2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup

2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall
U25
Individual
Sprint
Pursuit
Relay	Germany	Russia
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Mixed	Norway
Competition
Locations	4 venues	4 venues
Individual	15 events	15 events
Relay/Team	2 events	2 events
Mixed	6 events	6 events
←2019–20 2021–22→

The 2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup was the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 14 January 2021 in Arber, Germany and ended on 14 March 2021 in Obertilliach, Austria. The defending overall champions from the 2019–20 Biathlon IBU Cup were from Germany and Elisabeth Högberg from Sweden.

Calendar[]

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
Arber	14–17 January		● ●		●
	20–23 January	●	●			●	●
Duszniki-Zdrój	27–31 January	●	●	●		●	●	European Championships
Brezno-Osrblie	13–14 February		●	●
	17–21 February	●	●	●	●
Obertilliach	10–14 March	●	● ●			●	●
Total: 40 (17 men's, 17 women's, 6 mixed)		4	8	3	2	3	3

Notes

• All European Championships races included in the IBU Cup total score.
• On 11 September, the rounds originally scheduled at Idre, Sweden, Sjusjøen, Norway and Martell-Val Martello, Italy were cancelled.^[2]

IBU Cup podiums[]

Men[]

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Res.
1	14 January 2021	Arber	10 km Sprint	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen			Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Res.
	16 January 2021				Philipp Nawrath				Res.
2	20 January 2021	Arber	15 km Short Individual		Philipp Nawrath	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen			Res.
	22 January 2021		10 km Sprint			Philipp Nawrath			Res.
EC	27 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	20 km Individual	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Erlend Bjøntegaard				Res.
	29 January 2021		10 km Sprint	Martin Jäger	Said Karimulla Khalili	Johannes Kühn			Res.
	30 January 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Artem Pryma	Michal Krčmář				Res.
3	13 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint			Erlend Bjøntegaard			Res.
	14 February 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Philipp Nawrath					Res.
4	17 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Short Individual	Nikita Porshnev					Res.
	20 February 2021		10 km Sprint	Philipp Nawrath		Philipp Horn	Philipp Nawrath		Res.
	21 February 2021		12.5 km Pursuit			Aleksander Fjeld Andersen			Res.
5	10 March 2021	Obertilliach	15 km Short Individual						Res.
	12 March 2021		10 km Sprint	Philipp Nawrath	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen		Philipp Nawrath		Res.
	13 March 2021		10 km Sprint			Aleksander Fjeld Andersen			Res.

Women[]

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Res.
1	14 January 2021	Arber	7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova			Tatiana Akimova		Res.
	16 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova					Res.
2	20 January 2021	Arber	12.5 km Short Individual						Res.
	22 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint						Res.
EC	27 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	15 km Individual	Monika Hojnisz-Staręga	Anastasiya Merkushyna				Res.
	29 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Baiba Bendika					Res.
	30 January 2021		10 km Pursuit	Kamila Żuk					Res.
3	13 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint						Res.
	14 February 2021		10 km Pursuit		Anastasiia Goreeva				Res.
4	17 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Short Individual			Madeleine Phaneuf			Res.
	20 February 2021		7.5 km Sprint						Res.
	21 February 2021		10 km Pursuit						Res.
5	10 March 2021	Obertilliach	12.5 km Short Individual		Anastasiia Goreeva				Res.
	12 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Emilie Kalkenberg	None awarded				Res.
	13 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiia Goreeva					Res.

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay[]

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
1	17 January 2021	Arber	Germany Philipp Nawrath	Ukraine Bogdan Tsymbal	France	Germany	Res.
4	18 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	Germany Philipp Horn Philipp Nawrath	Russia Nikita Porshnev	Norway Aleksander Fjeld Andersen Erlend Bjøntegaard		Res.

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay[]

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
1	17 January 2021	Arber	Russia Anastasiia Goreeva Tatiana Akimova	Sweden Ingela Andersson Anna Magnusson Elisabeth Högberg	Germany Franziska Hildebrand	Russia	Res.
4	18 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	Russia	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Stina Nilsson Ingela Andersson	Germany		Res.

Mixed[]

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
2	23 January 2021	Arber	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway	Italy	Germany	Norway	Res.
			4x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Russia Said Karimulla Khalili Anastasiia Goreeva	France	Norway Aleksander Fjeld Andersen Emilie Kalkenberg		Res.
EC	31 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Germany	France	Russia Evgeniy Garanichev	Germany	Res.
			4x6 km Mixed Relay	Norway Emilie Kalkenberg Erlend Bjøntegaard	Germany Philipp Nawrath	Ukraine Iryna Petrenko Vita Semerenko Bogdan Tsymbal Artem Pryma	Norway	Res.
5	14 March 2021	Obertilliach	4x6 km Mixed Relay	Germany	Norway Emilie Kalkenberg	Czech Republic Adam Václavík	Germany  Norway	Res.
			1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Russia	France	Norway	Res.

Standings (men)[]

Overall[] Pos. Points    534 2. Philipp Nawrath 528 3. 520 4. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 502 5. 443 Final standings after 15 races.

Under 25[] Pos. Points    534 2. 520 3. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 502 4. 437 5. 404 Final standings after 15 races.

Nation[] Pos. Points 1.  Norway 6122 2.  Germany 5958 3.  Russia 5536 4.  Italy 5180 5.  Ukraine 5087 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings (women)[]

Overall[] Pos. Points    467 2. 356 3. Emilie Kalkenberg 353 4. 351 5. 342 Final standings after all races.

Under 25[] Pos. Points    467 2. 356 3. Emilie Kalkenberg 353 4. 351 5. 342 Final standings after all races.

Nation[] Pos. Points 1.  Russia 6059 2.  Germany 5700 3.  Norway 5569 4.  Sweden 5528 5.  France 5221 Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	12	9	8	29
2	Norway	11	11	15	37
3	Russia	10	9	5	24
4	Latvia	2	0	0	2
	Poland	2	0	0	2
6	Ukraine	1	3	3	7
7	France	1	2	7	10
8	Austria	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
10	Italy	0	2	1	3
11	Sweden	0	2	0	2
12	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
13	Finland	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		41	39	42	122

References[]

External links[]

• IBU official site