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Ultra Match

After the Swiss Championships had grown over the years into large international matches, we were planning to make another step forward  and created the Ultra Matches for 2023.

 

It was an initiative to realize large matches under the IDPA sport rules. The Ultra Matches were intended to breakthrough common boundaries and provide new dimensions for the participants: 20+ stages, 300+ rounds and 2+ days! Those were dimensions so far unheard of in IDPA.

The 2023 Swiss International Championships held in Italy  was the first and the EuroAfrica Championship held in Kenya was the second of the Ultra Match series in 2023. A third match in Bangkok, Thailand was planned but, unfortunately, had to be canceled due to reasons beyond our influence.

Unfortunately, the huge efforts made to elevate the IDPA sport to a new level and the great results achieved have not been received well by the IDPA 'chain of command'. The match approval processes were a seemingly endless ordeal of back and forth emails, were change requests by the approval body were not based on the rule book but merely on personal opinions. No support whatsoever was given for organization, sponsor search and marketing.

Although the matches were very successful, we do not think that the IDPA sport with it's current rules and structure is the right framework for the future.  We are now working hard to continue with the Ultra Matches under a new sport umbrella and we will provide an even more exciting format to the shooters. Stay tuned!

Ultra Match World Series 2023

2023 Swiss International IDPA Championships
IDPA Ultra Match

Ultra Match Italy

A new dimension of IDPA competitions!

Read the match report in the SwissAAA blog!

​Match
  • IDPA Ultra Match

  • All divisions

  • 20 stages

  • Round count: 304 minimum

  • 2 days of shooting

  • Capacity for 338 shooters

​Results
​Dates
  • Pre-match (staff): May 4-5, 2023

  • Main-match: May 6-7, 2023

​Location
  • Defense 360 Formazione
    Via Luigi Boccherini
    21051 Arcisate VA, Italy

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Sponsors
Toni Systems
Gun Factory
Wyss Waffen Burgdorf
Bear Armory
Phoenix Swiss Made

EuroAfrica IDPA Championships
IDPA Ultra Match

Ultra Match Kenya

The second IDPA Ultra Match was held July 20-23, 2023 in Mombasa, Kenya.

​Match
  • IDPA Ultra Match

  • All handgun and PCC division

  • 20 stages

  • Round count: 314 minimum

  • 2 days of shooting

​Dates
  • Pre-match (staff): July 20-21, 2023

  • Main-match: July 22-23,  2023

​Location
Ultra-Kenya

Asian Championships
IDPA Ultra Match

Ultra Match Thailand

The third and final match of the Ultra Match Series 2023 had to be canceled due to the political climate after a completely unrelated shooting incident in Bangkok.

​Match
  • IDPA Ultra Match

  • 22 stages

  • 2 days of shooting for all participants

​Dates
  • Pre-match (staff): December 14-15, 2023

  • Main-match: December 16-17,  2023

Ultra Thai

2022 Swiss International IDPA Championships

Swiss International IDPA Championships 2022
Swiss International Championnships 2022

The 2022 Swiss International Championships took place June 24-26, 2022 in Arcisate, Italy. Almost 200 competitors from 17 nations took part in a challenging and fun match over three days.

Impressions
Documents
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Shooter's Handbook

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Stages

Press
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Main Sponsors
Swiss Shooting Group
Smith & Wesson
Sponsors
DH Network
Wyss Waffen Burgdorf
Phoenix Swiss Made
Gun Factory

Smith&Wesson 2021 Swiss National IDPA Championships

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Swiss National IDPA Championships

The Smith& Wesson 2021 Swiss National IDPA Championships took place September 11-12, 2021 in Arcisate, Italy.

Read the match report in the SwissAAA blog!

A big thank you goes to our sponsors who supported this great championship!

Smith & Wesson
Aebi Waffen
Phoenix Swiss Made
DH Network
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