ISSF World Cup


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.

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.

Rifle and pistol

NumberYearWorld Cup 1World Cup 2World Cup 3World Cup 4World Cup 5World Cup 6World Cup Final
11986
21987
31988
41989
51990
61991
71992
81993
91994
101995
111996
121997
131998
141999
152000
162001
172002
182003
192004
202005
212006
222007
232008
242009
252010
262011
272012
282013
292014
302015
312016
322017
332018
342019
352020

Shotgun

Running target (discontinued)

Spin-offs

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.

Multi-Medalists

In this table the shooters with at least 7 gold medals won in the World Cup stages.
#NameNationYearsTotalDiscipline
1Ralf Schumann 1986-20123971056Pistol
2Rajmond Debevec 1986-201327211967Rifle
3Roberto Di Donna1991-2001197733Pistol
4Sergei Martynov 1988-2012178732Rifle
5Jozef Gonci1995-20111691136Rifle
6Jongoh Jin2003-2017166527Pistol
7Qinan Zhu2004-2016156627Rifle
8Yifu Wang1986-20031313733Pistol
9Christian Reitz2008-20191311630Pistol
10Harald Stenvaag1986-200412131338Rifle
11Vincent Hancock2005-2019122216Shotgun
12Franck Dumoulin1996-2010117523Pistol
13Zongliang Tan1993-2012117422Pistol
14Igor Basinski 1986-2002114621Pistol
15Ennio Falco1988-2009107623Shotgun
16Attila Solti 1987-2000107522Running
17Michael Jakosits 1989-2003104519Running
18Daniele Di Spigno1997-2017103316Shotgun
19Giovanni Pellielo1992-2019102719Shotgun
20Manfred Kurzer1991-2004102517Running
21Artem Khadjibekov1993-2010918734Rifle
22Matthew Emmons2001-20169121132Rifle
23Boris Kokorev 1987-2008911626Pistol
24Peter Sidi1999-2017910726Rifle
25Jean-Pierre Amat1986-200095317Rifle
26Tanyu Kiriakov1986-20088131132Pistol
27Michael Diamond1991-2015812424Shotgun
28Alexey Alipov1998-2019861024Shotgun
29Oleh Omelchuk2007-201985316Pistol
30Niccolo Campriani2009-201484315Rifle
31Mikhail Nestruev1996-200983617Pistol
32Albano Pera1986-199783415Shotgun
33Sergei Pyzhianov 1986-1997712827Pistol
34Tomoyuki Matsuda2008-201774415Pistol
35Warren Potent2007-201673212Rifle
36Haifeng Xu1986-199372312Pistol
37Jason Parker1998-201272918Rifle
38Zicheng Hui2009-201971210Rifle