ISSF WORLD CUP

The 'ISSF World Cup' was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four competitions per year in each event. For the best shooters there is since 1988 a ''World Cup Final''.

Contents

Venues

World Cup Final

Spin-offs

Venues

The venues are decided by the ISSF from time to time. However, some are more common than others. Two World Cups in rifle and pistol events are almost always held in Munich and Milan. The other two are usually held outside Europe, in places like Fort Benning, Buenos Aires, Seoul, Changwon or Sydney. Some common locations for the shotgun competitions are Nicosia, Lonato, New Dehli and Americana, São Paulo.
In Olympic years, an early World Cup is held at the Olympic venue and considered a Pre-Olympic test event.

World Cup Final

The World Cup Final in rifle and pistol is often, but not always, held in Munich in the end of August. The location and date of the World Cup Final in shotgun are more flexible. To the Final, the following shooters are qualified:

★ The last Olympic or World champion.

★ The last World Cup Final winner.

★ The eight shooters that have made the best performances at a single World Cup competition during the year. For rating the performances, a special score system is used, where both the rank achieved in the competition and the score in the qualification round count.

Year	Competition	Rifle, pistol, running target	Shotgun
1988	1988 ISSF World Cup Final
1989	1989 ISSF World Cup Final
1990	1990 ISSF World Cup Final
1991	1991 ISSF World Cup Final
1992	1992 ISSF World Cup Final
1993	1993 ISSF World Cup Final
1994	1994 ISSF World Cup Final
1995	1995 ISSF World Cup Final	Lima, Peru
1996	1996 ISSF World Cup Final	Näfels, Switzerland	Montecatini, Italy
1997	1997 ISSF World Cup Final	Lugano, Switzerland	Montecatini
1998	1998 ISSF World Cup Final	Zürich, Switzerland	Montecatini
1999	1999 ISSF World Cup Final	Munich, Germany	Kuwait City, Kuwait
2000	2000 ISSF World Cup Final	Munich	Nicosia, Cyprus
2001	2001 ISSF World Cup Final	Munich	Doha, Qatar (early in 2002)
2002	2002 ISSF World Cup Final	Munich	Lonato, Italy
2003	2003 ISSF World Cup Final	Milan, Italy	Rome, Italy
2004	2004 ISSF World Cup Final	Bangkok, Thailand	Maribor, Slovenia
2005	2005 ISSF World Cup Final	Munich	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2006	2006 ISSF World Cup Final	Granada, Spain	Granada, Spain
2007	2007 ISSF World Cup Final	Bangkok	Belgrade, Serbia

Spin-offs

The lack for a World Cup in the non-Olympic events has led to the creation of a 'Europa Cup' by the European Shooting Confederation ([1]), based on largely the same rules as the ISSF World Cup. Originally it consisted of 300 m Rifle and 300 m Standard Rifle, but during the 2005 season, tests have also been made with 25 m Center-Fire Pistol and 25 m Standard Pistol.