The 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup (official: BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon), organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), was the 49th official World Cup season for men and 44th edition for women as the highest level of international biathlon competitions.
The season started on 29 November 2025 in Östersund, Sweden and concluded on 22 March 2026 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.
A major highlight of the season was the 2026 Winter Olympics, held in Milan–Cortina, Italy, from 8 to 21 February, with the biathlon events taking place in Antholz-Anterselva. The results from these competitions will not be included in the World Cup standings.
Sturla Holm Lægreid from Norway and Franziska Preuß from Germany were the reigning champions from the previous season. Lægreid finished the season in 2nd place and Preuß ended her career at Winter Olympics in Antholz-Anterselva, placing 16th overall in the season standings.
The new World Cup winners for the season, both claiming the title for the first time and representing France, were Éric Perrot and Lou Jeanmonnot (having finished 2nd in the overall standings in each of the previous two seasons). This marked the first time in World Cup history that both the men’s and women’s overall titles were won by athletes from France in the same season.
Season overview The men's sprint in Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand was regarded as the closest men's sprint in biathlon history, as the top six athletes finished within less than nine seconds of each other.
On 23 December 2025, 27-year-old Norwegian biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken was found dead in his hotel room during a training camp in Italy. At the time of his death, he was ranked 13th in the overall standings. In his memory, he was included on the start list with bib number 1 for the sprint in Oberhof.
As a result of victory in the pursuit race in Oberhof, Tommaso Giacomel took the lead in the Overall World Cup standings, becoming the first Italian since January 1992 and only the third Italian man in the history of the World Cup to wear yellow bib.
During the sprint on 16 January in Ruhpolding, Anne de Besche became the first Danish woman to start in a World Cup event. She finished the race in 78th place.
Map of world cup hosts Östersund Nové Město na Moravě Hochfilzen Antholz-Anterselva Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand Kontiolahti Oberhof Otepää Ruhpolding Oslo Holmenkollen
Calendar StageLocationDateIndividual /Short individualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relayDetails1 Östersund●●●●●●details2 Hochfilzen12–14 December●●●details3 Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand18–21 December ●●●details4 Oberhof8–11 January●●●details5 Ruhpolding14–18 January●●●details622–25 January●●●●details OG Antholz-Anterselva8–21 February●●●●●●7 Kontiolahti5–8 March●●●details8 Otepää12–15 March●●●●details9 Oslo Holmenkollen19–22 March●●●detailsTotal: 69 (31 men's, 31 women's, 7 mixed)4885643
Men
Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird13 December 2025 Östersund (1) 20 km IND Johan-Olav Botn Martin Uldal Sebastian Samuelsson 26 December 2025 10 km SPR Johan-Olav Botn Martin Uldal Quentin Fillon Maillet 37 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Quentin Fillon Maillet Sebastian Samuelsson Johan-Olav Botn 412 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2) 10 km SPR Tommaso Giacomel Éric Perrot Philipp Horn 513 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Éric Perrot Tommaso Giacomel Johan-Olav Botn 619 December 2025 Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand (3) 10 km SPR Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Émilien Jacquelin 720 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Johan-Olav Botn Émilien Jacquelin Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 821 December 2025 15 km MSS Tommaso Giacomel Éric Perrot Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 98 January 2026 Oberhof (4) 10 km SPR Tommaso Giacomel Philipp Nawrath Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 1010 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Tommaso Giacomel Martin Uldal