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 – 13 September 2025
Lead
MenSpain Alberto Ginés López
WomenUnited Kingdom Erin McNeice
TeamJapan Japan
Boulder
MenJapan Sorato Anraku
WomenFrance Oriane Bertone
TeamJapan Japan
Speed
MenIndonesia Kiromal Katibin
WomenUnited States Emma Hunt
TeamChina China
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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 concluded on 13 September in Guiyang.

Scheduling

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In September 2024, IFSC announced the 2025 competition schedule. This season featured the first-ever IFSC World Cup in South America, the Bouldering World Cup in Curitiba in May.[1] The 2025 edition also featured 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] Jakob Schubert sustained a ligament injury to his finger in January, forcing him to withdraw from World Cups earlier in the season.[11] He returned for the lead World Cup in Koper.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

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[15][16] 		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[17][18] 		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 United Kingdom Toby Roberts 69.8 Japan Sorato Anraku 69.6 Belgium Hannes Van Duysen 54.6
W Slovenia Janja Garnbret 99.3 France Oriane Bertone 69.8 Japan Anon Matsufuji 59.5
L M Japan Neo Suzuki TOP United Kingdom Toby Roberts TOP Spain Alberto Ginés López TOP
W Slovenia Janja Garnbret 41 Italy Laura Rogora 33 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 32+
10 Poland Kraków
5–6 July 		S M Indonesia Raharjati Nursamsa 4.73 Indonesia Kiromal Katibin FLL Japan Ryo Omasa 5.49
W Indonesia Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.27 United States Emma Hunt 7.56 Poland Aleksandra Mirosław 6.36
11 France Chamonix
11–13 July 		S M United States Samuel Watson 4.65 Kazakhstan Rishat Khaibullin 4.87 United States Zach Hammer 4.96
W Poland Aleksandra Mirosław 6.19 Indonesia Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.46 United States Emma Hunt 6.35
L M Japan Sorato Anraku TOP Spain Alberto Ginés López 43+ Italy Filip Schenk 43+
W South Korea Seo Chae-hyun 44+ United States Anastasia Sanders 43+ United Kingdom Erin McNeice 42+
12 Spain Madrid
17–19 July 		L M South Korea Lee Dohyun 40+ Spain Alberto Ginés López 40 Japan Satone Yoshida 39+
W United States Anastasia Sanders TOP Italy Laura Rogora 48+ United States Brooke Raboutou 48+
13 Slovenia Koper
5–6 September 		L M Japan Sorato Anraku 48+ Spain Alberto Ginés López 47+ United Kingdom Toby Roberts 46+
W Slovenia Janja Garnbret 47+ South Korea Seo Chae-hyun 38+ Italy Laura Rogora 37+
14 China Guiyang
12–13 September 		S M China Chu Shouhong 4.79 Japan Ryo Omasa 4.99 Germany Leander Carmanns 4.98
W China Meng Shixue 6.30 South Korea Jeong Ji-min 6.36 United States Emma Hunt 6.44
OVERALL B M Japan Sorato Anraku 5300 France Mejdi Schalck 4145 Japan Sohta Amagasa 3240
W France Oriane Bertone 4375 Japan Mao Nakamura 3480 United States Anastasia Sanders 3290
L M Spain Alberto Ginés López 4485 Japan Sorato Anraku 4145 Japan Satone Yoshida 4130
W United Kingdom Erin McNeice 4503 South Korea Seo Chae-hyun 4463 Italy Laura Rogora 3900
S M Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 3945 United States Samuel Watson 3629 Japan Ryo Omasa 3410
W United States Emma Hunt 3795 China Zhou Yafei 3495 Indonesia Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 3390

Bouldering

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Further information: Bouldering at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup

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. 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:[19]

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Japan Sorato Anraku 5300 1. 1000 1. 1000 1. 1000 2. 805 3. 690 2. 805
2 France Mejdi Schalck 4145 5. 545 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 2. 805 6. 495
3 Japan Sohta Amagasa 3240 9. 380 4. 610 2. 805 4. 610 9. 380 7. 455
4 South Korea Lee Dohyun 3105 2. 805 - 3. 690 7. 455 4. 610 5. 545
5 Belgium Hannes Van Duysen 2355 24. 105 15. 240 13. 280 6. 495 5. 545 3. 690
6 France Paul Jenft 1965 7. 455 7. 455 14. 260 - 6. 495 12. 300
7 Japan Tomoa Narasaki 1941 4. 610 3. 690 10. 337.5 41. 13.5 12. 290 -
8 Slovenia Anže Peharc 1925 16. 220 6. 495 18. 185 8. 415 15. 230 9. 380
9 Japan Meichi Narasaki 1875 3. 690 9. 380 5. 545 - - 14. 260
10 China Pan Yufei 1764 36. 24 - - 5. 545 1. 1000 17. 195

