The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final in shotgun events was held on 27–30 September in Minsk, Belarus. It was the last major worldwide shotgun competition in 2008, and the next-to-last part of the 2008 ISSF World Cup, to be concluded with the rifle and pistol finals in Bangkok a month later.
There were twelve spots in each of the five events. The defending champion from the 2007 World Cup Final and all medalists of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing qualified automatically for Minsk. The remaining eight qualified through a special point-awarding system based on their best performance during the World Cup season, skipping past automatic qualifiers. Not counting the defending champion and the Olympic medalists, there was a maximum of two shooters per event from the same country. Belarus, being the host country, also were allowed to participate with one shooter.
The qualification system awarded a win with 15 points, a silver medal with 10, a bronze medal with 8, a fourth place with 5, a fifth with 4, a sixth with 3, a seventh with 2 and an eighth place with 1 point. It also gave out points for qualification scores within a certain range from the current world record: from 1 point for fourteen hits off the record, to 15 points for equalling or raising it.
Schedule and winners
All times are local (UTC+3).
| Day | Event | Final time | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September (Saturday) | Men's double trap | 15:00 |  Håkan Dahlby (SWE) |
| 29 September (Monday) | Men's trap, day 1 | ||
| Men's skeet, day 1 | |||
| Women's trap | 16:00 |  Irina Laricheva (RUS) | |
| Women's skeet | 16:45 |  Andri Eleftheriou (CYP) | |
| 30 September (Tuesday) | Men's trap, day 2 | 14:45 |  Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) |
| Men's skeet, day 2 | 15:30 |  Tore Brovold (NOR) |
Men's trap
Qualification
| Shooter | Event | Rank points | Score points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erminio Frasca (ITA) |
WCF 2007 | Defending champion | ||
 David Kostelecký (CZE) |
OG Beijing | Olympic gold medalist | ||
| Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) |
OG Beijing | Olympic silver medalist | ||
| Aleksei Alipov (RUS) |
OG Beijing | Olympic bronze medalist | ||
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WC Kerrville | 15 | 13 | 28 |
 Stéphane Clamens (FRA) |
WC Belgrade | 15 | 12 | 27 |
 Mário Filipovič (SVK) |
WC Beijing | 15 | 8 | 23 |
 Bret Erickson (USA) |
WC Suhl | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| Dominic Grazioli (USA) |
WC Kerrville | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA) |
WC Belgrade | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| Massimiliano Mola (ITA) |
WC Kerrville | 10 | 10 | 20 |
 Francesco Amici (SMR) |
WC Belgrade | 8 | 10 | 18 |
Results
| Rank | Shooter | Day 1 | Day 2 | Qual | Notes | Final | Total | Shoot-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Giovanni Pellielo (ITA) |
73 | 47 | 120 | 25 | 145 | ||
 | Michael Diamond (AUS) |
73 | 49 | 122 | 22 | 144 | ||
 | Aleksei Alipov (RUS) |
73 | 50 | 123 | 19 | 142 | ||
| 4 | Erminio Frasca (ITA) |
71 | 47 | 118 | 23 | 141 | ||
| 5 | David Kostelecký (CZE) |
72 | 48 | 120 | 19 | 139 | 3 | |
| 6 | Missimiliano Mola (ITA) |
71 | 47 | 118 | 21 | 139 | 2 | |
| 7 | Dominic Grazioli (USA) |
71 | 46 | 117 | ||||
| 8 | Stéphane Clamens (FRA) |
71 | 46 | 117 | ||||
| 9 | Mário Filipovič (SVK) |
68 | 47 | 115 | ||||
| 10 | Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA) |
71 | 44 | 115 | ||||
| 11 | Francesco Amici (SMR) |
69 | 45 | 114 | ||||
| 12 | Bret Erickson (USA) |
64 | 0 | 64 | DNF |
DNF Did not finish
Men's double trap
Qualification
| Shooter | Event | Rank points | Score points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walton Eller (USA) |
WCF 2007 | Defending champion | ||
| Francesco D'Aniello (ITA) |
OG Beijing | Olympic silver medalist | ||
 Hu Binyuan (CHN) |
OG Beijing | Olympic bronze medalist | ||
 Ronjan Sodhi (IND) |
WC Belgrade | 15 | 15 | 30 |
 Richard Faulds (GBR) |
WC Suhl | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Vasily Mosin (RUS) |
WC Beijing | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Håkan Dahlby (SWE) |
WC Kerrville | 15 | 12 | 27 |
 Roland Gerebics (HUN) |
WC Suhl | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| Jeffrey Holguin (USA) |
WC Kerrville | 8 | 10 | 18 |
 Saif Alshamsy (UAE) |
WC Beijing | 8 | 8 | 16 |
 Hamad Alafasi (KUW) |
WC Suhl | 3 | 12 | 15 |
Faulds and Alshamsy did not participate and were replaced by Daniele Di Spigno and Mikhail Leybo.
