2024–25 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2024–25 Biathlon IBU Cup, organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), is the 17th official IBU Cup season for men and women as the second level of international biathlon competitions.^[1][2]

2024–25 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johan-Olav Botn	Paula Botet
U23	Isak Frey	Siri Skar
Individual	Isak Frey	Camille Bened
Sprint	Johan-Olav Botn	Paula Botet
Pursuit	Martin Uldal	Paula Botet
Mass start	Johan-Olav Botn	Stefanie Scherer
Relay	Norway	Norway
Nations Cup	Norway	France
Competition
Edition	17th	17th
Locations	8	8
Individual	24	24
Relay/Team	1	1
Mixed	6	6
←2023–24 2025–26→

The season started on 28 November 2024 in Idre Fjäll, Sweden and will end on 15 March 2025 in Otepää, Estonia.^[3]

The highlight of the season will be the 2025 IBU Open European Championships in Martell-Val Martello, Italy. These competitions were also included in the rankings of the IBU Cup.

Mats Øverby from Norway (men's) and Océane Michelon from France (women's) are the reigning champions from the previous season.

Map of IBU Cup hosts

Idre Fjäll	Geilo	Obertilliach	Arber
Brezno-Osrblie	Martell-Val Martello	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	Otepää
Europe Idre Fjäll Geilo Obertilliach Arber Brezno-Osrblie Martell Ridnaun Otepää European Championships IBU Cup Location of all 8 IBU Cup hosts of the season

Calendar

Stage	Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Idre Fjäll	28 November–1 December		●●	●
2	Geilo	4–7 December	●	●	●					relocated from Sjusjøen
3	Obertilliach	13–16 December		●		●		●	●
4	Arber	4–7 January		●●	●
5	Brezno-Osrblie	10–13 January	●	●				●	●
ECH	Martell-Val Martello	29 January–2 February	●	●	●		●			European Championships
6	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	5–8 February		●	●	●
7	Otepää	6–9 March		●	●	●
8		12–15 March	●	●				●	●
Total: 70 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed)			4	11	6	3	1	3	3

Men

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	R.
1	28 November 2024	Idre Fjäll (1)	10 km SPR	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	Martin Uldal	Antonin Guigonnat	[4]
2	30 November 2024		10 km SPR	Isak Frey	Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Uldal	[5]
3	1 December 2024		12.5 km PUR	Isak Frey	Johan-Olav Botn	Martin Uldal	[6]
4	4 December 2024	Geilo (2)	20 km IND	Isak Frey	Johan-Olav Botn	Simon Kaiser	[7]
5	6 December 2024		10 km SPR	Martin Uldal	Johan-Olav Botn	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	[8]
6	7 December 2024		12.5 km PUR	Martin Uldal	Johan-Olav Botn	Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	[9]
7	19 December 2024	Obertilliach (3)	10 km SPR	Johannes Dale-Skjevdal	Johan-Olav Botn	Sivert Guttorm Bakken	[10]
8	21 December 2024		15 km MSS 60	Johan-Olav Botn	Isak Frey	Johannes Dale-Skjevdal	[11]
9	9 January 2025	Arber (4)	10 km SPR
10	11 January 2025		10 km SPR
11	12 January 2025		12.5 km PUR
12	15 January 2025	Brezno-Osrblie (5)	15 km SIND
13	17 January 2025		10 km SPR
IBU Open European Championships 2025 (29 January–2 February)
14	29 January 2025	Martell-Val Martello (ECH)	20 km IND
15	31 January 2025		10 km SPR
16	1 February 2025		12.5 km PUR
17	5 February 2025	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (6)	10 km SPR
18	7 February 2025		12.5 km PUR
19	8 February 2025		15 km MSS 60
20	6 March 2025	Otepää (7), (8)	10 km SPR
21	8 March 2025		12.5 km PUR
22	9 March 2025		15 km MSS
23	12 March 2025		15 km SIND
24	14 March 2025		10 km SPR
17th IBU Cup Overall (28 November 2024 – 14 March 2025)

Relay – 4 x 7.5 km

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	2 February 2025	Martell-Val Martello (ECH)

Overall leaders

Holder	Date	Place(s)	Number of competitions
Individual
Sverre Dahlen Aspenes	28 November 2024	Idre Fjäll	1
Martin Uldal (1)	30 November 2024	Idre Fjäll	1
Isak Frey	1 December 2024 – 6 December 2024	Idre Fjäll – Geilo	3
Martin Uldal (2)	7 December 2024	Geilo	1
Johan-Olav Botn	19 December 2024 – 21 December 2024	Obertilliach	2
Under 23
Isak Frey	28 November 2024 – 21 December 2024	Idre Fjäll – Obertilliach	8

