2026 World Climbing Asia Championship
| Venue | Meishan International Climbing Center |
|---|---|
| Location |  Meishan, China |
| Date | 8 – 12 April 2026 |
| Website | https://www.worldclimbing.com/events/world-climbing-asia-championship-meishan-2026/results/ |
The 2026 World Climbing Asia Championship, the 30th edition, was held in Meishan, China from 8 to 12 April 2026.[1][2] The Asian competition climbing continental championships consists of lead, speed, bouldering.[3]
The Asian continental champions earn qualification slots for the 2027 World Climbing Championships in their respective disciplines.[4] Additionally, athletes who finish within the top six in each gender for Boulder and Lead, and the top eight for Speed, qualify for the 2026 Asian Games, subject to the maximum quota per gender per nation.[5]
Competition highlights
[edit]Ai Mori flashed all boulders in the final, earning a perfect score of 100 points.[6] Mori's win also marked her first international victory in the bouldering discipline. In the women's speed discipline, Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi set a new Asian Record (AsR) of 6.07 seconds to win gold. She broke her own record twice on the same day, having previously recorded 6.15 seconds in the semifinals.[7]
Medalists
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Lead[8] |  Neo Suzuki (JPN) |
Sorato Anraku (JPN) |
Shion Omata (JPN) |
| Men's Bouldering[9] |  Lee Dohyun (KOR) |
Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) |
Keita Dohi (JPN) |
| Men's Speed[10] | Chu Shouhong (CHN) |
Zhou Ziyu (CHN) |
 Veddriq Leonardo (INA) |
| Women's Lead[11] | Ai Mori (JPN) |
Seo Chae-hyun (KOR) |
Natsumi Oda (JPN) |
| Women's Bouldering[12] | Ai Mori (JPN) |
Melody Sekikawa (JPN) |
Futaba Ito (JPN) |
| Women's Speed[13] | Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi (INA) |
Zhou Yafei (CHN) |
Qin Yumei (CHN) |
Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | China* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Lead
[edit]Men
[edit]| Rank | Name | Qualification | Semi-Final | Final[14] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 1 | Route 2 | Points | ||||||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||||
| 1 | Neo Suzuki |
TOP | 1 | TOP | 1 | 2.74 | TOP | 41+ |
| 2 | Sorato Anraku |
TOP | 1 | TOP | 1 | 2.74 | 42+ | 40+ |
| 3 | Shion Omata |
49 | 5 | 50+ | 10 | 7.25 | 49 | 39 |
| 4 | Lee Dohyun |
48 | 8 | 52 | 8 | 8.25 | 44+ | 39 |
| 5 | Satone Yoshida |
TOP | 1 | TOP | 1 | 2.74 | 50+ | 38+ |
| 6 | Pan Yufei |
48+ | 6 | TOP | 1 | 4.42 | 46+ | 37+ |
| 7 | Hyunseung Noh |
48+ | 6 | 55+ | 6 | 6.24 | 46 | 36+ |
| 8 | Ao Yurikusa |
TOP | 1 | 53+ | 7 | 4.18 | 37+ | 36+ |
Women
[edit]| Rank | Name | Qualification | Semi-Final | Final[15] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route 1 | Route 2 | Points | ||||||
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||||
| 1 | Ai Mori |
TOP | 1 | TOP | 1 | 1.73 | TOP | TOP |
| 2 | Seo Chae-hyun |
TOP | 1 | 52+ | 2 | 2.45 | TOP | 41+ |
| 3 | Natsumi Oda |
44+ | 8 | 49+ | 9 | 10.0 | 44+ | 34+ |
| 4 | Chaeyeong Kim |
TOP | 1 | 51+ | 3 | 3.87 | 43+ | 34+ |
| 5 | Jain Kim |
44+ | 8 | 51+ | 3 | 7.07 | 44+ | 31+ |
| 6 | Ryu Nakagawa |
44+ | 8 | 51+ | 3 | 7.07 | 44+ | 31+ |
| 7 | Natsuki Tanii |
TOP | 1 | 50 | 8 | 4.9 | 46+ | 21+ |
| 8 | Hana Koike |
TOP | 1 | 51+ | 3 | 3.87 | 44+ | 21+ |
Bouldering
[edit]Men
[edit]| Rank | Name | Qualification | Semi-Final | Final[16] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Dohyun |
94.6 | 84.4 | 99.9 |
| 2 | Tomoa Narasaki |
108.6 | 59.7 | 84.7 |
| 3 | Keita Dohi |
99.3 | 60 | 74.8 |
| 4 | Pan Yufei |
100 | 75 | 59.6 |
| 5 | Sohta Amagasa |
85 | 69.5 | 54 |
| 6 | Hu Junzhe |
99.6 | 84.1 | 49.4 |
| 7 | Jongwon Chon |
70 | 74.9 | 44.6 |
| 8 | Rei Kawamata |
84.7 | 60 | 44 |
Women
[edit]| Rank | Name | Qualification | Semi-Final | Final[17] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ai Mori |
124.9 | 69 | 100 |
| 2 | Melody Sekikawa |
125 | 69.8 | 85 |
| 3 | Futaba Ito |
125 | 84.7 | 69.4 |
| 4 | Luo Zhilu |
68.8 | 68.8 | 55 |
| 5 | Anon Matsufuji |
125 | 69.6 | 54.8 |
| 6 | Mao Nakamura |
125 | 69.5 | 54.2 |
| 7 | Zhang Yuetong |
124.8 | 69.4 | 40 |
| 8 | Miho Nonaka |
109.7 | 69.6 | 39.2 |
Speed
[edit]Men
[edit]- Final bracket[18]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
1 R Omasa | 5.00 | |||||||||||||
