2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit explained

The women's team pursuit in the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the last occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 December 2014.^[1]

The defending champions were the Netherlands.

The Dutch team retained the cup by winning all races.

Top three

Position	Country	Points	Previous season
1		350	1st
2		240	10th
3		236	2nd

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Obihiro, Japan	15 November	Ireen Wüst Marrit Leenstra Marije Joling	3:02.54	Nana Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi Maki Tabata	3:04.78	Claudia Pechstein Bente Kraus Gabriele Hirschbichler	3:06.51	^[2] ^[3]
3	Berlin, Germany	6 December	Ireen Wüst Marrit Leenstra Marije Joling	2:59.72	Luiza Złotkowska Katarzyna Woźniak Aleksandra Goss	3:03.83	Nana Takagi Maki Tabata Ayaka Kikuchi	3:04.00	^[4] ^[5]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	13 December	Carlijn Achtereekte Linda de Vries Marrit Leenstra	2:59.69	Bente Kraus Claudia Pechstein Isabell Ost	3:01.96	Aleksandra Goss Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:02.31	^[6] ^[7]

Standings

Standings as of 13 December 2014 (end of the season).^[8]

	Country	OBI	BER	HVN	Total
1	align=left		bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	150	350
2	align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	70	50	bgcolor=silver	120	240
3	align=left		50	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	106	236
4	align=left		bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=cc9966	70	76	226
5	align=left		45	45	90	180
6	align=left		60	60	40	160
7	align=left		30	40	45	115
8	align=left		40	35	36	111
9	align=left		35			35

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Skating Union – Communication No. 1889 . International Skating Union . PDF . 10 September 2014 . 10 November 2014 . 10 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110074813/http://static.isu.org/media/158518/1889-world-cup-ss-2014-15-update-sep10.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: ISU World Cup Obihiro – November 11-16, 2014 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 15 2014 6:06PM . International Skating Union . 15 November 2014 . 17 November 2014 .
3. Web site: Competition: 1. Weltcup 2014/2015 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden, Division A . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 13 December 2014 .
4. Web site: ISU World Cup Berlin – December 5-7, 2014 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 7 2014 4:36PM . International Skating Union . 7 December 2014 . 8 December 2014 .
5. Web site: Competition: 3. Weltcup 2014/2015 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden, Division A . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 13 December 2014 .
6. Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – December 12-14, 2014 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 13 2014 5:05PM . International Skating Union . 13 December 2014 . 27 December 2014 .
7. Web site: Competition: 4. Weltcup 2014/2015 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden, Division A . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 27 December 2014 .
8. Web site: ISU WorldCup 2014/2015 – Rankings Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Dec 14 2014 6:06PM . International Skating Union . 14 December 2014 . 27 December 2014 .