2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each area being named after and having themes from one of the 5 continents Africa, Asia, America, Australia or Europe.
The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner Ben Stoeger from USA finishing under half a point in front of Russian shooter Pavel Torgashov, pushing him down into second place with the very close final score of 99.98 %. Production division arguably had the toughest top ten competition, with a margin of only 3.8 % between first and ninth place. Maria Gushchina from Russia made an impressive performance placing both first in Lady Production and sixth in Production Overall.
Match info
The match was very varied with many moving targets, and some stages had targets placed at distances up to 50 meters. The French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel mada an appearance showing support for the French Standard division shooter Eric Grauffel.Champions
Open
The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors.;Individual:
;Teams Open:
| Overall | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 6381.7162 | 100.00% | Max Michel, Chris Tilley, Shannon Smith, William Drummond | |
| Silver | 6237.1700 | 97.73% | Brodie McIntosh, Rhys Arthur, David McConachie, Gareth Graham | |
| Bronze | 6215.0775 | 97.39% | Jorge Ballesteros, Ivan Espilez Urbon, Javier Gonzalez Perez, Jose Zanon Blasco | |
| Lady teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 5318.7200 | 100.00% | Jessie Duff, Kaci Lynn Cochran, Sloan Sanders, Lisa Munson | |
| Silver | 5148.8697 | 96.81% | Karla Blowers, Natalie Anderson, Linda Blowers | |
| Bronze | 4397.9664 | 82.69% | Alexis Biermann, Kirsty Bohler, Susan Kriel, Ets Van Den Berg | |
| Senior teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 5347.7081 | 100.00% | Daniele Barbizzi, Paolo Ravizzini, Giuseppe Todaro, Salvatore Luigi Garau | |
| Silver | 5085.1089 | 95.09% | Steven Thomas, Kerry Pearson, Leighton Oosthuisen, Michael Voigt | |
| Bronze | 5071.1239 | 94.83% | Thierry Obriot, Patrice Martin, Jean Luc Desagneaux, Bruno Grasso |
Standard
The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors.;Individual:
;Teams Standard:
| Overall | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 6499.8175 | 100.00% | Robert Vogel, Shane Coley, Blake Miguez, Emanuel Bragg | |
| Silver | 6327.5206 | 97.35% | Edward Rivera, Kahlil Adrian Viray, Joseph Jr Bernabe, John Paul Santiaguel | |
| Bronze | 6121.7117 | 94.18% | Eric Grauffel, Louis Guichard, Julien Boit, Jerome Poiret | |
| Lady teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 3921.9005 | 100.00% | Elena Efimova, Anastasia Chernenko, Tatiana Makarova, Marina Zagulyaeva | |
| Silver | 3894.3731 | 99.30% | Hilde Nakling, Ingunn Marie Edvardsen, Tone Tsigakis Ostreng, Eirin Grotan Kirknes | |
| Bronze | 3603.5867 | 91.88% | Petra Tutschke, Sabine Wurster, Rita Burkhart, Frauke Mansion | |
| Senior teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 5203.2598 | 100.00% | Leonardo Bettoni, Paolo Paoletti, Mauro D'alessandro, Fabrizio Pesce | |
| Silver | 4981.9162 | 95.75% | Reinhard Handl, Gottfried Post, Thomas Birner, Hubert Muehlbacher | |
| Bronze | 4765.5773 | 91.59% | Ilya Gubin, Evgeny Petrushin, Evgeny Efimov, Vasil Kurbatskikh |
Production
The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors.;Individual:
;Teams Production:
| Overall | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 6472.0877 | 100.00% | Pavel Torgashov, Maria Gushchina, Alexey Pichugin, Nikolai Onshin | |
| Silver | 6385.0989 | 98.66% | Ben Stoeger, Salvador Luna, Brian Norris, Casey Reed | |
| Bronze | 6285.5205 | 97.12% | Robin Sebo, Michal Stepan, Miroslav Zapletal | |
| Lady teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 4643.1730 | 100.00% | Randi Rogers, Sara Taylor, Candice Juliano, Cindi Thomas | |
| Silver | 4370.9652 | 94.14% | Violetta Boehm, Ilaria Giunchiglia, Lucia Caroli, Marianna Limarova | |
| Bronze | 4329.1863 | 93.24% | Ekaterina Gordienko, Irina Gorbacheva, Ekaterina Tabachenko, Inna Deledivka | |
| Junior teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 5072.3002 | 100.00% | Nikita Nemykin, Danila Pakhomov, Dmitry Novikov, Kirill Fedorov | |
| Silver | 4479.0522 | 88.30% | Baptiste Felt, Paul Dagorno, Baptiste Jazet | |
| Senior teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 5187.9415 | 100.00% | Frank William Garcia, Gilberto Perez, Gordon Carrell, Brad Bolz | |
| Silver | 5049.8855 | 97.34% | Giovanni Zuccolo, Davide Cerrato, Valter Tranquilli, Mario Piccioni | |
