# 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup

The 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 22 November 2017 in Sjusjøen, Norway and ended on 17 March 2018 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016–17 Biathlon IBU Cup were Alexey Volkov of Russia and Daria Virolaynen of Russia.

## Calendar

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season.
| Stage | Location | Date | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay | Super sprint | Details |
| 1 | Sjusjøen | 22 November–26 November | | ● ● | | ● | ● | | details |
| 2 | Lenzerheide | 7–10 December | | ● | ● | ● | ● | | details |
| 3 | Obertilliach | 13–17 December | ● | ● | | ● | ● | | details |
| 4 | Brezno-Osrblie | 5–7 January | | ● ● | | | | | details |
| 5 | Arber | 10–13 January | ● | ● | | | | | details |
| EC | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 23–28 January | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | | European Championships |
| 6 | Martell-Val Martello | 1–3 February | | ● | ● | | | | details |
| 7 | Uvat | 9–11 March | ● | ● | | | | | details |
| 8 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 13–17 March | | ● | ● | | | ● | details |
| Total: 48 (20 men's, 20 women's, 8 mixed) | Total: 48 (20 men's, 20 women's, 8 mixed) | Total: 48 (20 men's, 20 women's, 8 mixed) | 4 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |

### Notes

* All European Championships races included in the IBU Cup total score.
* Super sprint races were included in the sprint total score.

## IBU Cup podiums
### Men

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Res. |
| 1 | 23 November 2017 | Sjusjøen | 10 km Sprint | Émilien Jacquelin | Johannes Kühn | Alexey Slepov | Émilien Jacquelin | Results |
| 1 | 25 November 2017 | Sjusjøen | 10 km Sprint | Tarjei Bø | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Eduard Latypov | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |
| 2 | 9 December 2017 | Lenzerheide | 10 km Sprint | Antonin Guigonnat | Vegard Gjermundshaug | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |
| 2 | 10 December 2017 | Lenzerheide | 12.5 km Pursuit | Antonin Guigonnat | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Alexey Slepov | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |
| 3 | 14 December 2017 | Obertilliach | 20 km Individual | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Michael Rösch | Volodymyr Siemakov | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 3 | 16 December 2017 | Obertilliach | 10 km Sprint | Dmitry Malyshko | Eduard Latypov | Émilien Jacquelin | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 4 | 6 January 2018 | Brezno-Osrblie | 10 km Sprint | Simon Fourcade | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Vegard Gjermundshaug | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 4 | 7 January 2018 | Brezno-Osrblie | 10 km Sprint | Vegard Gjermundshaug | Simon Fourcade | Florian Graf | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |
| 5 | 11 January 2018 | Arber | 20 km Individual | Jean-Guillaume Beatrix | Petr Pashchenko | Vladimir Chepelin | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |
| 5 | 13 January 2018 | Arber | 10 km Sprint | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Émilien Jacquelin | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |
| EC | 24 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 20 km Individual | Felix Leitner | Tomáš Krupčík | Philipp Horn | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| EC | 26 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 10 km Sprint | Andrejs Rastorgujevs | Alexandr Loginov | Krasimir Anev | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| EC | 27 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 12.5 km Pursuit | Alexandr Loginov | Krasimir Anev | Evgeniy Garanichev | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 6 | 2 February 2018 | Martell-Val Martello | 10 km Sprint | Alexandr Loginov | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Simon Fourcade | Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |
| 6 | 3 February 2018 | Martell-Val Martello | 12.5 km Pursuit | Alexandr Loginov | Dmitry Malyshko | Håvard Bogetveit | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 7 | 10 March 2018 | Uvat | 20 km Individual | Fabien Claude | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Alexandr Loginov | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 7 | 11 March 2018 | Uvat | 10 km Sprint | Alexandr Loginov | Alexey Slepov | Philipp Nawrath | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 8 | 14 March 2018 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Super Sprint | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Lorenz Wäger | Vasily Tomshin | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 8 | 16 March 2018 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km Sprint | Alexey Slepov | Alexandr Loginov | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |
| 8 | 17 March 2018 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km Pursuit | Alexandr Loginov | Alexey Slepov | Florian Graf | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Results |

