World Fly Fishing Championships

30th FIPS-Mouche World Fly Fishing Championship Krosno Poland 2010
Highestgoverning body	Fédération Internationale de Peche Sportive Mouche
First played	1981

TheWorld Fly Fishing Championship is organised by the Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive (FIPS Mouche) and takes place annually since 1981 between 30 teams of six individuals per country over five sessions. The WFFCs consist of four separate categories: the Youth Division, the Senior Division, the Masters Division and the Women's Division.

FIPS Mouche^[1] is an abbreviation of "Fédération Internationale de Peche Sportive Mouche" (in English, the "International Fly Fishing Federation"), which is the fly fishing arm of CIPS (Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive), founded inRome in 1952,^[2] the world regulating body for many different disciplines of fishing.^[1] FIPS Mouche hand over the management responsibility for the organisation of upcoming FIPS Mouche event, in its entirety to selected host nation's fly-fishing governing body. The host nation is to ensure health and safety welfare, promotion, sponsorship and media arrangements, meet financial requirements and selection of suitable venues.^[3]

Six rounds with a duration of three hours of fly fishing are fished at five different geographical locations (sectors), a mixture of lakes and rivers to test all skills,^[4] as chosen by the host nation beforehand for its abundant trout and game fish populations. All fish caught will be measured for length, rather than weight and are returned to the water alive.^[4] Points are awarded to the most successful anglers and section points per round according to placing, with the winner receiving one point; the lowest overall score wins.^[4]

The first ever Seniors WFFC was held inLuxembourg in 1981 and won by team Netherlands, that winning team also produced the first ever individual world champion who was Cor Wittkamp.^[5] Three years later in 1984, the 4th WFFC held inSpain was won by first class cricketer and footballerTony Pawson of England, Although his team England were just beaten to the title by Italy.^[5] Four years later in 1988 at the 8th WFFC inAustralia the Individual world champion was John Pawson of England, son of Tony who won in 1984.^[6]Pascal Cognard of France became the first angler to win the individual world championship three times when he won the 20th WFFC in England in 2000, having previously succeeded in Norway in 1994 and in the United States in 1997.^[7] TheCzech Republic set the standard in 2014 at their home water, having won the team tournament a record 10 times.^[5] The World Fly Fishing Championship Team event has been won by the host nation on just 10 of the 40 occasions that the tournament has taken place (to 2021), a one in four chance.^[5]

Youth Team Results

WFFC	Host nation	Year	1	2	3
		2024
10th WFFC	Bosnia and Hz	2023	United States	France	Slovakia
9th WFFC	Italy	2022	Spain	Czech Republic	France
8th WFFC	Czech Republic	2019	Czech Republic	United States	Spain
7th WFFC	Poland	2018	Poland	Spain	Czech Republic
6th WFFC	Slovenia	2017	France	Poland	United States
5th WFFC	Spain	2016	France	United States	Czech Republic
4th WFFC	United States	2015	United States	Poland	Czech Republic
3rd WFFC	Poland	2014	United States	Poland	Czech Republic
2nd WFFC	Ireland	2013	United States	Ireland	South Africa[5]
1st WFFC	France	2012	Czech Republic	United States	France

Masters Team Results

WFFC	Host nation	Year	1	2	3	4	5
9th WFFC	Czech Republic	2024	Italy	Spain	Czech Republic	France	United States
8th WFFC	Canada	2023	Spain	United States	Czech Republic	Canada	Ireland
7th WFFC	Italy	2022	United States	Italy	Belgium
6th WFFC	Czech Republic	2021	Czech Republic	Italy	Spain	United States	Belgium
5th WFFC	South Africa[5]	2019	Spain	United States	Italy
4th WFFC	Spain	2018	Spain	Italy	France	United States
3rd WFFC	Portugal	2017	Italy	France	United States
2nd WFFC	Ireland	2016	Italy	Scotland	Ireland	United States
1st WFFC	Chile	2014	Italy	Czech Republic	Chile

