The 2015 IFSC Climbing World Cup was held in 13 locations. Bouldering competitions were held in 5 locations, lead in 7 locations, and speed in 5 locations. The season began on 17 May in Central Saanich, Canada and concluded on 15 November in Kranj, Slovenia.

The top 3 in each competition received medals, and the overall winners were awarded trophies. At the end of the season an overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

The winners for bouldering were Jongwon Chon and Akiyo Noguchi, for lead Adam Ondra and Mina Markovič, and for speed Zhong Qixin and Mariia Krasavina, men and women respectively.

Highlights of the season In bouldering, at the World Cup in Munich, Shauna Coxsey of United Kingdom flashed all boulders in the final round to take the win.

In lead climbing, Janja Garnbret of Slovenia, after just turned 16 years old (the minimum age to compete in the World Cup), made her debut in the World Cup circuit by competing in lead climbing in Chamonix, France. She competed in 3 out of 7 Lead World Cups in the season and was in the top three in all competitions she attended, which made her 7th in the overall ranking in lead discipline.

In speed climbing, at the World Cup in Central Saanich, Iuliia Kaplina of Russia set a new world record of 7.74s in the semifinal round, breaking her previous world record of 7.85s which she set at the 2013 Speed World Cup in Wujiang. Then, at the World Cup in Chongqing, Iuliia Kaplina, again, set a new world record of 7.56s during qualifications, breaking her previous world record which she had set in Saanich (CAN), by as much as 0.18 seconds. Then at the World Cup in Chamonix, Iuliia Kaplina, again, set a new world record of 7.53s in the semifinal against her teammate Anna Tsyganova, breaking her previous world record by 0.03s.

France was the only nation in the top three National Team Ranking in all disciplines.