### Women

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Res. |
| 1 | 23 November 2017 | Sjusjøen | 7.5 km Sprint | Uliana Kaisheva | Thekla Brun-Lie | Olga Iakushova | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 1 | 25 November 2017 | Sjusjøen | 7.5 km Sprint | Denise Herrmann | Katharina Innerhofer | Thekla Brun-Lie | Thekla Brun-Lie | Results |
| 2 | 9 December 2017 | Lenzerheide | 7.5 km Sprint | Uliana Kaisheva | Olga Abramova | Yuliya Zhuravok | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 2 | 10 December 2017 | Lenzerheide | 10 km Pursuit | Uliana Kaisheva | Daria Virolaynen | Chloé Chevalier | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 3 | 14 December 2017 | Obertilliach | 15 km Individual | Monika Hojnisz | Karolin Horchler | Elisa Gasparin | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 3 | 16 December 2017 | Obertilliach | 7.5 km Sprint | Karolin Horchler | Julia Simon | Uliana Kaisheva | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 4 | 6 January 2018 | Brezno-Osrblie | 7.5 km Sprint | Uliana Kaisheva | Chloé Chevalier | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 4 | 7 January 2018 | Brezno-Osrblie | 7.5 km Sprint | Uliana Kaisheva | Irina Uslugina | Karolin Horchler | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 5 | 11 January 2018 | Arber | 15 km Individual | Karolin Horchler | Thekla Brun-Lie | Anna Weidel | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 5 | 13 January 2018 | Arber | 10 km Sprint | Hilde Fenne | Valeriia Vasnetcova | Kristina Reztsova | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| EC | 24 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 15 km Individual | Chloé Chevalier | Alexia Runggaldier | Victoria Slivko | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| EC | 26 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 7.5 km Sprint | Iryna Varvynets | Chloé Chevalier | Fuyuko Tachizaki | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| EC | 27 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 10 km Pursuit | Chloé Chevalier | Iryna Varvynets | Julia Simon | Uliana Kaisheva | Results |
| 6 | 2 February 2018 | Martell-Val Martello | 7.5 km Sprint | Victoria Slivko | Anastasia Zagoruiko | Enora Latuillière | Nadine Horchler | Results |
| 6 | 3 February 2018 | Martell-Val Martello | 10 km Pursuit | Anastasia Zagoruiko | Chloé Chevalier | Karolin Horchler | Karolin Horchler | Results |
| 7 | 10 March 2018 | Uvat | 15 km Individual | Irina Uslugina | Yuliya Zhuravok | Evgeniya Pavlova | Karolin Horchler | Results |
| 7 | 11 March 2018 | Uvat | 7.5 km Sprint | Evgeniya Pavlova | Karolin Horchler | Yuliya Zhuravok | Karolin Horchler | Results |
| 8 | 14 March 2018 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Super Sprint | Karolin Horchler | Nadine Horchler | Tamara Voronina | Karolin Horchler | Results |
| 8 | 16 March 2018 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 7.5 km Sprint | Julia Schwaiger | Anastasia Egorova | Irina Uslugina | Karolin Horchler | Results |
| 8 | 17 March 2018 | Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km Pursuit | Irina Uslugina | Anastasia Egorova | Karolin Horchler | Karolin Horchler | Results |

### Mixed

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Res. |
| 1 | 26 November 2017 | Sjusjøen | 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay | France Julia Simon Antonin Guigonnat | Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Tobias Arwidson | Austria Katharina Innerhofer David Komatz | Results |
| 1 | 26 November 2017 | Sjusjøen | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay | Russia Uliana Kaisheva Irina Uslugina Alexander Povarnitsyn Alexey Slepov | France Coline Varcin Chloé Chevalier Clement Dumont Fabien Claude | Germany Nadine Horchler Marie Heinrich Michael Willeitner David Zobel | Results |
| 2 | 8 December 2017 | Lenzerheide | 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay | Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | France Julia Simon Antonin Guigonnat | Russia Kristina Reztsova Alexey Volkov | Results |
| 2 | 8 December 2017 | Lenzerheide | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay | France Enora Latuillière Chloé Chevalier Clement Dumont Fabien Claude | Russia Irina Uslugina Valeriia Vasnetcova Petr Pashchenko Alexander Povarnitsyn | Germany Nadine Horchler Luise Kummer Michael Willeitner Florian Graf | Results |
| 3 | 17 December 2017 | Obertilliach | 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay | Russia Kristina Reztsova Alexey Volkov | France Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin | Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok Artem Pryma | Results |
| 3 | 17 December 2017 | Obertilliach | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay | Norway Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg Karoline Offigstad Knotten Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Vegard Gjermundshaug | Germany Nadine Horchler Karolin Horchler David Zobel Roman Rees | France Coline Varcin Myrtille Begue Clement Dumont Aristide Begue | Results |
| EC | 28 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay | Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | France Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin | United States Susan Dunklee Lowell Bailey | Results |
| EC | 28 January 2018 | Ridnaun-Val Ridanna | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay | Ukraine Yuliya Zhuravok Iryna Varvynets Artem Pryma Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Russia Victoria Slivko Anastasia Zagoruiko Evgeniy Garanichev Alexandr Loginov | Norway Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit Fredrik Gjesbakk | Results |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 19 | 15 | 14 | 48 |
| 2 | France | 10 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Norway | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 48 | 48 | 48 | 144 |