Masters Individual Results

WFFC	Host nation	Year	1	2	3	4	5
9th WFFC	Czech Republic		V Santi Amantini	Borek Kopecky	Marek Macka	V Carlo Sciagurii	Francois Deloup
8th WFFC	Canada	2023	Pete Erickson	Mike Learmonth	Jordi Oliveras	Tony Baldwin	John Nishi
7th WFFC	Italy	2022	Bret Bishop	Michael Twohig	Rene Koops
6th WFFC	Czech Republic	2021	Karel Sklenar	Jaun Bautista	Bret Bishop
5th WFFC	South Africa[5]	2019	Richard Goriel	J Alvares	Michael Twohig
4th WFFC	Spain	2018	I. Ferreras	Jean Meya	Armando di Giacomo
3rd WFFC	Portugal	2017	Edgardo Dona	Jean Meya	Massimo Clini
2nd WFFC	Ireland	2016	Jacky Coyne	Edgardo Ferrero	Mike Cordiner
1st WFFC	Chile	2014	Rene Koops		V Santi Amantini

Senior Team results

Event	Host nation	Year	No. of nations	Winners	Runner up	3rd place	4th place	5th place
43rd WFFC	Font Romeu, France[8]	2024	21	France	Spain	United States	Czech Republic	Australia[9]
42nd WFFC	Slovakia	2023	28	France	Czech Republic	Spain	Italy	Poland[10]
41st WFFC	Spain	2022	22	Spain	France	Czech Republic	Belgium	Finland[11]
40th WFFC	Finland	2021	13	Finland	France	Spain	Slovakia	Italy[12][13]
39th WFFC	Australia	2019	23	France	Czech Republic	Spain	Finland	Italy[14]
38th WFFC	Italy	2018	28	Spain	Czech Republic	Italy	United States	Finland[15]
37th WFFC	Slovakia	2017	29	France	Czech Republic	Spain	Slovakia	Australia[16]
36th WFFC	United States	2016	22	Spain	France	United States	Czech Republic	Slovakia[17]
35th WFFC	Bosnia and Hz	2015	27	Spain	United States	Bosnia and Hz	France	Slovenia[18][19]
34th WFFC	Czech Republic	2014		Czech Republic	France	England	Finland	United States[5]
33rd WFFC	Norway	2013		Czech Republic	Italy	France	Finland	United States[5]
32nd WFFC	Slovenia	2012		Czech Republic	Italy	Spain	France	Slovakia[5]
31st WFFC	Italy	2011		Italy	Czech Republic	Poland	Spain	United States[5]
30th WFFC	Poland	2010		Czech Republic	France	Slovakia	Poland	South Africa[5]
29th WFFC	Scotland	2009	23	England	France	Scotland	Finland	Wales[20][21]
28th WFFC	New Zealand	2008		Czech Republic	New Zealand	France	Poland	Italy[22]
27th WFFC	Finland	2007		France	Czech Republic	Finland	Portugal	Spain[5]
26th WFFC	Portugal	2006		Czech Republic	France	Spain	Italy	Portugal[23]
25th WFFC	Sweden	2005		France	Finland	Czech Republic	-	-[5]
24th WFFC	Slovakia	2004		Slovakia	Czech Republic	France	Poland	Belgium[24]
23rd WFFC	Spain	2003		France	Belgium	Spain	-	-[5]
22nd WFFC	France	2002		France	Belgium	Spain	-	-[5]
21st WFFC	Sweden	2001		France	Finland	Czech Republic	England	Poland[25]
20th WFFC	England	2000		France	Wales	Australia	-	-[5]
19th WFFC	Australia	1999		Australia	France	New Zealand	Spain	England[26]
18th WFFC	Poland	1998		Czech Republic	Poland	England	Italy	Slovakia[27]
17th WFFC	United States	1997		France	Belgium	Italy	-	-[5]
16th WFFC	Czech Republic	1996		Czech Republic	France	Poland	-	-[5]
15th WFFC	Ireland	1995		England	Wales	Belgium	-	-[5]
14th WFFC	Norway	1994		Czech Republic	Italy	England	-	-[5]
13th WFFC	Canada	1993		England	Poland	Italy	Wales	Czechoslovakia[28]
12th WFFC	Italy	1992		Italy	Belgium	France	-	-[5]
11th WFFC	New Zealand	1991		New Zealand[29]	Poland	England	?	[29]
10th WFFC	Wales	1990		Czechoslovakia	Poland	Belgium	France	England[30]
9th WFFC	Finland	1989		Poland	France	Finland	-	-[5]
8th WFFC	Australia	1988		England	France	Australia	New Zealand	Scotland[6]
7th WFFC	England	1987		England	Australia	New Zealand	Wales	Poland[6]
6th WFFC	Belgium	1986		Italy	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	-	-[5]
5th WFFC	Poland	1985		Poland	Czechoslovakia	France	-	-[5]
4th WFFC	Spain	1984		Italy	England	France	-	-[5]
3rd WFFC	Italy	1983		Italy	Belgium	Netherlands	-	-[5]
2nd WFFC	Spain	1982		Italy	Spain	Luxemburg	-	-[5]
1st WFFC	Luxembourg	1981		Netherlands	Luxemburg	Belgium	-	-[5]

