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Field Crossbow - World Cup & Croatia Cup Veliko Trgovisce

Day one: World Cup IR900 and Croatia Cup IR900 - individual and team competition

The city of Veliko Trgovišće, located in the hilly Zagorje county near Zagreb, welcomed 45 competitors from 7 nations to collect World Cup points for the world ranking, to compete for medals in the 30th issue of Croatia Cup and for some of the shooters, to fulfil qualification criteria for the upcoming Field Crossbow World Championships in Hungary.

The looks switched from straight to sometimes up, checking the weather, as the forecast was less optimistic for the weekend. The IR900 competition started with the 65m distance in pouring rain, but before the line switched to 50m, the skies cleared and accompanied the shooters till the end of he day. However, although the range was of a superior standard allowing for world records, the small losses from harsher conditions added up and the results remained below expectations. 

The outcome of the World Cup can be checked in the result list and in the actual world ranking.

The results per category and the team competition results can be found here.

And the combination of the World Cup with Croatia Cup proved also useful by bringing opportunities for seniors, and, preferrably the younger generation of cadets to test their skills in the presence of the top shooters of the world. We welcome always such opportunities, allowing for sharing knowledge and wonderful moments in the circle of good friends.

Day two: Croatia Cup Match Play

The last day of the Croatia Cup brought all the decisions about Match play medal winners in the men and women categories.

The pairings emerged from yesterdays IR900 qualification of best 16 each, going through the elimination round earlier today. 

Enjoy the livestream, provided by our Hungarian friends.

Bronze Medal Matches stream:

Bronze Medal Match Men: BRULET Jean-Michel(FRA) 4 - OBOROVEČKI Martin(CRO) 6

Bronze Medal Match Women: TÖRÖKNÉ ZSÓTÉR Judit(HUN) 3  - KELEČIĆ Jelena(CRO) 5

Gold Medal Match Women stream:

Gold Medal Match Women: MRNJAVČIĆ PEREGLIN Valentina(CRO) 6 - JACOB Ludivine(FRA) 2

Gold Medal Match Men stream:

Gold Medal Match Men: PEREGLIN Domagoj(CRO) 5 - MATHIAS Axel(FRA) 3

Qualification history:

Update to 2025 Field World Cup in Veliko Trgovišće

The regular registration period for the 2nd IAU World Cup Field in 2025 has expired. See the list of registered athletes.
We wish the organiser, the Veliko Trgovišće Shooting Club, a successful organisation of this great competition.

The 30th anniversary of the Croatia Cup will also be held as part of this competition.

The IAU Technical Delegate for this competition is Mr. Jaroslav Liptak, IAU Vice President for Europe.

30m Match Crossbow World Cup Sezemice (CZE) - A Success Story

It started all at a round table after a shooting competition in Strasbourg.

We examined possibilities of offering Match Crossbow shooters the optimal amount of starts in the 30m discipline, fitting to the international and national calendars the best possible way. The usual candidates like France, Switzerland, Germany took turns and checked availability of ranges and dates, like years before, for the 2025 series of World Cups.

Then, out of sudden, a voice said: We will do it.

The representative of Czech Republic committed to host a Match Crossbow event for the first time in that country, at a range in Sezemice, that was used previously for local ISSF competitions. In a time of a few months, the range was transformed to a full-sized 30m range able to host IAU 30m competitions at the highest level. 

Two competitions of the 30m World Cup series were shot and the participants leave home with medals and nice memories of a new home of the crossbow shooting sport.

Day One: Gone with the Wind

The relay in standing position was, one would say, business as usual. But with time, the wind from changing directions took over and made the shooters aim and shoot with more and more care - till the last minute. The podium shows the best shooters which were able to cope with the challenging conditions:

  • 1st place and Gold - Joëlle Baumgartner (SUI) - 568 points
  • 2nd place and Silver - Joël Brüschweiler (SUI) - 565 points
  • 3rd place and Bronze - Sandra Reimann (GER) - 564 points

Check here for the complete results of the first competition day.

Day Two: Range Shows Full Potential

The morning and mild sunny weather over Sezemice started with the second competition. Wind was tired from the previous day and all that summed up to promising shooting conditions. Results were at high level this day, with the two leaders confirming the placement from Friday. Bronze changed from Germany to Switzerland on this day.

  • 1st place and Gold - Joëlle Baumgartner (SUI) - 578 points
  • 2nd place and Silver - Joël Brüschweiler (SUI) - 577 points
  • 3rd place and Bronze - Stephan Loretz (SUI) - 566 points

Joël Brüschweiler delivered the ultimate proof of suitability of the range to highest level of results by equalising the men's kneeling world record of 296 points.

Check here for the complete results of the second competition day.

The series of Match Crossbow World Cups continues in September in Strasbourg with two 30m and one 10m competitions.

Save the date: Match Crossbow 2025 World Cup Final in Winterthur

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Match Crossbow World Cup Final will be hosted by our member federation EASV on two locations in the city of Winterthur / SUI. The host has created the webpage https://asv-seen-gotzenwil.ch/wcf-25 for that purpose.

Watch also the calendar for more details - coming soon. 

Update to 2025 Field World Cup in Sezemice

The regular registration period for the 2nd IAU World Cup Match 30m has expired. See the list of registered athletes.
We wish the organiser, the Sezemice Shooting Club, a successful organisation of this great competition, which will be held for the first time in their beautiful town.

The 1st IAU Field World Cup in 2025 has ended

 

BULLETIN WITH ALL THE RESULTS OF THE IAU WORLD CUP AND THE 2ND MORAVIA CUP!

The first competition from the IAU World Cup series 2025 was held in the beautiful Czech town of Plumlov.
Thirty-five competitors from 7 countries competed in an excellent sporting contest, in pleasant surroundings and excellent organisation by the Czech Field Crossbow Association. In the men's competition, the winner was Croatian Domagoj Pereglin with the best result of the day, 864, followed by the second Croatian Martin Oborovečki. The third was Croatian cadet Borna Bajser.
Croatian women won the first three places in the women's competition. Mihaela Oborovečki won ahead of Valentina Pereglin and Valentina Kozumplik.
The IAU World Cup Competition bulletin.              

After the 1st IAU World Cup, the IAU World Ranking List was created.

The 2nd Plumlov Cup in Field discipline IR900 was also held in this competition, and 43 competitors participated. The competition was in both team and individual categories. The teams were mixed, consisting of three members of different categories. The CRO 2 team won ahead of CRO 1, and the FRA team came in third. You can see the individual winners by category and the team results.

Photos from the competition.

Film from the competition.

On June 29, 2025, the 2nd Moravia Cup competition in the IAU Field Match Play discipline ended. The top 12 male and female athletes competed in this competition, based on the rankings from the previous day in the IAU IR900 discipline.

In the exciting duel matches, attended by a large number of spectators, the following fights took place:

- In the women's competition, the Frenchwoman Jacob Ludvine defeated the Croatian Valentina Kozumplik 6:0 in the final match. In the fight for the bronze medal between the two Croatians, Mihaela Oborovečki defeated Valentina Pereglin 5:3.

- In the men's competition, two Croatians fought for gold. After an exciting fight, Domagoj Pereglin defeated Martin Oborovečki 5:3. A little earlier, in the battle for 3rd place, the domestic competitor Denis Vyskočil defeated the Austrian Markus Múllner 5:3.

This final match concludes the first step of the IAU World Cup Field Series. The next step is the IAU World Cup in Croatia in the beautiful Zagorje town of Veliko Trgovišće from July 25 to 27, 2025.                                     IAU Match play results

 

 

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