Standings

Overall Rank after 8 of 24 events[12] Points Johan-Olav Botn 574 2 Isak Frey 535 3 Martin Uldal 422 4 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 372 5 Roman Rees 351 6 Sivert Guttorm Bakken 340 7 Lucas Fratzscher 326 8 Simon Kaiser 286 9 Oscar Lombardot 234 10 Gaëtan Paturel 222

Under 23 Rank after 8 of 24 events Points Isak Frey 535 2 Gaëtan Paturel 222 3 Marco Barale 191 4 Théo Guiraud-Poillot 170 5 Axel Garnier 143 6 Leonhard Pfund 127 7 Jimi Klemettinen 117 8 Nicolò Betemps 114 9 Franz Schaser 99 10 Christoph Pircher 78

Individual Rank after 1 of 4 events[13] Points Isak Frey 90 2 Johan-Olav Botn 75 3 Simon Kaiser 65 4 Tuomas Harjula 55 5 Roman Rees 50

Sprint Rank after 4 of 11 events[14] Points Johan-Olav Botn 259 2 Martin Uldal 230 3 Isak Frey 230 4 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 198 5 Lucas Fratzscher 174

Pursuit Rank after 2 of 6 events[15] Points Martin Uldal 155 2 Johan-Olav Botn 150 3 Isak Frey 140 4 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes 115 5 Sivert Guttorm Bakken Simon Kaiser 96

Mass start Rank after 1 of 3 events[16] Points Johan-Olav Botn 90 2 Isak Frey 75 3 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 65 4 Sivert Guttorm Bakken 55 5 Roman Rees 50

Relay Rank after 2 of 7 events[17] Points 1  Norway 180 2  France  Germany 140 4  Italy 105 5  Ukraine 95

Nations Cup Rank after 7 of 22 events[18] Points 1  Norway 2706 2  Germany 2448 3  France 2369 4  Italy 2186 5  Finland 2033

Women

Calendar

Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass Start

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	R.
1	28 November 2024	Idre Fjäll (1)	7.5 km SPR	Paula Botet	Chloé Chevalier	Anna Weidel	[19]
2	30 November 2024		7.5 km SPR	Ida Lien	Paula Botet	Camille Bened	[20]
3	1 December 2024		10 km PUR	Ida Lien	Anna Weidel	Camille Bened	[21]
4	4 December 2024	Geilo (2)	15 km IND	Camille Bened	Marit Øygard	Fany Bertrand	[22]
5	6 December 2024		7.5 km SPR	Paula Botet	Marlene Fichtner	Johanna Skottheim	[23]
6	7 December 2024		10 km PUR	Marlene Fichtner	Chloé Chevalier	Paula Botet	[24]
7	19 December 2024	Obertilliach (3)	7.5 km SPR	Ilaria Scattolo	Gilonne Guigonnat	Paula Botet	[25]
8	21 December 2024		12.5 km MSS 60	Stefanie Scherer	Paula Botet	Camille Bened	[26]
9	9 January 2025	Arber (4)	7.5 km SPR
10	11 January 2025		7.5 km SPR
11	12 January 2025		10 km PUR
12	15 January 2025	Brezno-Osrblie (5)	12.5 km SIND
13	17 January 2025		7.5 km SPR
IBU Open European Championships 2025 (29 January–2 February)
14	29 January 2025	Martell-Val Martello (ECH)	15 km IND
15	31 January 2025		7.5 km SPR
16	1 February 2025		10 km PUR
17	5 February 2025	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna (6)	7.5 km SPR
18	7 February 2025		10 km PUR
19	8 February 2025		12.5 km MSS 60
20	6 March 2025	Otepää (7), (8)	7.5 km SPR
21	8 March 2025		10 km PUR
22	9 March 2025		12.5 km MSS
23	12 March 2025		12.5 km SIND
24	14 March 2025		7.5 km SPR
17th IBU Cup Overall (28 November 2024 – 14 March 2025)

Relay – 4 x 6 km

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	2 February 2025	Martell-Val Martello (ECH)

Overall leaders

Holder	Date	Place(s)	Number of competitions
Individual
Paula Botet (1)	28 November 2024 – 1 December 2024	Idre Fjäll	3
Camille Bened	4 December 2024	Geilo	1
Paula Botet (2)	6 December 2024 – 21 December 2024	Geilo – Obertilliach	4
Under 23
Anna Andexer	28 November 2024	Idre Fjäll	1
Siri Skar	30 November 2024 – 21 December 2024	Idre Fjäll – Obertilliach	7