Women

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The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[19]

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 France Oriane Bertone 4375 2. 805 2. 805 4. 610 1. 1000 10. 350 2. 805
2 Japan Mao Nakamura 3480 4. 610 4. 610 1. 1000 19. 170 5. 545 5. 545
3 United States Anastasia Sanders 3290 1. 1000 - 3. 690 12. 300 2. 805 6. 495
4 Japan Melody Sekikawa 2880 6. 495 5. 545 13. 280 3. 690 8. 415 7. 455
5 Japan Anon Matsufuji 2670 11. 270.83 7. 455 14. 260 5. 520 6. 475 3. 690
6 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 2512 3. 690 - - 4. 610 1. 1000 16. 212.5
7 Japan Miho Nonaka 2370 5. 545 - 6. 495 9. 380 3. 690 13. 260
8 Italy Camilla Moroni 2213 27. 68 3. 690 11. 325 16. 220 12. 300 4. 610
9 France Agathe Calliet 2116 17. 178.75 14. 260 12. 300 2. 805 14. 260 11. 312.5
10 France Zélia Avezou 2035 - 15. 240 2. 805 - 4. 610 9. 380

National Teams

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The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[20]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Japan Japan 21812.5 3950 3950 4260 3295 3070 3287.5
2 France France 18465.75 2478.75 3675 2920 4195 2815 2382
3 United Kingdom United Kingdom 9182.75 1441.5 241 1446 1956.5 1721.75 2376
4 United States United States 8535.98 1994.16 1144.33 2100.5 666.33 1699 931.66
5 Slovenia Slovenia 5427.53 970.83 745 300 1010 478.7 1923
6 South Korea Korea 5035.82 1431.5 300 862 619.5 983.16 839.66
7 Italy Italy 4818.83 162.3 1402 602 535.5 702.2 1414.83
8 Belgium Belgium 3791.15 171.5 740 524 889 705.25 761.4
9 Germany Germany 3785.82 848.83 940 428 669 645 254.99
10 Austria Austria 3264.18 417.75 978.33 351.5 631.75 396.75 488.1

Lead

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Further information: Lead climbing at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup

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. 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 Lead World Cup 2025:[21]

Rank Name Points Wujiang Bali Innsbruck Chamonix Madrid Koper
1 Spain Alberto Ginés López 4485 3. 690 3. 690 3. 690 2. 805 2. 805 2. 805
2 Japan Sorato Anraku 4145 1. 1000 16. 220 9. 380 1. 1000 5. 545 1. 1000
3 Japan Satone Yoshida 4130 4. 610 4. 610 1. 1000 4. 610 3. 690 4. 610
4 Japan Neo Suzuki 3315 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 21. 145 7. 455 8. 415
5 South Korea Lee Dohyun 2950 16. 220 5. 545 7. 455 9. 380 1. 1000 10. 350
6 Germany Yannick Flohé 2485 8. 415 4. 610 5. 545 10. 350 18. 185 9. 380
7 Italy Filip Schenk 2245 7. 455 9. 380 25. 95 3. 690 12. 300 11. 325
8 United Kingdom Toby Roberts 2240 15. 240 - 2. 805 20. 155 10. 350 3. 690
9 France Max Bertone 2195 18. 185 2. 805 6. 495 19. 170 14. 260 13. 280
10 Japan Shion Omata 1866 14. 260 7. 455 29. 56 8. 415 6. 495 18. 185

Women

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The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2025:[21]

Rank Name Points Wujiang Bali Innsbruck Chamonix Madrid Koper
1 United Kingdom Erin McNeice 4503 1. 902.5 1. 1000 3. 690 3. 690 4. 610 4. 610
2 South Korea Seo Chae-hyun 4463 1. 902.5 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 7. 455 2. 805
3 Italy Laura Rogora 3900 4. 610 4. 610 2. 805 9. 380 2. 805 3. 690
4 United States Anastasia Sanders 3040 3. 690 - 5. 545 2. 805 1. 1000 -
5 Slovenia Rosa Rekar 2520 11. 325 8. 415 4. 610 16. 220 6. 495 7. 455
6 Belgium Heloïse Doumont 2048 15. 240 10. 337.5 7. 455 24. 105 8. 415 6. 495
7 Slovenia Janja Garnbret 2000 - - 1. 1000 - - 1. 1000
8 South Korea Kim Chaeyeong 1730 16. 220 12. 300 10. 350 11. 325 20. 155 9. 380
9 Slovenia Mia Krampl 1523 9. 380 7. 455 23. 120 30. 48 9. 365 20. 155
10 France Manon Hily 1495 - - 12. 300 12. 300 5. 545 10. 350

