ISSF Shooting World Cup to be held in Bhopal from March 20

ISSF Shooting World Cup to be held in Bhopal from March 20


325 shooting and 75 technical officials from 33 countries will participate in the event. On this occasion, the Chief Minister will also lay the foundation stone of the sports complex to be built in village Barkheda Nathu of Bhopal district and also virtually inaugurate the air-conditioned indoor shooting range.

The ISSF World Cup Shooting will be organized from March 20 to 27 at the Bishan Khedi campus of Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy, Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will officially inaugurate the event on March 21, an official said. 325 shooting and 75 technical officials from 33 countries will participate in the event. On this occasion, the Chief Minister will also lay the foundation stone of the sports complex to be built in village Barkheda Nathu of Bhopal district and also virtually inaugurate the air-conditioned indoor shooting range.

The event is being organized by Madhya Pradesh with technical support from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the official said. India is hosting the event for the eighth time and it is being held outside New Delhi for the first time. The official said that in the competition Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania Shooters from Maldives, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Sweden, Chinese Taipei, USA and Uzbekistan will participate.

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