Bouldering at the 2016 IFSC Climbing World Cup explained

Event:Bouldering
Competition:2016 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Location: Meiringen, Switzerland
Kazo, Japan
Chongqing, China
Navi Mumbai, India
Innsbruck, Austria
Vail, United States
Munich, Germany
Dates:15 April – 12 June
Men: Tomoa Narasaki
Women: Shauna Coxsey
Prev:2015 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Next:2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The 2016 season of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 18th season of the competition. Bouldering competitions were held at the seven stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 15 at the World Cup in Meiringen, and concluded on 12 June at the World Cup in Munich. At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day of the competition, and the semi-final and final rounds were conducted on the second day of the competition. The winners were awarded trophies, the best three finishers received medals, and prize money was awarded to the top six finishers at each stop.

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. Shauna Coxsey won the overall women's World Cup and Tomoa Narasaki won the overall men's World Cup.

Meiringen, Switzerland (15–16 April)

Women

59 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen. Shauna Coxsey (3t5 4b6) won the competition in front of Mélissa Le Nevé (2t4 4b6).[1] [2]

RankNameScore
1 Shauna Coxsey3t5 4b6
2 Mélissa Le Nevé2t4 4b6
3 Megan Mascarenas1t1 3b3
4 Akiyo Noguchi0t 3b7
5 Janja Garnbret0t 2b2
6 Clementine Kaiser0t 1b3

Men

84 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen. Alexey Rubtsov (2t6 3b10) won the competition in front of Martin Stráník (2t6 2b6).[1] [3]

RankNameScore
1 Alexey Rubtsov2t6 3b10
2 Martin Stráník2t6 2b6
3 Jorg Verhoeven2t7 4b10
4 Alban Levier1t1 2b2
5 Jakob Schubert1t3 3b14
6 Tyler Landman1t3 2b4

Kazo, Japan (23–24 April)

Women

53 athletes entered the competition in Kazo. Just as at the previous World Cup Shauna Coxsey (4t7 4b7) won the competition in front of Mélissa Le Nevé (2t2 4b5).[4] [5]

RankNameScore
1 Shauna Coxsey4t7 4b7
2 Mélissa Le Nevé2t2 4b5
3 Miho Nonaka2t3 4b6
4 Petra Klingler2t3 3b4
5 Fanny Gibert1t1 2b4
6 Chloe Caulier1t3 3b8

Men

69 athletes attended the World Cup in Kazo. Rustam Gelmanov (3t3 4b4) won the competition in front of Michael Piccolruaz (2t2 4b8).[4] [6]

RankNameScore
1 Rustam Gelmanov3t3 4b4
2 Michael Piccolruaz2t2 4b8
3 Kokoro Fujii2t4 4b8
4 Jeremy Bonder2t8 4b12
5 Dmitrii Sharafutdinov1t2 3b8
6 Rolands Rugens0t 1b2

Chongqing, China (30 April–1 May)

Women

37 athletes attended the World Cup in Chongqing. For the third time in a row Shauna Coxsey (3t7 4b8) won, this time in front of Akiyo Noguchi (3t12 4b13).[7] [8]

RankNameScore
1 Shauna Coxsey3t7 4b8
2 Akiyo Noguchi3t12 4b13
3 Miho Nonaka1t3 2b4
4 Mei Kotake1t6 2b6
5 Karoline Sinnhuber0t 2b5
6 Monika Retschy0t 2b6

Men

63 athletes attended the men's competition of the World Cup in Chongqing. Tomoa Narasaki (3t8 3b4) won in front of Jan Hojer (2t3 4b13).[7] [9]

RankNameScore
1 Tomoa Narasaki3t8 3b4
2 Jan Hojer2t3 4b13
3 Jongwon Chon2t5 4b15
4 Kokoro Fujii2t13 4b14
5 Alexey Rubtsov1t8 3b6
6 Jorg Verhoeven0t 2b2

Navi Mumbai, India (14–15 May)

Women

38 athletes attended the World Cup in Navi Mumbai. Miho Nonaka (2t4 3b6) won in front of Monika Retschy (1t1 4b10). Shauna Coxsey, winner of the three previous World Cups this season, was eliminated in the semi-final.[10] [11]

RankNameScore
1 Miho Nonaka2t4 3b6
2 Monika Retschy1t1 4b10
3 Akiyo Noguchi1t1 2b2
4 Mélissa Le Nevé1t1 2b2
5 Sol Sa1t1 2b6
6 Katharina Saurwein0t 2b7

Men

42 athletes attended the World Cup in Navi Mumbai. Kokoro Fujii (3t4 4b4) won in front of Tomoa Narasaki (3t6 4b7).[10] [12]

RankNameScore
1 Kokoro Fujii3t4 4b4
2 Tomoa Narasaki3t6 4b7
3 Alexey Rubtsov3t11 4b11
4 Jongwon Chon3t17 4b19
5 Rustam Gelmanov1t3 3b5
6 Jeremy Bonder0t 2b4

Innsbruck, Austria (21–22 May)

Women

68 athletes attended the World Cup in Innsbruck. Shauna Coxsey (4t8 4b8) won her fourth World Cup of the season. Janja Garnbret (4t10 4b9) came in second.[13] [14]

RankNameScore
1 Shauna Coxsey4t8 4b8
2 Janja Garnbret4t10 4b9
3 Miho Nonaka4t13 4b10
4 Megan Mascarenas2t2 3b3
5 Anna Stöhr2t11 4b8
6 Akiyo Noguchi1t3 2b2
7 Sol Sa0t 3b3

Men

108 athletes attended the World Cup in Innsbruck. Jongwon Chon (3t4 3b4) won in front of Tomoa Narasaki (2t9 4b13).[13] [15]

