FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Nations team event

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Nations team event
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Vail, Colorado, United States
Date10 February 2015
Teams16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  2013
2017  

The Nations team event competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on 10 February 2015. [1]

Contents

FIS Overall Nations Cup standings

The participating nations were seeded according to the Overall Nations Cup standings prior to the World Championships: [2]

RankCountryPoints
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7103
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3845
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3428
4Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 3427
5Flag of France.svg  France 3045
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2747
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2251
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2076
9Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1206
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 955
11Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 444
12Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 398
13Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 300
14Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 294
15Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 187
16Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 121
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 121
18Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 99
19Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58
20Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45
21Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 26
22Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 11
23Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 3
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0

Argentina also participated, although as they had no points in the Nations Cup, they were seeded last.

Participating teams

Every nation submitted a team of four to six athletes, with at least two male and two female skiers. [3]

Bracket

[4] [5]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
1 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4
16 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0
1 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3
8 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
8 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1
1 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3
4 Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1
5 Flag of France.svg  France 3
12 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1
5 Flag of France.svg  France 1
4 Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 3
4 Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 2
13 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2
1 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
3 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
14 Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
3 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1
6 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
6 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1
6 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
7 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2 Third place
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 34 Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1
2 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1 6 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
2 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1

Results

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Small Final

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland1:3 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Holdener DSQSwenn-Larsson 23.83
Caviezel 22.53Myhrer 22.46
Gisin 24.28Pietilä-Holmner 24.21
Murisier 22.60Hargin 22.83

Big Final

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Flag of Austria.svg Austria3:1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Brem 23.94Mielzynski 23.68
Hirscher 22.38Brown 22.77
Kirchgasser 23.97Crawford 24.10
Nösig 22.84Philp 22.95

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