2023–24 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2023–24 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU). It was the 16th edition for men and women of the second-rank international race series in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup.^[1][2]

2023–24 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Mats Øverby	Océane Michelon
U25	Mats Øverby	Océane Michelon
Individual	Mats Øverby	Maren Kirkeeide
Sprint	Johan-Olav Botn	Océane Michelon
Pursuit	Mats Øverby	Océane Michelon
Mass start	Martin Nevland	Anaëlle Bondoux
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Mixed	Norway
Competition
Edition	16th	16th
Locations	8	8
Individual	23	23
Mixed	8	8
←2022–23 2024–25→

The season started on 30 November 2023 in Kontiolahti, Finland and concluded on 9 March 2024 in Obertilliach, Austria.^[3]

The highlight of the season was the 2024 IBU Open European Championships in Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia. These competitions were also included in the rankings of the IBU Cup.

Endre Strømsheim from Norway (men's) and Tilda Johansson from Sweden (women's) were the reigning champion from the previous season, but they didn't defend the title.

Mats Øverby from Norway and Océane Michelon from France became the new overall champions.

Map of IBU Cup hosts

All 8 locations hosting IBU Cup events in this season (including Brezno-Osrblie – venue of the European Championships).

Kontiolahti	Idre Fjäll	Sjusjøen	Martell-Val Martello
Europe Kontiolahti Idre Fjäll Sjusjøen Martell Ridnaun Brezno-Osrblie Arber Obertilliach
Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	Brezno-Osrblie	Arber	Obertilliach

European Championships

Calendar

Stage	Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Kontiolahti	30 November–3 December	●	●			●	●
2	Idre Fjäll	8–10 December		●●	●
3	Sjusjøen	13–16 December		●	●	●
4	Martell-Val Martello	4–7 January	●	●	●
5	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10–13 January		●		●	●	●
ECH	Brezno-Osrblie	24–28 January	●	●	●		●	●	European Championships
6	Arber	1–3 February		●●
7	Obertilliach	29 February–3 March		●	●		●	●
8		7–9 March	●	●		●
Total: 70 (31 men's, 31 women's, 8 mixed)			4	11	5	3	4	4

Men

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	R.
1	30 November 2023	Kontiolahti (1)	20 km IND	Johan-Olav Botn	Mats Øverby	Martin Nevland	[4]
2	2 December 2023		10 km SPR	Johan-Olav Botn	Philipp Horn	Mats Øverby	[5]
3	8 December 2023	Idre Fjäll (2)	10 km SPR	Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Nevland	Martin Uldal	[6]
4	9 December 2023			Philipp Horn	Johan-Olav Botn	Oscar Lombardot	[7]
5	10 December 2023		12.5 km PUR	Johan-Olav Botn	Philipp Horn	Martin Uldal	[8]
6	13 December 2023	Sjusjøen (3)	10 km SPR	Simon Kaiser	Johan-Olav Botn	Mats Øverby	[9]
7	15 December 2023		12.5 km PUR	Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Uldal	Martin Nevland	[10]
8	16 December 2023		15 km MSS	Martin Nevland	Mats Øverby	Johan-Olav Botn	[11]
9	4 January 2024	Martell-Val Martello (4)	15 km SIND	Vebjørn Sørum	Mats Øverby	Isak Frey	[12]
10	6 January 2024		10 km SPR	Isak Frey	Mats Øverby	Danilo Riethmüller	[13]
11	7 January 2024		12.5 km PUR	Isak Frey	Vebjørn Sørum	Danilo Riethmüller	[14]
12	10 January 2024	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (5)	10 km SPR	Johan-Olav Botn	Mats Øverby	Danilo Riethmüller	[15]
13	12 January 2024		15 km MSS	Danilo Riethmüller	Martin Nevland	Antonin Guigonnat	[16]
IBU Open European Championships 2024 (24–28 January)
14	24 January 2024	Brezno-Osrblie	20 km IND	Vebjørn Sørum	Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Uldal	[17]
15	26 January 2024		10 km SPR	Antonin Guigonnat	Johan-Olav Botn	Isak Frey	[18]
16	27 January 2024		12.5 km PUR	Isak Frey	Dmitrii Shamaev	Antonin Guigonnat	[19]
17	1 February 2024	Arber (6)	10 km SPR	Martin Uldal	Johan-Olav Botn	Isak Frey	[20]
18	3 February 2024			Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Uldal	Simon Kaiser	[21]
19	29 February 2024	Obertilliach (7), (8)	10 km SPR	Mats Øverby	Sindre Fjellheim Jorde	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	[22]
20	2 March 2024		12.5 km PUR	Mats Øverby	Martin Nevland	Sindre Fjellheim Jorde	[23]
21	7 March 2024		15 km SIND	Mats Øverby	Isak Frey	Martin Uldal	[24]
22	8 March 2024		10 km SPR	Martin Uldal	Isak Frey	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	[25]
23	9 March 2024		15 km MSS	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Martin Uldal	Martin Nevland	[26]
16th IBU Cup Overall (30 November 2023 – 9 March 2024)				Mats Øverby	Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Nevland	[27]