Senior Individual results

WFFC	Host nation	Year	1	2	3	4	5	Ref.
43rd	Font Romeu, France	2024	Pierre Kuntz	Sebastian Delcor	Gregoire Juglaret	Michael Bradley	Andres Torres	[31]
42nd	Slovakia	2023	Pierre Kuntz	David Arcay Fernandez	Grégoire Juglaret	Tom Jarman	David Chlumsky	[32]
41st	Spain	2022	Julien Daguillanes	David Arcay Fernandez	Ruben Santos	David Chlumsky	Julien Lorquet	[33][34]
40th	Finland	2021	Heikki Kurtti	Jari Heikkinen	D Arcay Fernandez	Santeri Kinnunen	Mikko Rasanen	[35][13]
39th	Australia	2019	Howard Croston	D García Ferreras	Kristian Sveda	Sebastian Delcor	V Santi Amantini	[36]
38th	Italy	2018	D García Ferreras	Jyrki Hiltunen	Andrea Pirone	František Kouba	J Oliveras Cortina	[37]
37th	Slovakia	2017	Antonin Pešek	Grégoire Juglaret	Sebastian Delcor	Julien Daguillanes	Iván Vergé	[38]
36th	United States	2016	Julien Daguillanes	J Oliveras Cortina	Lance Egan	Pat Weiss	Roman Heimlich	[39]
35th	Bosnia and Hz	2015	Piotr Marchewka	Nikola Trebjesant	Devin Olsen	D Arcay Fernandez	Sebastian Delcor	[18]
34th	Czech Republic	2014	Luboš Roza	Piotr Armatys	Andrew Scott	Peter Alexovic	J-G Mathieu	[40]
33rd	Norway	2013	V Santi Amantini	Martin Drož	Julien Lorquet	Antonin Pešek	Sebastian Delcor	[41]
32nd	Slovenia	2012	D Arcay Fernandez	V Santi Amantini	Tomáš Adam	Howard Croston	Antonin Pesek	[42]
31st	Italy	2011	V Santi Amantini	Stefano Cominazzini	Roman Heimlich	Pablo Castro Pinos	Thomas Drinan	[43]
30th	Poland	2010	Pavel Chyba	Tomáš Adam	John Horsey	Julien Daguillanes	Sandro Soldarini	[44]
29th	Scotland	2009	Iain Barr[21]	Donald Thom	Christian Jadouille	Yann Caleri	Calum Crosbie	[20][21]
28th	New Zealand	2008	Martin Drož	Julien Daguillanes	Tomas Starychfojtu	John Horsey	Lucjan Burda	[22]
27th	Finland	2007	Marek Walczyk	Eric Lelouvier	Antonin Pešek	Bertrand Jacquemin	Yann Caleri	[45]
26th	Portugal	2006	Antonin Pešek	Jonathan Torralbo Ruiz	Martin Drož	-	-	[23]
25th	Sweden	2005	Bertrand Jacquemin	Massimo Valsesia	Andrew Dixon	-	-	[46]
24th	Slovakia	2004	Miroslav Antal	Kazimierz Szymala	Dan Svreek	J. Canda	P.Machen	[24]
23rd	Spain	2003	Stefano Cotugno	Bernard Marguet	Jeff Currier	-	-	[5]
