For the first time, an IFSC World Cup will take place on European soil in 2025. The World Cup in Prague will kick off the final part of the Bouldering World Cup season, before the final stops in Bern and Innsbruck.
After three World Cups in Asia and stops in Brazil and the USA, the IFSCWorld Cup to Europe. This weekend Prague as the well-known host of the bouldering discipline, before the athletes continue to Bern and finally to the World Cup season finale in Innsbruck goes.
Sorato Anraku: will he have the perfect season?
At the halfway point of the Bouldering World Cup season, it is especially important Sorato Anraku The Japanese has won gold in every Bouldering World Cup so far and, most recently in Salt Lake City, made no secret of his ambition to achieve a perfect season. Only one person has achieved this before: Janja Garnbret in the 2019 season.
I think I can win all the Bouldering World Cups this season.
Sorato Anraku
after his gold in Salt Lake City
In the absence of Janja Garnbret, Brooke Raboutou and Natalia Grossman, several women stood on the top bouldering podium for the first time this season – for example France’s Nailé Meignan in Curitiba and Japan's Mao Nakamura in Salt Lake City. Both will start in Prague this weekend, accompanied by World Cup greats such as Oriane Bertone, who won her first World Cup gold in Prague 2023, and Erin McNeice, Miho Nonaka or Ai Mori.
In the men’s competition, Sorato Anraku has to prove his ambitions against competitors such as the Olympic champion Toby Roberts, Korea's Dohyun Lee and the local favorite Adam Ondra who will compete in the last Bouldering World Cup of his career in Prague.
Schedule & Program
As the first World Cup of the season, Prague (GMT+2) is in the same time zone as Germany. The event's schedule therefore coincides with local time in Germany.
- Friday, 6th June 2025
09:00 PM Bouldering Men's Qualification
16:00 Qualification Bouldering Women - Saturday, 7th June 2025
12:00 a.m. Men's Bouldering Semifinal
18:30 PM Bouldering Men's Final - Sunday, 8th June 2025
12:00 a.m. Women's Bouldering Semifinal
18:30 PM Bouldering Women's Final
Live streams
For the YouTube live stream The IFSC has local restrictions that can be circumvented with a VPN client. Viewers in Europe can watch the semifinals and finals live with a paid subscription on Discovery + or the Eurosport Player . track
Men's Bouldering Semifinal (Saturday 12:00, GMT+2)
Men's Bouldering Final (Saturday 18:30 p.m., GMT+2)
Women's Bouldering Semifinal (Sunday 12:00, GMT+2)
Women's Bouldering Final (Sunday 18:30 p.m., GMT+2)
Due to severe weather warnings with strong winds, the women's final has been canceled. The semifinal score will apply.
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Credits cover photo: Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC