IBU World Cup Biathlon 2020/2021: Dates and Venues

Despite the corona epidemic, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) is optimistic about the winter and has published the World Cup calendar for the 2020/2021 season. We have taken a look at the venues and listed all biathlon dates with start times and disciplines.

>> Standings: Men and Women 2020/2021

>> Preview of the next biathlon season 2021/2022

Over 70 races await the World Cup athletes in the 2020/2021 season, originally scheduled in eleven World Cup venues, but at the end of September the IBU decided to make a major change of plan. In order to minimize the travel activities of the biathlon troops, only two instead of four World Cup locations will be visited before Christmas.

The start will be at the end of November with the new opening event at Kontiolahti. The biathletes will stay there for the second World Cup weekend, which should have taken place in Östersund. In the connection it continues for two weeks to Hochfilzen. The side trip to Le Grand Bornand in France will be cancelled, as will the popular mixed event at the football stadium in Schalke.

After Christmas, three very popular World Cup venues – Oberhof, Ruhpolding and Antholz – would have been on the program in January. But even here there are changes, as the IBU announced in early October. The athletes will stay in Oberhof for two weeks and Ruhpolding will not be visited in order to reduce travel. The decision for Oberhof was also made at the request of the German federation to test some procedures for the 2023 Biathlon World Championships there. The World Cup races in Antholz, Italy, will then be held as planned.

In February 2021, the World Championships in Pokljuka is the big highlight of the season. After that, a side trip to Beijing for the test event of the 2022 Winter Olympics would have been planned. This event have been cancelled by the IBU in November, so the athletes will be guests in Nové Město for a two-week period in March at the end of the season. The World Cup final should have taken place in Oslo, but will be held in Östersund, Sweden, due to the entry ban to Norway.

>> Biathlon Teams and Athletes 2020/2021

(All dates are subject to change.)

Kontiolahti (Finland): November 28 – December 06, 2020

(All information is subject to change. Time = CET)

Hochfilzen (Austria): December 11 – December 20, 2020

(All information is subject to change. Time = CET)

Oberhof (Germany): January 08 – January 17, 2021

(All information is subject to change. Time = CET)

Antholz (Italy): January 21 – January 24, 2021

(All information is subject to change. Time = CET)

Pokljuka (Slovenia): February 10 – February 21, 2021

(All information is subject to change. Time = CET)

>> World Championships in Pokljuka: Schedule, Start Lists and Results

Nové Město (Czech Republic): March 04 – March 14, 2021

(All information is subject to change. Time = CET)

Östersund (Sweden): March 19 – March 21, 2021

(All information is subject to change. Time = CET)