World Team Challenge

{{Short description|International biathlon competition in Germany}}

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| date = December

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| location = Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia

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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.{{cite web|title=From crazy idea to a successful biathlon competition|publisher=FC Schalke 04 Arena Management|url=http://www.biathlon-aufschalke.de/das-event/historie/|accessdate=2014-06-13|language=German}} The competition isn't part of the World Cup.

Statistics

=Winners by edition=

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! #

! Years

! colspan=2| Winners

12002{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Greis{{flagicon|GER}} Martina Glagow
22003{{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Einar Bjørndalen{{flagicon|NOR}} Gunn Margit Andreassen
32004{{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Einar Bjørndalen{{flagicon|NOR}} Liv Kjersti Eikeland
42005{{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Einar Bjørndalen{{flagicon|NOR}} Linda Tjørhom
52006{{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Einar Bjørndalen{{flagicon|NOR}} Linda Grubben
62007{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Yaroshenko{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Iourieva
72008{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Deryzemlya{{flagicon|UKR}} Oksana Khvostenko
82009{{flagicon|AUT}} Christoph Sumann{{flagicon|GER}} Kati Wilhelm
92010 {{ref|reference_name_A|a}}{{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeny Ustyugov{{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Sleptsova
102011{{flagicon|SWE}} Carl Johan Bergman{{flagicon|FIN}} Kaisa Mäkäräinen
112012{{flagicon|RUS}} Anton Shipulin{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Yurlova
122013{{flagicon|GER}} Florian Graf{{flagicon|GER}} Laura Dahlmeier
132014{{flagicon|UKR}} Serhiy Semenov{{flagicon|UKR}} Valj Semerenko
142015{{flagicon|FRA}} Martin Fourcade{{flagicon|FRA}} Marie Dorin-Habert
152016{{flagicon|GER}} Simon Schempp{{flagicon|GER}} Vanessa Hinz
162017{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexey Volkov{{flagicon|RUS}} Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht
172018{{Flagicon|ITA}} Lukas Hofer{{Flagicon|ITA}} Dorothea Wierer
182019{{Flagicon|NOR}} Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen{{Flagicon|NOR}} Marte Olsbu Røiseland
192020{{Flagicon|RUS}} Matvey Eliseev{{Flagicon|RUS}} Evgeniya Pavlova
202021{{Flagicon|AUT}} Felix Leitner{{Flagicon|AUT}} Lisa Theresa Hauser
212022{{flagicon|FRA}} Fabien Claude{{flagicon|FRA}} Julia Simon
22

|2023{{Cite web |date=2023-12-28 |title=Simon and Claude Defend World Team Challenge Title |url=https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/simon-claude-world-team-challenge-2023/7HdBuGRFpdRCb7uJEnz0JV |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=International Biathlon Union - IBU |language=en}}

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Fabien Claude

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Julia Simon

23

|2024

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Sturla Holm Lægreid

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Karoline Offigstad Knotten

  • {{note|reference_name_A|a}} The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.

=Successful nations=

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! Rank

! Country

! Victories

1{{NOR}}6
2{{RUS}}5
3{{GER}}3.5
4{{FRA}}3
5{{UKR}}2
6{{AUT}}1.5
7{{ITA}}1
rowspan="2" | 8{{FIN}}
{{SWE}}
rowspan="2" | 0.5

=Participating nations=

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! Country

0203040506070809101112131415161718192021222324
align=left| {{AUT}}***1*111111111111
align=left| {{BLR}}11**1
align=left| {{BEL}}*11
align=left| {{CAN}}111
align=left| {{CHN}}11
align=left| {{CZE}}11111111111111
align=left| {{FIN}}11***11
align=left| {{FRA}}1211221111111111111
align=left| {{GER}}4545653*1**323222222222222
align=left| {{ITA}}11111111111111
align=left| {{JAP}}11
align=left| {{LAT}}1
align=left| {{NOR}}2222222121211*1111
align=left| {{POL}}11
align=left| {{ROU}}*
align=left| {{RUS}}21111111111111111111
align=left| {{SVK}}1
align=left| {{SLO}}111111
align=left| {{SWE}}1**111
align=left| {{SUI}}1111111
align=left| {{USA}}1111
align=left| {{UKR}}1111111111*1111111

;Legend to the table:

«*» – one athlete in a mixed pair.

References

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