The World Climbing Youth Championship, known until 2025 as the IFSC Youth World Championships, is an annual world championship competition for youth competition climbers organized by World Climbing. The championship includes separate men's and women's events in boulder, lead and speed in the U17 and U19 age groups.
The first competition was held in Basel, Switzerland, in 1992. Speed climbing was introduced in 2001, while bouldering was added in 2015. A combined classification was contested at selected editions between 2015 and 2022.
Structure The championship is contested in three disciplines: Boulder Lead Speed
Since 2025, competitors have been divided into two age groups: U17, generally comprising athletes who turn 15 or 16 during the calendar year U19, generally comprising athletes who turn 17 or 18 during the calendar year
Eligibility is determined by the athlete's year of birth rather than their age on the date of the competition. World Climbing also recognizes a U21 youth category, but it is not included in the World Climbing Youth Championship. Before 2025, the championship used three divisions: Junior or U20, Youth A or U18, and Youth B or U16.
Championships Edition Year Location Date(s) Disciplines Notes Results 1 1992 Basel 27 February 1992X - - - 2 1994 Leipzig 22 October 1994X - - - 3 1995 Laval 6 October 1995X - - - 4 1996 Moscow 1996X - - - - - 5 1997 Imst 14 November 1997X - - - 6 1998 Moscow 16 July 1998X - - - 7 1999 Courmayeur 3 September 1999X - - - 8 2000 Amsterdam 1 September 2000X - - - 9 2001 Imst 21–24 June 2001XX - - 10 2002 Canteleu 28 September 2002XX - - 11 2003 Veliko Tarnovo 19–21 September 2003X - - - 12 2004 Edinburgh 10–12 September 2004X - - - 13 2005 Beijing 25 August 2005XX - - 14 2006 Imst 24–27 August 2006XX - - 15 2007 Ibarra 23–26 August 2007XX - - 16 2008 Sydney 28–31 August 2008XX - - 17 2009 Valence 27–30 August 2009XX - - 18 2010 Edinburgh 9–12 September 2010XX - - 19 2011 Imst 25–28 August 2011XX - - 20 2012 Singapore 29 August – 1 September 2012XX - - 21 2013 Central Saanich 15–19 August 2013XX - - 22 2014 Nouméa, New Caledonia 19–23 September 2014XX - - 23 2015 Arco 28 August – 6 September 2015XXXX 24 2016 Guangzhou 7–13 November 2016XXXX 25 2017 Innsbruck 30 August – 10 September 2017XXXX 26 2018 Moscow 9–16 August 2018XX - - 29 2019 Arco 22–31 August 2019XXXX 2020 Not held - - - - - - -302021 Voronezh20–31 August 2021XXXX312022 Dallas22–31 August 2022XXX -322023 Seoul18–27 August 2023XXX -332024 Guiyang22–31 August 2024XXX -342025 Helsinki28 July - 3 August 2025XXX -352026 Arco18 - 25 July 2026XXX -362027 Jamshedpur21 - 28 November 2027XXX -
