World Team Challenge
World Team Challenge | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | December |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
Country | Germany |
Inaugurated | 2002 |
The World Team Challenge is an international biathlon competition, which has been held every year between Christmas and New Year since 2002 in Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen. Previously a similar competition was held at the same time of year in Ruhpolding, but since 2001 the venue was changed due to financial troubles.[1] The competition isn't part of the World Cup.
Statistics[]
Winners by edition[]
# | Years | Winners | |
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1 | Michael Greis | Martina Glagow | |
2 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Gunn Margit Andreassen | |
3 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Liv Kjersti Eikeland | |
4 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Linda Tjørhom | |
5 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Linda Grubben | |
6 | Dmitri Yaroshenko | Ekaterina Iourieva | |
7 | 2008 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Oksana Khvostenko |
8 | Christoph Sumann | Kati Wilhelm | |
9 | a | Evgeny Ustyugov | Svetlana Sleptsova |
10 | Carl Johan Bergman | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | |
11 | Anton Shipulin | Ekaterina Yurlova | |
12 | Florian Graf | Laura Dahlmeier | |
13 | 2014 | Serhiy Semenov | Valj Semerenko |
14 | Martin Fourcade | Marie Dorin-Habert | |
15 | Simon Schempp | Vanessa Hinz | |
16 | Alexey Volkov | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht | |
17 | 2018 | Lukas Hofer | Dorothea Wierer |
18 | 2019 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Marte Olsbu Røiseland |
19 | Matvey Eliseev | Evgeniya Pavlova | |
20 | Felix Leitner | Lisa Theresa Hauser |
- ^a The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.
Successful nations[]
Rank | Country | Victories |
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1 | Norway | 5 |
Russia | ||
3 | Germany | 3.5 |
4 | Ukraine | 2 |
5 | Austria | 1.5 |
6 | France | 1 |
Italy | ||
8 | Finland | 0.5 |
Sweden |
Participating nations[]
Country | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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Austria | * | * * | • * | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Belarus | • | • | * | * | • | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Canada | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
China | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
Finland | • | • | * | * | * | ||||||||||||||
France | • | • • | • | • | • • | • • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
Germany | • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • * | • * * | • • • | • • | • • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • |
Italy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Japan | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
Norway | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • | • • | • | • • | • | • | * | • | ||||
Poland | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
Romania | * | ||||||||||||||||||
Russia | • • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
Slovakia | • | ||||||||||||||||||
Slovenia | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
Sweden | • * | * | • | • | |||||||||||||||
Switzerland | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
United States | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
Ukraine | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | * | • | • | • |
- Legend to the table
• - one pair; •• - two pairs and so on; * - one athlete in a mixed pair.
References[]
- ^ "From crazy idea to a successful biathlon competition" (in German). FC Schalke 04 Arena Management. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
External links[]
Media related to World Team Challenge at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- World Team Challenge
- Biathlon competitions in Germany
- Sports competitions in Gelsenkirchen
- International sports competitions hosted by Germany
- Recurring sporting events established in 2002
- 2002 establishments in Germany
- December sporting events