2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot

The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Center in Châteauroux, France during the end of August and start of September. There were 30 stages divided into 5 areas, with each area being named after and having themes from one of the 5 continents Africa, Asia, America, Australia or Europe.[2]

2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot
VenueNational Shooting Center, Châteauroux
DatesOpening Ceremony: 27. August
Main Match: 28. August - 2. September
Shoot-Off: 3. September
Awards: 3. September
Competitors1506[1] from 76 nations
Medalists
 Production (Largest Division)
Ben Stoeger
  Pavel Torgashov
  Eduardo de Cobos

The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner Ben Stoeger from USA finishing under half a point in front of Russian shooter Pavel Torgashov, pushing him down into second place with the very close final score of 99.98 %. Production division arguably had the toughest top ten competition, with a margin of only 3.8 % between first and ninth place. Maria Gushchina from Russia made an impressive performance placing both first in Lady Production and sixth in Production Overall.

Match info

The match was very varied with many moving targets, and some stages had targets placed at distances up to 50 meters. The French Minister of Sports Laura Flessel mada an appearance showing support for the French Standard division shooter Eric Grauffel.[3]

Champions

Open

The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors (27 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold Jorge Ballesteros 2292.6920 100.00%
Silver Simon Racaza 2258.4526 98.51%
Bronze Emile Obriot 2235.9699 97.53%
4th Jaime Roberto Maia Saldanha Junior 2212.1884 96.49%
5th KC Eusebio 2205.8379 96.21%
6th Max Michel 2195.1046 95.74%
7th Brodie McIntosh 2189.7488 95.51%
8th Edcel John Gino 2186.5513 95.37%
9th Saul Kirsch 2160.1327 94.22%
10th Cosimo Panetta 2106.5474 91.88%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Karla Blowers 1853.2722 80.83% 100.00%
Silver Jessie Duff 1824.5493 79.58% 98.45%
Bronze Kaci Lynn Cochran 1797.8368 78.42% 97.01%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Mauro Kenji Murakami 1626.4381 70.94% 100.00%
Silver Clement Caesar Ho 1515.9715 66.12% 93.21%
Bronze Dangdee Hongdalud 1456.6312 63.53% 89.56%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Frank Witters 1930.4595 84.20% 100.00%
Silver Jose Zanon Blasco 1877.1794 81.88% 97.24%
Bronze Daniele Barbizzi 1851.2000 80.74% 95.89%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Thierry Obriot 1743.5679 76.05% 100.00%
Silver Wat Srijinta-Angkul 1616.6611 70.51% 92.72%
Bronze Philippe Gibert 1585.0496 69.13% 90.91%
Teams Open
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6381.7162 100.00% Max Michel, Chris Tilley, Shannon Smith, William Drummond
Silver  Australia 6237.1700 97.73% Brodie McIntosh, Rhys Arthur, David McConachie, Gareth Graham
Bronze  Spain 6215.0775 97.39% Jorge Ballesteros, Ivan Espilez Urbon, Javier Gonzalez Perez, Jose Zanon Blasco
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 5318.7200 100.00% Jessie Duff, Kaci Lynn Cochran, Sloan Sanders, Lisa Munson
Silver  Australia 5148.8697 96.81% Karla Blowers, Natalie Anderson, Linda Blowers
Bronze  South Africa 4397.9664 82.69% Alexis Biermann, Kirsty Bohler, Susan Kriel, Ets Van Den Berg
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Italy 5347.7081 100.00% Daniele Barbizzi, Paolo Ravizzini, Giuseppe Todaro, Salvatore Luigi Garau
Silver  United States 5085.1089 95.09% Steven Thomas, Kerry Pearson, Leighton Oosthuisen, Michael Voigt
Bronze  France 5071.1239 94.83% Thierry Obriot, Patrice Martin, Jean Luc Desagneaux, Bruno Grasso

