2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 26 November 2018 in Idre, Sweden and ended on 16 March 2019 in Martell-Val Martello, Italy. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup were Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen from Norway and Karolin Horchler from Germany.

2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Anton Babikov	Victoria Slivko
Nations Cup	Russia	Russia
Individual	Sven Grossegger	Yuliya Zhuravok
Sprint	Anton Babikov	Victoria Slivko
Pursuit	Anton Babikov	Victoria Slivko
Mixed	Russia
Competition
←2017–18 2019–20→

Calendar

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.^[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Super sprint	Mass start 60	Details
1	Idre	26 November – 2 December		● ●	●					details
2	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10–16 December		●	●	●	●			details
3	Obertilliach	17–22 December	●	●				●		details
4	Duszniki-Zdrój	7–13 January		● ●						details
5	Arber	14–20 January	●	●	●					details
6	Lenzerheide	21–27 January		●	●	●	●			details
EC	Minsk-Raubichi	18–24 February	●	●	●	●	●			European Championships
7	Otepää	25 February – 2 March		●				●		details
8	Martell-Val Martello	11–17 March		● ●					●	details
Total: 52 (23 men's, 23 women's, 6 mixed)			3	12	5	3	3	2	1

Notes

• All European Championships races included in the IBU Cup total score.
• Super sprint races were included in the sprint total score.

IBU Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Res.
1	29 November 2018	Idre	10 km Sprint	Anton Babikov	Aristide Bègue	Lucas Fratzscher	Anton Babikov	Res.
	1 December 2018			Aristide Bègue	Dominic Reiter	Justus Strelow	Aristide Bègue	Res.
	2 December 2018		12.5 km Pursuit	Philipp Nawrath	Alexander Povarnitsyn	Martin Perrillat Bottonet		Res.
2	15 December 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Sprint	Johannes Dale	Anton Babikov	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Anton Babikov	Res.
	16 December 2018		12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Dale	Anton Babikov	Simon Fourcade		Res.
3	19 December 2018	Obertilliach	20 km Individual	Simon Fourcade	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Sergey Bocharnikov	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Res.
	21 December 2018		Super Sprint	Sindre Pettersen	Lorenz Wäger	Daniele Cappellari		Res.
	22 December 2018		10 km Sprint	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Lucas Fratzscher	Simon Fourcade		Res.
4	12 January 2019	Duszniki-Zdrój	10 km Sprint	Alexander Povarnitsyn	Nikita Porshnev	Johannes Dale		Res.
	13 January 2019			Philipp Horn	Anton Babikov	Adam Václavík		Res.
5	17 January 2019	Arber	15 km Short Individual	Alexander Povarnitsyn	Lucas Fratzscher	Aristide Bègue		Res.
	19 January 2019		10 km Sprint	Aristide Bègue	Johannes Dale	Anton Babikov		Res.
	20 January 2019		12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Babikov	Aristide Bègue	Alexander Povarnitsyn	Alexander Povarnitsyn	Res.
6	24 January 2019	Lenzerheide	10 km Sprint	Fabien Claude	Serafin Wiestner	Johannes Dale	Anton Babikov	Res.
	26 January 2019		12.5 km Pursuit	Fabien Claude	Philipp Horn	Anton Babikov
EC	20 February 2019	Minsk-Raubichi	20 km Individual	Krasimir Anev	Tarjei Bø	Endre Strømsheim
	23 February 2019		10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Jesper Nelin	Dmitry Malyshko
	24 February 2019		12.5 km Pursuit	Tarjei Bø	Matvey Eliseev	Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit
7	1 March 2019	Otepää	Super Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Daniele Cappellari	Henrik L'Abée-Lund
	2 March 2019		10 km Sprint	David Zobel	Henrik L'Abée-Lund	Johannes Dale
8	14 March 2019	Martell-Val Martello	10 km Sprint	Johannes Dale	Endre Strømsheim	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen
	16 March 2019			Lucas Fratzscher	Philipp Horn	Danilo Riethmüller
	17 March 2019		Mass Start 60	Aristide Bègue	Harald Lemmerer	Matthias Dorfer

