The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four competitions per year in each event. For the best shooters there is since 1988 a World Cup Final.
The World Cup Final in rifle and pistol is often, but not always, held in Munich as the ISSF shooting season ending competition. The location and date of the World Cup Final in shotgun are more flexible. To the Final, the following shooters are qualified:
The venues are decided by the ISSF from time to time. However, some are more common than others. Two World Cups in rifle and pistol events are almost always held in Munich and Milan. The other two are usually held outside Europe, in places like Fort Benning, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Changwon or Sydney. Some common locations for the shotgun competitions are Nicosia, Lonato, New Delhi, and Americana, São Paulo. A new location for the shotgun competitions is held in Kerrville, Texas located in the Hill Country of Texas.
In Olympic years, an early World Cup is held at the Olympic venue and considered a Pre-Olympic test event.
N[1] | Year | World Cup 1 | World Cup 2 | World Cup 3 | World Cup 4 | World Cup 5 | World Cup 6 | World Cup Final |
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1 | 1986 | Mexico City (MEX) | Suhl (GDR) | Munich (FRG) | Zürich (SUI) | Bucharest (ROM) | Seoul (KOR) | |
2 | 1987 | Havana (CUB) | Mexico City (MEX) | Munich (FRG) | Suhl (GDR) | Zürich (SUI) | Seoul (KOR) | |
3 | 1988 | Mexico City (MEX) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Suhl (GDR) | Munich (FRG) | Moscow (URS) | Munich (FRG) | |
4 | 1989 | Mexico City (MEX) | Zagreb (YUG) | Suhl (GDR) | Munich (FRG) | Zürich (SUI) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Munich (FRG) |
5 | 1990 | Mexico City (MEX) | Los Angeles (USA) | Suhl (GDR) | Munich (FRG) | Zürich (SUI) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Munich (FRG) |
6 | 1991 | Mexico City (MEX) | Los Angeles (USA) | Seoul (KOR) | Zagreb (YUG) | Munich (GER) | Zürich (SUI) | Munich (GER) |
7 | 1992 | Mexico City (MEX) | Los Angeles (USA) | Suhl (GER) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | |
8 | 1993 | Seoul (KOR) | Los Angeles (USA) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | |
9 | 1994 | Fort Benning (USA) | Havana (CUB) | Beijing (CHN) | Milan (ITA) | Barcelona (ESP) | Munich (GER) | |
10 | 1995 | Havana (CUB) | Hiroshima (JPN) | Seoul (KOR) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | |
11 | 1996 | Havana (CUB) | Atlanta (USA) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Näfels (SUI) | ||
12 | 1997 | Havana (CUB) | Seoul (KOR) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Lugano (SUI) | ||
13 | 1998 | Atlanta (USA) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Zürich (SUI) | ||
14 | 1999 | Seoul (KOR) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Atlanta (USA) | Munich (GER) | ||
15 | 2000 | Sydney (AUS) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | Atlanta (USA) | Munich (GER) | ||
16 | 2001 | Atlanta (USA) | Seoul (KOR) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | Munich (GER) | ||
17 | 2002 | Sydney (AUS) | Shanghai (CHN) | Atlanta (USA) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | ||
18 | 2003 | Fort Benning (USA) | Zagreb (CRO) | Munich (GER) | Changwon (KOR) | Milan (ITA) | ||
19 | 2004 | Bangkok (THA) | Sydney (AUS) | Athens (GRE) | Milan (ITA) | Bangkok (THA) | ||
20 | 2005 | Changwon (KOR) | Fort Benning (USA) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | ||
21 | 2006 | Guangzhou (CHN) | Resende (BRA) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Granada (ESP) | ||
22 | 2007 | Fort Benning (USA) | Sydney (AUS) | Bangkok (THA) | Munich (GER) | Bangkok (THA) | ||
23 | 2008 | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Beijing (CHN) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Bangkok (THA) | ||
24 | 2009 | Changwon (KOR) | Beijing (CHN) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Wuxi (CHN) | ||