Overall leaders

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Johan-Olav Botn	30 November 2023	Kontiolahti	7 March 2024	Obertilliach	20
2.	Mats Øverby	7 March 2024	Obertilliach	Overall Winner		3

Standings

Overall Rank after all 23 events[28][29] Points Mats Øverby 1325 2 Johan-Olav Botn 1135 3 Martin Nevland 1037 4 Martin Uldal 980 5 Isak Frey 917 6 Danilo Riethmüller 710 7 Lucas Fratzscher 655 8 Simon Kaiser 621 9 Vebjørn Sørum 538 10 Daniele Cappellari 436

Under 25 Rank after all 23 events[30] Points Mats Øverby 1325 2 Johan-Olav Botn 1135 3 Martin Nevland 1037 4 Martin Uldal 980 5 Isak Frey 917 6 Danilo Riethmüller 710 7 Simon Kaiser 621 8 Damien Levet 426 9 Vetle Paulsen 372 10 Émilien Claude 364

Individual Rank after all 4 events[31][32] Points Mats Øverby 276 2 Vebjørn Sørum 180 3 Isak Frey 180 4 Johan-Olav Botn 165 5 Martin Uldal 147

Sprint Rank after all 11 events[33][34] Points Johan-Olav Botn 660 2 Mats Øverby 603 3 Martin Uldal 492 4 Martin Nevland 421 5 Isak Frey 404

Pursuit Rank after all 5 events[35][36] Points Mats Øverby 271 2 Martin Nevland 254 3 Isak Frey 220 4 Johan-Olav Botn 210 5 Martin Uldal 184

Mass start Rank after all 3 events[37] Points Martin Nevland 225 2 Mats Øverby 175 3 Martin Uldal 157 4 Danilo Riethmüller 116 5 Isak Frey 113

Nations Cup Rank after all 23 events[38][39] Points 1  Norway 8493 2  Germany 7332 3  France 7093 4  Sweden 6690 5  Italy 6530

