World Team Challenge
World Team Challenge | |
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![]() World Team Challenge 2005 | |
Status | active |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | December |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
Country | Germany |
Inaugurated | 2002 (2002) |
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.[1] The competition isn't part of the World Cup.
Statistics
Winners by edition
# | Years | Winners | |
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1 | 2002 | ![]() | ![]() |
2 | 2003 | ![]() | ![]() |
3 | 2004 | ![]() | ![]() |
4 | 2005 | ![]() | ![]() |
5 | 2006 | ![]() | ![]() |
6 | 2007 | ![]() | ![]() |
7 | 2008 | ![]() | ![]() |
8 | 2009 | ![]() | ![]() |
9 | 2010 a | ![]() | ![]() |
10 | 2011 | ![]() | ![]() |
11 | 2012 | ![]() | ![]() |
12 | 2013 | ![]() | ![]() |
13 | 2014 | ![]() | ![]() |
14 | 2015 | ![]() | ![]() |
15 | 2016 | ![]() | ![]() |
16 | 2017 | ![]() | ![]() |
17 | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
18 | 2019 | ![]() | ![]() |
19 | 2020 | ![]() | ![]() |
20 | 2021 | ![]() | ![]() |
21 | 2022 | ![]() | ![]() |
22 | 2023[2] | ![]() | ![]() |
- ^a The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.
Successful nations
Rank | Country | Victories |
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1 | ![]() | 5 |
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3 | ![]() | 3.5 |
4 | ![]() | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1.5 |
7 | ![]() | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0.5 |
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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 |
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![]() | * | ** | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | * | * | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 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 | ||||
![]() | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3* | 1** | 3 | 2 | 3 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 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 |
- Legend to the table
«*» – one athlete in a mixed pair.
References
External links
Media related to World Team Challenge at Wikimedia Commons
- Official web page of the event