2019–20 Biathlon World Cup

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2019 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 14 March 2020 in Kontiolahti, Finland, a week and a day earlier than planned.^[1]

2019–20 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Dorothea Wierer
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Individual	Martin Fourcade	Hanna Öberg
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Denise Herrmann
Pursuit	Émilien Jacquelin	Tiril Eckhoff
Mass start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Dorothea Wierer
Relay	Norway	Norway
Mixed	Norway
Competition
←2018–19 2020–21→

Calendar

Below was the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2019–20 season.^[2]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Östersund	30 November – 8 December	●	●			●	●	●	details
2	Hochfilzen	13–15 December		●	●		●			details
3	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	19–22 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	9–12 January		●		●	●			details
5	Ruhpolding	15–19 January		●	●		●			details
6	Pokljuka	23–26 January	●			●		●	●	details
WC	Antholz-Anterselva	13–23 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
7	Nové Město	5–8 March		●		●	●			details
8	Kontiolahti	12–15 March		●	●			Cancelled	Cancelled	details
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	20–22 March		Cancelled	Cancelled	Cancelled				Cancelled
Total: 60 (27 men's, 27 women's, 6 mixed)			3 (m, w)	8 (m, w)	5 (m, w)	5 (m, w)	6 (m, w)	3 (mix)	3 (mix)

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	1 December 2019	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Matvey Eliseev	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
1	4 December 2019	Östersund	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Simon Desthieux	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Martin Fourcade	Detail
2	13 December 2019	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Desthieux	Alexandr Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
2	14 December 2019	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov	Émilien Jacquelin		Detail
3	19 December 2019	Le Grand-Bornand	10 km Sprint	Benedikt Doll	Tarjei Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
3	21 December 2019	Le Grand-Bornand	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen		Detail
3	22 December 2019	Le Grand-Bornand	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin	Tarjei Bø		Detail
4	10 January 2020	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Kühn		Detail
4	12 January 2020	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Simon Desthieux	Martin Fourcade	Detail
5	16 January 2020	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Benedikt Doll		Detail
5	19 January 2020	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen		Detail
6	23 January 2020	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Fabien Claude		Detail
6	26 January 2020	Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Benedikt Doll	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail
WC	15 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Loginov	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Martin Fourcade		Detail
WC	16 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov		Detail
WC	19 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Dominik Landertinger		Detail
WC	23 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Émilien Jacquelin		Detail
7	6 March 2020	Nové Město na M.	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Tarjei Bø		Detail
7	8 March 2020	Nové Město na M.	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
8	12 March 2020	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Émilien Jacquelin		Detail
8	14 March 2020	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
9	20 March 2020	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19
9	21 March 2020	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit
9	22 March 2020	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	1 December 2019	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Dorothea Wierer	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Markéta Davidová	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
1	5 December 2019	Östersund	15 km Individual	Justine Braisaz	Yuliia Dzhima	Julia Simon		Detail
2	13 December 2019	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Dorothea Wierer	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Svetlana Mironova		Detail
2	15 December 2019	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold		Detail
3	20 December 2019	Le Grand-Bornand	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Justine Braisaz	Markéta Davidová		Detail
3	21 December 2019	Le Grand-Bornand	10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Lena Häcki	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Detail
3	22 December 2019	Le Grand-Bornand	12.5 km Mass Start	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer	Linn Persson	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
4	9 January 2020	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Denise Herrmann	Julia Simon		Detail
4	12 January 2020	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Tiril Eckhoff	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
5	15 January 2020	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Dorothea Wierer	Tiril Eckhoff	Detail
5	19 January 2020	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Paulína Fialková	Hanna Öberg		Detail
6	24 January 2020	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Denise Herrmann	Hanna Öberg	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
6	26 January 2020	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Vittozzi	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
WC	14 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Susan Dunklee	Lucie Charvátová	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
WC	16 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Dorothea Wierer	Denise Herrmann	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
WC	18 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Dorothea Wierer	Vanessa Hinz	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
WC	23 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dorothea Wierer	Hanna Öberg		Detail
7	5 March 2020	Nové Město na M.	7.5 km Sprint	Denise Herrmann	Anaïs Bescond	Markéta Davidová		Detail
7	8 March 2020	Nové Město na M.	12.5 km Mass Start	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Franziska Preuß		Detail
8	13 March 2020	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Denise Herrmann	Franziska Preuß	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
8	14 March 2020	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Julia Simon	Selina Gasparin	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
9	20 March 2020	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19
9	21 March 2020	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit
9	22 March 2020	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start

