IFSC Youth World Championships 2025 in Helsinki, Finland

The IFSC Youth World Championships 2025 began in Helsinki with the U19 Boulder qualification at the Helsingin Kiipeilykeskus – one of two that will play host in the Finnish capital city.

Over 600 athletes - 340 male and 279 female – are registered to compete across the three core disciplines – Boulder, Lead and Speed, and across two age groups – U19 and U17. The event will be the first edition featuring competitors divided into two age categories instead of the previous three (U16, U18 and U20).

After traveling from the USA to South Korea and China in the span of three years, the Youth World Championships is back in Europe for its 2025 edition from 28 July to 3 August.

Split between two venues, the KiipeilyAreena Ristikko will host Lead and Speed later in the week and Helsingin Kiipeilykeskus currently hosting the Boulder discipline with semi-finals and finals for all disciplines free to watch live, and replay, on the IFSC YouTube channel.

The ten planned live streams will feature IFSC World Cup commentator Matt Groom who will be joined by competitors, sponsors, coaches and other climbing figures from the Youth World Championships.

Full list of IFSC Youth World Championships live streams:

Tuesday, 29 July:
19:30 - U19 Boulder semi-finals • YouTube

Wednesday, 30 July:
9:00 - U17 Boulder semi-finals • YouTube
17:00 - U19 Boulder finals • YouTube
20:00 - U17 Boulder finals • YouTube

Friday, 1 August:
20:00 U19 Lead semi-finals • YouTube

Saturday, 2 August:
11:00 - U17 Lead semi-finals • YouTube
19:00 - U19 Lead finals • YouTube
20:30 - U17 Lead finals • YouTube

Sunday, 3 August:
13:30 - U17 Speed finals • YouTube
20:30 - U19 Speed finals • YouTube

The full playlist on the IFSC YouTube channel can be found here: https://ifsc.hopp.to/yw25live