Bouldering at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup

Bouldering at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Location	Meiringen, Switzerland Seoul, South Korea Salt Lake City, United States Salt Lake City, United States Brixen, Italy Innsbruck, Austria
Dates	8 April – 25 June 2022
Champions
Men	Yoshiyuki Ogata
Women	Natalia Grossman
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The 2022 season of the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 23rd season of the competition. Bouldering competitions were held at six stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 8 at the World Cup in Meiringen, and concluded on June 25 with the World Cup in Innsbruck. At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day of the competition, and the semi-final and final rounds were conducted on the second day of the competition. The winners were awarded trophies, and the best three finishers received medals. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 40 of each individual event.

Natalia Grossman won the women's seasonal title. The men's seasonal title went to Yoshiyuki Ogata while Japan defended its title in the national teams competition.

Winners overview

Date	Location	Men	Women
April, 8-10	Meiringen, Switzerland	Tomoa Narasaki	Janja Garnbret
May, 6-8	Seoul, South Korea	Kokoro Fujii	Natalia Grossman
May, 20-22	Salt Lake City, United States	Mejdi Schalck	Natalia Grossman
May, 27-29	Salt Lake City, United States	Yoshiyuki Ogata	Natalia Grossman
June, 10-12	Brixen, Italy	Yannick Flohé	Natalia Grossman
June, 22-25	Innsbruck, Austria	Colin Duffy	Natalia Grossman
OVERALL WINNERS		Sorato Anraku	Natalia Grossman
NATIONAL TEAM		Japan

Overall ranking

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 40 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 2022: ^[1]

Rank	Name	Points	Meiringen	Seoul	Salt Lake City I	Salt Lake City II	Brixen	Innsbruck
1	Yoshiyuki Ogata	3990	2. 805	3. 690	2. 805	1. 1000	5. (545)	3. 690
2	Tomoa Narasaki	3405	1. 1000	2. 805	7. 455	—	3. 690	7. 455
3	Kokoro Fujii	3110	6. 495	1. 1000	14. (260)	3. 690	9. 380	5. 545
4	Yannick Flohé	2475	—	—	5. 545	7. 435	1. 1000	6. 495
5	Mejdi Schalck	2294	3. 690	7. 455	1. 1000	21. 137.5	—	43. 11.5
6	Maximillian Milne	2215	8. 415	8. 415	13. 280	12. 300	2. 805	14. (260)
7	Lee Dohyun	2128.5	41. 13.5	10. 350	—	10. 350	4. 610	2. 805
8	Colin Duffy	1976	5. 545	—	21. 137.5	13. 280	41. 13.5	1. 1000
9	Chon Jong-won	1957.5	21. 112.5	12. 300	—	4. 610	11. 325	4. 610
10	Rei Kawamata	1774.5	31. 39.5	—	3. 690	5. 545	14. 260	15. 240

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2022: ^[1]

Rank	Name	Points	Meiringen	Seoul	Salt Lake City I	Salt Lake City II	Brixen	Innsbruck
1	Natalia Grossman	5000	2. (805)	1. 1000	1. 1000	1. 1000	1. 1000	1. 1000
2	Miho Nonaka	3210	26. (68)	8. 415	3. 690	2. 805	4. 610	3. 690
3	Brooke Raboutou	2940	12. 300	3. 690	2. 805	3. 690	—	7. 455
4	Futaba Ito	2560	5. 545	15. (240)	9. 380	4. 610	8. 415	4. 610
5	Hannah Meul	2345	7. 455	—	13. 280	—	2. 805	2. 805
6	Oriane Bertone	2316.5	4. 610	2. 805	7. 455	8. 415	—	33. 31.5
7	Jessica Pilz	2215	18. (185)	7. 455	4. 610	13. 280	7. 455	8. 415
8	Staša Gejo	2195	6. 495	4. 610	8. 415	11. 325	10. 350	16. (220)
9	Seo Chae-hyun	1930	17. (205)	14. 260	5. 545	12. 300	13. 280	5. 545
10	Camilla Moroni	1820	13. 280	5. 545	6. 495	17. (205)	16. 220	13. 280

* = Joint place with another athlete

National Teams

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2022: ^[2]

