World Team Challenge

World Team Challenge
World Team Challenge 2005
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date	December
Frequency	annual
Locations	Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Inaugurated	2002 (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

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002	Michael Greis / Martina Glagow	Viktor Maigourov / Albina Akhatova	Vesa Hietalahti / Sanna-Leena Perunka
2003	Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Gunn Margit Andreassen	Michael Greis / Katja Beer	Ricco Groß / Kati Wilhelm
2004	Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Liv Kjersti Eikeland	Vincent Defrasne / Sandrine Bailly	Tomasz Sikora / Magdalena Gwizdoń
2005	Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Linda Tjørhom	Sergey Rozhkov / Olga Zaitseva	Vincent Defrasne / Sandrine Bailly
2006	Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Linda Grubben	Julien Robert / Florence Baverel-Robert	Michael Greis / Martina Glagow
2007	Dmitri Yaroshenko / Ekaterina Iourieva	Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Tora Berger	Michael Greis / Anne Preußler
2008	Andriy Deryzemlya / Oksana Khvostenko	Christoph Sumann / Martina Beck	Dmitri Yaroshenko / Ekaterina Iourieva
2009	Christoph Sumann / Kati Wilhelm	Andriy Deryzemlya / Oksana Khvostenko	Vincent Defrasne / Marie-Laure Brunet
2010 a	Evgeny Ustyugov / Svetlana Sleptsova	Florian Graf / Kathrin Hitzer	Michael Greis / Andrea Henkel
2011	Carl Johan Bergman / Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Serhiy Sednev / Valentyna Semerenko	Björn Ferry / Helena Ekholm
2012	Anton Shipulin / Ekaterina Yurlova	Martin Fourcade / Marie Dorin-Habert	Lars Helge Birkeland / Fanny Horn
2013	Florian Graf / Laura Dahlmeier	Andriy Deryzemlya / Olena Pidhrushna	Jakov Fak / Teja Gregorin
2014	Serhiy Semenov / Valentina Semerenko	Erik Lesser / Franziska Hildebrand	Evgeniy Garanichev / Yana Romanova
2015	Martin Fourcade / Marie Dorin-Habert	Ondřej Moravec / Gabriela Soukalová	Simon Schempp / Vanessa Hinz
2016	Simon Schempp / Vanessa Hinz	Erik Lesser / Franziska Hildebrand	Alexey Volkov / Olga Podchufarova
2017	Alexey Volkov / Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Ondřej Moravec / Eva Puskarčíková	Julian Eberhard / Lisa Theresa Hauser
2018	Lukas Hofer / Dorothea Wierer	Simon Schempp / Franziska Preuß	Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Darya Domracheva
2019	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen / Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dmytro Pidruchnyi / Anastasiya Merkushyna	Antonin Guigonnat / Anaïs Bescond
2020	Matvey Eliseev / Evgeniya Pavlova	Simon Schempp / Franziska Preuß	Benedikt Doll / Denise Herrmann
2021	Felix Leitner / Lisa Theresa Hauser	Matvey Eliseev / Evgeniya Burtasova	Michal Krčmář / Markéta Davidová
2022	Fabien Claude / Julia Simon	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen / Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Felix Leitner / Lisa Theresa Hauser
2023	Fabien Claude / Julia Simon	Sturla Holm Lægreid / Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Jakov Fak / Polona Klemenčič
2024	Sturla Holm Lægreid / Karoline Offigstad Knotten	Justus Strelow / Anna Weidel	Philipp Nawrath / Franziska Preuß
2025	Justus Strelow / Janina Hettich-Walz	Fabien Claude / Lou Jeanmonnot	Mats Øverby / Juni Arnekleiv

• ^a The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.

Successful nations

Rank	Country	Victories
1	Norway	6
2	Russia	5
3	Germany	4.5
4	France	3
5	Ukraine	2
6	Austria	1.5
7	Italy	1
8	Finland   Sweden	0.5

Participating nations

Country	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Austria							*	**	1*	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1
Belarus	1		1					*									*		1
Belgium																*						1	1	1
Canada															1	1				1
China				1		1
Czech Republic		1		1								1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Finland	1	1							*	*	*									1	1			1
France	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1		1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1
Germany	4	5	4	5	6	5	3*	1**	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Italy	1				1	1				1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Japan																1	1
Latvia																							1
Norway	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2		1	2	1		1		*	1			1	1	1	1
Poland			1					1
Romania								*
Russia	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Slovakia			1
Slovenia			1								1	1		1								1	1	1
Sweden										1*	*			1					1				1
Switzerland										1			1					1	1	1	1	1		1
Ukraine				1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
United States							1	1	1		1

Legend to the table

«*» – one athlete in a mixed pair.

References

1. "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

• Official web page of the event