2026 World Climbing Series

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

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.

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.

The schedule accommodates the 2026 World Climbing Youth Championship in Arco, Italy from 18 to 25 July.

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

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
			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+
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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
			W	Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	6.54	Natalia Kałucka	6.62	Emma Hunt	11.37
		SR	M	China Long Jianguo Chu Shouhong	11.07	United States Samuel Watson Zach Hammer	11.72	Ukraine Hryhorii Ilchyshyn Yaroslav Tkach	10.73
			W	China Zhou Yafei Deng Lijuan	12.89	Poland Natalia Kałucka Aleksandra Kałucka	14.00	Indonesia Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi Rajiah Sallsabillah	13.14
			X	United States Samuel Watson Emma Hunt	10.89	Indonesia Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	11.30	China Zhou Yafei Zhao Yicheng	11.17
8	Chamonix 10–12 July	S	M	Veddriq Leonardo	4.89	Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi	5.11	Ryo Omasa	4.701
			W	Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	6.22	Giulia Randi	6.51	Capucine Viglione	6.41
		L	M	Alberto Ginés López	39+	Luka Potočar	38+	Putra Tri Ramadani	38+
			W	Annie Sanders	52+	Aleksandra Totkova	48	Seo Chae-hyun	47+
9	Koper 4–5 September	L	M
			W
10	Guiyang 11–13 September	S	M
			W
		SR	M
			W
			X
11	Chongqing 18–20 September	S	M
			W
		SR	M
			W
			X
12	Salt Lake City 16–18 October	B	M
			W
13	Santiago 23–25 October	S	M
			W
		L	M
			W

Bouldering

Further information: Bouldering at the 2026 World Climbing Series

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:

Rank	Name	Points	Keqiao	Bern	Madrid	Prague	Innsbruck	Salt Lake City
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

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Climbing Series 2026:

Rank	Name	Points	Keqiao	Bern	Madrid	Prague	Innsbruck	Salt Lake City
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

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:

Rank	Name	Points	Wujiang	Prague	Innsbruck	Chamonix	Koper	Santiago
1	Neo Suzuki	3130	1. 1000	2. 805	1. 1000	11. 325
2	Alberto Ginés López	2910	2. 805	12. 300	2. 805	1. 1000
3	Putra Tri Ramadani	2680	9. 380	1. 1000	4. 610	3. 690
4	Luka Potočar	2145	10. 350	6. 495	6. 495	2. 805
5	Sorato Anraku	2025	5. 545	4. 610	7. 455	8. 415
6	Lee Dohyun	1920	3. 690	15. 240	9. 380	4. 610
7	Jakob Schubert	1760	-	3. 690	3. 690	9. 380
8	Satone Yoshida	1740	4. 610	8. 415	14. 260	7. 455
9	Sam Avezou	1610	6. 495	9. 380	15. 240	6. 495
10	Filip Schenk	1365	7. 455	7. 455	20. 155	12. 300

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Lead World Climbing Series 2026:

Rank	Name	Points	Wujiang	Prague	Innsbruck	Chamonix	Koper	Santiago
1	Annie Sanders	3805	1. 1000	1. 1000	2. 805	1. 1000
2	Seo Chae-hyun	2875	3. 690	2. 805	3. 690	3. 690
3	Jessica Pilz	1900	12. 300	4. 610	6. 495	6. 495
4	Erin McNeice	1830	4. 610	-	4. 610	4. 610
5	Janja Garnbret	1805	2. 805	-	1. 1000	-
6	Rosa Rekar	1645.66	5. 545	44. 10.66	5. 545	5. 545
7	Aleksandra Totkova	1625	-	7. 455	9. 365	2. 805
8	Kim Ja In	1455	16. 220	8. 415	9. 365	7. 455
9	Zélia Avezou	1445	11. 325	3. 690	19. 170	14. 260
10	Ella Fisher	1119	9. 380	5. 545	22. 130	27. 64

Speed

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 Speed World Climbing Series 2026:

Rank	Name	Points	Wujiang	Madrid	Kraków	Chamonix	Guiyang	Chongqing	Santiago
1	Zhao Yicheng	2415	1. 1000	-	2. 805	4. 610
2	Samuel Watson	2185	3. 690	-	1. 1000	6. 495
3	Long Jianguo	2055	2. 805	11. 325	9. 380	5. 545
4	Ryo Omasa	1990	6. 495	14. 260	5. 545	3. 690
5	Chu Shouhong	1970	17. 205	1. 1000	4. 610	20. 155
6	Raharjati Nursamsa	1965	5. 545	5. 545	3. 690	18. 185
7	Antasyafi Robby Al Hilmi	1864	19. 170	2. 805	26. 84	2. 805
8	Veddriq Leonardo	1828	8. 415	10. 350	28. 63	1. 1000
9	Yang Jie	1590	9. 380	3. 690	19. 170	10. 350
10	Michael Hom	1530	4. 610	6. 495	17. 205	16. 220

Women

The results of the ten most successful athletes of the Speed World Climbing Series 2026:

Rank	Name	Points	Wujiang	Madrid	Kraków	Chamonix	Guiyang	Chongqing	Santiago
1	Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	3070	3. 690	9. 380	1. 1000	1. 1000
2	Emma Hunt	2256	37. 21	1. 1000	3. 690	5. 545
3	Natalia Kałucka	2080	4. 610	6. 495	2. 805	19. 170
4	Polina Khalkevych	2065	10. 350	2. 805	7. 455	7. 455
5	Aleksandra Kałucka	2023	1. 1000	33. 33	6. 495	6. 495
6	Mou Yuju	1805	7. 455	4. 610	8. 415	11. 325
7	Zhang Shaoqin	1720	5. 545	3. 690	18. 185	12. 300
8	Leslie Adriana Romero Pérez	1675	19. 170	5. 545	5. 545	8. 415
9	Giulia Randi	1460	34. 30	12. 300	11. 325	2. 805
10	Isis Rothfork	1415	8. 415	18. 185	17. 205	4. 610

Speed Relay

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which countries are awarded for all teams finishing in the top 80 of each event. The end-of-season standings are based on the sum of points earned.

Men

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Speed Relay World Climbing Series 2026:

Rank	Name	Points	Kraków	Guiyang	Chongqing
1	China	1495	1. 1000
			6. 495
2	Indonesia	1155	4. 610
			5. 545
3	United States	878	2. 805
			27. 73
4	Germany	715	7. 455
			14. 260
5	Ukraine	690	3. 690
6	Kazakhstan	585	9. 380
			17. 205
7	Italy	499	8. 415
			26. 84
8	France	495	10. 350
			21. 145
9	Austria	430	12. 300
			22. 130
10	Japan	425	15. 240
			18. 185

Women

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Speed Relay World Climbing Series 2026:

Rank	Name	Points	Kraków	Guiyang	Chongqing
1	China	1415	1. 1000
			8. 415
2	Poland	1350	2. 805
			5. 545
3	Indonesia	827.5	3. 690
			T20-23. 137.5
4	Italy	805	7. 455
			10. 350
5	Spain	610	4. 610
6	France	585	9. 380
			17. 205
7	South Korea	495	6. 495
8	United States	437.5	12. 300
			T20-23. 137.5
9	Japan	325	11. 325
10	Germany	280	13. 280

Mixed

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Speed Relay World Climbing Series 2026:

Rank	Name	Points	Kraków	Guiyang	Chongqing
1	Indonesia	1415	2. 805
			4. 610
2	China	1235	3. 690
			5. 545
3	United States	1073	1. 1000
			27. 73
4	Italy	835	7. 455
			9. 380
5	Spain	740	8. 415
			11. 325
6	Ukraine	665	6. 495
			19. 170
7	Japan	555	10. 350
			17. 205
8	France	405	12. 300
			24. 105
9	South Korea	385	15. 240
			21. 145
10	Germany	323	14. 260
			28. 63

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	3	3	14
2	Japan (JPN)	7	3	1	11
3	Indonesia (INA)	4	3	4	11
4	China (CHN)	4	2	4	10
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	3	0	4
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	3	0	4
7	Poland (POL)	1	2	0	3
	Spain (ESP)	1	2	0	3
9	France (FRA)	1	1	6	8
10	Australia (AUS)	1	0	2	3
11	South Korea (KOR)	0	3	5	8
12	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
16	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
17	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		29	29	29	87