The 2025–26 Biathlon IBU Cup, organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), was the 18th official IBU Cup season for men and women as the second level of international biathlon competitions.
The season started on 4 December 2025 in Obertilliach, Austria and was concluded on 7 March 2026 in Lake Placid, United States.
A major highlight of the season is the 2026 IBU Open European Championships held in Sjusjøen, Norway, which results also will count toward the IBU Cup rankings.
Isak Frey from Norway (men's) and Camille Bened from France (women's) were the reigning champions from the previous season.
French biathletes Gaëtan Paturel and Paula Botet became the new overall champions.
Map of IBU Cup hosts EuropeNorth America
European Championships
Calendar StageLocationDateIndividual /Short individualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relayDetails1 Obertilliach●●●2 Ridnaun11–14 December●●●3 Lenzerheide17–20 December●●●●4 Arber8–11 January●●●5 Brezno-Osrblie14–17 January●●●● ECH Sjusjøen28 January–1 February●●●●6 Sjusjøen4–7 February●●●●7 Lake Placid26 February–1 March●●●84–7 March●●●● Total: 72 (32 men's, 32 women's, 8 mixed)41063144
Men
Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird14 December 2025 Obertilliach (1) 10 km SPR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Oscar Lombardot David Zobel 26 December 2025 10 km SPR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Valentin Lejeune Oscar Lombardot 37 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Valentin Lejeune Oscar Lombardot 411 December 2025 Ridnaun (2) 20 km IND Dominic Unterweger Kasper Kalkenberg Henning Sjökvist 513 December 2025 10 km SPR Damien Levet Valentin Lejeune Antonin Guigonnat 614 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Antonin Guigonnat Valentin Lejeune Damien Levet 719 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3) 10 km SPR Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Vetle Paulsen Philip Lindkvist-Flötten 820 December 2025 15 km MSS 60 Martin Nevland Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Gaëtan Paturel 98 January 2026 Arber (4) 15 km SIND Sivert Gerhardsen Émilien Claude Vetle Paulsen1010 January 2026 10 km SPR Fredrik Vold Émilien Claude Sivert Gerhardsen1111 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Antonin Guigonnat Gaëtan Paturel Kasper Kalkenberg1216 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 10 km SPR Christoph Pircher Magnus Oberhauser Petr Hák1317 January 2026 15 km MSS 60 Antonin Guigonnat Martin Nevland Christoph Pircher2026 IBU Open European Championships (28 January–1 February)1428 January 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH) 20 km IND Antonin Guigonnat Isak Leknes Frey Valentin Lejeune1530 January 2026 10 km SPR Damien Levet Isak Leknes Frey Gaëtan Paturel 1631 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Isak Leknes Frey Leonhard Pfund Simon Kaiser 176 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6) 10 km SPR Gaëtan Paturel Franz Schaser Martin Nevland187 February 2025 12.5 km PUR Leonhard Pfund Simon Kaiser Roman Rees1926 February 2026 Lake Placid (7), (8) 15 km SIND Elias Seidl Franz Schaser Roman Rees2028 February 2026 10 km SPR Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Danilo Riethmüller Ole Suhrke211 March 2026 12.5 km PUR Danilo Riethmüller Ole Suhrke Sverre Dahlen Aspenes224 March 2026 10 km SPR Gaëtan Paturel Ole Suhrke Sverre Dahlen Aspenes236 March 2026 15 km MSS 60 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Martin Nevland Damien Levet17th IBU Cup Overall(4 December 2025 – 7 March 2026) Gaëtan Paturel Damien Levet Antonin Guigonnat
Relay – 4 x 7.5 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 11 February 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH)
Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitionsIndividual Johannes Dale-Skjevdal4 December 2025 – 11 December 2025 Obertilliach – Ridnaun4 Valentin Lejeune13 December 2025 – 20 December 2025 Ridnaun – Lenzerheide4 Vetle Paulsen8 January 2026 – 28 January 2026 Arber – Sjusjøen6 Antonin Guigonnat30 January 2026 – 31 January 2026 Sjusjøen2 Damien Levet6 February 2026 Sjusjøen1 Gaëtan Paturel7 February 2026 – 6 March 2026 Sjusjøen – Lake PlacidUnder 23 Jimi Klemettinen4 December 2025 – 6 December 2025 Obertilliach2 Christoph Pircher7 December 2025 Obertilliach1 Kasper Kalkenberg11 December 2025 – 11 January 2026 Ridnaun – Arber8 Gaëtan Paturel16 January 2026 – 6 March 2026 Brezno-Osrblie – Lake Placid
Standings
Overall Rankfinal standing after 23 eventsPoints 1 Gaëtan Paturel 955 2 Damien Levet 897 3 Antonin Guigonnat 743 4 Valentin Lejeune 645 5 Vetle Paulsen 630 6 Martin Nevland 608 7 Roman Rees 596 8 Leonhard Pfund 520 9 Kasper Kalkenberg 517 10 Elias Seidl 512
Under 23 Rankfinal standing after 23 eventsPoints 1 Gaëtan Paturel 955 2 Leonhard Pfund 520 3 Kasper Kalkenberg 517 4 Elias Siedl 512 5 Christoph Pircher 444 6 Arttu Heikkinen 352 7 Sivert Gerhardsen 351 8 Petr Hák 249 9 Isak Leknes Frey 240 10 Fredrik Vold 214
Individual Rankfinal standing after 4 eventsPoints 1 Elias Seidl 173 2 Roman Rees 150 3 Vetle Paulsen 147 4 Antonin Guigonnat 135 5 Sivert Gerhardsen 118
Sprint Rankfinal standing after 10 eventsPoints 1 Gaëtan Paturel 489 2 Damien Levet 445 3 Valentin Lejeune 275 4 Vetle Paulsen 259 5 Martin Nevland 250
Pursuit Rankfinal standing after 6 eventsPoints 1 Gaëtan Paturel 290 2 Damien Levet 263 3 Valentin Lejeune 226 4 Kasper Kalkenberg 226 5 Antonin Guigonnat 221
Mass start Rankfinal standing after 3 eventsPoints 1 Martin Nevland 240 2 Antonin Guigonnat 170 3 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 165 4 Gaëtan Paturel 102 5 Didier Bionaz 100
Relay Rankfinal standing after 9 eventsPoints 1 685 2 572 3 506 4 495 5 481
Nations Cup Rankfinal standings after 23 eventsPoints 1 7764 2 7451 3 7391 4 6562 5 6513
Women Calendar +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird14 December 2025 Obertilliach (1) 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Alina Stremous Voldiya Galmace Paulin 26 December 2025 7.5 km SPR Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Åsne Skrede Rebecca Passler 37 December 2025 10 km PUR Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Frida Dokken Paula Botet 411 December 2025 Ridnaun (2) 15 km IND Paula Botet Voldiya Galmace Paulin Lara Wagner 513 December 2025 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Voldiya Galmace Paulin Célia Henaff 614 December 2025 10 km PUR Paula Botet Célia Henaff Voldiya Galmace Paulin 719 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3) 7.5 km SPR Sophie Chauveau Voldiya Galmace Paulin Michela Carrara 820 December 2025 12.5 km MSS 60 Voldiya Galmace Paulin Amandine Mengin Sophie Chauveau 98 January 2026 Arber (4) 12.5 km SIND Sophie Chauveau Anna Hedström Emma Nilsson1010 January 2026 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Sophia Schneider Amandine Mengin1111 January 2026 10 km PUR Marlene Fichtner Sophia Schneider Amandine Mengin1216 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Gilonne Guigonnat Samuela Comola1317 January 2026 12.5 km MSS 60 Célia Henaff Paula Botet Sophie Chauveau2026 IBU Open European Championships (28 January–1 February)1428 January 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH) 15 km IND Anastasiya Merkushyna Samuela Comola Voldiya Galmace Paulin1530 January 2026 7.5 km SPR Gilonne Guigonnat Célia Henaff Sophie Chauveau 1631 January 2026 10 km PUR Gilonne Guigonnat Célia Henaff Sophie Chauveau 176 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6) 7.5 km SPR Sara Andersson Célia Henaff Ragna Fodstad187 February 2025 10 km PUR Lea Rothschopf Emma Nilsson Sophie Chauveau1926 February 2026 Lake Placid (7), (8) 12.5 km SIND Julia Kink Gro Randby Guro Ytterhus2028 February 2026 7.5 km SPR Gro Randby Annie Lind Sara Andersson211 March 2026 10 km PUR Gro Randby Sara Andersson Johanna Skottheim224 March 2026 7.5 km SPR Amandine Mengin Samuela Comola Gro Randby236 March 2026 12.5 km MSS 60 Lara Wagner Amandine Mengin Samuela Comola17th IBU Cup Overall(4 December 2025 – 7 March 2026) Paula Botet Voldiya Galmace Paulin Amandine Mengin
Relay – 4 x 6 km DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdLeader 11 February 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH)
Overall leaders Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitionsIndividual Paula Botet (1) 4 December 2025 Obertilliach1 Anna-Karin Heijdenberg 6 December 2025 – 7 December 2025 Obertilliach2 Paula Botet (2)11 December 2025 – 19 December 2025 Ridnaun – Lenzerheide4 Voldiya Galmace Paulin20 December 2025 – 8 January 2026 Lenzerheide – Arber2 Paula Botet (3)10 January 2026 – 6 March 2026 Arber – Lake PlacidUnder 23 Voldiya Galmace Paulin (1) 4 December 2025 Obertilliach1 Siri Skar 6 December 2025 – 7 December 2025 Obertilliach2 Voldiya Galmace Paulin (2)11 December 2025 – 6 March 2026 Ridnaun – Lake Placid
Standings
Overall Rankfinal standing after 23 eventsPoints 1 Paula Botet 1022 2 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 953 3 Amandine Mengin 910 4 Sophie Chauveau 875 5 Célia Henaff 844 6 Emma Nilsson 800 7 Gilonne Guigonnat 723 8 Julia Kink 602 9 Karoline Erdal 589 10 Samuela Comola 551
Under 23 Rankfinal standing after 23 eventsPoints 1 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 953 2 Amandine Mengin 910 3 Célia Henaff 844 4 Julia Kink 602 5 Marlene Fichtner 408 6 Sara Andersson 350 7 Guro Ytterhus 306 8 Siri Skar 299 9 Kateřina Pavlů 225 10 Fabiana Carpella 203
Individual Rankfinal standing after 4 eventsPoints 1 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 196 2 Emma Nilsson 195 3 Anna Hedström 163 4 Julia Kink 159 5 Paula Botet 151
Sprint Rankfinal standing after 10 eventsPoints 1 Paula Botet 486 2 Sophie Chauveau 401 3 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 381 4 Célia Henaff 376 5 Gilonne Guigonnat 326
Pursuit Rankfinal standing after 6 eventsPoints 1 Paula Botet 310 2 Emma Nilsson 280 3 Célia Henaff 236 4 Sophie Chauveau 234 5 Amandine Mengin 209
Mass start Rankfinal standing after 3 eventsPoints 1 Amandine Mengin 205 2 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 177 3 Sophie Chauveau 130 4 Célia Henaff 127 5 Gilonne Guigonnat 125
Relay Rankfinal standings after 9 eventsPoints 1 710 2 572 3 502 4 500 5 456
Nations Cup Rankfinal standings after 23 eventsPoints 1 8052 2 7176 3 7150 4 6938 5 6755
Mixed Relay DatePlace WinnerSecondThirdMixed Relay – 4 x 6 km117 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3) 314 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 54 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6) 77 March 2026 Lake Placid (8) Single Mixed Relay – 6 km + 7.5 km217 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3) 414 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 64 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6) 87 March 2026 Lake Placid (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.
After Men's Mass Start in Lake Placid (6 March 2026)
Points distribution The table shows the number of points won in the 2025–26 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 2025–26 season:
Men Daniel Gilfillan Mathieu Garciahttps://www.nordicmag.info/en/biathlon-mathieu-garcias-emotions-after-his-last-race-in-premanon-im-really-proud-of-how-far-ive-come-0401/ Martin Femsteinevikhttps://skiskyting.no/artikler/martin-femsteinevik-er-ny-trener-for-holmenkollen-biathlon/ Oskar Ohlssonhttps://www.tidningenharjedalen.se/2026-03-14/motivationen-dalade-skidskytten-avslutar-karriaren/
Women Kaja Marič
See also 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup (as the highest competition series of IBU) 2026 Winter Olympics 2026 IBU Open European Championships 2026 IBU Junior World Championships 2026 IBU Junior Open European Championships
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References
External links
IBU official site