Men's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	7 December 2019	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	France Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Italy Lukas Hofer Thomas Bormolini Daniele Cappellari Dominik Windisch	Detail
2	15 December 2019	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Philipp Horn Johannes Kühn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	France Antonin Guigonnat Émilien Jacquelin Fabien Claude Quentin Fillon Maillet	Detail
4	11 January 2020	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Dale Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Germany Philipp Horn Johannes Kühn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Detail
5	18 January 2020	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Norway Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Austria Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder Felix Leitner Julian Eberhard	Detail
WC	22 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Erik Lesser Philipp Horn Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Detail
7	7 March 2020	Nové Město	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Ukraine Artem Pryma Sergii Semenov Ruslan Tkalenko Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Jesper Nelin Peppe Femling Martin Ponsiluoma	Detail

Women's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	8 December 2019	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Switzerland  Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki	Sweden Linn Persson Elvira Öberg Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg	Detail
2	14 December 2019	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Russia Kristina Reztsova Larisa Kuklina Svetlana Mironova Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Switzerland  Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki	Detail
4	11 January 2020	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff	Sweden Elvira Öberg Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg	France Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz	Detail
5	17 January 2020	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz	Switzerland  Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki	Detail
WC	22 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Germany Karolin Horchler Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Detail
7	7 March 2020	Nové Město	4x6 km Relay	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ida Lien Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff	France Julia Simon Justine Braisaz Chloé Chevalier Anaïs Bescond	Germany Karolin Horchler Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann	Detail

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	30 November 2019	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Sweden Hanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson	Germany Erik Lesser Franziska Preuß	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Detail
1	30 November 2019	Östersund	4x6 km Mixed Relay	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma	Detail
6	25 January 2020	Pokljuka	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	France Émilien Jacquelin Anaïs Bescond	Estonia Rene Zahkna Regina Oja	Austria Simon Eder Lisa Theresa Hauser	Detail
6	25 January 2020	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Mixed Relay	France Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Justine Braisaz Julia Simon	Norway Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Synnoeve Solemdal Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Germany Phlipp Horn Johannes Kühn Janina Hettich Vanessa Hinz	Detail
WC	13 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Mixed Relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Czech Republic Eva Kristejn Puskarčíková Markéta Davidová Ondřej Moravec Michal Krčmář	Detail
WC	20 February 2020	Antholz-Anterselva	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Franziska Preuß Erik Lesser	France Anaïs Bescond Émilien Jacquelin	Detail

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	913
2.	Martin Fourcade	911
3.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	843
4.	Tarjei Bø	740
5.	Emilien Jacquelin	726

• Final standings after 21 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 174 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 145 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 120 4. Tarjei Bø 114 5. Fabien Claude 107 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 360 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 324 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 323 4. Tarjei Bø 307 5. Simon Desthieux 284 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Emilien Jacquelin 232 2. Martin Fourcade 230 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 230 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø 217 5. Alexandr Loginov 197 Final standings after 5 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Johannes Thingnes Bø 228 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 216 3. Martin Fourcade 203 4. Johannes Dale 189 5. Arnd Peiffer 186 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1.  Norway 348 2.  France 302 3.  Germany 264 4.  Russia 253 5.  Ukraine 216 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 8192 2.  France 7885 3.  Germany 7211 4.  Russia 6896 5.  Austria 5982 Final standings after 23 races.

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Dorothea Wierer	793
2.	Tiril Eckhoff	786
3.	Denise Herrmann	745
4.	Hanna Öberg	741
5.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	597

