2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup explained

2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Endre Strømsheim
Competition1ladies:	Tilda Johansson
Competition2:	U25
Competition2men:	Vebjørn Sørum
Competition2ladies:	Tilda Johansson
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Endre Strømsheim
Competition3ladies:	Lisa Maria Spark
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Endre Strømsheim
Competition4ladies:	Paula Botet
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Martin Uldal
Competition5ladies:	Marthe K. Johansen
Competition6:	Super sprint
Competition6men:	Lucas Fratzscher Mats Øverby
Competition6ladies:	Maren Kirkeeide
Competition7:	Mass start
Competition7men:	Martin Uldal
Competition7ladies:	Gilonne Guigonnat
Mixedcompetition1:	Mixed
Mixedcompetition1both:
Competition8:	Nations Cup
Competition8men:
Competition8ladies:
Menseason:	15th
Ladiesseason:	15th
Menlocations:	8
Ladieslocations:	8
Menindividual:	22
Ladiesindividual:	22
Mixedmen:	6
Mixedladies:	6
Cancelledmen:	3
Cancelledladies:	3
Previous:	2021–22
Next:	2023–24

The 2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the IBU. It is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 29 November 2022 in Idre Fjäll, Sweden and ended on 4 March 2023 in Canmore, Canada.^[1]

Erlend Bjøntegaard from Norway and Lou Jeanmonnot from France were the defending overall champions from the 2021–22 season.

Map of world cup hosts

All 9 locations hosting IBU Cup events in this season (including Lenzerheide – venue of the European Championships).

Europe					North America European Championships

Calendar

Stage	Location	Date	Individual / Short individual		Sprint	Pursuit		Relay			Details
1	Sjusjøen	24–27 November			●●				●	●	align=center bgcolor="F5F5DC" style=color:#696969	cancelled
2	Idre Fjäll	29 November–4 December	●		●●	●
3	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	15–18 December			●	●	●
4	Brezno-Osrblie	5–8 January		●	●				●	●
5	Pokljuka	13–15 January	●		●●						relocated from Arber
EC	Lenzerheide	25–29 January	●		●	●			●	●	European Championships
6	Obertilliach	2–4 February			●●
7	Canmore	25–28 February		●	●		●
8	1–4 March			●	●			●	●
Total: 55 (26 men's, 26 women's, 3 mixed)			3	2	11	4	2		3	3

Men

Calendar

Stage		Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Dark blue bib
1			Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	cancelled
26 November 2022
2	1	29 November 2022	Idre Fjäll	10 km Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Mats Øverby	Philipp Horn	Endre Strømsheim	Mats Øverby	^[2]
2	30 November 2022	12.5 km Pursuit		Martin Uldal	Endre Strømsheim				^[3]
3	3 December 2022	20 km Individual		Endre Strømsheim	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Lucas Fratzscher			^[4]
4	4 December 2022	10 km Sprint		Endre Strømsheim	Philipp Horn	Andrejs Rastorgujevs			^[5]
3	5	15 December 2022	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Oscar Lombardot			Martin Uldal	^[6]
6	17 December 2022	12.5 km Pursuit				Aleksander Fjeld Andersen			^[7]
7	18 December 2022	15 km Mass Start		Martin Uldal	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Lucas Fratzscher			^[8]
4	8	5 January 2023	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Super Sprint	Éric Perrot	Mats Øverby			Martin Uldal	^[9]
9	7 January 2023	10 km Sprint		Éric Perrot	Isak Frey				^[10]
5	10	13 January 2023	Pokljuka	15 km Short Individual	Sindre Fjellheim Jorde	Mats Øverby			Vebjørn Sørum	^[11]
11	14 January 2023	10 km Sprint		Sindre Fjellheim Jorde	Lucas Fratzscher	Vebjørn Sørum			^[12]
12	15 January 2023	10 km Sprint		Vebjørn Sørum	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Lucas Fratzscher			^[13]
EC	13	25 January 2023	Lenzerheide	20 km Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Anton Dudchenko			Lovro Planko	^[14]
14	27 January 2023	10 km Sprint		Erlend Bjøntegaard	Vebjørn Sørum	Philipp Nawrath			^[15]
15	28 January 2023	12.5 km Pursuit		Vebjørn Sørum	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Endre Strømsheim			^[16]
6	16	2 February 2023	Obertilliach	10 km Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Vebjørn Sørum			Dmytro Pidruchnyi	^[17]
17	4 February 2023	Vebjørn Sørum			Endre Strømsheim	Anton Ivarsson			^[18]
7	18	25 February 2023	Canmore	10 km Sprint	Philipp Horn	Vebjørn Sørum			Johan-Olav Botn	^[19]
19	27 February 2023	7.5 km Super Sprint		Émilien Claude	Lucas Fratzscher	Vebjørn Sørum			^[20]
20	28 February 2023	15 km Mass Start		Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Martin Uldal	Simon Kaiser			^[21]
8	21	1 March 2023		10 km Sprint	Vebjørn Sørum	Johan-Olav Botn	Daniele Cappellari		Vebjørn Sørum	^[22]
22	3 March 2023	12.5 km Pursuit		Johan-Olav Botn	Vebjørn Sørum	Lucas Fratzscher	^[23]