RankNameScore
1 Jongwon Chon3t4 3b4
2 Tomoa Narasaki2t9 4b13
3 Sean McColl1t3 2b4
4 Rolands Rugens1t3 2b8
5 Dmitrii Sharafutdinov0t 2b10
6 Martin Stranik0t 0b

Vail, United States (11–12 June)

Women

47 athletes attended the World Cup in Vail. Megan Mascarenas (4t5 4b5) won in front of Shauna Coxsey (3t4 4b7).[16] [17] Coxsey's second place secured that she would win the overall 2016 Bouldering World Cup regardless of her finish at the final World Cup in Munich.[16]

RankNameScore
1 Megan Mascarenas4t5 4b5
2 Shauna Coxsey3t4 4b7
3 Anna Stöhr2t5 3b4
4 Mélissa Le Nevé2t5 3b7
5 Miho Nonaka1t1 2b4
6 Alex Puccio1t3 1b3

Men

58 athletes attended the World Cup in Vail. Kokoro Fujii (2t4 3b5) won in front of Tomoa Narasaki (1t1 4b7).[16] [18]

RankNameScore
1 Kokoro Fujii2t4 3b5
2 Tomoa Narasaki1t1 4b7
3 Alexey Rubtsov1t1 4b10
4 Yoshiyuki Ogata1t1 3b3
5 Rustam Gelmanov1t3 3b5
6 Sean McColl0t 3b5

Munich, Germany (11–12 June)

Women

84 athletes attended the World Cup in Munich, making it the largest competition of the season. Miho Nonaka (3t7 4b8) won in front of Shauna Coxsey (2t2 3b3), who had already secured the overall seasonal title at the previous stop in Vail.[19] [20]

RankNameScore
1 Miho Nonaka3t7 4b8
2 Shauna Coxsey2t2 3b3
3 Akiyo Noguchi2t2 3b3
4 Mélissa Le Nevé2t3 3b4
5 Staša Gejo1t2 3b3
6 Julija Kruder0t 3b10

Men

140 athletes attended the World Cup in Munich, making it the largest competition of the season. By virtue of winning the Munich competition Tomoa Narasaki (4t6 4b5) won his fifth consecutive medal at World Cups this season, thus also claiming the overall seasonal title. 2015 seasonal champion Jongwon Chon (3t5 3b3) finished second.[19] [21]

RankNameScore
1 Tomoa Narasaki4t6 4b5
2 Jongwon Chon3t5 3b3
3 Alexey Rubtsov2t2 3b8
4 David Firnenburg2t3 3b3
5 Mickaël Mawem1t2 4b8
6 Manuel Cornu1t3 4b9

Final ranking

Women

RankNamePoints
1 Shauna Coxsey560
2 Miho Nonaka446
3 Mélissa Le Nevé368
4 Akiyo Noguchi352
5 Monika Retschy236
6 Fanny Gibert223
7 Megan Mascarenas220
8 Petra Klingler192
9 Clementine Kaiser175
10 Sol Sa171

Men

RankNamePoints
1 Tomoa Narasaki560
2 Kokoro Fujii446
3 Alexey Rubtsov368
4 Jongwon Chon352
5 Rustam Gelmanov236
6 Sean McColl223
7 Martin Stráník220
8 Jeremy Bonder192
9 Jan Hojer175
10 Jernej Kruder171

National teams

RankNationPoints
11964
21347
31087
4779
5682

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Meiringen Bouldering World Cup Finals . 16 April 2016 . 18 April 2018 . OnBouldering.com .
  2. Web site: IFSC Meiringen Bouldering World Cup 2016 Women Final Result. www.ifsc-climbing.org-gb. 2018-10-05.
  3. Web site: IFSC Meiringen Bouldering World Cup 2016 Men Final Result. www.ifsc-climbing.org-gb. 2018-10-05.
  4. Web site: 2016 Kazo Bouldering World Cup Results . 24 April 2016 . 18 April 2018 . OnBouldering.com .
  5. Web site: IFSC Kazo Bouldering World Cup 2016 Women Final Result. www.ifsc-climbing.org-gb. 2018-10-05.
  6. Web site: IFSC Kazo Bouldering World Cup 2016 Men Final Result. www.ifsc-climbing.org-gb. 2018-10-05.
  7. Web site: 2016 Chongqing Bouldering World Cup Results . 1 May 2016 . 18 April 2018 . OnBouldering.com .
  8. Web site: IFSC Chongqing Bouldering World Cup 2016 Women Final Result .
  9. Web site: IFSC Chongqing Bouldering World Cup 2016 Men Final Result .
  10. Web site: 2016 Navi Mumbai Bouldering World Cup Results . 15 May 2016 . 18 April 2018 . OnBouldering.com .
  11. Web site: IFSC Navi Mumbai Bouldering World Cup 2016 Women Final Result .
  12. Web site: IFSC Navi Mumbai Bouldering World Cup 2016 Men Final Result .
  13. Web site: 2016 Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup Results . 22 May 2016 . 18 April 2018 . OnBouldering.com .
  14. Web site: IFSC Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup 2016 Women Final Result .
  15. Web site: IFSC Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup 2016 Men Final Result .
  16. Web site: 2016 Vail Bouldering World Cup Results . 12 June 2016 . 18 April 2018 . OnBouldering.com .
  17. Web site: IFSC Vail Bouldering World Cup 2016 Women Final Result .
  18. Web site: IFSC Vail Bouldering World Cup 2016 Men Final Result .
  19. Web site: Munich 2016: Aftermath . 19 August 2016 . 18 April 2018 . OnBouldering.com .
  20. Web site: IFSC Munich Bouldering World Cup 2016 Women Final Result .
  21. Web site: IFSC Munich Bouldering World Cup 2016 Men Final Result .