Bouldering_World_Cup

IFSC Climbing World Cup

IFSC Climbing World Cup

Annual series of competitions

Not to be confused with IFSC Climbing World Championships.

The IFSC Climbing World Cup is a series of competition climbing events held during the year at various locations around the world, organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). At each event, the athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering, and speed. The number of events varies from year to year, and the winners for each discipline are decided by the points accumulated in the year.

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Anna Stöhr at the Boulder Worldcup 2012

The first World Cup was held in 1989 and included only lead competition climbing events. Speed climbing was introduced in 1998, and bouldering in 1999. For 18 seasons, from 1989 to 2006, World Cups were held under the auspices of the International Council for Competition Climbing which was part of the UIAA; they were called UIAA Climbing World Cups. Since 2007, they have been held under the auspices of the IFSC.[1]

Scoring system

Individual disciplines

At the end of each World Cup competition, a trophy is awarded to the winner, the top three athletes are awarded gold, bronze, and silver medals, and the top six athletes are awarded prize money. As of 2022,[2] the top 80 competitors of individual World Cup competitions are eligible to accrue points. Tied competitors are awarded the average of the points allocated for the tied rank positions, rounded down to two decimal places.

Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 1000805690610545495455415380350325300280260240
Ranking 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Points 220205185170155145130120105958473635648
Ranking 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44-45 46
Points 423733302724211917151413121110
Ranking 47-48 49-50 51-53 54-56 57-59 60-63 64-68 69-74 75-80
Points 987654321

For each discipline (lead, bouldering and speed), the points awarded to each athlete are added together throughout the World Cup series in order to determine an overall World Cup ranking. If an athlete participates in all competitions in a discipline, their worst result is discarded (provided that IFSC organizes at least 6 competitions for that season). At the end of the season, the athlete with highest ranking in each discipline will be considered to be the overall winner of the World Cup series, and will be awarded a trophy. The athletes ranking second and third will be awarded a plate.[3]

National team ranking

At the end of each competition, a national team ranking is determined, for each discipline, by adding the ranking points of the three highest ranked individual team members. For each discipline (lead, bouldering and speed), the points awarded to each team are added together throughout the World Cup series in order to determine the overall team ranking. If a team participates in all competitions in a discipline, its worst result is discarded (provided that IFSC organizes at least 6 competitions for that season). At the end of the season, the team with highest overall ranking is awarded a trophy.

Combined ranking

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For each season, results obtained by each athlete across events and across disciplines (Lead, Bouldering and Speed) are considered to determine a combined ranking. At the end of the season, prizes are awarded to the top three athletes. The combined title was first introduced in 1998, together with the first speed event.[4] Bouldering was introduced in the following year.

From 1998 to 2017, the combined score for each athlete was obtained by adding together the overall World Cup scores obtained by that athlete in at least two different disciplines. For instance, in 2017 Janja Garnbret won the combined title with a combined score of 1135 points, which was the sum of the overall scores she obtained in Lead and Bouldering. Since she competed in no Speed event, her score in that discipline was zero.

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Since 2018, more complex rules were applied to determine the combined score.[5] Only athletes participating in at least two competitions in each discipline (i.e. 2 in Bouldering, 2 in Lead, and 2 in Speed) were eligible for the combined title. For each World Cup event, rankings were adjusted by discarding non-eligible athletes. Since they were relative to a selected subset of athletes (the eligible ones), these adjusted rankings were called relative rankings, as opposed to the general rankings applied to the whole set of participants. If an eligible athlete participated in more than two competitions in a discipline, only the best two results in that discipline were considered. For each eligible athlete, the relative rankings obtained in the selected six events were multiplied together to determine a combined score. Athletes were ranked according to their combined score in ascending order. Namely, the athlete with the lowest score was awarded the combined title. For instance, in 2018 Jakob Schubert won the Combined World Cup with a score of 48 points, determined as shown in the table.

In 2019, individual combined events were introduced in the World Cup series, where participants are required to compete in all disciplines (Bouldering, Lead and Speed) and medals are awarded based on their combined results.[6] Nevertheless, at the end of the season, combined World Cup rankings will be determined as well, with the same method applied in 2018, based on results across disciplines obtained by each athlete in six selected events.

Men's results

Complete rankings starting from the 1991 season are available on the IFSC web site.[7]

Lead

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Bouldering

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Speed

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Combined

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Women's results

Complete rankings starting from the 1991 season are available on the IFSC web site.[7]

Lead

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Bouldering

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Speed

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Combined

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Season podium table

Updated after season 2022 (Men's Category)

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Updated after season 2022 (Women's Category)

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Medal table

Updated after Wujiang 2024

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Climbing Competitions' History". ifsc-climbing.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Rules 2022" (PDF). March 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. [3]
    "Event Regulations".
  4. [4]
    Before 1998, the World Cup consisted only of lead climbing competitions. In 1998, for the first time a speed event was introduced, which was held in Beauregard (Italy). A combined title was also awarded. However, only 3 women and 2 men competed in both disciplines and hence met the requirements to be ranked for the combined title.
  5. [5]
    "IFSC Rules modifications 2018" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "IFSC Rules modifications 2019" (PDF). ifsc-climbing.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  7. [7]
    "World Cup rankings and World rankings". www.ifsc-climbing.org.
  8. [8]
    "UIAA CLIMBING-WORLDCUP 1998: MEN COMBINED".
  9. [9]
    "UIAA CLIMBING-WORLDCUP 1998: WOMEN COMBINED".
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