World Junior Championships (also Youth World Championship as opposed to ''Senior World Championship'') may refer to: *artistic gymnastics:

Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships The FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships, or FIG World Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championships, is an artistic gymnastics competition organized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). The inaugural edition was held in Győr, ...

*association football (soccer): FIFA World Youth Championship, now known as the

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...

(also U-17) *athletics:

IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics The World Athletics U20 Championships is a biennial world championships for the sport of athletics organised by the World Athletics, contested by athletes in the under-20 athletics age category (19 years old or younger on 31 December in the year ...

*badminton:

BWF World Junior Championships The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world. The championships is ...

, a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world *bandy:

Youth Bandy World Championship The Bandy World Championship for youth teams is a group of sports tournaments held for bandy athletes competing for their junior national teams. There are four different age classes for boys and young men and one age class for girls. The tourna ...

( U-19, U-23 etc.) *baseball:

18U Baseball World Cup The U-18 Baseball World Cup is the 18-and-under baseball world championship sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and its successor, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), and was first held in 1981 in the United S ...

(also 15U, 12U), the 18-and-under baseball world championship, International Baseball Federation, World Baseball Softball Confederation *basketball:

FIBA Under-19 World Championship The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-19 World Championship) is the under-19 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). From its inauguration in 1979, until 2007, it was ...

*boxing: AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships, a boxing championship event organised by the AIBA for "Youth" competitors who are between the age of 17–19 years old. It is biennially competition which began in 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico *bridge:

World Junior Teams Championship :''This article covers all of the Teams events in the World Bridge Federation youth program—in principle including experimental or obsolete events for age-limited teams, which are not now part of WBF Youth Bridge.'' :''World Junior Pairs Champio ...

, a bridge competition for zonal teams of players up to about 25 years old **pairs and individuals:

World Junior Pairs Championship :''This article now covers all of the Pairs and Individuals events in the World Bridge Federation youth program. World Junior Teams Championship covers all of the Teams events.'' The World Junior Pairs Championship is a bridge competition organize ...

*chess: World Junior Chess Championship (U20), an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) ** World Youth Chess Championship (U18, U16, etc.), a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year *

IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships The IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships are the annual World Youth Championships for competition climbing organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The first competition was held in Basel, Switzerland ). Swiss ...

*curling:

World Junior Curling Championships The World Junior Curling Championships are an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competitions for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1 ...

, an annual curling bonspiel featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger *fencing: Junior World Fencing Championships (U20), an annual international fencing competition held by the International Fencing Federation for athletes up to 20 years old. They are organised at the same time and venue as the Cadet World Championships held for athletes up to 17 years old *figure skating: World Junior Figure Skating Championships *golf:

Junior World Golf Championships The IMG Academy Junior World Golf Championships are held in San Diego, California, United States each year, currently in July and conducted by the San Diego Junior Golf Association. They include tournaments for six age groups ranging from under-6 to ...

, held in San Diego, California, United States each year, currently in July *hockey (field):

Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Hockey Junior World Cup, is an international field hockey competition organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it has been ...

Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's. It is org ...

*hockey (ice):

IIHF World Junior Championship The IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC), or simply the "World Juniors" in ice hockey circles, is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is t ...

; see also U18 men's and U18 women's *netball:

World Youth Netball Championships Previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championships of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicentena ...

, the world championships of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger *orienteering: Junior World Orienteering Championships **ski orienteering: Junior World Ski Orienteering Championships *rhythmic gymnastics:

Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships The FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships, are a rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dan ...

*rowing: World Rowing Junior Championships, an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) *rugby (union): IRB Junior World Championship *speed skating: World Junior Speed Skating Championships **short track:

World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships The World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships are a junior short track speed skating event and held once a year in a different country. Skaters perform individual races in the 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, 1500 meters super fina ...

*squash:

World Junior Squash Championships The World Junior Squash championships are the official junior tournament in the game of squash (sport), squash conducted by the World Squash Federation (WSF). Entry is open to individuals aged 19 and below. Since its inception the world juniors h ...

, the official junior tournament in the game of squash conducted by the World Squash Federation (WSF) *synchronized skating: ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships *synchronized swimming:

FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships The FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships is an international, synchronized swimming event organized by FINA held every 2 years.FINA Youth World Swimming Championships The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships (or "Junior Worlds") is a swimming championship event organized by FINA for girls aged 14–17 and boys aged 15–18 on 31 December of the year of the competition. It is held biennially, and has been hel ...

*table tennis:

ITTF World Youth Championships The ITTF World Youth Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 19 and under 15. From 2003 to 2019, the World Junior Table Tennis Championships was held for juniors under 18. The ITTF changed the U18 age group into U19 ...

*wrestling:

World Junior Wrestling Championships The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling. This event took place twice in 1979 and 1980. Summary LL : Fre ...

, annual event in

freestyle Freestyle may refer to: Brands * Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe * Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile * Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine * ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker * Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...

and

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), classic wrestling (Euro English) or French wrestling (in Russia until 1948) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first mod ...

held by the United World Wrestling since 1968 for competitors 15–18 years old.

See also