The 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup is the 37th edition of the international competition climbing series organised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), held in 14 locations. There are 18 events per gender: six events each in the competition bouldering, competition lead climbing, and competition speed climbing disciplines. The series began on 18 April in Keqiao, Shaoxing with the first bouldering World Cup of the season, and concluded on 13 September in Guiyang.
Scheduling In September 2024, IFSC announced the 2025 competition schedule. This season featured the first-ever IFSC World Cup in South America, the Bouldering World Cup in Curitiba in May. The 2025 edition also featured the first IFSC World Cup events held in Bali, Denver, and Kraków.
The schedule accommodates the IFSC Climbing World Youth Championships in Helsinki from 28 July to 3 August; the World Games in Chengdu from 7 to 17 August; and the IFSC World Championships in Seoul from 21 to 28 September.
Competition format and ranking The top three finishers in each individual 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 40 of each individual event.
Starting with the 2025 edition, each country's federation is limited to a maximum of six athletes per gender per discipline for each event. Previously, athletes ranked in the top 10 by the IFSC in a particular category received invites "by name" and did not count against federation quotas.
IFSC also announced changes to the competition rules. Starting this season, both lead and bouldering feature 24 athletes in the semifinal rounds and 8 in the final rounds; previously, 26 athletes qualified for lead semifinals and 6 athletes qualified for bouldering finals. In addition, boulder finals feature multiple athletes on the wall simultaneously. IFSC also introduced a point system to bouldering, in which athletes are awarded a maximum of 25 points for a top and 10 points for a zone on each problem, with a deduction of 0.1 points for an unsuccessful attempt.
Athlete absences Following the 2024 Paris Olympics, several athletes announced they would sit out the season or make limited appearances. Women's gold medalist Janja Garnbret announced she would only attend two World Cups and the IFSC World Championships this year and spend more time climbing outdoors, while silver medalist Brooke Raboutou said she was similarly taking a break to focus on outdoor climbing and Oriane Bertone said she would not appear until late in the season. Former women's bouldering champion Natalia Grossman announced she had torn her ACL and meniscus and fellow Olympian Jenya Kazbekova announced she was pregnant.
Staša Gejo announced her retirement, while Adam Ondra, Alexander Megos, and Yannick Flohé said they would step back from bouldering to focus on lead. Jakob Schubert sustained a ligament injury to his finger in January, forcing him to withdraw from World Cups earlier in the season. He returned for the lead World Cup in Koper.
Competition highlights In the second World Cup event at Wujiang on 27 April, Great Britain's Erin McNeice and South Korea's Chaehyun Seo shared the women's lead gold medal after they scored 41 in the final round, tied each other in the semifinal and qualifying rounds, and were both timed at 4 minutes 26 seconds. It was the first time multiple climbers shared the gold medal since the 2011 Chamonix World Cup.
In an unprecedented first in men's bouldering, Japan's Sorato Anraku won the bouldering World Cups in Keqiao, Curitiba and Salt Lake City, becoming the only male climber to win 3 successive bouldering World Cups in the same season.
