IPSC Handgun World Shoots
World Championship in Handgun Shooting
An Australian competitor firing his handgun from a seated position during the 2013 IPSC Australasia Handgun Championship .
The IPSC Handgun World Shoot is the highest level handgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire.[ 2] The Handgun World Shoots are held triennially on a rotational cycle with the other two main IPSC disciplines Rifle and Shotgun .
World Shoot main matches are held over six days with five days of shooting and one rest day, making the competition a shooting marathon where strategy and mental focus is of critical importance.[ 3] [ 4]
History
The first IPSC World Shoot was held in 1975 in Zurich, and the two following were held with one year intervals. After 1977 the World Shoots were held at two year intervals until 1983 when the schedule was changed to the three year intervals used today.
Until and including 1991 there were no equipment divisions, but equipment had gradually become more and more specialized with extended front sights, compensators and even optical sights. At the 1991 Handgun World Shoot in Adelaide, Australia, Doug Koenig of USA became the first competitor to win the World Shoot using a red dot sight . In the following 1993 Handgun World Shoot competitors would be divided into divisions based on the equipment, thereof whether the firearm had an optical sight and compensator (Open or Modified division) or iron sights (Standard division). In 1999 the Revolver and Production divisions were introduced, and became recognized divisions from January 2000, making their first appearance in World Level competition at the 2002 Handgun World Shoot . In 2011 the Modified division was retired to make room for the Classic division, in commemoration of the 1911 single stack which historically had been so important for IPSC Handgun and handgun shooting sports in general for many years.
List of Handgun World Shoots
1975 Handgun World Shoot in Zurich , Switzerland
1976 Handgun World Shoot in Salzburg , Austria
1977 Handgun World Shoot in Salisbury , Rhodesia
1979 Handgun World Shoot in Roodepoort , Johannesburg , South Africa
1981 Handgun World Shoot in Johannesburg , South Africa
1983 Handgun World Shoot in Virginia , United States
1986 Handgun World Shoot in Florida , United States
1988 Handgun World Shoot in Caracas , Venezuela
1990 Handgun World Shoot in Adelaide , Australia
1991 Individual Handgun World Championship , Johannesburg , South Africa
1993 Handgun World Shoot at the National Shooting Centre at Bisley , Bisley, Surrey , England
1996 Handgun World Shoot in Brasília , Brazil
1999 Handgun World Shoot in Cebu , Philippines
2002 Handgun World Shoot in Pietersburg , South Africa
2005 Handgun World Shoot in Guayaquil , Ecuador
2008 Handgun World Shoot in Bali , Indonesia
2011 Handgun World Shoot in Rhodes , Greece
2014 Handgun World Shoot in Frostproof, Florida , United States
2017 Handgun World Shoot at the National Shooting Centre in Châteauroux , France
2022 Handgun World Shoot in Thailand
Individual Champions
Eric Grauffel from France, nine time IPSC Handgun World Champion.
The following is a list of previous and current Handgun World Champions:[ 5]
Overall category
Lady category
From left to right: Ashley Rheuark , Lena Miculek and Maria Gushchina .
Ashley Rheuark at the 2017 IPSC Rifle World Shoot .
Junior category
Senior category
Super Senior category
Teams
Teams can consist of up to four athletes, with the three highest individual scores counting for the team results.
