The Sidecar Motocross World Championship is an annual event, first held in 1980. It is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Before 1980, a European competition was held from 1971 onwards.
Daniël Johan Nico Willemsen is a Dutch sidecarcross rider and ten times World Champion.
Marcel Willemsen is a Dutch sidecarcross passenger and 1999 World Champion.
Joris Hendrickx is a Belgian sidecarcross rider and the 2009 World Champion, together with his passenger, the Latvian Kaspars Liepiņš.
Kaspars Liepiņš is a Latvian sidecarcross rider and the 2009 World Champion, won as the passenger of the Belgian Joris Hendrickx.
Andreas Fuhrer is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and four times World Champion.
Adrian Käser is a retired Swiss sidecarcross passenger and four times World Champion.
Eric Verhagen is a retired Dutch sidecarcross passenger and double World Champion.
The EML Sidecars company, short EML, is a Dutch Sidecarcross and Quad frame manufacturer, having won numerous world championships in this sport.
Reinhard Böhler was a German sidecarcross rider and the first-ever World Champion in the sport, together with his passenger Siegfried Müller.
Siegfried Müller is a retired German sidecarcross passenger and, together with his driver Reinhard Böhler, the first-ever World Champion in the sport.
Antonius Maria van Heugten was a Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 1981 World Champion in the sport, together with his passenger Frits Kiggen.
Frits Kiggen is a retired Dutch sidecarcross passenger and the 1981 World Champion in the sport, together with his driver Ton van Heugten.
Gertie Eggink is a Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 2010 Sidecarcross World Champion, riding as passenger with Daniël Willemsen.
Benny Janssen is a retired Dutch sidecarcross rider and the 1990 World Champion, which he won on a Honda-EML, together with his passenger Tiny Janssen.
Andreas Hüsser is a retired Swiss sidecarcross passenger and dual Sidecarcross World Champion, having won the competition in 1988 and 1989 as passenger of Christoph Hüsser, his older twin brother. He also has three European Championships to his name, the predecessor competition of the World Championship, which he won as passenger of Robert Grogg from 1976 to 1978.
Hansi Bächtold, is a retired Swiss sidecarcross rider and four times Sidecarcross World Champion, having won the competition from 1984 to 1987, together with his passenger Fritz Fuß. The duo became the first-ever combination to win the competition four times in a row, a feat later repeated by the Swiss team of Andreas Fuhrer and Adrian Käser and surpassed by Dutch rider Daniël Willemsen with six consecutive titles.
The 2001 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 22nd edition of the competition, started on 1 April and finished after fourteen Grand Prix on 30 September 2001.
The 2000 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 21st edition of the competition, started on 19 March and finished after thirteen Grand Prix on 24 September 2000.
Netherlands