# Lead climbing at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Cup

Lead climbing competitions at the 2018 IFSC Climbing World Cup were held at seven locations, from 6 July to 28 October 2018. The top three in each competition received medals, and at the end of the season, the overall winners were awarded trophies. The overall winners were determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event. Jakob Schubert won the men's seasonal title, Janja Garnbret won the women's seasonal title, and Austria won the national team title.

## Overall ranking

An overall ranking was determined based upon points, which athletes were awarded for finishing in the top 30 of each individual event.

### Men

6 best competition results were counted (not counting points in brackets) for the IFSC Climbing World Cup 2018.
| Rank | Name | Points | Xiamen | Wujiang | Kranj | Arco | Briançon | Chamonix | Villars |
| 1 | Jakob Schubert | 495.00 | 16. (20.00) | 2. 80.00 | 2. 80.00 | 1. 100.00 | 4. 55.00 | 2. 80.00 | 1. 100.00 |
| 2 | Stefano Ghisolfi | 466.00 | 2. 80.00 | 5. 51.00 | 1. 100.00 | 2. 80.00 | 5. (51.00) | 1. 100.00 | 4. 55.00 |
| 3 | Romain Desgranges | 356.00 | 6. 47.00 | 1. 100.00 | 20. 12.00 | 9. 37.00 | 2. 80.00 | 27. (4.00) | 2. 80.00 |
| 3 | Domen Škofic | 356.00 | 1. 100.00 | 19. (14.00) | 12. 28.00 | 3. 65.00 | 3. 65.00 | 4. 55.00 | 7. 43.00 |
| 5 | Hyunbin Min | 251.00 | 3. 65.00 | 3. 65.00 | - | 8. 40.00 | 17. 18.00 | 18. 16.00 | 6. 47.00 |
| 6 | Alexander Megos | 230.00 | - | - | - | 12. 28.00 | 1. 100.00 | 3. 65.00 | 9. 37.00 |
| 7 | Taisei Homma | 217.00 | 5. 51.00 | 8. 40.00 | 13. 26.00 | - | 9. 37.00 | 7. 43.00 | 16. 20.00 |
| 8 | Sascha Lehmann | 206.00 | 8. 40.00 | 17. 18.00 | 25. (6.00) | 6. 47.00 | 7. 43.00 | 8. 40.00 | 17. 18.00 |
| 9 | Yuki Hada | 192.00 | 7. 43.00 | 20. (12.00) | 7. 43.00 | 14. 24.00 | 12. 28.00 | 19. 14.00 | 8. 40.00 |
| 10 | Francesco Vettorata | 168.00 | 15. 22.00 | 6. 47.00 | 6. 47.00 | 22. 9.00 | 20. 12.00 | 11. 31.00 | - |

### Women

6 best competition results were counted (not counting points in brackets) for the IFSC Climbing World Cup 2018.
| Rank | Name | Points | Xiamen | Wujiang | Kranj | Arco | Briançon | Chamonix | Villars |
| 1 | Janja Garnbret | 550.00 | 2. 80.00 | 1. 90.00 | 2. 80.00 | 1. 100.00 | 1. 100.00 | 2. (80.00) | 1. 100.00 |
| 2 | Jessica Pilz | 505.00 | 1. 100.00 | 3. 65.00 | 4. (55.00) | 2. 80.00 | 2. 80.00 | 1. 100.00 | 2. 80.00 |
| 3 | Jain Kim | 354.00 | 10. 34.00 | 1. 90.00 | 1. 100.00 | - | - | 3. 65.00 | 3. 65.00 |
| 4 | Manon Hily | 238.00 | 14. (24.00) | 8. 40.00 | 11. 31.00 | 6. 47.00 | 11. 31.00 | 10. 34.00 | 4. 55.00 |
| 5 | Mei Kotake | 228.00 | 5. 51.00 | 13. 26.00 | 9. 37.00 | 16. 20.00 | - | 5. 51.00 | 7. 43.00 |
| 6 | Tjasa Kalan | 224.00 | 7. 43.00 | 6. 45.00 | 12. 28.00 | 9. 37.00 | 28. (3.00) | 9. 37.00 | 9. 34.00 |
| 7 | Hannah Schubert | 219.00 | 11. 31.00 | 9. 37.00 | 3. 65.00 | 19. (14.00) | 13. 26.00 | 8. 40.00 | 16. 20.00 |
| 8 | Mina Markovič | 214.00 | 6. 47.00 | 22. (9.00) | 8. 40.00 | 10. 34.00 | 5. 51.00 | 12. 28.00 | 19. 14.00 |
| 8 | Akiyo Noguchi | 214.00 | 3. 65.00 | 4. 55.00 | - | - | - | 7. 43.00 | 5. 51.00 |
| 10 | Mia Krampl | 211.00 | 4. 55.00 | 6. 45.00 | 10. 34.00 | - | 7. 43.00 | 21. 10.00 | 14. 24.00 |

