The IRV Team World Championships (known as the Team World Cup until 2023) is an international wheel gymnastics competition where the top four national teams compete against each other. It is organized every two years by the International Wheel Gymnastics Federation (IRV).
Competition format The competition consists of six rounds, with each nation performing one routine per round. The highest-scoring routine in each round earns 4 points, the second-highest 3 points, third place 2 points, and fourth place 1 point. In addition, each team has one joker, which doubles the points earned in a selected round. The team with the highest point total after all six rounds wins the competition.
Separate competitions are held for junior and senior teams. Teams consist of 4 to 6 athletes. Each team performs six routines across different disciplines (2× straight line, 2× spiral, 1× vault, and 1× routine in a discipline chosen by the team).
Nations qualify for the Team World Championships based on their results at the preceding Wheel Gymnastics World Championships.
Until 2008, an "All-Star" team also competed alongside the qualifying national teams. This team was composed of top individual finalists from the previous World Championships as well as gymnasts from host clubs.
2027 The 2027 IRV Team World Championships will take place in Salzburg, Austria. Germany, Switzerland, Israel, and the Netherlands have qualified for the event.
2025 The 2025 IRV Team World Championships were held as part of the International German Gymnastics Festival (Deutsches Turnfest) in Leipzig, Germany. For the first time in history, the junior world title was shared between Switzerland and Israel rather than won outright by Germany. +JuniorsRankNationAthletesPoints1Meret Stark, Timon Peter, Olivia Suter, Elea Peter251Gali Yarsky, Bar Dubinsky, Naomi Livne, Roni Ezra, Roni Schusheim253Bero Schröter, Frieda Wilke, Annika Wasmuth, Sophie Julius, Jamal Kiel, Nils Münster204Laura Schmitz, Nela Knodt, Mara Bartholemy, Wilhelm Uffelmann14 +SeniorsRankNationAthletesPoints1Karina Peisker, Lea Gmeiner, Malte Schröder, Johannes Stolper, Emma Gerlitz252Malena Kernacs, Luisa Galvan, Birgit Halwachs, Selina Memeti223Shuri Akasaka, Hiroki Yasutaka, Aya Horiguchi, Shiori Urikane, Ryuichi Goto, Yasuhiko Takahashi204Simon Rufener, Chiara Lenzo, Manuel Roth, Shannon Rüttimann16
2023 The 2023 IRV Team World Championships took place on 15 July 2023 at the Broadway Armory Park in Chicago, United States. It was the first edition to feature a junior competition. +JuniorsRankNationAthletesPoints1Jamal Kiel, Johanna Calmano, Sophie Julius, Ella Köhler, Frieda Wilke, Mia Schmidt232Roni Schusheim, Hadas Nir, Gali Rosner, Uri Porat223Luca Küttel, Noemi Meier, Katharina Müller, Meret Stark, Fabienne Wehrli204Jacob Hartwell, Alexa Gola, Lola Lown, Aidan Lish, Karly O’Brien, Aidan Elliot8 +SeniorsRankNationAthletesPoints1Johannes Stolper, Emma Gerlitz, Karina Peisker, Lilia Lessel, Kira Homeyer, Malte Schröder232Chiara Lenzo, Simon Rufener, Leonie Botta, Cheyenne Wietlisbach, Fabrice Schubert213Ryuichi Goto, Yasuhiko Takahashi, Hiroki Yasutaka, Aya Horiguchi, Miho Yamada174Malena Kernacs, Selina Memeti, Birgit Halwachs12
2019
The 2019 Team World Cup took place on 21 April 2019 in Akita, Japan. It was the first international wheel gymnastics event hosted in Japan. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPoints1Carsten Heimer, Kira Homeyer, Sarah Metz, Luca Christ212Yasuhiko Takahashi, Daisuke Mori, Aya Horiguchi, Yuki Matsuura203Matthias Reich, Leonie Botta, Simon Rufener194Martine van den Boogaard, Sanne Romijn, Ilse van der Ham, Sannah Boer15
2017 The 2017 Team World Cup was held on 22 April in Salzburg, Austria. It was jointly organized by the Austrian Wheel Gymnastics Association and the IRV. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPoints1Cheyenne Rechsteiner, Sabine Krumm, Edwina Huber242Marcel Schawo, Yana Loofts, Lilia Lessel, Kira Homeyer183Alexander Müller, Ingrid Vukusic, Veronika Brunnauer164Yasuhiko Takahashi, Yuuki Matsuura, Nobuhiro Koyama, Aya Horiguchi15
