Home›Competitions›Founding Year›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryFounding year orders competitions by the year each one actually began. Wikipedia notes the FIFA World Cup has run "every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930," making it nearly a century old. 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centuryCopa Interamericana20th centuryCoppa Italia20th centuryCricket World Cup20th centuryCzech First League20th centuryEuroLeague20th centuryFIBA Basketball World Cup20th centuryFIFA U-20 World Cup20th centuryFIFA World Cup20th centuryFormula One World Championship20th centuryFrauen-Bundesliga20th centuryGiro d'Italia20th centuryHoninbo20th centuryIndianapolis 50020th centuryLa Liga20th centuryLigue 120th centuryMasters Tournament20th centuryMr. America20th centuryMr. Olympia20th centuryMr. Universe20th centuryNational Basketball Association20th centuryNational Football League20th centuryNational Hockey League20th centuryNational Soccer League (Australia)20th centuryPan American Games20th centuryParalympic Games20th centuryPGA Championship20th centuryPremier League20th centuryPro Bowl20th centuryRugby World Cup20th centuryRyder Cup20th centurySerie A20th centurySuper Bowl20th centuryToronto Waterfront Marathon20th centuryTour de France20th centuryUEFA Champions League20th centuryUEFA European Championship20th centuryUEFA Women's Championship20th centuryVuelta a España20th centuryWomen's National Basketball Association20th centuryWorld Backgammon Championship20th centuryWorld Bowls Championships20th centuryWorld Jiu-Jitsu Championship20th centuryWorld Othello Championship20th centuryWorld Rally Championship20th centuryWorld Scrabble Championship20th centuryWorld Series20th centuryWorld Series of Poker20th centuryWorld Xiangqi Championship20th centuryWorld's Strongest Woman20th centuryWPA World Nine-ball Championship20th centuryWrestleMania20th centuryX Games20th centurySourcesAustralian Open, Official Historytier 1Tennis AustraliaContains: Australian OpenRoland Garros (French Open), Official Historytier 1Federation Francaise de TennisContains: French OpenUS Open, Official History (Tennis)tier 1United States Tennis AssociationContains: US Open (Tennis)World Xiangqi Federation, Official Sitetier 1World Xiangqi FederationContains: World Xiangqi ChampionshipView the SourceFMJD, Official Sitetier 1Federation Mondiale du Jeu de DamesContains: World Draughts ChampionshipView the SourceWorld Othello Federation, Official Sitetier 1World Othello FederationContains: World Othello ChampionshipView the SourceWikipedia, Bermuda Bowltier 2WikipediaContains: Bermuda BowlView the SourceWikipedia, Olympic Council of Asiatier 2WikipediaContains: Asian GamesView the SourceCAF, Official Historytier 1Confederation of African FootballContains: Africa Cup of NationsView the SourceWikipedia, Ryder Cuptier 2WikipediaContains: Ryder CupView the SourceWikipedia, The Ashestier 2WikipediaContains: The AshesView the SourceWikipedia, Copa Americatier 2WikipediaContains: Copa AmericaView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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