Overview No.LocationGoldSilverBronze1 Keqiao18–20 AprilBM Sorato Anraku 99.7 Lee Dohyun 99.3 Meichi Narasaki 83.9W Anastasia Sanders 54.7 Oriane Bertone 44.9 Erin McNeice 44.82 Wujiang25–27 AprilLM Sorato Anraku TOP Neo Suzuki 40+ Alberto Ginés López 39+W Erin McNeice Seo Chae-hyun 41 (4:26) - - Anastasia Sanders 39+SM Long Jianguo 4.88 Hryhorii Ilchyshyn 4.98 Kiromal Katibin 4.75W Zhang Shaoqin 6.32 Jeong Ji-min 6.37 Deng Lijuan 6.343 Bali 2–4 MayLM Satone Yoshida 42 Max Bertone 41 Alberto Ginés López 39+W Erin McNeice TOP Seo Chae-hyun TOP Ai Mori 45SM Samuel Watson 4.64 Ryo Omasa FLS Kiromal Katibin 4.81W Aleksandra Miroslaw 6.37 Zhou Yafei 8.12 Kadek Adi Asih 7.274 Curitiba16–18 MayBM Sorato Anraku 69.7 Mejdi Schalck 58.9 Tomoa Narasaki 39.0W Naïlé Meignan 99.6 Oriane Bertone 99.5 Camilla Moroni 83.85 Salt Lake City23–25 MayBM Sorato Anraku 84.4 Sohta Amagasa 69.6 Lee Dohyun 69.5W Mao Nakamura 84.7 Zélia Avezou 70.0 Anastasia Sanders 70.06 Denver31 May – 1 JuneDenver speed results based on round of 16 standings after finals were cancelled due to rain delay.SM Kiromal Katibin 4.83 Zach Hammer 4.88 Samuel Watson 4.89W Emma Hunt 6.36 Natalia Kałucka 6.44 Deng Lijuan 6.507 Prague 6–8 JunePrague women's bouldering results based on semifinal standings after finals were cancelled due to windy weather conditions.BM Mejdi Schalck 99.1 Sorato Anraku 84.1 Samuel Richard 84.1W Oriane Bertone 84.8 Agathe Calliet 69.7 Melody Sekikawa 69.58 Bern 13–15 JuneBM Pan Yufei 84.2 Mejdi Schalck 84.1 Sorato Anraku 83.7W Erin McNeice 99.5 Anastasia Sanders 84.4 Miho Nonaka 84.39 Innsbruck25 – 29 JuneBM Toby Roberts 69.8 Sorato Anraku 69.6 Hannes Van Duysen 54.6W Janja Garnbret 99.3 Oriane Bertone 69.8 Anon Matsufuji 59.5LM Neo Suzuki TOP Toby Roberts TOP Alberto Ginés López TOPW Janja Garnbret 41 Laura Rogora 33 Erin McNeice 32+10 Kraków 5–6 JulySM Raharjati Nursamsa 4.73 Kiromal Katibin FLL Ryo Omasa 5.49W Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.27 Emma Hunt 7.56 Aleksandra Mirosław 6.3611 Chamonix11–13 JulySM Samuel Watson 4.65 Rishat Khaibullin 4.87 Zach Hammer 4.96W Aleksandra Mirosław 6.19 Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi 6.46 Emma Hunt 6.35LM Sorato Anraku TOP Alberto Ginés López 43+ Filip Schenk 43+W Seo Chae-hyun 44+ Anastasia Sanders 43+ Erin McNeice 42+12 Madrid17–19 JulyLM Lee Dohyun 40+ Alberto Ginés López 40 Satone Yoshida 39+W Anastasia Sanders TOP Laura Rogora 48+ Brooke Raboutou 48+13 Koper5–6 SeptemberLM Sorato Anraku 48+ Alberto Ginés López 47+ Toby Roberts 46+W Janja Garnbret 47+ Seo Chae-hyun 38+ Laura Rogora 37+14 Guiyang 12–13 SeptemberSM Chu Shouhong 4.79 Ryo Omasa 4.99 Leander Carmanns 4.98W Meng Shixue 6.30 Jeong Ji-min 6.36 Emma Hunt 6.44OVERALLBM Sorato Anraku5300 Mejdi Schalck4145 Sohta Amagasa3240W Oriane Bertone4375 Mao Nakamura3480 Anastasia Sanders3290LM Alberto Ginés López4485 Sorato Anraku4145 Satone Yoshida4130W Erin McNeice4503 Seo Chae-hyun4463 Laura Rogora3900SM Kiromal Katibin3945 Samuel Watson3629 Ryo Omasa3410W Emma Hunt3795 Zhou Yafei3495 Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi3390
Bouldering
The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 80 of each individual event. The end-of-season standings are based on the sum of points earned. 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 2025: Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck 1 Sorato Anraku 5300 1. 1000 1. 1000 1. 1000 2. 805 3. 690 2. 805 2 Mejdi Schalck 4145 5. 545 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 2. 805 6. 495 3 Sohta Amagasa 3240 9. 380 4. 610 2. 805 4. 610 9. 380 7. 455 4 Lee Dohyun 3105 2. 805 - 3. 690 7. 455 4. 610 5. 545 5 Hannes Van Duysen 2355 24. 105 15. 240 13. 280 6. 495 5. 545 3. 690 6 Paul Jenft 1965 7. 455 7. 455 14. 260 - 6. 495 12. 300 7 Tomoa Narasaki 1941 4. 610 3. 690 10. 337.5 41. 13.5 12. 290 - 8 Anže Peharc 1925 16. 220 6. 495 18. 185 8. 415 15. 230 9. 380 9 Meichi Narasaki 1875 3. 690 9. 380 5. 545 - - 14. 260 10 Pan Yufei 1764 36. 24 - - 5. 545 1. 1000 17. 195
