# Bouldering at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup

The 2021 season of the IFSC Climbing World Cup was the 22nd season of the competition. Bouldering competitions will be held at six stops of the IFSC Climbing World Cup. The bouldering season began on April 16 at the World Cup in Meiringen, and concluded on 26 June with the World Cup in Innsbruck. The International Federation of Sport Climbing had initially scheduled six bouldering events concluding on 24 October, but COVID-19 travel restrictions resulted in the cancellation of events in Wujiang in China and Seoul in South Korea.
At each stop a qualifying was held on the first day of the competition, and the semi-final and final rounds were conducted on the second day of the competition. At the end of the season an overall ranking will be determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

## Overview

| Date | Location | Venue | Route-setters* | Men | Women |
| April, 16–18 | Meiringen, Switzerland | Kletterhalle Haslital | Gen Hirashima Remi Samyn Laurent Laporte | Adam Ondra | Janja Garnbret |
| May, 21-22 | Salt Lake City, United States | Industry SLC | Jamie Cassidy Brad Weaver Tsukasa Mizuguchi | Adam Ondra | Natalia Grossman |
| May, 28–30 | Salt Lake City, United States | Industry SLC | Jamie Cassidy Garret Gregor Yann Genoux Flannery Shay-Nemirow | Sean Bailey | Natalia Grossman |
| June, 23–26 | Innsbruck, Austria | Kletterzentrum Innsbruck | Percy Bishton Manuel Hassler Romain Cabessut Garret Gregor | Yoshiyuki Ogata | Janja Garnbret |
| OVERALL WINNERS | OVERALL WINNERS | OVERALL WINNERS | OVERALL WINNERS | Yoshiyuki Ogata | Natalia Grossman |
| NATIONAL TEAM | NATIONAL TEAM | NATIONAL TEAM | NATIONAL TEAM | Japan | Japan |
* Chief route-setters are in bold.

## Overall ranking

The overall ranking is determined based upon points, which athletes are awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. There are five competitions in the season, but only the best five attempts are counted. The national ranking is the sum of the points of that country's three best male and female athletes. Results displayed (in brackets) are not counted.

### Men

The results of the twenty most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2021:
| Rank | Name | Points | Meiringen | Salt Lake City I | Salt Lake City II | Innsbruck |
| 1 | Yoshiyuki Ogata | 255 | 2. 80 | 16. 20 | 4. 55 | 1. 100 |
| 2 | Kokoro Fujii | 255 | 4. 55 | 4. 55 | 2. 80 | 3. 65 |
| 3 | Adam Ondra | 200 | 1. 100 | 1. 100 | ( — ) | ( — ) |
| 4 | Sean Bailey | 166 | 13. 26 | 8. 40 | 1. 100 | 47. 0 |
| 5 | Mejdi Schalck | 157 | 12. 28 | 2. 80 | 9. 37 | 20. 12 |
| 6 | Tomoa Narasaki | 145 | ( — ) | ( — ) | 3. 65 | 2. 80 |
| 7 | Nathaniel Coleman | 142 | 5. 51 | 21. 10 | 10. 34 | 6. 47 |
| 8 | Nicolai Užnik | 132 | 14. 24 | 11. 31 | 15. 22 | 4. 55 |
| 9 | Alexander Megos | 129 | 8. 40 | 9. 37 | 14. 24 | 12. 28 |
| 10 | Simon Lorenzi | 123.5 | 29. 1.5 | 7. 43 | 12. 28 | 5. 51 |
| 11 | Sohta Amagasa | 119 | 6. 47 | 14. 24 | 13. 26 | 15. 22 |
| 12 | Alexey Rubtsov | 114 | 17. 18 | 15. 22 | 11. 31 | 7. 43 |
| 13 | Gregor Vezonik | 98.5 | 9. 37 | 6. 47 | 24. 7 | 23. 7.5 |
| 13 | Anže Peharc | 98.5 | 21. 9.5 | 5. 51 | 16. 20 | 17. 18 |
| 15 | Jakob Schubert | 96.5 | 23. 7.5 | 3. 65 | ( — ) | 14. 24 |
| 16 | Tomoaki Takata | 94.9 | 3. 65 | 22. 9 | 32. 0.9 | 16. 20 |
| 17 | Rei Sugimoto | 77.5 | 21. 9.5 | 17. 18 | 18. 16 | 10. 34 |
| 18 | Manuel Cornu | 75.4 | 11. 31 | 35. 0.8 | 7. 43 | 37. 0.6 |
| 19 | Colin Duffy | 64.5 | 31. 0.9 | 13. 26 | 38. 0.6 | 9. 37 |
| 20 | Yannick Flohé | 63 | 19. 13 | 24. 7 | 20. 12 | 11. 31 |

