2025 IFSC Seoul Sports Climbing & Paracliming World Championships to Open at Olympic Park in Seoul on the 20th
Sep 20, 2025
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The Korea Mountain Federation announced that it will hold the '2025 IFSC Seoul Sports Climbing & Paracliming World Championships' with the International Sports Climbing Federation (IFSC) for nine days from the 20th to the 28th at KSPO Dome and Hanul Square in Seoul Olympic Park.
The climbing world championships are the most prestigious international competitions held every two years, co-hosted by the Korean Mountain Federation and the IFSC and organized by the Seoul Mountain Federation. The Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Korea Sports Council, the Korea Sports Council for the Disabled, the National Sports Promotion Agency, and the Seoul Sports Council will participate as sponsors, and Shinhan Financial Group, North Face, and DYPNF will join as official sponsors.
The bid for Seoul at the World Championship was unanimously confirmed at the IFSC General Assembly in Singapore on April 1, 2023. After successfully hosting the 2022 Climbing World Cup and Asian Championship, the 2023 Seoul World Cup and Youth World Championship, and the 2024 Seoul World Cup, the Korea Mountain Federation will host the most prestigious competition, the '2025 IFSC Seoul Sports Climbing & Parachliming World Championship'. This competition will feature para (disabled) climbing, boulder, lead, and speed events.
It is the first climbing world championship to be held in Korea, especially the para-climbing event, which was adopted as an official event for the 2028 LA Paralympics, is even more meaningful, according to the federation.
About 1,000 athletes from more than 60 countries around the world will participate. The preliminary round will be held at Hanul Square in Olympic Park, Seoul, and the semifinals and finals will be held at KSPO Dome. The para-climbing, boulder, and lead qualifiers held at Hanel Square are free to anyone, and the para-climbing finals, speed, boulder, lead semifinals, and finals at KSPO Dome can be booked through NOL tickets.
Various promotional booths, MD products, and North Face sales booths, which are official sponsors, will be operated at the venue of the competition. CGV, Butora, SM Clime, and The Hold Shop will participate in the AR climbing experience zone and the competition edition photoism booth. In addition, Papa John's Pizza Truck will be specially operated for the team from the 24th to the 25th. In addition, various side events will be held on the 27th, including the 29th North Face Cup Climbing Competition for hobbyists.
Chairman Cho Jwa-jin of the Korea Mountain Federation said, `I hope many people will visit the venue in person to feel the charm of climbing and to support the performance of the national team players.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
