In 1975, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or International Federation of Gymnastics is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the oldest international sport organisation...

 (FIG) sporadically decided to organise an original competition, reserved for the current best gymnasts. It was composed of a single and unique event, bringing together very few gymnasts in all around competition and in apparatus finals, giving just the slightest hint of a gala.

This atypical competition was therefore entitled the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup. This initiative was taken in a particular context, since the world championships took place merely every 4 years.

This schedule was kept until 1990, the year in which the world championships cycle was modified.
In 1997, the FIG Executive Committee updated and made its international calendar consistent and took the decision to hold a World Cup Final (in even years) in alternance with the World Championships

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships are the World Championships for artistic gymnastics. They have been held since 1903.* * First time track and field event fully disappeared from the sport of gymnastics.- All-time medal count :...

 (in odd years).

At the FIG Council in Cape Town

Cape Town

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 (RSA) in May 2008, the members decided no longer to run any world cup and series finals for all FIG disciplines from January 2009.

List of World Cup Winnings

• 1975 London  United Kingdom 1st World Cup Final All Around
• 1977 Oviedo
  Oviedo
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    Spain 2nd World Cup Final All Around
• 1978 Sao Paulo
  São Paulo
  São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
  
    Brazil 3rd World Cup Final All Around
• 1979 Tokyo   JPN 4th World Cup Final All Around
• 1980 Toronto
  Toronto
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     CAN 5th World Cup Final All Around
• 1982 Zagreb
  Zagreb
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    Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6th World Cup Final All Around
• 1986 Beijing   CHN 7th World Cup Final All Around
• 1990 Brussels
  Brussels
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    Belgium 8th World Cup Final All Around
• 1998 Sabae   JPN 9th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
• 2000 Glasgow
  Glasgow
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    United Kingdom 10th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
• 2002 Stuttgart
  Stuttgart
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     GER 11th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
• 2004 Birmingham
  Birmingham
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    United Kingdom 12th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
• 2006 Sao Paulo
  São Paulo
  São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
  
    Brazil 13th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
• 2008 Madrid
  Madrid
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   Spain 14th World Cup Final (last) Apparatus Finals