Year	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Final score
2026	Blois, France	Eddy Merckx	🇻🇳 Bao Phương Vinh	50–39
2025	Lint, Belgium	Frédéric Caudron	🇧🇪 Eddy Merckx	50–47
2024	Binh Thuan, Vietnam	Cho Myung-woo	🇻🇳 Trần Thanh Lực	50–23
2023	Ankara, Türkiye	Bao Phương Vinh	🇻🇳 Trần Quyết Chiến	50–34
2022	Donghae, South Korea	Tayfun Taşdemir	🇪🇸 Rubén Legazpi	50–14
2021	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Dick Jaspers	🇹🇷 Murat Naci Çoklu	50–47
2019	Randers, Denmark	Torbjörn Blomdahl	🇻🇳 Nguyễn Đức Anh Chiến
2018	Cairo, Egypt	Dick Jaspers	🇫🇷 Jérémy Bury
2017	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Frédéric Caudron	🇧🇪 Eddy Merckx
2016	Bordeaux, France	Daniel Sánchez	🇰🇷 Kim Haeng-jik
2015	Bordeaux, France	Torbjörn Blomdahl	🇰🇷 Kang Dong-koong
2014	Seoul, South Korea	Choi Sung-won	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
2013	Antwerp, Belgium	Frédéric Caudron	🇬🇷 Filippos Kasidokostas
2012	Porto, Portugal	Eddy Merckx	🇰🇷 Choi Sung-won
2011	Lima, Peru	Dick Jaspers	🇮🇹 Marco Zanetti
2010	Sluiskil, Netherlands	Daniel Sánchez	🇧🇪 Eddy Leppens
2009	Lausanne, Switzerland	Filippos Kasidokostas	🇧🇪 Eddy Merckx
2008	Sankt Wendel, Germany	Marco Zanetti	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
2007	Cuenca, Ecuador	Ryuuji Umeda	🇪🇸 Daniel Sánchez
2006	Sankt Wendel, Germany	Eddy Merckx	🇬🇷 Nikos Polychronopoulos
2005	Lugo, Spain	Daniel Sánchez	🇳🇱 Jean Paul de Bruijn
2004	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Dick Jaspers	🇬🇷 Filippos Kasidokostas
2003	Valladolid, Spain	Semih Saygıner	🇬🇷 Filippos Kasidokostas
2002	Randers, Denmark	Marco Zanetti	🇩🇰 Dion Nelin
2001	Luxembourg	Raymond Ceulemans	🇮🇹 Marco Zanetti
2000	Saint-Étienne, France	Dick Jaspers	🇩🇰 Tonny Carlsen
1999	Bogotá, Colombia	Frédéric Caudron	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
1998	Rezé, France	Daniel Sánchez	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
1997	Grubbenvorst, Netherlands	Torbjörn Blomdahl	🇳🇱 Raimond Burgman
1996	Hattingen, Germany	Christian Rudolph	🇪🇸 Daniel Sánchez
1995	Grubbenvorst, Netherlands	Jozef Philipoom	🇳🇱 John Tijssens
1994	Aalborg, Denmark	Rini van Bracht	🇩🇪 Edgar Bettzieche
1993	Gent, Belgium	Sang Lee	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
1992	Palma, Spain	Torbjörn Blomdahl	🇧🇪 Raymond Ceulemans
1991	Tokyo, Japan	Torbjörn Blomdahl	🇧🇪 Raymond Ceulemans
1990	Tokyo, Japan	Raymond Ceulemans	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
1989	Yokohama, Japan	Ludo Dielis	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
1988	Tokyo, Japan	Torbjörn Blomdahl	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1987	Cairo, Egypt	Torbjörn Blomdahl	🇺🇸 Frank Torres
1986	Las Vegas, United States	Avelino Rico	🇸🇪 Torbjörn Blomdahl
1985	Heeswijk-Dinther, Netherlands	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1984	Krefeld, Germany	Nobuaki Kobayashi	🇧🇪 Ludo Dielis
1983	Aix-les-Bains, France	Raymond Ceulemans	🇫🇷 Richard Bitalis
1982	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Rini van Bracht	🇯🇵 Yoshio Yoshihara
1981	Cairo, Egypt	Ludo Dielis	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1980	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Yoshio Yoshihara
1979	Lima, Peru	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1978	Las Vegas, United States	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1977	Tokyo, Japan	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1976	Ostend, Belgium	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1975	La Paz, Bolivia	Raymond Ceulemans	🇳🇱 Rini van Bracht
1974	Antwerp, Belgium	Nobuaki Kobayashi	🇧🇪 Raymond Ceulemans
1973	Cairo, Egypt	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1972	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1971	Groningen, Netherlands	Raymond Ceulemans	🇳🇱 Rini van Bracht
1970	Las Vegas, United States	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Nobuaki Kobayashi
1969	Tokyo, Japan	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Koya Ogata
1968	Düren, Germany	Raymond Ceulemans	🇯🇵 Koya Ogata
1967	Lima, Peru	Raymond Ceulemans	🇵🇪 Humberto Suguimizu
1966	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Raymond Ceulemans	🇦🇷 Enrique Navarra
1965	Hilversum, Netherlands	Raymond Ceulemans	🇦🇹 Johann Scherz
1964	Ostend, Belgium	Raymond Ceulemans	🇦🇷 Marcelo López
1963	Neuss, Germany	Raymond Ceulemans	🇦🇹 Johann Scherz
1961	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Adolfo Suárez	🇵🇹 Egidio Vieira
1960	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Rene Vingerhoedt	🇺🇾 Carlos Monestier
1958	Barcelona, Spain	Enrique Navarra	🇧🇪 Rene Vingerhoedt
1953	Antwerp, Belgium	Enrique Navarra	🇧🇪 Rene Vingerhoedt
1952	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Pedro Leopoldo Carrera	🇩🇪 August Tiedtke
1948	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Rene Vingerhoedt	🇦🇷 José Bonomo
1938	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Augusto Vergez	🇦🇷 Jean Francisco Vergez
1937	Köln, Germany	Alfred Lagache	🇩🇪 August Tiedtke
1936	New York, United States	Edward Lee	🇺🇸 Eugene Deardorff
1935	Algiers, France	Alfred Lagache	🇪🇸 Claudio Puigvert
1934	Barcelona, Spain	Claudio Puigvert	🇫🇷 Jacques Davin
1933	Cairo, Egypt	Hendrik J. Robijns	🇪🇬 Edmond Soussa
1932	Vichy, France	Hendrik J. Robijns	🇪🇸 Claudio Puigvert
1931	Barcelona, Spain	Enrique Miró	🇪🇬 Edmond Soussa
1930	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Hendrik J. Robijns	🇪🇬 Edmond Soussa
1929	Brussels, Belgium	Edmond Soussa	🇧🇪 Emile Zaman
1928	Reims, France	Edmond Soussa	🇳🇱 Carel Koopman