Sebastian Samuelsson 1117 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5) 10 km SPR Sebastian Samuelsson Tommaso Giacomel Isak Leknes Frey 1218 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Éric Perrot Martin Ponsiluoma 1322 January 2026 Nové Město na Moravě (6) 15 km SIND Éric Perrot Émilien Jacquelin Lukas Hofer 1425 January 2026 15 km MSS Éric Perrot Campbell Wright Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 2026 Winter Olympics(8–20 February • Milano–Cortina, ) — Antholz-Anterselva (OG) 20 km IND Johan-Olav Botn Éric Perrot Sturla Holm Lægreid 13 February 2026 10 km SPR Quentin Fillon Maillet Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Sturla Holm Lægreid 15 February 2026 12.5 km PUR Martin Ponsiluoma Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin 20 February 2026 15 km MSS Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Sturla Holm Lægreid Quentin Fillon Maillet 156 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7) 20 km IND Éric Perrot Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 168 March 2026 15 km MSS Sturla Holm Lægreid Éric Perrot Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 1712 March 2026 Otepää (8) 10 km SPR Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Philipp Nawrath 1814 March 2026 12.5 km PUR Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Martin Uldal 1920 March 2026 Oslo Holmenkollen (9) 10 km SPR Sturla Holm Lægreid Émilien Jacquelin Éric Perrot 2021 March 2026 12.5 km PUR Sturla Holm Lægreid Éric Perrot Émilien Jacquelin 2122 March 2026 15 km MSS Johan-Olav Botn Philipp Nawrath Éric Perrot 48th Biathlon World Cup Overall(3 December 2025 – 22 March 2026) Éric Perrot Sturla Holm Lægreid Johan-Olav Botn
Relay – 4 x 7.5 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 1 Östersund (1) 214 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2) 311 January 2026 Oberhof (4) 415 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5) —17 February 2026 Antholz-Anterselva (OG) not included in the World Cup 57 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7)
Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitionsIndividual Johan-Olav Botn3 December 2025 – 8 January 2026 Östersund – Oberhof9 Tommaso Giacomel10 January 2026 – 22 January 2026 Oberhof – Nové Město na Moravě4 Éric Perrot25 January 2026 – 22 March 2026 Nové Město na Moravě – Oslo HolmenkollenUnder 23 Jakob Kulbin3 December 2025 Östersund1 Isak Leknes Frey6 December 2025 – 22 March 2026 Östersund – Oslo Holmenkollen
Standings
Overall Rankfinal standings after 21 eventsPoints 1 Éric Perrot 1263 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 984 3 Johan-Olav Botn 968 4 Sebastian Samuelsson 918 5 Émilien Jacquelin 876 6 Tommaso Giacomel 797 7 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 736 8 Martin Ponsiluoma 727 9 Philipp Nawrath 716 10 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 697
Under 23 Rankfinal standings after 21 eventsPoints 1 Isak Leknes Frey 538 2 Vitalii Mandzyn 250 3 Konrad Badacz 102 4 Leonhard Pfund 88 5 Arttu Heikkinen 84 6 Rihards Lozbers 59 7 Gaëtan Paturel 50 8 Grzegorz Galica 35 9 Jakob Kulbin 29 10 Jakub Borguľa 22
Individual Rankfinal standings after 3 eventsPoints 1 Éric Perrot 211 2 Johan-Olav Botn 141 3 Émilien Jacquelin 133 4 Sturla Holm Lægreid 125 5 Lukas Hofer 123
Sprint Rankfinal standings after 7 eventsPoints Sturla Holm Lægreid 356 2 Sebastian Samuelsson 356 3 Éric Perrot 335 4 Tommaso Giacomel 309 5 Philipp Nawrath 293
Pursuit Rankfinal standings after 7 eventsPoints 1 Éric Perrot 412 2 Sebastian Samuelsson 343 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 329 4 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 319 5 Émilien Jacquelin 313
Mass start Rankfinal standings after 4 eventsPoints 1 Éric Perrot 305 2 Johan-Olav Botn 236 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 174 4 Campbell Wright 173 5 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 161
Relay Rankfinal standings after 5 eventsPoints 1 435 2 390 3 315 4 265 5 233
Nations Cup Rankfinal standings after 21 events Points 1 7466 2 7027 3 6696 4 6180 5 5724