Male results Lead Juniors Year Gold Silver Bronze 1992 Pavel Samoiline Faycal Natech Elie Chevieux Ian Vickers 1994 Fabien Mazuer François Petit - Pascal Gisler 1995 Frederic Sarkany Christian Bindhammer Kalin Garbov 1997 Maksym Petrenko Sylvain Millet Thomas Feuerstein 1998 Yves Hasbani Jérôme Meyer David Gisler 1999 Flavio Crespi Yves Hasbani Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza 2000 Pablo Barbero Alfonso Mykhaylo Shalagin Nels Rosaasen 2001 Tomáš Mrázek Kilian Fischhuber Sangwon Son 2002 Cédric Lachat Gérome Pouvreau Fabien Dugit 2003 Eduard Marin Garcia Jorg Verhoeven Fabien Dugit 2004 Jorg Verhoeven Eduard Marin Garcia Dmitrii Sharafutdinov 2005 Daniel Winkler Nicolas Badia Ivan Kaurov 2006 Sean McColl Thomas Neyer Fabien Comina 2007 Sachi Amma Felix Neumärker Tsukuru Hori 2008 Jakob Schubert Hyunbin Min Martin Stráník 2009 Jakob Schubert Gautier Supper Eric Lopez Mateos 2010 Thomas Tauporn Mario Lechner Anton Mardashov 2011 Jure Raztresen Edward Hamer Stefano Ghisolfi 2012 Dmitrii Fakirianov Domen Škofic Jure Raztresen 2013 Dmitrii Fakirianov Sebastian Halenke Domen Škofic 2014 Bernhard Röck Loïc Timmermans Martin Bergant 2015 Bernhard Röck Jesse Grupper Keiichiro Korenaga 2016 Simon Lorenzi Yuki Hada Dimitri Vogt 2017 Yoshiyuki Ogata Meichi Narasaki Kai Lightner 2018 Meichi Narasaki Jakub Konečný Kai Harada 2019 Shuta Tanaka Sohta Amagasa Alistair Duval 2021 Hamish McArthur Paul Jenft Rei Kawamata 2022 Zento Murashita Junta Sekiguchi Lovro Črep 2023 Hannes Van Duysen Neo Suzuki Zento Murashita 2024 Yusuke Sugimoto Darius Rapa Shion Omata
Youth A Year Gold Silver Bronze 1992 François Petit Fabien Mazuer Antoine Pecher 1994 David Carretero Perez Anthony Lamiche Robert Mate Maksym Petrenko - 1995 Sylvain Millet Frédéric Tuscan Markus Bock 1997 Julien Barbier Yves Hasbani François Auclair 1998 Alexander Meikl Peter Szczepanski Mykhaylo Shalagin 1999 Tomaz Valjavec Mykhaylo Shalagin Kilian Fischhuber 2000 Roman Felix Fabien Dugit Gérome Pouvreau 2001 Marcin Wszolek Jorg Verhoeven Petr Solansky 2002 Jorg Verhoeven Flavien Guerimand Christophe Treuilhe 2003 Sean McColl Anthony Sapey Romain Pagnoux 2004 Sean McColl Ivan Kaurov Fabien Comina 2005 Magnus Midtbø Felix Neumärker Sachi Amma 2006 Sachi Amma Jakob Schubert David Lama 2007 Jakob Schubert Mario Lechner Thomas Tauporn 2008 Mario Lechner Thomas Tauporn Eric Lopez Mateos 2009 Adam Ondra Max Rudigier Julian Bautista 2010 Jure Raztresen Alexander Megos Stefano Ghisolfi 2011 Domen Škofic Dmitrii Fakirianov Loïc Timmermans 2012 Sebastian Halenke Semen Chesnokov Martin Bergant 2013 Naoki Shimatani Shinichiro Nomura Bernhard Röck 2014 Hannes Puman Jan-Luca Posch Georg Parma 2015 Sascha Lehmann Stefano Carnati Hugo Parmentier 2016 Giorgio Bendazzoli Kai Lightner Taito Nakagami 2017 Shuta Tanaka Nathan Martin Mikel Asier Linacisoro Molina 2018 Hidemasa Nishida Luka Potočar Katsura Konishi 2019 Hidemasa Nishida Colin Duffy Alberto Ginés López 2021 Haruki Uemura Mejdi Schalck Timotej Romšak 2022 Sorato Anraku Toby Roberts Rikuto Inohana 2023 Kwon Ki-beom Shion Omata Auswin Aueareechit 2024 Manato Kurashiki Hakjin Lee Haru Funaki
