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IBU Cup

International biathlon competitions

Summary

International biathlon competitions

Field	Value
name	Biathlon IBU Cup
status	Active
genre	Sporting event
date	Northern wintertime season
begins	November
ends	March
frequency	Annual
country	Varying
first
organised	International Biathlon Union

The IBU Cup in biathlon has been held since the winter seasons of 1982–83 and 1988–89, for women and men, respectively. Until the 2007–08 season this competition was called Biathlon European Cup. It is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The IBU Cup season lasts from November/December to March, with contests in a different venue almost every week.

Competition

The IBU Cup season lasts from November–December to March, with meetings in a different venue every week excluding some holidays and a couple of weeks before IBU Open European Championships. All in all, the season comprises seven to nine meetings, with events taking place from Wednesday–Thursday through Sunday. Mixed relay competitions are held three time per season.

The athlete with the highest overall total score (i.e. total score for all disciplines) of the IBU Cup season is awarded the Big Crystal Globe trophy. A Small Crystal Globe trophy is awarded for the first place in the season total for each discipline. Hence, it is possible for an athlete to win both the Big Crystal Globe and Small Crystal Globes for the same World Cup season.

Scoring system

The tables given below provide an overview of the highest-ranking biathletes and nations of each WC season. For each event, a first place gives 60 points, a 2nd place – 54 pts, a 3rd place – 48 pts, a 4th place – 43 pts, a fifth place – 40 pts, a 6th place – 38 pts, 7th – 36 pts, 8th – 34 points, 9th – 32 points, 10th – 31 points, then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 40th place. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points. The sum of all WC points of the season, less the points from an IBU-predetermined number of events (e.g. 2), gives the biathlete's total WC score.

Results

Romanization of Cyrillic script-based names follows the IBU's athlete records.
See the List of IOC country codes for expansions of country abbreviations.

Men's overall

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2008–09	Christoph Knie	Hans Martin Gjedrem	Carsten Pump
2009–10	Daniel Graf	Toni Lang	Christoph Knie
2010–11	Viktor Vasiliev	Florian Graf	Martin Eng
2011–12	Benedikt Doll	Michael Burtasov	Erik Lesser
2012–13	Viktor Vasiliev	Daniel Böhm	Benedikt Doll
2013–14	Alexey Slepov	Timofey Lapshin	Benedikt Doll
2014–15	Florian Graf	Antonin Guigonnat	Johannes Kühn
2015–16	Matvey Eliseev	Florian Graf	Petr Pashchenko
2016–17	Alexey Volkov	Alexandr Loginov	Antonin Guigonnat
2017–18	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Petr Pashchenko
2018–19	Anton Babikov	Lucas Fratzscher	Aristide Bègue
2019–20	Lucas Fratzscher	Endre Strømsheim	Kirill Streltsov
2020–21	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Philipp Nawrath	Sivert Guttorm Bakken
2021–22	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes
2022–23	Endre Strømsheim	Lucas Fratzscher	Vebjørn Sørum
2023–24	Mats Øverby	Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Nevland
2024–25	Isak Frey	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Johan-Olav Botn
2025–26

; Statistics by country

Women's overall

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
2008–09	Natalya Sokolova	Juliane Döll	Romy Beer
2009–10	Sabrina Buchholz	Natalya Sokolova	Carolin Hennecke
2010–11	Franziska Hildebrand	Nadine Horchler	Ekaterina Shumilova
2011–12	Maren Hammerschmidt	Marina Korovina	Juliane Döll
2012–13	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle	Jori Moerkve
2013–14	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Valentina Nazarova	Nadine Horchler
2014–15	Anna Nikulina	Karolin Horchler	Olga Yakushova
2015–16	Nadine Horchler	Svetlana Sleptsova	Galina Nechkasova
2016–17	Daria Virolaynen	Anna Nikulina	Karolin Horchler
2017–18	Karolin Horchler	Chloé Chevalier	Nadine Horchler
2018–19	Victoria Slivko	Nadine Horchler	Ingela Andersson
2019–20	Elisabeth Högberg	Ekaterina Glazyrina	Anastasiia Porshneva
2020–21	Vanessa Voigt	Karoline Erdal	Emilie Kalkenberg
2021–22	Lou Jeanmonnot	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Elisabeth Högberg
2022–23	Tildа Johansson	Gilonne Guigonnat	Paula Botet
2023–24	Océane Michelon	Jenny Enodd	Karoline Erdal
2024–25	Camille Bened	Voldiya Galmace Paulin	Paula Botet
2025–26

; Statistics by country

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