2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the IBU. It is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 29 November 2022 in Idre Fjäll, Sweden and ended on 4 March 2023 in Canmore, Canada.^[1]

2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Endre Strømsheim	Tilda Johansson
U25	Vebjørn Sørum	Tilda Johansson
Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Lisa Maria Spark
Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Paula Botet
Pursuit	Martin Uldal	Marthe K. Johansen
Super sprint	Lucas Fratzscher Mats Øverby	Maren Kirkeeide
Mass start	Martin Uldal	Gilonne Guigonnat
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Mixed	Norway
Competition
Edition	15th	15th
Locations	8	8
Individual	22	22
Mixed	6	6
Cancelled	3	3
←2021–22 2023–24→

Erlend Bjøntegaard from Norway and Lou Jeanmonnot from France were the defending overall champions from the 2021–22 season.

Map of world cup hosts

All 9 locations hosting IBU Cup events in this season (including Lenzerheide – venue of the European Championships).

Europe Sjusjøen Idre Fjäll Ridnaun Brezno-Osrblie Pokljuka Lenzerheide Obertilliach					North America Canmore 2022–23 Biathlon IBU Cup (North America) European Championships

Calendar

Stage	Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Super sprint	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Sjusjøen	24–27 November			●●				●	●	cancelled
2	Idre Fjäll	29 November–4 December	●		●●	●
3	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	15–18 December			●	●	●
4	Brezno-Osrblie	5–8 January		●	●				●	●
5	Pokljuka	13–15 January	●		●●						relocated from Arber
EC	Lenzerheide	25–29 January	●		●	●			●	●	European Championships
6	Obertilliach	2–4 February			●●
7	Canmore	25–28 February		●	●		●
8		1–4 March			●	●			●	●
Total: 55 (26 men's, 26 women's, 3 mixed)			3	2	11	4	2		3	3

Men

Calendar

Stage	Season	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Ref.
1		24 November 2022	Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	cancelled
		26 November 2022
2	1	29 November 2022	Idre Fjäll	10 km Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Mats Øverby	Philipp Horn	Endre Strømsheim	Mats Øverby	[2]
	2	30 November 2022		12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Uldal	Endre Strømsheim	Mats Øverby		Martin Uldal	[3]
	3	3 December 2022		20 km Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Lucas Fratzscher		Mats Øverby	[4]
	4	4 December 2022		10 km Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Philipp Horn	Andrejs Rastorgujevs			[5]
3	5	15 December 2022	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Oscar Lombardot	Martin Uldal			[6]
	6	17 December 2022		12.5 km Pursuit	Mats Øverby	Oscar Lombardot	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen			[7]
	7	18 December 2022		15 km Mass Start	Martin Uldal	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Lucas Fratzscher			[8]
4	8	5 January 2023	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Super Sprint	Éric Perrot	Mats Øverby	Martin Uldal			[9]
	9	7 January 2023		10 km Sprint	Éric Perrot	Isak Frey	Endre Strømsheim			[10]
5	10	13 January 2023	Pokljuka	15 km Short Individual	Sindre Fjellheim Jorde	Mats Øverby	Vebjørn Sørum			[11]
	11	14 January 2023		10 km Sprint	Sindre Fjellheim Jorde	Lucas Fratzscher	Vebjørn Sørum			[12]
	12	15 January 2023		10 km Sprint	Vebjørn Sørum	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Lucas Fratzscher			[13]
EC	13	25 January 2023	Lenzerheide	20 km Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Anton Dudchenko	Lovro Planko			[14]
	14	27 January 2023		10 km Sprint	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Vebjørn Sørum	Philipp Nawrath			[15]
	15	28 January 2023		12.5 km Pursuit	Vebjørn Sørum	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Endre Strømsheim			[16]
6	16	2 February 2023	Obertilliach	10 km Sprint	Endre Strømsheim	Vebjørn Sørum	Dmytro Pidruchnyi			[17]
	17	4 February 2023			Vebjørn Sørum	Endre Strømsheim	Anton Ivarsson			[18]
7	18	25 February 2023	Canmore	10 km Sprint	Philipp Horn	Vebjørn Sørum	Johan-Olav Botn			[19]
	19	27 February 2023		7.5 km Super Sprint	Émilien Claude	Lucas Fratzscher	Vebjørn Sørum			[20]
	20	28 February 2023		15 km Mass Start	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	Martin Uldal	Simon Kaiser			[21]
8	21	1 March 2023		10 km Sprint	Vebjørn Sørum	Johan-Olav Botn	Daniele Cappellari		Vebjørn Sørum	[22]
	22	3 March 2023		12.5 km Pursuit	Johan-Olav Botn	Vebjørn Sørum	Lucas Fratzscher			[23]