Women

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	R.
1	30 November 2023	Kontiolahti (1)	15 km IND	Jeanne Richard	Maren Kirkeeide	Karoline Erdal	[40]
2	2 December 2023		7.5 km SPR	Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg	Sara Andersson	Océane Michelon	[41]
3	8 December 2023	Idre Fjäll (2)	7.5 km SPR	Johanna Puff	Jenny Enodd	Jeanne Richard	[42]
4	9 December 2023			Karoline Erdal	Juliane Frühwirth	Anna-Karin Heijdenberg	[43]
5	10 December 2023		10 km PUR	Jenny Enodd	Karoline Erdal	Ella Halvarsson	[44]
6	13 December 2023	Sjusjøen (3)	7.5 km SPR	Océane Michelon	Jeanne Richard	Gro Randby	[45]
7	15 December 2023		10 km PUR	Anaëlle Bondoux	Ida Lien	Stina Nilsson	[46]
8	16 December 2023		12.5 km MSS	Julia Tannheimer	Jenny Enodd	Ida Lien	[47]
9	4 January 2024	Martell-Val Martello (4)	12.5 km SIND	Julia Kink	Emily Schumann	Stina Nilsson	[48]
10	6 January 2024		7.5 km SPR	Maren Kirkeeide	Maya Cloetens	Stina Nilsson	[49]
11	7 January 2024		10 km PUR	Gilonne Guigonnat	Anna Andexer	Johanna Puff	[50]
12	10 January 2024	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (5)	7.5 km SPR	Gilonne Guigonnat	Sara Scattolo	Ida Lien	[51]
13	12 January 2024		12.5 km MSS	Johanna Puff	Selina Grotian	Ida Lien	[52]
IBU Open European Championships 2024 (24–28 January)
14	24 January 2024	Brezno-Osrblie	15 km IND	Maren Kirkeeide	Alina Stremous	Ema Kapustová	[53]
15	26 January 2024		7.5 km SPR	Ida Lien	Maren Kirkeeide	Khrystyna Dmytrenko	[54]
16	27 January 2024		10 km PUR	Maren Kirkeeide	Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg	Océane Michelon	[55]
17	1 February 2024	Arber (6)	7.5 km SPR	Hannah Auchentaller	Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg	Sara Scatollo	[56]
18	3 February 2024			Karoline Erdal	Camille Bened	Lea Rothschopf	[57]
19	29 February 2024	Obertilliach (7), (8)	7.5 km SPR	Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Océane Michelon	Kristina Oberthaler	[58]
20	2 March 2024		10 km PUR	Marthe Kråkstad Johansen	Océane Michelon	Tereza Vinklárková	[59]
21	7 March 2024		12.5 km SIND	Lisa Maria Spark	Chloé Chevalier	Camille Bened	[60]
22	8 March 2024		7.5 km SPR	Stefanie Scherer	Gro Randby	Océane Michelon	[61]
23	9 March 2024		12.5 km MSS	Anaëlle Bondoux	Océane Michelon	Emily Schumann	[62]
16th IBU Cup Overall (30 November 2023 – 9 March 2024)				Océane Michelon	Jenny Enodd	Karoline Erdal	[63]

Overall leaders

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
1.	Jeanne Richard	30 November 2023	Kontiolahti	10 December 2023	Idre Fjäll	4
2.	Karoline Erdal	10 December 2023	Idre Fjäll	13 December 2023	Sjusjøen	1
3.	Jeanne Richard	13 December 2023	Sjusjøen	4 January 2024	Martell-Val Martello	3
4.	Jenny Enodd	4 January 2024	Martell-Val Martello	27 January 2024	Brezno-Osrblie	7
5.	Ida Lien	27 January 2024	Brezno-Osrblie	1 February 2024	Arber	1
6.	Jenny Enodd	1 February 2024	Arber	8 March 2024	Obertilliach	5
7.	Océane Michelon	8 March 2024	Obertilliach	Overall Winner		2

Standings

Overall Rank after all 23 events[64][65] Points Océane Michelon 803 2 Jenny Enodd 708 3 Karoline Erdal 691 4 Anaëlle Bondoux 657 5 Emily Schumann 597 6 Maren Kirkeeide 589 7 Ida Lien 577 8 Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg 488 9 Julia Tannheimer 481 10 Ella Halvarsson 476

Under 25 Rank after all 23 events[66] Points Océane Michelon 803 2 Anaëlle Bondoux 657 3 Emily Schumann 597 4 Maren Kirkeeide 589 5 Julia Tannheimer 481 6 Ella Halvarsson 476 7 Anna-Karin Heijdenberg 464 8 Gro Randby 454 9 Camille Bened 449 10 Johanna Puff 431

Individual Rank after all 4 events[67][68] Points Maren Kirkeeide 215 2 Emily Schumann 125 3 Karoline Erdal 120 4 Chloé Chevalier 107 5    Flurina Volken 98

Sprint Rank after all 11 events[69][70] Points Océane Michelon 398 2 Karoline Erdal 375 3 Anna-Karin Heijdenberg 321 4 Jenny Enodd 306 5 Anaëlle Bondoux 285

Pursuit Rank after all 5 events[71][72] Points Océane Michelon 206 2 Jenny Enodd 197 3 Ida Lien 170 4 Anaëlle Bondoux 138 5 Karoline Erdal 138

Mass start Rank after all 3 events[73][74] Points Anaëlle Bondoux 150 2 Océane Michelon 125 3 Jenny Enodd 123 4 Ida Lien 120 5 Gro Randby 103

Nations Cup Rank after all 23 events[75][76] Points 1  Norway 8003 2  France 7475 3  Germany 7350 4  Sweden 7087 5  Austria 6716

