The 2014 World Championships were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 8–16 November. Armenia entered 14 lifters but did not win any medals.
The event marked Simon Martirosyan's senior World Championship debut — at age 17 he placed 7th in the men's 105 kg class with a 396 kg total. Vanik Avetisyan finished 5th in the 69 kg class (320 kg).