The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final in shotgun events was held on 27–30 September in Minsk

Minsk

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, Belarus

Belarus

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. It was the last major worldwide shotgun competition in 2008, and the next-to-last part of the 2008 ISSF World Cup

2008 ISSF World Cup

The 2008 ISSF World Cup was the twenty-third annual edition of the ISSF World Cup in the Olympic shooting events, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation...

, to be concluded with the rifle and pistol finals

2008 ISSF World Cup Final (rifle and pistol)

The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final in rifle and pistol events was held 3–5 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand, as the conclusion of the 2008 World Cup season. The final was held in Bangkok for the second consecutive time, and third overall....

 in Bangkok a month later.

There were twelve spots in each of the five events. The defending champion from the 2007 World Cup Final

2007 ISSF World Cup

The 2007 ISSF World Cup was held in the fifteen Olympic shooting events. Four qualification events were held in each event, spanning from March to July, and the best shooters qualified for the ISSF World Cup Final in October, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand for the rifle and pistol events, and...

 and all medalists of the 2008 Olympics

Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...

 in Beijing qualified automatically for Minsk. The remaining eight qualified through a special point-awarding system based on their best performance during the World Cup season, skipping past automatic qualifiers. Not counting the defending champion and the Olympic medalists, there was a maximum of two shooters per event from the same country. Belarus, being the host country, also were allowed to participate with one shooter.

The qualification system awarded a win with 15 points, a silver medal with 10, a bronze medal with 8, a fourth place with 5, a fifth with 4, a sixth with 3, a seventh with 2 and an eighth place with 1 point. It also gave out points for qualification scores within a certain range from the current world record: from 1 point for fourteen hits off the record, to 15 points for equalling or raising it.

Schedule and winners

All times are local (UTC+3

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Day	Event	Final time	Winner
27 September (Saturday)	Men's double trap Double Trap Double trap is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. Participants use a shotgun to attempt to break a clay disk flung away from the shooter at high speed....	15:00
29 September (Monday)	Men's trap Olympic Trap Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old... , day 1
	Men's skeet Olympic Skeet Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions... , day 1
	Women's trap Olympic Trap Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old...	16:00
	Women's skeet Olympic Skeet Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions...	16:45
30 September (Tuesday)	Men's trap Olympic Trap Officially referred to only as trap, and also known in the United States as international trap, bunker trap, trench or international clay pigeon, the single-target Olympic trap shooting event has a history over a hundred years old... , day 2	14:45
	Men's skeet Olympic Skeet Skeet is a variant of skeet shooting, and the specific variant used in the Olympic Games. Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions... , day 2	15:30

Qualification

Shooter	Event	Rank points	Score points	Total
	WCF 2007	Defending champion
	OG Beijing	Olympic gold medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic silver medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic bronze medalist
	WC Kerrville	15	13	28
	WC Belgrade	15	12	27
	WC Beijing	15	8	23
	WC Suhl	10	12	22
	WC Kerrville	8	13	21
	WC Belgrade	10	11	21
	WC Kerrville	10	10	20
	WC Belgrade	8	10	18

Results

Rank	Shooter	Day 1	Day 2	Qual	Notes	Final	Total	Shoot-off
		73	47	120		25	145
		73	49	122		22	144
		73	50	123		19	142
4		71	47	118		23	141
5		72	48	120		19	139	3
6		71	47	118		21	139	2
7		71	46	117
8		71	46	117
9		68	47	115
10		71	44	115
11		69	45	114
12		64	0	64	DNF

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Qualification

Shooter	Event	Rank points	Score points	Total
	WCF 2007	Defending champion
	OG Beijing	Olympic silver medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic bronze medalist
	WC Belgrade	15	15	30
	WC Suhl	15	15	30
	WC Beijing	15	13	28
	WC Kerrville	15	12	27
	WC Suhl	8	12	20
	WC Kerrville	8	10	18
	WC Beijing	8	8	16
	WC Suhl	3	12	15

Faulds and Alshamsy did not participate and were replaced by Daniele Di Spigno and Mikhail Leybo.

Results

Rank	Shooter	A	B	C	Qual	Final	Total	Shoot-off
		47	49	48	144	47	191
		46	46	48	140	48	188	23
		48	48	47	143	45	188	22
4		45	48	46	139	47	186
5		45	46	48	139	45	184	4
6		47	44	47	138	46	184	3
7		44	46	46	136
8		48	47	41	136
9		48	45	42	135
10		44	44	45	133
11		46	41	45	132

Qualification

Shooter	Event	Rank points	Score points	Total
	WCF 2007	Defending champion
	OG Beijing	Olympic gold medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic silver medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic bronze medalist
	WC Kerrville	15	12	27
	WC Beijing	15	10	25
	WC Belgrade	10	13	23
	WC Beijing	10	10	20
	WC Belgrade	5	13	18
	WC Kerrville	8	10	18
	WC Suhl	5	11	16
	WC Belgrade	3	12	15

Flores did not participate and was replaced by Frank Thompson. In addition, Andrei Gerachtchenko entered as the host country's wild card.

Results

Rank	Shooter	Day 1	Day 2	Qual	Shoot-off	Final	Total	Shoot-off
		73	50	123		25	148
		73	50	123		24	147
		72	49	121		23	144	2
4		71	49	120		24	144	1
5		71	48	119	2	24	143
6		70	49	119	2	23	142
7		71	48	119	1
8		71	47	118
9		68	48	116
10		68	47	115
11		69	46	115
12		69	45	114
13		68	43	111

Qualification

Shooter	Event	Rank points	Score points	Total
	WCF 2007	Defending champion
	OG Beijing	Olympic gold medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic silver medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic bronze medalist
	WC Kerrville	15	14	29
	WC Suhl	15	13	28
	WC Beijing	15	12	27
	WC Suhl	10	14	24
	WC Kerrville	10	13	23
	WC Belgrade	10	10	20
	WC Beijing	10	10	20
	WC Suhl	8	11	19

Pak did not participate and was replaced by Joetta Dement.

Results

Rank	Shooter	Qual	Shoot-off	Final	Total
		72		22	94
		71		21	92
		69		21	90
4		70		19	89
5		66	5	20	86
6		67		18	85
7		66	4
8		66	3
9		66	0
10		66	0
11		65
12		65

Qualification

Shooter	Event	Rank points	Score points	Total
	WCF 2007	Defending champion
	OG Beijing	Olympic gold medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic silver medalist
	OG Beijing	Olympic bronze medalist
	WC Kerrville	15	14	29
	WC Belgrade	15	14	29
	WC Beijing	15	13	28
	WC Suhl	15	13	28
	WC Suhl	10	13	23
	WC Kerrville	8	10	18
	WC Beijing	4	12	16
	WC Beijing	5	11	16

Avetisyan, Brinker and Bacosi did not participate and were replaced by Katiuscia Spada.

Results

Rank	Shooter	Qual	Shoot-off	Notes	Final	Total	Shoot-off
		73			22	95
		71			22	93
		68	5		24	92
4		69			22	91	2
5		69			22	91	1
6		69			21	90
7		68	4
8		66
9		60

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External links

• Qualification standings at the ISSF website