2020–21 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
   Overall Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø (3) Norway Tiril Eckhoff (1)
   U25 Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid (1) Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava (1)
   Individual Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid (1) Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser (1)
Italy Dorothea Wierer (2)
   Sprint Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø (2) Norway Tiril Eckhoff (1)
   Pursuit Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid (1) Norway Tiril Eckhoff (2)
   Mass start Norway Tarjei Bø (1) Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (1)
Relay Norway Norway (12) Sweden Sweden (1)
Nations Cup Norway Norway (17) Norway Norway (6)
Mixed Norway Norway (7)
Competition

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 28 November 2020 in Kontiolahti, Finland and ended on 21 March 2021 in Östersund, Sweden.

Starting from this season a blue bib will be introduced for the best biathlete under the age of 25.[1]

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.[2]

Stage Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single
mixed relay
Details
1 Finland Kontiolahti 28–29 November details
2 3–6 December details
3 Austria Hochfilzen 11–13 December details
4 17–20 December details
5 Germany Oberhof 8–10 January details
6 13–17 January details
7 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 21–24 January details
WC Slovenia Pokljuka 10–21 February World Championships
8 Czech Republic Nové Město 4–7 March details
9 11–14 March details
10 Sweden Östersund[nb 1] 18–21 March details
Total: 70 (32 men's, 32 women's, 6 mixed) 3 (m, w) 10 (m, w) 8 (m, w) 5 (m, w) 6 (m, w) 3 (mix) 3 (mix)

Calendar changes

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib   
(After competition)
Dark blue bib   
(After competition)
Det.
1 28 November 2020 Finland Kontiolahti 20 km Individual Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Germany Erik Lesser Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Detail
29 November 2020 10 km Sprint Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden Martin Ponsiluoma Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson
2 3 December 2020 10 km Sprint Norway Tarjei Bø Germany Arnd Peiffer Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail
5 December 2020 12.5 km Pursuit Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson France Fabien Claude Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø
3 11 December 2020 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Norway Johannes Dale France Quentin Fillon Maillet France Fabien Claude Detail
12 December 2020 12.5 km Pursuit France Quentin Fillon Maillet France Émilien Jacquelin Norway Johannes Dale
4 17 December 2020 10 km Sprint Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway Johannes Dale Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail
19 December 2020 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid France Émilien Jacquelin Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid
20 December 2020 15 km Mass Start Germany Arnd Peiffer Sweden Martin Ponsiluoma Norway Tarjei Bø
5 8 January 2021 Germany Oberhof 10 km Sprint Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway Tarjei Bø Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Detail
9 January 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway Johannes Dale Norway Tarjei Bø
6 13 January 2021 10 km Sprint Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Germany Arnd Peiffer Detail
17 January 2021 15 km Mass Start Norway Tarjei Bø Austria Felix Leitner  Switzerland  Benjamin Weger
7 22 January 2021 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Russia Alexandr Loginov Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid France Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail
24 January 2021 15 km Mass Start Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø France Quentin Fillon Maillet Slovenia Jakov Fak
WC 12 February 2021 Slovenia Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Sweden Martin Ponsiluoma France Simon Desthieux France Émilien Jacquelin Detail
14 February 2021 12.5 km Pursuit France Émilien Jacquelin Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø
17 February 2021 20 km Individual Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Germany Arnd Peiffer Norway Johannes Dale
21 February 2021 15 km Mass Start Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway Johannes Dale France Quentin Fillon Maillet
8 6 March 2021 Czech Republic Nové Město na M. 10 km Sprint France Simon Desthieux Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Germany Arnd Peiffer Detail
7 March 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Tarjei Bø Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø France Simon Desthieux
9 11 March 2021 10 km Sprint France Quentin Fillon Maillet Norway Tarjei Bø Italy Lukas Hofer Detail
13 March 2021 12.5 km Pursuit France Quentin Fillon Maillet Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø France Émilien Jacquelin
10 19 March 2021 Sweden Östersund[nb 2] 10 km Sprint Italy Lukas Hofer Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson Norway Tarjei Bø Detail
20 March 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Italy Lukas Hofer
21 March 2021 15 km Mass Start France Simon Desthieux Russia Eduard Latypov Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø

Women

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib   
(After competition)
Dark blue bib   
(After competition)
Det.
1 28 November 2020 Finland Kontiolahti 15 km Individual Italy Dorothea Wierer Germany Denise Herrmann Sweden Johanna Skottheim Italy Dorothea Wierer Sweden Elvira Öberg Detail
29 November 2020 7.5 km Sprint Sweden Hanna Öberg Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Sweden Hanna Öberg Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava
2 3 December 2020 7.5 km Sprint Sweden Hanna Öberg France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Sweden Elvira Öberg Sweden Elvira Öberg Detail
6 December 2020 10 km Pursuit Norway Tiril Eckhoff Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Sweden Hanna Öberg Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava
3 11 December 2020 Austria Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava Norway Tiril Eckhoff Germany Franziska Preuß Detail
13 December 2020 10 km Pursuit Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava France Julia Simon Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland
4 18 December 2020 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Detail
19 December 2020 10 km Pursuit Norway Tiril Eckhoff Sweden Hanna Öberg Sweden Elvira Öberg
20 December 2020 12.5 km Mass Start Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway Tiril Eckhoff Italy Dorothea Wierer Sweden Elvira Öberg
5 8 January 2021 Germany Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff Sweden Hanna Öberg Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Detail
9 January 2021 10 km Pursuit Norway Tiril Eckhoff Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser
6 14 January 2021 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff Italy Dorothea Wierer Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Detail
17 January 2021 12.5 km Mass Start France Julia Simon Germany Franziska Preuß Sweden Hanna Öberg
7 21 January 2021 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava Detail
23 January 2021 12.5 km Mass Start France Julia Simon Sweden Hanna Öberg Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser
WC 13 February 2021 Slovenia Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Belarus Hanna Sola Norway Tiril Eckhoff Sweden Elvira Öberg Detail
14 February 2021 10 km Pursuit Norway Tiril Eckhoff Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
16 February 2021 15 km Individual Czech Republic Markéta Davidová Sweden Hanna Öberg Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
21 February 2021 12.5 km Mass Start Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway Tiril Eckhoff
8 6 March 2021 Czech Republic Nové Město na M. 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Italy Lisa Vittozzi Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava Detail
7 March 2021 10 km Pursuit Norway Tiril Eckhoff Germany Denise Herrmann Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland
9 12 March 2021 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff Germany Denise Herrmann Italy Dorothea Wierer Detail
13 March 2021 10 km Pursuit Norway Tiril Eckhoff Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava Germany Franziska Preuß
10 19 March 2021 Sweden Östersund[nb 3] 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tiril Eckhoff Italy Dorothea Wierer Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Detail
20 March 2021 10 km Pursuit Norway Marte Olsbu Røiseland Norway Tiril Eckhoff Belarus Hanna Sola
21 March 2021 12.5 km Mass Start Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Belarus Dzinara Alimbekava Germany Franziska Preuß

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Stage Date Place Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
Det.
2 6 December 2020 Finland Kontiolahti  Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Sweden
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sebastian Samuelsson
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Roman Rees
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
 Norway Detail
3 13 December 2020 Austria Hochfilzen  Sweden
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sebastian Samuelsson
 Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Dale
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Germany
Erik Lesser
Roman Rees
Benedikt Doll
Philipp Horn
 Norway
 Sweden
Detail
6 15 January 2021 Germany Oberhof  France
Simon Desthieux
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Fabien Claude
Émilien Jacquelin
 Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Johannes Dale
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Italy
Thomas Bormolini
Lukas Hofer
Tommaso Giacomel
Dominik Windisch
 Norway Detail
7 23 January 2021 Italy Antholz-Anterselva  France
Antonin Guigonnat
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Émilien Jacquelin
 Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Dale
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Russia
Anton Babikov
Matvey Eliseev
Alexandr Loginov
Eduard Latypov
Detail
WC 20 February 2021 Slovenia Pokljuka  Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
 Sweden
Peppe Femling
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Sebastian Samuelsson
RBU
Said Karimulla Khalili
Matvey Eliseev
Alexandr Loginov
Eduard Latypov
Detail
8 5 March 2021 Czech Republic Nové Město na M.  Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Arnd Peiffer
Philipp Nawrath
 Russia
Said Karimulla Khalili
Matvey Eliseev
Alexandr Loginov
Eduard Latypov
 Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Dale
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Detail

