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| World Team Challenge | |
|---|---|
 World Team Challenge 2005 | |
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date | December |
| Frequency | annual |
| Locations | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Inaugurated | 2002 |
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.[1] The competition isn't part of the World Cup.
Statistics
[edit]Winners by edition
[edit]- ^a The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.
Successful nations
[edit]| Rank | Country | Victories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway | 6 |
| 2 |  Russia | 5 |
| 3 |  Germany | 4.5 |
| 4 |  France | 3 |
| 5 |  Ukraine | 2 |
| 6 |  Austria | 1.5 |
| 7 |  Italy | 1 |
| 8 |  Finland Sweden | 0.5 |
Participating nations
[edit]| Country | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | * | ** | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
 Belarus | 1 | 1 | * | * | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 China | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Finland | 1 | 1 | * | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Germany | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3* | 1** | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
 Japan | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Latvia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Poland | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Romania | * | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
 Slovakia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 1* | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
 United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Legend to the table
«*» – one athlete in a mixed pair.
References
[edit]- ↑ "From crazy idea to a successful biathlon competition" (in German). FC Schalke 04 Arena Management. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
External links
[edit]
Media related to World Team Challenge at Wikimedia Commons