The World Team Challenge is an international biathlon competition, which has been held every year between Christmas and New Year since 2002 in Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen. Previously a similar competition was held at the same time of year in Ruhpolding, but since 2001 the venue was changed due to financial troubles.[1] The competition isn't part of the World Cup.
| World Team Challenge | |
|---|---|
 World Team Challenge 2005 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | December |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Inaugurated | 2002 |
Statistics edit
Winners by edition edit
- ^a The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.
Successful nations edit
| Rank | Country | Victories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway |
5 |
 Russia
| ||
| 3 |  Germany |
3.5 |
| 4 |  France
|
3 |
| 5 |  Ukraine
|
2 |
| 6 |  Austria |
1.5 |
| 7 |  Italy |
1 |
| 8 |  Finland |
0.5 |
 Sweden
|
Participating nations edit
| Country | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
* | ** | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Belarus |
1 | 1 | * | * | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Belgium |
* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Canada |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 China |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Finland |
1 | 1 | * | * | * | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| France |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Germany |
4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3* | 1** | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
 Japan |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Poland |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Romania |
* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
 Slovakia |
1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden |
1* | * | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 United States |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Legend to the table
«*» – one athlete in a mixed pair.
References edit
- ^ "From crazy idea to a successful biathlon competition" (in German). FC Schalke 04 Arena Management. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
- ^ "Simon and Claude Defend World Team Challenge Title". International Biathlon Union - IBU. 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
External links edit
Media related to World Team Challenge at Wikimedia Commons