Standings

Overall Rank after all 24 events[24] Points Endre Strømsheim 1051 2 Lucas Fratzscher 923 3 Vebjørn Sørum 910 4 Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 847 5 Mats Øverby 812

Under 25 Rank after all 24 events Points Vebjørn Sørum 910 2 Mats Øverby 812 3 Martin Uldal 694 4 Oscar Lombardot 400 5 Remi Broutier 400

Individual Rank after all 3 events[25] Points Endre Strømsheim 225 2 Mats Øverby 143 3 Sindre Fjellheim Jorde 126 4 Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 106 5 Dominic Schmuck 102

Sprint Rank after all 13 events[26] Points Endre Strømsheim 583 2 Vebjørn Sørum 555 3 Lucas Fratzscher 444 4 Philipp Horn 423 5 Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 394

Super sprint Rank after all 2 events[27] Points Lucas Fratzscher Mats Øverby 106 3 Martin Uldal 105 4 Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 95 5 Émilien Claude Éric Perrot 90

Pursuit Rank after all 4 events[28] Points Martin Uldal 212 2 Mats Øverby 187 3 Endre Strømsheim 171 4 Lucas Fratzscher 171 5 Vebjørn Sørum 165

Mass start Rank after all 2 events[29] Points Martin Uldal 165 2 Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 135 3 Lucas Fratzscher 110 4 Daniele Cappellari 76 5 Erlend Bjøntegaard 75

Nations Cup Rank after all 26 events[30] Points 1  Norway 8392 2  Germany 7324 3  France 6937 4  Italy 6409 5  Ukraine 6390

Women

Calendar

Stage	Season	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Ref.
1		24 November 2022	Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	cancelled
		26 November 2022
2	1	29 November 2022	Idre Fjäll	7.5 km Sprint	Marthe K. Johansen	Janina Hettich-Walz	Marion Wiesensarter	Marthe K. Johansen	Marthe K. Johansen	[31]
	2	30 November 2022		10 km Pursuit	Marthe K. Johansen	Gilonne Guigonnat	Marion Wiesensarter			[32]
	3	3 December 2022		15 km Individual	Janina Hettich-Walz	Maren Kirkeeide	Mona Brorsson			[33]
	4	4 December 2022		7.5 km Sprint	Selina Grotian	Tilda Johansson	Vanessa Hinz			[34]
3	5	15 December 2022	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	7.5 km Sprint	Federica Sanfilippo	Vanessa Hinz	Paula Botet			[35]
	6	17 December 2022		10 km Pursuit	Maren Kirkeeide	Federica Sanfilippo	Vanessa Hinz	Vanessa Hinz	Maren Kirkeeide	[36]
	7	18 December 2022		12.5 km Mass Start	Gilonne Guigonnat	Anamarija Lampič	Tilda Johansson	Gilonne Guigonnat	Gilonne Guigonnat	[37]
4	8	5 January 2023	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Super Sprint	Maren Kirkeeide	Frida Dokken	Fany Bertrand	Maren Kirkeeide	Maren Kirkeeide	[38]
	9	7 January 2023		7.5 km Sprint	Eleonora Fauner	Hannah Auchentaller	Juni Arnekleiv			[39]
5	10	13 January 2023	Pokljuka	12.5 km Short Individual	Hannah Auchentaller	Hanna Kebinger	Paula Botet	Gilonne Guigonnat	Gilonne Guigonnat	[40]
	11	14 January 2023		7.5 km Sprint	Hanna Kebinger	Karoline Erdal	Michela Carrara			[41]
	12	15 January 2023		7.5 km Sprint	Paula Botet	Hanna Kebinger	Lisa Maria Spark			[42]
EC	13	25 January 2023	Lenzerheide	15 km Individual	Lisa Maria Spark	Yuliia Dzhima	Selina Grotian			[43]
	14	27 January 2023		7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiya Merkushyna	Tilda Johansson	Vanessa Hinz	Tilda Johansson	Tilda Johansson	[44]
	15	28 January 2023		10 km Pursuit	Selina Grotian	Tilda Johansson	Gilonne Guigonnat			[45]
6	16	2 February 2023	Obertilliach	7.5 km Sprint	Tilda Johansson	Sophie Chauveau	Lydia Hiernickel			[46]
	17	4 February 2023			Juni Arnekleiv	Fuyuko Tachizaki	Selina Grotian			[47]
7	18	25 February 2023	Canmore	7.5 km Sprint	Maren Kirkeeide	Paula Botet	Khrystyna Dmytrenko			[48]
	19	26 February 2023		7.5 km Super Sprint	Emilie Kalkenberg	Michela Carrara	Paula Botet			[49]
	20	28 February 2023		12.5 km Mass Start	Marthe K. Johansen	Mareike Braun	Gilonne Guigonnat			[50]
8	21	1 March 2023		7.5 km Sprint	Emilie Kalkenberg	Paula Botet	Marthe K. Johansen			[51]
	22	3 March 2023		10 km Pursuit	Marthe K. Johansen	Emilie Kalkenberg	Ella Halvarsson			[52]

