The women's team pursuit in the 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races on four occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion involving the event taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 13–15 November 2009, and the last occasion taking place, also in Heerenveen, on 12–14 March 2010.[1]
Canada won the cup, while Russia came second, and Germany came third. The defending champions, the Czech Republic, ended up in 11th place.
On the fourth competition weekend, Canada's team, comprised by Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt and Brittany Schussler, set a new world record of 2:55.79.
| Medal | Country | Points | Previous season | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 430 | 8th | ||
| Silver | 320 | 7th | ||
| Bronze | 210 | 4th |
| Occasion # | Date | Location | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time | Report | |
| 2 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 15 November | Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | 3:00.39 | Diane Valkenburg Elma de Vries Ireen Wüst | 3:02.12 | Yekaterina Abramova Galina Likhachova Yekaterina Shikhova | 3:02.40 | [2] | |
| 4 | Calgary, Canada | 6 December | Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Brittany Schussler | 2:55.79 WR | Masako Hozumi Maki Tabata Shiho Ishizawa | 2:59.79 | Isabell Ost Stephanie Beckert Katrin Mattscherodt | 3:00.25 | [3] | |
| 5 | , | 13 December | Yekaterina Abramova Galina Likhachova Yekaterina Shikhova | 2:57.18 | Kristina Groves Christine Nesbitt Cindy Klassen | 2:57.35 | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms Stephanie Beckert Katrin Mattscherodt | 2:57.36 | [4] | |
| 7 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 14 March | Kristina Groves Cindy Klassen Brittany Schussler | 3:02.05 | Stephanie Beckert Anni Friesinger-Postma Katrin Mattscherodt | 3:03.43 | Masako Hozumi Nao Kodaira Maki Tabata | 3:04.58 | [5] |
Standings as of 14 March 2010 (end of the season).[6] [7]
| Name | HVN1 | CAL | SLC | HVN2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | 100 | 100 | 80 | 150 | 430 | |||
| 2 | align=left | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | 60 | 100 | 90 | 320 | ||
| 3 | align=left | 50 | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | bgcolor=CC9966 | 70 | 120 | 310 | |
| 3 | align=left | 60 | 80 | 50 | bgcolor=CC9966 | 105 | 295 | ||
| 5 | align=left | 80 | 45 | 60 | 185 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | 40 | 50 | 45 | – | 135 | |||
| 7 | align=left | 45 | 32 | 40 | – | 117 | |||
| 8 | align=left | 36 | 40 | 32 | – | 108 | |||
| 9 | align=left | 32 | 36 | 36 | – | 104 | |||
| 10 | align=left | – | 28 | 28 | – | 56 | |||
| 11 | align=left | 28 | – | – | – | 28 | |||
| 12 | align=left | 24 | 0 | – | – | 24 |