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank	Name	Points	Meiringen	Seoul	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City	Brixen	Innsbruck
1	Japan	20783	3013	3645	3260	4000	3485	3380
2	United States	15223	2385	2204	3045	3030	3198	1361
3	France	10175.5	2820	2585	1550	940	1218.5	1062
4	Austria	8194	795	1120	2415	1108	1068	1688
5	Germany	8141.5	960	719	1340	944	1797.5	2381
6	Korea	6994.5	614	1112	-	1679	2323.5	1266
7	Slovenia	5979.5	1885	721	616	1225	662.5	870
8	United Kingdom	5353.5	520	662	689	1383	763.5	1336
9	Italy	3893.16	340	724	992	780	569.66	487.5
10	Israel	2678.5	293	145.5	462	628	540	610

Meiringen, Switzerland (8-10 April)

Women

83 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen. Janja Garnbret won the competition ahead of Natalia Grossman as the only athlete to get 4 tops. Garnbret was the only athlete to top the technical boulder 1 in the final. Andrea Kümin completed the podium, earning her first IFSC World Cup medal. ^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Janja Garnbret	4T4z 5 5
2	Natalia Grossman	3T4z 8 16
3	Andrea Kümin	1T2z 1 3
4	Oriane Bertone	1T2z 1 5
5	Futaba Ito	0T2z 0 8
6	Stasa Gejo	0T1z 0 3

Men

112 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen. Tomoa Narasaki took the win. In the final, the top 4 finishers, including Yoshiyuki Ogata and Mejdi Schalck, had similar results — 2 tops and 3 zones — with attempts deciding the podium. Boulder 3 saw athletes attempting an unintended face-in starting position. Controversy ensued when a judge's late call on Colin Duffy's incorrect starting position on boulder 3 resulted in Duffy's 19 attempts to top. He was one of two athletes to top boulder 3. ^[5]

Rank	Name	Score
1	Tomoa Narasaki	2T3z 3 6
2	Yoshiyuki Ogata	2T3z 5 19
3	Mejdi Schalck	2T3z 7 9
4	Paul Jenft	2T3z 15 18
5	Colin Duffy	1T4z 19 27
6	Kokoro Fujii	1T3z 4 27

Seoul, South Korea (6-8 May)

Women

55 athletes attended the World Cup in Seoul. ^[6] Natalia Grossman won the competition. A high-scoring final round meant that athletes needed at least 3 tops to reach the podium. Grossman was the only athlete to top all boulders in the qualification, semifinal and final rounds. Oriane Bertone and Brooke Raboutou finished second and third respectively. ^[7]

Rank	Name	Score
1	Natalia Grossman	4T4z 7 5
2	Oriane Bertone	3T4z 5 5
3	Brooke Raboutou	3T3z 6 5
4	Stasa Gejo	2T4z 3 13
5	Camilla Moroni	1T2z 6 8
6	Mia Aoyagi	0T3z 0 4

Men

53 athletes attended the World Cup in Seoul. The Japanese team dominated the finals and swept the podium, securing five of the six finalist spots. In the final, world champion Kokoro Fujii won the competition with four tops — finishing ahead of compatriot Tomoa Narasaki having used 1 less attempt to top. This marked Fujii's return to the top spot at a World Cup since Chongqing 2018. Yoshiyuki Ogata placed third. ^{[8] [9]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Kokoro Fujii	4T4z 11 4
2	Tomoa Narasaki	4T4z 12 8
3	Yoshiyuki Ogata	3T4z 6 7
4	Paul Jenft	2T4z 4 11
5	Meichi Narasaki	2T3z 3 6
6	Keita Dohi	1T4z 2 14

Salt Lake City, United States (20-22 May)

Women

58 athletes attended the World Cup in Salt Lake City. Last year's winner Natalia Grossman was the only athlete to achieve 4 tops.Brooke Raboutou won silver over Miho Nonaka. ^[10]

Rank	Name	Score
1	Natalia Grossman	4T4z 9 9
2	Brooke Raboutou	3T4z 5 14
3	Miho Nonaka	3T4z 9 18
4	Jessica Pilz	3T4z 16 19
5	Franziska Sterrer	1T3z 1 7
6	Camilla Moroni	1T3z 2 21

Men

69 athletes attended the World Cup in Salt Lake City. Seoul winner Kokoro Fujii failed to advance past the semifinals. In the final, Mejdi Schalck and Yoshiyuki Ogata topped all the boulders in the finals, but Schalck won the gold medal based on attempts. Ogata won silver and Rei Kawamata bronze, claiming his first IFSC World Cup bronze medal. ^{[11] [12]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Mejdi Schalck	4T4z 9 6
2	Yoshiyuki Ogata	4T4z 11 10
3	Rei Kawamata	3T4z 14 12
4	Nicolai Uznik	2T3z 8 10
5	Yannick Flohé	1T4z 1 10
6	Jakob Schubert	1T2z 1 6

