2021–22 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2021–22 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the IBU. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 25 November 2021 in Idre, Sweden and ended on 13 March 2022 in Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, Italy.

2021–22 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Lou Jeanmonnot
U25	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Lou Jeanmonnot
Individual	Anton Babikov	Evgeniya Burtasova
Sprint	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Caroline Colombo
Pursuit	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Evgeniya Burtasova
Super sprint	Justus Strelow	Lou Jeanmonnot
Mass start	Endre Strømsheim	Ragnhild Femsteinevik
Nations Cup	Norway	France
Mixed	France
Competition
Locations	8	8
Individual	23	23
Mixed	6	6
Cancelled	1	–
←2020–21 2022–23→

The defending overall champions from the 2020–21 Biathlon IBU Cup were Filip Fjeld Andersen from Norway and Vanessa Voigt from Germany.

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian biathletes are only allowed to compete under a neutral flag since the competition in Kontiolahti. Their performances are not included in the previous classifications of their countries. Previously, the Ukrainian national team announced the withdrawal from the biathlon competition by the end of the season.^[1]

On 2 March 2022, IBU announced that Russian and Belarusian biathletes are banned from IBU events.^[2]

Calendar

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2021–22 season.^[3]

Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Super sprint	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
Idre	25–28 November			● ●	●
Sjusjøen	1–4 December		●	●		●
Obertilliach	16–19 December	●		●			●	●
Brezno-Osrblie	8–9 January			● ●
	12–15 January	●		●	●
Arber	26–30 January	●		●	●		●	●	European Championships
Nové Město	3–5 February			● ●
Lenzerheide	3–6 March		●	●		●
Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10–13 March			●	●		●	●
Total: 52 (23 men's, 23 women's, 6 mixed)		3	2	12	4	2	3	3

Notes

• All European Championships races included in the IBU Cup total score.
• The round originally scheduled at Duszniki-Zdrój, Poland was relocated to Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia.

IBU Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Ref
1	25 November 2021	Idre	10 km Sprint	Lucas Fratzscher	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Johannes Kühn	Lucas Fratzscher	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	[4]
	27 November 2021			Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Lucas Fratzscher	Vasilii Tomshin		Aleksander F. Andersen	[5]
	28 November 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Vasilii Tomshin	Aleksander F. Andersen	Alexander Povarnitsyn			[6]
2	1 December 2021	Sjusjøen	7.5 km Super Sprint	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Justus Strelow			[7]
	3 December 2021		10 km Sprint	Anton Babikov	Filip Fjeld Andersen	Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit			[8]
	4 December 2021		15 km Mass start	Anton Babikov	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Rémi Broutier			[9]
3	16 December 2021	Obertilliach	20 km Individual	David Zobel	Dominik Windisch	Maxim Tsvetkov			[10]
	18 December 2021		10 km Sprint	Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Maxim Tsvetkov			[11]
4	8 January 2022	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Nikita Porshnev	Ilnaz Mukhamedzianov	Aleksander F. Andersen		[12]
	9 January 2022			Sindre Fjellheim Jorde	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Johannes Dale	Erlend Bjøntegaard		[13]
5	12 January 2022		15 km Short Individual	Vetle Paulsen	Martin Femsteinevik	Justus Strelow			[14]
	15 January 2022		10 km Sprint	Émilien Claude	Sindre Pettersen	Petr Pashchenko			[15]
	15 January 2022		12.5 km Pursuit	Сancelled[16]
EC	26 January 2022	Arber	20 km Individual	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Anton Babikov	Matthias Dorfer	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Aleksander F. Andersen	[17]
	28 January 2022		10 km Sprint	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Nikita Porshnev	Lucas Fratzscher			[18]
	29 January 2022		12.5 km Pursuit	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Petr Pashchenko	Lucas Fratzscher		Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	[19]
6	3 February 2022	Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Alexander Povarnitsyn	Philipp Horn			[20]
	5 February 2022			Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Justus Strelow	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes			[21]
7	3 March 2022	Lenzerheide	10 km Sprint	Johannes Dale	Endre Strømsheim	Lucas Fratzscher			[22]
	5 March 2022		7.5 km Super Sprint	Philipp Horn	Justus Strelow	Émilien Claude			[23]
	6 March 2022		15 km Mass start	Endre Strømsheim	Johannes Dale	Philipp Horn			[24]
8	10 March 2022	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Sprint	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Marco Groß	Philipp Horn			[25]
	12 March 2022		12.5 km Pursuit	Philipp Horn	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Marco Groß			[26]