25 | 2010 | Sydney (AUS) | Beijing (CHN) | Fort Benning (USA) | Belgrade (SRB) | Munich (GER) | ||
26 | 2011 | Sydney (AUS) | Changwon (KOR) | Fort Benning (USA) | Munich (GER) | Wrocław (POL) | ||
27 | 2012 | London (UK) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | Bangkok (THA) | |||
28 | 2013 | Changwon (KOR) | Fort Benning (USA) | Munich (GER) | Granada (ESP) | Munich (GER) | ||
29 | 2014 | Fort Benning (USA) | Munich (GER) | Maribor (SLO) | Beijing (CHN) | Gabala (AZE) | ||
30 | 2015 | Changwon (KOR) | Fort Benning (USA) | Munich (GER) | Gabala (AZE) | Munich (GER) | ||
31 | 2016 | Bangkok (THA) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Munich (GER) | Baku (AZE) | Bologna (ITA) | ||
32 | 2017 | New Delhi (IND) | Munich (GER) | Gabala (AZE) | New Delhi (IND) | |||
33 | 2018 | Guadalajara (MEX) | Changwon (KOR) | Fort Benning (USA) | Munich (GER) | |||
34 | 2019 | New Delhi (IND) | Beijing (CHN) | Munich (GER) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Putian (CHN) | ||
35 | 2020 | Tokyo (JPN) | New Delhi (IND) | Munich (GER) | Baku (AZE) | |||
35 | 2021 | New Delhi (IND) | Changwon (KOR) | Osijek (CRO) | Wrocław (POL) | |||
36 | 2022 | Cairo (EGY) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Baku (AZE) | Changwon (KOR) | |||
37 | 2023 | Jakarta (INA) | Cairo (EGY) | Bhopal (IND) | Lima (PER) | Baku (AZE) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | Doha (QAT) |
38 | 2024 | Cairo (EGY) | Baku (AZE) | Munich (GER) | ||||
39 | 2025 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Munich (GER) | Ningbo (CHN) | Lima (PER) | |||
40 | 2026 | Granada (ESP) | Munich (GER) | Hangzhou (CHN) | Cairo (EGY) |
N | Year | World Cup 1 | World Cup 2 | World Cup 3 | World Cup 4 | World Cup 5 | World Cup 6 | World Cup Final |
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1 | 1986 | Mexico City (MEX) | Montecatini (ITA) | Moscow (URS) | Suhl (GDR) | Seoul (KOR) | ||
2 | 1987 | Havana (CUB) | Mexico City (MEX) | Montecatini (ITA) | Moscow (URS) | Seoul (KOR) | ||
3 | 1988 | Mexico City (MEX) | Belo Horizonte (BRA) | Suhl (GDR) | Osijek (YUG) | Bologna (ITA) | Munich (FRG) | |
4 | 1989 | Mexico City (MEX) | Suhl (GDR) | Osijek (YUG) | Tampere (FIN) | Tallinn (URS) | Munich (FRG) | |
5 | 1990 | Mexico City (MEX) | Los Angeles (USA) | Bologna (ITA) | Suhl (GDR) | Weert (NED) | Munich (FRG) | |
6 | 1991 | Mexico City (MEX) | Los Angeles (USA) | Lonato (ITA) | Seoul (KOR) | Cairo (EGY) | Munich (GER) | |
7 | 1992 | Cairo (EGY) | Mexico City (MEX) | Los Angeles (USA) | Lonato (ITA) | Suhl (GER) | Munich (GER) | |
8 | 1993 | Cairo (EGY) | Seoul (KOR) | Los Angeles (USA) | Suhl (GER) | Fagnano (ITA) | Munich (GER) | |
9 | 1994 | Nicosia (CYP) | Cairo (EGY) | Havana (CUB) | Beijing (CHN) | Fagnano (ITA) | Munich (GER) | |
10 | 1995 | Lima (PER) | Nicosia (CYP) | Seoul (KOR) | Chiba (JPN) | Lahti (FIN) | Munich (GER) | |
11 | 1996 | Lima (PER) | Atlanta (USA) | Lonato (ITA) | Suhl (GER) | Montecatini Terme (ITA) | ||
12 | 1997 | New Delhi (IND) | Nicosia (CYP) | Lonato (ITA) | Seoul (KOR) | Brisbane (AUS) | Montecatini Terme (ITA) | |
13 | 1998 | Cairo (EGY) | Brunei (BRU) | Atlanta (USA) | Lonato (ITA) | Montecatini Terme (ITA) | ||
14 | 1999 | Lima (PER) | Latsia (CYP) | Kumamoto (JPN) | Lonato (ITA) | Kuwait City (KUW) | ||
15 | 2000 | New Delhi (IND) | Sydney (AUS) | Cairo (EGY) | Lonato (ITA) | Nicosia (CYP) | ||
16 | 2001 | Nicosia (CYP) | Seoul (KOR) | Lonato (ITA) | Americana (BRA) | Doha (QAT) (early in 2002) | ||
17 | 2002 | Sydney (AUS) | Shanghai (CHN) | Suhl (GER) | Santo Domingo (DOM) | Lonato (ITA) | ||
18 | 2003 | Perth (AUS) | New Delhi (IND) | Granada (ESP) | Lonato (ITA) | Rome (ITA) | ||
19 | 2004 | Sydney (AUS) | Cairo (EGY) | Athens (GRE) | Americana (BRA) | Maribor (SLO) | ||
20 | 2005 | Changwon (KOR) | Rome (ITA) | Belgrade (SCG) | Americana (BRA) | Dubai (UAE) | ||
21 | 2006 | Qingyuan (CHN) | Kerrville (USA) | Cairo (EGY) | Suhl (GER) | Granada (ESP) | ||
