2026 World Climbing Series

The 2026 World Climbing Series is the 38th edition of the international competition climbing series organised by World Climbing. This is the first edition known as the World Climbing Series, a change from the previous name, IFSC Climbing World Cup, following the renaming of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) to World Climbing in December 2025. It is held in 13 locations. There are 19 events per gender: six events each in the competition bouldering and competition lead climbing disciplines, and seven events in the competition speed climbing discipline. The series begins on 1 May in Keqiao with the first bouldering event of the season and concludes on 25 October with the lead and speed event in Santiago.

OrganiserWorld Climbing

Edition38th

Events

19

6 Boulder
6 Lead
7 Speed

Locations

13

Keqiao (B)
Wujiang (L, S)
Bern (B)
Madrid (B, S)
Prague (B, L)
Innsbruck (B, L)
Kraków (S)
Chamonix (L, S)
Koper (L)
Guiyang (S)
Chongqing (S)
Salt Lake City (B)
Santiago (L, S)

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2026 World Climbing Series
Organiser	World Climbing
Edition	38th
Events	19 6 Boulder 6 Lead 7 Speed
Locations	13 Keqiao (B) Wujiang (L, S) Bern (B) Madrid (B, S) Prague (B, L) Innsbruck (B, L) Kraków (S) Chamonix (L, S) Koper (L) Guiyang (S) Chongqing (S) Salt Lake City (B) Santiago (L, S)
Dates	1 May – 25 October 2026
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Scheduling

In October 2025, World Climbing (then known as IFSC) announced the 2026 competition schedule. The 2026 season includes the first ever World Climbing Series event in Chile, with Santiago selected as the final stop on the circuit.^[1]

The schedule accommodates the World Climbing Youth Championship in Arco from 18 to 25 July.^[2]

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 80 of each individual event.

Overview

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No.	Location	D	G	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1	Keqiao 1–3 May	B	M	Sorato Anraku	84.4	Lee Dohyun	69.6	Mejdi Schalck	59.8
1	Keqiao 1–3 May	B	W	Zélia Avezou	84.8	Janja Garnbret	84.6	Oceana Mackenzie	69.6
2	Wujiang 8–10 May	L	M	Neo Suzuki	44+	Alberto Ginés López	39+	Lee Dohyun	39+
		L	W	Annie Sanders	43+	Janja Garnbret	43+	Seo Chae-hyun	30
		S	M	Zhao Yicheng	4.61	Long Jianguo	5.63	Samuel Watson	4.71
		S	W	Aleksandra Kałucka	6.12	Elizaveta Ivanova	7.62	Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	6.17
3	Bern 22–24 May	B	M	Sorato Anraku	99.7	Mejdi Schalck	84.3	Hannes Van Duysen	69.2
3	Bern 22–24 May	B	W	Oceana Mackenzie	74.5	Erin McNeice	69.0	Annie Sanders	60.0
4	Madrid 28–31 May	B	M	Sorato Anraku	99.3	Colin Duffy	74.7	Samuel Richard	54.4
		B	W	Erin McNeice	99.1	Melody Sekikawa	84.5	Oriane Bertone	84.4
		S	M	Chu Shouhong	4.75	Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi	4.81	Yang Jie	4.84
		S	W	Emma Hunt	6.08	Polina Khalkevych	6.39	Zhang Shaoqin	6.59
5	Prague 3–7 June	B	M	Sorato Anraku	55.0	Lee Dohyun	54.8	Mejdi Schalck	54.7
		B	W	Annie Sanders	84.3	Erin McNeice	84.1	Zhang Yuetong	69.7
		L	M	Putra Tri Ramadani	43	Neo Suzuki	39	Jakob Schubert	37
		L	W	Annie Sanders	37	Seo Chae-hyun	35	Zélia Avezou	31+
6	Innsbruck 17–21 June	B	M	Sorato Anraku	74.0	Rei Kawamata	59.3	Lee Dohyun	59.3
		B	W	Annie Sanders	68.9	Erin McNeice	34.8	Oceana Mackenzie	30.0
		L	M	Neo Suzuki	42+	Alberto Ginés López	42+	Jakob Schubert	42
		L	W	Janja Garnbret	44	Annie Sanders	38+	Seo Chae-hyun	36+
7	Kraków 3–5 July	S	M	Samuel Watson	4.60	Zhao Yicheng	4.69	Raharjati Nursamsa	4.79
7	Kraków 3–5 July	S	W	Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	6.54	Natalia Kałucka	6.62	Emma Hunt	11.37
8	Chamonix 10–12 July	S	M
		S	W
		L	M
		L	W
9	Koper 4–5 September	L	M
9	Koper 4–5 September	L	W
10	Guiyang 11–13 September	S	M
10	Guiyang 11–13 September	S	W
11	Chongqing 18–20 September	S	M
11	Chongqing 18–20 September	S	W
12	Salt Lake City 16–18 October	B	M
12	Salt Lake City 16–18 October	B	W
13	Santiago 23–25 October	S	M
		S	W
		L	M
		L	W