• Final standings after 21 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Hanna Öberg 128 2. Dorothea Wierer 114 3. Justine Braisaz 112 4. Denise Herrmann 112 5. Franziska Preuß 109 Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Denise Herrmann 314 2. Dorothea Wierer 305 3. Tiril Eckhoff 283 4. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 248 5. Hanna Öberg 245 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Tiril Eckhoff 232 2. Dorothea Wierer 186 3. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 185 4. Hanna Öberg 168 5. Denise Herrmann 155 Final standings after 5 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Dorothea Wierer 223 2. Tiril Eckhoff 210 3. Hanna Öberg 200 4. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 195 5. Anaïs Bescond 172 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1.  Norway 360 2.   Switzerland  260 2.  Germany 260 4.  France 257 5.  Sweden 249 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 7865 2.  Germany 7202 3.  France 7058 4.  Sweden 6896 5.  Russia 6479 Final standings after 23 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	307
2.	France	272
3.	Germany	265
4.	Sweden	250
5.	Italy	234

• Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	32	12	11	55
2	France	15	20	16	51
3	Italy	5	4	3	12
4	Germany	4	10	8	22
5	Sweden	2	5	6	13
6	Russia	1	2	4	7
7	Finland	1	0	0	1
8	Switzerland	0	2	3	5
9	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
10	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
13	Czech Republic	0	0	5	5
14	Austria	0	0	3	3
Totals (14 entries)		60	60	60	180

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2019/20 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Individual	60	54	48	43	40	38	36	34	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start																						18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men  Émilien Jacquelin (FRA), 24, in his 3rd season — World Championships Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2019–20 Pursuit in Hochfilzen

Women  Julia Simon (FRA), 23, in her 4th season — Stage 8 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2019–20 Individual in Östersund

First World Cup podium

Men  Matvey Eliseev (RUS), 26, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Sprint in Östersund  Émilien Jacquelin (FRA), 24, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen  Fabien Claude (FRA), 25, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 6 Individual in Pokljuka

Women  Julia Simon (FRA), 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Östersund  Svetlana Mironova (RUS), 25, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen  Lena Häcki (SUI), 24, in her 6th season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Pursuit in Le Grand-Bornand  Linn Persson (SWE), 25, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Mass Start in Le Grand-Bornand  Lucie Charvátová (CZE), 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the World Championships Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

Team

Men - Mixed  Estonia - no. 2 in Stage 6 Single Mixed Relay in Pokljuka[3]

Women  Switzerland — no. 2 in Stage 1 Women's Relay in Östersund[4]

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 10 (47) first places  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 7 (79) first places  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 1 (3) first place  Benedikt Doll (GER), 1 (2) first place  Alexandr Loginov (RUS), 1 (2) first place  Émilien Jacquelin (FRA), 1 (1) first place

Women  Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 7 (13) first places  Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 4 (11) first places  Denise Herrmann (GER), 3 (7) first places  Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), 3 (6) first places  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 1 (27) first place  Hanna Öberg (SWE), 1 (3) first place  Justine Braisaz (FRA), 1 (2) first place  Julia Simon (FRA), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2019–20 season:

Men  Dominik Landertinger (AUT)[5]  Krasimir Anev (BUL)[6]  Ondřej Hošek (CZE)  Michal Šlesingr (CZE)[7]  Aristide Bègue (FRA)  Martin Fourcade (FRA)[8]  Thierry Chenal (ITA)[9]  Timur Kuts (KAZ)  Vladislav Vitenko (KAZ)  Petr Yermolenko (KAZ)  Lee In-bok (KOR)  Rokas Suslavicius (LTU)  Mateusz Janik (POL)  Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)  Alexey Volkov (RUS)[10]  Mario Dolder (SUI)[11]  Martin Otčenáš (SVK)[12]  Travis Cooper (USA)  Alex Howe (USA)

Women  Ramona Dueringer [de] (AUT)  Fabienne Hartweger [de] (AUT)[13]  Simone Kupfner [de] (AUT)[14]  Anna-Maria Schreder (AUT)[15]  Veronika Vítková (CZE)[16]  Meril Beilmann (EST)  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)[17]  Célia Aymonier (FRA)[18]  Myrtille Bègue (FRA)[19]  Marie Heinrich (GER)[20]  Nadine Horchler (GER)[21]  Alexia Runggaldier (ITA)[22]  Ji-ae Park (KOR)  Julija Matvijenko (LAT)  Synnøve Solemdal (NOR)[23]  Thekla Brun-Lie (NOR)[24]  Terézia Poliaková (SVK)[25]  Urška Poje (SLO)[26]  Linn Larsson (SWE)[27]  Chardine Sloof (SWE)[28]  Iana Bondar (UKR)[29]  Emily Dreissigacker (USA)[30]