46°49′26″N 1°45′26″E / 46.8238°N 1.7572°E / 46.8238; 1.7572
2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot Venue National Shooting Centre , Châteauroux Dates Opening Ceremony : 27. August Main Match : 28. August - 2. September Shoot-Off : 3. September Awards : 3. SeptemberCompetitors 1506[ 1]
The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th IPSC Handgun World Shoot held at the new National Shooting Centre 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]
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.
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]
The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors (27 %).
Individual Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent Jorge Ballesteros 2292.6920 100.00% Simon Racaza 2258.4526 98.51% 2235.9699 97.53% 4th 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 2186.5513 95.37% 9th 2160.1327 94.22% 10th 2106.5474 91.88% Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1853.2722 80.83% 100.00% Jessie Duff 1824.5493 79.58% 98.45% 1797.8368 78.42% 97.01% Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1626.4381 70.94% 100.00% 1515.9715 66.12% 93.21% 1456.6312 63.53% 89.56% Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1930.4595 84.20% 100.00% 1877.1794 81.88% 97.24% 1851.2000 80.74% 95.89% Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1743.5679 76.05% 100.00% 1616.6611 70.51% 92.72% 1585.0496 69.13% 90.91%
Teams Open Overall Country Points Percent Team members United States 6381.7162 100.00% Max Michel , Chris Tilley , Shannon Smith , William Drummond Australia 6237.1700 97.73% Brodie McIntosh , Rhys Arthur, David McConachie, Gareth Graham Spain 6215.0775 97.39% Jorge Ballesteros , Ivan Espilez Urbon, Javier Gonzalez Perez, Jose Zanon Blasco Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members United States 5318.7200 100.00% Jessie Duff , Kaci Lynn Cochran, Sloan Sanders , Lisa Munson Australia 5148.8697 96.81% Karla Blowers, Natalie Anderson, Linda Blowers South Africa 4397.9664 82.69% Alexis Biermann, Kirsty Bohler, Susan Kriel, Ets Van Den Berg Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members Italy 5347.7081 100.00% Daniele Barbizzi, Paolo Ravizzini, Giuseppe Todaro, Salvatore Luigi Garau United States 5085.1089 95.09% Steven Thomas, Kerry Pearson, Leighton Oosthuisen, Michael Voigt France 5071.1239 94.83% Thierry Obriot, Patrice Martin, Jean Luc Desagneaux, Bruno Grasso
The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors (25.2 %).
Individual Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent Eric Grauffel 2336.5047 100.00% Robert Vogel 2274.2809 97.34% 2233.6302 95.60% 4th Shane Coley 2156.8738 92.31% 5th 2156.2811 92.29% 6th 2132.4514 91.27% 7th 2100.7726 89.91% 8th 2095.9794 89.71% 9th 2094.9076 89.66% 10th 2070.4669 88.61% Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent Christine Burkhalter 1683.3174 72.04% 100.00% Ashley Rheuark 1623.8095 69.50% 96.46% Hilde Nakling 1603.7359 68.64% 95.27% Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 2100.7726 89.91% 100.00% 2020.9968 86.50% 96.20% 1711.4648 73.25% 81.47% Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 2056.1766 88.00% 100.00% 1880.0447 80.46% 91.43% 1839.4971 78.73% 89.46% Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1653.0679 70.75% 100.00% 1628.5223 69.70% 98.52% 1521.2420 65.11% 92.03%
Teams Standard Overall Country Points Percent Team members United States 6499.8175 100.00% Robert Vogel , Shane Coley , Blake Miguez , Emanuel Bragg Philippines 6327.5206 97.35% Edward Rivera, Kahlil Adrian Viray, Joseph Jr Bernabe, John Paul Santiaguel France 6121.7117 94.18% Eric Grauffel , Louis Guichard, Julien Boit, Jerome Poiret Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members Russia 3921.9005 100.00% Elena Efimova, Anastasia Chernenko, Tatiana Makarova, Marina Zagulyaeva Norway 3894.3731 99.30% Hilde Nakling , Ingunn Marie Edvardsen, Tone Tsigakis Ostreng, Eirin Grotan Kirknes Germany 3603.5867 91.88% Petra Tutschke, Sabine Wurster, Rita Burkhart, Frauke Mansion Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members Italy 5203.2598 100.00% Leonardo Bettoni, Paolo Paoletti, Mauro D'alessandro, Fabrizio Pesce Austria 4981.9162 95.75% Reinhard Handl, Gottfried Post, Thomas Birner, Hubert Muehlbacher Russia 4765.5773 91.59% Ilya Gubin, Evgeny Petrushin, Evgeny Efimov, Vasil Kurbatskikh
The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors (32.3 %).
