IBU Cup

The IBU Cup in biathlon has been held since the winter seasons of 1982–83 and 1988–89, for women and men, respectively. Until the 2007–08 season this competition was called European Cup. It is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The IBU Cup season lasts from November/December to March, with contests in a different venue almost every week.

Competition[]

The IBU Cup season lasts from November–December to March, with meetings in a different venue every week excluding some holidays and a couple of weeks before IBU Open European Championships. All in all, the season comprises seven to nine meetings, with events taking place from Wednesday–Thursday through Sunday. Mixed relay competitions are held three time per season.

The athlete with the highest overall total score (i.e. total score for all disciplines) of the IBU Cup season is awarded the Big Crystal Globe trophy. A Small Crystal Globe trophy is awarded for the first place in the season total for each discipline. Hence, it is possible for an athlete to win both the Big Crystal Globe and Small Crystal Globes for the same World Cup season.

Scoring system[]

The tables given below provide an overview of the highest-ranking biathletes and nations of each WC season. For each event, a first place gives 60 points, a 2nd place – 54 pts, a 3rd place – 48 pts, a 4th place – 43 pts, a fifth place – 40 pts, a 6th place – 38 pts, 7th – 36 pts, 8th ��� 34 points, 9th – 32 points, 10th – 31 points, then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 40th place. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points. The sum of all WC points of the season, less the points from an IBU-predetermined number of events (e.g. 2), gives the biathlete's total WC score.

Results[]

• Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
• See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Men's overall[]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2008–09	(GER)	Hans Martin Gjedrem (NOR)	Carsten Pump (GER)
	Daniel Graf (GER)	Toni Lang (GER)	(GER)
	(RUS)	Florian Graf (GER)	Martin Eng (NOR)
	Benedikt Doll (GER)	(RUS)	Erik Lesser (GER)
	(RUS)	Daniel Böhm (GER)	Benedikt Doll (GER)
	(RUS)	Timofey Lapshin (RUS)	Benedikt Doll (GER)
	Florian Graf (GER)	Antonin Guigonnat (FRA)	Johannes Kühn (GER)
	Matvey Eliseev (RUS)	Florian Graf (GER)	(RUS)
	Alexey Volkov (RUS)	Alexandr Loginov (RUS)	Antonin Guigonnat (FRA)
2017–18	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR)	(NOR)	(RUS)
2018–19	Anton Babikov (RUS)	(GER)	(FRA)
2019–20	(GER)	(NOR)	(RUS)
2020–21	(NOR)	Philipp Nawrath (GER)	(NOR)
2021–22	Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR)	(NOR)	(NOR)

Statistics by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	6	3	3	12
2	Germany	5	6	6	17
3	Norway	3	4	3	10
4	France	0	1	2	3
Totals (4 nations)		14	14	14	42

Women's overall[]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2008–09	Natalya Sokolova (RUS)	(GER)	(GER)
	Sabrina Buchholz (GER)	Natalya Sokolova (RUS)	(GER)
	Franziska Hildebrand (GER)	Nadine Horchler (GER)	Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS)
	Maren Hammerschmidt (GER)	(RUS)	(GER)
	Anastasia Zagoruiko (RUS)	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER)	Jori Moerkve (NOR)
	Anastasia Zagoruiko (RUS)	Valentina Nazarova (RUS)	Nadine Horchler (GER)
	(RUS)	Karolin Horchler (GER)	(RUS)
	Nadine Horchler (GER)	Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS)	(RUS)
	Daria Virolaynen (RUS)	(RUS)	Karolin Horchler (GER)
2017–18	Karolin Horchler (GER)	Chloé Chevalier (FRA)	Nadine Horchler (GER)
2018–19	(RUS)	Nadine Horchler (GER)	Ingela Andersson (SWE)
2019–20	Elisabeth Högberg (SWE)	Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS)	(RUS)
2020–21	Vanessa Voigt (GER)	(NOR)	Emilie Kalkenberg (NOR)
2021–22	(FRA)	(NOR)	Elisabeth Högberg (SWE)

Statistics by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	6	6	4	16
2	Germany	6	5	6	17
3	France	1	1	0	2
4	Sweden	1	0	2	3
5	Norway	0	2	2	4
Totals (5 nations)		14	14	14	42

External links[]

• IBU Cup