Overview

No. Location D G Gold Silver Bronze 1 Central Saanich (17 May 2015) S M Zhong Qixin 6.260 Marcin Dzieński 7.010 Bassa Mawem 6.050 W Iuliia Kaplina 7.820 Mariia Krasavina 8.710 Anna Tsyganova 8.040 2 Toronto (30–31 May 2015) B M Alban Levier 3t6 4b5 Nathaniel Coleman 3t9 4b8 Adam Ondra 2t3 3b3 W Anna Stöhr 3t6 4b5 Akiyo Noguchi 3t7 4b7 Juliane Wurm 2t2 4b5 3 Vail (5–6 June 2015) B M Jan Hojer 3t4 4b4 Nathaniel Coleman 3t4 4b6 Adam Ondra 3t12 4b12 W Megan Mascarenas 3t4 4b5 Akiyo Noguchi 2t4 3b6 Shauna Coxsey 2t4 3b7 4 Chongqing (20–21 June 2015) B M Sean McColl 4t12 4b9 Jongwon Chon 3t5 3b3 Tsukuru Hori 3t8 3b8 W Akiyo Noguchi 4t5 4b5 Miho Nonaka 3t5 4b4 Shauna Coxsey 3t6 3b5 S M Zhong Qixin 5.810 Danyil Boldyrev 6.560 Libor Hroza 5.850 W Mariia Krasavina 7.920 Edyta Ropek 8.160 Iuliia Kaplina 8.030 5 Haiyang (26–27 June 2015) B M Jongwon Chon 2t3 2b2 Rustam Gelmanov 2t7 2b6 Alban Levier 1t1 2b2 W Petra Klingler 3t3 4b10 Akiyo Noguchi 3t4 4b5 Shauna Coxsey 3t84 b9 S M Zhong Qixin 5.790 Danyil Boldyrev 6.720 Reza Alipour 6.020 W Anouck Jaubert 7.900 Anna Tsyganova 8.180 Iuliia Kaplina 7.710 6 Chamonix (10–12 July 2015) L M Ramón Julián Puigblanqué 53+ Adam Ondra 52+ Sebastian Halenke 52 W Mina Markovič Top Janja Garnbret Top Jessica Pilz 47 S M Libor Hroza wild card Danyil Boldyrev false start Zhong Qixin 5.950 W Anouck Jaubert 7.810 Iuliia Kaplina false start Mariia Krasavina 8.030 7 Briançon (17–18 July 2015) L M Gautier Supper 49+ Minoru Nakano 43+ Jakob Schubert 42+ W Jain Kim 47+ Jessica Pilz 47+ Anak Verhoeven 46+ 8 Imst (31 July – 1 August 2015) L M Romain Desgranges 57+ Jakob Schubert 57 Domen Škofic 51+ W Mina Markovič 55 Janja Garnbret 54+ Jessica Pilz 52+ 9 Munich (14–15 August 2015) B M Alexey Rubtsov 2t11 4b12 Martin Stráník 1t1 3b4 Jongwon Chon 1t1 3b5 W Shauna Coxsey 4t4 4b4 Fanny Gibert 3t3 4b7 Megan Mascarenas 3t4 4b5 10 Stavanger (21–22 August 2015) L M Gautier Supper 43+ Adam Ondra 40+ Romain Desgranges 39+ W Mina Markovič 57+ Jessica Pilz 57+ Anak Verhoeven 55+ 11 Puurs (26–27 September 2015) L M Domen Škofic Top Jakob Schubert 50+ Ramón Julián Puigblanqué 49+ W Jain Kim Top Mina Markovič Top Anak Verhoeven 48+ 12 Wujiang (17–18 October 2015) L M Adam Ondra 35 Domen Škofic 31 Sean McColl 28+ W Jain Kim 40+ Anak Verhoeven 34 Jessica Pilz 33+ S M Reza Alipour 6.060 Libor Hroza fall Bassa Mawem 7.490 W Mariia Krasavina 7.860 Anouck Jaubert 8.120 Edyta Ropek 12.310 13 Kranj (14–15 November 2015) L M Adam Ondra 37+ Sean McColl 37 Jakob Schubert 36+ W Mina Markovič 35+ Jessica Pilz 35+ Janja Garnbret 34+ OVERALL B M Jongwon Chon 292.00 Jan Hojer 264.00 Adam Ondra 259.00 W Akiyo Noguchi 395.00 Shauna Coxsey 332.00 Miho Nonaka 276.00 L M Adam Ondra 458.00 Gautier Supper 400.00 Jakob Schubert 396.00 W Mina Markovič 527.00 Jain Kim 461.00 Jessica Pilz 435.00 S M Zhong Qixin 405.00 Libor Hroza 322.00 Danyil Boldyrev 295.00 W Mariia Krasavina 400.00 Anouck Jaubert 390.00 Iuliia Kaplina 365.00 C M Adam Ondra 674.00 Sean McColl 486.00 Domen Škofic 407.00 W Jain Kim 432.00 Akiyo Noguchi 421.00 Yuka Kobayashi 286.00 NATIONAL TEAMS B A 1352 855 670 L A 1635 Slovenia 1457 Austria 1400 S A Russian Federation 1614 Poland 1188 1007

Bouldering

An overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Men 5 best competition results were counted (not counting points in brackets). Rank Name Points Munich Haiyang Chongqing Vail Toronto 1 Jongwon Chon 292.00 3. 65.00 1. 100.00 2. 80.00 - 6. 47.00 2 Jan Hojer 264.00 5. 51.00 4. 55.00 4. 55.00 1. 100.00 27. 3.00 3 Adam Ondra 259.00 8. 38.00 5. 51.00 8. 40.00 3. 65.00 3. 65.00 4 Nathaniel Coleman 238.00 11. 31.00 11. 31.00 18. 16.00 2. 80.00 2. 80.00 5 Alban Levier 202.00 29. 1.00 3. 65.00 14. 24.00 20. 12.00 1. 100.00 6 Rustam Gelmanov 179.00 6. 47.00 2. 80.00 7. 43.00 21. 9.00 - 7 Kokoro Fujii 173.00 27. 3.00 9. 37.00 11. 31.00 6. 47.00 4. 55.00 8 Sean McColl 169.00 - - 1. 100.00 5. 51.00 17. 18.00 9 Rei Sugimoto 151.00 8. 38.00 15. 22.00 9. 37.00 8. 40.00 19. 14.00 10 Jeremy Bonder 146.00 - 14. 24.00 5. 51.00 12. 28.00 7. 43.00