Standings

Overall Rank after 8 of 24 events[27] Points Paula Botet 531 2 Camille Bened 443 3 Chloé Chevalier 377 4 Siri Skar 308 5 Marlene Fichtner 296 6 Johanna Skottheim 255 7 Ragnhild Femsteinevik 245 8 Marit Ishol Skogan 243 9 Ida Lien 239 10 Sophia Schneider 237

Under 23 Rank after 8 of 24 events Points Siri Skar 308 2 Marlene Fichtner 296 3 Fany Bertrand 232 4 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 223 5 Martina Trabucchi 140 6 Ilaria Scattolo 131 7 Anna Andexer 128 8 Anaëlle Bondoux 79 9 Birgit Schölzhorn 79 10 Linda Zingerle 76

Individual Rank after 1 of 4 events[28] Points Camille Bened 90 2 Marit Øygard 75 3 Fany Bertrand 65 4 Siri Skar 55 5 Voldiya Galmace Paulin 50

Sprint Rank after 4 of 11 events[29] Points Paula Botet 320 2 Chloé Chevalier 210 3 Camille Bened 186 4 Marlene Fichtner 144 5 Marit Ishol Skogan 144

Pursuit Rank after 2 of 6 events[30] Points Paula Botet 120 2 Chloé Chevalier 116 3 Camille Bened 102 4 Marlene Fichtner 75 5 Ida Lien 90

Mass start Rank after 1 of 3 events[31] Points Stefanie Scherer 90 2 Paula Botet 75 3 Camille Bened 65 4 Marion Wiesensarter 55 5 Sophia Schneider 50

Relay Rank after 2 of 7 events[32] Points 1  Norway 180 2  France  Germany 140 4  Italy 105 5  Ukraine 95

Nations Cup Rank after 7 of 22 events[33] Points 1  France 2590 2  Norway 2496 3  Germany 2344 4  Italy 2231 5  Sweden 2051

Mixed Relay

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	R.
Mixed Relay – 4 x 6 km
1	22 December 2024	Obertilliach (3)	Norway 1. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 2. Johan-Olav Botn 3. Siri Skar 4. Ragnhild Femsteinevik	Germany 1. Lucas Fratzscher 2. David Zobel 3. Marion Wiesensarter 4. Sophia Schneider	France 1. Gaëtan Paturel 2. Oscar Lombardot 3. Chloé Chevalier 4. Paula Botet	[34]
3	18 January 2025	Brezno-Osrblie (5)
5	15 March 2025	Otepää (8)
Single Mixed Relay – 6 km + 7.5 km
2	22 December 2024	Obertilliach (3)	Norway 1. Isak Frey 2. Marthe Kråkstad Johansen	France 1. Mathieu Garcia 2. Camille Bened	Germany 1. Roman Rees 2. Stefanie Scherer	[35]
4	18 January 2025	Brezno-Osrblie (5)
6	15 March 2025	Otepää (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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	12	9	6	27
2	France	3	6	8	17
3	Germany	2	3	3	8
4	Italy	1	0	0	1
5	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		18	18	18	54

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2024–25 Biathlon IBU Cup for men and women.^[36]

Place	1	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
Individual	90	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

See also

• 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup (as the highest competition series of IBU)
• 2025 Biathlon World Championships
• 2025 IBU Open European Championships
• 2025 IBU Junior World Championships
• 2025 IBU Junior Open European Championships

Notes

References

1. "International Biathlon Union". www.biathlonworld.com.
2. "Event and competition rules" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
3. "IBU Cup Calendar". www.biathlonworld.com.
4. "Men's 10 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
5. "Men's 10 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
6. "Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Idre Fjäll (SWE)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
7. "Men's 15 km Individual: Geilo (NOR)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
8. "Men's 10 km Sprint: Geilo (NOR)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
9. "Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Geilo (NOR)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
10. "Men's 10 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
11. "Men's 15 km Mass Start 60: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
12. "Men's Total Score Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
13. "Men's Individual Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
14. "Men's Sprint Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
15. "Men's Pursuit Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
16. "Men's Mass Start Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
17. "Men's Relay Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
18. "Men's Nations Cup Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
19. "Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
20. "Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Idre Fjäll (SWE)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
21. "Women's 10 km Pursuit: Idre Fjäll (SWE)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
22. "Women's 15 km Individual: Geilo (NOR)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
23. "Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Geilo (NOR)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
24. "Women's 10 km Pursuit: Geilo (NOR)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
25. "Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
26. "Women's 12.5 km Mass Start 60: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
27. "Women's Total Score Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
28. "Women's Individual Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
29. "Women's Sprint Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
30. "Women's Pursuit Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
31. "Women's Mass Start Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
32. "Women's Relay Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
33. "Women's Nations Cup Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
34. "4 x 6 Mixed Relay: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
35. "Single Mixed Relay: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
36. "BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon Calendar 2024-2025 announced" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

External links

• IBU official site