The 34th IFSC Youth World Championships will take place in the Finnish capital Helsinki from July 28 to August 3, 2025. For one week, young athletes from all over the world will compete in the disciplines of lead, boulder, and speed.
The proud organizers are the KiipeilyAreena Ristikko and the Helsinki Climbing Center. The ClimbingAreena Ristikko will host the Lead- and Speedcompetitions and the Helsinki Climbing Centre hosts the Boulder-Competition on a brand new wall.
The young athletes are now divided into the categories U17 and U19, no longer into the age groups U16, U18 and U20.
These young athletes from Germany are taking part
Lucas Trandafir, Jonas Körner, and Timo Ossig will compete in the men's U19 bouldering competition. Trandafir, along with his teammates Janne Eisenkolb and Luca Nündel, will also compete for lead. Andrin Zedler, Aodhan Umlauf, and Finn-Lucas Scholtes will compete in the speed discipline. In the women's U19 bouldering competition, Marie Koepler will compete in bouldering and Nele Thomas in speed.
The U17 men's category consists of Mattis Eisenkolb in bouldering, and Anton Fassbender and Sean Titz in speed. The U17 women's category consists of Olivia Kistmacher, Alisa Strigo, and Paula Mayer-Vorfelder. The latter also participates in the lead event, while Ida Stapelberg is registered for the speed event.
You can watch here
All competitions except the qualifying rounds will be broadcast live on the IFSC YouTube channel. Here's the schedule and links to the official livestream:
Monday July 28th
9:00 a.m. – U19 Boulder Qualification
Results U19 Quali Boulder Men: Here
Results U19 Quali Boulder Women: Here
Tuesday July 29th
9:00 a.m. – U17 Boulder Qualification
19:30 p.m. – U19 Bouldering semifinals
Wednesday July 30th
9:00 p.m. – U17 Bouldering semifinals
17:00 p.m. – U19 Bouldering Final
20:00 p.m. – U17 Bouldering Final
Thursday July 31st
9:00 a.m. – U19 Lead Qualification
Friday August 01th
9:00 a.m. – U17 Lead Qualification
20:00 p.m. – U19 Lead semifinals
Saturday August 02th
11:00 p.m. – U17 Lead semifinals
19:00 p.m. – U19 Lead finals
20:30 p.m. – U17 Lead finals
Sunday August 03th
11:00 a.m. – U17 Speed Qualification
13:30 p.m. – U17 Speed final
18:00 a.m. – U19 Speed Qualification
20:20 p.m. – U19 Speed final
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Credits cover photo: Dimitris Tosidis/IFSC