2018 in sports


2018 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main events for this year were the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Calendar by month

World Cups

;Aeromodelling
  • May 19 & 20: 2018 F3A Leiria World Cup in Leiria
;Parachuting
  • January 12 – 14: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #1 in Bad Leonfelden
  • * Men's individual winner: Reinhold Haibel
  • * Women's individual winner: Magdalena Schwertl
  • * Mixed team winners: HSV Red Bull SBG 1
  • * Giant slalom winners: Reinhold Haibel / Magdalena Schwertl
  • February 2 – 4: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #2 in Ponte di Legno
  • * Paraski combi men's winner: Marco Valente
  • * Paraski combi women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl
  • * Paraski combi junior winner: Sebastian Graser
  • * Paraski combi master winner: Marco Valente
  • * Mixed team winners: HSV Red Bull SBG 1
  • * Ski winners: Sebastian Graser / Magdalena Schwertl
  • February 16 – 18: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #3 in Martin
  • * This event is cancelled.
  • March 2 – 4: 2018 Paraski World Cup Series #4 in Vrchlabí
  • * Paraski combi men's winner: Sebastian Graser
  • * Paraski combi women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl
  • * Paraski combi junior winner: Sebastian Graser
  • * Paraski combi master winner: Marco Valente
  • * Mixed team winners: HSV Red Bull SBG 1
  • * Ski winners: Sebastian Graser / Magdalena Schwertl
  • October 25 – 28: 3rd FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in Zallaq

    World and Continental Championships

;Aeromodelling
  • March 19 – 22: 2018 FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in West Baden
  • * Seniors winner: Brett Sanborn
  • * Juniors winner: Vladyslav Klymenko
  • * Seniors team winners:
  • * Juniors team winners:
  • May 5 – 13: 2018 FAI F3A Asian-Oceanic Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Bacolod
  • July 5 – 14: 2018 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in Meiringen
  • July 13 – 21: 2018 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Landres
  • July 15 – 21: 2018 FAI F3K European Championship for Model Gliders in Martin
  • July 21 – 28: 2018 FAI F3A European Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Grandrieu
  • July 22 – 28: 2018 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in Brașov
  • July 22 – 27: 2018 FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in Takikawa
  • July 23 – 30: 2018 FAI F1 European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Szentes
  • August 5 – 11: 2018 FAI F1 Junior World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Pazardzik
  • August 19 – 25: 2018 FAI F5 European Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in Dupnitsa
  • August 25 – September 2: 2018 FAI S World Championships for Space Models in Nowy Targ
  • August 26 – 31: 2018 FAI F1E European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Martin
  • October 7 – 13: 2018 FAI F3 World Championship for Model Gliders in Cape Arkona
  • November 7 – 11: 2018 FAI World Drone Racing Championships in Shenzhen
;Ballooning
;General aviation

[2018 [Red Bull Air Race World Championship]]

  • February 2 & 3: Air Race #1 in Abu Dhabi
  • * Winner: Michael Goulian
  • * Challenger winner: Florian Bergér
  • April 21 & 22: Air Race #2 in Cannes
  • * Winner: Matt Hall
  • * Challenger winner: Daniel Ryfa
  • May 26 & 27: Air Race #3 in Makuhari
  • * Winner: Matt Hall
  • * Here challenger not hed.
  • June 23 & 24: Air Race #4 in Budapest
  • * Winner: Martin Šonka
  • * Challenger winner: Luke Czepiela
  • August 4 & 5: Air Race #5 in Makuhari
  • August 26: Air Race #6 in Kazan
  • * Winner: Martin Šonka
  • * Challenger winner: Kevin Coleman
  • October 6 & 7: Air Race #7 in Indianapolis
  • * Winner: Michael Goulian
  • * Challenger winner: Florian Bergér
  • November 17 & 18 Air Race #8 in Fort Worth
  • * Winner: Martin Šonka
  • * Challenger winner: Luke Czepiela