Standard

The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors (25.2 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold Eric Grauffel 2336.5047 100.00%
Silver Robert Vogel 2274.2809 97.34%
Bronze Nils Jonasson 2233.6302 95.60%
4th Shane Coley 2156.8738 92.31%
5th Edward Rivera 2156.2811 92.29%
6th Juan Carlos Jaime Diaz 2132.4514 91.27%
7th Kahlil Adrian Viray 2100.7726 89.91%
8th Bolzoni, Giacomo 2095.9794 89.71%
9th Djajadiningrat, Vincentius 2094.9076 89.66%
10th Joseph Jr Bernabe 2070.4669 88.61%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Christine Burkhalter 1683.3174 72.04% 100.00%
Silver Ashley Rheuark 1623.8095 69.50% 96.46%
Bronze Hilde Nakling 1603.7359 68.64% 95.27%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Kahlil Adrian Viray 2100.7726 89.91% 100.00%
Silver Rolly Nathaniel Tecson 2020.9968 86.50% 96.20%
Bronze Mario Batista Neto 1711.4648 73.25% 81.47%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Emanuel Bragg 2056.1766 88.00% 100.00%
Silver Reinhard Handl 1880.0447 80.46% 91.43%
Bronze Adriano Ciro Santarcangelo 1839.4971 78.73% 89.46%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Esterino Magli 1653.0679 70.75% 100.00%
Silver Lucimar Domingues Oliveira 1628.5223 69.70% 98.52%
Bronze Israelito Pible 1521.2420 65.11% 92.03%
Teams Standard
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6499.8175 100.00% Robert Vogel, Shane Coley, Blake Miguez, Emanuel Bragg
Silver  Philippines 6327.5206 97.35% Edward Rivera, Kahlil Adrian Viray, Joseph Jr Bernabe, John Paul Santiaguel
Bronze  France 6121.7117 94.18% Eric Grauffel, Louis Guichard, Julien Boit, Jerome Poiret
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Russia 3921.9005 100.00% Elena Efimova, Anastasia Chernenko, Tatiana Makarova, Marina Zagulyaeva
Silver  Norway 3894.3731 99.30% Hilde Nakling, Ingunn Marie Edvardsen, Tone Tsigakis Ostreng, Eirin Grotan Kirknes
Bronze  Germany 3603.5867 91.88% Petra Tutschke, Sabine Wurster, Rita Burkhart, Frauke Mansion
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Italy 5203.2598 100.00% Leonardo Bettoni, Paolo Paoletti, Mauro D'alessandro, Fabrizio Pesce
Silver  Austria 4981.9162 95.75% Reinhard Handl, Gottfried Post, Thomas Birner, Hubert Muehlbacher
Bronze  Russia 4765.5773 91.59% Ilya Gubin, Evgeny Petrushin, Evgeny Efimov, Vasil Kurbatskikh

Production

The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors (32.3 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold Ben Stoeger 2192.6068 100.00%
Silver Pavel Torgashov 2192.1999 99.98%
Bronze Eduardo de Cobos 2171.0655 99.02%
4th Ljubisa Momcilovic 2168.9336 98.92%
5th Salvador Luna 2153.9707 98.24%
6th Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23%
7th Robin Sebo 2139.5718 97.58%
8th Alexey Pichugin 2126.0606 96.97%
9th Michal Stepan 2109.2680 96.20%
10th Magnus Johansson 2051.1369 93.55%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23% 100.00%
Silver Violetta Boehm 1637.8093 74.70% 76.04%
Bronze Randi Rogers 1626.8851 74.20% 75.53%
Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Nikita Nemykin 1784.5432 81.39% 100.00%
Silver Baptiste Felt 1663.7601 75.88% 93.23%
Bronze Danila Pakhomov 1650.9516 75.30% 92.51%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Jan Palka 1873.4312 85.44% 100.00%
Silver Frank William Garcia 1826.8258 83.32% 97.51%
Bronze Angus Hobdell 1807.3518 82.43% 96.47%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Heribert Bettermann 1571.3016 71.66% 100.00%
Silver Rob Hopper 1526.7821 69.63% 97.17%
Bronze Max Wiegand 1401.6426 63.93% 89.20%
Teams Production
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Russia 6472.0877 100.00% Pavel Torgashov, Maria Gushchina, Alexey Pichugin, Nikolai Onshin
Silver  United States 6385.0989 98.66% Ben Stoeger, Salvador Luna, Brian Norris, Casey Reed
Bronze  Czech Republic 6285.5205 97.12% Robin Sebo, Michal Stepan, Miroslav Zapletal
Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 4643.1730 100.00% Randi Rogers, Sara Taylor, Candice Juliano, Cindi Thomas
Silver  Italy 4370.9652 94.14% Violetta Boehm, Ilaria Giunchiglia, Lucia Caroli, Marianna Limarova
Bronze  Russia 4329.1863 93.24% Ekaterina Gordienko, Irina Gorbacheva, Ekaterina Tabachenko, Inna Deledivka
Junior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  Russia 5072.3002 100.00% Nikita Nemykin, Danila Pakhomov, Dmitry Novikov, Kirill Fedorov
Silver  France 4479.0522 88.30% Baptiste Felt, Paul Dagorno, Baptiste Jazet
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 5187.9415 100.00% Frank William Garcia, Gilberto Perez, Gordon Carrell, Brad Bolz
Silver  Italy 5049.8855 97.34% Giovanni Zuccolo, Davide Cerrato, Valter Tranquilli, Mario Piccioni
Bronze  Germany 4643.6190 89.51% Joerg Haben, Rolf Dieter Reich, Frank Weuster, Olaf Van Essen