Standings

Overall

Rank	after all 24 events^[24]	Points
	Endre Strømsheim	1051
2		923
3		910
4		847
5		812

Under 25

Rank	after all 24 events	Points
	Vebjørn Sørum	910
2		812
3		694
4		400
5		400

Individual

Rank	after all 3 events^[25]	Points
	Endre Strømsheim	225
2		143
3		126
4		106
5		102

Sprint

Rank	after all 13 events^[26]	Points
		Endre Strømsheim	583
2		555
3		444
4		423
5		394

Super sprint

Rank	after all 2 events^[27]	Points
	Lucas Fratzscher Mats Øverby	106
3		105
4		95
5	Émilien Claude Éric Perrot	90

Pursuit

Rank	after all 4 events^[28]	Points
	Martin Uldal	212
2		187
3		171
4		171
5		165

Mass start

Rank	after all 2 events^[29]	Points
	Martin Uldal	165
2		135
3		110
4		76
5		75

Nations Cup

Rank	after all 26 events^[30]	Points
1		8392
2		7324
3		6937
4		6409
5		6390

Women

Calendar

Stage		Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Dark blue bib
1		24 November 2022	Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	cancelled
26 November 2022
2	1		Idre Fjäll	7.5 km Sprint	Marthe K. Johansen	Janina Hettich-Walz	Marion Wiesensarter	Marthe K. Johansen	Marthe K. Johansen	^[31]
2	30 November 2022	10 km Pursuit		Marthe K. Johansen	Gilonne Guigonnat	Marion Wiesensarter	^[32]
3	3 December 2022	15 km Individual		Janina Hettich-Walz	Maren Kirkeeide	Mona Brorsson	^[33]
4	4 December 2022	7.5 km Sprint		Selina Grotian	Tilda Johansson	Vanessa Hinz	^[34]
3	5	15 December 2022	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	7.5 km Sprint	Federica Sanfilippo	Vanessa Hinz	Paula Botet			^[35]
6	17 December 2022	10 km Pursuit		Maren Kirkeeide	Federica Sanfilippo	Vanessa Hinz	Vanessa Hinz	Maren Kirkeeide	^[36]
7	18 December 2022	12.5 km Mass Start		Gilonne Guigonnat	Anamarija Lampič	Tilda Johansson	Gilonne Guigonnat	Gilonne Guigonnat	^[37]
4	8	5 January 2023	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Super Sprint	Maren Kirkeeide	Frida Dokken	Fany Bertrand	Maren Kirkeeide	Maren Kirkeeide	^[38]
9	7 January 2023	7.5 km Sprint		Eleonora Fauner	Hannah Auchentaller	Juni Arnekleiv	^[39]
5	10	13 January 2023	Pokljuka	12.5 km Short Individual	Hannah Auchentaller	Hanna Kebinger	Paula Botet	Gilonne Guigonnat	Gilonne Guigonnat	^[40]
11	14 January 2023	7.5 km Sprint		Hanna Kebinger	Karoline Erdal	Michela Carrara	^[41]