Youth B Year Gold Silver Bronze 1992 Laurent Lanners Olaw Mainardi Jimmy Dubuisson 1994 Frédéric Tuscan Ulrich Lindenthal David Hume 1995 Chris Sharma David Hume Matt Engbring 1997 Klemen Becan Eric Scully Tomaz Valjavec 1998 Roman Felix Clément Chabaud Timo Preußler 1999 Roman Felix Adam Stack Remi Samyn 2000 Guillaume Glairon Mondet Ethan Pringle Jorg Verhoeven 2001 Guillaume Glairon Mondet Helmut Wörz Jan Zbranek 2002 Gabriele Moroni Štěpán Stráník Jabee Kim 2003 Fabien Comina Daniel Woods Ales Jurjec 2004 David Lama Blagovest Lazarov Daniel Woods 2005 David Lama Jakob Schubert Yuriy Dzyubyak 2006 Eric Lopez Mateos Arman Ter-Minasyan Mario Lechner 2007 Adam Ondra Masahiro Higuchi Max Rudigier 2008 Adam Ondra Max Rudigier Julian Bautista 2009 Sebastian Halenke Domen Škofic Samuel Adolph 2010 Sebastian Halenke Loïc Timmermans David Firnenburg 2011 Bernhard Röck Naoki Shimatani Keiichiro Korenaga 2012 Anze Peharc Hannes Puman Georg Parma 2013 Stefano Carnati Hugo Parmentier Sascha Lehmann 2014 Kai Lightner Rudolph Ruana Minyoung Lee 2015 Sam Avezou Harold Peeters Pietro Biagini 2016 Sam Avezou Katsura Konishi Hidemasa Nishida 2017 Colin Duffy Alberto Ginés López Hidemasa Nishida 2018 Colin Duffy Thomas Podolan Kentaro Maeda 2019 Junta Sekiguchi Haruki Uemura Satone Yoshida 2021 Sorato Anraku Hugo Hoyer Dillon Countryman 2022 Max Bertone Riku Ishihara Lukas Mokrolusky 2023 Ryusei Hamada Hareru Nagamori Ryota Toda 2024 Chanjin Jung Ryusei Hamada Taesaung Park
U19 Year Gold Silver Bronze 2025 Manato Kurashiki Lukas Mokrolusky Hareru Nagamori 2026 Chanjin Jung Andrea Ludovico Chelleris Ryusei Hamada
U17 Year Gold Silver Bronze 2025 Ryusei Hamada Kazuki Nakata Jungbin Choi 2026 Kazuki Nakata Hayool Lee Taketo Saiki
Speed Juniors Year Gold Silver Bronze 2001 Maksym Styenkovyy Daniil Koźmine Oleksandr Salimov 2002 Sergei Sinitcyn Oleksandr Salimov Dmytro Babich 2005 Evgenii Vaitsekhovskii Alexander Kosterin Eduard Ismagilov 2006 Sean McColl Anatoly Skripov Eduard Ismagilov 2007 Maksym Osipov Egor Skachkov Sergey Kokorin 2008 Sergey Abdrakhmanov Maksym Osipov QiXin Zhong 2009 Sergey Abdrakhmanov Josmar Nieves Stanislav Kokorin 2010 Sayat Bokanov Bogdan Posmashnyy Arman Ter-Minasyan 2011 Danyil Boldyrev Marcin Dzieński Sergiy Barkovskyy 2012 Nikita Suyushkin Dmitrii Timofeev Konstantin Payl 2013 Nikita Suyushkin Artem Savelyev Sergei Luzhetskii 2014 Jan Kriz Sergei Luzhetskii Alessandro Santoni 2015 Georgy Artamonov John Brosler Maksim Diachkov 2016 Ludovico Fossali Pierre Rebreyend Aleksandr Shikov 2017 Carlos Granja Seungbeom Lee Michael Finn-Henry 2018 Gian Luca Zodda Noah Bratschi Demyan Zaytsev 2019 Sergey Rukin Almaz Nagaev Rahmad Adi Mulyono 2021 Iaroslav Pashkov Danila Ukolov Lawrence Bogeschdorfer2022 Shuto Fujino Hryhorii Ilchyshyn Leander Carmanns2023 Julian David Micah Feller Rafe Stokes2024 Jérôme Morel Oskar Szalecki Ziyu Zhou
