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 one 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
Aquatics	FINA World Junior Swimming Championships	Individuals^[R]	17 or younger	2006	Winners in 20 events (2017)	2019	Two years
Athletics	IAAF World U20 Championships	Individuals^[R]	18–19	1986	Winners in 22 events (2018)	2020	Two years
Athletics	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 (2017)	2018	One year
Bandy	Bandy World Championship U-21	Nations	21 or younger (until 2014 23 or younger)	1990	Sweden (2017)	2018	Two years
	Bandy World Championship U-19	Nations	19 or younger	2010	Sweden (2016)	2018	Two years
	Bandy World Championship U-17	Nations	17 or younger	2011	Russia (2016)	2018	Two years
	Bandy World Championship U-15	Nations	15 or younger	2006	Russia (2016)	2018	Two years
Baseball	18U Baseball World Cup	Nations	18 or younger	1981	United States (2012)	2014	One year through 2000, now two years
	15U Baseball World Cup	Nations	15 or younger	1989	United States (2011)	2013	One year through 1998, two years starting in 2001
	12U Baseball World Cup	Nations	11–12	2011			Two years
	Big League World Series	Communities^[1]	15–18	1968	Puerto Rico District 13 Little League (2015)	Defunct	One year, until 2016
	Senior League World Series	Communities^[2]	13–16	1961	West University Little League, Texas (2015)	2016	One year
	Junior League World Series	Communities^[3]	13–15	1981	Chung-Shan Junior Little League, Taichung, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) (2015)	2016	One year
	Intermediate League World Series	Communities^[4]	11–13	2013	Seoul Little League, South Korea (2015)	2016	One year
	Little League World Series	Communities^[5]	11–13	1947	Tokyo Kitasuna Little League, Japan (2015)	2016	One year
Basketball	FIBA Under-21 World Championship	Nations	21 or younger	1977	Lithuania (2005)	Defunct	Four years until 2005
	FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup	Nations	19 or younger	1979	Canada (2017)	2019	Four years until 2007, now two years
	FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup	Nations	17 or younger	2010	United States (2018)	2020	Two years
	FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships	Nations	18 or younger	2011	Belgium (2017)	2018	Year^[6]
Cricket	U-19 Cricket World Cup	Nations	19 or younger	1988	India (2018)	2020	Two years
Figure skating	World Junior Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	13–19	1976	Winners in 3 events (2018)	2019	One year
Football (soccer)	FIFA U-20 World Cup	Nations	20 or younger	1977	England (2017)	2019	Two years
Football (soccer)	FIFA U-17 World Cup	Nations	17 or younger	1985	England (2017)	2019	Two years
Handball	IHF Men's Junior World Championship	Nations	21 or younger	1977	Spain (2017)	2019	Two years
Handball	IHF Men's Youth World Championship	Nations	19 or younger	2005	France (2017)	2019	Two years
Ice hockey	IIHF World U20 Championship	Nations	20 or younger	1977	Canada (2018)	2019	Year
Ice hockey	IIHF World U18 Championships	Nations	18 or younger	1999	Finland (2018)	2019	Year
Lacrosse	Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships	Nations	19 or younger	1988	United States (2012)	2016	Four years
Rowing	World Rowing Junior Championships	Nations	18 or younger	1967	Winners in 7 events (2017)	2018	Year
Rugby union	World Rugby Under 20 Championship	Nations	20 or younger	2008	France (2018)	2019	Year
	Under 19 Rugby World Championship	Nations	19 or younger	2004	New Zealand (2007)	Defunct	Year
	Under 21 Rugby World Championship	Nations	21 or younger	2002	France (2006)	Defunct	Year
Short track speed skating	World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships	Individuals and Nations	19 or younger	1994	Hong Kyung-hwan (overall) (2018) Japan (relay)	2019	One year
Speed skating	World Junior Speed Skating Championships	Individuals and Nations	19 or younger	1972	Allan Dahl Johansson (allround) (2018) South Korea (team sprint) South Korea (team pursuit)	2019	One year
Speed skating	ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating	Individuals and Nations	19 or younger	2008–09	Winners in 6 events (2017–18)	2018–19	One year
Sailing	ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships	Nations	Under 19's	1971		Ongoing	annually
Sailing	Classes World Championship	Held in the Splash, Zoom, RS Tera etc.	Various				Various
Table tennis	World Junior Table Tennis Championships	Individuals^[D] and Nations	18 or younger	2003	Winners in 4 events (2012)	2013	One year
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo Junior Championships	Individuals	15–17	1996	Winners in 10 events (2018)	2020	Two years
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo Junior Championships	Nations	15–17	1996	Iran (2018)	2020	Two years
Volleyball	FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship	Nations	21 or younger	1977	Poland (2017)	2019	Two years
Volleyball	FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship	Nations	19 or younger	1989	Iran (2017)	2019	Two years

