Originally, the 2018 IPSC European Rifle Championship was to be held in Karlskoga in the summer of 2018, but had to be postponed to 2019 due to the 2018 Sweden wildfires.

Jarkko Laukia from Finland won the Open division after having worked up a solid lead early in the match.

Peltokoski managed to close in much of Laukia's lead during the final day of shooting and finished second place at 98.57%.

A triple Swedish win in the Manual Open individual classification was ensured by Swedish shooters Jiro Nihei, Stilianos Simeonidis and Erik Bjälkvall The Manual Open division was a close race until the last days of the match, and the top 5 being competitors finished within about 2.3% of each other.

The shoot-off side event is an audience friendly one-against-one elimination cup held on 10 August, the day after the Main Match was finished.