Biathlon World Cup 2020/21

Biathlon World Cup 2020/21
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup
Individual World Cup
Sprint World Cup
Pursuit World Cup
Mass start world cup
Relay World Cup
Nations ranking
Mixed Relay World Cup
Competitions
Venues	11	11
Individual competitions	26th	26th
Relay competitions	5	5
Mixed competitions	6th
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The Biathlon World Cup (officially: BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon ) is to be held for the 44th time in 36 competitions between November 27, 2020 and March 21, 2021. The highlight of the season should be the 2021 Biathlon World Championships in Pokljuka , Slovenia . The results of the world championships should flow into the world cup rankings.

Below the World Cup, the IBU Cup 2020/21 is the second highest competition series of the winter.

Overview

Annecy Kontiolahti Ostersund Oberhof Oslo Nové Město

Location of the venues in Europe

Hochfilzen Antholz Ruhpolding Pokljuka

Detailed view of Austria and neighboring countries

Beijing

Location of the venue in Asia

Competition calendar

#	date	country	place	Competition venue	Ez	Sp	Vf	Ms	St.	MS	SMS
1	27.-29. November	Finland	Kontiolahti	Kontiolahti biathlon stadium	●	●
2	November 30th - December 6th	Sweden	Ostersund	Östersunds skid stadium		●	●		●
3	7-13 December	Austria	Hochfilzen	Cross-country skiing and biathlon center Hochfilzen		●	●		●
4th	14.-20. December	France	Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand	Sylvie Becaert biathlon stadium		●	●	●
5	4-10 January	Germany	Oberhof	Lotto Thuringia Arena on Rennsteig		●	●			●	●
6th	11-17 January	Germany	Ruhpolding	Chiemgau Arena		●		●	●
7th	18.-24. January	Italy	Antholz	South Tyrol Arena	●			●	●
WM	11-21 February	Slovenia	Pokljuka	Pokljuka biathlon stadium	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
8th	February 23 - March 1	People's Republic of China	Beijing	Hualindong Ski Resort		●	●		●
9	8-14 March	Czech Republic	Nové Město na Moravě	Vysočina Arena		●	●			●	●
10	16.-21. March	Norway	Oslo	Holmenkollen		●	●	●
number					3	10	8th	5	6th	3	3

Abbreviations for the disciplines : Ez: Individual, Sp: Sprint, Vf: Pursuit, Ms: Mass start, St: Relay, MS: Mixed relay, SMS: Single mixed relay

Starting odds

The 25 best national associations of the previous year in the World Cup receive fixed starting quotas. In addition, eight wildcards are given to associations that do not have a fixed starting quota. A maximum of two wildcards per association and gender will be awarded based on the IBU qualification points list. These are only valid for a single trimester (three World Cups).

Men's starting odds

• 6 starters: Norway , France , Germany , Russia , Austria     
• 5 starters: Sweden , Ukraine , Italy , Czech Republic , Belarus ↑     
• 4 starters: Slovenia , Switzerland ↓, United States , Canada , Bulgaria , Lithuania ↑, Poland ↑       
• 3 starters: Estonia ↓, Finland , Slovakia ↓, Latvia , Belgium ↑, People's Republic of China ↑↑↑      
• 2 starters: Romania , Kazakhstan ↓  
• 0 starters: Japan ↓↓↓ 
• Wildcards 1st trimester: Hungary 2, Serbia 2, Croatia 1, Moldova 1, South Korea 1, Japan 1      

Starting quotas for women

• 6 starters: Norway , Germany , France , Sweden , Russia ↑     
• 5 starters: Ukraine , Switzerland , Italy ↓, Czech Republic , Austria     
• 4 starters: Poland , Belarus , United States , Finland , Canada , Estonia , People's Republic of China ↑       
• 3 starters: Slovakia ↓, Kazakhstan , Japan , Slovenia , Bulgaria , South Korea ,      
• 2 starters: Latvia , Lithuania  
• Wildcards 1st trimester: Romania 2, Croatia 2, Moldova 1, United Kingdom 1, Australia 1, Belgium 1      

The arrows show the gains (↑) or losses (↓) of starting places compared to the previous season.

Special regulations

The previous year's overall winners of the IBU Cup receive a personal right to start the first World Cup of the season. Germany can therefore register seven athletes with Lucas Fratzscher and Sweden with Elisabeth Högberg seven athletes for the World Cup in Konthiolahti.

For the last World Cup of the season, the IBU awards additional starting quotas. Each nation receives an additional quota place for each athlete among the top ten in the overall ranking of the IBU Cup for the past year. These quota places are limited to two per nation and are not personal. The junior competitor who achieved the highest number of points in the junior world championships of the current season also receives an additional personal starting quota.

Web links

• Official homepage of the IBU
• Official results database

References and comments