2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 22 November 2017 in Sjusjøen, Norway and ended on 17 March 2018 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016–17 Biathlon IBU Cup were Alexey Volkov of Russia and Daria Virolaynen of Russia.

2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Karolin Horchler
Nations Cup	Norway	Russia
Individual	Fabien Claude	Nadine Horchler
Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Karolin Horchler
Pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Chloé Chevalier
Mixed	France
Competition

Calendar

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season.

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Super sprint	Details
1	Sjusjøen	22 November–26 November		● ●		●	●		details
2	Lenzerheide	7–10 December		●	●	●	●		details
3	Obertilliach	13–17 December	●	●		●	●		details
4	Brezno-Osrblie	5–7 January		● ●					details
5	Arber	10–13 January	●	●					details
EC	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	23–28 January	●	●	●	●	●		European Championships
6	Martell-Val Martello	1–3 February		●	●				details
7	Uvat	9–11 March	●	●					details
8	Khanty-Mansiysk	13–17 March		●	●			●	details
Total: 48 (20 men's, 20 women's, 8 mixed)			4	11	4	4	4	1

Notes

• All European Championships races included in the IBU Cup total score.
• Super sprint races were included in the sprint total score.

IBU Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Res.
1	23 November 2017	Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Kühn	Alexey Slepov	Émilien Jacquelin	Results
1	25 November 2017	Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Eduard Latypov	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Results
2	9 December 2017	Lenzerheide	10 km Sprint	Antonin Guigonnat	Vegard Gjermundshaug	Fredrik Gjesbakk		Results
2	10 December 2017	Lenzerheide	12.5 km Pursuit	Antonin Guigonnat	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Alexey Slepov		Results
3	14 December 2017	Obertilliach	20 km Individual	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Michael Rösch	Volodymyr Siemakov	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Results
3	16 December 2017	Obertilliach	10 km Sprint	Dmitry Malyshko	Eduard Latypov	Émilien Jacquelin		Results
4	6 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Simon Fourcade	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Vegard Gjermundshaug		Results
4	7 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Vegard Gjermundshaug	Simon Fourcade	Florian Graf	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Results
5	11 January 2018	Arber	20 km Individual	Jean-Guillaume Beatrix	Petr Pashchenko	Vladimir Chepelin		Results
5	13 January 2018	Arber	10 km Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Émilien Jacquelin	Fredrik Gjesbakk		Results
EC	24 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	20 km Individual	Felix Leitner	Tomáš Krupčík	Philipp Horn	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Results
EC	26 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Sprint	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Alexandr Loginov	Krasimir Anev		Results
EC	27 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Krasimir Anev	Evgeniy Garanichev		Results
6	2 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Loginov	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Simon Fourcade	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Results
6	3 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Dmitry Malyshko	Håvard Bogetveit	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Results
7	10 March 2018	Uvat	20 km Individual	Fabien Claude	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Alexandr Loginov		Results
7	11 March 2018	Uvat	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Loginov	Alexey Slepov	Philipp Nawrath		Results
8	14 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	Super Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Lorenz Wäger	Vasily Tomshin		Results
8	16 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Alexey Slepov	Alexandr Loginov	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen		Results
8	17 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Alexey Slepov	Florian Graf		Results

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Res.
1	23 November 2017	Sjusjøen	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Thekla Brun-Lie	Olga Iakushova	Uliana Kaisheva	Results
1	25 November 2017	Sjusjøen	7.5 km Sprint	Denise Herrmann	Katharina Innerhofer	Thekla Brun-Lie	Thekla Brun-Lie	Results
2	9 December 2017	Lenzerheide	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Olga Abramova	Yuliya Zhuravok	Uliana Kaisheva	Results
2	10 December 2017	Lenzerheide	10 km Pursuit	Uliana Kaisheva	Daria Virolaynen	Chloé Chevalier		Results
3	14 December 2017	Obertilliach	15 km Individual	Monika Hojnisz	Karolin Horchler	Elisa Gasparin		Results
3	16 December 2017	Obertilliach	7.5 km Sprint	Karolin Horchler	Julia Simon	Uliana Kaisheva		Results
4	6 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Chloé Chevalier	Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen		Results
4	7 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Irina Uslugina	Karolin Horchler		Results
5	11 January 2018	Arber	15 km Individual	Karolin Horchler	Thekla Brun-Lie	Anna Weidel		Results
5	13 January 2018	Arber	10 km Sprint	Hilde Fenne	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Kristina Reztsova		Results
EC	24 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	15 km Individual	Chloé Chevalier	Alexia Runggaldier	Victoria Slivko		Results
EC	26 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	7.5 km Sprint	Iryna Varvynets	Chloé Chevalier	Fuyuko Tachizaki		Results
EC	27 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Pursuit	Chloé Chevalier	Iryna Varvynets	Julia Simon		Results
6	2 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	7.5 km Sprint	Victoria Slivko	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Enora Latuillière	Nadine Horchler	Results
6	3 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	10 km Pursuit	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Chloé Chevalier	Karolin Horchler	Karolin Horchler	Results
7	10 March 2018	Uvat	15 km Individual	Irina Uslugina	Yuliya Zhuravok	Evgeniya Pavlova		Results
7	11 March 2018	Uvat	7.5 km Sprint	Evgeniya Pavlova	Karolin Horchler	Yuliya Zhuravok		Results
8	14 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	Super Sprint	Karolin Horchler	Nadine Horchler	Tamara Voronina		Results
8	16 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Julia Schwaiger	Anastasia Egorova	Irina Uslugina		Results
8	17 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Irina Uslugina	Anastasia Egorova	Karolin Horchler		Results

