IBU Junior Cup

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The IBU Junior Cup is a winter competition series for juniors in biathlon . The first IBU Junior Cup was held in the 2015/16 season.

participation

Juniors and youth competitors are allowed to compete in the IBU Junior Cup, provided they start in the junior class and meet the requirements for participation in the competition as juniors. Each IBU member association can register five male and five female athletes in the competition. The host nation and the countries that made it into the top ten in the Nations Cup of the World, IBU or Junior Cup of the preseason may also register two male and two female athletes.

Events

Any IBU member association can apply to host IBU Junior Cups. The venues with an IBU license are preferred, and those without a license are also accepted. Only four IBU Cups are held each season. The last cup is counted as an open junior European championship . In addition, the results of the Junior World Championships are included in the evaluation.

Each event should contain two to three individual, sprint, pursuit and relay competitions. Regional cups can also be held at the same time as part of the IBU Junior Cup, and if so, junior athletes have priority over participants taking part in the regional cup.

Rating

At the IBU Junior Cup and the Junior European Championship, cup points are awarded in the following categories.

Scoring types

Points are awarded for the overall ranking (individual, sprint, pursuit) and in the individual discipline scores such as individual scores, sprint scores and pursuit scores.

Overall rating

For the overall ranking, the two lowest scores will be deducted from the total of all the listed events.

Individual, sprint and pursuit scoring

For the discipline scoring individual sprint pursuit scoring, all points are calculated by adding up the points gained in all competitions in the relevant discipline.

Prices

The athlete receives an IBU Junior Cup trophy for first place in his competition.

Competition rules

General

The IBU event and competition rules generally apply to the IBU Junior Cup, unless otherwise stipulated.

persecution

The lapped competitors are allowed to continue to the finish.

Shoot and practice

Firing lanes are assigned for shooting and training according to the Nations Cup results.

Venues

Junior Cup events have been held in Italy , Austria , Switzerland , Romania and Slovenia since the 2015/16 season . The venues are determined by the International Biathlon Union (IBU).

Overall winner

Juniors

season winner Second Third
2015/16 GermanyGermany Dominic Reiter RussiaRussia Kirill Strelzow RussiaRussia Nikita Porschnew
2016/17 RussiaRussia Kirill Strelzow UkraineUkraine Anton Dudchenko GermanyGermany David Zobel
2017/18 FranceFrance Martin Perrillat Bottonet RussiaRussia Said Karimulla Chalili RussiaRussia Igor Malinovsky
2018/19 GermanyGermany Tim Grotian SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sebastian Stalder RussiaRussia Said Karimulla Chalili
2019/20 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Niklas Hartweg SloveniaSlovenia Alex Cisar GermanyGermany Max Barchewitz

Juniors

season winner Second Third
2015/16 UkraineUkraine Darja Blaschke KazakhstanKazakhstan Yelizaveta Belchenko GermanyGermany Christin Maier
2016/17 FranceFrance Myrtille Bègue RussiaRussia Valery Wasnetsova RussiaRussia Ekaterina Moshkova
2017/18 FranceFrance Lou Jeanmonnot FranceFrance Myrtille Bègue FranceFrance Camille Bened
2018/19 GermanyGermany Hanna Kebinger GermanyGermany Juliane Frühwirt FranceFrance Camille Bened
2019/20 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Amy Baserga GermanyGermany Lisa Maria Spark FranceFrance Paula Botet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j IBU event and competition rules