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Ref
1	25 November 2021	Idre	7.5 km Sprint	Marion Wiesensarter	Caroline Colombo	Darya Blashko	Marion Wiesensarter	Anastasia Shevchenko	[27]
	27 November 2021			Franziska Hildebrand	Caroline Colombo	Irene Cadurisch Darya Blashko	Caroline Colombo		[28]
	28 November 2021		10 km Pursuit	Franziska Hildebrand	Evgeniya Burtasova	Paula Botet	Evgeniya Burtasova	Paula Botet	[29]
2	1 December 2021	Sjusjøen	7.5 km Super Sprint	Linda Zingerle	Iryna Petrenko	Anastasia Shevchenko	Franziska Hildebrand	Anastasia Shevchenko	[30]
	3 December 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Anastasia Shevchenko	Karoline Erdal	Paula Botet	Anastasia Shevchenko		[31]
	4 December 2021		12 km Mass start	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Anastasia Shevchenko	Paula Botet			[32]
3	16 December 2021	Obertilliach	15 km Individual	Elisabeth Högberg	Franziska Hildebrand	Marthe Kråkstad Johansen			[33]
	18 December 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Anastasia Shevchenko	Paula Botet	Karoline Offigstad Knotten			[34]
4	8 January 2022	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Gilonne Guigonnat	Juni Arnekleiv			[35]
	9 January 2022			Larisa Kuklina	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Victoria Slivko			[36]
5	12 January 2022		12.5 km Short Individual	Janina Hettich	Evgeniya Burtasova	Marthe Kråkstad Johansen	Elisabeth Högberg		[37]
	14 January 2022		7.5 km Sprint	Camille Bened	Evgeniya Burtasova	Natalia Gerbulova	Evgeniya Burtasova		[38]
	15 January 2022		10 km Pursuit	Evgeniya Burtasova	Sara Andersson	Jenny Enodd			[39]
EC	26 January 2022	Arber	15 km Individual	Evgeniya Burtasova	Alina Stremous	Natalia Gerbulova			[40]
	28 January 2022		7.5 km Sprint	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Franziska Hildebrand	Janina Hettich			[41]
	29 January 2022		10 km Pursuit	Alina Stremous	Janina Hettich	Jenny Enodd			[42]
6	3 February 2022	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Caroline Colombo	Anna Gandler	Larisa Kuklina			[43]
	5 February 2022			Irina Kruchinkina	Janina Hettich	Marthe Kråkstad Johansen			[44]
7	3 March 2022	Lenzerheide	7.5 km Sprint	Michela Carrara	Karoline Erdal	Caroline Colombo		Lou Jeanmonnot	[45]
	5 March 2022		7.5 km Super Sprint	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Anna Weidel	Lou Jeanmonnot			[46]
	6 March 2022		12.5 km Mass start	Hanna Kebinger	Jenny Enodd	Lou Jeanmonnot	Lou Jeanmonnot		[47]
8	10 March 2022	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	7.5 km Sprint	Lou Jeanmonnot	Elisabeth Högberg	Karoline Erdal			[48]
	12 March 2022		10 km Pursuit	Caroline Colombo	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Lou Jeanmonnot			[49]

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Ref
3	19 December 2021	Obertilliach	4 x 6 km	Russia Anastasia Shevchenko Anastasiia Goreeva Nikita Porshnev Maxim Tsvetkov	Norway Marthe Kråkstad Johansen Åsne Skrede Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit Erlend Bjøntegaard	Italy Beatrice Trabucchi Michela Carrara Didier Bionaz Dominik Windisch	Russia	[50]
			1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km	Russia Evgeniya Burtasova Anton Babikov	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Viktor Brandt	Italy Rebecca Passler Patrick Braunhofer		[51]
EC	30 January 2022	Arber	4 x 7.5 km	Norway Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Dale Jenny Enodd Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Germany Lucas Fratzscher Philipp Horn Janina Hettich Sophia Schneider	Switzerland  Serafin Wiestner Martin Jäger Elisa Gasparin Aita Gasparin		[52]
			1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km	Russia Anton Babikov Evgeniya Burtasova	France Émilien Claude Lou Jeanmonnot	Germany Justus Strelow Franziska Hildebrand		[53]
8	13 March 2022	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km	Germany Anna Weidel Marco Groß	France Lou Jeanmonnot Émilien Claude	Norway Ragnhild Femsteinevik Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Norway	[54]
			4 x 6 km	France Camille Bened Caroline Colombo Sebastien Mahon Hugo Rivail	Germany Marion Wiesensarter Hanna Kebinger Johannes Werner Donhauser Philipp Horn	Sweden Ingela Andersson Elisabeth Högberg Emil Nykvist Henning Sjökvist	France	[55]