National Teams

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The results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2025:[22]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Name Points Wujiang Bali Innsbruck Chamonix Madrid Koper
1 Japan Japan 16762 2717 3237.5 2745 3050 2600 2412.5
2 South Korea Korea 11287.33 1740.5 1998.83 1407 2014 2005 2122
3 Slovenia Slovenia 9738.33 1550 1180.83 2357.5 1019 2200 1431
4 Italy Italy 8948.55 1690 1421.25 1224 1549.5 1548 1515.8
5 France France 8330.8 822 1355 1700 1814 1191 1448.8
6 United States United States 8166 1202.5 415.5 1310.5 2267 273 2697.5
7 United Kingdom United Kingdom 7276.83 1166.5 1057.33 1699 881 1454 1019
8 Spain Spain 6135.25 690 690 856 1539.5 1087 1272.75
9 Germany Germany 4933.63 1135.33 1010.5 1035 766 522 464.8
10 Austria Austria 4218.33 593 650.83 589 507 1332.5 546

Speed

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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. 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 Speed World Cup 2025:[23]

Rank Name Points Wujiang Bali Denver Kraków Chamonix Guiyang
1 Indonesia Kiromal Katibin 3945 3. 690 3. 690 1. 1000 2. 805 9. 380 9. 380
2 United States Samuel Watson 3629 4. 610 1. 1000 3. 690 62. 4 1. 1000 11. 325
3 Japan Ryo Omasa 3410 15. 240 2. 805 8. 415 3. 690 7. 455 2. 805
4 China Long Jianguo 3315 1. 1000 5. 545 9. 380 10. 350 5. 545 6. 495
5 China Chu Shouhong 3110 5. 545 6. 495 4. 610 16. 220 15. 240 1. 1000
6 United States Zach Hammer 2946 9. 380 55. 6 2. 805 4. 610 3. 690 7. 455
7 Kazakhstan Amir Maimuratov 2625 8. 415 11. 325 6. 495 5. 545 6. 495 10. 350
8 Indonesia Raharjati Nursamsa 2505 - 4. 610 - 1. 1000 10. 350 5. 545
9 Germany Leander Carmanns 1990 - - 5. 545 6. 495 14. 260 3. 690
10 Ukraine Yaroslav Tkach 1900 7. 455 10. 350 21. 145 19. 170 19. 170 4. 610

Women

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The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2025:[23]

Rank Name Points Wujiang Bali Denver Kraków Chamonix Guiyang
1 United States Emma Hunt 3795 4. 610 - 1. 1000 2. 805 3. 690 3. 690
2 China Zhou Yafei 3495 9. 380 2. 805 4. 610 5. 545 5. 545 4. 610
3 Indonesia Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 3390 5. 545 5. 545 - 1. 1000 2. 805 6. 495
4 Poland Aleksandra Miroslaw 3185 6. 495 1. 1000 - 3. 690 1. 1000 -
5 South Korea Jeong Ji-min 3170 2. 805 4. 610 - 6. 495 7. 455 2. 805
6 Poland Natalia Kałucka 2745 7. 455 9. 380 2. 805 4. 610 6. 495 -
7 China Zhang Shaoqin 2465 1. 1000 40. 15 6. 495 13. 280 16. 220 7. 455
8 China Qin Yumei 2270 10. 350 - 5. 545 8. 415 4. 610 10. 350
9 China Deng Lijuan 2095 3. 690 6. 495 3. 690 16. 220 - -
10 China Meng Shixue 2002 8. 415 - 7. 455 32. 37 25. 95 1. 1000

Season podium table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)1236
2 United States (USA)1113
3 France (FRA)1102
4 Indonesia (INA)1012
5 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
7 China (CHN)0101
 South Korea (KOR)0101
9 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (9 entries)66618

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)96924
2 United States (USA)54716
3 China (CHN)5128
4 Great Britain (GBR)4149
5 France (FRA)38112
6 South Korea (KOR)3519
7 Indonesia (INA)3238
8 Slovenia (SLO)3003
9 Poland (POL)2114
10 Spain (ESP)0336
11 Italy (ITA)0235
12 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
14 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Germany (GER)0011
Totals (15 entries)373536108

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