Individual Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent Ben Stoeger 2192.6068 100.00% 2192.1999 99.98% Eduardo de Cobos 2171.0655 99.02% 4th 2168.9336 98.92% 5th 2153.9707 98.24% 6th Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23% 7th 2139.5718 97.58% 8th 2126.0606 96.97% 9th 2109.2680 96.20% 10th 2051.1369 93.55% Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent Maria Gushchina 2153.8272 98.23% 100.00% 1637.8093 74.70% 76.04% 1626.8851 74.20% 75.53% Junior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1784.5432 81.39% 100.00% 1663.7601 75.88% 93.23% 1650.9516 75.30% 92.51% Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1873.4312 85.44% 100.00% 1826.8258 83.32% 97.51% 1807.3518 82.43% 96.47% Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1571.3016 71.66% 100.00% 1526.7821 69.63% 97.17% 1401.6426 63.93% 89.20%
Teams Production Overall Country Points Percent Team members Russia 6472.0877 100.00% Pavel Torgashov, Maria Gushchina , Alexey Pichugin, Nikolai Onshin United States 6385.0989 98.66% Ben Stoeger , Salvador Luna, Brian Norris, Casey Reed Czech Republic 6285.5205 97.12% Robin Sebo, Michal Stepan, Miroslav Zapletal Lady teams Country Points Percent Team members United States 4643.1730 100.00% Randi Rogers, Sara Taylor, Candice Juliano, Cindi Thomas Italy 4370.9652 94.14% Violetta Boehm, Ilaria Giunchiglia, Lucia Caroli, Marianna Limarova Russia 4329.1863 93.24% Ekaterina Gordienko, Irina Gorbacheva, Ekaterina Tabachenko, Inna Deledivka Junior teams Country Points Percent Team members Russia 5072.3002 100.00% Nikita Nemykin, Danila Pakhomov, Dmitry Novikov, Kirill Fedorov France 4479.0522 88.30% Baptiste Felt, Paul Dagorno, Baptiste Jazet Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members United States 5187.9415 100.00% Frank William Garcia, Gilberto Perez, Gordon Carrell, Brad Bolz Italy 5049.8855 97.34% Giovanni Zuccolo, Davide Cerrato, Valter Tranquilli, Mario Piccioni Germany 4643.6190 89.51% Joerg Haben, Rolf Dieter Reich, Frank Weuster, Olaf Van Essen
The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors (10.9 %).
Individual Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent 2191.6388 100.00% 2076.8448 94.76% 2076.6685 94.75% 4th Phil Strader 2046.0685 93.36% 5th 2044.9257 93.31% 6th 2010.0355 91.71% 7th 2007.3307 91.59% 8th Roberto Vezzoli 2004.0773 91.44% 9th 1962.1684 89.53% 10th 1939.6316 88.50% Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent Julie Golob 1602.0253 73.10% 100.00% 1483.0726 67.67% 92.57% 1446.0789 65.98% 90.27% Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1939.6316 88.50% 100.00% 1831.7240 83.58% 94.44% 1791.1485 81.73% 92.34% Super Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1531.7793 69.89% 100.00% 1471.1048 67.12% 96.04% 1349.6862 61.58% 88.11%
Teams Classic Overall Country Points Percent Team members United States 6124.3587 100.00% Elias Paul Frangoulis, Jeremy Reid, Randall Arrowood, Rob Leatham Philippines 5989.5014 97.80% Jeufro Emil Lejano, Wilfredo Jr Martin, Bernardo Mari V Alejandro, William Magalong Italy 5827.5639 95.15% Roberto Vezzoli , Edoardo Buticchi, Alessandro Pettinelli, Guido Ciccarelli Senior teams Country Points Percent Team members United States 5083.1075 100.00% John Allen Koppi, Harold Arthur Christy, Lyle Keith Dilworth, Robert Novak France 4736.8887 93.19% Michel Nestolat, Denis Altuna, Joel Gerard, Philippe Rouge South Africa 4485.2870 88.24% Dion Du Bruyn, Wayne Hammond, Abraham Jansen Van Vuuren, Jan Van Den Berg
The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors (4.6 %).
Individual Overall Competitor Points Overall Match Percent 2307.0044 100.00% 2262.3355 98.06% 2258.5747 97.90% 4th 2195.9996 95.19% 5th 2126.9147 92.19% 6th 2126.5723 92.18% 7th 2078.7244 90.10% 8th 2051.0417 88.91% 9th 2026.2984 87.83% 10th 2016.9749 87.43% Lady Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 1337.2981 57.97% 100.00% 935.8880 40.57% 69.98% 819.4597 35.52% 61.28% Senior Competitor Points Overall percent Category percent 2051.0417 88.91% 100.00% 2016.9749 87.43% 98.34% 1763.4999 76.44% 85.98%
Teams Revolver Overall Country Points Percent Team members United States 6692.4938 100.00% Michael William Poggie, Joshua Lentz, Rich Wolfe, David Olhasso Germany 5989.9135 89.50% Sascha Back, Markus Schneider, Guenther Knaus, Holger Joest Austria 5973.9100 89.26% Gerald Reiter, Johann Lang, Markus Pack, Robert Kroiss
Shoot-Off side event [ edit ] 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 Open Overall Jorge Ballesteros Simon Racaza Lady Jessica Duff Sloan Sanders Junior Senior Johan Hansen Super Senior Standard Overall Shane Coley Eric Grauffel Lady Christine Burkhalter Hilde Nakling Junior Senior Emanuel Bragg Super Senior Production Overall Benjamin Stoeger Eduardo de Cobos Lady Maria Guschina Junior Senior Super Senior - Classic Overall Jethro Dionisio Lady Julie Golob Senior - Super Senior - Revolver Overall Senior
CZ Super Six side event [ edit ] Another side event on Sunday 3 September was the Super Six finals sponsored by CZ ,[ 3]
World championships (level 5)
Continental championships (level 4)
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Tournament Action Air
Regional championships (level 3)
Handgun Rifle Shotgun Tournament Mini-Rifle Action Air
French
Deutsch
Gold 
Jorge Ballesteros 
Silver 
Simon Racaza 
Bronze 
Emile Obriot 
Jaime Roberto Maia Saldanha Junior 
Brodie McIntosh 
Edcel John Gino 
Saul Kirsch 
Cosimo Panetta 
Dangdee Hongdalud 
Frank Witters 
South Africa 
Djajadiningrat, Vincentius 
Christine Burkhalter 
Hilde Nakling 
Reinhard Handl 
Russia 
Germany 
Ljubisa Momcilovic 
Robin Sebo 
Magnus Johansson 
Jan Palka 
Randy Fisher 
Gert Erling Hansen