Standings

Overall Rank after all 24 events[53] Points Tildа Johansson 844 2 Gilonne Guigonnat 842 3 Paula Botet 803 4 Maren Kirkeeide 771 5 Marthe K. Johansen 751

Under 25 Rank after all 24 events Points Tildа Johansson 844 2 Gilonne Guigonnat 842 3 Paula Botet 803 4 Maren Kirkeeide 771 5 Marthe K. Johansen 751

Individual Rank after all 3 events[54] Points Lisa Maria Spark 164 2 Tildа Johansson 121 3 Selina Grotian 107 4 Hannah Auchentaller 92 5 Paula Botet 91

Sprint Rank after all 13 events[55] Points Paula Botet 504 2 Tildа Johansson 429 3 Gilonne Guigonnat 372 4 Marthe K. Johansen 355 5 Maren Kirkeeide 335

Super sprint Rank after all 2 events[56] Points Maren Kirkeeide 140 2 Emilie Kalkenberg 90 3 Frida Dokken Michela Carrara 75 5 Paula Botet Fany Bertrand 60

Pursuit Rank after all 4 events[57] Points Marthe K. Johansen 209 2 Gilonne Guigonnat 201 3 Tildа Johansson 187 4 Maren Kirkeeide 172 5 Selina Grotian 150

Mass start Rank after all 2 events[58] Points Gilonne Guigonnat 150 2 Marthe K. Johansen 90 3 Mareike Braun 84 4 Tildа Johansson 82 5 Anamarija Lampič 75

Nations Cup Rank after all 26 events[59] Points 1  Norway 7761 2  France 7472 3  Sweden 7200 4  Germany 7141 5  Austria 6653

Mixed Relay

Stage	Season	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Ref.
1		27 November 2022	Sjusjøen	4 x 6 km	cancelled
				1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km
4	1	8 January 2023	Brezno-Osrblie	4 x 7.5 km	Norway Isak Frey Endre Strømsheim Juni Arnekleiv Maren Kirkeeide	Germany Lucas Fratzscher Philipp Nawrath Marion Wiesensarter Juliane Frühwirt	Sweden Anton Ivarsson Oskar Brandt Sara Andersson Felicia Lindqvist	Norway	[60]
	2			1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km	Norway Mats Øverby Frida Dokken	France Paul Fontaine Paula Botet	Switzerland Gion Stalder Flurina Volken		[61]
EC	3	29 January 2023	Lenzerheide	4 x 6 km	Norway Vebjørn Sørum Erlend Bjøntegaard Karoline Erdal Maren Kirkeeide	Germany Lucas Fratzscher Dominic Schmuck Selina Grotian Lisa Maria Spark	Sweden Anton Ivarsson Malte Stefansson Stina Nilsson Tilda Johansson		[62]
	4			1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km	Norway Endre Strømsheim Juni Arnekleiv	Switzerland Niklas Hartweg Amy Baserga	France Émilien Claude Paula Botet		[63]
8	5	4 March 2023	Canmore	4 x 7.5 km	Norway Aleksander Fjeld Andersen Vebjørn Sørum Emilie Kalkenberg Maren Kirkeeide	Germany Lucas Fratzscher Philipp Horn Mareike Braun Juliane Frühwirt	France Remi Broutier Ambroise Meunier Camille Bened Gilonne Guigonnat		[64]
	6			1 x 6 km + 1 x 7.5 km	Norway Martin Uldal Marthe K. Johansen	Austria Patrick Jakob Kristina Oberthaler	France Émilien Claude Paula Botet		[65]

Rankings

Rank after all 6 events Points 1  Norway 540 2  France 341 3  Germany 305 4  Austria 295 5  Switzerland 293

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World 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	34	20	12	66
2	Germany	6	11	15	32
3	France	5	7	9	21
4	Italy	3	3	2	8
5	Sweden	1	3	6	10
6	Ukraine	1	2	2	5
7	Switzerland	0	1	2	3
8	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
9	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
11	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		50	50	50	150

See also

• 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup

Notes