Women 5 best competition results were counted (not counting points in brackets). Rank Name Points Munich Haiyang Chongqing Vail Toronto 1 Akiyo Noguchi 395.00 4. 55.00 2. 80.00 1. 100.00 2. 80.00 2. 80.00 2 Shauna Coxsey 332.00 1. 100.00 3. 65.00 3. 65.00 3. 65.00 9. 37.00 3 Miho Nonaka 276.00 7. 43.00 4. 55.00 2. 80.00 4. 55.00 7. 43.00 4 Petra Klingler 224.00 18. 16.00 1. 100.00 10. 34.00 7. 43.00 11. 31.00 5 Megan Mascarenas 165.00 3. 65.00 - - 1. 100.00 - 6 Katharina Saurwein 163.00 - 5. 51.00 9. 37.00 14. 24.00 5. 51.00 7 Sol Sa 158.00 8. 40.00 7. 43.00 6. 47.00 20. 12.00 18. 16.00 8 Fanny Gibert 151.00 2. 80.00 - - 11. 31.00 8. 40.00 8 Anna Stöhr 151.00 - - - 5. 51.00 1. 100.00 10 Mélissa Le Nevé 150.00 - 6. 47.00 8. 40.00 18. 16.00 6. 47.00

National Teams For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted (not counting results in brackets).

Country names as used by the IFSC

Rank Nation Points Munich Haiyang Chongqing Vail Toronto 1 1352 172 299 368 285 228 2 855 109 170 127 142 307 3 670 104 49 25 303 189 4 Germany 567 138 68 106 147 108 5 Austria 542 64 82 63 131 202 6 Republic of Korea 511 105 169 162 12 63 7 Great Britain 433 121 102 74 83 53 7 Russian Federation 433 184 108 77 64 - 9 Czech Republic 365 121 51 40 85 68 10 Slovenia 329 99 37 27 74 92

Lead

An overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Men 6 best competition results were counted (not counting results in parentheses). Rank Name Points Kranj Wujiang Puurs Stavanger Imst Briançon Chamonix 1 Adam Ondra 458.00 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 10. (32.00) 2. 80.00 4. 55.00 7. 43.00 2. 80.00 2 Gautier Supper 400.00 8. (40.00) 7. 43.00 4. 55.00 1. 100.00 5. 51.00 1. 100.00 5. 51.00 3 Jakob Schubert 396.00 3. 65.00 5. 51.00 2. 80.00 4. 55.00 2. 80.00 3. 65.00 6. (47.00) 4 Domen Škofic 376.00 5. 51.00 2. 80.00 1. 100.00 7. 43.00 3. 65.00 9. 37.00 9. (37.00) 5 Romain Desgranges 354.00 6. 47.00 12. (28.00) 6. 47.00 3. 65.00 1. 100.00 8. 40.00 4. 55.00 6 Ramón Julián Puigblanqué 335.00 4. 55.00 4. 55.00 3. 65.00 10. 34.00 13. 26.00 26. (5.00) 1. 100.00 7 Sebastian Halenke 259.00 12. 28.00 6. 47.00 10. 32.00 8. 40.00 6. 47.00 12. (27.00) 3. 65.00 8 Sean McColl 253.00 2. 80.00 3. 65.00 - 13. 26.00 - 5. 51.00 11. 31.00 9 Stefano Ghisolfi 252.00 13. 26.00 26. (5.00) 5. 51.00 5. 51.00 10. 34.00 6. 47.00 7. 43.00 10 Minoru Nakano 240.00 7. 43.00 8. 40.00 14. 24.00 - 11. 31.00 2. 80.00 15. 22.00

