IAU Match Crossbow World Cup 2x30m, 10m and Grand Prix of France 2025
While the Field Crossbow discipline group celebrates the 2025 champions and recovers after a hard saison, the Match Crossbow scene meets in Strasbourg to collect world ranking points in two 30m and one 10m competitions.
Accompanying the World Cup starts, the organising team from the French Shooting Federation and the host Racing Club de Strasbourg Tir prepared an opportunity to compete in the accompanying Grand Prix de France, giving the shooters the possibility of up to 5 starts from Thursday till Saturday.
The range is well-prepared and the shooters as well. After the competition days, the qualifiers for the World Cup Finals in Winterthur(SUI) will be known.
Friday, 12 September
The second 30m competition in Strasbourg, being the 4th in a row for 2025, brought a lot of surprises. Everyone has expected Swiss and French shooters running for the medal places, but it came otherwise. Friday was a German day. Victory and the gold went to Louis Fürst(GER), tied with second-placed Thomas Debenne(FRA), both 572 points. Marius Klöckers(GER) took bronze for 566 points. Fourth place was also taken by a German shooter (Benjamin Hügler, 565), followed by Swiss team members.
World Cup 4: Gold for Louis Fürst
Day 2 results:
With the aggregate results list of shooters competing only for Grand Prix de France with the results of the World Cup 4, best eight were determined to finish the day in a final for the 30m Grand Prix winner. Surprisingly, no ladies made it to the final this time, but local competitors were also represented. The dominating nations were almost equally represented and so were also the medals - see the final results:
Thursday, 11 September
After a light training and equipment control procedures in the morning, the 30m Open Class shooters entered their first World Cup competition of this long weekend. As we missed French shooters at the first issue of the 30m World Cup in Sezemice(CZE), the curiosity went towards the chances to break the Swiss dominance this year. Well, despite the tight competition at the top of the list (even with ties), only Thomas Debenne(FRA) made it to the medal range earning bronze, losing to second-placed Joël Brüschweiler(SUI) by tie with 571 points. Gold was secured by Joëlle Baumgartner(SUI) with 572.
Here are the results of Day 1:
Field Crossbow World Cup Final - first time in Vienna
The field crossbow discipline group arrives to the last station this year. What remains, is to determine the winners of the World Cup 2025 and to hand over the big crystal globes for the Shooter of the Year 2025 - both in the ladies and in the men's categories.
For the first time, Vienna serves as host city for this prestigious final, providing an impressive setting for a gathering of champions. Equally historic is the unique cooperation between archers and crossbow shooters in the organization of the tournament, marking a milestone in the sport’s development and collaboration across disciplines.
The event not only crowns the new World Cup winners but also sets a precedent for future cooperation, strengthening ties within the shooting sports community and presenting Vienna as a world-class stage for international competition.
After a year of hard competitions, we can declare the year 2025 being the year of MRNJAVČIĆ PEREGLIN Valentina(CRO) and OBOROVEČKI Martin(CRO) - both with a complete set of gold medals from World Championships and World Cup, placing them on the top of the IAU ranking and earning them the title Shooter of the Year and the big crystal globe from our partner Sklovakia.
Congratulations, Valentina and Martin!
Saturday, 06 September
The day of decision - after quarterfinals, semi-finals and bronze/gold matches, we know the world cup winners and the Shooter of the Year laureates in the Field Crossbow discipline, women and men.
Final Standings - Women:
Bronze Medal Match Women: FORJAN Veronika(CRO)- KOZUMPLIK Valentina(CRO) 5:1
Gold Medal Match Women: MRNJAVČIĆ PEREGLIN Valentina(CRO) - TÖRÖKNÉ ZSÓTÉR Judit(HUN) 6:2
Final Standings - Men:
Bronze Medal Match Men: COLLIN Aurélien(FRA) - PEREGLIN Domagoj(CRO) 1:5
Gold Medal Match Men: OBOROVEČKI Martin(CRO) - KRSTINIĆ Andrej(CRO) 5:1
Friday, 05 September
After a short opening ceremony, 16 men and 14 women shot a 30-shot qualification programme, preparing the pairings for the tournament bracket. Quarterfinals, semifinals and bronze/gold medal matches are scheduled for Saturday.
Update to IAU World Cup Match Strasbourg 2025
Dear Crossbow Friends,
The regular IAU World Cup application deadline in Strasbourg 2025 has expired. Late entries will be processed in accordance with the rulebook.
42 athletes will compete in the Match 10m and 30m disciplines, performing a total of 76 times.
Detailed information on registered shooters can be found at this link.
We wish all the best to all the athletes, coaches, judges, and organisers!
Dear President, Secretary General, sports friends,
I want to provide some information about the IAU General Assembly, which will be held on September 7, 2025, at 09:00 CET (Central European Time).