Women

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	Age groups	First held	Current holder	Next	Held every
Aquatics	FINA World Junior Swimming Championships	Individuals^[R]	17 or younger	2006	Winners in 20 events (2017)	2019	Two years
Athletics	IAAF World U20 Championships	Individuals^[R]	18–19	1986	Winners in 22 events (2018)	2020	Two years
Athletics	IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics	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 (2017)	2018	One year
Bandy	Bandy World Championship G-17	Nations	17 or younger	2011	Sweden (2017)	2019	Two years
Basketball	FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women	Nations	21 or younger	2003	United States (2007)	Defunct	Only 2003 and 2007
	FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup	Nations	19 or younger	1985	Russia (2017)	2019	Four years until 2005, now two years
	FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup	Nations	17 or younger	2010	Australia (2016)	2018	Two years
	FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships	Nations	18 or younger	2011	United States (2017)	2018	Year^[6]
Figure skating	World Junior Figure Skating Championships	Individuals	13–19	1976	Winners in 3 events (2018)	2019	One year
Football (soccer)	FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup	Nations	20 or younger^[7]	2002	North Korea (2016)	2018	Two years
Football (soccer)	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup	Nations	17 or younger	2008	North Korea (2016)	2018	Two years
Handball	IHF Women's Junior World Championship	Nations	20 or younger	1977	Hungary (2018)	2020	Two years
Handball	IHF Women's Youth World Championship	Nations	18 or younger	2005	Russia (2016)	2018	Two years
Ice hockey	IIHF World Women's U18 Championships	Nations	18 or younger	2008	United States (2018)	2019	One year
Lacrosse	Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships	Nations	19 or younger	1995	United States (2011)	2015	Four years
Netball	World Youth Netball Championships	Nations	21 or younger	1988	New Zealand U21 (2017)	2021	Four years
Rowing	World Rowing Junior Championships	Nations	18 or younger	1978	Winners in 6 events (2017)	2018	One year
Sailing	ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships	Nations	Under 19's	1971		Ongoing	annually
Sailing	Classes World Championship	Held in the Splash, Zoom, RS Tera etc.	19 or younger				Various
Short track speed skating	World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships	Individuals and Nations	19 or younger	1994	Kim Ji-yoo (overall) (2018) Canada (relay)	2019	One year
Speed skating	World Junior Speed Skating Championships	Individuals and Nations	19 or younger	1973	Joy Beune (allround) (2018) Netherlands (team sprint) Netherlands (team pursuit)	2019	One year
Speed skating	ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating	Individuals and Nations	19 or younger	2008–09	Winners in 6 events (2017–18)	2018–19	One year
Table tennis	World Junior Table Tennis Championships	Individuals^[D] and Nations	18 or younger	2003	Winners in 4 events (2017)	2018	One year
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo Junior Championships	Individuals	15–17	1996	Winners in 10 events (2018)	2020	Two years
Taekwondo	World Taekwondo Junior Championships	Nations	15–17	1996	Russia (2018)	2020	Two years
Volleyball	FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship	Nations	20 or younger	1977	China (2017)	2019	Two years
Volleyball	FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship	Nations	18 or younger	1989	Turkey (2017)	2019	Two years

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	Felipe Levin (standard class) Tim Kuijpers (club class)	2013	Two years
Sailing	ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships	Nations	Under 19's	1971		Ongoing	annually
Sailing	Classes World Championship	Held in the 420, Optimist, Topper, Laser 4.7 etc.	Various				Various

Mixed

Sport	Competition name	Competing entities	Age groups	First held	Current holder	Next	Held every
Badminton	BWF World Junior Championships	Nations	19 or younger	1992	China (2012)	2018	One year
Basketball	FIBA 3x3 U-18 World Championships	Four-member national teams of two men and two women, with three players on the court at any given time	18 or younger	2011	France (2012)	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			One year

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.)
1 2 FIBA does not conduct separate 3x3 World Championships in years of the Summer Youth Olympics, held every four years in the middle of the Summer Olympics cycle. It instead officially treats the 3x3 competitions at the Youth Olympics as fully equivalent to its own World Championships.
↑ 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.

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[1] 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.)

[2] 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.)

[3] 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.)

[4] 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.)

[5] 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.)

[3x3_U-18-6] 1 2 FIBA does not conduct separate 3x3 World Championships in years of the Summer Youth Olympics, held every four years in the middle of the Summer Olympics cycle. It instead officially treats the 3x3 competitions at the Youth Olympics as fully equivalent to its own World Championships.

[7] 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.

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