FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Nations team event explained

Event:Nations team event
Championship:FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015
Venue:Vail, Colorado, United States
Date:10 February 2015
Teams:16
Gold:Eva-Maria Brem
Marcel Hirscher
Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Christoph Nösig
Philipp Schörghofer
Goldnoc:AUT
Silver:Phil Brown
Candace Crawford
Erin Mielzynski
Trevor Philp
Marie-Pier Préfontaine
Erik Read
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Mattias Hargin
Sara Hector
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Markus Larsson
André Myhrer
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Bronzenoc:SWE
Prev:2013
Next:2017

The Nations team event competition at the 2015 World Championships was held on 10 February 2015.[1]

FIS Overall Nations Cup standings

The participating nations were seeded according to the Overall Nations Cup standings prior to the World Championships:[2]

Rank Country Points
1 7103
2 3845
3 3428
4 3427
5 3045
6 2747
7 2251
8 2076
9 1206
10 955
11 444
12 398
13 300
14 294
15 187
16 121
16 121
18 99
19 58
20 45
21 26
22 11
23 3
0
Argentina also participated, although as they had no points in the Nations Cup, they were seeded last.

Participating teams

Every nation submitted a team of four to six athletes, with at least two male and two female skiers.[3]

CountrySkiers
1 Eva-Maria Brem
Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Marcel Hirscher
Christoph Nösig
Philipp Schörghofer
2 Chiara Costazza
Manuela Mölgg
Giovanni Borsotti
Matteo Marsaglia
Davide Simoncelli
3 Julia Mancuso
Paula Moltzan
Mikaela Shiffrin
Will Brandenburg
Ted Ligety
4 Charlotte Chable
Michelle Gisin
Wendy Holdener
Gino Caviezel
Justin Murisier
Elia Zurbriggen
5 Adeline Baud
Anemone Marmottan
Tessa Worley
Mathieu Faivre
Thomas Fanara
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin
6 Sara Hector
Maria Pietilä-Holmner
Anna Swenn-Larsson
Mattias Hargin
Markus Larsson
André Myhrer
7 Lena Dürr
Veronique Hronek
Viktoria Rebensburg
Felix Neureuther
Philipp Schmid
Linus Strasser
8 Nina Løseth
Ragnhild Mowinckel
Sebastian Foss Solevåg
Leif Kristian Haugen
CountrySkiers
9 Ana Bucik
Ana Drev
Katarina Lavtar
Klemen Kosi
Žan Kranjec
Matic Skube
10 Candace Crawford
Erin Mielzynski
Marie-Pier Préfontaine
Phil Brown
Trevor Philp
Erik Read
11 Gabriela Capová
Martina Dubovská
Kateřina Pauláthová
Šárka Strachová
Kryštof Krýzl
Martin Vráblík
12 Ksenia Alopina
Anastasia Romanova
Aleksander Andrienko
Alexander Khoroshilov
Pavel Trikhichev
13 Andrea Komšić
Sofija Novoselić
Leona Popović
Ivica Kostelić
Natko Zrnčić-Dim
Filip Zubčić
14 Kristiina Rove
Merle Soppela
Eemeli Pirinen
Joonas Räsänen
Marcus Sandell
Samu Torsti
15 Charlotte Guest
Alexandra Tilley
Charlie Raposo
Dave Ryding
16 Salomé Báncora
Nicol Gastaldi
Tomas Birkner de Miguel
Sebastiano Gastaldi

Bracket

[4] [5]

Results

Round of 16

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Austria4:0 Argentina
Brem 23.18Báncora 24.29
Hirscher 22.14S. Gastaldi 23.33
Kirchgasser 23.64N. Gastaldi 24.80
Nösig 22.36Birkner de Miguel DNF
Norway3:1 Slovenia
Mowinckel 23.93Lavtar 24.06
Foss-Solevåg 22.75Kranjec 22.67
Løseth 24.00Bucik 24.01
Haugen 22.67Skube 23.64
France3:1 Russia
Baud 23.47Romanova 24.00
Mermillod Blondin 22.68Khoroshilov 22.55
Worley 24.17Alopina 24.69
Faivre 22.51Trikhichev DNF
Switzerland2:2 Croatia
Holdener 23.47Popović DSQ
Caviezel 22.65Kostelić 22.99
Gisin 24.19Novošelić 24.14
Murisier 22.86Zubčić 22.55
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
United States3:1 Finland
Moltzan 24.04Rove 24.27
Chodounsky 22.64 Pirinen 23.31
Shiffrin 24.08Soppela 24.16
Ligety 22.76Rasanen 22.69
Sweden4:1 Czech Republic
Pietilä-Holmner 24.06Strachová 24.06
Hargin 22.39Vráblík 22.97
Swenn-Larsson 23.86Pauláthová 24.02
Myhrer 22.80Krýzl DSQ
Germany2:2 Canada
Hronek DSQMielzynski 23.61
Strasser 22.66Brown 22.64
Rebensburg 23.89 Crawford DSQ
Neureuther 22.27Philp 22.50
Italy3:1 Great Britain
Costazza 24.15Tilley 30.76
Borsotti 23.27Ryding 22.54
F. Marsaglia 24.50Guest 24.55
M. Marsaglia 23.43Raposo 23.51

Quarterfinals

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Austria3:1 Norway
Brem 23.59Løseth 23.98
Hirscher 22.50Haugen 22.68
Kirchgasser 24.04Mowinckel 24.10
Nösig 22.75Foss-Solevåg 22.60
France1:3 Switzerland
Baud 23.54Gisin 24.09
Mermillod Blondin 23.06Caviezel 22.48
Marmottan DSQHoldener 23.53
Faivre 23.24Murisier 23.05
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
United States1:3 Sweden
Moltzan DNFSwenn-Larsson 24.08
Chodounsky DNFMyhrer 22.67
Shiffrin 23.82Pietilä-Holmner 23.85
Ligety DSQHargin 22.66
Canada3:1 Italy
Mielzynski 24.00F. Marsaglia 24.56
Brown 23.07Borsotti DSQ
Crawford 24.15Costazza 24.01
Philp 22.89M. Marsaglia DSQ

Semifinals

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Austria3:1 Switzerland
Brem 24.24Gisin 24.36
Hirscher 22.36Caviezel 22.51
Kirchgasser 23.71Holdener 23.62
Nösig 22.78Murisier 22.87
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Sweden2:2 Canada
Pietilä-Holmner 24.28Mielzynski 23.57
Hargin 22.49Brown 22.80
Swenn-Larsson 24.15Crawford 24.03
Myhrer 22.34Philp 22.71

Small Final

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Switzerland1:3 Sweden
Holdener DSQSwenn-Larsson 23.83
Caviezel 22.53Myhrer 22.46
Gisin 24.28Pietilä-Holmner 24.21
Murisier 22.60Hargin 22.83

Big Final

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Austria3:1 Canada
Brem 23.94Mielzynski 23.68
Hirscher 22.38Brown 22.77
Kirchgasser 23.97Crawford 24.10
Nösig 22.84Philp 22.95

Notes and References

  1. http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/event-details.html?event_id=34977&cal_suchsector=AL Schedule
  2. http://data.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/cup-standings.html?suchen=true&suchcompetitorid=&suchseason=2015&suchgender=&suchnation=&sector=AL&suchcup=NC&discipline=ALL&search=Search Nations Cup Standings
  3. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0337/2015AL0337SLR0.pdf Start list
  4. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0337/2015AL0337SLL.pdf Bracket
  5. http://data.fis-ski.com/pdf/2015/AL/0337/2015AL0337RLR0.pdf Final Results