2014
The 2014 Team World Cup took place on 29 March at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. For the first time in the history of the competition, a country other than Germany won the title. It was also the first wheel gymnastics event to be live-streamed online. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPoints1Yasuhiko Takahashi, Yuuki Matsuura, Aya Horiguchi, Daisuke Mori212Sarah Metz, Kathrin Schad, Laura Stullich, Riccarda Vogel182Boy Looijen, Myrna van Berkel, Mariël Dekker, Linde Wester182Cheyenne Rechsteiner, Sabine Krumm, Edwina Huber, Jacqueline Müller18
2012 The 2012 Team World Cup took place on 30 March 2012 at the Waldmannhalle in Baar, Switzerland. This marked the first time the event was held outside of Germany. The second part of the competition was held on Sunday, 1 April at the Reichswald-Sporthalle in Ramstein, Germany. +Day 1 ResultsRankNationAthletesPoints1Robert Maaser, Laura Stullich, Svenja Trepte, Christoph Clausen242Mariël Dekker, Myrna van Berkel, Boy Looijen, Martine v.d. Boogaard183Sarasa Mori, Motonobu Tamura, Shadai Wakuta, Aya Horiguchi174Cheyenne Rechsteiner, Remo Meyer, Edwina Huber, Tiziana Scherer15 +Day 2 ResultsRankNation1234
2010 The 5th Team World Cup was held on 28 March 2010 in Finnentrop, Germany. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPoints1Christoph Clausen, Julia Pohling, Robert Maaser, Svenja Trepte282Motonobu Tamura, Ichiro Fukuhara, Yasuhiko Takahashi, Daisuke Mori183Boy Looijen, Mariël Dekker, Kirstin Heerdink, Jeroen de Bruin144Vroni Kostezer, Remo Meyer, Tiziana Scherer, Stefanie Stutz12
2008 The 4th Team World Cup took place on 15 March 2008 in Wolfstein, Germany, and on 16 March 2008 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. It was the first edition in which teams could play a joker card to double their points scored in a round. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPart 1Part 2Total1Janin Oer, Annette Pusch, Constantin Malchin, Nadine Münster2425492All-Star TeamVincent Klimo (Austria), Solveig Krapf (Norway), Sabine Krumm (Switzerland), Cécile Meschberger (Switzerland), Nina Nickel1816343Shinichiro Goeku, Kinji Furuya, Daisuke Mori, Kazuya Ezuka1616323Leonard Bakker, Kirstin Heerdink, Jeroen de Bruin, Rick de Boer171532
2006 The 3rd Team World Cup took place on 8 April 2006 in Flensburg, Germany, and on 9 April 2006 in Trappenkamp, Germany. A new judging system for vault was introduced, alongside the round-by-round point system rather than counting total execution scores. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPart 1Part 2Total1Achus Emeis, Constantin Malchin, Janin Oer, Julius Petri1920392All-Star TeamChristoph Clausen, Tim Seidel, Cornelia Kranzi, Linde Wester1411253Shigeo Nomi, Takako Hiwa, Yoichi Matsumoto, Yukako Fukase1311244Vroni Kostezer, Cécile Meschberger, Daniel Roos, Christel Ischi91322
2004 The 2nd Team World Cup was held on 3 and 4 April 2004 in Leverkusen and Wiesbaden, Germany. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPart 1Part 2Total1Janin Oer, Julius Petri, Julia Pohling, Jan Schäfer64.352All-Star TeamClaudia Schäfer, Freddy Bruell, Jermain Dotson, Lisa Buddrus58.503Atsuko Motoya, Satoshi Motoya, Yasuaki Yoshikawa, Takako Hiwa58.204Cécile Meschberger, Claudine Müller, Flavian Graber, Jasmin Braunwalder49.755Hildegunn Solgaard, Nora Boldermo, Charlotte Ostlie, Anne Roer Walland47.50
2002 The inaugural Team World Cup took place on 23 March 2002 in Würzburg, Germany. +ResultsRankNationAthletesPoints1Jeanette Groschup, Jan Schäfer, Julia Pohling, Linda Eitelwein51.952Satoshi Motoya, Takako Hiwa, Yohei Nishii, Atsuka Wakayama48.053Lena Bertelsen, Trude Linvolden, Lin-Veronica Samuelsen, Hildegunn Solgaard46.704All-Star TeamPaulo Lucena Silva, Jermaine Dotson, Thérèse Verdoorn, Maarten van Stekelenburg44.805Claudine Müller, Cécile Meschberger, Jasmin Braunwalder, Luzian Graber43.65
External links
2023 Juniors Live Stream 2023 Seniors Live Stream 2019 Live Stream 2017 Video Playlist 2014 Highlights Video
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