The IFSC Climbing Asian Cup is a series of Asian climbing competitions organized by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).
| Edition | Year | Location | Date(s) | Disciplines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 |  Kunming | 14 September 2001 | L + S |
| 2004 |  Uttarkashi | 19 - 21 November 2004 | L + S | |
| 2007 | Changsha | 5 - 6 November 2007 | L + S | |
| 2009 [1] |  Krabi | 17 - 18 April 2009 | B | |
| 2012 [2] | Chengdu | 3 - 4 November 2012 | L + S | |
| 2017 [3] | Wanxianshan | 27 - 29 October 2017 | L + S + B | |
| 2018 [4] |  Hong Kong | 10 - 11 March 2018 | B | |
| 2018 [5] | Bangkok | 15 - 17 June 2018 | B + S | |
| 2019 [6] | Hong Kong | 9 - 10 March 2019 | B |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 [7] |  Sangwon Son | Jae-Yong Lee | Kyu-Bog Cho |
| 2004 [8] | Janghyuk Kim |  Mohammad Jafari Mahmoudabadi | Ka-Wai Chu |
| 2007 [9] |  Kazuma Watanabe | Changzhong Liu | Janghyuk Kim Keita Mogaki |
| 2012 [10] | Hyunbin Min | Jabee Kim | ZiDa Ma |
| 2017 [11] | Yoshiyuki Ogata | Kokoro Fujii | Takuma Numajiri |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 |  Ronald Mamarimbing |  Bin Mohd Yusof Mohd Yazid | Kyu-Bog Cho |
| 2004 | Xiaojie Chen | Chi-Wai Lai |  Hafzanizam Bokhari |
| 2007 | QiXin Zhong | Xiaojie Chen | Hetai Ma |
| 2012 | QiXin Zhong | Lincai Zhong | Aspar Jaelolo |
| 2017 |  Amir Maimuratov | Artyom Devyaterikov | JinXin Li |
| 2018 (THA) [12] | QiXin Zhong | Alimzhan Myrzabekov | Amir Maimuratov |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kokoro Fujii | HaiBin Qu | Chua Dennis |
| 2018 (HKG) [13] |  Gerald Verosil | DiChong Huang | YuFei Pan |
| 2018 (THA) | Ka-chun Yau | Cheung-chi Shoji Chan | Chi-fung AU |
| 2019 [14] | Cheung-chi Shoji Chan | Ka-chun Yau | Chua Dennis |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Hiu Ying Liu | Shun-Yuk Choi | Hyun-Jung Kim |
| 2004 | Hiu Ying Liu | Yasve Minamiura | Chunhua Li |
| 2007 | Li-Ping Huang | Ilmawaty Labanu | Rie Kimura |
| 2012 | LaMu RENQING | Xuhua PAN | Hiu Ying Liu |
| 2017 | Aya Onoe | Lan Kim | Elnaz Rekabi |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Agung Ethi Hendrawati | Joung-Mi Kim | Shun-Yuk Choi |
| 2004 | Chunhua Li | Archana B.S. | Dashini Dev |
| 2007 | Evi Neliwati | Chunhua Li | CuiLian He |
| 2012 | yang wang | LaMu RENQING | Xuhua PAN |
| 2017 | CuiLian He | Assel Marlenova | Xuhua PAN |
| 2018 (THA) | MingWei NI | Narada Disyabut | Margarita Agambayeva |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Elnaz Rekabi | Vanessa Si Yinn Teng | Tamara Ulzhabayeva |
| 2018 (HKG) | Mei Kotake | Sol Sa | Vanessa Si Yinn Teng |
| 2018 (THA) | Heeyeon Park | Mingxin, Judith Sim | Pankaew Plypoolsup |
| 2019 [15] |  Hung Ying Lee | Hsiu-Ju Lin | Puntarika Tunyavanich |
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