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2024–25 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Franziska Preuß
U23	Campbell Wright	Jeanne Richard
Individual	Endre Strømsheim	Lou Jeanmonnot
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Franziska Preuß
Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Franziska Preuß
Mass start	Éric Perrot	Elvira Öberg
Relay	France	Sweden
Nations Cup	Norway	France
Mixed	Sweden
Competition
Edition	48th	43rd
Locations	10	10
Individual	21	21
Relay/Team	5	5
Mixed	6	6
←2023–242025–26→

The 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup (official: BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon), organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), is the 48th official World Cup season for men and 43rd edition for women as the highest level of international biathlon competitions.

The season started on 30 November 2024 in Kontiolahti, Finland and will end on 23 March 2025 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.

The highlight of the season will be the 2025 Biathlon World Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, whose results are not included in the World Cup standings (except for the national standings).

Johannes Thingnes Bø from Norway (men's) and Lisa Vittozzi from Italy (women's) are the reigning champions from the previous season.

Season overview

For the first time since the 2003/04 season, Östersund will not host any biathlon World Cup events.

The IBU Executive Board has introduced several rule changes for the new season, based on recommendations from the Technical Committee:

• New starting order system: In individual and sprint events, the top 30 athletes will no longer choose their starting groups. Athletes ranked 16–30 will be assigned even starting numbers between 16 and 44, while those ranked 1–15 will start between 46 and 74. This change is designed to keep the outcome open longer, making races more exciting for spectators. The system will be trialed in November and December 2024, with flexibility for earlier starts in bad weather conditions.

• Points system update: The points distribution has been revised, giving more weight to athletes finishing between 3rd and 9th place. This adjustment, requested by the Athletes Committee, aims to reward consistency in the top 10, rather than focusing too heavily on podium finishes.

• U23 ranking: The U25 ranking has been lowered to U23, also at the request of the Athletes Committee.

• Expanded team quotas: For the first time, the starting right for IBU Cup winners will apply to the entire national team for the first two World Cups, allowing nations like Norway and France to field seven athletes in Kontiolahti and Hochfilzen.

• Additional starting quotas: Extra quota places will be awarded for the last World Cup. Nations will receive one additional spot for each athlete in the top 10 of the previous season’s IBU Cup rankings, with a maximum of two spots per nation. Additionally, the top junior athlete from the Junior World Championships will receive a personal starting place.

Map of world cup hosts

Kontiolahti	Hochfilzen	Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand	Oberhof	Ruhpolding
Antholz-Anterselva	Lenzerheide	Nové Město na Moravě	Pokljuka	Oslo Holmenkollen
Europe KontiolahtiHochfilzenAnnecy–Le Grand-BornandOberhofRuhpoldingAntholzLenzerheideNové MěstoPokljukaOslo Holmenkollen World Championships World Cupclass=notpageimage| Location of all 10 World Cup hosts of the season (including Lenzerheide – venue of the World Championships)

Calendar

Stage	Location	Date	Individual / Short individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Kontiolahti	30 November–8 December	●	●		●	●	●	●	details
2	Hochfilzen	13–15 December		●	●		●			details
3	Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand	19–22 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	9–12 January		●	●			●	●	details
5	Ruhpolding	15–19 January	●			●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	23–26 January		●	●		●			details
WCH	Lenzerheide	12–23 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
7	Nové Město na Moravě	6–9 March		●	●		●			details
8	Pokljuka	13–16 March	●			●		●	●	details
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	21–23 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 70 (31 men's, 31 women's, 8 mixed)			4	8	7	6	6	4	4