### National Teams

For National Team Ranking, 3 best results per competition and category were counted (not counting results in brackets).
| Rank | Nation | Points | Xiamen | Wujiang | Kranj | Arco | Briançon | Chamonix | Villars |
| 1 | Austria | 1528 | 230 | 269 | 264 | 250 | (218) | 232 | 283 |
| 2 | | 1468 | 305 | 246 | 242 | 160 | (135) | 235 | 280 |
| 3 | Slovenia | 1428 | 282 | 194 | (182) | 238 | 266 | 210 | 238 |
| 4 | France | 959 | 95 | 160 | (81) | 185 | 251 | 84 | 184 |
| 5 | Italy | 822 | 118 | 135 | 202 | 111 | 99 | 157 | (55) |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 652 | 107 | 177 | 107 | 41 | (27) | 91 | 129 |
| 7 | Belgium | 382 | 80 | 55 | (22) | 105 | 65 | 47 | 30 |
| 8 | United States | 377 | 15 | 13 | (0) | 108 | 89 | 105 | 47 |
| 9 | Suisse | 373 | 40 | (18) | 67 | 78 | 49 | 71 | 68 |
| 10 | | 340 | - | - | 23 | 45 | 100 | 111 | 61 |

## Villars, Switzerland (6-7 July)
### Men

91 athletes attended the World Cup in Villars.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Jakob Schubert | 38+ | 100 |
| 2 | Romain Desgranges | 38+ | 80 |
| 3 | Tomoa Narasaki | 33+ | 65 |
| 4 | Stefano Ghisolfi | 33+ | 55 |
| 5 | Max Rudigier | 32+ | 51 |
| 6 | Hyunbin Min | 22+ | 47 |
| 7 | Domen Škofic | 22+ | 43 |
| 8 | Yuki Hada | 22+ | 40 |

### Women

64 athletes attended the World Cup in Villars.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Janja Garnbret | 44+ | 100 |
| 2 | Jessica Pilz | 42 | 80 |
| 3 | Jain Kim | 41+ | 65 |
| 4 | Manon Hily | 36+ | 55 |
| 5 | Akiyo Noguchi | 35+ | 51 |
| 6 | Miho Nonaka | 32+ | 47 |
| 7 | Mei Kotake | 31+ | 43 |
| 8 | Ashima Shiraishi | 31+ | 40 |

## Chamonix, France (11-13 July)
### Men

111 athletes attended the World Cup in Chamonix.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Stefano Ghisolfi | Top | 100 |
| 2 | Jakob Schubert | 48+ | 80 |
| 3 | Alex Megos | 46+ | 65 |
| 4 | Domen Škofic | 46+ | 55 |
| 5 | William Bosi | 43+ | 51 |
| 6 | Shuta Tanaka | 43+ | 47 |
| 7 | Taisei Homma | 40+ | 43 |
| 8 | Sascha Lehmann | 30+ | 40 |

### Women

92 athletes attended the World Cup in Chamonix.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Jessica Pilz | Top | 100 |
| 2 | Janja Garnbret | 50+ | 80 |
| 3 | Jain Kim | 48+ | 65 |
| 4 | Ashima Shiraishi | 44 | 55 |
| 5 | Mei Kotake | 42+ | 51 |
| 6 | Anak Verhoeven | 41 | 47 |
| 7 | Akiyo Noguchi | 40+ | 43 |
| 8 | Hannah Schubert | 40+ | 40 |

## Briançon, France (20-21 July)
### Men

84 athletes attended the World Cup in Briançon.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Alex Megos | 45+ | 100 |
| 2 | Romain Desgranges | 43 | 80 |
| 3 | Domen Škofic | 42+ | 65 |
| 4 | Jakob Schubert | 42+ | 55 |
| 5 | Stefano Ghisolfi | 41+ | 51 |
| 6 | Thomas Joannes | 34+ | 47 |
| 7 | Sascha Lehmann | 32 | 43 |
| 8 | Hiroto Shimizu | 28+ | 40 |

### Women

66 athletes attended the World Cup in Briançon.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Janja Garnbret | Top | 100 |
| 2 | Jessica Pilz | Top | 80 |
| 3 | Anak Verhoeven | 46+ | 65 |
| 4 | Ashima Shiraishi | 39+ | 55 |
| 5 | Mina Markovič | 39+ | 51 |
| 6 | Vita Lukan | 33+ | 47 |
| 7 | Mia Krampl | 33+ | 43 |
| 8 | Nolwenn Arc | 33+ | 40 |

