The 2024–25 Biathlon IBU Cup, organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), was the 17th official IBU Cup season for men and women as the second level of international biathlon competitions.

The season started on 28 November 2024 in Idre Fjäll, Sweden and concluded on 15 March 2025 in Otepää, Estonia.

A major highlight of the season was the 2025 IBU Open European Championships held in Martell-Val Martello, Italy, which results also counted toward the IBU Cup rankings.

Mats Øverby from Norway (men's) and Océane Michelon from France (women's) were the reigning champions from the previous season.

Isak Frey from Norway and Camille Bened from France became the new overall champions. Their victories earned the Norwegian and French national teams the right to field an additional athlete in the World Cup events in Östersund and Hochfilzen during the 2025–26 season.

Map of IBU Cup hosts Idre Fjäll Geilo Obertilliach Arber Brezno-Osrblie Martell-Val Martello Ridnaun-Val Ridanna OtepääEurope

Calendar StageLocationDateIndividual /Short individualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relayDetails1 Idre Fjäll●●●2 Geilo4–7 December●●●relocated from Sjusjøen 3 Obertilliach19–22 December●●●●4 Arber9–12 January●●●5 Brezno-Osrblie15–18 January●●●● ECH Martell-Val Martello29 January–2 February●●●●65–8 February●●●7 Otepää6–9 March●●●812–15 March●●●● Total: 70 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed)41163133

Men

Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird128 November 2024 Idre Fjäll (1) 10 km SPR Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Martin Uldal Antonin Guigonnat 230 November 2024 10 km SPR Isak Frey Johan-Olav Botn Martin Uldal 3 12.5 km PUR Isak Frey Johan-Olav Botn Martin Uldal 44 December 2024 Geilo (2) 20 km IND Isak Frey Johan-Olav Botn Simon Kaiser 56 December 2024 10 km SPR Martin Uldal Johan-Olav Botn Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 67 December 2024 12.5 km PUR Martin Uldal Johan-Olav Botn Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 719 December 2024 Obertilliach (3) 10 km SPR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Johan-Olav Botn Sivert Guttorm Bakken 821 December 2024 15 km MSS 60 Johan-Olav Botn Isak Frey Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 99 January 2025 Arber (4) 10 km SPR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Sivert Guttorm Bakken Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 1011 January 2025 10 km SPR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Isak Frey Roman Rees 1112 January 2025 12.5 km PUR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Isak Frey David Zobel 1215 January 2025 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 15 km SIND Sivert Guttorm Bakken Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Isak Frey 1317 January 2025 10 km SPR Isak Frey Fabian Müllauer Sivert Guttorm Bakken 2025 IBU Open European Championships (29 January–2 February)1429 January 2025 Martell-Val Martello (ECH) 20 km IND Isak Frey Fredrik Mühlbacher Emil Nykvist 1531 January 2025 10 km SPR Sivert Guttorm Bakken Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Fredrik Mühlbacher 161 February 2025 12.5 km PUR Patrick Braunhofer Isak Frey Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 175 February 2025 Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (6) 10 km SPR David Zobel Sivert Guttorm Bakken Paul Schommer 187 February 2025 12.5 km PUR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Isak Frey Paul Schommer 198 February 2025 15 km MSS 60 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Simon Kaiser Isak Frey 206 March 2025 Otepää (7), (8) 10 km SPR Isak Frey Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 218 March 2025 12.5 km PUR Johan-Olav Botn Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 229 March 2025 15 km MSS Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johan-Olav Botn Isak Frey 2312 March 2025 15 km SIND Sivert Guttorm Bakken Roman Rees Lucas Fratzscher 2414 March 2025 10 km SPR Johan-Olav Botn Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Roman Rees 17th IBU Cup Overall(28 November 2024 – 14 March 2025) Isak Frey Sivert Guttorm Bakken Johan-Olav Botn

Relay – 4 x 7.5 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 12 February 2025 Martell-Val Martello (ECH)

Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitionsIndividual Sverre Dahlen Aspenes28 November 2024 Idre Fjäll1 Martin Uldal (1)30 November 2024 Idre Fjäll1 Isak Frey (1)1 December 2024 – 6 December 2024 Idre Fjäll – Geilo3 Martin Uldal (2)7 December 2024 Geilo1 Johan-Olav Botn19 December 2024 – 21 December 2024 Obertilliach2 Isak Frey (2)9 January 2025 – 14 March 2025 Arber – OtepääUnder 23 Isak Frey28 November 2024 – 14 March 2025 Idre Fjäll – Otepää

Standings

Overall Rankfinal standings after 24 eventsPoints 1 Isak Frey 1494 2 Sivert Guttorm Bakken 1276 3 Johan-Olav Botn 1144 4 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 991 5 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 881 6 Roman Rees 821 7 Lucas Fratzscher 808 8 Gaëtan Paturel 601 9 Simon Kaiser 595 10 Nicola Romanin 545

Under 23 Rankfinal standings after 24 eventsPoints 1 Isak Frey 1494 2 Gaëtan Paturel 601 3 Théo Guiraud-Poillot 513 4 Franz Schaser 346 5 Nicolò Betemps 318 6 Marco Barale 267 7 Christoph Pircher 253 8 Fabian Müllauer 241 9 Jimi Klemettinen 235 10 Sondre Slettemark 177

Individual Rankfinal standings after 4 eventsPoints 1 Isak Frey 245 2 Sivert Guttorm Bakken 243 3 Johan-Olav Botn 180 4 Gaëtan Paturel 160 5 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 155

Sprint Rankfinal standings after 11 eventsPoints 1 Isak Frey 624 2 Sivert Guttorm Bakken 581 3 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 480 4 Johan-Olav Botn 468 5 Roman Rees 392

Pursuit Rankfinal standings after 6 eventsPoints 1 Isak Frey 420 2 Sivert Guttorm Bakken 306 3 Johan-Olav Botn 281 4 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 266 5 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 245

Mass start Rankfinal standings after 3 eventsPoints 1 Johan-Olav Botn 215 2 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 210 3 Isak Frey 205 4 Sivert Guttorm Bakken 146 5 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 124

Relay Rankfinal standings after 7 eventsPoints 1 580 2 475 3 380 4 359 5 338

Nations Cup Rankfinal standings after 22 eventsPoints 1 8420 2 7219 3 6900 4 6476 5 6236

Women Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird128 November 2024 Idre Fjäll (1) 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Chloé Chevalier Anna Weidel 230 November 2024 7.5 km SPR Ida Lien Paula Botet Camille Bened 3 10 km PUR Ida Lien Anna Weidel Camille Bened 44 December 2024 Geilo (2) 15 km IND Camille Bened Marit Øygard Fany Bertrand 56 December 2024 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Marlene Fichtner Johanna Skottheim 67 December 2024 10 km PUR Marlene Fichtner Chloé Chevalier Paula Botet 719 December 2024 Obertilliach (3) 7.5 km SPR Ilaria Scattolo Gilonne Guigonnat Paula Botet 821 December 2024 12.5 km MSS 60 Stefanie Scherer Paula Botet Camille Bened 99 January 2025 Arber (4) 7.5 km SPR Amandine Mengin Sophie Chauveau Rebecca Passler 1011 January 2025 7.5 km SPR Gilonne Guigonnat Amandine Mengin Voldiya Galmace Paulin 1112 January 2025 10 km PUR Amandine Mengin Ragnhild Femsteinevik Voldiya Galmace Paulin 1215 January 2025 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 12.5 km SIND Karoline Erdal Voldiya Galmace Paulin Anastasiya Merkushyna 1317 January 2025 7.5 km SPR Marthe Kråkstad Johansen Voldiya Galmace Paulin Karoline Erdal 2025 IBU Open European Championships (29 January–2 February)1429 January 2025 Martell-Val Martello (ECH) 15 km IND Johanna Puff Marlene Fichtner Anna-Karin Heijdenberg 1531 January 2025 7.5 km SPR Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Amandine Mengin Baiba Bendika 161 February 2025 10 km PUR Baiba Bendika Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Linda Zingerle 175 February 2025 Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (6) 7.5 km SPR Voldiya Galmace Paulin Paula Botet Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 187 February 2025 10 km PUR Voldiya Galmace Paulin Marthe Kråkstad Johansen Sophie Chauveau 198 February 2025 12.5 km MSS 60 Sophie Chauveau Camille Bened Rebecca Passler 206 March 2025 Otepää (7), (8) 7.5 km SPR Gilonne Guigonnat Rebecca Passler Kristýna Otcovská 218 March 2025 10 km PUR Gilonne Guigonnat Camille Bened Juni Arnekleiv 229 March 2025 12.5 km MSS Kristýna Otcovská Paula Botet Camille Bened 2312 March 2025 12.5 km SIND Susan Külm Karoline Erdal Camille Bened 2414 March 2025 7.5 km SPR Voldiya Galmace Paulin Camille Bened Paula Botet 17th IBU Cup Overall(28 November 2024 – 14 March 2025) Camille Bened Voldiya Galmace Paulin Paula Botet

Relay – 4 x 6 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 12 February 2025 Martell-Val Martello (ECH)

Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitionsIndividual Paula Botet (1)28 November 2024 – 1 December 2024 Idre Fjäll3 Camille Bened (1)4 December 2024 Geilo1 Paula Botet (2)6 December 2024 – 9 January 2025 Geilo – Arber5 Camille Bened (2)11 January 2025 – 1 February 2025 Arber – Martell-Val Martello7 Voldiya Galmace Paulin5 February 2025 – 6 March 2025 Ridnaun-Val Ridanna – Otepää4 Camille Bened (3)8 March 2025 – 14 March 2025 OtepääUnder 23 Anna Andexer28 November 2024 Idre Fjäll1 Siri Skar30 November 2024 – 21 December 2024 Idre Fjäll – Obertilliach7 Marlene Fichtner9 January 2025 – 11 January 2025 Arber2 Voldiya Galmace Paulin12 January 2025 – 14 March 2025 Arber – Otepää

Standings

Overall Rankfinal standings after 24 eventsPoints 1 Camille Bened 1143 2 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 1072 3 Paula Botet 934 4 Karoline Erdal 695 5 Gilonne Guigonnat 680 6 Stefanie Scherer 652 7 Amandine Mengin 631 8 Sophie Chauveau 599 9 Marthe Kråkstad Johansen 584 10 Rebecca Passler 551

Under 23 Rankfinal standings after 24 eventsPoints 1 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 1072 2 Amandine Mengin 631 3 Marlene Fichtner 545 4 Siri Skar 476 5 Fany Bertrand 344 6 Linda Zingerle 323 7 Lara Wagner 289 8 Ilaria Scattolo 223 9 Johanna Puff 221 10 Birgit Schölzhorn 193

Individual Rankfinal standings after 4 eventsPoints 1 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 225 2 Karoline Erdal 187 3 Camille Bened 180 4 Marit Øygard 116 5 Marlene Fichtner 103

Sprint Rankfinal standings after 11 eventsPoints 1 Paula Botet 486 2 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 481 3 Camille Bened 451 4 Gilonne Guigonnat 429 5 Karoline Erdal 328

Pursuit Rankfinal standings after 6 eventsPoints 1 Camille Bened 307 2 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 251 3 Paula Botet 216 4 Anna Weidel 202 5 Marlene Fichtner 174

Mass start Rankfinal standings after 3 eventsPoints 1 Camille Bened 205 2 Paula Botet 171 3 Stefanie Scherer 168 4 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 115 5 Rebecca Passler 100

Relay Rankfinal standings after 7 eventsPoints 1 531 2 485 3 395 4 369 5 338

Nations Cup Rankfinal standings after 22 eventsPoints 1 8080 2 7615 3 6616 4 6595 5 6589

Mixed Relay DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdMixed Relay – 4 x 6 km122 December 2024 Obertilliach (3) 318 January 2025 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 515 March 2025 Otepää (8) Single Mixed Relay – 6 km + 7.5 km222 December 2024 Obertilliach (3) 418 January 2025 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 615 March 2025 Otepää (8)

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.

Points distribution The table shows the number of points won in the 2024–25 Biathlon IBU Cup for men and women. 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 Individual90 75 65 55 50 45 41 37 34 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 2024–25 season:

Men Paul Fontaine Sebastien Mahon Ambroise Meunier Mathieu Perrillat-Bottonet

Women

Flavia Barmettler Svatava Mikysková Noemie Remonnay

See also 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup (as the highest competition series of IBU) 2025 Biathlon World Championships 2025 IBU Open European Championships 2025 IBU Junior World Championships 2025 IBU Junior Open European Championships

Notes

References

External links

IBU official site