The IPSC Shotgun World Shoot is the highest level shotgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) and consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire.^[1] The Shotgun World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Handgun and Rifle.

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (February 2023)

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Practical Shotgun

Classification	ICS (IPSC Classification System)
Sport	Practical shooting
Founded	In the 1970's
Motto	"Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas" (DVC), Latin for "precision, power, speed"
No. of teams	National teams
Country	Over 100
Venue(s)	Shooting ranges
Confederation	African, Australasian, European and Pan-American Zones
Most recent champion(s)	Jarkko Laukia (2018)
Qualification	Region dependent number of slots. Regional selection procedures.
Level on pyramid	5
Domestic cup(s)	National championships
Related competitions	IPSC Handgun, Rifle and Action Air World Shoots
Official website	ipsc.org
2021 IPSC Shotgun World Shoot

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The first Shotgun World Shoot was held in 2012 in Debrecen, Hungary, and consisted of 30 stages over 5 days and over 400 competitors.^[2] The subsequent 2015 Shotgun World Shoot was held at the "Le Tre Piume" shooting range near Agna, Italy. The match had 30 stages over 5 days, and 635 competitors from 30 nations. The 2018 Shotgun World Shoot was held at the National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France and consisted of 30 stages over 7 days, and 656 competitors from 39 nations. The next Shotgun World Shoot has been awarded to Thailand, and will be held in 2021.^{[needs update]}

The following is a list of previous and current Shotgun World Champions:^[3]

Overall Category

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Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2012	Open	Ivan Hos	Oleksandr Shymchenko	Josef Rakusan	World Shoot I
2012	Modified	Igor Jankovic	Jani Lehtonen	Goran Jankovic	World Shoot I
2012	Standard	Petri Henrik Ol Runtti	Roberto Vezzoli	Sergei Konov	World Shoot I
2012	Manual	Hans Roger Karp	Luigi Silvestroni	Aleksandr Petukhov	World Shoot I
2015	Open	Vaclav Vinduska	Roman Khalitov	Dirk Frey	World Shoot II
2015	Modified	Nikola Mihajlovic	Igor Jankovic	Mikael Kaislaranta	World Shoot II
2015	Standard	Roberto Vezzoli	Raine Peltokoski	Teemu Rintala	World Shoot II
2015	Manual	Kim Leppänen	Jaakko Viitala	Ari Matero	World Shoot II
2018	Open	Josh Froelich	Vaclav Vinduska	Vladimir Kharitonov	World Shoot III
2018	Modified	Teemu Rintala	Sami Hautamäki	Roberto Vezzoli	World Shoot III
2018	Standard	Jarkko Laukia	Kim Leppänen	Joshua Kenny	World Shoot III
2018	Manual	Jaakko Viitala	Pavel Orlov	Yury Nikolaev	World Shoot III

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Women's Category

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Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2012	Open	Malin Suebsuk	Elsa Marianne Hansen	Efstathia Chasogia	World Shoot I
2012	Standard	Lena Miculek	Sandra Schuh	Vanessa Duffy	World Shoot I
2015	Open	Alena Karelina	Irene Canetta	Natalia Rumyantseva	World Shoot II
2015	Standard	Lena Miculek-Afentul	Dianna Muller	Sandra Schuh	World Shoot II
2018	Open	Alena Karelina	Irene Canetta	Maria Shvarts	World Shoot III
2018	Modified	Margaux Nycz	Janice Navato	Chanyanuch Parkyam	World Shoot III
2018	Standard	Lena Miculek	Dianna Muller	Dakota Overland	World Shoot III
2018	Manual	Alessandra Moro	Arnya Olsen	Cândida Tatian Balestiere Vargas	World Shoot III

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Junior Category

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Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2012	Standard	Aphisit Kaewmuangpet	Timon Blattner	Evangelos Gravanis	World Shoot I
2015	Standard	Joshua Kenny	Nathan Staskiewicz	Timothy Yackley	World Shoot II
2018	Standard	Garrett Dietrich	Lucas Roth	Nicholas Realuyo	World Shoot III

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Senior Category

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Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2012	Open	Jerry Miculek	Mario Riillo	Ramazan Mubarakov	World Shoot I
2012	Modified	Branislav Raketic	Enri Botturi	Amedeo Sessa	World Shoot I
2012	Standard	Kurt Miller	Jeffrey Cramblit	Klaus Möller	World Shoot I
2012	Manual	Boguslaw Gaweda	Jukka Matti Mikkola	Lumir Safranek	World Shoot I
2015	Open	Stefan Ekstedt	Luciano Todisco	Johan Hansen	World Shoot II
2015	Modified	Mikael Kaislaranta	Roberto Galgani	Branislav Raketic	World Shoot II
2015	Standard	Klaus Moeller	Kurt Miller	Jochen Tuerk	World Shoot II
2015	Manual	Davide Bellini	Adrie De Bot	Luiz Backes	World Shoot II
2018	Open	Johan Hansen	Jojo Vidanes	Luciano Todisco	World Shoot III
2018	Modified	Mikael Kaislaranta	Branislav Raketic	Eduardo Roberto Buticchi	World Shoot III
2018	Standard	Mika Riste	Ihor Zahurnyi	Raul Jr Tolentino	World Shoot III
2018	Manual	Davide Bellini	Luigi Silvestroni	Iain Guy	World Shoot III

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Super Senior Category

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Year	Division	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Venue
2012	Open	Furio Liberti	Carlo Belletti	Michael John Scarlett	World Shoot I
2015	Open	Amedeo Sessa	Carlo Belletti	Massimo Corazzini	World Shoot II
2015	Standard	Gavino Mura	Roberto Maritato	Sergio Fontanelli	World Shoot II
2015	Manual	Lumir Safranek	Lothar Ring	Massimo Grassi	World Shoot II
2018	Open	Giovanni Liberti	Apostolos Bechtsoudis	Michael Lautenschlager	World Shoot III
2018	Standard	Karl Blum	Bernd Wiessner	Amedeo Sessa	World Shoot III
2018	Manual	Matti Mikkola	Lothar Ring	Thanapol Kuichairatana	World Shoot III

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