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Res.
1	29 November 2018	Idre	7.5 km Sprint	Ingela Andersson	Irina Kruchinkina	Anastasiia Morozova	Ingela Andersson	Res.
	1 December 2018			Elisabeth Högberg	Nadine Horchler	Nadiia Bielkina	Anastasiia Morozova	Res.
	2 December 2018		10 km Pursuit	Svetlana Mironova	Ingela Andersson	Anastasiia Morozova	Ingela Andersson	Res.
2	15 December 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiia Morozova	Ingela Andersson	Nadiia Bielkina	Anastasiia Morozova	Res.
	16 December 2018		10 km Pursuit	Anastasiia Morozova	Victoria Slivko	Svetlana Mironova		Res.
3	19 December 2018	Obertilliach	15 km Individual	Caroline Colombo	Nadine Horchler	Elisabeth Högberg	Ingela Andersson	Res.
	21 December 2018		Super Sprint	Felicia Lindqvist	Elisabeth Högberg	Karoline Offigstad Knotten		Res.
	22 December 2018		7.5 km Sprint	Nadia Moser	Natalia Gerbulova	Megan Bankes		Res.
4	12 January 2019	Duszniki-Zdrój	7.5 km Sprint	Natalia Gerbulova	Victoria Slivko	Anastasiia Morozova		Res.
	13 January 2019			Natalia Gerbulova	Johanna Skottheim	Nadiia Bielkina		Res.
5	17 January 2019	Arber	12.5 km Short Individual	Yuliya Zhuravok	Chardine Sloof	Elisabeth Högberg		Res.
	19 January 2019		7.5 km Sprint	Victoria Slivko	Ingela Andersson	Ragnhild Femsteinevik		Res.
	20 January 2019		10 km Pursuit	Victoria Slivko	Nadine Horchler	Elisabeth Högberg		Res.
6	24 January 2019	Lenzerheide	7.5 km Sprint	Victoria Slivko	Uliana Kaisheva	Janina Hettich	Victoria Slivko	Res.
	26 January 2019		10 km Pursuit	Uliana Kaisheva	Victoria Slivko	Valeriia Vasnetcova
EC	20 February 2019	Minsk-Raubichi	15 km Individual	Hanna Öberg	Yuliya Zhuravok	Iryna Kryuko
	23 February 2019		7.5 km Sprint	Mona Brorsson	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Hanna Öberg
	24 February 2019		10 km Pursuit	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Iryna Kryuko	Nadine Horchler
7	1 March 2019	Otepää	Super Sprint	Anna Weidel	Dunja Zdouc	Thekla Brun-Lie
	2 March 2019		7.5 km Sprint	Chloé Chevalier	Janina Hettich	Juliane Frühwirt
8	14 March 2019	Martell-Val Martello	7.5 km Sprint	Olga Abramova	Kristina Reztsova	Johanna Skottheim		Res.
	16 March 2019			Caroline Colombo	Irina Kazakevich	Victoria Slivko
	17 March 2019		Mass Start 60	Caroline Colombo	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	Stefanie Scherer

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Res.
2	13 December 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Russia Anastasiia Morozova Sergey Korastylev	Germany Laura Dahlmeier Roman Rees	Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok Vitaliy Trush
			2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Russia Irina Kazakevich Svetlana Mironova Yury Shopin Anton Babikov	Sweden Johanna Skottheim Elisabeth Högberg Oskar Brandt Simon Hallstroem	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Eline Grue Vebjørn Sørum Fredrik Gjessbakk
6	27 January 2019	Lenzerheide	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Russia Uliana Kaisheva Sergey Korastylev	Germany Marie Heinrich Marco Gross	Ukraine Mariya Kruchova Vitaliy Trush
			2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Russia Valeriia Vasnetcova Victoria Slivko Anton Babikov Alexey Slepov	Germany Janina Hettich Nadine Horchler Lucas Fratzscher Philipp Horn	Norway Ragnhild Femsteinevik Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit Johannes Dale
EC	21 February 2019	Minsk-Raubichi	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Russia Evgeniya Pavlova Dmitry Malyshko	Sweden Anna Magnusson Jesper Nelin	France Lou Jeanmonnot Aristide Bègue
			2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Sweden Emma Nilsson Mona Brorsson Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	Germany Nadine Horchler Janina Hettich Lucas Fratzscher Philipp Horn	Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Raman Yaliotnau Sergey Bocharnikov

Standings (men)

Overall Pos. Points 1. Anton Babikov 703 2. Lucas Fratzscher 639 3. Aristide Bègue 638 4. Sergey Korastylev 588 5. Johannes Dale 569 Final standings after 23 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Sven Grossegger 99 2. Fredrik Gjesbakk 95 3. Sergey Bocharnikov 73 4. Krasimir Anev 60 4. Simon Fourcade 60 4. Alexander Povarnitsyn 60 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Anton Babikov 437 2. Sergey Korastylev 417 3. Lucas Fratzscher 415 4. Aristide Bègue 388 5. Johannes Dale 352 Final standings after 14 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Anton Babikov 216 2. Håvard Bogetveit 143 3. Johannes Dale 141 4. Alexander Povarnitsyn 138 5. Lucas Fratzscher 133 Final standings after 5 races.

Mixed relay Pos. Points 1.  Russia 343 2.  Germany 294 3.  Norway 258 4.  France 240 5.  Ukraine 228 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Russia 7613 2.  Norway 7542 3.  Germany 7350 4.  France 6510 5.  Ukraine 6289 Final standings after 23 races.

Standings (women)

Overall Pos. Points 1. Victoria Slivko 775 2. Nadine Horchler 628 3. Ingela Andersson 605 4. Janina Hettich 580 5. Nadiia Bielkina 544 Final standings after 23 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Yuliya Zhuravok 152 2. Nadine Horchler 131 3. Victoria Slivko 104 4. Elisabeth Högberg 96 5. Fanqi Meng 72 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Victoria Slivko 449 2. Ingela Andersson 432 3. Nadiia Bielkina 374 4. Janina Hettich 366 5. Johanna Skottheim 344 Final standings after 14 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Victoria Slivko 182 2. Nadine Horchler 165 3. Janina Hettich 155 4. Svetlana Mironova 139 5. Ingela Andersson 130 Final standings after 5 races.

Mixed relay Pos. Points 1.  Russia 343 2.  Germany 294 3.  Norway 258 4.  France 240 5.  Ukraine 228 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Russia 7731 2.  Sweden 7336 3.  Germany 7206 4.  Ukraine 6864 5.  Norway 6826 Final standings after 23 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	19	14	10	43
2	France	10	2	5	17
3	Norway	8	6	13	27
4	Sweden	6	9	5	20
5	Germany	5	13	8	26
6	Ukraine	2	1	5	8
7	Canada	1	0	1	2
8	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
9	Austria	0	3	0	3
10	Belarus	0	2	3	5
11	Italy	0	1	1	2
12	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
13	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		52	52	52	156