The 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XVIII was the 18th
IPSC Handgun World Shoot
The IPSC Handgun World Shoot is the highest level handgun match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire. The Handgun World Shoots are held triennia ...
held at the new
National Shooting Center
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in
Châteauroux
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France
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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.
The Production division saw the hardest competition of the match with the largest match participation and the winner
Ben Stoeger
Benjamin Thomas Stoeger is an American competition shooter and firearms instructor who started competing actively in 2005. He placed first in the 2017 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, second behind Bob Vogel in the 2011 IPSC Handgun World Shoot, and p ...
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
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mada an appearance showing support for the French Standard division shooter
Eric Grauffel
Éric Grauffel is a French sport shooter and firearms instructor with seven overall IPSC Handgun World Champion titles and one Junior World Champion title. He is known for having an unprecedented winning streak, and has won 191 IPSC President M ...
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Champions
Open
The Open division had the second largest match participation with 407 competitors (27 %).
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Standard
The Standard division had the third largest match participation with 379 competitors (25.2 %).
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Production
The Production division had the largest match participation with 487 competitors (32.3 %).
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Classic
The Classic division had the fourth largest match participation with 164 competitors (10.9 %).
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Revolver
The Revolver division had the fifth largest match participation with 69 competitors (4.6 %).
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Medal table
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.
CZ Super Six side event
Another side event on Sunday 3 September was the Super Six finals sponsored by CZ, 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.
See also
* IPSC Rifle World Shoots
The IPSC Rifle World Shoot is the highest level rifle match within the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which consists of several days and at least 30 separate courses of fire. The Rifle World Shoots are held triennially o ...
* IPSC Shotgun World Shoot
* IPSC Action Air World Shoot
References
External links
Official Match Webpage
Official Live Results: 2017 Handgun World Shoot (WinMSS)
Official Live Results: 2017 Handgun World Shoot (PractiScore mirror)
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