## Arco, Italy (27-28 July)
### Men

95 athletes attended the World Cup in Arco.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Jakob Schubert | 44+ | 100 |
| 2 | Stefano Ghisolfi | 41+ | 80 |
| 3 | Domen Škofic | 41 | 65 |
| 4 | Adam Ondra | 41 | 55 |
| 5 | Shuta Tanaka | 40+ | 51 |
| 6 | Sascha Lehmann | 38+ | 47 |
| 7 | Alberto Ginés López | 32+ | 43 |
| 8 | Hyunbin Min | 23+ | 40 |

### Women

76 athletes attended the World Cup in Arco.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Janja Garnbret | 50+ | 100 |
| 2 | Jessica Pilz | 49+ | 80 |
| 3 | Anak Verhoeven | 39+ | 65 |
| 4 | Claire Buhrfeind | 33+ | 55 |
| 5 | Hélène Janicot | 31 | 51 |
| 6 | Manon Hily | 28 | 47 |
| 7 | Ievgeniia Kazbekova | 28 | 43 |
| 8 | Christine Schranz | 9 | 40 |

## Kranj, Slovenia (29-30 September)
### Men

61 athletes attended the World Cup in Kranj.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Stefano Ghisolfi | Top | 100 |
| 2 | Jakob Schubert | 49+ | 80 |
| 3 | Masahiro Higuchi | 43+ | 65 |
| 4 | Marcello Bombardi | 43+ | 55 |
| 5 | Sean McColl | 40+ | 51 |
| 6 | Francesco Vettorata | 36 | 47 |
| 7 | Yuki Hada | 28+ | 43 |
| 8 | Kokoro Fujii | 28 | 40 |

### Women

47 athletes attended the World Cup in Kranj.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Jain Kim | 41 | 100 |
| 2 | Janja Garnbret | 34+ | 80 |
| 3 | Hannah Schubert | 34+ | 65 |
| 4 | Jessica Pilz | 30 | 55 |
| 5 | Katharina Posch | 27+ | 51 |
| 6 | Natsumi Hirano | 13+ | 47 |
| 7 | Katherine Choong | 13+ | 43 |
| 8 | Mina Markovič | 13+ | 40 |

## Wujiang, China (20-21 October)

The Lead World Cup finals at Wujiang were cancelled because of bad weather. The women's final was being carried out when it started to rain and made the last few climbers slip off of wet holds. After many considerations and an appeal from the athlete's side, the finals for women and men (which had not been carried out) were cancelled. The winners of the event were then determined based on the results of the semifinals.

### Men

34 athletes attended the World Cup in Wujiang. The finals were cancelled, and the results of the previous round (semi-finals) counted as the final ranking.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Romain Desgranges | 35+ | 100 |
| 2 | Jakob Schubert | 32+ | 80 |
| 3 | Hyunbin Min | 32 | 65 |
| 4 | Hidemasa Nishida | 31+ | 55 |
| 5 | Stefano Ghisolfi | 28+ | 51 |
| 6 | Francesco Vettorata | 28+ | 47 |
| 7 | Fedir Samoilov | 28 | 43 |
| 8 | Taisei Homma | 26+ | 40 |

### Women

35 athletes attended the World Cup in Wujiang. The finals were cancelled, and the results of the previous round (semi-finals) counted as the final ranking.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Janja Garnbret | 36+ | 90 |
| 1 | Jain Kim | 36+ | 90 |
| 3 | Jessica Pilz | 36 | 65 |
| 4 | Akiyo Noguchi | 35+ | 55 |
| 5 | Katharina Posch | 31 | 51 |
| 6 | Tjasa Kalan | 22+ | 45 |
| 6 | Mia Krampl | 22+ | 45 |
| 8 | Manon Hily | 22+ | 40 |

## Xiamen, China (27-28 October)
### Men

32 athletes attended the World Cup in Xiamen.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Domen Škofic | 45+ | 100 |
| 2 | Stefano Ghisolfi | 45+ | 80 |
| 3 | Hyunbin Min | 38+ | 65 |
| 4 | Hidemasa Nishida | 23 | 55 |
| 5 | Taisei Homma | 20+ | 51 |
| 6 | Romain Desgranges | 20+ | 47 |
| 7 | Yuki Hada | 20+ | 43 |
| 8 | Sascha Lehmann | 20+ | 40 |

### Women

35 athletes attended the World Cup in Xiamen.
| Rank | Name | Score | Points |
| 1 | Jessica Pilz | Top | 100 |
| 2 | Janja Garnbret | Top | 80 |
| 3 | Akiyo Noguchi | 43+ | 65 |
| 4 | Mia Krampl | 37+ | 55 |
| 5 | Mei Kotake | 36+ | 51 |
| 6 | Mina Markovič | 35 | 47 |
| 7 | Tjasa Kalan | 32 | 43 |
| 8 | Aika Tajima | 30+ | 40 |