Overall teams
Year
Division
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Venue
1975
World Shoot I
1976
World Shoot II
1977
Rhodesia 100.00 % 8776.064 points
United States 99.53 % 8735.054 points
South Africa 88.98 % 7808.542 points
World Shoot III
1979
World Shoot IV
1981
World Shoot V
1983
United States 100.00 %
World Shoot VI
1986
World Shoot VII
1988
United States 100.00 %
Austria
United Kingdom
World Shoot VIII
1990
United States
World Shoot IX
1993
Open
United States 100.00 % 10574.2874 points
South Africa 89.09 % 9420.5502 points
United Kingdom 87.59 % 9261.8333 points
World Shoot X
1996
Open
World Shoot XI
1999
Open
World Shoot XII
2002
Open
World Shoot XIII
2002
Standard
100.00 % 8471.4458 points - Rob Leatham , - Michael Voigt , - Ron Avery , - Phil Strader
South Africa 91.17 % 7723.0008 points - Fabian Scott, - Nick du Plessis, - Gary Haltmann, - Paul van Wyk
Italy 87.88 % 7444.9984 points - Adriano Ciro Santarcangel, - Guido Ciccarelli, - Valter Tranquilli, - Esterino Magli (DQ)
World Shoot XIII
2005
Open
World Shoot XIV
2008
Revolver
Italy 100.00 % 6887.00 points - Andrea Todeschini, - Igor Rosa Brusin, - Luca Ricciardi, - Claudio Zambonin
World Shoot XV
2011
Open
World Shoot XVI
2014
Open
United States 100.00 % 6544.1614 points - Max Michel , - Shane Coley, - KC Eusebio , - Chris Tilley
Czech Republic 93.79 % 6137.5093 points - Martin Kamenicek, - Miroslav Havlicek, - Zdenek Henes
Australia 93.60 % 6125.3867 points - Brodie McIntosh , - Nick Kapor, - Gareth Graham, - David McConachie
World Shoot XVII
2014
Standard
United States 100.00 % 6685.2494 points - Nils Jonasson , - Bob Vogel , - Dave Sevigny, - Emanuel Bragg
Italy 91.74 % 6132.9641 points - Cosimo Panetta, - Gregorio Tassone, - Max Bragagnolo, - Giulio Del Rosario
Spain 87.51 % 5850.5001 points - Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz, - Gorka Ibanez, - Jesus Ferreiro, - David Davite
World Shoot XVII
2014
Production
United States 100.00 % 6679.5259 points - Simon Racaza , - Ben Stoeger , - Matthew Mink
Czechia 94.53 % 6313.8761 points - Robin Sebo, - Zdenek Liehne, - Miroslav Zapletal, - Michal Stepan
France 90.49 % 6044.1766 points - Eric Grauffel , - Louis Adrien Guichard, - Mathieu Lavergne, - Baptiste Felt
World Shoot XVII
2014
Classic
United States 100.00 % 6346.8120 points - Rob Leatham , - Todd Jarrett , - Gary Byerly, - Keith Dilworth
Philippines 99.95 % 6343.9388 points - Edward Rivera, - Wilfredo Jr Martin, - Jerome Morales, - William Magalong
Italy 96.47 % 6122.8449 points - Edoardo Buticchi, - Roberto Vezzoli, - Mauro Di Prospero, - Mario Piccioni
World Shoot XVII
2014
Revolver
United States 100.00 % 6184.8829 points - Josh Lentz, - David Olhasso, - Cliff Walsh , - Elliot Aysen
Austria 96.13 % 5945.4234 points - Gerald Reiter, - Hermann Kirchweger, - Reinhard Handl, - Robert Kroiss
Brazil 91.93 % 5685.5642 points - Moacyr Azevedo, - Wagner Almeida, - Daniel Polverini, - Rogerio Rosas
World Shoot XVII
Lady teams
See also
References
Match Report - 1977 Handgun World Shoot, Rhodesia
Match Results - 1983 Handgun World Shoot, USA - American Handgunnger March/ April 1984, page 34
Match Results - 1988 Handgun World Shoot - USPSA Front Sight November/ December 1988, page 9 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Match Results - 1990 Handgun World Shoot, Australia
Match Results - 1991 Individual World Championship, South Africa Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
Match Results - 1993 Handgun World Shoot, England - Diligentia: The Official Newsletter of IPSC Canada, February 1994, page 26
Match Results - 1996 Handgun World Shoot, Brazil - USPSA Frontsight 3. 1997, page 14 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Match Results - 1999 Handgun World Shoot, Philippines
Match Results - 2002 Handgun World Shoot, South Africa Archived 2020-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
IPSC :: Match Results - 2005 Handgun World Shoot, Ecuador
IPSC :: Match Results - 2008 Handgun World Shoot, Indonesia
IPSC :: Match Results - 2011 Handgun World Shoot, Greece
IPSC :: Match Results - 2014 Handgun World Shoot, United States
External links
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Continental championships (level 4)
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Tournament Action Air
Regional championships (level 3)
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Tournament Mini-Rifle Action Air