# 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women started on Saturday December 13, 2014 in Hochfilzen and finished on Friday, March 13, 2015 at the World Championships in Kontiolahti. The defending titlist Germany finished on the 2nd place. The title was won by the Czech Republic.

## Competition format

The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five.).

## 2013–14 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Country | Points |
| Gold: | Germany | 174 |
| Silver: | Ukraine | 162 |
| Bronze: | Norway | 142 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Hochfilzen details | Germany Luise Kummer Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß | 1:11:40.4 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Nastassia Dubarezava Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva | 1:12:01.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková | 1:12:02.6 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) |
| Oberhof details | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková | 1:16:56.0 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) | France Marine Bolliet Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond | 1:17:04.9 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) | Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Nastassia Dubarezava Nadzeya Pisarava Darya Domracheva | 1:18:02.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (1+3) (0+1) (0+1) |
| Ruhpolding details | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková | 1:23:57.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) | Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva | 1:25:11.0 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Germany Franziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier | 1:25:37.0 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) |
| Antholz details | Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Luise Kummer Laura Dahlmeier | 1:18:47.7 (0+0) (2+3) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková | 1:19:22.7 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+3) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) | Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Natalya Burdyga Olga Abramova Valj Semerenko | 1:19:33.0 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (3+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) |
| Holmenkollen details | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková | 1:11:10.6 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) | Italy Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Federica Sanfilippo Karin Oberhofer | 1:11:38.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | France Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Coline Varcin Marie Dorin Habert | 1:11:56.5 (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier | 1:11:54.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) | France Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin Habert | 1:12:54.9 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) | Italy Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Nicole Gontier Dorothea Wierer | 1:13:00.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |

## Standings

| # | Name | HOC | OBE | RUH | ANT | HOL | WCH | Total |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 48 | 60 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 34 | 316 |
| 2 | Germany | 60 | 31 | 48 | 60 | 43 | 60 | 302 |
| 3 | France | 32 | 54 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 266 |
| 4 | Belarus | 54 | 48 | 54 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 262 |
| 5 | Italy | 43 | 40 | 32 | 36 | 54 | 48 | 253 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 36 | 38 | 40 | 48 | 38 | 38 | 238 |
| 7 | Norway | 40 | 43 | 43 | 30 | 36 | 40 | 232 |
| 8 | Russia | 34 | 36 | 34 | 43 | 40 | 43 | 230 |
| 9 | Poland | 38 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 196 |
| 10 | Canada | 30 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 180 |
| 11 | Austria | 28 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 172 |
| 12 | Sweden | 29 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 169 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 25 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 159 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 26 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 22 | 157 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 27 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 155 |
| 16 | Romania | 24 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 149 |
| 17 | Estonia | 23 | 25 | 21 | DNS | 29 | 25 | 123 |
| 17 | Lithuania | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 123 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 22 | 23 | 24 | 28 | — | 17 | 114 |
| 20 | United States | — | — | 22 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 103 |
| 21 | South Korea | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 | — | 16 | 98 |
| 22 | Finland | DNF | 30 | 25 | — | — | 24 | 79 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 31 | — | — | — | 26 | 18 | 75 |
| 24 | China | 19 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 42 |
| 25 | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 21 |