The 18th World Team Challenge 2019 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge auf Schalke 2019) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 28, 2019, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Format of competition edit
The competition was held in two stages: mass start and pursuit.
Participants edit
20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 9 different countries were represented at this event.
Results edit
Mass start edit
Results and video are available here.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer |  Italy |
32:16,9 |
| 2 | Laura Dahlmeier / Philipp Nawrath |  Germany |
+4,5 |
| 3 | Anastasiya Merkushyna / Dmytro Pidruchnyi |  Ukraine |
+12,0 |
| 4 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland / Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen |  Norway |
+16,6 |
| 5 | Anaïs Bescond / Antonin Guigonnat |  France |
+26,1 |
| 6 | Lena Häcki / Benjamin Weger |  Switzerland |
+36,2 |
| 7 | Lisa Hauser / Felix Leitner |  Austria |
+44,9 |
| 8 | Markéta Davidová / Michal Krčmář |  Czech Republic |
48,4 |
| 9 | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll | Germany |
+1:08,7 |
| 10 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Matvey Eliseev |  Russia |
+1:43,9 |
Pursuit edit
Results, video and photos are available here.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland / Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Norway |
32:40,9 |
| 2 | Anastasiya Merkushyna / Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine |
+25,7 |
| 3 | Anaïs Bescond / Antonin Guigonnat | France |
+32,5 |
| 4 | Laura Dahlmeier / Philipp Nawrath | Germany |
+33,1 |
| 5 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer | Italy |
+1:03,4 |
| 6 | Lisa Hauser / Felix Leitner | Austria |
+1:03,9 |
| 7 | Lena Häcki / Benjamin Weger | Switzerland |
+1:04,3 |
| 8 | Markéta Davidová / Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic |
+1:10,5 |
| 9 | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll | Germany |
+1:48,2 |
| 10 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Matvey Eliseev | Russia |
+2:50,1 |