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.

World Cup Final The World Cup Final in rifle and pistol is often, but not always, held in Munich as the ISSF shooting season ending competition. The location and date of the World Cup Final in shotgun are more flexible. To the Final, the following shooters are qualified: The defending Olympic, World, ISSF World Cup Final champions. Silver and bronze medalists of either the last Olympic or the World Championship, whichever competition that was most recently held. The eight shooters that have made the best performances at the World Cup competitions during the year. For rating the performances, a special score system is used by taking into account of both the rank and the score achieved in the competitions. As many as two shooters can be nominated by the host country to compete in two of the World Cup Final events if no one from the host country qualifies.

Editions 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 Delhi, and Americana, São Paulo. A new location for the shotgun competitions is held in Kerrville, Texas located in the Hill Country of Texas.

In Olympic years, an early World Cup is held at the Olympic venue and considered a Pre-Olympic test event.

Rifle and pistol

Year World Cup 1 World Cup 2 World Cup 3 World Cup 4 World Cup 5World Cup 6 World Cup Final1 19862 19873 19884 19895 19906 19917 1992 8 19939 199410 1995 11 1996 12 1997 13 1998 14 1999 15 2000 16 2001 17 2002 18 2003 19 2004 20 2005 21 2006 22 2007 23 2008 24 2009 25 2010 26 2011 27 2012 28 2013 29 2014 30 2015 31 2016 322017332018342019352020362021372022382023392024 (10m only)402025412026 Rome

Shotgun

Year World Cup 1 World Cup 2 World Cup 3 World Cup 4 World Cup 5 World Cup 6 World Cup Final1 1986 2 1987 3 1988 4 1989 5 1990 6 1991 7 1992 8 1993 9 1994 10 1995 11 1996 12 1997 13 1998 14 1999 15 2000 16 2001 (early in 2002)17 2002 18 2003 19 2004 20 2005 21 2006 22 2007 23 2008 24 2009 25 2010 26 201127 201228 2013 29 2014 30 2015 31 2016 322017332018342019352020362021372022382023392024402025412026

Running target (discontinued) Year World Cup 1 World Cup 2 World Cup 3 World Cup 4World Cup 5World Cup 6World Cup Final 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Spin-offs The lack for a World Cup in the non-Olympic events has led to the creation of a European Cup by the European Shooting Confederation, based on largely the same rules as the ISSF World Cup. Originally it consisted of 300 metre rifle three positions, 300 metre rifle prone and 300 metre standard rifle, but since the 2005 season there is also a European Cup in 25 metre center-fire pistol and 25 metre standard pistol.

Since 2016, there has also been a separate world cup specifically for junior shooters.

Total Medal table

Multi-medalists In this table the shooters with at least 7 gold medals won in the World Cup stages.

# Name Nation Years Total Discipline1Ralf Schumann 1986–20123971056Pistol2Rajmond Debevec 1986–201327211967Rifle3Christian Reitz2008–20231913941Pistol4Roberto Di Donna1991–2001197733Pistol5Vincent Hancock2005–2023195226Shotgun6Sergei Martynov 1988–2012178732Rifle7Jozef Gonci1995–20111691136Rifle8Jongoh Jin2003–2017166527Pistol9Qinan Zhu2004–2016156627Rifle10Yifu Wang1986–20031313733Pistol11Manu Bhaker2018–present132419Pistol12Harald Stenvaag1986–200412131338Rifle13Damir Mikec2009–20241111325Pistol14Franck Dumoulin1996–2010117523Pistol15Zongliang Tan1993–2012117422Pistol16Igor Basinski 1986–2002114621Pistol17Ennio Falco1988–2009107623Shotgun18Attila Solti 1987–2000107522Running19Michael Jakosits 1989–2003104519Running 20Saurabh Chaudhary2019–present104317Pistol21Daniele Di Spigno1997–2017103316Shotgun21Giovanni Pellielo1992–2022102820Shotgun22Manfred Kurzer1991–2004102517Running23Artem Khadjibekov1993–2010918734Rifle24Matthew Emmons2001–20169121132Rifle25Boris Kokorev 1987–2008911626Pistol26Péter Sidi1999–2017910726Rifle27Alexey Alipov1998–2021991028Shotgun28Alberto Fernandez2007–202495418Shotgun29Jean-Pierre Amat1986–200095317Rifle30Tanyu Kiriakov1986–20088131132Pistol31Michael Diamond1991–2015812424Shotgun32Oleh Omelchuk2007–202387318Pistol33Niccolò Campriani2009–201484315Rifle34Mikhail Nestruev1996–200983617Pistol34Jiri Privratsky2021–202483617Rifle36Albano Pera1986–199783415Shotgun37Sergei Pyzhianov 1986–1997712827Pistol38Sergey Kamenskiy2014–202176114Rifle39Tomoyuki Matsuda2008–201774415Pistol40Warren Potent2007–201673212Rifle

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