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	3 December 2024	Kontiolahti (1)	15 km SIND	Endre Strømsheim	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid
2	6 December 2024		10 km SPR	Émilien Jacquelin	Sebastian Samuelsson	Philipp Nawrath
3	8 December 2024		15 km MSS	Éric Perrot	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Sturla Holm Lægreid
4	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen (2)	10 km SPR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Fabien Claude
5	14 December 2024		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin	Sturla Holm Lægreid
6	19 December 2024	Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand (3)	10 km SPR	Martin Uldal	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson
7	21 December 2024		12.5 km PUR	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Éric Perrot	Émilien Jacquelin
8	22 December 2024		15 km MSS
9	10 January 2025	Oberhof (4)	10 km SPR
10	11 January 2025		12.5 km PUR
11	15 January 2025	Ruhpolding (5)	20 km IND
12	19 January 2025		15 km MSS
13	24 January 2025	Antholz-Anterselva (6)	10 km SPR
14	25 January 2025		12.5 km PUR
Biathlon World Championships 2025 (12–23 February)
—	15 February 2025	Lenzerheide (WCH)	10 km SPR
	16 February 2025		12.5 km PUR
	19 February 2025		20 km IND
	23 February 2025		15 km MSS
15	6 March 2025	Nové Město na Moravě (7)	10 km SPR
16	8 March 2025		12.5 km PUR
17	14 March 2025	Pokljuka (8)	20 km IND
18	16 March 2025		15 km MSS
19	21 March 2025	Oslo Holmenkollen (9)	10 km SPR
20	22 March 2025		12.5 km PUR
21	23 March 2025		15 km MSS
48th Biathlon World Cup Overall (3 December 2024 – 23 March 2025)

Relay – 4 x 7.5 km

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	1 December 2024	Kontiolahti (1)	France 1. Fabien Claude 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 3. Éric Perrot 4. Émilien Jacquelin	Norway 1. Sturla Holm Lægreid 2. Tarjei Bø 3. Endre Strømsheim 4. Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sweden 1. Viktor Brandt 2. Jesper Nelin 3. Martin Ponsiluoma 4. Sebastian Samuelsson	France
2	15 December 2024	Hochfilzen (2)	France 1. Fabien Claude 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet 3. Éric Perrot 4. Émilien Jacquelin	Norway 1. Sturla Holm Lægreid 2. Tarjei Bø 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 4. Vebjørn Sørum	Sweden 1. Viktor Brandt 2. Jesper Nelin 3. Martin Ponsiluoma 4. Sebastian Samuelsson
3	17 January 2025	Ruhpolding (5)
4	26 January 2025	Antholz-Anterselva (6)
—	22 February 2025	Lenzerheide (WCH)				not included in the World Cup
5	9 March 2025	Nové Město na Moravě (7)

Overall leaders

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
Individual
1.	Endre Strømsheim	3 December 2024	Kontiolahti	6 December 2024	Kontiolahti	1
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	6 December 2024	Kontiolahti	8 December 2024	Kontiolahti	1
3.	Éric Perrot	8 December 2024	Kontiolahti	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen	1
4.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen			5
Under 23
1.	Vitalii Mandzyn	3 December 2024	Kontiolahti	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen	3
2.	Campbell Wright	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen			4

Standings

Overall Rank after 7 of 21 events Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 504 2 Sturla Holm Lægreid 399 3 Émilien Jacquelin 348 4 Éric Perrot 338 5 Sebastian Samuelsson 323 6 Vebjørn Sørum 265 7 Philipp Nawrath 251 8 Fabien Claude 226 9 Quentin Fillon Maillet 210 10 Martin Uldal 201

Under 23 Rank after 7 of 21 events Points Campbell Wright 181 2 Vitalii Mandzyn 139 3 Konrad Badacz 17 4 Jan Guńka 16 5 Arttu Heikkinen 2

Individual Rank after 1 of 3 events Points Endre Strømsheim 90 2 Johannes Thingnes Bø 75 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 65 4 Vitalii Mandzyn 55 5 Quentin Fillon Maillet 50

Sprint Rank after 3 of 7 events Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 215 2 Sebastian Samuelsson 185 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 159 4 Émilien Jacquelin 154 5 Philipp Nawrath 147

Pursuit Rank after 2 of 6 events Points Johannes Thingnes Bø 180 2 Émilien Jacquelin 140 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 110 4 Sebastian Samuelsson 105 5 Éric Perrot 104

Mass start Rank after 1 of 5 events Points Éric Perrot 90 2 Quentin Fillon Maillet 75 3 Sturla Holm Lægreid 65 4 Danilo Riethmüller 55 5 Vebjørn Sørum 50

