The Championships took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 22–25 March 2018.

Brazil hosted the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships for the first time, at the Rio Olympic Velodrome located at the Barra Olympic and Paralympic Park.

The Championship was also the first one to mark points for the ranking that will select the Tokyo Paralympic Games athletes.

[3] 31 events were held in all; 15 for men and women, and a mixed team sprint.

Events were held in five discipline; match sprint, team sprint, time trial, individual pursuit and scratch race, and across 6 disability classifications.