In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.

A champion (from the late Latin campio) is the victor in a , contest or competition. There can be a territorial pyramid of championships, e.g. local, regional / provincial, state, national, continental and world championships, and even further (artificial) divisions at one or more of these levels, as in soccer. Their champions can be accordingly styled, e.g. national champion, world champion.