    World and Continental Championships

  • August 5 – 11: 21st FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Dubnica nad Váhom
;Gliding
;Hang gliding
  • July 8 – 21: 8th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship in Kruševo
  • July 8 – 21: 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Kruševo
;Microlights & paramotors
  • April 30 – May 6: 10th FAI World Paramotor Championships in Lopburi
  • * PF1 winner: Alexandre Mateos
  • * PL1 winner: Wojciech Bógdał
  • * PL2 winners:
  • * PF1 team winners:
  • * PL1 team winners:
  • * PL2 team winners:
  • October 30 – November 6: 3rd FAI World Paramotor Slalom Championships in Byoum Lakeside
;Parachuting
  • April 3 – 8: 1st CISM Para-Ski World Championship in Hochfilzen
  • * Cross-country skiing winners: Dario Cologna / Stefanie Böhler
  • * Cross-country skiing teams winners: /
  • * Patrol winners: /
  • * Biathlon winners: Benjamin Weger / Franziska Hildebrand
  • * Biathlon teams winners: /
  • * Paraski winners: Sebastian Graser / Julia Schosser
  • * Paraski team winners:
  • * Juniors winner: Sebastian Graser
  • * Giant slalom winners: Štefan Hadalin / Elisabeth Kappaurer
  • * Giant slalom teams winners: /
  • April 11 – 14: 1st FAI European Indoor Skydiving Championships in Voss
;Artistic events indoor freestyle
  • * Junior winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd: 2
  • * Open winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
;Dynamic 2-way and 4-way
  • * Dynamic 2-way winners: 1st: 1, 2nd: 1, 3rd: 2
  • * Dynamic 4-way winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
;Formation skydiving 4-way
  • * Open winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
  • * Junior winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
  • * Women's winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
;Vertical formation skydiving
  • * Open winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
  • July 3 – 7: 7th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships in Wrocław
  • August 10 – 21: 42nd CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in Szolnok
  • August 25 – 30: 35th FAI World Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships in Montana
  • August 25 – 30: 9th FAI Junior World Freefall Style and Accuracy Landing Championships in Montana
  • August 26 – 31: 2nd FAI World Wingsuit Flying Championships in Prostějov
  • * Performance Wingsuit Flying winners: 4. Espen Fadnes, 2. Chris Geiler, 3. Dmitry Podoryashy
  • * Wingsuit Acrobatic Flying winners: 1. 1, 2., 3. 2
  • October 6 – 13: 18th FAI World Canopy Formation Championships in Gold Coast
  • October 6 – 13: 23rd FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships in Gold Coast
  • October 6 – 13: 2nd FAI World Speed Skydiving Championships in Gold Coast
  • October 6 – 13: 12th FAI World Artistic Events championships in Gold Coast
;Paragliding
  • March 30 – April 7: 3rd FAI Pan-American Paragliding Championship in Baixo Guandu
  • * Men's individual winners: 1st: Jeison Zeferino Brito, 2nd: Leandro Henrique Padua, 3rd: Michel Guillemot
  • * Team winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
  • * Women's winners: 1st: Priscila Fevereiro, 2nd: Andrea Jaramillo Jaramillo, 3rd: Shauin Kao
  • April 6 – 12: 1st FAI Asian-Oceanic Paragliding Accuracy Championships in Lopburi
  • * Individual R11 winners: 1st: Jianwei Wang, 2nd: Tanapat Luangiam, 3rd: Hongji Wang
  • * Team R11 winners: 1st:, 2nd:, 3rd:
  • * Women's winners: 1st: Chantika Chaisanuk, 2nd: Jingwen Long, 3rd: Nunnapat Phuchong
  • July 14 – 28: 15th FAI European Paragliding Championship in Montalegre
  • * Overall winner: Theo Warden
  • * Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka Naville
  • * Teams winners:
  • September 16 – 22: 6th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championship in Kobarid
;Power and glider aerobatics
;Rotorcraft

[Amateur boxing]

[American football]

[Archery]

2017–18 Indoor Archery World Cup & World Championships

  • November 10 – 12, 2017: IA World Cup #1 in Marrakesh
  • * Recurve winners: Matteo Fissore / Aída Román
  • * Compound winners: Braden Gellenthien / Sarah Prieels
  • * Junior recurve winners: Jonah Wilthagen / Lena Agerholm
  • * Women's Junior compound winner: Dalila-Warda Amani
  • December 2 & 3, 2017: IA World Cup #2 in Bangkok
  • * Recurve winners: Kim Bong-man / SIM Ye-ji
  • * Compound winners: Mike Schloesser / Paige Pearce-Gore
  • January 19 – 21: IA World Cup #3 in Nîmes
  • * Recurve winners: Steve Wijler / KIM Su-rin
  • * Compound winners: Kristofer Schaff / Natalie Avdeeva
  • February 9 & 10: IA World Cup #4 in Las Vegas
  • * Recurve winners: Steve Wijler / Lisa Unruh
  • * Compound winners: Jesse Broadwater / Danielle Reynolds
  • February 14 – 19: 2018 World Indoor Archery Championships in Yankton, South Dakota
  • * Recurve winners: Sjef van den Berg / Elena Richter
  • * Junior recurve winners: Ivan Kozhokar / Ariuna Budaeva
  • * Compound winners: Mike Schloesser / Natalia Avdeeva
  • * Junior compound winners: Simon Olsen / Cassidy Cox
  • * Team recurve winners: /
  • * Junior team recurve winners: /
  • * Team compound winners: /
  • * Junior team compound winners: /