2025–26 Biathlon IBU Cup

2025–26 Biathlon IBU Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Gaëtan Paturel (1) Paula Botet (1)
U23 Gaëtan Paturel (1) Voldiya Galmace Paulin (2)
Individual Elias Seidl (1) Voldiya Galmace Paulin (2)
Sprint Gaëtan Paturel (1) Paula Botet (3)
Pursuit Gaëtan Paturel (1) Paula Botet (1)
Mass start Martin Nevland (2) Amandine Mengin (1)
Relay  France  France
Nations Cup  France  France
Competition
Edition 18th 18th
Locations 7 7
Individual 23 23
Relay/Team 1 1
Mixed 8 8

The 2025–26 Biathlon IBU Cup, organised by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), was the 18th official IBU Cup season for men and women as the second level of international biathlon competitions.[1][2]

The season started on 4 December 2025 in Obertilliach, Austria and was concluded on 7 March 2026 in Lake Placid, United States.[3]

A major highlight of the season is the 2026 IBU Open European Championships held in Sjusjøen, Norway, which results also will count toward the IBU Cup rankings.

Isak Frey from Norway (men's) and Camille Bened from France (women's) were the reigning champions from the previous season.

French biathletes Gaëtan Paturel and Paula Botet became the new overall champions.

Map of IBU Cup hosts

Europe

North America

2025–26 Biathlon IBU Cup (North America)


European Championships

Calendar

Stage Location Date Individual /
Short individual 		Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay Single mixed relay Details
1 Obertilliach 4–7 December ●● ●
2 Ridnaun 11–14 December ● ● ●
3 Lenzerheide 17–20 December ● ● ● ●
4 Arber 8–11 January ● ● ●
5 Brezno-Osrblie 14–17 January ● ● ● ●
ECH Sjusjøen 28 January–1 February ● ● ● ● European Championships
6 Sjusjøen 4–7 February ● ● ● ●
7 Lake Placid 26 February–1 March ● ● ●
8 4–7 March ● ● ● ●
Total: 72 (32 men's, 32 women's, 8 mixed) 4 10 6 3 1 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 4 December 2025 Obertilliach (1) 10 km SPR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Oscar Lombardot David Zobel [4]
2 6 December 2025 10 km SPR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Valentin Lejeune Oscar Lombardot [5]
3 7 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Valentin Lejeune Oscar Lombardot [6]
4 11 December 2025 Ridnaun (2) 20 km IND Dominic Unterweger Kasper Kalkenberg Henning Sjökvist [7]
5 13 December 2025 10 km SPR Damien Levet Valentin Lejeune Antonin Guigonnat [8]
6 14 December 2025 12.5 km PUR Antonin Guigonnat Valentin Lejeune Damien Levet [9]
7 19 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3) 10 km SPR Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Vetle Paulsen Philip Lindkvist-Flötten [10]
8 20 December 2025 15 km MSS 60 Martin Nevland Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Gaëtan Paturel [11]
9 8 January 2026 Arber (4) 15 km SIND Sivert Gerhardsen Émilien Claude Vetle Paulsen
10 10 January 2026 10 km SPR Fredrik Vold Émilien Claude Sivert Gerhardsen
11 11 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Antonin Guigonnat Gaëtan Paturel Kasper Kalkenberg
12 16 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 10 km SPR Christoph Pircher Magnus Oberhauser Petr Hák
13 17 January 2026 15 km MSS 60 Antonin Guigonnat Martin Nevland Christoph Pircher
2026 IBU Open European Championships (28 January–1 February)
14 28 January 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH) 20 km IND Antonin Guigonnat Isak Leknes Frey Valentin Lejeune
15 30 January 2026 10 km SPR Damien Levet Isak Leknes Frey Gaëtan Paturel
16 31 January 2026 12.5 km PUR Isak Leknes Frey Leonhard Pfund Simon Kaiser
17 6 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6) 10 km SPR Gaëtan Paturel Franz Schaser Martin Nevland
18 7 February 2025 12.5 km PUR Leonhard Pfund Simon Kaiser Roman Rees
19 26 February 2026 Lake Placid (7), (8) 15 km SIND Elias Seidl Franz Schaser Roman Rees
20 28 February 2026 10 km SPR Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Danilo Riethmüller Ole Suhrke
21 1 March 2026 12.5 km PUR Danilo Riethmüller Ole Suhrke Sverre Dahlen Aspenes
22 4 March 2026 10 km SPR Gaëtan Paturel Ole Suhrke Sverre Dahlen Aspenes
23 6 March 2026 15 km MSS 60 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Martin Nevland Damien Levet
17th IBU Cup Overall
(4 December 2025 – 7 March 2026) 		Gaëtan Paturel Damien Levet Antonin Guigonnat

Relay – 4 x 7.5 km

No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage) 		Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition) 		R.
1 1 February 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH)  Norway
1. Sivert Gerhardsen
2. Kasper Kalkenberg
3. Martin Nevland
4. Isak Leknes Frey
  Germany
1. Elias Seidl
2. Simon Kaiser
3. Danilo Riethmüller
4. Leonhard Pfund
  France
1. Antonin Guigonnat
2. Damien Levet
3. Gaëtan Paturel
4. Valentin Lejeune
  France

