Daegu and Cairo awarded 2027 ISSF World Championships

Following their latest meeting, the Executive Committee of the International Shooting Sport Federation has confirmed the cities of Daegu and Cairo will host the 2027 ISSF World Championships.

Daegu, a southern city situated in the Republic of Korea will host the 2027 ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol, nine years on from Changwon's hosting of the ISSF World Championships. It will be the third time the country will host the World Championships, having first welcomed the world to Seoul back in 1978.

Since then, Koreans have become some of the most successful sport shooters in the world. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Republic of Korea won three gold and three silver medals - all in rifle and pistol events. The three titles came in women's events, secured by Oh Ye-jin, Yang Ji-in and Ban Hyo-jin.

The ISSF World Cup Final will also be held in Daegu in 2027.

Cairo has been trusted to host the 2027 ISSF World Championship Shotgun - the latest Egypt will host in a successive run of events. Cairo has hosted ISSF World Cup events from 2022 to 2024 in rifle and pistol and will return again in 2026. The city also hosted the 2024 season opener in shotgun, as well as in 2021 and 2023. In fact to date, Cairo has hosted an ISSF World Cup Shotgun leg on 12 occasions.

Later this year, Egypt will host the 2025 ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol in the city, before hosting the 2027 ISSF World Championship Shotgun. Previously, Cairo hosted the 1962 ISSF World Championships, as well as the 1959 and 2001 ISSF World Championship Shotgun.

It was also decided that Rome will host the 2026 ISSF World Cup Final, in addition to hosting a Rifle/Pistol leg of the 2027 ISSF World Cup season alongside Baku and Munich. Shotgun legs for the 2027 ISSF World Cup will take place in Acapulco, Lonato and Hangzhou. New Delhi will host an ISSF World Cup leg for all three disciplines too.

The 2028 ISSF World Cup will head to Cairo, Guadalajara and Munich for Rifle/Pistol, while Lima, Lonato and Nicosia are to host Shotgun events. Baku will host all three disciplines on their World Cup leg.

The 2027 ISSF Junior World Championships will take place in Sichuan for Rifle/Pistol and Larnaca for Shotgun. New Delhi will also host the combined 2028 ISSF Junior World Championships.

Suhl will once again return to the ISSF Junior World Cup calendar in 2027 and 2028. Buenos Aires will also be part of the schedule for 2028, as will Tangier for Shotgun. 

Ruse, as is tradition, host the first ISSF event of the season at the ISSF Grand Prix Rifle/Pistol 10m. Fethiye in Turkey will be the hosts of the 2027 ISSF Grand Prix Shotgun.

All dates will be confirmed in due course.

2028

ISSF World Cup 

Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun
Baku, Azerbaijan

Rifle/Pistol
Cairo, Egypt
Guadalajara, Mexico
Munich, Germany

Shotgun
Lima, Peru
Lonato, Italy
Nicosia, Cyprus

ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun
New Delhi, India

ISSF Junior World Cup

Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Suhl, Germany

Shotgun
Tangier, Morocco

ISSF Grand Prix Rifle/Pistol 10m
Ruse, Slovenia