2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup was the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 14 January 2021 in Arber, Germany and ended on 14 March 2021 in Obertilliach, Austria. The defending overall champions from the 2019–20 Biathlon IBU Cup were Lucas Fratzscher from Germany and Elisabeth Högberg from Sweden.

2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Vanessa Voigt
U25	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Vanessa Voigt
Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Vanessa Voigt
Sprint	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Anastasia Shevchenko
Pursuit	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Vanessa Voigt Anna Weidel
Relay	Germany	Russia
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Mixed	Norway
Competition
Locations	4 venues	4 venues
Individual	15 events	15 events
Relay/Team	2 events	2 events
Mixed	6 events	6 events
←2019–20 2021–22→

Calendar

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
Arber	14–17 January		● ●		●
	20–23 January	●	●			●	●
Duszniki-Zdrój	27–31 January	●	●	●		●	●	European Championships
Brezno-Osrblie	13–14 February		●	●
	17–21 February	●	●	●	●
Obertilliach	10–14 March	●	● ●			●	●
Total: 40 (17 men's, 17 women's, 6 mixed)		4	8	3	2	3	3

Notes

• All European Championships races included in the IBU Cup total score.
• On 11 September, the rounds originally scheduled at Idre, Sweden, Sjusjøen, Norway and Martell-Val Martello, Italy were cancelled.^[2]

IBU Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Res.
1	14 January 2021	Arber	10 km Sprint	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Res.
	16 January 2021			Filip Fjeld Andersen	Philipp Nawrath	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Res.
2	20 January 2021	Arber	15 km Short Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Philipp Nawrath	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen			Res.
	22 January 2021		10 km Sprint	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Philipp Nawrath			Res.
EC	27 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	20 km Individual	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Endre Strømsheim			Res.
	29 January 2021		10 km Sprint	Martin Jäger	Said Karimulla Khalili	Johannes Kühn			Res.
	30 January 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Artem Pryma	Michal Krčmář	Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit			Res.
3	13 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit	Justus Strelow	Erlend Bjøntegaard			Res.
	14 February 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Philipp Nawrath	Justus Strelow	Sivert Guttorm Bakken			Res.
4	17 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km Short Individual	Nikita Porshnev	Justus Strelow	Endre Strømsheim			Res.
	20 February 2021		10 km Sprint	Philipp Nawrath	David Zobel	Ruslan Tkalenko Philipp Horn	Philipp Nawrath		Res.
	21 February 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Endre Strømsheim	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Res.
5	10 March 2021	Obertilliach	15 km Short Individual	Hugo Rivail	Daniele Cappellari	Heikki Laitinen Justus Strelow	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Res.
	12 March 2021		10 km Sprint	Philipp Nawrath	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Hugo Rivail	Philipp Nawrath		Res.
	13 March 2021		10 km Sprint	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Filip Fjeld Andersen		Res.

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Res.
1	14 January 2021	Arber	7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Anastasia Shevchenko	Tatiana Akimova	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Res.
	16 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tatiana Akimova	Anastasia Shevchenko	Camille Bened		Anastasia Shevchenko	Res.
2	20 January 2021	Arber	12.5 km Short Individual	Tamara Steiner	Anna Weidel	Ekaterina Bekh			Res.
	22 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Åsne Skrede	Lou Jeanmonnot	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Res.
EC	27 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	15 km Individual	Monika Hojnisz-Staręga	Anastasiya Merkushyna	Larisa Kuklina	Anastasia Shevchenko	Anastasia Shevchenko	Res.
	29 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Baiba Bendika	Karoline Erdal	Anastasia Shevchenko			Res.
	30 January 2021		10 km Pursuit	Kamila Żuk	Karoline Erdal	Åsne Skrede			Res.
3	13 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Vanessa Voigt	Ekaterina Noskova	Anna Weidel			Res.
	14 February 2021		10 km Pursuit	Vanessa Voigt	Anastasiia Goreeva	Anastasiia Egorova			Res.
4	17 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	12.5 km Short Individual	Vanessa Voigt	Hanna Kebinger	Madeleine Phaneuf	Vanessa Voigt	Vanessa Voigt	Res.
	20 February 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiia Egorova	Marthe Kråkstad Johansen	Karoline Erdal			Res.
	21 February 2021		10 km Pursuit	Anna Weidel	Anna Kryvonos	Ragnhild Femsteinevik			Res.
5	10 March 2021	Obertilliach	12.5 km Short Individual	Vanessa Voigt	Anastasiia Goreeva	Sophie Chauveau			Res.
	12 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Emilie Kalkenberg Anastasiia Egorova	None awarded	Rebecca Passler			Res.
	13 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiia Goreeva	Anastasiia Egorova	Caroline Colombo			Res.

