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The ISSF World Cup lands in Malta for the very first time

ISSF World Cup Shotgun · Siggiewi, MLT

From the 5th to the 15th of June, the fifth stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series will take place at the Malta National Shooting Ranges in Siggiewi (MLT), where More than 400 shooters will compete, representing 61 NOCs and piling up 478 starts.

After stopping in Guadalajara (MEX), Changwon (KOR), Fort Benning (USA) and Munich (GER), the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series is about to land in Siggiewi, marking the very first time that an ISSF championship is held in Malta.

 

The competition will see 402 shooters from 61 nations compete in the five Shotgun events — men’s Trap and Skeet, women’s Trap and Skeet, Trap Mixed Team — piling up a total of 478 starts.

 

The World Cup will take place at the newly built Malta National Shooting Ranges.

 

Here’s the schedule of the five finals:

 

Friday, June 8th

Skeet Women at 6:00 pm (UTC+2:00)

 

Saturday, June 9th

Skeet Men at 6:30 pm

 

Tuesday, June 12th

Trap Women at 5:30 pm

 

Wednesday, June 13th

Trap Men at 6:30 pm

 

Thursday, June 14th

Trap Mixed Team at 4:15 pm

 

The final stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series will take place in Tucson (USA) from July 9th to July 19th, while an ISSF Junior World Cup is expected to take place in Suhl (GER) from June 22nd to June 29th.

 

All ISSF competitions will be streamed live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel and on its official Facebook page.

 

Live results, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.

Marco Vettoretti

 

ISSF Partners