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FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Nations team event

The Nations Team Event competition at the 2011 World Championships ran on February 16 at 11:00 local time, the seventh race of the championships. Athletes from the best 16 nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup ranking competed.

Nations team event
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011
VenueGarmisch Classic
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, germany
Date16 February 2011
Teams11
Medalists
gold medal Taïna Barioz
Anémone Marmottan
Tessa Worley
Thomas Fanara
Cyprien Richard
Gauthier de Tessières		   France
silver medal Anna Fenninger
Michaela Kirchgasser
Marlies Schild
Romed Baumann
Benjamin Raich
Philipp Schörghofer		   Austria
bronze medal Sara Hector
Anja Pärson
Maria Pietilä-Holmner
Axel Bäck
Hans Olsson
Matts Olsson		   Sweden
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Rules edit

The 16 best nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup Ranking were eligible to participate in this event. If one or more nations didn't start, they were not replaced. Each team consisted of 4 to 6 skiers, but at least two female and two male skiers.

The format was a K.O. round competition with the pairings being made according to the Nations Cup Ranking. In each pairing 2 female & 2 male skiers from each team raced a parallel giant slalom in a best-of-4 system. In the event of a tie, the faster cumulated time of the best male and the best female skier decides which team will advance to the next round.[1]

FIS Overall Nations Cup standing (prior to the World Championships) edit

Rank Country Points
1   Austria 7662
2   Switzerland 4573
3   France 3734
4   Italy 3728
5   United States 3230
6   Germany 3097
7   Sweden 2487
8   Croatia 1424
9   Norway 1346
10   Canada 1280
11   Slovenia 976
12   Finland 804
13   Czech Republic 433
14   Slovakia 257
15   Japan 66
16   Liechtenstein 55
17   Spain 51
18   Moldova 40
19   Great Britain 9
20   Russia 8
21   Poland 4

Participating teams edit

Results bracket edit

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1/8 Final 1/4 Final 1/2 Final Finals
            
1   Austria (f) 2
8   Croatia 2
8   Croatia 3
9   Canada 2
1   Austria 4
4   Italy 0
5   United States 1
4   Italy 3
1   Austria 2
3   France (f) 2
3   France (f) 2
6   Germany 2
6   Germany 4
11   Slovakia 0
3   France (f) 2
7   Sweden 2
7   Sweden 3 Third place
10   Czech Republic 1
7   Sweden 4 4   Italy 0
2   Switzerland 0 7   Sweden 4
  • (f) = In the event of a tie, the faster cumulated time of the best male and the best female skier decides which team will advance to the next round

Results edit

As Norway, Slovenia, Finland, Japan, and Liechtenstein chose not to participate, the 5 highest-placed teams (Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, United States) in the FIS Overall Nations Cup Ranking received a bye in the qualification round.

1/8 Final edit

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Team 1 Score Team 2
  Croatia 3–2   Canada
Palić 27.04 B. Janyk 27.04
Široki 26.25 M. Janyk 26.18
Novoselić 26.73 Gagnon 26.78
Zrnčić-Dim 30.31 Stutz 33.77
  Germany 4–0   Slovakia
Dürr 27.23 Gantnerová 27.37
Dopfer 25.78 Babušiak 27.01
Hronek 27.08 Saalová 27.67
Neureuther 25.89 Zampa 29.01
  Sweden 3–1   Czech Republic
Pärson 26.88 Paulathová 26.98
M. Olsson 26.59 Kryzl 25.44
Pietilä-Holmner 26.46 Zemanová 27.93
H. Olsson 25.80 Zika 25.86

1/4 Final edit

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Semifinals edit

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Finals edit

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In the end France won the title with three 2-2 results, always with the faster total time of the best male and the best female racer.

And the final victory was decided by 1/100 of a second: if Kirchgasser had raced 0,01 sec faster (or Marmottan 0,01 sec slower) the result would have been 3:2 for Austria.

References edit

  1. ^ "Teambewerb Key Facts". GAP2011.com. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e "FIS World Ski Championships Nations Team Event Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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