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Individual
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal 4 December 2025 – 11 December 2025 Obertilliach – Ridnaun 4
Valentin Lejeune 13 December 2025 – 20 December 2025 Ridnaun – Lenzerheide 4
Vetle Paulsen 8 January 2026 – 28 January 2026 Arber – Sjusjøen 6
Antonin Guigonnat 30 January 2026 – 31 January 2026 Sjusjøen 2
Damien Levet 6 February 2026 Sjusjøen 1
Gaëtan Paturel 7 February 2026 – 6 March 2026 Sjusjøen – Lake Placid 6
Under 23
Jimi Klemettinen 4 December 2025 – 6 December 2025 Obertilliach 2
Christoph Pircher 7 December 2025 Obertilliach 1
Kasper Kalkenberg 11 December 2025 – 11 January 2026 Ridnaun – Arber 8
Gaëtan Paturel 16 January 2026 – 6 March 2026 Brezno-Osrblie – Lake Placid 12

Standings

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 2025 Obertilliach (1) 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Alina Stremous Voldiya Galmace Paulin [19]
2 6 December 2025 7.5 km SPR Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Åsne Skrede Rebecca Passler [20]
3 7 December 2025 10 km PUR Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Frida Dokken Paula Botet [21]
4 11 December 2025 Ridnaun (2) 15 km IND Paula Botet Voldiya Galmace Paulin Lara Wagner [22]
5 13 December 2025 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Voldiya Galmace Paulin Célia Henaff [23]
6 14 December 2025 10 km PUR Paula Botet Célia Henaff Voldiya Galmace Paulin [24]
7 19 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3) 7.5 km SPR Sophie Chauveau Voldiya Galmace Paulin Michela Carrara [25]
8 20 December 2025 12.5 km MSS 60 Voldiya Galmace Paulin Amandine Mengin Sophie Chauveau [26]
9 8 January 2026 Arber (4) 12.5 km SIND Sophie Chauveau Anna Hedström Emma Nilsson
10 10 January 2026 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Sophia Schneider Amandine Mengin
11 11 January 2026 10 km PUR Marlene Fichtner Sophia Schneider Amandine Mengin
12 16 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5) 7.5 km SPR Paula Botet Gilonne Guigonnat Samuela Comola
13 17 January 2026 12.5 km MSS 60 Célia Henaff Paula Botet Sophie Chauveau
2026 IBU Open European Championships (28 January–1 February)
14 28 January 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH) 15 km IND Anastasiya Merkushyna Samuela Comola Voldiya Galmace Paulin
15 30 January 2026 7.5 km SPR Gilonne Guigonnat Célia Henaff Sophie Chauveau
16 31 January 2026 10 km PUR Gilonne Guigonnat Célia Henaff Sophie Chauveau
17 6 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6) 7.5 km SPR Sara Andersson Célia Henaff Ragna Fodstad
18 7 February 2025 10 km PUR Lea Rothschopf Emma Nilsson Sophie Chauveau
19 26 February 2026 Lake Placid (7), (8) 12.5 km SIND Julia Kink Gro Randby Guro Ytterhus
20 28 February 2026 7.5 km SPR Gro Randby Annie Lind Sara Andersson
21 1 March 2026 10 km PUR Gro Randby Sara Andersson Johanna Skottheim
22 4 March 2026 7.5 km SPR Amandine Mengin Samuela Comola Gro Randby
23 6 March 2026 12.5 km MSS 60 Lara Wagner Amandine Mengin Samuela Comola
17th IBU Cup Overall
(4 December 2025 – 7 March 2026) 		Paula Botet Voldiya Galmace Paulin Amandine Mengin

Relay – 4 x 6 km

No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage) 		Winner Second Third Leader
(After competition) 		R.
1 1 February 2026 Sjusjøen (ECH)  France
1. Célia Henaff
2. Voldiya Galmace Paulin
3. Sophie Chauveau
4. Gilonne Guigonnat
  Germany
1. Mareike Braun
2. Hanna Kebinger
3. Julia Kink
4. Marlene Fichtner
  Norway
1. Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg
2. Karoline Erdal
3. Juni Arnekleiv
4. Guro Ytterhus
  France

Overall leaders

Holder Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Individual
Paula Botet (1) 4 December 2025 Obertilliach 1
Anna-Karin Heijdenberg 6 December 2025 – 7 December 2025 Obertilliach 2
Paula Botet (2) 11 December 2025 – 19 December 2025 Ridnaun – Lenzerheide 4
Voldiya Galmace Paulin 20 December 2025 – 8 January 2026 Lenzerheide – Arber 2
Paula Botet (3) 10 January 2026 – 6 March 2026 Arber – Lake Placid 14
Under 23
Voldiya Galmace Paulin (1) 4 December 2025 Obertilliach 1
Siri Skar 6 December 2025 – 7 December 2025 Obertilliach 2
Voldiya Galmace Paulin (2) 11 December 2025 – 6 March 2026 Ridnaun – Lake Placid 20