22nd	France	2002	Jerome Brossutti[47]	Tomas Starychfojtu[48]	Bernard Marguet	-	-	[5]
21st	Sweden	2001	Vladimir Sedivy	Mark Yelland	Pascal Cognard	Stanislaw Guzdek	Scott Tucker	[49]
20th	England	2000	Pascal Cognard[7]	Jean Michel Lauret	Gareth Jones	Edgardo Dona	Erik Eikre	[5]
19th	Australia	1999	Ross Stuart	Sandy Nicolson	Pat O’Keefe	Shane Murphy	Bernard Marguet	[26]
18th	Poland	1998	Tomas Starychfojtu	Angelo Ferrari	Jozef Trnka	Milan Janus	Artur Raclawski	[50][27]
17th	United States	1997	Pascal Cognard[7]	Alain Magnien	Tomas Starychfojtu	Jeremy Herrmann	Alain Gigot	[5]
16th	Czech Republic	1996	Pierluigi Cocito[51]	Antoni Tondera	Jan Pecina	-	-	[5]
15th	Ireland	1995	Jeremy Herrmann	Alain Gigot	Owen Nuttridge	-	-	[5]
14th	Norway	1994	Pascal Cognard[7]	Howel Morgan	Pierluigi Cocito	-	-	[5]
13th	Canada	1993	Russell Owen	Franciszek Szajnik	Jeremy Lucas	-	-	[28]
12th	Italy	1992	Pierluigi Cocito[51]	Carlo Baldassini	Antoni Tondera	-	-	[5]
11th	New Zealand	1991	Brian Leadbetter	Adam Sikora	Jan Astier	Milan Janus	Slavoj Svoboda	[5]
10th	Wales	1990	Franciszek Szajnik	Adam Sikora	Albert Bigare	Milan Janus	Rene Brugere	[30]
9th	Finland	1989	Vladi Trzebunia	Slavoj Svoboda	Jyrki Lamsa	-	-	[5]
8th	Australia	1988	John Pawson	Brian Thomas	T. Piggott	Bob Church	J. Ramf	[6]
7th	England	1987	Brian Leadbetter	John Pawson	Chris Ogborne	-	-	[6]
6th	Belgium	1986	Slavoj Svoboda	Angelo Ferrari	Andre Terrier	-	-	[5]
5th	Poland	1985	Leslaw Frasik	Kazimierzs Sasula	Pavol Gavura	-	-	[5]
4th	Spain	1984	Tony Pawson	J-P Guillemaund	Angelo Ferrari	-	-	[52][6]
3rd	Italy	1983	Alvarez	Silvano Ventura	Didier Bischops	-	-	[5]
2nd	Spain	1982	Diez Y Diez	Pereda	Giovanni Vigetti	-	-	[5]
1st	Luxembourg	1981	Cor Wittkamp	Marc Reckinger	Didier Bischops	-	-	[5]

Women's Team Results

WFFC	Host nation	Year	1	2	3
3rd WFFC	Czech Republic	2024	Czech Republic
2nd WFFC	Canada	2023	Czech Republic	Canada	United States
1st WFFC		2022	Czech Republic

The 2020 event was postponed in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, though resumed in August 2021 in theKuusamo andTaivalkoski regions ofFinland.