Youth A Year Gold Silver Bronze 2001 Johannes Lau Andrzej Mecherzyński-Wiktor Serguei Piniguine 2002 Denis Omeltchenko Olexiy Shulga Dmitrii Sharafutdinov 2005 ? Alexey Belchikov Olexiy Zaychenko 2006 Maksym Osipov Egor Skachkov Yevgen Palladiy 2007 Sergey Abdrakhmanov Gonzalo Mejia Andres Quinteros 2008 Josmar Nieves Isaac Estevez Nic Sutton 2009 Leonardo Gontero Arman Ter-Minasyan Isaac Estevez 2010 Viacheslav Vedenchuk Marcin Dzieński Yaroslav Gontaryk 2011 Konstantin Payl Artem Savelyev Nikita Suyushkin 2012 Ruslan Faizullin Sergei Luzhetskii Georgy Artamonov 2013 Alessandro Santoni Aleksandr Shikov John Brosler 2014 Aleksandr Shikov Lev Rudatskiy Vladislav Myznikov 2015 Kostiantyn Pavlenko Mehdi AliPourShenazandi Lev Rudatskiy 2016 Gian Luca Zodda Sergei Rukin Georgii Morozov 2017 Sergei Rukin Georgii Morozov JinXin Li 2018 Almaz Nagaev Jordan Fishman Eduard Daukaev 2019 Iaroslav Pashkov Jordan Fishman Yongjun Jung 2021 Maksim Ryzhov Hryhorii Ilchyshyn Marco Rontini2022 Marco Rontini Marius Payet Gaboriaud Samuel Watson2023 Michael Hom Dong Jun Kim Kazuki Tanii2024 Shouhong Chu Michael Hom Motonori Tabuchi
Youth B Year Gold Silver Bronze 2001 Ivan Kalinine Olexiy Shulga Nestor Carvajal 2002 Leonel De Las Salas Sean McColl - Vasily Kozlov 2005 Alexander Stepanov Jernej Kruder Bence Gál 2006 Eric Lopez Mateos Brian Furciniti Brian Antheunisse 2007 Andrey Shilenberg Bogdan Posmashnyy Isaac Estevez 2008 Viacheslav Vedenchuk Ivan Spitsyn Josh Levin 2009 Nikita Suyushkin Artem Savelyev Sergei Luzhetskii 2010 Georgy Artamonov Sergei Luzhetskii Alessandro Santoni 2011 Ruslan Faizullin Georgy Artamonov Alessandro Santoni 2012 Aleksandr Shikov Danil Zakirov Maksim Diachkov 2013 Vladislav Myznikov Lev Rudatskiy Kostiantyn Pavlenko 2014 Carlos Granja Petr Zemliakov Gian Luca Zodda 2015 Petr Zemliakov Timur Yamaliev Leonardo Sandrin 2016 Almaz Nagaev Roman Bozhko Danil Ogorodnikov 2017 Jacopo Stefani Anton Kulba Evgeny Kuzin 2018 Haram Jeon Andrea Zappini Ellis Ernsberger 2019 Hryhorii Ilchyshyn Oliver Kuang Dylan Le 2021 Kirill Koldomov Samuel Watson Yusuke Sugimoto2022 Francesco Ponzinibio Ginta Uegaki Damir Toktarov2023 Yicheng Zhao Jianxun Xu Zexuan Yu2024 Yicheng Zhao Yang Li Zexuan Yu
U19 Year Gold Silver Bronze 2025 Aodhan Umlauf Francesco Ponzinibio Paco Lehmann 2026 Yanze Shi Haddan Malik Baqmuhyibar Gilles Meili
U17 Year Gold Silver Bronze 2025 Yicheng Zhao Zexuan Yu Sota Saito 2026 Mingyi Zhou Minh Long Nguyen-Angelot Moritz Müller
Bouldering Juniors Year Gold Silver Bronze 2015 Jongwon Chon Nicolas Pelorson Anze Peharc 2016 Borna Cujic Baptiste Ometz William Bosi 2017 Yoshiyuki Ogata Meichi Narasaki Jan-Luca Posch 2018 Meichi Narasaki Yannick Flohé Kai Harada 2019 Sohta Amagasa Leo Favot Nathan Martin 2021 Hamish McArthur Rei Kawamata Paul Jenft2022 Hannes Van Duysen Zento Murashita Junta Sekiguchi 2023 Junta Sekiguchi Yannick Nagel Hannes Van Duysen 2024 Ritsu Kayotani Yannick Nagel Slav Kirov
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