2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup

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2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Organiser IFSC
Edition37th
Events
18
  • 6 Boulder
    6 Lead
    6 Speed
Locations
14
Dates18 April – 13 September 2025
Boulder
Men Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku
Women Flag of France.svg Oriane Bertone
Team Flag of Japan.svg Japan
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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.

Contents

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.LocationDGGoldSilverBronze
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Keqiao
18–20 April		BM Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 99.7 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dohyun 99.3 Flag of Japan.svg Meichi Narasaki 83.9
W Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders 54.7 Flag of France.svg Oriane Bertone 44.9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice 44.8
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wujiang
25–27 April		LM Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku TOP Flag of Japan.svg Neo Suzuki 40+ Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 39+
W Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice

Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Chae-hyun

41 (4:26)-- Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders 39+
SM Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Long Jianguo 4.88 Flag of Ukraine.svg Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 4.98 Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin 4.75
W Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shaoqin 6.32 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Ji-min 6.37 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Lijuan 6.34
3 Flag of Indonesia.svg Bali
2–4 May		LM Flag of Japan.svg Satone Yoshida 42 Flag of France.svg Max Bertone 41 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 39+
W Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice TOP Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Chae-hyun TOP Flag of Japan.svg Ai Mori 45
SM Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Watson 4.64 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Omasa FLS Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin 4.81
W Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Miroslaw 6.37 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yafei 8.12 Flag of Indonesia.svg Kadek Adi Asih 7.27
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Curitiba
16–18 May		BM Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 69.7 Flag of France.svg Mejdi Schalck 58.9 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoa Narasaki 39.0
W Flag of France.svg Naïlé Meignan 99.6 Flag of France.svg Oriane Bertone 99.5 Flag of Italy.svg Camilla Moroni 83.8
5 Flag of the United States.svg Salt Lake City
23–25 May		BM Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 84.4 Flag of Japan.svg Sohta Amagasa 69.6 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dohyun 69.5
W Flag of Japan.svg Mao Nakamura 84.7 Flag of France.svg Zélia Avezou 70.0 Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders 70.0
6 Flag of the United States.svg Denver
31 May – 1 June [13] [14] 		SM Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin 4.83 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Hammer 4.88 Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Watson 4.89
W Flag of the United States.svg Emma Hunt 6.36 Flag of Poland.svg Natalia Kałucka 6.44 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Lijuan 6.50
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague
6–8 June [15] [16] 		BM Flag of France.svg Mejdi Schalck 99.1 Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 84.1 Flag of France.svg Samuel Richard 84.1
W Flag of France.svg Oriane Bertone 84.8 Flag of France.svg Agathe Calliet 69.7 Flag of Japan.svg Melody Sekikawa 69.5
8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bern
13–15 June		BM Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pan Yufei 84.2 Flag of France.svg Mejdi Schalck 84.1 Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 83.7
W Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice 99.5 Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders 84.4 Flag of Japan.svg Miho Nonaka 84.3
9 Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck
25 – 29 June		BM Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Roberts 69.8 Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 69.6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hannes Van Duysen 54.6
W Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret 99.3 Flag of France.svg Oriane Bertone 69.8 Flag of Japan.svg Anon Matsufuji 59.5
LM Flag of Japan.svg Neo Suzuki TOP Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Roberts TOP Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López TOP
W Flag of Slovenia.svg Janja Garnbret 41 Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora 33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice 32+
10 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków
5–6 July		SM Flag of Indonesia.svg Raharjati Nursamsa 4.73 Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin FLL Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Omasa 5.49
W Flag of Indonesia.svg Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.27 Flag of the United States.svg Emma Hunt 7.56 Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Mirosław 6.36
11 Flag of France.svg Chamonix
11–13 July		SM Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Watson 4.65 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Rishat Khaibullin 4.87 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Hammer 4.96
W Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Mirosław 6.19 Flag of Indonesia.svg Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.46 Flag of the United States.svg Emma Hunt 6.35
LM Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku TOP Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 43+ Flag of Italy.svg Filip Schenk 43+
W Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Chae-hyun 44+ Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders 43+ Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice 42+
12 Flag of Spain.svg Madrid
17–19 July		LM Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dohyun 40+ Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 40 Flag of Japan.svg Satone Yoshida 39+
W Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders TOP Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora 48+ Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Raboutou 48+
13 Flag of Slovenia.svg Koper
5–6 September		LM
W
14 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guiyang
12–13 September		SM
W
OVERALLBM Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 5300 Flag of France.svg Mejdi Schalck 4145 Flag of Japan.svg Sohta Amagasa 3240
W Flag of France.svg Oriane Bertone 4375 Flag of Japan.svg Mao Nakamura 3480 Flag of the United States.svg 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]

RankNamePoints Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 53001. 10001. 10001. 10002. 8053. 6902. 805
2 Flag of France.svg Mejdi Schalck 41455. 5452. 8056. 4951. 10002. 8056. 495
3 Flag of Japan.svg Sohta Amagasa 32409. 3804. 6102. 8054. 6109. 3807. 455
4 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dohyun 31052. 805-3. 6907. 4554. 6105. 545
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hannes Van Duysen 235524. 10515. 24013. 2806. 4955. 5453. 690
6 Flag of France.svg Paul Jenft 19657. 4557. 45514. 260-6. 49512. 300
7 Flag of Japan.svg Tomoa Narasaki 19414. 6103. 69010. 337.541. 13.512. 290-
8 Flag of Slovenia.svg Anže Peharc 192516. 2206. 49518. 1858. 41515. 2309. 380
9 Flag of Japan.svg Meichi Narasaki 18753. 6909. 3805. 545--14. 260
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Pan Yufei 176436. 24--5. 5451. 100017. 195

Women

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

RankNamePoints Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Flag of France.svg Oriane Bertone 43752. 8052. 8054. 6101. 100010. 3502. 805
2 Flag of Japan.svg Mao Nakamura 34804. 6104. 6101. 100019. 1705. 5455. 545
3 Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders 32901. 1000-3. 69012. 3002. 8056. 495
4 Flag of Japan.svg Melody Sekikawa 28806. 4955. 54513. 2803. 6908. 4157. 455
5 Flag of Japan.svg Anon Matsufuji 267011. 270.837. 45514. 2605. 5206. 4753. 690
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice 25123. 690--4. 6101. 100016. 212.5
7 Flag of Japan.svg Miho Nonaka 23705. 545-6. 4959. 3803. 69013. 260
8 Flag of Italy.svg Camilla Moroni 221327. 683. 69011. 32516. 22012. 3004. 610
9 Flag of France.svg Agathe Calliet 211617. 178.7514. 26012. 3002. 80514. 26011. 312.5
10 Flag of France.svg Zélia Avezou 2035-15. 2402. 805-4. 6109. 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

RankNamePoints Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck
1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 21812.5395039504260329530703287.5
2 Flag of France.svg France 18465.752478.7536752920419528152382
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 9182.751441.524114461956.51721.752376
4 Flag of the United States.svg United States 8535.981994.161144.332100.5666.331699931.66
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 5427.53970.837453001010478.71923
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Korea 5035.821431.5300862619.5983.16839.66
7 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4818.83162.31402602535.5702.21414.83
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3791.15171.5740524889705.25761.4
9 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3785.82848.83940428669645254.99
10 Flag of Austria.svg Austria 3264.18417.75978.33351.5631.75396.75488.1

Lead

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 Lead World Cup 2025: [19]