Relay Rank after 2 of 5 events Points 1  France 180 2  Norway 150 3  Sweden 130 4  Germany 105 5  United States 90

Nations Cup Rank after 8 of 26 events Points 1  Norway 2932 2  France 2867 3  Sweden 2529 4  Germany 2490 5  Ukraine 2162

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	4 December 2024	Kontiolahti (1)	12.5 km SIND	Lou Jeanmonnot	Ella Halvarsson	Elvira Öberg
2	7 December 2024		7.5 km SPR	Markéta Davidová	Elvira Öberg	Suvi Minkkinen
3	8 December 2024		12.5 km MSS	Elvira Öberg	Julia Simon	Franziska Preuß
4	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen (2)	7.5 km SPR	Franziska Preuß	Sophie Chauveau	Karoline Offigstad Knotten
5	14 December 2024		10 km PUR	Lou Jeanmonnot	Vanessa Voigt	Franziska Preuß
6	20 December 2024	Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand (3)	7.5 km SPR	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	Franziska Preuß	Anamarija Lampič
7	21 December 2024		10 km PUR	Franziska Preuß	Julia Simon	Vanessa Voigt
8	22 December 2024		12.5 km MSS
9	9 January 2025	Oberhof (4)	7.5 km SPR
10	11 January 2025		10 km PUR
11	16 January 2025	Ruhpolding (5)	15 km IND
12	19 January 2025		12.5 km MSS
13	23 January 2025	Antholz-Anterselva (6)	7.5 km SPR
14	25 January 2025		10 km PUR
Biathlon World Championships 2025 (12–23 February)
—	14 February 2025	Lenzerheide (WCH)	7.5 km SPR
	16 February 2025		10 km PUR
	18 February 2025		15 km IND
	23 February 2025		12.5 km MSS
15	7 March 2025	Nové Město na Moravě (7)	7.5 km SPR
16	8 March 2025		10 km PUR
17	13 March 2025	Pokljuka (8)	15 km IND
18	16 March 2025		12.5 km MSS
19	21 March 2025	Oslo Holmenkollen (9)	7.5 km SPR
20	22 March 2025		10 km PUR
21	23 March 2025		12.5 km MSS
43rd Biathlon World Cup Overall (4 December 2024 – 23 March 2025)

Relay – 4 x 6 km

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
1	1 December 2024	Kontiolahti (1)	Sweden 1. Anna Magnusson 2. Sara Andersson 3. Hanna Öberg 4. Elvira Öberg	France 1. Lou Jeanmonnot 2. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 3. Sophie Chauveau 4. Julia Simon	Norway 1. Juni Arnekleiv 2. Karoline Offigstad Knotten 3. Maren Kirkeeide 4. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Sweden
2	15 December 2024	Hochfilzen (2)	Germany 1. Vanessa Voigt 2. Julia Tannheimer 3. Selina Grotian 4. Franziska Preuß	France 1. Julia Simon 2. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 3. Sophie Chauveau 4. Lou Jeanmonnot	Sweden 1. Anna Magnusson 2. Anna-Karin Heijdenberg 3. Ella Halvarsson 4. Elvira Öberg
3	18 January 2025	Ruhpolding (5)
4	26 January 2025	Antholz-Anterselva (6)
—	22 February 2025	Lenzerheide (WCH)				not included in the World Cup
5	9 March 2025	Nové Město na Moravě (7)

Overall leaders

No.	Holder	Date gained	Place	Date forfeited	Place	Number of competitions
Individual
1.	Lou Jeanmonnot	4 December 2024	Kontiolahti	7 December 2024	Kontiolahti	1
2.	Elvira Öberg	7 December 2024	Kontiolahti	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen	2
3.	Franziska Preuß	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen			5
Under 23
1.	Océane Michelon	4 December 2024	Kontiolahti	8 December 2024	Kontiolahti	2
2.	Sara Andersson	8 December 2024	Kontiolahti	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen	1
3.	Océane Michelon	13 December 2024	Hochfilzen	20 December 2024	Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand	2
4.	Jeanne Richard	20 December 2024	Annecy–Le Grand-Bornand			2

