The 2023
IFSC Climbing World Cup
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 d ...
is the 35th edition of the international
competition climbing
Competition climbing is a form of regulated rock climbing, rock-climbing competition held indoor climbing, indoors on purpose-built artificial climbing walls (earlier versions were held on external natural rock surfaces). The three competition ...
series organized by the
International Federation of Sport Climbing
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is the international governing body for the sport of competition climbing, which consists of the disciplines lead climbing, bouldering, and speed climbing.
Charter
The IFSC describes itself ...
(IFSC), held in 12 locations. There are 18 events: six
bouldering
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or Climbing wall, artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or Climbing harness, harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers ...
, six
lead
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, and six
speed
In kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a non-negative scalar quantity. Intro ...
events. The series begins on 23 April in
Hachioji, Japan with the first bouldering competitions of the season, and concluded on 24 September in
Wujiang, China.
The top 3 in each competition receive medals, and the overall winners are awarded trophies. At the end of the season, an overall ranking is determined based upon
points
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, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 40 of each individual event.
Scheduling
The IFSC announced the 2023 World Cup schedule in September 2022.
Overview
Bouldering
The overall ranking is determined based upon
points
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
, 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
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2023:
Women
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2023:
* = Joint place with another athlete
Speed
The overall ranking is determined based upon
points
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
, 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
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2023:
Women
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2023:
* = Joint place with another athlete
Lead
The overall ranking is determined based upon
points
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
, 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
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2023:
Women
The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2023:
* = Joint place with another athlete
Season podium table
Medal table
See also
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2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships
The 2023 IFSC Climbing World Championships, the 18th edition, was held in Bern, Switzerland from 1 to 12 August 2023. The competition climbing championships consisted of lead, speed, bouldering, and boulder & lead combined events, along with the ...
References
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IFSC Climbing World Cup
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...