Women 6 best competition results were counted (not counting results in parentheses). Rank Name Points Kranj Wujiang Puurs Stavanger Imst Briançon Chamonix 1 Mina Markovič 527.00 1. 100.00 6. 47.00 2. 80.00 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 8. (40.00) 1. 100.00 2 Jain Kim 461.00 4. 55.00 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 4. 55.00 12. (28.00) 1. 100.00 5. 51.00 3 Jessica Pilz 435.00 2. 80.00 3. 65.00 4. (55.00) 2. 80.00 3. 65.00 2. 80.00 3. 65.00 4 Anak Verhoeven 381.00 5. 51.00 2. 80.00 3. 65.00 3. 65.00 8. (40.00) 3. 65.00 4. 55.00 5 Hélène Janicot 298.00 6. 47.00 4. 55.00 7. 43.00 5. 51.00 4. 55.00 11. (31.00) 6. 47.00 6 Yuka Kobayashi 234.00 12. 28.00 5. 51.00 8. 40.00 8. 40.00 5. 51.00 14. 24.00 15. (22.00) 7 Janja Garnbret 225.00 3. 65.00 - - - 2. 80.00 - 2. 80.00 8 Risa Ota 217.00 10. 34.00 10. 32.00 - 7. 43.00 13. 26.00 5. 51.00 11. 31.00 9 Tjasa Kalan 207.00 26. (5.00) 14. 24.00 10. 34.00 6. 47.00 6. 47.00 9. 37.00 17. 18.00 10 Mathilde Becerra 201.00 7. 43.00 - 13. 26.00 9. 37.00 16. 20.00 4. 55.00 16. 20.00

National Teams For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted (not counting results in parentheses). Rank Nation Points Kranj Wujiang Puurs Stavanger Imst Briançon Chamonix 1 1635 236 (126) 269 301 302 283 244 2 Slovenia 1457 259 (151) 242 221 335 155 245 3 Austria 1400 243 245 252 213 240 207 (153) 4 1010 188 222 (109) 112 120 203 165 5 Belgium 573 63 98 111 104 97 100 (62) 6 Italy 556 68 73 125 124 95 71 (49) 7 Republic of Korea 495 55 100 100 55 (53) 116 69 8 Czech Republic 484 112 106 (32) 85 56 43 82 9 366 74 57 54 60 56 (51) 65 10 Russian Federation 353 0 - 10 51 36 127 129

Speed

An overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

Men 5 best competition results were counted (not counting points in brackets). Rank Name Points Wujiang Chamonix Haiyang Chongqing Central Saanich 1 Zhong Qixin 405.00 8. 40.00 3. 65.00 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 1. 100.00 2 Libor Hroza 322.00 2. 80.00 1. 100.00 5. 51.00 3. 65.00 13. 26.00 3 Danyil Boldyrev 295.00 4. 55.00 2. 80.00 2. 80.00 2. 80.00 - 4 Marcin Dzieński 277.00 5. 51.00 4. 55.00 8. 40.00 5. 51.00 2. 80.00 5 Bassa Mawem 254.00 3. 65.00 15. 22.00 6. 47.00 4. 55.00 3. 65.00 6 Aleksandr Shilov 216.00 6. 47.00 8. 40.00 11. 31.00 6. 47.00 5. 51.00 7 Reza Alipour 208.00 1. 100.00 - 3. 65.00 7. 43.00 - 8 Stanislav Kokorin 169.00 7. 43.00 7. 43.00 4. 55.00 12. 28.00 - 8 Quentin Nambot 169.00 10. 34.00 10. 34.00 7. 43.00 10. 34.00 14. 24.00 10 Amir Maimuratov 128.00 - 5. 51.00 9. 37.00 8. 40.00 -

Women 5 best competition results were counted (not counting points in brackets).