The World Field Target Federation (WFTF) is the governing body for the shooting sport discipline of Field target. The WFTF specifies and regulates World Championship, International or other major field target events. The WFTF has 43 member federations spread across all 6 continents.
Administration The WFTF is managed by a president elected by nomination and majority vote from representatives of each National Governing Body (NGB) who serves for a period of three years.
Management of the world championship is the responsibility of the chairman of the hosting countries NGB and will act as Vice-President of the federation until the end of the hosted championship.
World Championships
Categories Field target is contested on an open competition basis, with all competitors eligible to win the overall championship in their class. There are two classes of shooting: Precharged (for competitors using PCP air rifles) Spring (for those using Spring-piston air rifles)
Each class offers the following placings: World Champion and 2nd to 10th 1st Lady 1st Veteran 1st Junior 1st to 3rd Teams
Host country The location of the championships is based on rotation between the 43 member countries of the WFTF, a country via its NGB, has the opportunity to decline hosting of the event in which case the opportunity to host passes onto the next member country in sequence.
Results
Men's PCP Category Year Location Champion Second place Third place 2009 Pretoria, South Africa 2010 Debrecen, Hungary 2011 Velo d'Astico, Italy 2012 Isfjorden, Norway 2013 Ebern, Germany 2014 Wellington, New Zealand 2015 Dubingiai, Lithuania 2016 Lisbon, Portugal 2017 Glanusk Park, Wales 2022 Italy
PCP Category Firsts
Year Location 1st Ladies 1st Veteran 1st Junior 1991 USA 1992 England 115 1993 USA 1994 England 130 1995 USA 1996 England 102 1997 USA 124 1998 England 133 1999 Norway 134 2000 USA 108 2001 England 121 2002 Norway 140 2003 Northern Ireland 84 2004 Germany 100 2005 England 115 2006 Poland 119 2007 USA 142 2008 Northern Ireland 122 127 129 2009 Pretoria, South Africa 95 88 92 2010 Debrecen, Hungary 115 115 137 2011 Velo d'Astico, Italy 119 123 128 2012 Isfjorden, Norway 131 135 132 2013 Ebern, Germany 132 132 130 2022 Italy 103 100 103
Team PCP Category Year Location 1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team 1991 USA 1334 1264 1992 England 408 322 1993 USA 1296 1246 1994 England 701 680 661 1995 USA 749 734 710 1996 England 1997 USA 783 775 720 1998 England 832 828 738 1999 Norway 818 559 547 2000 USA 740 708 570 2001 England 828 751 689 2002 Norway 843 658 569 2003 Northern Ireland 865 671 650 2004 Germany 749 593 527 2005 England 541 484 457 2006 Poland 543 489 484 2007 USA 814 724 714 2008 Northern Ireland 662 582 568 2009 Pretoria, South Africa 469 448 381 2010 Debrecen, Hungary 544 522 506 2011 Velo d'Astico, Italy 524 508 491 2012 Isfjorden, Norway 562 532 527 2013 Ebern, Germany 566 530 529 2022 Italy 353 343 339
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