The World Climbing Youth Championship, formerly known as the IFSC Youth World Championships, is the annual world youth championship event for competition climbing organized by World Climbing. The first competition was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1992. The Speed discipline was introduced at the 2001 championships, but was not held in 2003 and 2004. Bouldering was introduced at the 2015 championships. The Olympic combined format was added between 2015 and 2021.
There are three age groups: