Finswimming Finswimming was temporarily moved off it two year competition cycle to accommodate the world games. No championships were cancelled though a number of continental championships were postponed to 2008 or held in quick succession with the world games before the competition calendar could be re-established. Subsequent world championships took place on odd years instead of even years.
Underwater hockey An alternative world championships was held by the World Aquachallenge Association (WAA) in 2008 (in following with the sports two year competition cycle) following the schism created between national bodies who were for and against the world games, thought this was the only WAA championship to occur with CMAS re-establishing control of the international game in 2009. The 2009 championship was greatly reduced in comparison to pre-schism tournaments with only men's and women's elite tournaments occurring. Strangely, the 2009 edition was called the "Underwater Hockey World Game". A full world championships, with masters and youth tournaments, did not occur until 2013. In 2008, the year of the WAA World Championship, CMAS held their
European Championship tournament, which under the normal two year competition cycle would have been in 2007. The next edition took place as planned in 2010, but with World Championships still being rebuilt, the next European Championships did not occur until 2017. A tournament was planned for 2015 but did not take place.
Underwater rugby Operating on a four-year competition calendar, with the last word championships in 2003, underwater rugby was not affected. ==References==