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2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup

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2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup
OrganiserIFSC
Edition37th
Events
18
  • 6 Boulder
    6 Lead
    6 Speed
Locations
14
Dates18 April – 6 September 2025
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The 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 37th edition of the international competition climbing series organised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 14 locations. There are 18 events per gender: six events each in the competition bouldering, competition lead climbing, and competition speed climbing disciplines. The series began on 18 April in Keqiao, Shaoxing with the first bouldering World Cup of the season, and will conclude on 5 September in Koper.

Scheduling

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In September 2024, IFSC announced the 2025 competition schedule. This season features the first-ever IFSC World Cup in South America, the Bouldering World Cup in Curitiba in May.[1] The 2025 edition also features the first IFSC World Cup events held in Bali,[2] Denver,[3] and Kraków.[4]

The schedule accommodates the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Helsinki from 28 July to 3 August; the World Games in Chengdu from 7 to 17 August; and the IFSC World Championships in Seoul from 21 to 28 September.

Competition format and ranking

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The top three finishers in each individual competition receive medals, and the overall winners are awarded trophies. At the end of the season, an overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 40 of each individual event.

Starting with the 2025 edition, each country's federation is limited to a maximum of six athletes per gender per discipline for each event.[5] Previously, athletes ranked in the top 10 by the IFSC in a particular category received invites "by name" and did not count against federation quotas.[6]

IFSC also announced changes to the competition rules. Starting this season, both lead and bouldering feature 24 athletes in the semifinal rounds and 8 in the final rounds; previously, 26 athletes qualified for lead semifinals and 6 athletes qualified for bouldering finals. In addition, boulder finals feature multiple athletes on the wall simultaneously. IFSC also introduced a point system to bouldering, in which athletes are awarded a maximum of 25 points for a top and 10 points for a zone on each problem, with a deduction of 0.1 points for an unsuccessful attempt.[7]

Athlete absences

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Following the 2024 Paris Olympics, several athletes announced they would sit out the season or make limited appearances. Women's gold medalist Janja Garnbret announced she would only attend two World Cups and the IFSC World Championships this year and spend more time climbing outdoors, while silver medalist Brooke Raboutou said she was similarly taking a break to focus on outdoor climbing and Oriane Bertone said she would not appear until late in the season.[8] Former women's bouldering champion Natalia Grossman announced she had torn her ACL and meniscus and fellow Olympian Jenya Kazbekova announced she was pregnant.[9]

Staša Gejo announced her retirement, while Adam Ondra, Alexander Megos,[8] and Yannick Flohé said they would step back from bouldering to focus on lead.[10]

Competition highlights

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In the second World Cup event at Wujiang on 27 April, Great Britain's Erin McNeice and South Korea's Chaehyun Seo shared the women's lead gold medal after they scored 41 in the final round, tied each other in the semifinal and qualifying rounds, and were both timed at 4 minutes 26 seconds. It was the first time multiple climbers shared the gold medal since the 2011 Chamonix World Cup.[11]

In an unprecedented first in men's bouldering, Japan's Sorato Anraku won the bouldering World Cups in Keqiao, Curitiba and Salt Lake City, becoming the only male climber to win 3 successive bouldering World Cups in the same season.[12]

Overview

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No. Location D G Gold Silver Bronze
1 China Keqiao
18–20 April 		B M Japan Sorato Anraku 99.7 South Korea Lee Dohyun 99.3 Japan Meichi Narasaki 83.9
W United States Anastasia Sanders 54.7 France Oriane Bertone 44.9 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 44.8
2 China Wujiang
25–27 April 		L M Japan Sorato Anraku TOP Japan Neo Suzuki 40+ Spain Alberto Ginés López 39+
W United Kingdom Erin McNeice