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
1	17 January 2021	Arber	Germany Justus Strelow Dominic Schmuck Danilo Riethmüller Philipp Nawrath	Ukraine Ruslan Bryhadyr Andriy Dotsenko Taras Lesiuk Bogdan Tsymbal	France Oscar Lombardot Sébastien Mahon Éric Perrot Hugo Rivail	Germany	Res.
4	18 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	Germany Justus Strelow Lucas Fratzscher Philipp Horn Philipp Nawrath	Russia Kirill Streltsov Vasilii Tomshin Nikita Porshnev Semen Suchilov	Norway Aleksander Fjeld Andersen Erlend Bjøntegaard Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit Endre Strømsheim		Res.

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
1	17 January 2021	Arber	Russia Valeriia Vasnetcova Anastasiia Goreeva Anastasia Shevchenko Tatiana Akimova	Sweden Ingela Andersson Tilda Johansson Anna Magnusson Elisabeth Högberg	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Stefanie Scherer Vanessa Voigt Marion Deigentesch	Russia	Res.
4	18 February 2021	Brezno-Osrblie	Russia Natalia Gerbulova Ekaterina Noskova Valeriia Vasnetcova Anastasiia Egorova	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Stina Nilsson Ingela Andersson Anna Hedström	Germany Anna Weidel Juliane Frühwirt Hanna Kebinger Marion Deigentesch		Res.

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Res.
2	23 January 2021	Arber	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Endre Strømsheim Karoline Erdal	Italy Daniele Cappellari Rebecca Passler	Germany Lucas Fratzscher Stefanie Scherer	Norway	Res.
			4x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Russia Said Karimulla Khalili Daniil Serokhvostov Anastasiia Goreeva Valeriia Vasnetcova	France Oscar Lombardot Sébastien Mahon Sophie Chauveau Camille Bened	Norway Aleksander Fjeld Andersen Filip Fjeld Andersen Åsne Skrede Emilie Kalkenberg		Res.
EC	31 January 2021	Duszniki-Zdrój	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Germany Stefanie Scherer Justus Strelow	France Caroline Colombo Emilien Claude	Russia Larisa Kuklina Evgeniy Garanichev	Germany	Res.
			4x6 km Mixed Relay	Norway Emilie Kalkenberg Åsne Skrede Erlend Bjøntegaard Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Germany Vanessa Voigt Marion Deigentesch Dominic Schmuck Philipp Nawrath	Ukraine Iryna Petrenko Vita Semerenko Bogdan Tsymbal Artem Pryma	Norway	Res.
5	14 March 2021	Obertilliach	4x6 km Mixed Relay	Germany Marion Deigentesch Hanna Kebinger Dominic Schmuck Lucas Fratzscher	Norway Emilie Kalkenberg Åsne Skrede Filip Fjeld Andersen Sivert Guttorm Bakken	Czech Republic Anna Tkadlecová Tereza Voborníková Milan Žemlička Adam Václavík	Germany  Norway	Res.
			1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Karoline Erdal Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Russia Anastasiia Egorova Vasilii Tomshin	France Paula Botet Sébastien Mahon	Norway	Res.

Standings (men)

Overall Pos. Points    Filip Fjeld Andersen 534 2. Philipp Nawrath 528 3. Sivert Guttorm Bakken 520 4. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 502 5. Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit 443 Final standings after 15 races.

Under 25 Pos. Points    Filip Fjeld Andersen 534 2. Sivert Guttorm Bakken 520 3. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 502 4. Justus Strelow 437 5. Endre Strømsheim 404 Final standings after 15 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 6122 2.  Germany 5958 3.  Russia 5536 4.  Italy 5180 5.  Ukraine 5087 Final standings after 20 races.

Standings (women)

Overall Pos. Points    Vanessa Voigt 467 2. Karoline Erdal 356 3. Emilie Kalkenberg 353 4. Åsne Skrede 351 5. Anastasia Shevchenko 342 Final standings after all races.

Under 25 Pos. Points    Vanessa Voigt 467 2. Karoline Erdal 356 3. Emilie Kalkenberg 353 4. Åsne Skrede 351 5. Anastasia Shevchenko 342 Final standings after all races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Russia 6059 2.  Germany 5700 3.  Norway 5569 4.  Sweden 5528 5.  France 5221 Final standings after 20 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	12	9	8	29
2	Norway	11	11	15	37
3	Russia	10	9	5	24
4	Latvia	2	0	0	2
	Poland	2	0	0	2
6	Ukraine	1	3	3	7
7	France	1	2	7	10
8	Austria	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
10	Italy	0	2	1	3
11	Sweden	0	2	0	2
12	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
13	Finland	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		41	39	42	122