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.
Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.
StageLocationDateIndividualSprintPursuitRelayDetails1 Kontiolahti28–29 November●●details23–6 December ●●●details3 Hochfilzen11–13 December●●●details417–20 December●●●details5 Oberhof8–10 January●●●●details613–17 January●●●details7 Antholz-Anterselva21–24 January●●●detailsWC Pokljuka10–21 February●●●●●●●World Championships8 Nové Město4–7 March●●●details911–14 March●●●●details10 Östersund18–21 March●●●detailsTotal: 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 On 28 September the rounds originally scheduled at Östersund, Sweden and Le Grand-Bornand, France were replaced by additional rounds at Kontiolahti, Finland and Hochfilzen, Austria respectively. On 5 October it was announced that Oberhof will host two events, replacing Ruhpolding. A round which was set to be held in Beijing as test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics was replaced on 23 November with another round at Nové Město. On 13 February the round originally scheduled at Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway was replaced by additional rounds at Östersund, Sweden.
World Cup podiums
Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Dark blue bib Det. 1 28 November 2020 Kontiolahti 20 km Individual Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Thingnes Bø Erik Lesser Sturla Holm Lægreid Sturla Holm Lægreid Detail 29 November 2020 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Sebastian Samuelsson Martin Ponsiluoma Johannes Thingnes Bø Sebastian Samuelsson 2 3 December 2020 10 km Sprint Tarjei Bø Arnd Peiffer Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail 5 December 2020 12.5 km Pursuit Sebastian Samuelsson Fabien Claude Johannes Thingnes Bø 3 11 December 2020 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Johannes Dale Quentin Fillon Maillet Fabien Claude Detail 12 December 2020 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Émilien Jacquelin Johannes Dale 4 17 December 2020 10 km Sprint Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Johannes Thingnes Bø Detail 19 December 2020 12.5 km Pursuit Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid 20 December 2020 15 km Mass Start Arnd Peiffer Martin Ponsiluoma Tarjei Bø 5 8 January 2021 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Detail 9 January 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø 6 13 January 2021 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Sturla Holm Lægreid Arnd Peiffer Detail 17 January 2021 15 km Mass Start Tarjei Bø Felix Leitner Benjamin Weger 7 22 January 2021 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Alexandr Loginov Sturla Holm Lægreid Quentin Fillon Maillet Detail 24 January 2021 15 km Mass Start Johannes Thingnes Bø Quentin Fillon Maillet Jakov Fak WC 12 February 2021 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Martin Ponsiluoma Simon Desthieux Émilien Jacquelin Detail 14 February 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Émilien Jacquelin Sebastian Samuelsson Johannes Thingnes Bø 17 February 2021 20 km Individual Sturla Holm Lægreid Arnd Peiffer Johannes Dale 21 February 2021 15 km Mass Start Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Quentin Fillon Maillet 8 6 March 2021 Nové Město na M. 10 km Sprint Simon Desthieux Sebastian Samuelsson Arnd Peiffer Detail 7 March 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Simon Desthieux 9 11 March 2021 10 km Sprint Quentin Fillon Maillet Tarjei Bø Lukas Hofer Detail 13 March 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Quentin Fillon Maillet Johannes Thingnes Bø Émilien Jacquelin 10 19 March 2021 Östersund 10 km Sprint Lukas Hofer Sebastian Samuelsson Tarjei Bø Detail 20 March 2021 12.5 km Pursuit Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Thingnes Bø Lukas Hofer 21 March 2021 15 km Mass Start Simon Desthieux Eduard Latypov Johannes Thingnes Bø
Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Dark blue bib Det. 1 28 November 2020 Kontiolahti 15 km Individual Dorothea Wierer Denise Herrmann Johanna Skottheim Dorothea Wierer Elvira Öberg Detail 29 November 2020 7.5 km Sprint Hanna Öberg Marte Olsbu Røiseland Karoline Offigstad Knotten Hanna Öberg Dzinara Alimbekava 2 3 December 2020 7.5 km Sprint Hanna Öberg Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Elvira Öberg Elvira Öberg Detail 6 December 2020 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland Hanna Öberg Dzinara Alimbekava 3 11 December 2020 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Dzinara Alimbekava Tiril Eckhoff Franziska Preuß Detail 13 December 2020 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Dzinara Alimbekava Julia Simon Marte Olsbu Røiseland 4 18 December 2020 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Detail 19 December 2020 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg 20 December 2020 12.5 km Mass Start Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Dorothea Wierer Elvira Öberg 5 8 January 2021 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Hanna Öberg Lisa Theresa Hauser Detail 9 January 2021 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland Lisa Theresa Hauser 6 14 January 2021 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Dorothea Wierer Lisa Theresa Hauser Detail 17 January 2021 12.5 km Mass Start Julia Simon Franziska Preuß Hanna Öberg 7 21 January 2021 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Lisa Theresa Hauser Yuliia Dzhima Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Dzinara Alimbekava Detail 23 January 2021 12.5 km Mass Start Julia Simon Hanna Öberg Lisa Theresa Hauser WC 13 February 2021 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Hanna Sola Tiril Eckhoff Elvira Öberg Detail 14 February 2021 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Lisa Theresa Hauser Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 16 February 2021 15 km Individual Markéta Davidová Hanna Öberg Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 21 February 2021 12.5 km Mass Start Lisa Theresa Hauser Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff 8 6 March 2021 Nové Město na M. 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Yuliia Dzhima Lisa Vittozzi Dzinara Alimbekava Detail 7 March 2021 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Denise Herrmann Marte Olsbu Røiseland 9 12 March 2021 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Denise Herrmann Dorothea Wierer Detail 13 March 2021 10 km Pursuit Tiril Eckhoff Dzinara Alimbekava Franziska Preuß 10 19 March 2021 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Tiril Eckhoff Dorothea Wierer Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Detail 20 March 2021 10 km Pursuit Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff Hanna Sola 21 March 2021 12.5 km Mass Start Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Dzinara Alimbekava Franziska Preuß
Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay Stage Date Place Winner Second Third Leader Det.2 6 December 2020 Kontiolahti Detail3 13 December 2020 Hochfilzen Detail6 15 January 2021 Oberhof Detail7 23 January 2021 Antholz-Anterselva DetailWC 20 February 2021 Pokljuka Detail8 5 March 2021 Nové Město na M. Detail
Women's team – 4x6 km Relay Stage Date Place Winner Second Third Leader Det.2 5 December 2020 Kontiolahti Detail3 12 December 2020 Hochfilzen Detail6 16 January 2021 Oberhof Detail7 24 January 2021 Antholz-Anterselva DetailWC 20 February 2021 Pokljuka Detail8 4 March 2021 Nové Město na M. Detail
Mixed Relay Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Leader Det. 510 January 2021 Oberhof 4x6 km Detail 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km WC 10 February 2021 Pokljuka 4x7.5 km Detail 18 February 2021 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km 914 March 2021 Nové Město 4x6 km Detail 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
Standings (men)
Overall Pos.Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 1052 2. Sturla Holm Lægreid 1039 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 930 4. Tarjei Bø 893 5. Johannes Dale 843 6. Sebastian Samuelsson 817 7. Émilien Jacquelin 812 8. Lukas Hofer 753 9. Simon Desthieux 724 10. Martin Ponsiluoma 713 Final standings after 26 races.
Under 25 Pos.Points Sturla Holm Laegreid 1039 2. Johannes Dale 843 3. Sebastian Samuelsson 817 4. Felix Leitner 310 5. Anton Smolski 264 6. Tero Seppälä 169 7. Aleksander Fjeld Andersen 134 8. Said Karimulla Khalili 111 9. Didier Bionaz 92 10. Anton Dudchenko 83 Final standings after 26 races.
Individual Pos.Points Sturla Holm Laegreid 120 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 94 3. Alexandr Loginov 91 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet 91 5. Arnd Peiffer 84 Final standings after 3 races.
Sprint Pos.Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 359 2. Sturla Holm Lægreid 319 3. Tarjei Bø 318 4. Sebastian Samuelsson 312 5. Johannes Dale 307 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points Sturla Holm Lægreid 306 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 306 3. Émilien Jacquelin 286 4. Quentin Fillon Maillet 266 5. Sebastian Samuelsson 253 Final standings after 8 races.
Mass start Pos.Points Tarjei Bø 184 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 180 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 165 4. Sturla Holm Lægreid 161 5. Arnd Peiffer 159 Final standings after 5 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. 228 2. 204 3. 203 4. 199 5. 193 Final standings after 6 races.
Nation Pos.Points 1. 8061 2. 7298 3. 6978 4. 6833 5. 6775 Final standings after 25 races.
Standings (women)
Overall Pos.Points Tiril Eckhoff 1152 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 963 3. Franziska Preuß 840 4. Hanna Öberg 826 5. Dorothea Wierer 821 6. Lisa Theresa Hauser 818 7. Dzinara Alimbekava 734 8. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 707 9. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 677 10. Denise Herrmann 667
Final standings after 26 races.
Under 25 Pos.Points Dzinara Alimbekava 734 2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 707 3. Markéta Davidová 649 4. Elvira Öberg 631 5. Julia Simon 575 6. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 511 7. Janina Hettich 379 8. Hanna Sola 366 9. Ida Lien 276 10. Darya Blashko 273
Final standings after 26 races.
Individual Pos.Points Lisa Theresa Hauser 103 Dorothea Wierer 103 3. Hanna Öberg 90 4. Yuliia Dzhima 85 5. Markéta Davidová 80 Final standings after 3 races.
Sprint Pos.Points Tiril Eckhoff 420 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 304 3. Hanna Öberg 296 4. Dorothea Wierer 282 5. Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 280 Final standings after 10 races.
Pursuit Pos.Points Tiril Eckhoff 360 2. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 319 3. Franziska Preuß 240 4. Hanna Öberg 235 5. Dzinara Alimbekava 226 Final standings after 8 races.
Mass start Pos.Points Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 186 2. Franziska Preuß 183 3. Julia Simon 181 4. Marte Olsbu Røiseland 175 5. Tiril Eckhoff 172 Final standings after 5 races.
Relay Pos.Points 1. 216 2. 216 3. 204 4. 198 5. 191 Final standings after 6 races.
Nation Pos.Points 1. 7305 2. 7146 3. 7056 4. 7001 5. 6433 Final standings after 25 races.
Standings: Mixed
Mixed relay Pos.Points 1. 228 2. 211 3. 210 4. 169 5. 168
Final standings after 6 races.
Medal table
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. Place1 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 Individual60 54 48 43 40 38 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 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Achievements
First World Cup career victory
Men Sturla Holm Lægreid, 23, in his 2nd season — Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was his first podium Sebastian Samuelsson, 23, in his 5th season — Stage 2 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Oberhof Johannes Dale, 23, in his 3rd season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium Martin Ponsiluoma, 25, in his 4th season — World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Nové Město Simon Desthieux, 29, in his 9th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2017–18 Sprint in Tyumen
Women Dzinara Alimbekava, 24, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium