The Executive Board assigned the 2020 Inline Freestyle World Championships to the Chinese Roller Skating Association. China hosted the Inline Freestyle Champioships during the Nanjing edition of the World Roller Games in 2017: next year the Inline Freestyle focus will be on Shanghai from august the 26th to 30th.

For the very first time also Skate Cross competitions will be part of the programme.

World Skate President, Sabatino Aracu said: "The Inline freestyle movement has a huge appeal in Asia and especially in China, so there will be very high expectations about the event in Shanghai. At World Skate, we are confident that our Chinese federation will go above and beyond. ".