FIG World Cup refers to a number of events organized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) across seven competitive gymnastics disciplines: 1) acrobatic gymnastics, 2) aerobic gymnastics, 3) men's artistic gymnastics, 4) women's artistic gymnastics, 5) women's rhythmic gymnastics, 6) trampoline and tumbling, and 7) parkour.Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
History
The FIG hosted the first Artistic Gymnastics World Cup on an international scale in 1975. This event was an original competition reserved for the best gymnasts, bringing together competitors in all-around competition and in apparatus finals. This initiative was taken in a particular context, since the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place every four years. In 1983, FIG decided to hold a Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup for the first time, after six editions of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup. At the time, the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were also held every four years. The World Cup events were upheld only until 1990, since FIG decided to host the Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships every year starting in 1991. Acrobatic gymnastics, a discipline not recognized by the International Gymnastics Federation prior to 1999, had World Cup events held from 1975 to 1993, organized by the International Federation of Sports Acrobatics (IFSA). Similarly, trampoline and tumbling World Cup events were organized from 1993 to 1997 by the Fédération Internationale de Trampoline (FIT). FIG later recognized IFSA and FIT World Cup events as official FIG World Cup competitions.
In 1997, the World Cup was revived as a series of qualifying events for a period of two years, culminating in a final event that was known as the World Cup Final. The different stages, known as World Cup qualifiers, mostly served the purpose of awarding points to gymnasts according to their placements.Technique Magazine, September/October 1999, page 25Technique Magazine, January/February 2000, page 14Sports Acrobatics - 2004 World Cup QualifierSports Acrobatics - 2005 World Cup Qualifier These points would be added up over the two-year period to qualify a limited number of gymnasts to the biennial World Cup Final event.Technique Magazine, November/December 2000, page 47Sports Acrobatics - 2003 World Cup FinalSports Acrobatics - 2007 World Cup Final In 2001, FIG hosted the World Series for aerobic gymnastics for the first time, equivalent to the World Cup format. FIG introduced the first World Cup series in acrobatic gymnastics in 2003. Both aerobic and acrobatic World Cup series were also competed in a two-year period, with a World Cup Final (or World Series Final) event closing the calendar. The World Cup Final format lasted for these disciplines until 2007. In 2008, the World Cup Final format was terminated for the other disciplines: artistic, rhythmic, trampoline and tumbling.
Beginning in 2009, the World Cup series changed focus from a biennial series to a yearly series with no culminating final event. In each of the stages, medals are awarded to the top three gymnasts or groups in each event, as well as prize money. In 2018, parkour was recognized as a discipline by FIG, and World Cup stages were held for the first time in collaboration with the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE). The 2019 and 2020 World Cup series in artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline will be part of the qualification process to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a first in the World Cup series.
World Cup series
Artistic gymnastics
Since 1997, the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup has been contested as a series of stages in different cities around the world. From 2003 to 2010, events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series were divided into Category A and Category B; Category A events were reserved for invited athletes only, while Category B events were open to all athletes.2003/2004 FIG calendar In 2011, the individual apparatus competitions were renamed World Challenge Cups while the all-around competitions retained the World Cup name. Currently, the World Cup series is divided into three groups: 1) All-Around World Cup series, 2) World Challenge Cup series, and 3) World Cup series, where gymnasts compete in individual apparatus. All of the World Challenge Cup competitions remain open to every gymnast, while All-Around World Cup competitions are by invitation only, according to the results of the previous World Championships or Olympic Games.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Since 1999, the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup has been competed as a series of events held in different countries. From 2003 to 2016, events at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series were divided into Category A and Category B; Category A events were reserved for invited athletes, while Category B events were open to all athletes. Since 2017, the World Cup series is divided in: 1) the World Cup series; and 2) the World Challenge Cup series. All of the World Cup and World Challenge Cup events are open to all athletes, and all of the events feature both all-around and apparatus competitions.
The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup should not be confused with the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix series, which is neither officially organized nor promoted by FIG.
Other disciplines
As of 2018, series of World Cup events are held yearly in acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as parkour. All events are organized and sanctioned by FIG.
Acrobatic gymnastics, a discipline not recognized by the International Gymnastics Federation prior to 1999, had World Cup events held from 1975 to 1993, organized by the International Federation of Sports Acrobatics (IFSA). Similarly, trampoline and tumbling World Cup events were organized from 1993 to 1997 by the Fédération Internationale de Trampoline (FIT). FIG later recognized IFSA and FIT World Cup events as official FIG World Cup competitions. The World Cup Final format lasted for these disciplines until 2007. In 2008, the World Cup Final format was terminated for the other disciplines: artistic, rhythmic, trampoline and tumbling. In 2018, parkour was recognized as a discipline by FIG, and World Cup stages were held for the first time in collaboration with the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE).
FIG World Cup Final
The World Cup Finals were held as the final event of the World Cup circuit for each of the disciplines in gymnastics until 2008. The International Gymnastics Federation officially recognizes only a number of events as World Cup Final events, as shown below. FIG - Acrobatic gymnastics FIG - Aerobic gymnastics FIG - Trampoline
Year Acrobatic Aerobic Artistic Rhythmic Trampoline Event Host Event Host Event Host Event Host Event Host 1975 1st IFSA World Cup SUI 1st World Cup Final GBR 1977 2nd IFSA World Cup POL 2nd World Cup Final ESP 1978 3rd World Cup Final BRA 1979 4th World Cup Final JPN 1980 5th World Cup Final CAN 1981 3rd IFSA World Cup SUI 1982 6th World Cup Final YUG 1983 4th IFSA World Cup USA 1st World Cup Final YUG 1985 5th IFSA World Cup CHN 1986 7th World Cup Final CHN 2nd World Cup Final JPN 1987 6th IFSA World Cup USA 1989 7th IFSA World Cup URS 1990 8th World Cup Final BEL 3rd World Cup Final BEL 1991 8th IFSA World Cup JPN 1993 9th IFSA World Cup BUL 1st World Cup (FIT) GER 1995 2nd World Cup (FIT) DEN 1997 3rd World Cup (FIT) GER 1998 9th World Cup Final JPN 1999 4th World Cup (FIG) POR 2000 10th World Cup Final GBR 4th World Cup Final GBR 5th World Cup (FIG) GER 2001 1st World Series Final ITA 2002 11th World Cup Final GER 5th World Cup Final GER 6th World Cup (FIG) GER 2003 1st FIG World Cup Final RUS 2nd World Series Final RUS 2004 12th World Cup Final GBR 6th World Cup Final RUS 7th World Cup (FIG) ALG 2006 13th World Cup Final BRA 7th World Cup Final JPN 8th World Cup (FIG) GBR 2007 2nd FIG World Cup Final BEL 3rd World Series Final FRA 2008 14th World Cup Final ESP 8th World Cup Final ESP 9th World Cup (FIG) RUS
Successful nations
What follows are lists of nations which have earned at least one medal at one of the stages of the FIG World Cup circuit, divided by discipline. The events are sometimes referred to as World Series, World Cup or World Challenge Cup, depending on the format and the discipline contested. Only senior events were considered for the making of the lists.FIG databaseThe SportsGymnastics ResultsGymn Forum - ResultsSports Acrobatics
Acrobatic gymnastics Results accounted for include: 1) the different editions of the IFSA World Cup from 1975 to 1993; and 2) the different stages of the FIG World Series and FIG World Cup series.
The Sports - 2019 Las Vegas Acro World Cup The Sports - 2016 Maia World Cup women's results The Sports - 2014 Maia World Cup women's results Longines Timing - 2003 World Cup Final
The Sports - 2016 Maia World Cup men's results
FIG - 2018 Baku World Cup The Sports - 2015 Maia World Cup The Sports - 2014 Maia World Cup men's results FIG - 2017 Lisboa World Cup
The Sports - 2015 Geneva World Cup
2006 Flanders World Cup Sports Acrobatics - 1975 World Cup
Aerobic gymnastics Results accounted for include the different stages of the FIG World Series and FIG World Cup series.
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique - 2014 Borovets World Cup Gym Media - 2005 Rodez World Series GymMedia - 2001 World Series Final Longines Timing - 2003 World Series Final
FIG - 2023 Catanhete World Cup
The Sports - 2016 Catanhede World Cup
GymMedia - 2005 World Series German Open results
Results - 2009 Borovets World Cup
2013 Borovets World Cup official results
2015 The Sports - Catanhede World Cup
Ginnasticando.it (in Italian)
FIG - Aerobics - 2000
FIG Gymnastics, 2019 Cantanhede World Cup 2018 Plovdiv World Cup
Artistic gymnastics Results accounted for include the different stages of the FIG World Cup series and the FIG World Challenge Cup series.
Olympic Channel - 2020 Szombathely World Challenge Cup
Gymnastics Results - 2016 Szombathely Challenge Cup
Gymnastics Results - 2016 Baku Challenge Cup
Gymn-Forum - 1977 World Cup GymMedia - 2003 Thessaloniki World Cup
AGF 2018
GymMedia - 1999/2000 World Cup Circuit Results - 2018 Melbourne World Cup GymMedia - 2011 Doha Challenge Cup
Gymnastics Results - 2016 Mersin Challenge Cup
Gymnastics Results - 2016 Varna Challenge Cup Gymnaverse – 2024 Szombathely World Challenge Cup Gymnastics Results - 2016 Ljubljana Challenge Cup
Gimnasia Latina - 2018 Paris World Cup (in Spanish)
FIG - 2017 Cottbus World Cup results
GymMedia - 2005/2006 medal winners
Gymn-Forum - 1978 World Cup
Parkour Results accounted for include the different stages of the FIG World Cup circuit, started in 2018 in collaboration with the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE).
FIG - Montpellier 2018 - Parkour FIG - Hiroshima 2018 - Parkour FIG - Chengdu 2019 - Parkour FIG - Montpellier 2019 - Parkour
Rhythmic gymnastics Results accounted for include the different stages of the FIG World Cup series and the FIG World Challenge Cup series.
European Gymnastics The Sports - Minsk 2013
Rsg.net - Bochum 1999
Sports 123 - World Cup Final - Ribbon The Sports - Lisbon 2013 2024 Athens World Cup Sportlicht Ltd. - WC Tashkent 2018 - Groups Sports 123 - World Cup Final - Groups The Sports - St. Petersburg 2013
Inside the Games 2022 Tiscali (in Italian)
The Sports 123 - Tashkent World Cup Inside the Games 2021 FIG - Portimão 2022 R-Gymnast - 1986 World Cup Final
The Sports - Tashkent RG WC 2019
FIG Database - Minsk 2016
Trampoline and tumbling gymnastics Results accounted for include: 1) the different editions of the FIT World Cup from 1984 to 1998; and 2) the different stages of the FIG World Series and FIG World Cup series.
FIG Gymnastics - 2014 Minsk World Cup FIG Gymnastics - 2014 Loule World Cup
The Sports - 2012 Loule World Cup