| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Date
! Championship
! Location event
! # Teams
! # Events |
| 1973
| September 12 – 17
| 1st World Championship
| {{flagicon| Yugoslavia }} Lokve, Yugoslavia[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=8}}]
| 15
| |
| 1985
| August 3 – 8
| 2nd World Championships
| {{flagicon| DDR}} Neuglobsow, DDR[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=11}}]
| 15
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| 1987
| August 4 – 10
| 3rd World Championships
| {{flagicon|USSR}} Leningrad, USSR[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=12}}]
| 15
| |
| 1989
| September 10 – 19
| 4th World Championships
| {{flagicon| Yugoslavia }} Fuzine, Yugoslavia[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=14}}]
| 16
| |
| 1992
| September 20 – 26
| 5th World Championships
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Maltchacher Austria[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=16}}]
| 18
| |
| 1994
| September 3 – 10
| 6th World Championships
| {{flagicon|POL}} Lake Czarlina, Poland[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=17}}]
| 14
| |
| 1996
| August 10 – 14
| 7th World Championships
| {{flagicon|EST}} Pühajärve, Estonia[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=18}}]
| 11
| |
| 1998
| September 1 – 5
| 8th World Championships
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Lake Rukkel Hungary[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=19}}]
| 13
| |
| 1998
| September 19 – 25
| 9th World Championships
| {{flagicon|CRO}} Lake Tribalj, Croatia[{{cite web|title=A book about History of UW orienteering|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260186227361650&set=a.260185977361675.60169.255752577805015&type=3&theater|publisher=CMAS|accessdate=16 May 2013|page=20}}]
| 15
| |
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| 10th World Championships
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| 11th World Championships
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| 12th World Championships
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| 2007
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| 13th World Championships
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| 2009
| August 26 – September 2
| 14th World Championships
| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gyekenyes, Hungary,[{{cite web|title=14th World Championship|url=http://www.cmas.org/orienteering/114-28304.php|publisher=Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques|accessdate=16 May 2013}}][{{cite web|title=Results of the World Orienteering Championships 2009 CMAS Underwater|url=http://www.sportalsub.net/blog/2009/09/30/resultados-del-campeonato-mundial-de-orientacion-subacuatica-cmas-2009|publisher= Sportalsub.Net |accessdate=17 May 2013}}]
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| 2011
| September 10 – 17
| 15th World Championships
| {{flagicon|GER}} Lake Stoeritzsee, Berlin, Germany[{{cite web|title=15th World Championship|url=http://www.cmas.org/orienteering/114-33517-php|publisher=Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques|accessdate=16 May 2013}}]
| 12
| |
| 2013
| August 5 – 8
| 16th World Championships
| {{flagicon|RUS}}Kazan, Russia[{{cite web|title=Results - Orienteering World Championship|url=http://www.cmas.org/document?sessionId=&fileId=2732&language=1|publisher=Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques|accessdate=8 December 2013}}]
| 12
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