Women The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2025: Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck 1 Oriane Bertone 4375 2. 805 2. 805 4. 610 1. 1000 10. 350 2. 805 2 Mao Nakamura 3480 4. 610 4. 610 1. 1000 19. 170 5. 545 5. 545 3 Anastasia Sanders 3290 1. 1000 - 3. 690 12. 300 2. 805 6. 495 4 Melody Sekikawa 2880 6. 495 5. 545 13. 280 3. 690 8. 415 7. 455 5 Anon Matsufuji 2670 11. 270.83 7. 455 14. 260 5. 520 6. 475 3. 690 6 Erin McNeice 2512 3. 690 - - 4. 610 1. 1000 16. 212.5 7 Miho Nonaka 2370 5. 545 - 6. 495 9. 380 3. 690 13. 260 8 Camilla Moroni 2213 27. 68 3. 690 11. 325 16. 220 12. 300 4. 610 9 Agathe Calliet 2116 17. 178.75 14. 260 12. 300 2. 805 14. 260 11. 312.5 10 Zélia Avezou 2035 - 15. 240 2. 805 - 4. 610 9. 380
National Teams The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2025:
Country names as used by the IFSC
Rank Name Points Keqiao Curitiba Salt Lake City Prague Bern Innsbruck 1 Japan 21812.5 3950 3950 4260 3295 3070 3287.5 2 France 18465.75 2478.75 3675 2920 4195 2815 2382 3 United Kingdom 9182.75 1441.5 241 1446 1956.5 1721.75 2376 4 United States 8535.98 1994.16 1144.33 2100.5 666.33 1699 931.66 5 Slovenia 5427.53 970.83 745 300 1010 478.7 1923 6 Korea 5035.82 1431.5 300 862 619.5 983.16 839.66 7 Italy 4818.83 162.3 1402 602 535.5 702.2 1414.83 8 Belgium 3791.15 171.5 740 524 889 705.25 761.4 9 Germany 3785.82 848.83 940 428 669 645 254.99 10 Austria 3264.18 417.75 978.33 351.5 631.75 396.75 488.1
Lead
The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 80 of each individual event. The end-of-season standings are based on the sum of points earned. 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 Lead World Cup 2025: Rank Name Points Wujiang Bali Innsbruck Chamonix Madrid Koper 1 Alberto Ginés López 4485 3. 690 3. 690 3. 690 2. 805 2. 805 2. 805 2 Sorato Anraku 4145 1. 1000 16. 220 9. 380 1. 1000 5. 545 1. 1000 3 Satone Yoshida 4130 4. 610 1. 1000 4. 610 4. 610 3. 690 4. 610 4 Neo Suzuki 3315 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 21. 145 7. 455 8. 415 5 Lee Dohyun 2950 16. 220 5. 545 7. 455 9. 380 1. 1000 10. 350 6 Yannick Flohé 2485 8. 415 4. 610 5. 545 10. 350 18. 185 9. 380 7 Filip Schenk 2245 7. 455 9. 380 25. 95 3. 690 12. 300 11. 325 8 Toby Roberts 2240 15. 240 - 2. 805 20. 155 10. 350 3. 690 9 Max Bertone 2195 18. 185 2. 805 6. 495 19. 170 14. 260 13. 280 10 Shion Omata 1866 14. 260 7. 455 29. 56 8. 415 6. 495 18. 185
Women The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Cup 2025: Rank Name Points Wujiang Bali Innsbruck Chamonix Madrid Koper 1 Erin McNeice 4503 1. 902.5 1. 1000 3. 690 3. 690 4. 610 4. 610 2 Seo Chae-hyun 4463 1. 902.5 2. 805 6. 495 1. 1000 7. 455 2. 805 3 Laura Rogora 3900 4. 610 4. 610 2. 805 9. 380 2. 805 3. 690 4 Anastasia Sanders 3040 3. 690 - 5. 545 2. 805 1. 1000 - 5 Rosa Rekar 2520 11. 325 8. 415 4. 610 16. 220 6. 495 7. 455 6 Heloïse Doumont 2048 15. 240 10. 337.5 7. 455 24. 105 8. 415 6. 495 7 Janja Garnbret 2000 - - 1. 1000 - - 1. 1000 8 Kim Chaeyeong 1730 16. 220 12. 300 10. 350 11. 325 20. 155 9. 380 9 Mia Krampl 1523 9. 380 7. 455 23. 120 30. 48 9. 365 20. 155 10 Manon Hily 1495 - - 12. 300 12. 300 5. 545 10. 350
National Teams The results of the ten most successful countries of the Lead World Cup 2025:
Country names as used by the IFSC