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Stage Date Place Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
Det.
2 5 December 2020 Finland Kontiolahti  Sweden
Johanna Skottheim
Mona Brorsson
Elvira Öberg
Hanna Öberg
 France
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Chloé Chevalier
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Franziska Preuß
Maren Hammerschmidt
Denise Herrmann
 Sweden Detail
3 12 December 2020 Austria Hochfilzen  Norway
Karoline Offigstad Knotten
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 France
Anaïs Bescond
Julia Simon
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
 Sweden
Johanna Skottheim
Linn Persson
Hanna Öberg
Elvira Öberg
Detail
6 16 January 2021 Germany Oberhof  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Janina Hettich
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Preuß
 Belarus
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Hanna Sola
Elena Kruchinkina
 Sweden
Mona Brorsson
Linn Persson
Elvira Öberg
Hanna Öberg
Detail
7 24 January 2021 Italy Antholz-Anterselva  Russia
Evgeniya Pavlova
Tatiana Akimova
Svetlana Mironova
Uliana Kaisheva
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Janina Hettich
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Preuß
 France
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
Julia Simon
 Germany Detail
WC 20 February 2021 Slovenia Pokljuka  Norway
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Tiril Eckhoff
Ida Lien
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Janina Hettich
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Preuß
 Ukraine
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Yuliia Dzhima
Darya Blashko
Olena Pidhrushna
Detail
8 4 March 2021 Czech Republic Nové Město na M.  Sweden
Mona Brorsson
Hanna Öberg
Linn Persson
Elvira Öberg
 Belarus
Iryna Kryuko
Dzinara Alimbekava
Hanna Sola
Elena Kruchinkina
 France
Anaïs Bescond
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
Chloé Chevalier
Julia Simon
 Sweden Detail

Mixed Relay

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition)
Det.
5 10 January 2021 Germany Oberhof 4x6 km  Russia
Uliana Kaisheva
Svetlana Mironova
Alexandr Loginov
Eduard Latypov
 Norway
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Johannes Dale
Sturla Holm Lægreid
 France
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
Fabien Claude
Quentin Fillon Maillet
 Russia Detail
1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
 France
Julia Simon
Émilien Jacquelin
 Sweden
Hanna Öberg
Sebastian Samuelsson
 Norway
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 France
WC 10 February 2021 Slovenia Pokljuka 4x7.5 km
 Norway
Sturla Holm Lægreid
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
 Austria
David Komatz
Simon Eder
Dunja Zdouc
Lisa Theresa Hauser
 Sweden
Sebastian Samuelsson
Martin Ponsiluoma
Linn Persson
Hanna Öberg
 Norway Detail
18 February 2021 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
 France
Antonin Guigonnat
Julia Simon
 Norway
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tiril Eckhoff
 Sweden
Sebastian Samuelsson
Hanna Öberg
9 14 March 2021 Czech Republic Nové Město 4x6 km
 Norway
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Dominik Windisch
Lukas Hofer
 Sweden
Elvira Öberg
Anna Magnusson
Jesper Nelin
Martin Ponsiluoma
Detail
1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
 Sweden
Linn Persson
Sebastian Samuelsson
 Norway
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Sturla Holm Lægreid
 United States
Susan Dunklee
Sean Doherty

Standings (men)

Standings (women)

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos. Points
1. Norway228
2. France211
3. Sweden210
4. Austria169
5. Russia168
  • Final standings after 6 races.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway38252083
2 France12101234
3 Sweden8121131
4 Germany38920
5 Russia
RBU
3227
6 Italy23611
7 Austria2349
8 Belarus1528
9 Czech Republic1001
10 Ukraine0213
11 Slovenia0011
  Switzerland0011
 United States0011
Totals (13 entries)707070210

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2020/21 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Place 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940
Individual 60544843403836343231302928272625242322212019181716151413121110987654321
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start18161412108642

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2020–21 season:

Notes

    1. Events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic, and replaced by Östersund.
    2. Men's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.
    3. Women's events scheduled in Oslo-Holmenkollen was cancelled due to pandemic.

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