The Decade Review (2000-2009) - World Cups - Men (Provisional)

World Cup - Men - UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

All winners of World Cups from 2000 to 2009 (and 3 best placed in World Cup Final of each year).

2000
WC1 (San Antonio, USA) - Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA)
WC2 - ??? - cancelled???
WC3 (Seoul, South Korea) - not available
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - not available
WC5 (Darmstadt, Germany) - not available
WCF (Aix-en-Provence, France) - 1. Vadym Tkachuk (RUS); 2. Eric Walther (GER); 3. Igor Warabida (POL)

2001
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC2 (Warnedorf, Germany) - Sandor Fulep (HUN)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - not available
WCF (Moskva, Russia) 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Andrei Moiseev (RUS); 3. Sergio Salazar (MEX)

2002
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Ádám Marosi (HUN)
WC2 (Madrid, Spain) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC3 (Sindelfingen, Germany) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WCF (Budapest, Hungary) - 1. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU); 2. Libor Capalini (CZE); 3. Sergio Salazar (MEX)

2003
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC2 (Berlin, Germany) - Andrea Valentini (ITA)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC4 (Most, Czech Republic) - Michal Sedecklý (CZE)
WCF (Athina, Greece) - 1. Rustim Sabirkhovzine (RUS); 2. Marcin Horbacz (POL); 3. Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR)

2004
WC1 (Queretaro, Mexico) - Erik Johansson (SWE)
WC2 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC3 (Beijing, China) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WCF (Darmstadt, Germany) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU); 3. Libor Capalini (CZE)

2005
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC2 (Leipzig, Germany) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC4 (Athina, Greece) - Eric Walther (GER)
WCF (Uppsala, Sweden) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Viktor Horvath (HUN); 3. Eric Walther (GER)

2006
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC2 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR)
WC3 (Berlin, Germany) - Alexei Velikodnyi (RUS)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC5 (Cairo, Egypt) - Zhongrong Cao (CHN)
WC6 (Chianciano, Italy) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WCF (Chienciano, Italy) - 1. Libor Capalini (CZE); 2. Viktor Horvath (HUN); 3. Sandris Šika (LAT)

2007
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Marcin Horbacz (POL)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Eric Walther (GER)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WC5 (Drzonków, Poland) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WC6 (Roma, Italy) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WCF (Beijing, China) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Eric Walther (GER); 3. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)

2008
WC1 (Cairo, Egypt) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC2 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Ondřej Polívka(CZE)
WC4 (Madrid, Spain) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC5 (Kladno, Czech Republic) - Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA)
WCF (Caldas da Rainha, Portugal) - 1. Robert Kasza (POL); 2. Ondřej Polívka(CZE); 3. Eli Bremer (USA)

2009
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Marcin Horbacz (POL)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Ondřej Polívka (CZE)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Deniss Čerkovskis (LAT)
WC4 (Roma, Italy) - Ilia Frolov (RUS)
WCF (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 1. Ádám Marosi (HUN); 2. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR); 3. Federico Giancamilli (ITA)

Highlights:

Edvinas Krungolcas, from Lithania, is by far the best pentathlete of the decade considering the World Cup events, with 8 titles, 4 of them in World Cup Finals (WC1 2001, WCF2001, WC4 2002, WC1 2003, WCF 2003, WCF 2005, WC4 2006 and WCF 2007). His countryman Andrejus Zadneprovskis has 4 titles (WCF 2002, WC3 2003, WC3 2005 and WC1 2008), same number of victories of Czech Libor Capalini (WC3 2002, WCF 2006, WC5 2007, WC6 2007), Hungarian Gabor Balogh (WC3 2004, WC1 2005, WC3 2007 and WC4 2008) and Russian Andrei Moiseev (WC4 2004, WC2 2005, WC6 2006 and WC4 2007). Viktor Horvath (HUN) collected 3 victories (WC2 2002, WC2 2004 and WC1 2006), while the pentathletes who won twice were: Ondřej Polívka (CZE) - WC3 2008 and Wc2 2009-, Ádám Marosi (HUN) - WC1 2002 and WCF 2009-, Eric Walther (GER) - WC4 2005 and WC2 2007-, Marcin Horbacz (POL) - WC1 2007 and WC1 2009 - and Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA) - WC2 2008 and WC5 2008.

Pentathletes that won 2 events in same year: Edvinas Krungolcas (2001), Libor Capalini (2007) and Jean-Maxence Berrou (2008). Krungolcas won titles in 7 consecutive years (2001-2007). Capalini was the only one to win two events in a row (both in same year). Krungolcas won 2 of his 4 World Cup Finals in consecutive years (2004-2005). The Mexican event saw two pentathletes winning twice: Edvinas Krungolcas (2001 and 2003) and Marcin Horbacz (2007 and 2009). The pentathletes that won at home were Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA, 2001) and Michal Sedecklý (CZE, 2003).

Country Ranking

Position. Country - number of titles (number of pentathletes)

1. Lithuania - 12 (2)
2. Hungary - 11 (5)
3. Russia - 07 (4)
3. Czech Rep. - 07 (3)
5. Germany - 02 (1)
5. Poland - 02 (1)
5. France - 02 (1)
8. Ukraine - 01
8. Latvia - 01
8. China - 01
8. USA - 01
8. Italy - 01
8. Sweden - 01
8. Belarus - 01

More to come: oldest winner, youngest winner (WC and WCF), number of events/year and total number.