### Women

The results of the twenty most successful athletes of the Bouldering World Cup 2021:
| Rank | Name | Points | Meiringen | Salt Lake City I | Salt Lake City II | Innsbruck |
| 1 | Natalia Grossman | 345 | 3. 65 | 1. 100 | 1. 100 | 2. 80 |
| 2 | Janja Garnbret | 280 | 1. 100 | ( — ) | 2. 80 | 1. 100 |
| 3 | Oriane Bertone | 235 | 2. 80 | 2. 80 | 4. 55 | 16. 20 |
| 4 | Brooke Raboutou | 207 | 9. 37 | 3. 65 | 3. 65 | 8. 40 |
| 5 | Miho Nonaka | 192 | 7. 43 | 4. 55 | 6. 47 | 6. 47 |
| 6 | Staša Gejo | 173 | 13. 26 | 11. 31 | 5. 51 | 3. 65 |
| 7 | Katja Debevec | 158 | 6. 47 | 8. 40 | 7. 43 | 12. 28 |
| 8 | Futaba Ito | 135 | ( — ) | 7. 43 | 9. 37 | 4. 55 |
| 9 | Akiyo Noguchi | 122 | 4. 55 | ( — ) | 18. 16 | 5. 51 |
| 10 | Mao Nakamura | 92 | ( — ) | 10. 34 | 14. 24 | 10. 34 |
| 11 | Johanna Färber | 91.7 | 31. 0.9 | 6. 47 | 34. 0.8 | 7. 43 |
| 12 | Jessica Pilz | 79 | 12. 28 | 5. 51 | ( — ) | ( — ) |
| 13 | Franziska Sterrer | 78.5 | 11. 31 | 21. 95 | 20. 12 | 13. 26 |
| 14 | Vita Lukan | 77 | 5. 51 | 23. 8 | 17. 18 | ( — ) |
| 15 | Petra Klingler | 74.5 | 21. 9.5 | 25. 6 | 12. 28 | 11. 31 |
| 16 | Fanny Gibert | 72.5 | 35. 0.7 | 9. 37 | 10. 34 | 33. 0.8 |
| 17 | Andrea Kümin | 69 | 8. 40 | 26. 5 | ( — ) | 14. 24 |
| 18 | Kylie Cullen | 67.5 | 25. 5.5 | 14. 24 | 16. 20 | 17. 18 |
| 19 | Kyra Condie | 60 | 21. 9.5 | 30. 1 | 8. 40 | 21. 9.5 |
| 20 | Chloe Caulier | 58.5 | 25. 5.5 | 13. 26 | 26. 5 | 15. 22 |
* = Joint place with another athlete

### National teams

The results of the ten most successful countries of the Bouldering World Cup 2021:
Country names as used by the IFSC
| Rank | Name | Points | Meiringen | Salt Lake City I | Salt Lake City II | Innsbruck |
| 1 | Japan | 1235.0 | 2. 298.0 | 3. 231.0 | 2. 308.0 | 1. 398.0 |
| 2 | United States | 1088.0 | 3. 209.0 | 1. 265.0 | 1. 390.0 | 2. 224.0 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 798.0 | 1. 312.0 | 5. 148.0 | 4. 168.0 | 3. 170.0 |
| 4 | France | 635.85 | 4. 156.6 | 2. 238.75 | 3. 177.0 | 8. 63.5 |
| 5 | Austria | 498.25 | 7. 91.95 | 4. 204.0 | 10. 34.8 | 4. 167.5 |
| 6 | Germany | 403.1 | 6. 93.5 | 6. 119.0 | 5. 108.0 | 5. 82.6 |
| 7 | Belgium | 215.55 | 12. 22.0 | 8. 69.55 | 7. 51.0 | 6. 73.0 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 200.0 | 5. 100.0 | 7. 100.0 | ( — ) | ( — ) |
| 9 | Italy | 190.6 | 11. 22.95 | 9. 66.0 | 9. 45.7 | 10. 55.95 |
| 10 | Serbia | 173.0 | 10. 26.0 | 11. 31.0 | 7. 51.0 | 7. 65.0 |

## Meiringen, Switzerland (16–17 April)
### Men

101 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Adam Ondra | 3T3z 10 7 |
| 2 | Yoshiyuki Ogata | 2T4z 7 9 |
| 3 | Tomoaki Takata | 1T4z 4 12 |
| 4 | Kokoro Fujii | 1T3z 1 4 |
| 5 | Nathaniel Coleman | 1T3z 2 5 |
| 6 | Sohta Amagasa | 0T3z 0 4 |

### Women

70 athletes attended the World Cup in Meiringen.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Janja Garnbret | 4T4z 7 6 |
| 2 | Oriane Bertone | 2T4z 8 10 |
| 3 | Natalia Grossman | 2T4z 10 10 |
| 4 | Akiyo Noguchi | 0T3z 0 7 |
| 5 | Vita Lukan | 0T2z 0 3 |
| 6 | Katja Debevec | 0T2z 0 6 |

## Salt Lake City I, United States (21–22 May)
### Men

55 athletes attended the first World Cup in Salt Lake City.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Adam Ondra | 4T4z 8 7 |
| 2 | Mejdi Schalck | 3T4z 4 5 |
| 3 | Jakob Schubert | 3T3z 4 4 |
| 4 | Kokoro Fujii | 3T3z 12 7 |
| 5 | Anže Peharc | 1T3z 2 8 |
| 6 | Gregor Vezonik | 1T2z 2 2 |

### Women

50 athletes attended the first World Cup in Salt Lake City.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Natalia Grossman | 4T4z 15 14 |
| 2 | Oriane Bertone | 3T4z 7 7 |
| 3 | Brooke Raboutou | 3T3z 4 3 |
| 4 | Miho Nonaka | 3T3z 7 6 |
| 5 | Jessica Pilz | 1T3z 3 6 |
| 6 | Johanna Färber | 1T2z 1 8 |

## Salt Lake City II, United States (28–30 May)
### Men

55 athletes attended the second World Cup in Salt Lake City.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Sean Bailey | 2T4z 9 11 |
| 2 | Kokoro Fujii | 1T4z 9 12 |
| 3 | Tomoa Narasaki | 1T3z 1 3 |
| 4 | Yoshiyuki Ogata | 0T2z 0 4 |
| 5 | Zach Galla | 0T1z 0 1 |
| 6 | Maximillian Milne | 0T1z 0 2 |

### Women

51 athletes attended the second World Cup in Salt Lake City. Natalia Grossman won the competition, becoming the first athlete to best Janja Garnbret in a bouldering World Cup since Meiringen in April 2018, thus ending Garnbret's streak at nine consecutive wins.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Natalia Grossman | 4T4z 4 4 |
| 2 | Janja Garnbret | 4T4z 6 6 |
| 3 | Brooke Raboutou | 3T4z 5 8 |
| 4 | Oriane Bertone | 3T3z 9 5 |
| 5 | Staša Gejo | 3T3z 11 10 |
| 6 | Miho Nonaka | 2T4z 5 9 |

## Innsbruck, Austria (23–26 June)
### Men

110 athletes attended the World Cup in Innsbruck. Because of rain delays and restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria, the final round was cut short and only three of the four boulders were used.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Yoshiyuki Ogata | 2T2z 7 7 |
| 2 | Tomoa Narasaki | 1T3z 2 11 |
| 3 | Kokoro Fujii | 1T1z 2 2 |
| 4 | Nicolai Uznik | 1T1z 2 2 |
| 5 | Simon Lorenzi | 1T1z 10 10 |
| 6 | Nathaniel Coleman | 0T1z 0 2 |

### Women

89 athletes attended the second World Cup in Innsbruck. Because of rain delays, the finals were cut short and only the first three of the four boulders in that round were counted towards the results. Miho Nonaka was forced to withdraw from the final after a knee injury she picked up on W4 in the semi-final round.
Coverage of the Austrian climber Johanna Färber received criticism from viewers and she described it as "disrespectful and upsetting". The host broadcaster, ORF, issued an apology after the event.
| Rank | Name | Score |
| 1 | Janja Garnbret | 3T3z 3 3 |
| 2 | Natalia Grossman | 3T3z 9 9 |
| 3 | Staša Gejo | 1T3z 2 6 |
| 4 | Futaba Ito | 1T2z 3 8 |
| 5 | Akiyo Noguchi | 1T1z 1 1 |
| 6 | Miho Nonaka | DNS |