individuals | 2006 | 2018 | 2020 | One year |
Women[]
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
Age groups | First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aikido | Aikido World Championships | Individuals | 2017 | (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Alpine skiing | World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships | Individuals | One year | ||||
| Aquatics | FINA World Junior Swimming Championships | Individuals[R] | 17 or younger | 2006 | Winners in 20 events (2019) | 2022 | Two years |
| Individuals | 19 or younger | 2012 | (2018) | 2021 | Two years | ||
| FINA World Junior Diving Championships | Individuals[R] | 2019 | One years | ||||
| FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1989 | 2018 | One years | |||
| Nations | 2019 | One years | |||||
| Athletics | IAAF World U20 Championships | Individuals[R] | 18–19 | 1986 | Winners in 22 events (2018) | Two years | |
| IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics | Individuals[R] | 17 or younger | 1999 | Winners in 19 events (2017) | Defunct | Two years until 2017 | |
| Archery | World Youth Archery Championships | Individuals and Nations | Two year | ||||
| Indoor archery | World Indoor Archery Championships | Individuals and Nations | 2007 | 2018 | Two year | ||
| Badminton | BWF World Junior Championships | Individuals[D] | 19 or younger | 1992 | Winners in 3 events (2019) | 2021 | One year |
| Bandy | Bandy World Championship G-17 | Nations | 17 or younger | Sweden ()
|
Two years | ||
| Nations | 17 or younger | 2020 | (2020) | 2020 | |||
| Softball | WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup | Nations | 19 or younger | 1981 | United States ()
|
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| WBSC U-15 Women's Softball World Cup | Nations | 15 or younger | 2021 | ||||
| Communities | 14-18 | 1974 | 2016 | Defunct | One year | ||
| Communities | 13–16 | 1976 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Junior League World Series | Communities | 12–14 | 1999 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Little League Softball World Series | Communities | 11–12 | 1974 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Basketball | FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women | Nations | 21 or younger | United States ()
|
Defunct | Only 2003 and 2007 | |
| FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup | Nations | 19 or younger | 1985 | United States (2019)
|
2021 | Four years until 2005, now two years | |
| FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup | Nations | 17 or younger | 2010 | United States (2018)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships | Nations | 18 or younger | United States ()
|
2021 | Two years | ||
| FIBA 3x3 Under-23 World Cup | Nations | 23 or younger | Japan ()
|
2021 | One year | ||
| Beach volleyball | FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships | Nations | 21 or younger | 2001 | Brazil (2019)
|
2021 | Two years |
| FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships | Nations | 19 or younger | 2002 | Russia (2018)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| Biathlon | Biathlon Junior World Championships | Individual and Nations | 1967 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Billiards | Individual | 1991 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Bobsleigh | Individual | 2021 | One years | ||||
| Boxing | Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships | Individual | 1979 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Canoeing | ICF World Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom Championships | Individual | 1986 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Individual | 2021 | Two years | |||||
| Indoor cricket | Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket | Nations | 19 or younger | 2003 | 2015 | Defunct | |
| Cross-country skiing | FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships | Individual | 1977 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Curling | World Junior Curling Championships | Nations | 1988 | Canada (2020)
|
2021 | One years | |
| Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Individuals | 1975 | 2021 | One years | ||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Individuals | 1979 | 2021 | One years | |||
| UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships | Individuals | 1990 | 2021 | One years | |||
| UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | Individuals | 2017 | 2021 | One years | |||
| UCI Junior Track World Championships | Individuals | 1975 | 2021 | One years | |||
| Fencing | Junior World Fencing Championships | Individuals and Nations | 1950 | 2019 | 2021 | One years | |
| Field archery | World Field Archery Championships | Individuals | 1986 | 2018 | 2022 | ||
| Field hockey | Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup | Nations | 21 or younger | 1989 | Argentina (2016)
|
2021 | Two years |
| Inline hockey | FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships | Nations | 2007 | Spain ()
|
one year | ||
| Figure skating | World Junior Figure Skating Championships | Individuals | 13–19 | 1976 | Winners in 3 events (2020) | 2021 | One year |
| Finswimming | Finswimming World Championships | Individuals | 1989 | (2019) | 2021 | Biennial | |
| Fistball | Nations | 18 or younger | 2018 | 2021 | |||
| Football (soccer) | FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup | Nations | 20 or younger[6] | 2002 | Japan (2018)
|
2021 | Two years |
| FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | Nations | 17 or younger | 2008 | Spain (2018)
|
2021 | Two years | |
| Floorball | Nations | 2021 | |||||
| Freestyle skiing | FIS Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships | Individuals | 15–18 | 2003 | Winners in 7 events (2019) | 2021 | annually |
| Miniature golf | Individuals | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Golf | World Junior Golf Championship | Individuals | 17 or younger | 2015 | 2019 | 2021 | One year |
| Gymnastics | Junior World Gymnastics Championships | Individuals | 1999 | 2019 | 2021 | Two Years | |
| Artistic gymnastics | Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships | Individuals | 15 or younger | 2019 | 2019 | 2021 | Two Years |
| Rhythmic gymnastics | Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships | Individuals | 15 or younger | 2019 | 2019 | 2021 | Two Years |
| Handball | IHF Women's Junior World Championship | Nations | 20 or younger |  Hungary (2018)
|
2020 | Two years | |
| IHF Women's Youth World Championship | Nations | 18 or younger | Russia (2018)
|
2020 | Two years | ||
| Beach handball | IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship | Nations | 2017 | Hungary (2017)
|
2021 | ||
| Ice Climbing | Ice Climbing World Youth Championships | Individuals | U16.U19.U22 | () | One Year | ||
| Ice hockey | IIHF World Women's U18 Championships | Nations | 18 or younger | 2008 | Canada (2019)
|
2021 | One year |
| Judo | World Judo Championships | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Karate | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Kickboxing | WAKO World Championships (Cadets and Juniors) | Individuals | 1996 | (2018) | 2022 | Two years | |
| Kurash | Individuals | 2000 | 2016 | 2020 | |||
| Lacrosse | Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships | Nations | 19 or younger | 1995 | United States ()
|
Four years | |
| Luge | Individuals | 1985 | 2020 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Modern pentathlon | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||||
| Muaythai | Individuals | 2005 | (2019) | 2020 | One year | ||
| Netball | World Youth Netball Championships | Nations | 21 or younger | New Zealand U21 (2017)
|
Four years | ||
| Nine-pin bowling | Individuals | 2014 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Individuals | 2013 | 2019 | 2021 | Two years | |||
| Orienteering | Junior World Orienteering Championships | Individuals | 20 and younger | 1990 | 2021 | One year | |
| Racquetball | Individuals | 2006 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Rowing | World Rowing Junior Championships | Nations | 18 or younger | 1978 | Winners in 6 events (2019) | 2021 | One year |
| World Rowing U23 Championships | Individuals | 23 or younger | 2005 | (2019) | 2021 | One year | |
| Sailing | ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships | Nations | Under 19's | 1971 | 2019 | 2021 | One year |
| 470 World Championships | Individuals | 2016 | (2019) | 2020 | |||
| 49er & 49er FX World Championships | Individuals | 2014 | (2019) | 2020 | |||
| Laser 4.7 World Championships | Individuals | 18 or younger | 2002 | (2019) | 2021 | ||
| Laser Radial World Championships | Individuals | 21 or younger | 2009 | (2019) | 2021 | ||
| Sambo | Individuals | 2019 | 2020 | One year | |||
| Sport climbing | IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Shooting | ISSF Junior World Cup | Individual | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Short track speed skating | World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 1994 | 3 different winners (distances)) (2020) Netherlands (relay)
|
2022 | One year |
| Skeleton | Individual | 2021 | One years | ||||
| Ski jumping | FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships | Individual | 1977 | 2021 | One years | ||
| Ski orienteering | Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships | Individual | 1994 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
| Skyrunning | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Snooker | IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship | Individual | 21 and younger | 1987 | 2019 | 2021 | One year |
| IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship | Individual | 18 and younger | 2015 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Snowboarding | FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships | Individuals | 1997 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Speed skating | World Junior Speed Skating Championships | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 1973 | Femke Kok (allround) (2020) Netherlands (team sprint) Netherlands (team pursuit)
|
2022 | One year |
| ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 2008–09 | Winners in 6 events (2019–20) | 2021–22 | One year | |
| Squash | World Junior Squash Championships | Individuals and Nations | 19 or younger | 1973 | Hania El Hammamy (2019)
|
One year | |
| Surfing | Individuals | 2019 | 2020 | One year | |||
| Table tennis | World Junior Table Tennis Championships | Individuals[D] and Nations | 18 or younger | 2003 | Winners in 4 events (2019) | 2020 | One year |
| Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Junior Championships | Individuals | 15–17 | 1996 | Winners in 10 events (2018) | 2022 | Two years |
| Nations | Russia (2018)
| ||||||
| Tennis | Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup | Nations | 1985 | United States ()
|
One year | ||
| Tug of war | Nations | 1976 | Winners in various weight classes (2018) | 2021 | Two years | ||
| Volleyball | FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship | Nations | 23 or younger | 2013 |  Turkey (2017)
|
Defunct | Two years |
| FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship | Nations | 20 or younger | Japan (2019)
|
Two years | |||
| FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship | Nations | 18 or younger | United States (2019)
|
2021 | Two years | ||
| Canoe polo | ICF Canoe Polo World Championships | Nations | 21 or younger | 2002 | 2018 | 2021 | Two years |
| Water skiing | Individuals | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Windsurfing | RS:X World Championships | Individuals | 2020 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Weightlifting | IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships | Individuals | 1975 | Winners in 10 events (2019) | 2021 | One year | |
| Wrestling | Junior World Wrestling Championships | Individuals | 1975 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |
| Individuals | Under 23 | 2019 | 2021 | One year | |||
| Wushu | World Junior Wushu Championships | Individuals | 2006 | 2018 | 2020 | One year |
Open[]
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
Age groups | First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gliding | Junior World Gliding Championships | Individuals | 25 or younger | 1999 | 2020 | Two years | |
| Sailing | ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships | Nations | Under 19's | 1971 | 2019 | 2021 | One Year |
| Classes World Championship | Held in the 420, Optimist, Topper, Laser 4.7 etc. | Various | Various | ||||
| Rallying | Junior World Rally Championship | 2001 | 2019 | 2020 | One year |
Mixed[]
| Sport | Competition name | Competing entities |
Age groups | First held |
Current holder | Next | Held every |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | World Youth Archery Championships | Individuals and Nations | 2019 | Two year | |||
| Badminton | BWF World Junior Championships | Nations | 19 or younger | 1992 |  Indonesia (2019)
|
2021 | One year |
| Basketball | FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup | 18 or younger | France ()
|
Defunct | Only held in 2011 and 2012 | ||
| Figure skating | World Junior Figure Skating Championships | Two mixed team events (pairs and ice dancing) | 13–19 (women); 13–21 (men) | 1976 | 2020 | 2021 | One year |
| Petanque | Pétanque World Championships | 1987 | 2019 | 2021 | Two years | ||
| Softball | Nations | 12 or younger | 2019 | Chinese Taipei ()
|
Two year | ||
| Synchronized skating | ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships | 2013 | 2020 | 2021 | One year | ||
| Tug of war | Nations | 1976 | Winners in various weight classes (2018) | 2021 | Two years |
See also[]
- World championship
- List of world sports championships
- List of world championships in mind sports
- World cup competition
- List of multi-sport events
- World School Championships
- FISU World University Championships
- Bridge: World Junior Teams Championship
- Bridge: World Junior Pairs Championship
- Chess: World Junior Chess Championship
Notes[]
R. ^R – One or more relay events, in which three or four competitors compete for their nation, are included for each sex.
D. ^D – Includes three Doubles events, one for men, one for women, and one for mixed doubles.
References[]
- ^ Teams advance to the World Series by winning one of 10 regional competitions, five in the U.S. and five in the rest of the world. Additionally, the host league competes with its own all-star team. While each team in this competition is billed as representing its region, it is drawn from an area limited to a total population (of all ages) of no more than 20,000. (This rule is often waived for leagues in countries where baseball is not a strongly established sport.)
- ^ Teams advance to the World Series by winning one of 9 regional competitions, five in the U.S. and four in the rest of the world. Additionally, the host league competes with its own all-star team. While each team in this competition is billed as representing its region, it is drawn from an area limited to a total population (of all ages) of no more than 20,000. (This rule is often waived for leagues in countries where baseball is not a strongly established sport.)
- ^ Teams advance to the World Series by winning one of 10 regional competitions, five in the U.S. and five in the rest of the world. While each team in this competition is billed as representing its region, it is drawn from an area limited to a total population (of all ages) of no more than 20,000. (This rule is often waived for leagues in countries where baseball is not a strongly established sport.)
- ^ Teams advance to the World Series by winning one of nine regional competitions, five in the U.S. and four in the rest of the world. Additionally, the host district competes with its own all-star team. While each team in this competition is billed as representing its region, it is drawn from an area limited to a total population (of all ages) of no more than 20,000. (This rule is often waived for leagues in countries where baseball is not a strongly established sport.)
- ^ Teams advance to the World Series by winning one of 16 regional competitions, eight in the U.S. and eight in the rest of the world. While each team in this competition is billed as representing its region, it is drawn from an area limited to a total population (of all ages) of no more than 20,000. (This rule is often waived for leagues in countries where baseball is not a strongly established sport.)
- ^ The first two editions of the tournament, in 2002 and 2004, involved under-19 teams (i.e., players 19 or younger). The current under-20 format was adopted in 2006.
Categories:
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