Classic

The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors (10.9 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold Elias Frangoulis 2191.6388 100.00%
Silver Jeufro Emil Lejano 2076.8448 94.76%
Bronze Jethro Dionisio 2076.6685 94.75%
4th Phil Strader 2046.0685 93.36%
5th Jeremy Reid 2044.9257 93.31%
6th Lenard Lopez 2010.0355 91.71%
7th Gregory Midgley 2007.3307 91.59%
8th Roberto Vezzoli 2004.0773 91.44%
9th Wilfredo Jr Martin 1962.1684 89.53%
10th Edoardo Buticchi 1939.6316 88.50%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Julie Golob 1602.0253 73.10% 100.00%
Silver Jelena Savkovic 1483.0726 67.67% 92.57%
Bronze Grace Tamayo 1446.0789 65.98% 90.27%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Edoardo Buticchi 1939.6316 88.50% 100.00%
Silver Narongsak Kaewmuangpet 1831.7240 83.58% 94.44%
Bronze Guido Ciccarelli 1791.1485 81.73% 92.34%
Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Joel Gerard 1531.7793 69.89% 100.00%
Silver Randy Fisher 1471.1048 67.12% 96.04%
Bronze Gert Erling Hansen 1349.6862 61.58% 88.11%
Teams Classic
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6124.3587 100.00% Elias Paul Frangoulis, Jeremy Reid, Randall Arrowood, Rob Leatham
Silver  Philippines 5989.5014 97.80% Jeufro Emil Lejano, Wilfredo Jr Martin, Bernardo Mari V Alejandro, William Magalong
Bronze  Italy 5827.5639 95.15% Roberto Vezzoli, Edoardo Buticchi, Alessandro Pettinelli, Guido Ciccarelli
Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 5083.1075 100.00% John Allen Koppi, Harold Arthur Christy, Lyle Keith Dilworth, Robert Novak
Silver  France 4736.8887 93.19% Michel Nestolat, Denis Altuna, Joel Gerard, Philippe Rouge
Bronze  South Africa 4485.2870 88.24% Dion Du Bruyn, Wayne Hammond, Abraham Jansen Van Vuuren, Jan Van Den Berg

Revolver

The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors (4.6 %).

Individual
Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent
Gold Michael William Poggie 2307.0044 100.00%
Silver Gerald Reiter 2262.3355 98.06%
Bronze Joshua Lentz 2258.5747 97.90%
4th Sascha Back 2195.9996 95.19%
5th Rich Wolfe 2126.9147 92.19%
6th David Olhasso 2126.5723 92.18%
7th Henrik Nielsen 2078.7244 90.10%
8th Moacir de Azevedo 2051.0417 88.91%
9th Kalle Halvarsson 2026.2984 87.83%
10th Markus Schneider 2016.9749 87.43%
Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Vera Treskova 1337.2981 57.97% 100.00%
Silver Olga Kuznetsova 935.8880 40.57% 69.98%
Bronze Daria Zharkova 819.4597 35.52% 61.28%
Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent
Gold Moacir de Azevedo 2051.0417 88.91% 100.00%
Silver Markus Schneider 2016.9749 87.43% 98.34%
Bronze Olof Lindskog 1763.4999 76.44% 85.98%
Teams Revolver
Overall Country Points Percent Team members
Gold  United States 6692.4938 100.00% Michael William Poggie, Joshua Lentz, Rich Wolfe, David Olhasso
Silver  Germany 5989.9135 89.50% Sascha Back, Markus Schneider, Guenther Knaus, Holger Joest
Bronze  Austria 5973.9100 89.26% Gerald Reiter, Johann Lang, Markus Pack, Robert Kroiss