12	15 January 2023	7.5 km Sprint		Paula Botet	Hanna Kebinger	Lisa Maria Spark	^[42]
EC	13	25 January 2023	Lenzerheide	15 km Individual	Lisa Maria Spark	Yuliia Dzhima	Selina Grotian			^[43]
14	27 January 2023	7.5 km Sprint		Anastasiya Merkushyna	Tilda Johansson	Vanessa Hinz	Tilda Johansson	Tilda Johansson	^[44]
15	28 January 2023	10 km Pursuit		Selina Grotian	Tilda Johansson	Gilonne Guigonnat	^[45]
6	16	2 February 2023	Obertilliach	7.5 km Sprint	Tilda Johansson	Sophie Chauveau	Lydia Hiernickel	^[46]
17	4 February 2023	Juni Arnekleiv			Fuyuko Tachizaki	Selina Grotian	^[47]
7	18	25 February 2023	Canmore	7.5 km Sprint	Maren Kirkeeide	Paula Botet	Khrystyna Dmytrenko	^[48]
19	26 February 2023	7.5 km Super Sprint		Emilie Kalkenberg	Michela Carrara	Paula Botet	^[49]
20	28 February 2023	12.5 km Mass Start		Marthe K. Johansen	Mareike Braun	Gilonne Guigonnat	^[50]
8	21	1 March 2023		7.5 km Sprint	Emilie Kalkenberg	Paula Botet	Marthe K. Johansen	^[51]
22	3 March 2023	10 km Pursuit		Marthe K. Johansen	Emilie Kalkenberg	Ella Halvarsson	^[52]

Standings

Overall

Rank	after all 24 events^[53]	Points
	Tildа Johansson	844
2		842
3		803
4		771
5		751

Under 25

Rank	after all 24 events	Points
	Tildа Johansson	844
2		842
3		803
4		771
5		751

Individual

Rank	after all 3 events^[54]	Points
	Lisa Maria Spark	164
2		121
3		107
4		92
5		91

Sprint

Rank	after all 13 events^[55]	Points
	Paula Botet	504
2		429
3		372
4		355
5		335

Super sprint

Rank	after all 2 events^[56]	Points
	Maren Kirkeeide	140
2		90
3		75
5		60

Pursuit

Rank	after all 4 events^[57]	Points
	Marthe K. Johansen	209
2		201
3		187
4		172
5		150

Mass start

Rank	after all 2 events^[58]	Points
	Gilonne Guigonnat	150
2		90
3		84
4		82
5		75

Nations Cup

Rank	after all 26 events^[59]	Points
1		7761
2		7472
3		7200
4		7141
5		6653

Mixed Relay

Stage		Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader
1		27 November 2022	Sjusjøen	4 x 6 km	cancelled
1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km
4	1	8 January 2023	Brezno-Osrblie	4 x 7.5 km					^[60]
2	1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km					^[61]
EC	3	29 January 2023	Lenzerheide	4 x 6 km					^[62]
4	1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km					^[63]
8	5	4 March 2023	Canmore	4 x 7.5 km					^[64]
6	1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km					^[65]

Rankings

Rank	after all 6 events	Points
1		540
2		341
3		305
4		295
5		293

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

See also

• 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup

External links

• IBU official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: IBU Cup Calendar. www.biathlonworld.com.
2. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 29 November 2022.
3. Web site: Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 30 November 2022.
4. Web site: Men's 20 km Individual: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 3 December 2022.
5. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 4 December 2022.
6. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (ITA). IBU. 15 December 2022.
7. Web site: Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (ITA). IBU. 17 December 2022.
8. Web site: Men's 15 km Mass Start: Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (ITA). IBU. 18 December 2022.
9. Web site: Men's 7.5 km Super Sprint: Brezno-Osrblie (SVK). IBU. 5 January 2023.
10. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Brezno-Osrblie (SVK). IBU. 7 January 2023.
11. Web site: Men's 15 km Short Individual: Pokljuka (SLO). IBU. 13 January 2023.
12. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Pokljuka (SLO). IBU. 14 January 2023.
13. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Pokljuka (SLO). IBU. 15 January 2023.
14. Web site: European Championships Men's 20 km Individual: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 25 January 2023.
15. Web site: European Championships Men's 10 km Sprint: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 27 January 2023.
16. Web site: European Championships Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 28 January 2023.
17. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT). IBU. 2 February 2023.
18. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT). IBU. 4 February 2023.
19. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 25 February 2023.
20. Web site: Men's 7.5 km Super Sprint: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 27 February 2023.
21. Web site: Men's 15 km Mass Start: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 28 February 2023.
22. Web site: Men's 10 km Sprint: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 1 March 2023.
23. Web site: Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 3 March 2023.
24. Web site: Men's Total Score Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
25. Web site: Men's Individual Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
26. Web site: Men's Sprint Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
27. Web site: Men's Super Sprint Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
28. Web site: Men's Pursuit Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
29. Web site: Men's Mass Start Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
30. Web site: Men's Nations Cup Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
31. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 29 November 2022.
32. Web site: Women's 10 km Pursuit: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 30 November 2022.
33. Web site: Women's 15 km Individual: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 3 December 2022.
34. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE). IBU. 4 December 2022.
35. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (ITA). IBU. 15 December 2022.
36. Web site: Women's 10 km Pursuit: Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (ITA). IBU. 17 December 2022.
37. Web site: Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (ITA). IBU. 18 December 2022.
38. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Super Sprint: Brezno-Osrblie (SVK). IBU. 5 January 2023.
39. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Brezno-Osrblie (SVK). IBU. 7 January 2023.
40. Web site: Women's 12.5 km Short Individual: Pokljuka (SLO). IBU. 13 January 2023.
41. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Pokljuka (SLO). IBU. 14 January 2023.
42. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Pokljuka (SLO). IBU. 15 January 2023.
43. Web site: European Championships Women's 15 km Individual: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 25 January 2023.
44. Web site: European Championships Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 27 January 2023.
45. Web site: European Championships Women's 10 km Pursuit: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 28 January 2023.
46. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT). IBU. 2 February 2023.
47. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT). IBU. 4 February 2023.
48. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 25 February 2023.
49. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Super Sprint: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 27 February 2023.
50. Web site: Women's 12.5 km Mass Start: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 28 February 2023.
51. Web site: Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 1 March 2023.
52. Web site: Women's 10 km Pursuit: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 3 March 2023.
53. Web site: Women's Total Score Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
54. Web site: Women's Individual Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
55. Web site: Women's Sprint Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
56. Web site: Women's Super Sprint Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
57. Web site: Women's Pursuit Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
58. Web site: Women's Mass Start Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
59. Web site: Women's Nations Cup Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
60. Web site: 4 x 7.5 km Mixed Relay: Brezno-Osrblie (SVK). IBU. 8 January 2023.
61. Web site: 1 x 6 + 1 x 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay: Brezno-Osrblie (SVK). IBU. 8 January 2023.
62. Web site: 4 x 6 km Mixed Relay: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 29 January 2023.
63. Web site: 1 x 6 + 1 x 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay: Lenzerheide (SUI). IBU. 29 January 2023.
64. Web site: 4 x 7.5 km Mixed Relay: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 4 March 2023.
65. Web site: 1 x 6 + 1 x 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay: Canmore (CAN). IBU. 29 January 2023.