World Championships and World Champions of the past

 #   Year      Country Location Overall World Champions Origin
 1 Open European Championship 1962 France Royan Fehlman / Fehlman SUI
 2 Open European Championship 1963 The Netherlands       Alkmaar Maes / Tchartorysky BEL
 3   1964 Spain Palamós Quevarev / Quevarec FRA
 4   1965 France Carnac Quevarec / Quevarec FRA
 5   1966 Italy Orbetello Gavazzi / Gavazzi ITA
 6   1967 Germany Radolfzell Behrens / Behrens GER
 7   1968 Spain Vilassar de Mar Quevarec / Quevarec FRA
 8   1969 Switzerland Neuchâtel Quevarec / Quevarec FRA
 9   1970 The Netherlands Medemblik Meijer / Van Oeveren NED
 10   1971 Belgium Ostende Tans / Prop NED
 11   1972 France Brest Quemeneur / Quemeneur FRA
 12   1973 Portugal Lourenco Marques / Bessec Routier FRA
 13   1974 Spain Premiá de Mar Abascal / Lopez ESP
 14   1975 Italy Livorno Frijdal / Versloot NED
 15   1976 Monaco Monaco Campos / Santana ESP
 16   1977 Germany Kiel Van Bladel / Van Bladel NED
 17   1978 Marocco Casablanca Andrade / Andrade ESP
 18   1979 Spain San Sebastian Andrade / Andrade ESP
 19   1980 Portugal Póvoa de Varzim Roquette / Campos POR
 20   1981 The Netherlands Medemblik Fuchs / Montau GER
 21   1982 Italy Capodimonte Duetz / Duetz NED
 22   1983 France Brest Van Ek / Visser NED
 23   1984 Spain Hospitalet del Infant Pragt / Pragt NED
 24   1985 Italy Vada Schurmans / Abma NED
 25   1986 Switzerland Vingelz v.d. Meulen / Visser NED
 26   1987 The Netherlands Medemblik v.d. Meulen / Visser NED
 27   1988 Portugal Viana Schurmans / Abma NED
 28   1989 Germany Überlingen Faccenda / M. Cerri ITA
 29   1990 Italy Nettuno Faccenda / M. Cerri ITA
 30   1991 Spain Laredo Faccenda / M. Cerri ITA
 31   1992 France Piriac-sur-Mer Faccenda / Ruberti ITA
 32   1993 Italy Gravedona Coello / Martinez ESP
 33   1994 Czech Republic Lipno Diem / Kalkowski AUT
 34   1995 Portugal Setúbal Coello / Coello ESP
 35   1996 The Netherlands Hoorn Coello / Coello ESP
 36   1997 Spain Los Nietos Valverde / Valverde ESP
 37   1998 Germany Radolfzell Faccenda / M. Cerri ITA
 38   1999 Portugal Vilamoura Serrano / Foruria ESP
 39   2000 France Loctudy Serrano / Foruria ESP
 40   2001 Italy Follonica Albaladejo / Albaladejo ESP
 41   2002 Portugal Póvoa de Varzim Belzunce / Alvarez ESP
 42   2003 The Netherlands Stavoren Barrionuevo / Sanchez ESP
 43   2004 Uruguay Punta del Este Porto / Martin ESP
 44   2005 Spain Sanxenxo Porto / Martin ESP
 45   2006 Italy Vada Porto / Martin ESP
 46   2007 Spain Laredo Serrano / Foruria ESP
 47   2008 Portugal Matosinhos Faccenda / Galassini ITA
 48   2009 Tunisia Bizerte Faccenda / Galassini ITA
 49   2010 Sklovakia Liptovsky Mikulas O. Cerri / Meini ITA
 50   2011 Germany Dümmer See Baran / Baran SVK
 51   2012 France Douarnenez Leiros / Leiros ESP
 52   2013 Spain     Sanxenxo Zampacavallo / Armengot ITA / ESP
 53   2014 Italy Marina di Grosetto Botticini / Gennari ITA
 54   2015 The Netherlands Sneek Bertola / Izzola ITA
 55   2016 Portugal Viana do Castello Sickler / de Leeuw NED
 56   2017 Poland Gudowo Cabello / Lago ESP
 57   2018 Germany Travemünde Zampacavallo / Armengot ITA / ESP
 58   2019 Italy Colico Bertola / Saggio ITA
 --   2020 France Le Havre postponed due to COVID-19  
 59   2021 France Le Havre cancelled due to COVID-19  
 60   2022 Spain Vigo    

 

 

Number of World Championships by country (as of 2020)

Country      Number of WC organized
Spain     10
Italy 10
France 7
Portugal 8
The Netherlands          7
Germany 6
Switzerland 2
Belgium 1
Czech Rep. 1
Marocco 1
Monaco 1
Poland 1
Slovakia 1
Tunisia 1
Uruguay 1

 

Number of World Champions by country (as of 2020)

Country      Number of World Champions
Spain     18
Italy 14
The Netherlands       12
France 6
Germany 2
Austria     1
Belgium 1
Portugal 1
Slovakia 1
Switzerland 1