After a break from competition of several years, Andreas Schöpf and Thomas Schopf, who is four years his junior, have been forming a two-seater couple since 2010 . One week after their first joint start in the Intercontinental Cup, they contested their first joint World Cup race on February 27 at the finals of the 2009/2010 season in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , which they finished eighth. In the 2010/2011 season they took part in four of the six World Cup races and only did not start in the first two in Novouralsk, Russia . Schopf / Schöpf finished in the top five in three races, with two fourth places in Gsies and Olang being their best results, and they achieved seventh place in the overall World Cup.
Also in the 2011/2012 season Schopf / Schöpf started in four of the six World Cup races, with fourth place, achieved on January 28 in Nova Ponente , being their best result. In the overall World Cup, however, they dropped three places to tenth place.
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