Medal table
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 13 7 5 25
2  Russia 5 3 5 13
3  Italy 4 3 4 11
4  France 3 2 5 10
5  Australia 2 1 1 4
6  Philippines 1 4 3 8
7  Germany 1 2 3 6
8  Spain 1 1 2 4
9  Brazil 1 1 1 3
10  Sweden 1 0 1 2
11  Belgium 1 0 0 1
12  Slovakia 1 0 0 1
13  Austria 0 3 0 3
14  South Africa 0 2 2 4
15  Thailand 0 2 1 3
16  Norway 0 1 1 2
17  Canada 0 1 0 1
18  Serbia 0 1 0 1
19  Denmark 0 0 1 1
Total 34 34 34 102

Shoot-Off side event

On Sunday 3 September, the Shoot-Off side event was held in an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup format where the competitors shot at falling steel targets (called poppers). The top 10 finishing overall and category shooters from the Main Match were qualified for the Shoot-Off. To win a round, a competitor would have to hit all his steel targets and reach the middle middle target before the other competitor. The Shoot-Off consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals, bronze and gold finals.[4]

Division Category Gold Silver Bronze
Open Overall Jorge Ballesteros Simon Racaza Emile Obriot
Lady Jessica Duff Kaci Lynn Cochran Sloan Sanders
Junior Clement Caesar Ho Mauro Kenji Murakami Dangdee Hongdalud
Senior Jose Zanon Blasco Johan Hansen Augusto Ribas
Super Senior Philippe Gibert Wat Srijinta - Angkul Roberto Saldanha
Standard Overall Shane Coley Nils Konrad Jonasson Eric Grauffel
Lady Christine Burkhalter Claire Giles Hilde Nakling
Junior Kahlil Adrian Viray Saditkorn Chomrit Rolly Nathaniel Tecson
Senior Adriano Santarcangelo Leonardo Bettoni Emanuel Bragg
Super Senior Esterino Magli Lucimar Domingues Oliveira Benjamin Jr Belarmino
Production Overall Ljubiša Momčilović Benjamin Stoeger Eduardo de Cobos
Lady Maria Guschina Margaux Nycz Violetta Boehm
Junior Nikita Nemykin Baptiste Felt James Phegan
Senior Giovanni Zuccolo Gordon Carrell Gilberto Perez
Super Senior Rob Hopper Maoro Guimaraes -
Classic Overall Elias Frangoulis Jeufro Emil Leujano Jethro Dionisio
Lady Julie Golob Jelena Savković Grace Tamayo
Senior Edoardo Buticchi Narongsak Kaewmuanpet -
Super Senior Gert Erling Hansen Joël Gerard -
Revolver Overall Michael William Poggie David Olhasso Henrik F. Nielsen
Senior Moacir De Azevedo Markus Schneider Eric Cornelissen

CZ Super Six side event

Another side event on Sunday 3 September was the Super Six finals sponsored by CZ,[3] where six of the best Overall and Lady shooters in the Production, Standard and Open divisions participated. Three of the Main Match stages were shot again by one competitor at a time in an elimination cup format based on their hit factor scores. Stage 16 was the first cut, afterwards stage 15 was the semifinal and lastly stage 17 was the final between the two best shooters.

Division Category Gold Silver Bronze
Open Overall Simon Racaza Emile Obriot Jorge Ballesteros
Lady Jessica Duff Sloan Sanders -
Standard Overall Eric Grauffel Nils Konrad Jonasson Shane Coley
Lady Ashley Rheuark Sissal Skaale Claire Giles
Production Overall Michal Štěpán Ljubiša Momčilović Maria Gushchina
Lady Maria Gushchina Margaux Nycz Cecilia Lindberg

See also

References
  1. 2017 Handgun World Shoot - Division Participation Listing
  2. Live Match Report IPSC World Shoot France - all4shooters.com
  3. CZ Shooting Team blog: CZ at the 2017 Handgun World Shoot: Maria Gushchina Triple World Champion! (Czech: Česká zbrojovka a.s. na Handgun World Shoot 2017: Maria Gushchina trojnásobnou mistryní světa!)
  4. "WS XVIII Shoot off results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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