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Res.
1	26 November 2017	Sjusjøen	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	France Julia Simon Antonin Guigonnat	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Tobias Arwidson	Austria Katharina Innerhofer David Komatz	Results
1	26 November 2017	Sjusjøen	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Russia Uliana Kaisheva Irina Uslugina Alexander Povarnitsyn Alexey Slepov	France Coline Varcin Chloé Chevalier Clement Dumont Fabien Claude	Germany Nadine Horchler Marie Heinrich Michael Willeitner David Zobel	Results
2	8 December 2017	Lenzerheide	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	France Julia Simon Antonin Guigonnat	Russia Kristina Reztsova Alexey Volkov	Results
2	8 December 2017	Lenzerheide	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	France Enora Latuillière Chloé Chevalier Clement Dumont Fabien Claude	Russia Irina Uslugina Valeriia Vasnetcova Petr Pashchenko Alexander Povarnitsyn	Germany Nadine Horchler Luise Kummer Michael Willeitner Florian Graf	Results
3	17 December 2017	Obertilliach	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Russia Kristina Reztsova Alexey Volkov	France Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin	Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok Artem Pryma	Results
3	17 December 2017	Obertilliach	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Norway Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg Karoline Offigstad Knotten Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Vegard Gjermundshaug	Germany Nadine Horchler Karolin Horchler David Zobel Roman Rees	France Coline Varcin Myrtille Begue Clement Dumont Aristide Begue	Results
EC	28 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	France Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin	United States Susan Dunklee Lowell Bailey	Results
EC	28 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok Iryna Varvynets Artem Pryma Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Russia Victoria Slivko Anastasia Zagoruiko Evgeniy Garanichev Alexandr Loginov	Norway Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit Fredrik Gjesbakk	Results

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	721
2.	Fredrik Gjesbakk	587
3.	Petr Pashchenko	571
4.	Fabien Claude	540
5.	Vegard Gjermundshaug	530

• Final standings after 20 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Fabien Claude	160
2.	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	139
3.	Florian Graf	116
4.	Petr Pashchenko	114
5.	Tomáš Krupčík	103

• Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	423
2.	Fredrik Gjesbakk	386
3.	Petr Pashchenko	363
4.	Vegard Gjermundshaug	348
5.	Alexey Slepov	297

• Final standings after 12 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Alexandr Loginov	180
2.	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	159
3.	Fredrik Gjesbakk	154
4.	Alexey Volkov	114
5.	Petr Pashchenko	111

• Final standings after 4 races.

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	France	427
2.	Russia	394
3.	Norway	349
4.	Sweden	318
5.	Ukraine	312

• Final standings after 8 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	7582
2.	Russia	7511
3.	France	6934
4.	Germany	6789
5.	Czech Republic	6408

• Final standings after 24 races.

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Karolin Horchler	675
2.	Chloé Chevalier	613
3.	Nadine Horchler	604
4.	Irina Uslugina	490
5.	Enora Latuillière	458

• Final standings after 20 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Nadine Horchler	135
2.	Yuliya Zhuravok	131
3.	Karolin Horchler	128
4.	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	98
5.	Alexia Runggaldier	94

• Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Karolin Horchler	424
2.	Nadine Horchler	384
3.	Chloé Chevalier	337
4.	Irina Uslugina	322
5.	Uliana Kaisheva	315

• Final standings after 12 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Chloé Chevalier	191
2.	Karolin Horchler	123
3.	Anastasia Zagoruiko	122
4.	Nadine Horchler	117
5.	Irina Uslugina	108

• Final standings after 4 races.

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	France	427
2.	Russia	394
3.	Norway	349
4.	Sweden	318
5.	Ukraine	312

• Final standings after 8 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	7698
2.	Germany	7148
3.	Norway	6632
4.	Ukraine	6349
5.	Sweden	6164

• Final standings after 24 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	19	15	14	48
2	France	10	10	6	26
3	Norway	9	8	8	25
4	Germany	4	5	10	19
5	Ukraine	2	3	4	9
6	Austria	2	2	1	5
7	Latvia	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
9	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
10	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
14	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		48	48	48	144

External links

• IBU official site