Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023: dates, schedule and disciplines

Created: 12/15/2022 10:23 am

Denise Herrmann-Wick is part of the German team in the 2022/2023 season.

All dates of the Biathlon World Cup at a glance.

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Henrik Schmidt

The Biathlon World Cup will be held for the 46th time.

All dates, schedules, locations and disciplines for the 2022/2023 season can be found here at a glance.

Kontiolahti - The Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023 will take place from November to March.

The season begins in Kontiolahti, Finland, and ends in Oslo, Norway, at Holmenkollen.

A total of nine different locations are used to compete for points.

There is also the Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof (February 8th to 19th, 2023), which is not part of the World Cup (officially: BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon).

The German hopefuls are Denise Herrmann-Wick, who now has a double name after her marriage to the former cross-country skier Thomas Wick, Franziska Preuss and Benedikt Doll.

But there are others who are favorites to win the overall World Cup: Frenchman Quentin Fillon Maillet, last year's men's champion, and Norway's Marte Olsbu Røiseland, who won the women's race.

Erik Lesser, Franziska Hildebrand, Maren Hammerschmidt and Karolin Horchler are no longer there.

All four announced their retirement after last season.

Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023: The disciplines at a glance

In the Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023, the athletes have to prove themselves in seven different disciplines.

New this year: the first six of a race receive significantly more points than before (1st 90 points, 2nd 75 points, 3rd 60 points, 4th 50 points, 5th 45 points, 6th 40 points).

• Sprint (10 km men, 7.5 km women)

• Pursuit (12.5 kilometers men, 10 kilometers women)

• Mass start (15 km men, 12.5 km women)

• Individual (20 km men, 15 km women)

• Relay (4x7.5 km men, 4x6 km women)

• Mixed relay

• Single Mixed Relay

Biathlon in nine countries: where will the 2022/2023 World Cup take place?

The events of the Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023 will take place in nine different countries.

Finland is the first.

The last competitions of the season take place in Norway.

• Finland (29 November to 4 December 2022)

• Austria (8th to 11th December 2022)

• France (15-18 December 2022)

• Slovenia (5-8 January 2023)

• Germany (January 11-15, 2023)

• Italy (19-22 January 2023)

• Czech Republic (March 2-5, 2023)

• Sweden (March 9-12, 2023)

• Norway (March 16-19, 2023)

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Start of the Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023: Kick-off in Finland

On November 29, 2022, the Biathlon World Cup begins in Kontiolahti, Finland.

Women and men will compete there in four races each.

It starts with the individual competitions on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In the following days, the relay, sprint and pursuit races are still to come.

Friday is a rest day.

Dates Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023: Competitions in Austria

After the start of the season in Finland, the biathlon entourage moves on to Austria.

A total of six competitions will be held in Hochfilzen over four days.

Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023 in France: mass start on schedule for the first time in the season

The third venue on the 2022/2023 biathlon calendar is Annecy-Le Grand Bornand in France.

There are three races each for women and men, including the mass start for the first time this season.

Dates Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023: Six races in Slovenia

After France, the biathletes say goodbye to a two-and-a-half-week break from competition over Christmas and the New Year.

The World Cup will not continue until the beginning of January in Pokljuka, Slovenia.

There, fans will also be able to see the single mixed relay and mixed relay, among other things.

Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023 in Germany: dates and times of the competitions in Ruhpolding

The next races will be held a few days after the competitions in Pokljuka.

This time in the Chiemgau Arena in Ruhpolding, Bavaria.

The individual competitions will start on Wednesday and Thursday.

The relay and mass start races are also planned.

Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023 stops in South Tyrol: Dates in Antholz

The IBU (International Biathlon Union) scheduled six more races the following week.

The scene is Antholz in South Tyrol (Italy).

Benedikt Doll won the mass start there last season.

In addition, the German men's relay with Roman Rees, Philipp Horn, David Zobel and Lucas Fratzscher came third.

Biathlon World Cup 2023 in Oberhof interrupts World Cup: dates and schedule at a glance

The 53rd Biathlon World Championships, which are no longer part of the World Cup, will take place in Oberhof (Thuringia) from February 8th to 19th, 2023.

Last season the World Cup was not held due to the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023 after the World Cup in the Czech Republic: All dates and start times

The 2023 Biathlon World Cup is over, the World Cup continues in Nové Město, Czech Republic.

In addition to the sprint and pursuit competitions for men and women, the mixed relay and the single mixed relay are also planned.

Biathlon World Cup back in Scandinavia: Dates and competitions in Östersund

In Östersund, Sweden, the Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023 is slowly coming to an end.

There the athletes will start for the last time of the season in singles and in the relay.

Dates Biathlon World Cup 2022/2023: Season finale in Norway at Holmenkollen

The season finale will take place in Oslo-Holmenkollen from March 16th to 19th.

Finally, the biathletes are challenged again in sprint, pursuit and mass start races.

Under certain circumstances, the decision about victory in the overall World Cup for men and women will also be made in Sweden.

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