Women Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird12 December 2025 Östersund (1) 15 km IND Dorothea Wierer Sonja Leinamo Camille Bened 25 December 2025 7.5 km SPR Suvi Minkkinen Anna Magnusson Océane Michelon 37 December 2025 10 km PUR Lisa Theresa Hauser Suvi Minkkinen Anna Magnusson 412 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2) 7.5 km SPR Lou Jeanmonnot Maren Kirkeeide Anna Magnusson 514 December 2025 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Anna Magnusson Maren Kirkeeide 618 December 2025 Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand (3) 7.5 km SPR Hanna Öberg Lou Jeanmonnot Dorothea Wierer 720 December 2025 10 km PUR Lou Jeanmonnot Suvi Minkkinen Dorothea Wierer 821 December 2025 12.5 km MSS Maren Kirkeeide Lou Jeanmonnot Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 98 January 2026 Oberhof (4) 7.5 km SPR Elvira Öberg Suvi Minkkinen Julia Simon 1011 January 2026 10 km PUR Elvira Öberg Suvi Minkkinen Hanna Öberg 1116 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5) 7.5 km SPR Hanna Öberg Lou Jeanmonnot Lisa Vittozzi 1218 January 2026 10 km PUR Lou Jeanmonnot Hanna Öberg Camille Bened 1323 January 2026 Nové Město na Moravě (6) 12.5 km SIND Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Lou Jeanmonnot Franziska Preuß 1425 January 2026 12.5 km MSS Julia Simon Océane Michelon Lisa Vittozzi 2026 Winter Olympics(8–21 February • Milano–Cortina, ) — Antholz-Anterselva (OG) 15 km IND Julia Simon Lou Jeanmonnot Lora Hristova 14 February 2026 7.5 km SPR Maren Kirkeeide Océane Michelon Lou Jeanmonnot 15 February 2026 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Maren Kirkeeide Suvi Minkkinen 21 February 2026 12.5 km MSS Océane Michelon Julia Simon Tereza Voborníková 155 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7) 15 km IND Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg Paulína Bátovská Fialková 167 March 2026 12.5 km MSS Julia Simon Elvira Öberg Anna Magnusson 1713 March 2026 Otepää (8) 7.5 km SPR Julia Simon Lisa Vittozzi Lou Jeanmonnot 1814 March 2026 10 km PUR Lisa Vittozzi Suvi Minkkinen Lou Jeanmonnot 1919 March 2026 Oslo Holmenkollen (9) 7.5 km SPR Hanna Öberg Lisa Vittozzi Elvira Öberg 2021 March 2026 10 km PUR Hanna Öberg Julia Simon Elvira Öberg 2122 March 2026 12.5 km MSS Lisa Vittozzi Hanna Öberg Tereza Voborníková 48th Biathlon World Cup Overall(2 December 2025 – 22 March 2026) Lou Jeanmonnot Hanna Öberg Lisa Vittozzi
Relay – 4 x 6 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 1 Östersund (1) 213 December 2025 Hochfilzen (2) 310 January 2026 Oberhof (4) 414 January 2026 Ruhpolding (5) —18 February 2026 Antholz-Anterselva (OG) not included in the World Cup 58 March 2026 Kontiolahti (7)
Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitionsIndividual Dorothea Wierer2 December 2025 Östersund1 Suvi Minkkinen5 December 2025 – 7 December 2025 Östersund2 Anna Magnusson12 December 2025 – 18 December 2025 Hochfilzen – Annecy3 Lou Jeanmonnot20 December 2025 – 22 March 2026 Annecy – Oslo HolmenkollenUnder 23 Maren Kirkeeide2 December 2025 – 22 March 2026 Östersund – Oslo Holmenkollen
Standings
Overall Rankfinal standings after 21 eventsPoints 1 Lou Jeanmonnot 1135 2 Hanna Öberg 958 3 Lisa Vittozzi 935 4 Elvira Öberg 922 5 Suvi Minkkinen 881 6 Julia Simon 827 7 Anna Magnusson 803 8 Océane Michelon 651 9 Maren Kirkeeide 639 10 Camille Bened 600
Under 23 Rankfinal standings after 21 eventsPoints 1 Maren Kirkeeide 639 2 Julia Tannheimer 306 3 Selina Grotian 204 4 Marlene Fichtner 203 5 Lena Repinc 145 6 Inka Hämäläinen 101 7 Lora Hristova 93 8 Estere Volfa 93 9 Siri Skar 78 10 Anna Andexer 62
Individual Rankfinal standings after 3 eventsPoints 1 Lou Jeanmonnot 136 2 Anna Magnusson 134 3 Elvira Öberg 127 4 Hanna Öberg 125 5 Dorothea Wierer 106
Sprint Rankfinal standings after 7 eventsPoints 1 Lou Jeanmonnot 421 2 Hanna Öberg 345 3 Lisa Vittozzi 323 4 Elvira Öberg 320 5 Suvi Minkkinen 315
Pursuit Rankfinal standings after 7 eventsPoints Lou Jeanmonnot 397 2 Suvi Minkkinen 380 3 Hanna Öberg 372 4 Lisa Vittozzi 331 5 Elvira Öberg 323
Mass start Rankfinal standings after 4 eventsPoints 1 Julia Simon 245 2 Lisa Vittozzi 186 3 Océane Michelon 183 4 Lou Jeanmonnot 181 5 Tereza Voborníková 167
Relay Rankfinal standings after 5 eventsPoints 1 355 2 350 3 333 4 242 5 241
Nations Cup Rankfinal standings after 21 events Points 1 6956 2 6920 3 6402 4 6037 5 5815
Mixed Relay