South Korea Seo Chae-hyun

41 (4:26) - - United States Anastasia Sanders 39+
S M China Long Jianguo 4.88 Ukraine Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 4.98 Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 4.75
W China Zhang Shaoqin 6.32 South Korea Jeong Ji-min 6.37 China Deng Lijuan 6.34
3 Indonesia Bali
2–4 May 		L M Japan Satone Yoshida 42 France Max Bertone 41 Spain Alberto Ginés López 39+
W United Kingdom Erin McNeice TOP South Korea Seo Chae-hyun TOP Japan Ai Mori 45
S M United States Samuel Watson 4.64 Japan Ryo Omasa FLS Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 4.81
W Poland Aleksandra Miroslaw 6.37 China Zhou Yafei 8.12 Indonesia Kadek Adi Asih 7.27
4 Brazil Curitiba
16–18 May 		B M Japan Sorato Anraku 69.7 France Mejdi Schalck 58.9 Japan Tomoa Narasaki 39.0
W France Naïlé Meignan 99.6 France Oriane Bertone 99.5 Italy Camilla Moroni 83.8
5 United States Salt Lake City
23–25 May 		B M Japan Sorato Anraku 84.4 Japan Sohta Amagasa 69.6 South Korea Lee Dohyun 69.5
W Japan Mao Nakamura 84.7 France Zélia Avezou 70.0 United States Anastasia Sanders 70.0
6 United States Denver
31 May – 1 June[13][14] 		S M Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 4.83 United States Zach Hammer 4.88 United States Samuel Watson 4.89
W United States Emma Hunt 6.36 Poland Natalia Kałucka 6.44 China Deng Lijuan 6.50
7 Czech Republic Prague
6–8 June[15][16] 		B M France Mejdi Schalck 99.1 Japan Sorato Anraku 84.1 France Samuel Richard 84.1
W France Oriane Bertone 84.8 France Agathe Calliet 69.7 Japan Melody Sekikawa 69.5
8 Switzerland Bern
13–15 June 		B M China Pan Yufei 84.2 France Mejdi Schalck 84.1 Japan Sorato Anraku 83.7
W United Kingdom Erin McNeice 99.5 United States Anastasia Sanders 84.4 Japan Miho Nonaka 84.3
9 Austria Innsbruck
25 – 29 June 		B M
W
L M
W
10 Poland Kraków
5–6 July 		S M
W
11 France Chamonix
11–13 July 		L M
W
S M
W
12 Spain Madrid
17–19 July 		L M
W
13 Slovenia Koper
5–6 September 		L M
W
14 China Guiyang
12–13 September 		S M
W

Bouldering

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The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 80 of each individual event. The end-of-season standings are based on the sum of points earned from the five best finishes for each athlete. Results displayed (in brackets) are not counted. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes.

Men

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The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[17]

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Japan Sorato Anraku 4495 1. 1000 1. 1000 1. 1000 2. 805 3. 690
2 France Mejdi Schalck 3650 5. 545 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 2. 805
3 Japan Sohta Amagasa 2785 9. 380 4. 610 2. 805 4. 610 9. 380
4 South Korea Lee Dohyun 2560 2. 805 - 3. 690 7. 455 4. 610
5 Japan Tomoa Narasaki 1941 4. 610 3. 690 10. 337.5 41. 13.5 12. 290 -
6 France Paul Jenft 1665 7. 455 7. 455 14. 260 - 6. 495
6 Belgium Hannes Van Duysen 1665 24. 105 15. 240 13. 280 6. 495 5. 545
8 Japan Meichi Narasaki 1615 3. 690 9. 380 5. 545 - -
9 China Pan Yufei 1569 36. 24 - - 5. 545 1. 1000
10 Slovenia Anže Peharc 1545 16. 220 6. 495 18. 185 8. 415 15. 230

Women

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The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[17]

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 France Oriane Bertone 3570 2. 805 2. 805 4. 610 1. 1000 10. 350
2 Japan Mao Nakamura 2935 4. 610 4. 610 1. 1000 19. 170 5. 545
3 United States Anastasia Sanders 2795 1. 1000 - 3. 690 12. 300 2. 805
4 Japan Melody Sekikawa 2425 6. 495 5. 545 13. 280 3. 690 8. 415
5 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 2300 3. 690 - - 4. 610 1. 1000
6 Japan Miho Nonaka 2110 5. 545 - 6. 495 9. 380 3. 690
7 Japan Anon Matsufuji 1980.83 11. 270.83 7. 455 14. 260 5. 520 6. 475
8 France Agathe Calliet 1803.75 17. 178.75 14. 260 12. 300 2. 805 14. 260
9 Australia Oceana Mackenzie 1670 8. 415 - 7. 455 11. 325 6. 475
10 France Zélia Avezou 1655 - 15. 240 2. 805 - 4. 610

References

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  2. ^ Pardy, Aaron (25 January 2025). "The World Cup Heads to Bali in 2025". Gripped. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Denver to host 2025 Speed Climbing World Cup". Inside the Games. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  4. ^ "KRAKOW READY TO CHEER FOR OLYMPIC CHAMPION MIROSLAW IN JULY 2025" (Press release). International Federation of Sport Climbing. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
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  8. ^ a b "Competition Climbing Is Having It's[sic] First 'post-Olympic Blues' Year in 2025". Inside Climbing. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Below The World Cup: The 2025 Continental Cup Circuits". Inside Climbing. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Fairer for athletes, more complicated for coaches New IFSC rules for competition". La Crux. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  11. ^ "ANRAKU TRIUMPHS AND WOMEN SHARE WUJIANG GOLD". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  12. ^ "ANRAKU STAYS IN FOR SHOT AT FOURTH STRAIGHT GOLD". International Federation of Sport Climbing. 7 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  13. ^ Denver speed results based on round of 16 standings after finals were cancelled due to rain delay.
  14. ^ "HUNT AND KATIBIN SECURE SECOND SPEED WORLD CUP GOLDS". IFSC. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  15. ^ Prague women's bouldering results based on semifinal standings after finals were cancelled due to windy weather conditions.
  16. ^ "BERTONE WINS ONCE MORE IN PRAGUE". IFSC. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  17. ^ a b "IFSC Climbing World Cup 2025 Boulder". Retrieved 2025-06-18.
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