World Beard and Moustache Championships

The World Beard and Moustache Championships were first held in Höfen an der Enz, Germany, in 1990. Since 2007 they have taken place every two years, in odd years, under the World Beard and Moustache Association. Competitors are judged in three brackets, moustache, partial beard and full beard, each split into classes such as the English, Dalí and Imperial moustaches, the Musketeer and the Alaskan whaler, and the Verdi and Garibaldi beards, plus freestyle classes. Recent hosts include Antwerp in 2019, Burghausen in Germany in 2023 and Pittsburgh in 2025. The 2027 championships are to be held in Blackpool, England, hosted by the Sandgrown Beardsmen, in August; the exact days shown here are an estimate.

Guides tied to World Beard and Moustache Championships

Handlebar moustacheUpturned, waxed styles fill the moustache classesVan Dyke beardA partial beard judged in its own rightFu Manchu moustacheLong, downturned tips, as in the Chinese classSideburnsJudged in the freestyle sideburns class

Still to be written: Moustache wax.