2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 34th edition of the international sport climbing competition series organised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 14 locations. There are 24 events: eight bouldering, eight lead, and eight speed events. The series begins on 8 April in Meiringen, Switzerland with the first bouldering competitions of the season, and concluding on 30 September in Wujiang, China.[1]

2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup
OrganiserIFSC
Edition34rd
Events
24
  • 8 Boulder
    8 Lead
    8 Speed
Locations
Dates8 April – October 2022

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, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Scheduling

The IFSC announced the 2022 World Cup schedule in October 2021. The series was initially scheduled to open in Moscow instead of the traditional curtain-raiser in Meiringen, Switzerland, and repeats the back-to-back events held in Salt Lake City, introduced in the 2021 series[2] The IFSC followed up in December 2021 with an announcement of Koper, Slovenia as a first-time host city, a change from the traditional host city of Kranj, Slovenia which hosted a World Cup event 25 times between 1996 and 2021, as well as Wujiang as the last stop in the circuit.[1]

On 25 February, 2022, the IFSC announced the suspension of the Boulder and Speed World Cup in Moscow scheduled for April, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The federation also announced its intent to relocate and reschedule the event.[3]

On 22 March, 2022, the IFSC announced that the Boulder World Cup event that was originally scheduled to take place in Moscow, Russia had been rescheduled to take place in Brixen, Italy from 10 to 12 June 2022.[4]

On 24 March, 2022, the IFSC announced that the World Cup originally scheduled to take place in Bali, Indonesia, would now take place in Jakarta.[5]

Overview

Dates Location D G Gold Silver Bronze
1 8–10 April Meiringen B M Tomoa Narasaki 2T3Z 3 6 Yoshiyuki Ogata 2T3Z 5 19 Mejdi Schalck 2T3Z 7 9
W Janja Garnbret 4T4Z 5 5 Natalia Grossman 3T4Z 8 16 Andrea Kümin 1T2Z 1 3
2 6–8 May Seoul B M
W
S M
W
3 20–22 May Salt Lake City B M
W
S M
W
4 27–29 May Salt Lake City B M
W
S M
W
5 10–12 June Brixen[Note 1] B M
W
6 22–25 June Innsbruck B M
W
L M
W
7 30 June–2 July Villars L M
W
S M
W
8 8–10 July Chamonix L M
W
S M
W
9 22–23 July Briançon L M
W
10 2–3 September Koper L M
W
11 22–24 September Jakarta[Note 2]
L M
W
S M
W
12 28–30 September Wujiang L M
W
S M
W
13 6-9 October Chongqing B M
W
L M
W
S M
W
14 October B M
W

[2]

  1. Originally scheduled to be held in Moscow, Russia on 1-3 April.
  2. Originally scheduled to be held in Bali.

Bouldering

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There are eight competitions in the season. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed (in brackets) are not counted.

Men

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2022:[6]

Rank Name Points Meiringen Seoul Salt Lake City I Salt Lake City II Brixen Innsbruck Chongqing Japan
1 Tomoa Narasaki 100 1. 100
2 Yoshiyuki Ogata 80 2. 80
3 Mejdi Schalck 65 3. 65
4 Paul Jenft 55 4. 55
5 Colin Duffy 51 5. 51
6 Kokoro Fujii 47 6. 47
7 Yuji Inoue 43 7. 43
8 Maximillian Milne 40 8. 40
9 Keita Dohi 37 9. 37
10 Manuel Cornu 34 10. 34

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2022:[7]

Rank Name Points Meiringen Seoul Salt Lake City I Salt Lake City II Brixen Innsbruck Chongqing Japan
1 Janja Garnbret 100 1. 100
2 Natalia Grossman 80 2. 80
3 Andrea Kümin 65 3. 65
4 Oriane Bertone 55 4. 55
5 Futaba Ito 51 5. 51
6 Staša Gejo 47 6. 47
7 Hannah Meul 43 7. 43
8 Fanny Gibert 40 8. 40
9 Madison Fischer 37 9. 37
10 Cloe Coscoy 34 10. 34

* = Joint place with another athlete


References

  1. "KOPER, SLOVENIA, AND WUJIANG, CHINA, TO HOST IFSC WORLD CUP COMPETITIONS IN 2022" (Press release). International Federation of Sport Climbing. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. "IFSC PRESENTS THE 2022 CALENDAR" (Press release). International Federation of Sport Climbing. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "IFSC SUSPENDS WORLD CUP IN MOSCOW" (Press release). International Federation of Sport Climbing. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. "BRIXEN, ITALY TO HOST RESCHEDULED IFSC BOULDER WORLD CUP IN JUNE" (Press release). International Federation of Sport Climbing. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. "INDONESIAN LEG OF IFSC WORLD CUP SERIES 2022 MOVED TO JAKARTA" (Press release). International Federation of Sport Climbing. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  6. "IFSC Bouldering World Cup 2022 Men OVERALL Ranking".
  7. "IFSC Bouldering World Cup 2022 Women OVERALL Ranking".
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