RankNamePoints Wujiang Bali Innsbruck Chamonix Madrid Koper
1 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Ginés López 36803. 6903. 6903. 6902. 8052. 805
2 Flag of Japan.svg Satone Yoshida 35204. 6104. 6101. 10004. 6103. 690
3 Flag of Japan.svg Sorato Anraku 31451. 100016. 2209. 3801. 10005. 545
4 Flag of Japan.svg Neo Suzuki 29002. 8056. 4951. 100021. 1457. 455
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Dohyun 260016. 2205. 5457. 4559. 3801. 1000
6 Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Flohé 21058. 4154. 6105. 54510. 35018. 185
7 Flag of Italy.svg Filip Schenk 19207. 4559. 38025. 953. 69012. 300
8 Flag of France.svg Max Bertone 191518. 1852. 8056. 49519. 17014. 260
9 Flag of Japan.svg Shion Omata 168114. 2607. 45529. 568. 4156. 495
10 Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Grupper 161513. 28013. 2808. 41514. 2609. 380

Women

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

RankNamePoints Wujiang Bali Innsbruck Chamonix Madrid Koper
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Erin McNeice 3892.51. 902.51. 10003. 6903. 6904. 610
2 Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Chae-hyun 3657.51. 902.52. 8056. 4951. 10007. 455
3 Flag of Italy.svg Laura Rogora 32104. 6104. 6102. 8059. 3802. 805
4 Flag of the United States.svg Anastasia Sanders 30403. 690-5. 5452. 8051. 1000
5 Flag of Slovenia.svg Rosa Rekar 206511. 3258. 4154. 61016. 2206. 495
6 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Heloïse Doumont 1552.515. 24010. 337.57. 45524. 1058. 415
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Mia Krampl 13689. 3807. 45523. 12030. 489. 365
8 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Chaeyoung 135016. 22012. 30010. 35011. 32520. 155
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oceania Mackenzie 13305. 5455. 545-15. 240-
10 Flag of the United States.svg Brooke Raboutou 1300---4. 6103. 690

Speed

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 Speed World Cup 2025: [20]

RankNamePoints Wujiang Bali Denver Kraków Chamonix Guiyang
1 Flag of Indonesia.svg Kiromal Katibin 35653. 6903. 6901. 10002. 8059. 380
2 Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Watson 33044. 6101. 10003. 69062. 41. 1000
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Long Jianguo 28201. 10005. 5459. 38010. 3505. 545
4 Flag of Japan.svg Ryo Omasa 260515. 2402. 8058. 4153. 6907. 455
5 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Hammer 24919. 38055. 62. 8054. 6103. 690
6 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Amir Maimuratov 22758. 41511. 3256. 4955. 5456. 495
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chu Shouhong 21105. 5456. 4954. 61016. 22015. 240
8 Flag of Indonesia.svg Raharjati Nursamsa 1960—4. 610—1. 100010. 350
9 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Zurloni 17656. 49523. 12013. 2807. 4558. 415
10 Flag of Spain.svg Erik Noya Cardona 148014. 26021. 14514. 26017. 2054. 610

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Cup 2025: [20]

RankNamePoints Wujiang Bali Denver Kraków Chamonix Guiyang
1 Flag of Poland.svg Aleksandra Miroslaw 31856. 4951. 1000-3. 6901. 1000
2 Flag of the United States.svg Emma Hunt 31054. 610-1. 10002. 8053. 690
3 Flag of Indonesia.svg Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 28955. 5455. 545-1. 10002. 805
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yafei 28859. 3802. 8054. 6105. 5455. 545
5 Flag of Poland.svg Natalia Kałucka 27457. 4559. 3802. 8054. 6106. 495
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Ji-min 23652. 8054. 610-6. 4957. 455
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Lijuan 20953. 6906. 4953. 69016. 220-
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shaoqin 20101. 100040. 156. 49513. 28016. 220
9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qin Yumei 192010. 350-5. 5458. 4154. 610
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Mengli 141512. 30010. 350-10. 3508. 415

Season podium table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1113
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1102
3Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Medal table

As of Madrid 2025

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)85922
2Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)54615
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)4138
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)38112
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)3317
6Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)3238
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3126
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)2114
9Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)2002
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0235
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0224
12Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)0101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0101
14Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Totals (14 entries)33313296

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