Past world competitions have occurred during late Summer in such places as Germany, Japan, England, and Canada. There are two types of world competitions. The World Club Championship invites the worlds' top club teams to compete. Many club teams from the US attend this tournament. The Elite World Championship invites only one team, the national team, from each country.
Most countries compose all-star teams bringing together the top club players in their nation.
The United States, however, sends the club team who won the National Championship tournament in the Fall prior to the year of the Elite World Championship. Each of the world tournaments is now on a four-year rotating schedule due to the recent admission of Ultimate Frisbee into the 2001 World Games. The next World Club Championship will take place again in 2002 in Hawaii while the next Elite World Championship will take place again in 2004.