16 P Wu | 5.22 | |||||||||||||
| R Omasa | 5.61 | |||||||||||||
| Z Zhou | 5.51 | |||||||||||||
8 Z Zhou | 5.10 | |||||||||||||
9 J Jo | 5.19 | |||||||||||||
| Z Zhou | 4.90 | |||||||||||||
| Y Ling | Fall | |||||||||||||
4 Y Ling | 5.05 | |||||||||||||
13  R Khaibullin | 5.16 | |||||||||||||
| Y Ling | Wildcard | |||||||||||||
| A Robby Al Hilmi | False start | |||||||||||||
5 A Robby Al Hilmi | 5.17 | |||||||||||||
12 K Katibin | 5.38 | |||||||||||||
| Z Zhou | 5.04 | |||||||||||||
| S Chu | 4.90 | |||||||||||||
2 R Nursamsa | 7.51 | |||||||||||||
15 D Kim | 6.73 | |||||||||||||
| D Kim | 5.22 | |||||||||||||
| S Chu | 5.09 | |||||||||||||
7 D Toktarov | Fall | |||||||||||||
10 S Chu | 5.14 | |||||||||||||
| S Chu | 4.91 | |||||||||||||
| V Leonardo | 6.12 | Third place | ||||||||||||
3 A Tri Syahria | 5.00 | |||||||||||||
14 X Wang | 5.02 | |||||||||||||
| A Tri Syahria | 5.37 | Y Ling | Fall | |||||||||||
| V Leonardo | 5.01 | V Leonardo | 5.15 | |||||||||||
6 V Leonardo | 5.02 | |||||||||||||
11 A Maimuratov | 5.07 | |||||||||||||
Women
[edit]- Final bracket[19]
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
1 D Made Rita Kusuma Dewi | 6.76 | |||||||||||||
16 H Yang | 11.01 | |||||||||||||
| D Made Rita Kusuma Dewi | 6.48 | |||||||||||||
| B Kusuma | 6.73 | |||||||||||||
8 H Sung | 10.19 | |||||||||||||
9 B Kusuma | 7.03 | |||||||||||||
| D Made Rita Kusuma Dewi | 6.15 | |||||||||||||
| Y Qin | Fall | |||||||||||||
4 Y Qin | 6.99 | |||||||||||||
13 A Kadek | 7.15 | |||||||||||||
| Y Qin | 6.64 | |||||||||||||
| L Deng | 10.07 | |||||||||||||
5 L Deng | 6.98 | |||||||||||||
12 K Hayashi | Fall | |||||||||||||
| D Made Rita Kusuma Dewi | 6.07 (AsR) | |||||||||||||
| Y Zhou | 6.47 | |||||||||||||
2 Y Zhou | 6.91 | |||||||||||||
15  E Tan | 8.87 | |||||||||||||
| Y Zhou | 6.72 | |||||||||||||
| J Jeong | 8.85 | |||||||||||||
7 J Jeong | 6.80 | |||||||||||||
10 J Hwang | 8.28 | |||||||||||||
| Y Zhou | 6.62 | |||||||||||||
| S Meng | 6.85 | Third place | ||||||||||||
3 R Sallsabillah | 6.74 | |||||||||||||
14  J Purty | 7.37 | |||||||||||||
| R Sallsabillah | 7.83 | Y Qin | 6.77 | |||||||||||
| S Meng | 6.98 | S Meng | Fall | |||||||||||
6 M Zhang | 7.41 | |||||||||||||
11 S Meng | 7.19 | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE ON YOUTUBE". worldclimbing.com. 9 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026". World Climbing Result Service. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "クライミングアジア選手権があす8日開幕 世界選手権、ロス五輪に繋がる重要大会" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "WORLD CLIMBING CHAMPIONSHIP QUOTAS" (PDF). World Climbing Asia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – ASIAN GAMES AICHI-NAGOYA 2026" (PDF). World Climbing Asia. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "森秋彩がボルダーでアジア制覇 全完一撃の100点満点V【クライミングアジア選手権2026】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Desak Made Rita Juara WCAC, Indonesia Tambah Tiket Asian Games 2026" (in Indonesian). skor.id. 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "鈴木が男子リード優勝 安楽2位、小俣3位で日本勢が表彰台独占【クライミングアジア選手権2026】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "男子ボルダーで楢崎智亜が2位、土肥圭太が3位【クライミングアジア選手権2026】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Desak Rita claims women's speed gold with new Asian record at World Climbing Asia Championship". Xinhua. 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "森秋彩が女子リードも制し2冠達成 残り3秒の完登劇【クライミングアジア選手権2026】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "森秋彩がボルダーでアジア制覇 全完一撃の100点満点V【クライミングアジア選手権2026】" (in Japanese). climbers-web.jp. 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Melesat bak Kilat, Desak Made Rita Pecahkan Rekor Asia Dua Kali dalam 15 Menit" (in Indonesian). Jakarta Review. 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026 - General result Men lead". World Climbing. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026 - General result Women lead". World Climbing. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026 - General result Men boulder". World Climbing. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026 - General result Women boulder". World Climbing. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026 – GENERAL RESULT SPEED MEN". World Climbing. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "World Climbing Asia Championship Meishan 2026 – GENERAL RESULT SPEED WOMEN". World Climbing. Retrieved 10 August 2023.