The 41st WFFC took place in September 2022 in the principality ofAsturias in Spain,^[34] fished on the riversCaudal,Piloña,Trubia,Narcea,^[53] and on lake El Arenero^[54] nearTineo.^[53] Spain as hosts, were also the winning team, with France in second and Czech Republic third.^[11]Julien Daguillanes of France won the individual title^[33] for the second time, having previously won before in 2016 in the United States.^[39]

The 43rd WFFC will be held in theAriège,Aude andPyrénées-Orientales regions ofOccitaine, in France from 22nd - 30th June 2024.^[55]

Italy Hosted the 38th FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships in 2018, which was fished inComano Terme,Trentino area ofItaly.^[56] Spain won the team event and also the individual with David García Ferreras victorious at The event was based at theSarca River inTione di Trento at the foot of theNatural ParkAdamello Brenta, atArco and atPinzolo. Also at the Noce River at theVal di Non, and the Cornisello lake at the foot of Monte Giner nearMezzana within view of theBrenta Dolomites.^[56] Species available in these waters includeMarble trout (Salmo marmoratus) andLake Char (Salvelinus umbla), both species indigenous to this region, alsoBrown trout (Salmo trutta) andGrayling (Thymallus thymallus).^[56]

Australia hosted the 39th FIPS-Mouche World fly Fishing Championships, which took place between 30 November to 8 December 2019 in on the island of Tasmania. The venues fished were Penstock Lagoon,Meander River, Woods lake,Mersey river andLittle Pine Lagoon which had featured before in the 1988 World Fly Fishing championships.^[57] The lakes and lagoons are situated near the small town ofMiena, Tasmania, including Penstock lagoon, Great Lake and Little Pine Lagoon. The geographic centre of Tasmania is located on the western shore of the lagoon.^[58] The species of fish caught werebrown trout (Salmo trutta) andrainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Brown trout (a non-indigenous species to Tasmania) were first introduced to Australia on 4 May 1864 when 2700 live brown trout ova, which had been packed in ice since leaving England, were hatched into the Plenty river nearHobart,Tasmania. Rainbow trout from North America were introduced in 1894.^[59] The team event was won by France, the individual title went to Howard Croston of England.

The 40th FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships was originally postponed in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, then fished during August 2021 in theKuusamo andTaivalkoski regions ofFinland.^[60][61] Both the team event and individual titles were dominated by the home nation Finland taking 4 of the top 5 places including the new world champion Heikki Kurtti.^[13]

Slovakia held the 42nd FIPS Mouche World Flyfishing Championship 2023, which was won by France, who also won the individual prize with Pierre Kuntz securing the title. The venues fished were the riversVáh,Belá,Poprad andOrava and on the water damPalcmanska Maša located on the river atDedinky nearDobšiná.^[62]

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
France	011	011	06	028
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Total	9 1 10	6 1 8	3 1 4	18 3 22
Italy	06	03	03	012
England	05	01	04	010
Spain	04	02	08	014
Poland	02	04	02	08
Finland	01	02	02	05
New Zealand	01	01	02	04
Australia	01	01	02	04
Netherlands	01	00	01	02
Slovakia	01	00	01	02
Belgium	00	06	03	09
Wales	00	02	00	02
United States	00	01	02	03
Luxemburg	00	01	01	02
Scotland	00	00	01	01
Bosnia and Herzegovina	00	00	01	01
Total	40	40	40	120

Pascal Cognard 3, Brian Leadbetter 2, Pierluigi Cocito 2, Valerrio Santi Amantini 2, Antonin Pešek 2, Julien Daguillanes 2, Pierre Kuntz 2.^{[7][51][6][5][39][33][32][31]}

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