| Bronze | 4643.6190 | 89.51% | Joerg Haben, Rolf Dieter Reich, Frank Weuster, Olaf Van Essen |
Classic
The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors.;Individual:
;Teams Classic:
| Overall | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 6124.3587 | 100.00% | Elias Paul Frangoulis, Jeremy Reid, Randall Arrowood, Rob Leatham | |
| Silver | 5989.5014 | 97.80% | Jeufro Emil Lejano, Wilfredo Jr Martin, Bernardo Mari V Alejandro, William Magalong | |
| Bronze | 5827.5639 | 95.15% | Roberto Vezzoli, Edoardo Buticchi, Alessandro Pettinelli, Guido Ciccarelli | |
| Senior teams | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 5083.1075 | 100.00% | John Allen Koppi, Harold Arthur Christy, Lyle Keith Dilworth, Robert Novak | |
| Silver | 4736.8887 | 93.19% | Michel Nestolat, Denis Altuna, Joel Gerard, Philippe Rouge | |
| Bronze | 4485.2870 | 88.24% | Dion Du Bruyn, Wayne Hammond, Abraham Jansen Van Vuuren, Jan Van Den Berg |
Revolver
The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors.;Individual:
;Teams Revolver:
| Overall | Country | Points | Percent | Team members |
| Gold | 6692.4938 | 100.00% | Michael William Poggie, Joshua Lentz, Rich Wolfe, David Olhasso | |
| Silver | 5989.9135 | 89.50% | Sascha Back, Markus Schneider, Guenther Knaus, Holger Joest | |
| Bronze | 5973.9100 | 89.26% | Gerald Reiter, Johann Lang, Markus Pack, Robert Kroiss |
Medal table
Shoot-Off side event
On Sunday 3 September, the Shoot-Off side event was held in an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup format where the competitors shot at falling steel targets. The top 10 finishing overall and category shooters from the Main Match were qualified for the Shoot-Off. To win a round, a competitor would have to hit all his steel targets and reach the middle middle target before the other competitor. The Shoot-Off consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals, bronze and gold finals.| Division | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Open | Overall |  Jorge Ballesteros |  Simon Racaza |  Emile Obriot |
| Open | Lady | Jessica Duff | Kaci Lynn Cochran | Sloan Sanders |
| Open | Junior | Clement Caesar Ho |  Mauro Kenji Murakami |  Dangdee Hongdalud |
| Open | Senior | Jose Zanon Blasco |  Johan Hansen | Augusto Ribas |
| Open | Super Senior | Philippe Gibert | Wat Srijinta - Angkul | Roberto Saldanha |
| Standard | Overall | Shane Coley | Nils Konrad Jonasson | Eric Grauffel |
| Standard | Lady |  Christine Burkhalter |  Claire Giles |  Hilde Nakling |
| Standard | Junior |  Kahlil Adrian Viray | Saditkorn Chomrit | Rolly Nathaniel Tecson |
| Standard | Senior |  Adriano Santarcangelo | Leonardo Bettoni | Emanuel Bragg |
| Standard | Super Senior | Esterino Magli | Lucimar Domingues Oliveira | Benjamin Jr Belarmino |
| Production | Overall |  Ljubiša Momčilović | Benjamin Stoeger | Eduardo de Cobos |
| Production | Lady |  Maria Guschina | Margaux Nycz | Violetta Boehm |
| Production | Junior | Nikita Nemykin | Baptiste Felt | James Phegan |
| Production | Senior | Giovanni Zuccolo | Gordon Carrell | Gilberto Perez |
| Production | Super Senior |  Rob Hopper | Maoro Guimaraes | - |
| Classic | Overall | Elias Frangoulis | Jeufro Emil Leujano | Jethro Dionisio |
| Classic | Lady | Julie Golob | Jelena Savković | Grace Tamayo |
| Classic | Senior | Edoardo Buticchi | Narongsak Kaewmuanpet | - |
| Classic | Super Senior |  Gert Erling Hansen | Joël Gerard | - |
| Revolver | Overall | Michael William Poggie | David Olhasso | Henrik F. Nielsen |
| Revolver | Senior | Moacir De Azevedo |  Markus Schneider |  Eric Cornelissen |
CZ Super Six side event
Another side event on Sunday 3 September was the Super Six finals sponsored by CZ, where six of the best Overall and Lady shooters in the Production, Standard and Open divisions participated. Three of the Main Match stages were shot again by one competitor at a time in an elimination cup format based on their hit factor scores. Stage 16 was the first cut, afterwards stage 15 was the semifinal and lastly stage 17 was the final between the two best shooters.| Division | Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Open | Overall | Simon Racaza | Emile Obriot | Jorge Ballesteros |
| Open | Lady | Jessica Duff | Sloan Sanders | - |
| Standard | Overall | Eric Grauffel | Nils Konrad Jonasson | Shane Coley |
| Standard | Lady | Ashley Rheuark | Sissal Skaale | Claire Giles |
| Production | Overall |  Michal Štěpán | Ljubiša Momčilović | Maria Gushchina |
| Production | Lady | Maria Gushchina | Margaux Nycz | Cecilia Lindberg |