2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup

2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup
OrganiserIFSC
Edition37th
Events
18
  • 6 Boulder
    6 Lead
    6 Speed
Locations
14
Dates18 April – 6 September 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seo Chae-hyun

41 (4:26) - - Anastasia Sanders 39+
S M Long Jianguo 4.88 Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 4.98 Kiromal Katibin 4.75
W Zhang Shaoqin 6.32 Jeong Ji-min 6.37 Deng Lijuan 6.34
3 Bali
2–4 May 		L M Satone Yoshida 42 Max Bertone 41 Alberto Ginés López 39+
W Erin McNeice TOP Seo Chae-hyun TOP Ai Mori 45
S M Samuel Watson 4.64 Ryo Omasa FLS Kiromal Katibin 4.81
W Aleksandra Miroslaw 6.37 Zhou Yafei 8.12 Kadek Adi Asih 7.27
4 Curitiba
16–18 May 		B M Sorato Anraku 69.7 Mejdi Schalck 58.9 Tomoa Narasaki 39.0
W Naïlé Meignan 99.6 Oriane Bertone 99.5 Camilla Moroni 83.8
5 Salt Lake City
23–25 May 		B M Sorato Anraku 84.4 Sohta Amagasa 69.6 Lee Dohyun 69.5
W Mao Nakamura 84.7 Zélia Avezou 70.0 Anastasia Sanders 70.0
6 Denver
31 May – 1 June[13][14] 		S M Kiromal Katibin 4.83 Zach Hammer 4.88 Samuel Watson 4.89
W Emma Hunt 6.36 Natalia Kałucka 6.44 Deng Lijuan 6.50
7 Prague
6–8 June[15][16] 		B M Mejdi Schalck 99.1 Sorato Anraku 84.1 Samuel Richard 84.1
W Oriane Bertone 84.8 Agathe Calliet 69.7 Melody Sekikawa 69.5
8 Bern
13–15 June 		B M Pan Yufei 84.2 Mejdi Schalck 84.1 Sorato Anraku 83.7
W Erin McNeice 99.5 Anastasia Sanders 84.4 Miho Nonaka 84.3
9 Innsbruck
25 – 29 June 		B M Toby Roberts 69.8 Sorato Anraku 69.6 Hannes Van Duysen 54.6
W Janja Garnbret 99.3 Oriane Bertone 69.8 Anon Matsufuji 59.5
L M Neo Suzuki TOP Toby Roberts TOP Alberto Ginés López TOP
W Janja Garnbret 41 Laura Rogora 33 Erin McNeice 32+
10 Kraków
5–6 July 		S M Raharjati Nursamsa 4.73 Kiromal Katibin FLL Ryo Omasa 5.49
W Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.27 Emma Hunt 7.56 Aleksandra Mirosław 6.36
11 Chamonix
11–13 July 		S M Samuel Watson 4.65 Rishat Khaibullin 4.87 Zach Hammer 4.96
W Aleksandra Mirosław 6.19 Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.46 Emma Hunt 6.35
L M Sorato Anraku TOP Alberto Ginés López 43+ Filip Schenk 43+
W Seo Chae-hyun 44+ Anastasia Sanders 43+ Erin McNeice 42+
12 Madrid
17–19 July 		L M
W
13 Koper
5–6 September 		L M
W
14 Guiyang
12–13 September 		S M
W
OVERALL B M Sorato Anraku 5300 Mejdi Schalck 4145 Sohta Amagasa 3240
W Oriane Bertone 4375 Mao Nakamura 3480 Anastasia Sanders 3290

Bouldering

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

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

Women

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

National Teams

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:[18]

Country names as used by the IFSC

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

Season podium table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)1113
2 France (FRA)1102
3 United States (USA)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Medal table

As of Chamonix 2025

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)85821
2 United States (USA)44513
3 Great Britain (GBR)4138
4 France (FRA)38112
5 Indonesia (INA)3238
6 China (CHN)3126
7 South Korea (KOR)2316
8 Poland (POL)2114
9 Slovenia (SLO)2002
10 Spain (ESP)0134
11 Italy (ITA)0123
12 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
14 Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (14 entries)31293090

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