Results
| Rank | Shooter | A | B | C | Qual | Final | Total | Shoot-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Håkan Dahlby (SWE) |
47 | 49 | 48 | 144 | 47 | 191 | |
| Hu Binyuan (CHN) |
46 | 46 | 48 | 140 | 48 | 188 | 23 |
| Vasily Mosin (RUS) |
48 | 48 | 47 | 143 | 45 | 188 | 22 |
| 4 | Francesco D'Aniello (ITA) |
45 | 48 | 46 | 139 | 47 | 186 | |
| 5 | Roland Gerebics (HUN) |
45 | 46 | 48 | 139 | 45 | 184 | 4 |
| 6 | Mikhail Leybo (RUS) |
47 | 44 | 47 | 138 | 46 | 184 | 3 |
| 7 | Jeffrey Holguin (USA) |
44 | 46 | 46 | 136 | |||
| 8 | Ronjan Sodhi (IND) |
48 | 47 | 41 | 136 | |||
| 9 | Walton Eller (USA) |
48 | 45 | 42 | 135 | |||
| 10 | Hamad Alafasi (KUW) |
44 | 44 | 45 | 133 | |||
| 11 | Daniele Di Spigno (ITA) |
46 | 41 | 45 | 132 |
Men's skeet
Qualification
| Shooter | Event | Rank points | Score points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgios Achilleos (CYP) |
WCF 2007 | Defending champion | ||
| Vincent Hancock (USA) |
OG Beijing | Olympic gold medalist | ||
| Tore Brovold (NOR) |
OG Beijing | Olympic silver medalist | ||
| Anthony Terras (FRA) |
OG Beijing | Olympic bronze medalist | ||
 Ariel Mauricio Flores (MEX) |
WC Kerrville | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| Qu Ridong (CHN) |
WC Beijing | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| Andrea Benelli (ITA) |
WC Belgrade | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Konstantin Tsuranov (RUS) |
WC Beijing | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Jan Sychra (CZE) |
WC Belgrade | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| Valerio Luchini (ITA) |
WC Kerrville | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Leos Hlavacek (CZE) |
WC Suhl | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Abdullah Alrashidi (KUW) |
WC Belgrade | 3 | 12 | 15 |
Flores did not participate and was replaced by Frank Thompson. In addition, Andrei Gerachtchenko entered as the host country's wild card.
Results
| Rank | Shooter | Day 1 | Day 2 | Qual | Shoot-off | Final | Total | Shoot-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tore Brovold (NOR) |
73 | 50 | 123 | 25 | 148 | ||
| Vincent Hancock (USA) |
73 | 50 | 123 | 24 | 147 | ||
| Jan Sychra (CZE) |
72 | 49 | 121 | 23 | 144 | 2 | |
| 4 | Abdullah Alrashidi (KUW) |
71 | 49 | 120 | 24 | 144 | 1 | |
| 5 | Andrea Benelli (ITA) |
71 | 48 | 119 | 2 | 24 | 143 | |
| 6 | Valerio Luchini (ITA) |
70 | 49 | 119 | 2 | 23 | 142 | |
| 7 | Georgios Achilleos (CYP) |
71 | 48 | 119 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Leos Hlavacek (CZE) |
71 | 47 | 118 | ||||
| 9 | Anthony Terras (FRA) |
68 | 48 | 116 | ||||
| 10 | Qu Ridong (CHN) |
68 | 47 | 115 | ||||
| 11 | Frank Thompson (USA) |
69 | 46 | 115 | ||||
| 12 |  Andrei Gerachtchenko (BLR) |
69 | 45 | 114 | ||||
| 13 | Konstantin Tsuranov (RUS) |
68 | 43 | 111 |
Women's trap
Qualification
| Shooter | Event | Rank points | Score points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giulia Iannotti (ITA) |
WCF 2007 | Defending champion | ||
 Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (FIN) |
OG Beijing | Olympic gold medalist | ||
| Zuzana Štefečeková (SVK) |
OG Beijing | Olympic silver medalist | ||
| Corey Cogdell (USA) |
OG Beijing | Olympic bronze medalist | ||
| Theresa DeWitt (USA) |
WC Kerrville | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Jessica Rossi (ITA) |
WC Suhl | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Gao E (CHN) |
WC Beijing | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| Daniela Del Din (SMR) |
WC Suhl | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Irina Laricheva (RUS) |
WC Kerrville | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Anita North (GBR) |
WC Belgrade | 10 | 10 | 20 |
 Pak Yong Hui (PRK) |
WC Beijing | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Liu Yingzi (CHN) |
WC Suhl | 8 | 11 | 19 |
Pak did not participate and was replaced by Joetta Dement.
Results
| Rank | Shooter | Qual | Shoot-off | Final | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irina Laricheva (RUS) |
72 | 22 | 94 | |
| Liu Yingzi (CHN) |
71 | 21 | 92 | |
| Giulia Iannotti (ITA) |
69 | 21 | 90 | |
| 4 | Daniela Del Din (SMR) |
70 | 19 | 89 | |
| 5 | Theresa DeWitt (USA) |
66 | 5 | 20 | 86 |
| 6 | Jessica Rossi (ITA) |
67 | 18 | 85 | |
| 7 | Joetta Dement (USA) |
66 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Gao E (CHN) |
66 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Zuzana Štefečeková (SVK) |
66 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Corey Cogdell (USA) |
66 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Anita North (GBR) |
65 | |||
| 12 | Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (FIN) |
65 |
Women's skeet
Qualification
| Shooter | Event | Rank points | Score points | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erdzhanik Avetisyan (RUS) |
WCF 2007 | Defending champion | ||
| Chiara Cainero (ITA) |
OG Beijing | Olympic gold medalist | ||
| Kim Rhode (USA) |
OG Beijing | Olympic silver medalist | ||
 Christine Brinker (GER) |
OG Beijing | Olympic bronze medalist | ||
| Haley Dunn (USA) |
WC Kerrville | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Andri Eleftheriou (CYP) |
WC Belgrade | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Wei Ning (CHN) |
WC Beijing | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Diana Bacosi (ITA) |
WC Suhl | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Danka Barteková (SVK) |
WC Suhl | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| Connie Smotek (USA) |
WC Kerrville | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Zhang Shan (CHN) |
WC Beijing | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| Nathalie Larsson (SWE) |
WC Beijing | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Avetisyan, Brinker and Bacosi did not participate and were replaced by Katiuscia Spada.
Results
| Rank | Shooter | Qual | Shoot-off | Notes | Final | Total | Shoot-off |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andri Eleftheriou (CYP) |
73 | 22 | 95 | |||
| Haley Dunn (USA) |
71 | 22 | 93 | |||
| Katiuscia Spada (ITA) |
68 | 5 | 24 | 92 | ||
| 4 | Kim Rhode (USA) |
69 | 22 | 91 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Nathalie Larsson (SWE) |
69 | 22 | 91 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Chiara Cainero (ITA) |
69 | 21 | 90 | |||
| 7 | Wei Ning (CHN) |
68 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | Connie Smotek (USA) |
66 | |||||
| 9 | Danka Barteková (SVK) |
60 | |||||
| Zhang Shan (CHN) |
DNS |
DNS Did not start
External links
- Qualification standings at the ISSF website