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Gliding World Championships have been held - normally every 2 years, except for the war years - since 1937. World Championships for Juniors (up to 25 years of age) were introduced in 1999, and Women's World Championships were held for the first time in 2001. More recently, in 2005, the World Sailplane Grand Prix was started. The following tables list the world champions in each of the categories, together with the following information: the country of the pilot, the championships class, the glider type, the location of the championship event and the year. The lists are in reverse chronological order; in the case of the unrestricted category, a separate list in alphabetical order of the pilots' name is also provided.

• Unrestricted World Championships:

On December 24, Sebastian Kawa of Poland was announced the FAI World GP Gliding Champion after five days of intense racing in the skies above New Zealand’s Southern Alps. See http://www.gpgliding.com/ for the full results.

Call for Bids for Qualifying GP Races in 2008/2009

The IGC Bureau has confirmed the timetable for the next round of the FAI World Sailplane GP events. The next round will start with Qualifying GPs from January 2008 to May 2009, with the final in the last half of 2009. This will ensure that the 3rd FAI World Sailplane GP Final does not conflict with the 2009 World Air Games, being held in June 2009.

Interested Countries are invited to lodge bids for the Qualifying GP races. The following protocols apply:

• There will be a maximum of 9 Qualifying GPs races in this round.

The following protocols will apply to the 3rd World Sailplane GP Final:

• There will be a maximum of 20 pilots in the Final.
  

• Gliding World Records
• List of world gliding champions.
• Gliding competitions and championships
• The official IGC Pilots' Ranking List
• Badges and Diplomas for gliding performances
• Guide for Organizers of major FAI gliding events.