2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit explained

The women's team pursuit in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be contested over four races, out of a total of six World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 13–15 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11–13 March 2016.^[1]

The defending champion was the Netherlands. This year, Japan won three out of four races and the final classification.

Top three

Position	Country	Points	Previous season	- align="center"	1	350	1st
2		240	10th
3		236	2nd -->

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Calgary, Canada	14 November	Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Marije Joling	2:56.11	Ayaka Kikuchi Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri	2:56.46	Olga Graf Natalya Voronina Elizaveta Kazelina	2:56.98	^[2] ^[3]
3	Inzell, Germany	5 December	Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Misaki Oshigiri Ayaka Kikuchi	2:59.08	Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Marije Joling	2:59.69	Natalya Voronina Olga Graf Elizaveta Kazelina Margarita Ryzhova	3:00.36	^[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	12 December	Ayaka Kikuchi Nana Takagi Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri	2:59.58	Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Linda de Vries Irene Schouten	3:01.26	Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska Aleksandra Goss	3:01.51	^[5]
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	12 March	Nana Takagi Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri	2:58.06	Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Ireen Wüst	2:58.21	Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:02.34	^[6]

Note: the races are over 6 laps.

Standings

	Country	INZ	HVN1	HVN2	Total
1	align=left	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=gold	150	430
2	align=left	bgcolor=gold	100	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	80	bgcolor=silver	120	380
3	align=left	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	70	60	90	290
4	align=left	35	60	bgcolor=cc9966	70	bgcolor=cc9966	104	269
5	align=left	60	45	50		155
6	align=left	45	50	45		140
7	align=left	40	35	40		115
8	align=left	50	40	—		90
9	align=left	30	—	35		65
10	align=left	25	—	—		25

Notes and References

Web site: International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958 . International Skating Union . PDF . 3 August 2015 . 14 October 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072318/http://static.isu.org/media/213658/1958-world-cup-ss-2015-16.pdf . dead .
Web site: ISU World Cup Calgary – November 13-15, 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 15 2015 4:47PM . International Skating Union . 15 November 2015 . 18 November 2015 .
Web site: Distance Result: 1. World Cup 2015/2016 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden . SpeedSkatingNews[.info] . 18 November 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies . International Skating Union (ISU) . 5 December 2015 . 5 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11–13 December 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Women . International Skating Union (ISU) . 12 December 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
Web site: ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11-13 March 2016 – Result Team Pursuit Women . International Skating Union (ISU) . 12 March 2016 . 12 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220114715/http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/heerenveen-3/r618.htm . 2016-12-20 . dead .