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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 Climbing Series 2026:^[3]

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Rank	Name	Points	Keqiao	Bern	Madrid	Prague	Innsbruck
1	Sorato Anraku	5000	1. 1000	1. 1000	1. 1000	1. 1000	1. 1000
2	Lee Dohyun	3095	2. 805	18. 185	4. 610	2. 805	3. 690
3	Mejdi Schalck	2587	3. 690	2. 805	10. 350	3. 690	29. 52
4	Hannes Van Duysen	2345	7. 455	3. 690	9. 380	11. 325	6. 495
5	Rei Kawamata	1970	12. 300	11. 325	15. 240	12. 300	2. 805
6	Colin Duffy	1737.5	-	8. 415	2. 805	9. 380	21. 137.5
7	Maximillian Milne	1637	22. 130	6. 495	29. 52	5. 545	8. 415
8	Pan Yufei	1634.5	5. 545	25. 89.5	12. 300	10. 350	10. 350
9	Tomoa Narasaki	1515	4. 610	15. 240	21. 145	15. 240	13. 280
10	Samuel Richard	1498	27. 68	17. 205	3. 690	20. 155	9. 380

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Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Climbing Series 2026:^[3]

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Rank	Name	Points	Keqiao	Bern	Madrid	Prague	Innsbruck
1	Erin McNeice	3740	11. 325	2. 805	1. 1000	2. 805	2. 805
2	Oceana Mackenzie	3470	3. 690	1. 1000	5. 545	5. 545	3. 690
3	Annie Sanders	3300	4. 610	3. 690	-	1. 1000	1. 1000
4	Melody Sekikawa	2620	7. 455	5. 545	2. 805	4. 610	17. 205
5	Oriane Bertone	2560	5. 545	7. 455	3. 690	11. 325	5. 545
6	Zhang Yuetong	2300	9. 380	15. 240	9. 380	3. 690	4. 610
7	Zélia Avezou	2060	1. 1000	11. 325	-	7. 455	13. 280
8	Anon Matsufuji	1844.5	10. 350	25. 89.5	4. 610	8. 415	9. 380
9	Camilla Moroni	1810	15. 240	10. 350	8. 415	10. 350	7. 455
10	Mao Nakamura	1782	32. 37	6. 495	7. 455	6. 495	12. 300

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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 Climbing Series 2026:^[4]

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Rank	Name	Points	Wujiang	Prague	Innsbruck
1	Neo Suzuki	2805	1. 1000	2. 805	1. 1000
2	Putra Tri Ramadani	1990	9. 380	1. 1000	4. 610
3	Alberto Ginés López	1910	2. 805	12. 300	2. 805
4	Sorato Anraku	1610	5. 545	4. 610	7. 455
5	Jakob Schubert	1380	-	3. 690	3. 690
6	Luka Potočar	1340	10. 350	6. 495	6. 495
7	Lee Dohyun	1310	3. 690	15. 240	9. 380
8	Satone Yoshida	1285	4. 610	8. 415	14. 260
9	Sam Avezou	1115	6. 495	9. 380	15. 240
10	Adam Ondra	1090	-	5. 545	5. 545

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Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Climbing Series 2026:^[4]

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Rank	Name	Points	Wujiang	Prague	Innsbruck
1	Annie Sanders	2805	1. 1000	1. 1000	2. 805
2	Seo Chae-hyun	2185	3. 690	2. 805	3. 690
3	Janja Garnbret	1805	2. 805	-	1. 1000
4	Jessica Pilz	1405	12. 300	4. 610	6. 495
5	Erin McNeice	1220	4. 610	-	4. 610
6	Zélia Avezou	1185	11. 325	3. 690	19. 170
7	Rosa Rekar	1100.66	5. 545	44. 10.66	5. 545
8	Ella Fisher	1055	9. 380	5. 545	22. 130
9	Kim Ja In	1000	16. 220	8. 415	9. 365
10	Ryu Nakagawa	910	10. 350	14. 260	12. 300

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Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	7	3	0	10
2	United States (USA)	6	2	3	11
3	China (CHN)	2	2	3	7
4	Indonesia (INA)	2	1	2	5
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	3	0	4
6	Slovenia (SLO)	1	2	0	3
7	France (FRA)	1	1	5	7
8	Poland (POL)	1	1	0	2
9	Australia (AUS)	1	0	2	3
10	South Korea (KOR)	0	3	4	7
11	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
12	Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)	0	1	0	1
12	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
14	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
15	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		22	22	22	66

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2026 World Climbing Series

Scheduling

Competition format and ranking

Overview

Bouldering

Men

Women

Lead

Men

Women

Medal table

References

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