22 | 2007 | Santo Domingo (DOM) | Changwon (KOR) | Lonato (ITA) | Maribor (SLO) | Belgrade (SRB) | ||
23 | 2008 | Beijing (CHN) | Kerrville (USA) | Suhl (GER) | Belgrade (SRB) | Minsk (BLR) | ||
24 | 2009 | Cairo (EGY) | Munich (GER) | Minsk (BLR) | San Marino (SMR) | Beijing (CHN) | ||
25 | 2010 | Acapulco (MEX) | Beijing (CHN) | Dorchester (GBR) | Lonato (ITA) | İzmir (TUR) | ||
26 | 2011 | Concepción (CHI) | Sydney (AUS) | Beijing (CHN) | Maribor (SLO) | Al Ain (UAE) | ||
27 | 2012 | Tucson (USA) | London (GBR) | Lonato (ITA) | Maribor (SLO) | |||
28 | 2013 | Acapulco (MEX) | Al Ain (UAE) | Nicosia (CYP) | Granada (ESP) | Abu Dhabi (UAE) | ||
29 | 2014 | Tucson (USA) | Almaty (KAZ) | Munich (GER) | Beijing (CHN) | Gabala (AZE) | ||
30 | 2015 | Acapulco (MEX) | Al Ain (UAE) | Larnaca (CYP) | Gabala (AZE) | Nicosia (CYP) | ||
31 | 2016 | Nicosia (CYP) | Rio de Janeiro (BRA) | San Marino (SMR) | Baku (AZE) | Rome (ITA) | ||
32 | 2017 | New Delhi (IND) | Acapulco (MEX) | Larnaca (CYP) | New Delhi (IND) | |||
33 | 2018 | Guadalajara (MEX) | Changwon (KOR) | Siġġiewi (MLT) | Tucson (USA) | |||
34 | 2019 | Acapulco (MEX) | Al Ain (UAE) | Changwon (KOR) | Lahti (FIN) | Al Ain (UAE) | ||
35 | 2020 | Nicosia (CYP) | ||||||
36 | 2021 | Cairo (EGY) | New Delhi (IND) | Lonato (ITA) | Osijek (CRO) | Larnaca (CYP) | ||
37 | 2022 | Nicosia (CYP) | Lima (PER) | Lonato (ITA) | Baku (AZE) | Changwon (KOR) | ||
37 | 2023 | Rabat (MAR) | Doha (QAT) | Larnaca (CYP) | Cairo (EGY) | Almaty (KAZ) | Lonato (ITA) | Doha (QAT) |
38 | 2024 | Cairo (EGY) | Rabat (MAR) | Baku (AZE) | Lonato (ITA) | |||
39 | 2025 | Buenos Aires (ARG) | Nicosia (CYP) | Lonato (ITA) | Lima (PER) | |||
40 | 2026 | Rabat (MAR) | Shymkent (KAZ) | Lonato (ITA) | Hangzhou (CHN) |
Year | World Cup 1 | World Cup 2 | World Cup 3 | World Cup 4 | World Cup 5 | World Cup 6 | World Cup Final |
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1989 | Guatemala City (GUA) | Suhl (GDR) | Munich (FRG) | Munich (GER) | |||
1990 | Guatemala City (GUA) | Mexico City (MEX) | Los Angeles (USA) | Suhl (GDR) | Munich (FRG) | Zürich (SUI) | Munich (GER) |
1991 | Guatemala City (GUA) | Los Angeles (USA) | Seoul (KOR) | Zagreb (YUG) | Munich (GER) | Suhl (GER) | Munich (GER) |
1992 | Guatemala City (GUA) | Los Angeles (USA) | Suhl (GER) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | |
1993 | Seoul (KOR) | Los Angeles (USA) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | ||
1994 | Guatemala City (GUA) | Beijing (CHN) | Milan (ITA) | Barcelona (ESP) | Munich (GER) | ||
1995 | Seoul (KOR) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Guatemala City (GUA) | Munich (GER) | ||
1996 | Havana (CUB) | Atlanta (USA) | Pilsen (CZE) | Milan (ITA) | Näfels (SUI) | ||
1997 | Havana (CUB) | Seoul (KOR) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Lugano (SUI) | ||
1998 | Guatemala City (GUA) | Atlanta (USA) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Zürich (SUI) | ||
1999 | Seoul (KOR) | Munich (GER) | Milan (ITA) | Atlanta (USA) | Munich (GER) | ||
2000 | Sydney (AUS) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | Guatemala City (GUA) | Munich (GER) | ||
2001 | Atlanta (USA) | Seoul (KOR) | Milan (ITA) | Munich (GER) | Munich (GER) | ||
2002 | Sydney (AUS) | Shanghai (CHN) | Atlanta (USA) | Pilsen (CZE) | Munich (GER) | ||
2003 | Zagreb (CRO) | Munich (GER) | Changwon (KOR) | Suhl (GER) | Milan (ITA) | ||
2004 | Bangkok (THA) | Sydney (AUS) | Athens (GRE) | Milan (ITA) | Bangkok (THA) |
The lack for a World Cup in the non-Olympic events has led to the creation of a European Cup by the European Shooting Confederation, based on largely the same rules as the ISSF World Cup. Originally it consisted of 300 metre rifle three positions, 300 metre rifle prone and 300 metre standard rifle, but since the 2005 season there is also a European Cup in 25 metre center-fire pistol and 25 metre standard pistol.
