# World Team Challenge

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. The competition isn't part of the World Cup.

## Statistics
### Winners by edition

| # | Years | Winners | Winners |
| 1 | 2002 | Michael Greis | Martina Glagow |
| 2 | 2003 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Gunn Margit Andreassen |
| 3 | 2004 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Liv Kjersti Eikeland |
| 4 | 2005 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Linda Tjørhom |
| 5 | 2006 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Linda Grubben |
| 6 | 2007 | Dmitri Yaroshenko | Ekaterina Iourieva |
| 7 | 2008 | Andriy Deryzemlya | Oksana Khvostenko |
| 8 | 2009 | Christoph Sumann | Kati Wilhelm |
| 9 | 2010 | Evgeny Ustyugov | Svetlana Sleptsova |
| 10 | 2011 | Carl Johan Bergman | Kaisa Mäkäräinen |
| 11 | 2012 | Anton Shipulin | Ekaterina Yurlova |
| 12 | 2013 | Florian Graf | Laura Dahlmeier |
| 13 | 2014 | Serhiy Semenov | Valj Semerenko |
| 14 | 2015 | Martin Fourcade | Marie Dorin-Habert |
| 15 | 2016 | Simon Schempp | Vanessa Hinz |
| 16 | 2017 | Alexey Volkov | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht |
| 17 | 2018 | Lukas Hofer | Dorothea Wierer |
| 18 | 2019 | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Marte Olsbu Røiseland |
| 19 | 2020 | Matvey Eliseev | Evgeniya Pavlova |
| 20 | 2021 | Felix Leitner | Lisa Theresa Hauser |
| 21 | 2022 | Fabien Claude | Julia Simon |
| 22 | 2023 | Fabien Claude | Julia Simon |
| 23 | 2024 | Sturla Holm Lægreid | Karoline Offigstad Knotten |
* ^a The 2010 event was rescheduled for March 2011 because of the roof destruction.

### Successful nations

| Rank | Country | Victories |
| 1 | Norway | 6 |
| 2 | Russia | 5 |
| 3 | Germany | 3.5 |
| 4 | France | 3 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 2 |
| 6 | Austria | 1.5 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 |
| 8 | Finland Sweden | 0.5 |

### Participating nations

| Country | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| Austria | | | | | | | * | ** | 1* | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Belarus | 1 | | 1 | | | | | * | | | | | | | | | * | | 1 | | | | |
| Belgium | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * | | | | | | 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 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | * | * | * | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Sweden | | | | | | | | | | 1* | * | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Switzerland | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ukraine | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Legend to the table

«*» – one athlete in a mixed pair.