Lead & Speed ​​World Cup Bali: Info, Program & Livestream

For the last time this season, a World Cup event will take place on the Asian continent. Bali will make its debut as an IFSC venue from May 2nd to 4th, hosting the Lead and Speed ​​disciplines.

This weekend, for the first time, a IFSCWorld Cup took place in Indonesia. On the Peninsula Island in the southeastern region of Bali, climbing walls for the lead and speed competitions were built specifically for the event – ​​right next to the beach.

The strong Indonesian speed team, in particular, will be looking forward to its first home World Cup in Bali. Numerous athletes from the first lead event of the season last weekend will be participating, including the entire podium of Wujiang with the three gold medalists Sorato Anraku, Erin McNeice and Chaehyun Seo. Ai Mori and Hannah Meul start the 2025 season in Bali.

Ai Mori will compete in Bali for the first time in 2025 at a World Cup (picture IFSC/Drapella/Virt)

For the DACH region, the women will also be Martina Demmel and Roxana Wienand for Germany, Liv Egli for Switzerland and the Austrian team of Flora Oblasser, Eva-Maria Hammelmüller, Julia Fiser and Mattea Pötzi.

Represented in the men's Sascha Lehmann, Nino Grünenfelder and Jonas Utelli Switzerland, Yannick Flohe, Christoph Hanke, Yannick Nagel, Philipp Martin and Sebastian Halenke compete for Germany and Stefan Scherz for Austria.

Schedule & Program

At the event in Bali, the Leadqualification, before Saturday is all about the Speed-competitions are set. All semifinals and finals in lead climbing will take place on Sunday.

Like the previous event locations Keqiao and Wujiang, Bali (GMT+8) is six hours ahead of Central European Summer Time (GMT+2). All times refer to local time in Bali.

  • Friday, 2th May 2025
    14:00 Qualification Lead Men & Women
  • Saturday, 3th May 2025
    11:00 PM Qualification Speed ​​Men & Women
    15:00 PM Finals Speed ​​Men & Women
  • Sunday 4. May 2025
    10:00 PM Semifinals Lead Men & Women
    20:30 PM Final Lead Men
    followed by the final lead women

Live Stream

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

Speed ​​Qualification (Saturday 11:00, GMT+8)

Finals Speed ​​(Saturday 15:00 PM, GMT+8)

Semifinals Lead (Sunday 10:00, GMT+8)

Finals Lead (Sunday 20:30 PM, GMT+8)

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Credits cover photo: Nakajima Kazushige/IFSC

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