Since 2016, there has also been a separate world cup specifically for junior shooters.
In this table the shooters with at least 7 gold medals won in the World Cup stages.[2]
# | Name | Nation | Years | Total | Discipline | |||
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1 | Ralf Schumann | Germany East Germany | 1986–2012 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 56 | Pistol |
2 | Rajmond Debevec | Slovenia Yugoslavia | 1986–2013 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 67 | Rifle |
3 | Christian Reitz | Germany | 2008–2023 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 41 | Pistol |
4 | Roberto Di Donna | Italy | 1991–2001 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 33 | Pistol |
5 | Vincent Hancock | United States | 2005–2023 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 26 | Shotgun |
6 | Sergei Martynov | Belarus Soviet Union | 1988–2012 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 32 | Rifle |
7 | Jozef Gonci | Slovakia | 1995–2011 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 36 | Rifle |
8 | Jongoh Jin | South Korea | 2003–2017 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 27 | Pistol |
9 | Qinan Zhu | China | 2004–2016 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 27 | Rifle |
10 | Yifu Wang | China | 1986–2003 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 | Pistol |
11 | Harald Stenvaag | Norway | 1986–2004 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 | Rifle |
12 | Damir Mikec | Serbia | 2009–2024 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 25 | Pistol |
13 | Franck Dumoulin | France | 1996–2010 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 | Pistol |
14 | Zongliang Tan | China | 1993–2012 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 | Pistol |
15 | Igor Basinski | Belarus Soviet Union | 1986–2002 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 21 | Pistol |
16 | Ennio Falco | Italy | 1988–2009 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 23 | Shotgun |
17 | Attila Solti | Guatemala Hungary | 1987–2000 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | Running |
18 | Michael Jakosits | Germany West Germany | 1989–2003 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | Running |
19 | Daniele Di Spigno | Italy | 1997–2017 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 | Shotgun |
20 | Giovanni Pellielo | Italy | 1992–2022 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20 | Shotgun |
21 | Manfred Kurzer | Germany | 1991–2004 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 17 | Running |
22 | Artem Khadjibekov | Russia | 1993–2010 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 34 | Rifle |
23 | Matthew Emmons | United States | 2001–2016 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 32 | Rifle |
24 | Boris Kokorev | Russia Unified Team Soviet Union | 1987–2008 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 26 | Pistol |
25 | Péter Sidi | Hungary | 1999–2017 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 | Rifle |
26 | Alexey Alipov | Russia | 1998–2021 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | Shotgun |
27 | Alberto Fernandez | Spain | 2007–2024 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 | Shotgun |
28 | Jean-Pierre Amat | France | 1986–2000 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 | Rifle |
29 | Saurabh Chaudhary | India | 2019–2022 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | pistol |
30 | Tanyu Kiriakov | Bulgaria | 1986–2008 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 32 | Pistol |
31 | Michael Diamond | Australia | 1991–2015 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 24 | Shotgun |
32 | Oleh Omelchuk | Ukraine | 2007–2023 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | Pistol |
33 | Niccolò Campriani | Italy | 2009–2014 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | Rifle |
34 | Mikhail Nestruev | Russia | 1996–2009 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | Pistol |
34 | Jiri Privratsky | Czech Republic | 2021–2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | Rifle |
36 | Albano Pera | Italy | 1986–1997 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | Shotgun |
37 | Sergei Pyzhianov | Russia Unified Team Soviet Union | 1986–1997 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | Pistol |
38 | Sergey Kamenskiy | Russia | 2014–2021 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | Rifle |
39 | Tomoyuki Matsuda | Japan | 2008–2017 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | Pistol |
40 | Warren Potent | Australia | 2007–2016 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | Rifle |
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