Junior World Gymnastics Championships

Junior World Gymnastics Championships refers to a number of different World Championships in four disciplines recognized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in competitive gymnastics: acrobatic gymnastics, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, and rhythmic gymnastics.^[1]

History

Before merging with FIG in 1999, the International Federation of Sports Acrobatics (IFSA) organized and promoted World Junior Championships in acrobatic gymnastics from 1989 to 1999.^[2] As of 2019, FIG has organized junior world championships in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics.^[3]

Currently, FIG organizes periodical World Age Group competitions in aerobic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics and trampoline. The former governing body for trampoline, the International Trampoline Federation (FIT), incorporated into the FIG in 1998, also organized World Age Groups competitions from 1973 to 1996.^[4] These competitions, however, are not considered world championships.

Acrobatic

Format:^[5]

1989–1999: Junior World Championships
2001–2002: World Age Group Games
2004–2006: International Age Group Competition
2008–: World Age Group Competition

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
Junior
1	1989	Katowice	Poland	21
2	1991	Beijing	China	21
3	1993	Moscow	Russia	21
4	1995	Riesa	Germany	22
5	1997	Honolulu	United States	22
6	1999	Nowa Ruda	Poland	16
Age Group
1	2001	Zielona Gora	Poland
2	2002	Riesa	Germany
3	2004	Liévin	France
4	2006	Coimbra	Portugal
5	2008	Glasgow	United Kingdom
6	2010	Wroclaw	Poland
7	2012	Orlando	United States
8	2014	Levallois-Perret	France
9	2016	Putian	China
10	2018	Antwerp	Belgium

Artistic

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
1	2019	Győr	Hungary	14
2	2023	Antalya	Turkey	14

Rhythmic

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
1	2019	Moscow	Russia	8

Trampoline

FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions are currently held in 32 disciplines:

Categories and age:^[6]^[7]
- Trampoline (Age Group 1 / Age Group 2 / Age Group 3 / Age Group 4)
- Synchronised Trampoline (Age Group 1 / Age Group 2 / Age Group 3 / Age Group 4)
- Tumbling (Age Group 1 / Age Group 2 / Age Group 3 / Age Group 4)
- Double-Mini (Age Group 1 / Age Group 2 / Age Group 3 / Age Group 4)
11-12 / 13-14 / 15-16 / 17-21

Since 1998, the championships are held alongside the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, often a week later and in the same venue. From 1990 to 1996, the junior championships were in the same country as the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, but in a different city. The earlier championships, from 1973 to 1988, had separate hosts, unrelated to the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.

Year	Edition	Host city	Host country	Events
Separate Championships
1973	1	London	United Kingdom	34
1974	2	San Mateo, California^[8]	United States	24
1975	3	Toronto	Canada	24
1976	4	Cedar Rapids	United States	24
1978	5	Honolulu	United States	24
1984	6			24
1986	7			24
1988	8			24
Host by Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Host
1990	9	Dillenburg	Germany	24
1992	10	Auckland	New Zealand	24
1994	11	Vila do Conde	Portugal	24
1996	12	Kamloops	Canada	24
Alongside Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships
1998	13	Sydney	Australia	24
1999	14	Sun City	South Africa	24
2001	15	Odense	Denmark	24

Year	Edition	Host city	Host country	Events
2003	16	Hannover	Germany	24
2005	17	Eindhoven	Netherlands	24
2007	18	Quebec City	Canada	24
2009	19	Saint Petersburg	Russia	24
2010	20	Metz	France	24
2011	21	Birmingham	United Kingdom	24
2013	22	Sofia	Bulgaria	24
2014	23	Daytona Beach	United States	32
2015	24	Odense	Denmark	32
2017	25	Sofia	Bulgaria	32
2018	26	Saint Petersburg	Russia	32
2019	27	Tokyo	Japan	32^[9]
2021	28	Baku	Azerbaijan	32^[10]
2022	29	Sofia	Bulgaria	32
2023	30	Birmingham	United Kingdom	32

Aerobic

FIG Aerobic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions :^[11]^[12]

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country
2004	1	Sofia	Bulgaria
2006	2	Nanjing	China
2008	3	Ulm	Germany
2010	4	Rodez	France
2012	5	Sofia	Bulgaria
2014	6	Cancun	Mexico
2016	7	Incheon	South Korea
2018	8	Guimaraes	Portugal
2021	9	Baku	Azerbaijan

References

^ "FIG - Education".
^ Sports Acrobatics - FIG, FIT, IFSA: The merger history
^ FIG - Main decisions from the 18th FIG Council in Istanbul
^ Gym Canada - Trampoline results
^ "Sportsacrobatics.info".
^ "FIG - Event Detail". www.gymnastics.sport.
^ Gymnastics Canada. "Trampoline Results: Gymnastics Canada". www.gymcan.org.
^ Nissen, Dian (2019). "Trampoline and Tumbling Program Council Representatives Election: Nominee Biographies - Dian Nissen" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Nominee statement PDF. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021. 1974 Second World Age Group Championships, San Mateo California
^ "NOMINATIVE REGISTRATIONS".
^ "DEFINITIVE REGISTRATIONS (as per 24.september.2021)".
^ "WORLD AGE GROUP COMPETITION (Appendix 1) | FIG - AEROBIC GYMNASTICS Code of Points".
^ "SmartScoring".

[1] "FIG - Education".

[2] Sports Acrobatics - FIG, FIT, IFSA: The merger history

[3] FIG - Main decisions from the 18th FIG Council in Istanbul

[4] Gym Canada - Trampoline results

[5] "Sportsacrobatics.info".

[6] "FIG - Event Detail". www.gymnastics.sport.

[7] Gymnastics Canada. "Trampoline Results: Gymnastics Canada". www.gymcan.org.

[8] Nissen, Dian (2019). "Trampoline and Tumbling Program Council Representatives Election: Nominee Biographies - Dian Nissen" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Nominee statement PDF. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021. 1974 Second World Age Group Championships, San Mateo California

[9] "NOMINATIVE REGISTRATIONS".

[10] "DEFINITIVE REGISTRATIONS (as per 24.september.2021)".

[11] "WORLD AGE GROUP COMPETITION (Appendix 1) | FIG - AEROBIC GYMNASTICS Code of Points".

[12] "SmartScoring".

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