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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| country = Germany
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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=
- {{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 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| align=left| {{AUT}} | * | ** | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| align=left| {{BLR}} | 1 | 1 | * | * | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{BEL}} | * | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{CAN}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{CHN}} | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{CZE}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| align=left| {{FIN}} | 1 | 1 | * | * | * | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{FRA}} | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| align=left| {{GER}} | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3* | 1** | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| align=left| {{ITA}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| align=left| {{JAP}} | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{LAT}} | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{NOR}} | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| align=left| {{POL}} | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{ROU}} | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{RUS}} | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| align=left| {{SVK}} | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{SLO}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{SWE}} | 1* | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{SUI}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{USA}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| align=left| {{UKR}} | 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
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External links
{{Commonscat-inline|World Team Challenge}}
- [http://www.biathlon-aufschalke.de Official web page of the event]
{{World Team Challenge}}
Category:Biathlon competitions in Germany
Category:Sports competitions in Gelsenkirchen
Category:International sports competitions hosted by Germany
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2002