2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup

2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup
Organiser	IFSC
Edition	32nd
Event	Lead
Location	Briançon, France
Dates	20–22 August 2020

The 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 32nd edition of the World Cup held by the International Federation of Sport Climbing. It was scheduled to be held in 12 locations across three climbing disciplines, bouldering, lead and speed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic concerns, only one event was held, the Lead World Cup at Briançon in August, while all other World Cups were canceled.

Original schedule

The 2020 IFSC Climbing World Cup was initially scheduled to be held in 12 locations, with six events each for the three climbing disciplines, bouldering, lead and speed, starting on 3 April and concluding on 11 October, with a break in August for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

No.	Location	Date	Discipline
			Boulder	Lead	Speed
1	Meiringen	3–4 April	X
2	Wujiang	18–19 April	X
3	Chongqing	22 April			X
4	Seoul	8–10 May	X		X
5	Munich	23–24 May	X
6	Salt Lake City	13–15 June	X		X
7	Innsbruck	23–27 June	X	X
8	Villars	2–4 July		X	X
9	Chamonix	11–13 July		X	X
10	Briançon	18–19 July		X
	2020 Summer Olympics — August 4–7
11	Ljubljana	25–26 September		X
12	Xiamen	9–11 October		X	X

Revised schedule

Following cancellations of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IFSC announced a revised schedule of events. The modified schedule reduced the number of events to six, starting with a lead competition Briançon, France in August and ending with a speed and boulder competition in Xiamen, China in December. The IFSC further announced that it would not award official champions for the 2020 season.

Adam Ondra and Laura Rogora won the gold at Briançon for the men and women, respectively. Alex Megos, who finished fifth in the men's category, wrote a social media post criticised holding the event in the face of travel restrictions, meaning only European athletes could attend, and what he described as inconsistent masking and social distancing requirements.

However, three of the events scheduled in China were canceled in July after the Government of China ordered all international sporting events to be halted for the remainder of the year. In September 2020, following the Lead World Cup in Briançon in August, the IFSC announced the cancellation of the two remaining events, the Speed and Bouldering World Cups in Seoul, South Korea and Salt Lake City, United States, making Briançon World Cup the only world climbing event of the 2020 season.

No.	Location	Date	D	G	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1	Briançon	21–22 August	L	M	Adam Ondra	Top	Domen Škofic	41	Jakob Schubert	38+
				W	Laura Rogora	Top	Janja Garnbret	Top	Fanny Gibert	42
2	Salt Lake City	11–13 September	S	Canceled
			B
3	Seoul	7–11 October	S
			B
			L
4	Chongqing	23–25 October	S
			B
5	Wujiang	30 October–1 November	S
			B
6	Xiamen	4–6 December	S
			L

Results

Lead World Cup Briançon

Women

Rank	Name	Score
1	Laura Rogora	TOP
2	Janja Garnbret	TOP
3	Fanny Gibert	42
4	Jessica Pilz	41+
5	Vita Lukan	39+
6	Tjasa Kalan	39+
7	Nina Arthaud	34+
8	Giorgia Tesio	30+
9	Lucija Tarkus	24+

Men

Rank	Name	Score
1	Adam Ondra	TOP
2	Domen Škofic	41
3	Jakob Schubert	38+
4	Luka Potočar	30
5	Alex Megos	27
6	Mathias Posch	26
7	Mejdi Schalck	25+
8	Nao Monchois	25+

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
3	Slovenia (SLO)	0	2	0	2
4	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

See also

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
• 2020 IFSC Climbing European Championships