Standings

Overall Rank after 7 of 21 events Points Franziska Preuß 490 2 Elvira Öberg 337 3 Lou Jeanmonnot 325 4 Vanessa Voigt 307 5 Julia Simon 270 6 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 252 7 Suvi Minkkinen 235 8 Ella Halvarsson 224 9 Markéta Davidová 223 10 Jeanne Richard 205

Under 23 Rank after 7 of 21 events Points Jeanne Richard 205 2 Océane Michelon 175 3 Selina Grotian 145 4 Sara Andersson 132 5 Julia Tannheimer 131 6 Maren Kirkeeide 121 7 Maya Cloetens 107 8 Gro Randby 43 9 Lena Repinc 36 10 Martina Trabucchi 16

Individual Rank after 1 of 3 events Points Lou Jeanmonnot 90 2 Ella Halvarsson 75 3 Elvira Öberg 65 4 Natalia Sidorowicz 55 5 Franziska Preuß 50

Sprint Rank after 3 of 7 events Points Franziska Preuß 220 2 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 162 3 Markéta Davidová 131 4 Karoline Offigstad Knotten 115 5 Suvi Minkkinen 115

Pursuit Rank after 2 of 6 events Points Franziska Preuß 155 2 Vanessa Voigt 140 3 Julia Simon 120 4 Lou Jeanmonnot 113 5 Jeanne Richard 82

Mass start Rank after 1 of 5 events Points Elvira Öberg 90 2 Julia Simon 75 3 Franziska Preuß 65 4 Vanessa Voigt 55 5 Julia Tannheimer 50

Relay Rank after 2 of 5 events Points 1  Sweden 155 2  France 150 3  Germany 131 4  Norway 110 5  Italy 85

Nations Cup Rank after 8 of 26 events Points 1  France 2843 2  Sweden 2755 3  Germany 2644 4  Norway 2411 5  Italy 2202

Mixed Relay

No.	Date	Place (In brackets Stage)	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	R.
Single Mixed Relay – 6 km + 7.5 km
1	30 November 2024	Kontiolahti (1)	Sweden 1. Ella Halvarsson 2. Sebastian Samuelsson	France 1. Julia Simon 2. Quentin Fillon Maillet	Germany 1. Vanessa Voigt 2. Justus Strelow	Sweden
3	12 January 2025	Oberhof (4)
—	20 February 2025	Lenzerheide (WCH)				not included in the World Cup
5	15 March 2025	Pokljuka (8)
Mixed Relay – 4 x 6 km
2	30 November 2024	Kontiolahti (1)	Norway 1. Karoline Offigstad Knotten 2. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 3. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 4. Vebjørn Sørum	France 1. Lou Jeanmonnot 2. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 3. Éric Perrot 4. Émilien Jacquelin	Sweden 1. Anna Magnusson 2. Elvira Öberg 3. Jesper Nelin 4. Martin Ponsiluoma	Sweden
4	12 January 2025	Oberhof (4)
—	12 February 2025	Lenzerheide (WCH)				not included in the World Cup
6	15 March 2025	Pokljuka (8)

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World 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	France	7	10	2	19
2	Norway	6	5	5	16
3	Sweden	3	3	6	12
4	Germany	3	2	5	10
5	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
6	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		20	20	20	60

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Prize money distribution

The prize money for the upcoming season will increase to a total of 9.366.700,00 euro (EUR). For each individual World Cup event, the prize pool amounts to 101.500,00 euro, while for the World Championships, it rises to 144.250,00 euro.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

First World Cup podium

Team

Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Retirements

The following notable biathletes, who competed in the World Cup, are expected to retire during or after the 2024–25 season:

See also

• 2024–25 Biathlon IBU Cup (as the second 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

1. ^ Biathlon World Championships are included in the World Cup calendar, but their results do not contribute to the overall World Cup standings, with the exception of the Nations Cup.

References

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External links

• IBU official site

• Biathlon World Cup
• 2024 in biathlon
• Current winter sports seasons