The meeting will be held in Sportzentrum Cumberland, 1140 Wien, Cumberlandstraße 102, and online via Zoom video call for delegates unable to attend in person.
To join the GA, please provide us with the names of the delegates who will represent your Member Federation, as well as their email addresses and mobile phone numbers. You will receive the Zoom invitation link at the address you provide us.
To check your microphones and video settings, the IAU Office will open a test conference the day before the General Assembly, with a different link.
Please register two email addresses for the Member Federations in Field and Match shooting.
If you have trouble joining the conference or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the IAU Office: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or +385915147787.
We thank those IAU Member Federations who sent candidatures for IAU bodies. All documents received so far related to this event can be found on the IAU website. This page will be updated with each new document.
The main points of this Assembly are 4 and 5. Point 7 is certainly significant, as it discusses the adoption of the new IAU visual identity. The IAU's visual identity is built on clarity, structure, and harmony - mirroring the essence of crossbow shooting. The new logo combines distinct shapes representing continents into a unified crossbow form, symbolising that while we are different, we come together as one, bringing together the world in global unity.
Please confirm that you have received the email and send us the requested information as soon as possible.
With kindest regards,
Pero Stojnic IAU President
Report: IAU Field Crossbow World Championships Dunavarsány 2025
End of competitions, start of memories.
For a week, we shared and enjoyed the kind hospitability of our friends from the Hungarian Crossbow Shooting on a location that can be called a traditional one starting from now. After hosting the Field WCH 2023 and the Field WCF in the same year, the top event of the IAU, the World Championships, returned to Dunavarsány for the second time.
After spending the last World Cup in pouring rain, this time we faced the other side of the palette, with more than 40 degrees in the sun. But, this is Sparta, this is field crossbow. We are glad that all participants finished the competitions in good health, without the need of any medical intervention. Many thanks to the organisers for thinking about eventualities like this and for arranging for the appropriate measures.
Special congratulations to Valentina Mrjavčić-Pereglin and Martin Oborovečki (CRO) for their incredible performance, earning both 4 gold medals!
World Championships Day Two: Match Play Eliminations and Semi-Finals
Second day of World Championships is traditionally reserved for Match Play duels till semi-finals, where individual shooters and teams work their way up a tournament bracket in a knock-out elimination mode.
The matches brought some surprises, where seeded shooters did not make it to the semi-finals, and some dramatic moments, where finally a one-bolt shoot-off, including measuring the distance of the bolt to the target centre, decided about the advancement to the semi-finals.
Amélie Pernin and Tiffanie Trouillet (both FRA) wait for the Jury (Dieter Englert / AUT) decision on semi-final advancement:
And Amélie wins!
For the detailed results of this day, check below.
Elimination standing inividuals:
Elimination standing teams:
Medal matches, both individual and team, are scheduled for Saturday.
World Championships Day One: A Warm welcome to IR900.
Blue skies and 37-39°C in the shadow – this is National Olympic Training Centre Dunavarsány 2025, the first and most intense competition day of the Field Crossbow World Championships. Hungarian Crossbow Shooting took the advantage of the experience collected two years before at this site. 64 competitors from 8 countries gathered to determine the best in class for the next two years period.
The World Championships IR900 event was preceded by Duna Cup, an IR900 competition allowing the shooters to get used to the range and to the conditions. No, we do not call it a warm-up. The results can be looked up here.
France and Croatia emerged as the strongest teams, but the medals went to every nation on stage.
Individual results:
Team results:
A special price, a designer watch, was dedicated to the winner of the 50m distance series. The donor – József Barányi – is a former multiple World Champion and although already retired, his world records can be still found in the actual lists. His 299 points in the 50m distance was best approached by Domagoj Pereglin of Croatia today with 295.
IAU General Assembly - Invitation letter, materials and announcements
To all IAU Member Federations
To the kind attention of all Members and Associate Federations of the IAU, Members of the IAU Committees and Auditors
INVITATION TO IAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Place: Sportzentrum Cumberland, 1140 Wien, Cumberlandstraße 102, and online videocall Zoom app, on September 7, 2025, 09:00 (CET – Central European Time)
Please provide the IAU Office with the names of the delegates who will represent your association at this IAU GA by 21 August 2025. For each delegate, please provide us with an email address and mobile phone number. Please inform us of the method by which your delegate will participate in this Assembly (in person in Vienna or via Zoom).
To check your microphones and video settings, the IAU Office will open a test conference the day before the General Assembly, with a different link.
If you have trouble joining the conference or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the IAU Office: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or +385915147787.
The invitation letter can be found here. For details, check the calendar section.
Please confirm that you have received the email and send us the requested information before Thursday, August 21, 2025.