Standings (men)

Overall Rank after all 22 races[56] Points Erlend Bjøntegaard 829 2. Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit 647 3. Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 639 4. Lucas Fratzscher 605 5. Justus Strelow 565

Under 25 Rank after all 22 races[57] Points Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 639 2. Émilien Claude 549 3. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 548 4. Vasilii Tomshin 467 5. Johannes Dale 402

Individual Rank after all 3 races[58] Points Anton Babikov 97 2. Oscar Lombardot 94 3. Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 88 4. Justus Strelow 82 5. Nikita Porshnev 79

Sprint Rank after all 12 races[59] Points Erlend Bjøntegaard 436 2. Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit 385 3. Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 374 4. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 366 5. Émilien Claude 343

Pursuit Rank after all 3 races[60] Points Erlend Bjøntegaard 133 2. Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 130 3. Philipp Horn 90 4. Vasilii Tomshin 89 5. Lucas Fratzscher 86

Mass start Rank after all 2 races[61] Points Endre Strømsheim 100 2. Erlend Bjøntegaard 92 3. Lucas Fratzscher 77 4. Marco Groß 66 5. Anton Babikov 60

Super Sprint Rank after all 2 races[62] Points Justus Strelow 102 2. Erlend Bjøntegaard 92 3. Lucas Fratzscher 79 4. Émilien Claude 77 5. Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit 77

Nations Cup Rank after all 23 races[63] Points 1.  Norway 8401 2.  Germany 8030 3.  France 7209 4.  Italy 6864 5.  Russia 6494

Standings (women)

Overall Rank after all 23 races[64] Points Lou Jeanmonnot 668 2. Ragnhild Femsteinevik 643 3. Elisabeth Högberg 590 4. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 562 5. Camille Bened 555

Under 25 Rank after all 23 races[65] Points Lou Jeanmonnot 668 2. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 562 3. Camille Bened 555 4. Sophie Chauveau 519 5. Karoline Erdal 493

Individual Rank after all 3 races[66] Points Evgeniya Burtasova 154 2. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 109 3. Janina Hettich 98 4. Natalia Gerbulova 78 5. Victoria Slivko 72

Sprint Rank after all 12 races[67] Points Caroline Colombo 364 2. Ragnhild Femsteinevik 355 3. Lou Jeanmonnot 352 4. Camille Bened 332 5. Elisabeth Högberg 323

Pursuit Rank after all 4 races[68] Points Evgeniya Burtasova 144 2. Jenny Enodd 139 3. Caroline Colombo 112 4. Ragnhild Femsteinevik 106 5. Sophie Chauveau 105

Mass start Rank after all 2 races[69] Points Ragnhild Femsteinevik 92 2. Hanna Kebinger 89 3. Lou Jeanmonnot 78 4. Karoline Erdal 62 5. Marion Wiesensarter Juliane Frühwirt 59

Super Sprint Rank after all 2 races[70] Points Lou Jeanmonnot 82 2. Emma Nilsson 66 3. Karoline Erdal 65 4. Ragnhild Femsteinevik Linda Zingerle 60

Nations Cup Rank after all 23 races[71] Points 1.  France 7985 2.  Norway 7838 3.  Germany 7801 4.  Sweden 7075 5.  Italy 6815

Mixed relay standings

Rank after all 6 races Points 1.  France 288 2.  Germany 285 3.  Norway 279 4.  Italy 245 5.  Sweden 239

Podium table by nation

Table showing the IBU Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	19	18	12	49
2	Russia	11	9	11	31
3	Germany	10	11	13	34
4	France	6	6	9	21
5	Italy	2	1	2	5
6	Sweden	1	3	1	5
7	Moldova	1	1	0	2
8	Belarus	1	0	0	1
9	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
10	Austria	0	1	0	1
11	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
Totals (11 entries)		51	51	52	154

See also

• 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup