The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Centre in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each area being named after and having themes from one of the 5 continents Africa, Asia, America, Australia or Europe.
The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner Ben Stoeger from USA finishing under half a point in front of Russian shooter Pavel Torgashov, pushing him down into second place with the very close final score of 99.98 %. Production division arguably had the toughest top ten competition, with a margin of only 3.8 % between first and ninth place. Maria Gushchina from Russia made an impressive performance placing both first in Lady Production and sixth in Production Overall.
Match info The match was very varied with many moving targets, and some stages had targets placed at distances up to 50 meters. The French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel mada an appearance showing support for the French Standard division shooter Eric Grauffel.CZ Shooting Team blog: CZ at the 2017 Handgun World Shoot: Maria Gushchina Triple World Champion! (Czech: Česká zbrojovka a.s. na Handgun World Shoot 2017: Maria Gushchina trojnásobnou mistryní světa!)
Champions Open The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors (27 %).
Individual OverallCompetitorPointsOverall Match Percent Gold Jorge Ballesteros2292.6920100.00% Silver Simon Racaza2258.452698.51% Bronze Emile Obriot2235.969997.53%4th Jaime Roberto Maia Saldanha Junior2212.188496.49%5th KC Eusebio2205.837996.21%6th Max Michel2195.104695.74%7th Brodie McIntosh2189.748895.51%8th Edcel John Gino2186.551395.37%9th Saul Kirsch2160.132794.22%10th Cosimo Panetta2106.547491.88%LadyCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Karla Blowers1853.272280.83%100.00% Silver Jessie Duff1824.549379.58%98.45% Bronze Kaci Lynn Cochran1797.836878.42%97.01%JuniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Mauro Kenji Murakami1626.438170.94%100.00% Silver Clement Caesar Ho1515.971566.12%93.21% Bronze Dangdee Hongdalud1456.631263.53%89.56%SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Frank Witters1930.459584.20%100.00% Silver Jose Zanon Blasco1877.179481.88%97.24% Bronze Daniele Barbizzi1851.200080.74%95.89%Super SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Thierry Obriot1743.567976.05%100.00% Silver Wat Srijinta-Angkul1616.661170.51%92.72% Bronze Philippe Gibert1585.049669.13%90.91%
Teams Open OverallCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold6381.7162100.00%Max Michel, Chris Tilley, Shannon Smith, William Drummond Silver6237.170097.73%Brodie McIntosh, Rhys Arthur, David McConachie, Gareth Graham Bronze6215.077597.39%Jorge Ballesteros, Ivan Espilez Urbon, Javier Gonzalez Perez, Jose Zanon BlascoLady teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold5318.7200100.00%Jessie Duff, Kaci Lynn Cochran, Sloan Sanders, Lisa Munson Silver5148.869796.81%Karla Blowers, Natalie Anderson, Linda Blowers Bronze4397.966482.69%Alexis Biermann, Kirsty Bohler, Susan Kriel, Ets Van Den BergSenior teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold5347.7081100.00%Daniele Barbizzi, Paolo Ravizzini, Giuseppe Todaro, Salvatore Luigi Garau Silver5085.108995.09%Steven Thomas, Kerry Pearson, Leighton Oosthuisen, Michael Voigt Bronze5071.123994.83%Thierry Obriot, Patrice Martin, Jean Luc Desagneaux, Bruno Grasso
Standard The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors (25.2 %).
Individual OverallCompetitorPointsOverall Match Percent Gold Eric Grauffel2336.5047100.00% Silver Robert Vogel2274.280997.34% Bronze Nils Jonasson2233.630295.60%4th Shane Coley2156.873892.31%5th Edward Rivera2156.281192.29%6th Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz2132.451491.27%7th Kahlil Adrian Viray2100.772689.91%8th Bolzoni, Giacomo2095.979489.71%9th Djajadiningrat, Vincentius2094.907689.66%10th Joseph Jr Bernabe2070.466988.61%LadyCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Christine Burkhalter1683.317472.04%100.00% Silver Ashley Rheuark1623.809569.50%96.46% Bronze Hilde Nakling1603.735968.64%95.27%JuniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Kahlil Adrian Viray2100.772689.91%100.00% Silver Rolly Nathaniel Tecson2020.996886.50%96.20% Bronze Mario Batista Neto1711.464873.25%81.47%SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Emanuel Bragg2056.176688.00%100.00% Silver Reinhard Handl1880.044780.46%91.43% Bronze Adriano Ciro Santarcangelo1839.497178.73%89.46%Super SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Esterino Magli1653.067970.75%100.00% Silver Lucimar Domingues Oliveira1628.522369.70%98.52% Bronze Israelito Pible1521.242065.11%92.03%
Teams Standard OverallCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold6499.8175100.00%Robert Vogel, Shane Coley, Blake Miguez, Emanuel Bragg Silver6327.520697.35%Edward Rivera, Kahlil Adrian Viray, Joseph Jr Bernabe, John Paul Santiaguel Bronze6121.711794.18%Eric Grauffel, Louis Guichard, Julien Boit, Jerome PoiretLady teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold3921.9005100.00%Elena Efimova, Anastasia Chernenko, Tatiana Makarova, Marina Zagulyaeva Silver3894.373199.30%Hilde Nakling, Ingunn Marie Edvardsen, Tone Tsigakis Ostreng, Eirin Grotan Kirknes Bronze3603.586791.88%Petra Tutschke, Sabine Wurster, Rita Burkhart, Frauke MansionSenior teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold5203.2598100.00%Leonardo Bettoni, Paolo Paoletti, Mauro D'alessandro, Fabrizio Pesce Silver4981.9162 95.75%Reinhard Handl, Gottfried Post, Thomas Birner, Hubert Muehlbacher Bronze4765.577391.59%Ilya Gubin, Evgeny Petrushin, Evgeny Efimov, Vasil Kurbatskikh
Production The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors (32.3 %).
Individual OverallCompetitorPointsOverall Match Percent Gold Ben Stoeger2192.6068100.00% Silver Pavel Torgashov2192.199999.98% Bronze Eduardo de Cobos2171.065599.02%4th Ljubisa Momcilovic2168.933698.92%5th Salvador Luna2153.970798.24%6th Maria Gushchina2153.827298.23%7th Robin Sebo2139.571897.58%8th Alexey Pichugin2126.060696.97%9th Michal Stepan2109.268096.20%10th Magnus Johansson2051.136993.55%LadyCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Maria Gushchina2153.827298.23%100.00% Silver Violetta Boehm1637.809374.70%76.04% Bronze Randi Rogers1626.885174.20%75.53%JuniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Nikita Nemykin1784.543281.39%100.00% Silver Baptiste Felt1663.760175.88%93.23% Bronze Danila Pakhomov1650.951675.30%92.51%SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Jan Palka1873.431285.44%100.00% Silver Frank William Garcia1826.825883.32%97.51% Bronze Angus Hobdell1807.351882.43%96.47%Super SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Heribert Bettermann1571.301671.66%100.00% Silver Rob Hopper1526.782169.63%97.17% Bronze Max Wiegand1401.642663.93%89.20%
Teams Production OverallCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold6472.0877100.00%Pavel Torgashov, Maria Gushchina, Alexey Pichugin, Nikolai Onshin Silver6385.098998.66%Ben Stoeger, Salvador Luna, Brian Norris, Casey Reed Bronze6285.520597.12%Robin Sebo, Michal Stepan, Miroslav ZapletalLady teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold4643.1730100.00%Randi Rogers, Sara Taylor, Candice Juliano, Cindi Thomas Silver4370.965294.14%Violetta Boehm, Ilaria Giunchiglia, Lucia Caroli, Marianna Limarova Bronze4329.186393.24%Ekaterina Gordienko, Irina Gorbacheva, Ekaterina Tabachenko, Inna DeledivkaJunior teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold5072.3002100.00%Nikita Nemykin, Danila Pakhomov, Dmitry Novikov, Kirill Fedorov Silver4479.052288.30%Baptiste Felt, Paul Dagorno, Baptiste JazetSenior teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold5187.9415100.00%Frank William Garcia, Gilberto Perez, Gordon Carrell, Brad Bolz Silver5049.885597.34%Giovanni Zuccolo, Davide Cerrato, Valter Tranquilli, Mario Piccioni Bronze4643.619089.51%Joerg Haben, Rolf Dieter Reich, Frank Weuster, Olaf Van Essen
Classic The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors (10.9 %).
Individual OverallCompetitorPointsOverall Match Percent Gold Elias Frangoulis2191.6388100.00% Silver Jeufro Emil Lejano2076.844894.76% Bronze Jethro Dionisio2076.668594.75%4th Phil Strader2046.068593.36%5th Jeremy Reid2044.925793.31%6th Lenard Lopez2010.035591.71%7th Gregory Midgley2007.330791.59%8th Roberto Vezzoli2004.077391.44%9th Wilfredo Jr Martin1962.168489.53%10th Edoardo Buticchi1939.631688.50%LadyCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Julie Golob1602.025373.10%100.00% Silver Jelena Savkovic1483.072667.67%92.57% Bronze Grace Tamayo1446.078965.98%90.27%SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Edoardo Buticchi1939.631688.50%100.00% Silver Narongsak Kaewmuangpet1831.724083.58%94.44% Bronze Guido Ciccarelli1791.148581.73%92.34%Super SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Joel Gerard1531.779369.89%100.00% Silver Randy Fisher1471.104867.12%96.04% Bronze Gert Erling Hansen1349.686261.58%88.11%
Teams Classic OverallCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold6124.3587100.00%Elias Paul Frangoulis, Jeremy Reid, Randall Arrowood, Rob Leatham Silver5989.501497.80%Jeufro Emil Lejano, Wilfredo Jr Martin, Bernardo Mari V Alejandro, William Magalong Bronze5827.563995.15%Roberto Vezzoli, Edoardo Buticchi, Alessandro Pettinelli, Guido CiccarelliSenior teamsCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold5083.1075 100.00%John Allen Koppi, Harold Arthur Christy, Lyle Keith Dilworth, Robert Novak Silver4736.888793.19%Michel Nestolat, Denis Altuna, Joel Gerard, Philippe Rouge Bronze4485.287088.24%Dion Du Bruyn, Wayne Hammond, Abraham Jansen Van Vuuren, Jan Van Den Berg
Revolver The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors (4.6 %).
Individual OverallCompetitorPointsOverall Match Percent Gold Michael William Poggie2307.0044100.00% Silver Gerald Reiter2262.335598.06% Bronze Joshua Lentz2258.574797.90%4th Sascha Back2195.999695.19%5th Rich Wolfe2126.914792.19%6th David Olhasso2126.572392.18%7th Henrik Nielsen2078.724490.10%8th Moacir de Azevedo2051.041788.91%9th Kalle Halvarsson2026.298487.83%10th Markus Schneider2016.974987.43%LadyCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Vera Treskova1337.298157.97%100.00% Silver Olga Kuznetsova935.888040.57%69.98% Bronze Daria Zharkova819.459735.52%61.28%SeniorCompetitorPointsOverall percentCategory percent Gold Moacir de Azevedo2051.041788.91%100.00% Silver Markus Schneider2016.974987.43%98.34% Bronze Olof Lindskog1763.499976.44%85.98%
Teams Revolver OverallCountryPointsPercentTeam members Gold6692.4938100.00%Michael William Poggie, Joshua Lentz, Rich Wolfe, David Olhasso Silver5989.913589.50%Sascha Back, Markus Schneider, Guenther Knaus, Holger Joest Bronze5973.910089.26%Gerald Reiter, Johann Lang, Markus Pack, Robert Kroiss
Medal table RankCountry Gold Silver BronzeTotal11375252535133434114325105211461438712368112491113101012111001121001130303140224150213160112170101180101190011Total343434102
Shoot-Off side event On Sunday 3 September, the Shoot-Off side event was held in an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup format where the competitors shot at falling steel targets (called poppers). The top 10 finishing overall and category shooters from the Main Match were qualified for the Shoot-Off. To win a round, a competitor would have to hit all his steel targets and reach the middle middle target before the other competitor. The Shoot-Off consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals, bronze and gold finals.