Standings

Mixed Relay

No. Date Place
(In brackets Stage) 		Winner Second Third R.
Mixed Relay – 4 x 6 km
1 17 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3)  France
1. Émilien Claude
2. Damien Levet
3. Voldiya Galmace Paulin
4. Célia Henaff
  Italy
1. Nicola Romanin
2. Didier Bionaz
3. Martina Trabucchi
4. Michela Carrara
  Germany
1. Roman Rees
2. Lucas Fratzscher
3. Sophia Schneider
4. Hanna Kebinger
 [34]
3 14 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5)  Germany
1. Sophie Patz
2. Lisa Maria Spark
3. Elias Seidl
4. Franz Schaser
  France
1. Voldiya Galmace Paulin
2. Sophie Chauveau
3. Gaëtan Paturel
4. Damien Levet
  Sweden
1. Emma Nilsson
2. Anna Hedström
3. Emil Nykvist
4. Philip Lindkvist-Flötten
5 4 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6)  France
1. Davien Levet
2. Gaëtan Paturel
3. Voldiya Galmace Paulin
4. Jeanne Richard
  Austria
1. Fredrik Mühlbacher
2. Magnus Oberhauser
3. Lisa Osl
4. Lea Rothschopf
  Germany
1. Roman Rees
2. Simon Kaiser
3. Hanna Kebinger
4. Mareike Braun
7 7 March 2026 Lake Placid (8)  France
1. Gilonne Guigonnat
2. Voldiya Galmace Paulin
3. Gaëtan Paturel
4. Damien Levet
  Norway
1. Guro Ytterhus
2. Gro Randby
3. Ole Suhrke
4. Sverre Dahlen Aspenes
  Germany
1. Marina Sauter
2. Julia Kink
3. Simon Kaiser
4. Danilo Riethmüller
Single Mixed Relay – 6 km + 7.5 km
2 17 December 2025 Lenzerheide (3)  France
1. Antonin Guigonnat
2. Gilonne Guigonnat
  Finland
1. Jaakko Ranta
2. Erika Jänkä
  Austria
1. Lukas Haslinger
2. Tamara Steiner
 [35]
4 14 January 2026 Brezno-Osrblie (5)  Sweden
1. Annie Lind
2. Melker Nordgren
  Finland
1. Erika Jänkä
2. Jaanko Ranta
  Italy
1. Linda Zingerle
2. Daniele Cappellari
6 4 February 2026 Sjusjøen (6)  France
1. Theo Guiraud Poillot
2. Amandine Mengin
  Austria
1. Lukas Haslinger
2. Dunja Zdouc
  Sweden
1. Oscar Andersson
2. Sara Andersson
8 7 March 2026 Lake Placid (8)  Norway
1. Karoline Erdal
2. Martin Nevland
  Austria
1. Dunja Zdouc
2. David Komatz
  Germany
1. Hanna Kebinger
2. Franz Schaser

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.

After Men's Mass Start in Lake Placid (6 March 2026)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France27202168
2 Norway14131138
3 Germany69823
4 Sweden44715
5 Austria3429
6 Italy13610
7 Ukraine1001
8 Finland0202
9 Moldova0101
10 Czech Republic0011
Totals (10 entries)565656168

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2025–26 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

Retirements

The following notable biathletes, who competed in the IBU Cup and never participated in the World Cup, are expected to retire during or after the 2025–26 season:

See also

Notes

References

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  2. ^ "Event and competition rules" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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  11. ^ "Men's 15 km Mass Start 60: Lenzerheide (SUI)" (PDF). IBU.
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  17. ^ "Men's Relay Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
  18. ^ "Men's Nations Cup Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
  19. ^ "Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU.
  20. ^ "Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Obertilliach (AUT)" (PDF). IBU.
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  25. ^ "Women's 7.5 km Sprint: Lenzerheide (SUI)" (PDF). IBU.
  26. ^ "Women's 12 km Mass Start 60: Lenzerheide (SUI)" (PDF). IBU.
  27. ^ "Women's Total Score Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
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  29. ^ "Women's Sprint Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
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  32. ^ "Women's Relay Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
  33. ^ "Women's Nations Cup Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
  34. ^ "4 x 6 Mixed Relay: Lenzerheide (SUI)" (PDF). IBU.
  35. ^ "Single Mixed Relay: Lenzerheide (SUI)" (PDF). IBU.
  36. ^ "IBU Event and Competition Rules" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  37. ^ "Biathlon: at just 21, Canada's Daniel Gilfillan ends his biathlon career | Nordic Mag | N°1 Biathlon | Nordic skiing". www.nordicmag.info. February 25, 2026.
  38. ^ https://skiskyting.no/artikler/martin-femsteinevik-er-ny-trener-for-holmenkollen-biathlon/
  39. ^ https://www.tidningenharjedalen.se/2026-03-14/motivationen-dalade-skidskytten-avslutar-karriaren/
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