Salt Lake City, United States (27-29 May)

Women

53 athletes attended the World Cup in Salt Lake City. Seo Chae-hyun and Ayala Kerem made their first boulder World Cup final. Natalia Grossman won her third consecutive World Cup of the boulder season. Grossman was the only athlete to top all 4 boulders in the final. In a repeat podium from the previous week, Miho Nonaka and Brooke Raboutou won silver and bronze respectively. ^[13]

Rank	Name	Score
1	Natalia Grossman	4T4z 10 4
2	Miho Nonaka	3T4z 5 5
3	Brooke Raboutou	3T4z 6 4
4	Futaba Ito	3T4z 9 9
5	Seo Chae-hyun	2T4z 2 8
6	Ayala Kerem	2T4z 3 8

Men

71 athletes attended the World Cup in Salt Lake City. In the final, Yoshiyuki Ogata and Anze Peharc had identical scores, having topped all four boulders in 5 attempts. Ogata won gold over Peharc by virtue of his better semifinal performance. Kokoro Fujii finished third. ^{[14] [15]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Yoshiyuki Ogata	4T4z 5 5
2	Anze Peharc	4T4z 5 5
3	Kokoro Fujii	4T4z 9 8
4	Chon Jong-won	3T4z 4 5
5	Rei Kawamata	3T3z 7 6
6	Ross Fulkerson	2T2z 4 3

Brixen, Italy (10-12 June)

Women

80 athletes attended the World Cup in Brixen. Natalia Grossman won the competition, topping all the boulders in the competition. Hannah Meul took the silver — her first boulder World Cup medal. Luo Zhilu won bronze, securing her first World Cup medal in her debut World Cup. ^{[16] [17]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Natalia Grossman	4T4z 6 5
2	Hannah Meul	4T4z 6 6
3	Luo Zhilu	2T4z 5 9
4	Miho Nonaka	1T4z 1 4
5	Anon Matsufuji	1T3z 4 6
6	Serika Okawachi	0T3z 0 8

Men

99 athletes attended the World Cup in Brixen. A powerful set of final boulders saw each finalist secure no more than 2 tops. Yannick Flohé was the only athlete to get 2 tops and 2 zones in the final, winning his first World Cup. Few attempts to tops and zones proved important for the podium as attempts to zones decided 3rd and 4th place. Maximillian Milne scored his first World Cup medal, taking silver while Tomoa Narasaki placed third. ^{[18] [19]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Yannick Flohé	2T4z 5 9
2	Maximillian Milne	2T3z 6 9
3	Tomoa Narasaki	1T4z 4 9
4	Lee Dohyun	1T4z 4 22
5	Yoshiyuki Ogata	1T4z 7 13
6	Meichi Narasaki	1T3z 2 8

Innsbruck, Austria (22-26 June)

Women

97 athletes attended the World Cup in Innsbruck. Natalia Grossman and Hannah Meul repeated their top 2 finish in Brixen by topping all four final boulders, with attempts determining Grossman's gold over Meul. Miho Nonaka finished third. With five consecutive World Cup wins in the season, Grossman comfortably won the 2022 overall boulder World Cup title over Miho Nonaka and Brooke Raboutou. ^{[20] [21]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Natalia Grossman	4T4z 5 5
2	Hannah Meul	4T4z 7 6
3	Miho Nonaka	2T2z 3 2
4	Futaba Ito	1T2z 1 2
5	Seo Chae-hyun	1T2z 1 3
6	Saki Kikuchi	0T2z 0 2

Men

135 athletes attended the World Cup in Innsbruck. Colin Duffy bested experienced boulderers in the final to win his first World Cup. Lee Dohyun won his first World Cup silver medal and Yoshiyuki Ogata took bronze. Ogata's consistent performance in 2022 - never placing lower than fifth all season - saw him win the overall boulder World Cup title over compatriots Tomoa Narasaki and Kokoro Fujii. ^{[22] [23]}

Rank	Name	Score
1	Colin Duffy	3T4z 12 9
2	Lee Dohyun	2T4z 10 12
3	Yoshiyuki Ogata	2T4z 10 14
4	Chon Jong-won	2T3z 2 3
5	Kokoro Fujii	2T3z 3 4
6	Yannick Flohé	2T3z 7 7

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