Year	Venue	Number of Nations Competed
1971	Angelholm, Sweden	16
1972	Travemunde, Federal Republic of Germany	27
1973	Troia, Setubal, Portugal	26
1974	Palamos, Spain	25
1975	Largs, Scotland, Great Britain
1976	Toronto, Canada	23
1977	Quiberon, France	21
1978	Perth, Western Australia	18
1979	Livorno, Italy	25
1980	Forth Worth, Texas, USA	22
1981	Sines, Portugal	26
1982	Como, Italy	24
1983	Auckland, New Zealand	18
1984	San Diego, California, USA (Singlehanded and Doublehanded)	20
	Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain (Boardsailing)	21
1985	St. Moritz, Switzerland	28
1986	Porto Carras, Greece	30
1987	Botony Bay, Australia	20
1988	Barcelona, Spain	22
1989	Montreal, Canada	23
1990	Muiden, Netherlands	32
1991	Largs, Scotland, Great Britain	32
1992	Villamoura, Portugal	26
1993	Lake Garda, Italy	39
1994	Marathon, Greece	34
1995	Hamilton, Bermuda	34
1996	Newport, USA	41
1997	Fukuoka, Japan	42
1998	Cape Town, South Africa	42
1999	Kuopio, Finland	38
2000	Sydney, Australia	37
2001	Crozon-Morgat, France	48
2002	Lunenburg, Canada	30
2003	Madeira, Portugal	40
2004	Gdynia, Poland	52
2005	Busan, Korea	48
2006	Weymouth, Great Britain	63
2007	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	51
2008	Århus, Denmark	58
2009	Buzios, Brazil
2010	Istanbul, Turkey
2011	Zadar, Croatia