2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup

2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Filip Andersen	Tatiana Akimova
U25	Filip Andersen	Anastasia Shevchenko
Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Tamara Steiner
Sprint	Filip Andersen	Tatiana Akimova
Relay	Germany	Russia
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Competition
Locations	4 venues	4 venues
Individual	15 events	15 events
Relay/Team	2 events	2 events
Mixed	6 events	6 events

The 2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup is a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 14 January 2021 in Arber, Germany and will end on 14 March 2021 in Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy. The defending overall champions from the 2019–20 Biathlon IBU Cup are Lucas Fratzscher from Germany and Elisabeth Högberg from Sweden.

Calendar

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.

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	●	●	●	●
Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	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.

IBU Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Res.
1	14 January 2021	Arber	10 km Sprint	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Filip Andersen	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Res.
	16 January 2021			Filip Andersen	Philipp Nawrath	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Filip Andersen	Res.
2	20 January 2021	Arber	15 km Short Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Philipp Nawrath	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen		Res.
	22 January 2021		10 km Sprint
EC	27 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	20 km Individual
	29 January 2021		10 km Sprint
	30 January 2021		12.5 km Pursuit
3	13 Februay 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint
	14 Februay 2021		12.5 km Pursuit
4	17 Februay 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Short Individual
	20 Februay 2021		10 km Sprint
	21 Februay 2021		12.5 km Pursuit
5	10 March 2021	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	15 km Short Individual
	13 March 2021		10 km Sprint
	14 March 2021		10 km Sprint

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Res.
1	14 January 2021	Arber	7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Anastasia Shevchenko	Tatiana Akimova	Res.
	16 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova	Anastasia Shevchenko	Camille Bened		Res.
2	20 January 2021	Arber	12.5 km Short Individual	Tamara Steiner	Anna Weidel	Ekaterina Bekh		Res.
	22 January 2021		10 km Sprint
EC	27 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	15 km Individual
	29 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint
	30 January 2021		10 km Pursuit
3	13 Februay 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint
	14 Februay 2021		10 km Pursuit
4	17 Februay 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Short Individual
	20 Februay 2021		7.5 km Sprint
	21 Februay 2021		10 km Pursuit
5	10 March 2021	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	12.5 km Short Individual
	13 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint
	14 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
1	17 January 2021	Arber	Germany Justus Strelow ‪Dominic Schmuck Danilo Riethmüller Philipp Nawrath	Ukraine Ruslan Bryhadyr Andriy Dotsenko Taras Lesiuk Bogdan Tsymbal	France Oscar Lombardot Sébastien Mahon Éric Perrot Hugo Rivail	Germany	Res.
4	18 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
1	17 January 2021	Arber	Russia Valeriia Vasnetcova ‪Anastasiia Goreeva Anastasia Shevchenko Tatiana Akimova	Sweden Ingela Andersson Tilda Johansson Anna Magnusson Elisabeth Högberg	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Stefanie Scherer Vanessa Voigt Marion Deigentesch	Russia	Res.
4	18 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
2	23 January 2021	Arber	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay
			4x6 km Mixed Relay
EC	31 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay
			4x6 km Mixed Relay
5	11 March 2021	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay
			4x7.5 km Mixed Relay

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Filip Andersen	146
2.	Philipp Nawrath	138
3.	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	130
4.	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	124
5.	Said Karimulla Khalili	119

• Standings after 3 of 15 races.

Under 25

Pos.		Points
	Filip Andersen	146
2.	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	130
3.	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	124
4.	Said Karimulla Khalili	119
5.	Daniele Cappellari	107

• Standings after 3 of 15 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	1685
2.	Germany	1609
3.	Italy	1458
4.	Ukraine	1451
5.	Russia	1444

• Standings after 4 of 20 races.

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Tatiana Akimova	120
2.	Anastasia Shevchenko	119
3.	Valeriia Vasnetcova	94
4.	Lou Jeanmonnot	93
5.	Franziska Hildebrand	88

• Standings after 3 of 15 races.

Under 25

Pos.		Points
	Anastasia Shevchenko	119
2.	Valeriia Vasnetcova	94
3.	Lou Jeanmonnot	93
4.	Ekaterina Bekh	81
5.	Stefanie Scherer	73

• Standings after 3 of 15 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	1705
2.	Germany	1569
3.	Sweden	1562
4.	France	1466
5.	Ukraine	1412

• Standings after 4 of 20 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	3	2	1	6
2	Norway	3	1	3	7
3	Germany	1	3	1	5
4	Austria	1	0	0	1
5	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
6	Sweden	0	1	0	1
7	France	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

External links

• IBU official site