Mixed Relay

#	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	3 December 2023	Kontiolahti (1)	4 x 6 km	Norway 1. Maren Kirkeeide 2. Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg 3. Johan-Olav Botn 4. Mats Øverby	Sweden 1. Sara Andersson 2. Anna-Karin Heijdenberg 3. Emil Nykvist 4. Henning Sjökvist	France 1. Jeanne Richard 2. Océane Michelon 3. Théo Guiraud-Poillot 4. Oscar Lombardot	Norway	[77]
2			6 km + 7.5 km	Norway 1. Karoline Erdal 2. Martin Nevland	France 1. Paula Botet 2. Rémi Broutier	Italy 1. Sara Scatollo 2. Daniele Cappellari		[78]
3	13 January 2024	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (5)	4 x 6 km	Norway 1. Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg 2. Ida Lien 3. Johan-Olav Botn 4. Mats Øverby	Germany 1. Selina Grotian 2. Emily Schumann 3. Simon Kaiser 4. Danilo Riethmüller	France 1. Gilonne Guigonnat 2. Anaëlle Bondoux 3. Damien Levet 4. Antonin Guigonnat		[79]
4			6 km + 7.5 km	Norway 1. Karoline Erdal 2. Vebjørn Sørum	France 1. Camille Bened 2. Theo Guiraud Poillot	Finland 1. Noora Kaisa Keränen 2. Tuomas Harjula		[80]
5	28 January 2024	Brezno-Osrblie (ECH)	4 x 6 km	Norway 1. Isak Frey 2. Johan-Olav Botn 3. Ida Lien 4. Maren Kirkeeide	France 1. Théo Guiraud-Poillot 2. Antonin Guigonnat 3. Océane Michelon 4. Camille Bened	Italy 1. Nicola Romanin 2. Nicolò Betemps 3. Beatrice Trabucchi 4. Hannah Auchentaller		[81]
6			6 km + 7.5 km	Sweden 1. Anton Ivarsson 2. Sara Andersson	Norway 1. Vebjørn Sørum 2. Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg	Austria 1. Patrick Jakob 2. Kristina Oberthaler		[82]
7	3 March 2024	Obertilliach (7)	4 x 6 km	Norway 1. Åsne Skrede 2. Ragnhild Femsteinevik 3. Sindre Fjellheim Jorde 4. Mats Øverby	Italy 1. Astrid Plosch 2. Francesca Brocchiero 3. Nicola Romanin 4. David Zingerle	France 1. Camille Bened 2. Chloé Chevalier 3. Ambroise Meunier 4. Damien Levet		[83]
8			6 km + 7.5 km	Norway 1. Karoline Erdal 2. Martin Nevland	France 1. Paula Botet 2. Émilien Claude	Germany 1. Lisa Maria Spark 2. David Zobel		[84]

Rankings

Rank after all 8 events[85] Points 1  Norway 705 2  France 512 3  Sweden 431 4  Germany 402 5  Italy 393

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	36	30	21	87
2	Germany	9	6	7	22
3	France	7	10	11	28
4	Sweden	1	2	5	8
5	Italy	1	2	3	6
6	Austria	0	1	3	4
7	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Moldova	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
10	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		54	54	54	162

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2023–24 Biathlon IBU Cup for men and women.^[86]

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	90	75	60	50	45	40	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

Retirements

The following notable biathletes, who competed in the IBU Cup and never participated in the World Cup, are expected to retire during or after the 2023–24 season:

Men Martin Bourgeois République [fr][87] Mikhail Pervushin[88] Dominic Schmuck [de][89] Johannes Werner Donhauser Reid Lovstrom Jasa Zidar Evgenii Idinov Andrii Orlyk

Women Chloé Bened[90] Jenny Enodd[91] Tereza Jandová[92] Yuliya Kavaleuskaya Natallia Karnitskaya Kristina Makovinyova Anastasiia Rasskazova Oksana Moskalenko

See also

• 2023–24 Biathlon World Cup (as the highest competition series of IBU).
• 2024 Biathlon World Championships
• 2024 IBU Open European Championships
• 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
• 2024 IBU Junior World Championships
• 2024 IBU Junior Open European Championships

Notes