The 2012 ISSF World Cup calendar has been unveiled, and the locations of next years World Cup Stages disclosed.
The 2012 ISSF World Cup Series will start from Cairo, Egypt, where the first Shotgun Stage will take place between the 4th and the 13th of March. Then, Shotgun shooters will travel to Tuscon, USA, where an ISSF World Cup Stage will be held for the first time between the 23rd of March and the 1st of April.
Rifle and Pistol shooters will start the season in London, for a test match on the layouts of the 2012 Olympic Shooting Rage, where a combined world cup stage (rile, pistol and shotgun events) will be conducted from the 17th to the 29th of April.
The 2012 ISSF World Series will then continued with two steps in Europe, the Rifle and Pistol World Cup Stages in Milan, Italy (13 - 20 May) and Munich, Germany (20 - 27 May).
It will be a combined World Cup Stage in Beijing to close the World Cup Series before the Games. Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun shooters will compete on the venues of the 2008 Olympics from the 16th to the 25th of June, one month before the start of the XXX Olympic Games in London.
The 2012 ISSF World Cup Series:
04 - 13 March – Cairo (EGY) – Shotgun
23 March - 01 April – Tuscon (USA) – Shotgun
17 - 29 April – London (GBR) – Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun (Olympic Test Event)
13 - 20 May – Milan (ITA) – Rifle/Pistol
20 - 27 May – Munich (GER) – Rifle/Pistol
16 - 25 June – Beijing (CHN) – Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun
Check out the complete ISSF calendar at: http://www.issf-sports.org/calendar.ashx