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The '''Roundnet World Championships''' are the senior international championships for [[roundnet]], organized by the [[International Roundnet Federation]] (IRF). Commonly called '''Worlds''', the event has been held every two years since the inaugural championship in 2022.

Each edition awards five world titles. The men's, women's, and mixed individual championships are contested by two-player teams, while the men's and women's squad championships are contested by national teams. Individual and squad titles are separate competitions.

== Naming ==
The IRF uses both ''Roundnet World Championship'' and ''Roundnet World Championships'' in official material. This page uses the plural form for the championship series. Edition pages use a year-first singular title—for example, ''2022 Roundnet World Championship''.

''Worlds'' is a common short name, not a separate tournament series.

== History ==
The first World Championship was originally planned for 2020 at Park Molenheide in Belgium. It was postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately held at the same venue in September 2022. The IRF subsequently established a biennial schedule, with the second championship held in Guildford, England, in 2024.

The 2022 individual competition was dominated by the United States, whose teams won all three individual titles and both squad titles. In 2024, European teams won all three individual titles, while the United States retained both squad championships.

== Editions ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Edition
! Dates
! Host location
! Status
|-
| [[2022 Roundnet World Championship|2022]]
| September 8–11
| Park Molenheide, Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium
| Completed
|-
| [[2024 Roundnet World Championship|2024]]
| August 29–September 1
| Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, England
| Completed
|-
| 2026
| September 2–6
| Parc du Tremblay, Paris, France
| Upcoming
|}

== Results ==
The tables list the complete podium in each world-title category. Where a podium pair had a separately established competitive team name, that name is shown; otherwise, the surname portion of the team's official Worlds registration label is used. Country prefixes from the registration labels are listed separately. The 2022 men's individual competition was officially named ''Men's'' on Fwango and was also described as the ''Open'' division in contemporary IRF material.

{| class="wikitable sw-podium-table"
! Year
! Category
! Gold
! Silver
! Bronze
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[2022 Roundnet World Championship|2022]]
| Men's individual
| '''[[Assistive Touch]]'''<br>[[Buddy Hammon]] / [[Clark Marshall]]<br>United States
| '''Cole/Hinkle'''<br>[[Matthew Cole]] / [[Fredric Hinkle]]<br>United States
| '''Hamilton/Picone'''<br>[[Thomas Hamilton]] / [[Will Picone]]<br>United States
|-
| Women's individual
| '''Graham/Rogers'''<br>[[Becca Graham]] / [[Alli Rogers]]<br>United States
| '''Foster/Hui'''<br>[[Allie Foster]] / [[Karah Hui]]<br>United States
| '''Walczak/Kunzelmann'''<br>[[Levke Walczak]] / [[Laura Kunzelmann]]<br>Switzerland
|-
| Mixed individual
| '''Gross/Hui'''<br>[[Ryan Gross]] / [[Karah Hui]]<br>United States
| '''Felix/Kunzelmann'''<br>[[Ramon Felix]] / [[Laura Kunzelmann]]<br>Switzerland
| '''Dziruni/Leybourne'''<br>[[Nelson Dziruni]] / [[Megan Leybourne]]<br>Austria
|-
| Men's squad
| '''[[2022 Roundnet World Championship#Men's squad|United States]]'''
| Canada
| Germany
|-
| Women's squad
| '''[[2022 Roundnet World Championship#Women's squad|United States]]'''
| Germany
| Austria
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[2024 Roundnet World Championship|2024]]
| Men's individual
| '''Eisenträger/Siemer'''<br>[[Lukas Eisenträger]] / [[Paul Siemer]]<br>Germany
| '''[[Insystem]]'''<br>[[Blake Bosak]] / [[Etienne Cote]]<br>Canada
| '''Bondi/Finocchi'''<br>[[Joe Bondi]] / [[Gabe Finocchi]]<br>United States
|-
| Women's individual
| '''[[Tiramisu]]'''<br>[[Megan Leybourne]] / [[Daniela Kadlec]]<br>Austria
| '''Stadler/Stadler'''<br>[[Franzi Stadler]] / [[Julia Stadler]]<br>Germany
| '''Alt/Paysan'''<br>[[Natacha Alt]] / [[Inès Paysan]]<br>France
|-
| Mixed individual
| '''Kunzelmann/Felix'''<br>[[Laura Kunzelmann]] / [[Ramon Felix]]<br>Switzerland
| '''Pierson/Rose'''<br>[[Katie Pierson]] / [[Kieran Rose]]<br>United States
| '''Vallée/Prince'''<br>[[Laurence Vallée]] / [[Maxime Prince]]<br>Canada
|-
| Men's squad
| '''[[2024 Roundnet World Championship#Men's squad|United States]]'''
| Canada
| Germany
|-
| Women's squad
| '''[[2024 Roundnet World Championship#Women's squad|United States]]'''
| Germany
| Austria
|}

== Competition format ==
=== Individual championships ===
National governing bodies enter two-player teams in men's, women's, and mixed divisions. Each division uses pool play followed by bracket play to determine the individual world champion.

=== Squad championships ===
Countries enter ranked men's and women's teams that compete together as a national squad. Countries advance by winning a majority of the team matchups in a squad tie. The squad championships crown nations rather than individual two-player teams.

== References ==
* [https://www.roundnetfederation.org/asdffdsgffg International Roundnet Federation: About Worlds]
* [https://www.roundnetfederation.org/announcements/postponing-the-world-championship IRF announcement postponing the World Championship to 2022]
* [https://www.roundnetfederation.org/announcements/save-the-date-for-world IRF 2022 Worlds save-the-date]
* [https://www.roundnetfederation.org/announcements/worlds-timeline-format-updates IRF 2022 timeline and format]
* [https://fwango.io/worlds2022 Official 2022 results on Fwango]
* [https://www.roundnetfederation.org/worlds-sponsorship-rfps IRF 2024 event overview]
* [https://www.roundnetfederation.org/roundnet-world-championship-2024/format IRF 2024 competition format]
* [https://fwango.io/irf-worlds-2024 Official 2024 results on Fwango]
* [https://www.roundnetstats.com/team/242/serve Roundnet Stats: Assistive Touch]
* [https://tournaments.spikeball.com/pages/spikeball-elite Spikeball Elite: Insystem]
* [https://roundnetgermany.de/ngb-presentation-austria/ Roundnet Austria presentation: Tiramisu]
* [https://www.roundnetfederation.org/ International Roundnet Federation: 2026 World Championship]

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