The World Team Challenge is an international biathlon competition, which has been held every year between Christmas and New Year since 2002 in Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen. Previously a similar competition was held at the same time of year in Ruhpolding, but since 2001 the venue was changed due to financial troubles. The competition isn't part of the World Cup.
Statistics Winners by edition
2002 Michael Greis / Martina Glagow Viktor Maigourov / Albina Akhatova Vesa Hietalahti / Sanna-Leena Perunka 2003 Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Gunn Margit Andreassen Michael Greis / Katja Beer Ricco Groß / Kati Wilhelm 2004 Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Liv Kjersti Eikeland Vincent Defrasne / Sandrine Bailly Tomasz Sikora / Magdalena Gwizdoń 2005 Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Linda Tjørhom Sergey Rozhkov / Olga Zaitseva Vincent Defrasne / Sandrine Bailly 2006 Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Linda Grubben Julien Robert / Florence Baverel-Robert Michael Greis / Martina Glagow 2007 Dmitri Yaroshenko / Ekaterina Iourieva Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Tora Berger Michael Greis / Anne Preußler 2008 Andriy Deryzemlya / Oksana Khvostenko Christoph Sumann / Martina Beck Dmitri Yaroshenko / Ekaterina Iourieva 2009 Christoph Sumann / Kati Wilhelm Andriy Deryzemlya / Oksana Khvostenko Vincent Defrasne / Marie-Laure Brunet 2010 Evgeny Ustyugov / Svetlana Sleptsova Florian Graf / Kathrin Hitzer Michael Greis / Andrea Henkel 2011 Carl Johan Bergman / Kaisa Mäkäräinen Serhiy Sednev / Valentyna Semerenko Björn Ferry / Helena Ekholm 2012 Anton Shipulin / Ekaterina Yurlova Martin Fourcade / Marie Dorin-Habert Lars Helge Birkeland / Fanny Horn 2013 Florian Graf / Laura Dahlmeier Andriy Deryzemlya / Olena Pidhrushna Jakov Fak / Teja Gregorin 2014 Serhiy Semenov / Valentina Semerenko Erik Lesser / Franziska Hildebrand Evgeniy Garanichev / Yana Romanova 2015 Martin Fourcade / Marie Dorin-Habert Ondřej Moravec / Gabriela Soukalová Simon Schempp / Vanessa Hinz 2016 Simon Schempp / Vanessa Hinz Erik Lesser / Franziska Hildebrand Alexey Volkov / Olga Podchufarova 2017 Alexey Volkov / Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht Ondřej Moravec / Eva Puskarčíková Julian Eberhard / Lisa Theresa Hauser 2018 Lukas Hofer / Dorothea Wierer Simon Schempp / Franziska Preuß Ole Einar Bjørndalen / Darya Domracheva 2019 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen / Marte Olsbu Røiseland Dmytro Pidruchnyi / Anastasiya Merkushyna Antonin Guigonnat / Anaïs Bescond 2020 Matvey Eliseev / Evgeniya Pavlova Simon Schempp / Franziska Preuß Benedikt Doll / Denise Herrmann 2021 Felix Leitner / Lisa Theresa Hauser Matvey Eliseev / Evgeniya Burtasova Michal Krčmář / Markéta Davidová 2022 Fabien Claude / Julia Simon Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen / Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Felix Leitner / Lisa Theresa Hauser 2023 Fabien Claude / Julia Simon Sturla Holm Lægreid / Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Jakov Fak / Polona Klemenčič 2024 Sturla Holm Lægreid / Karoline Offigstad Knotten Justus Strelow / Anna Weidel Philipp Nawrath / Franziska Preuß 2025 Justus Strelow / Janina Hettich-Walz Fabien Claude / Lou Jeanmonnot Mats Øverby / Juni Arnekleiv
The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.
Successful nations Rank Country Victories 1 6 2 5 3 4.5 4 3 5 2 6 1.5 7 1 8 0.5
Participating nations Country 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 * ** 1* 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 6 5 3* 1** 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1* * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Legend to the table «*» – one athlete in a mixed pair.
References
External links
Official web page of the event