Biathlon: the 2025/2026 World Cup calendar is out
At midday on Thursday, the IBU unveiled the full programme for the 2025/2026 World Cup. It is scheduled to kick off on Saturday 29 November 2025 and close on Sunday 22 March 2026.
Östersund (Sweden) will have the chance to open the hostilities, with relays by gender, followed by Hochfilzen (Austria) and Annecy – Le Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie) before Christmas.
At the beginning of January, the sequence will be classic with Oberhof (Germany) and Ruhpolding (Germany), followed by Nove Mesto (Czech Republic). TheAntholz (Italy) venue will be used in February for the Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
Finally, after the prestigious quadrennial competition, the World Cup will conclude in Kontiolahti (Finland), Otepää (Estonia), which returns to the calendar a year before hosting the World Championships, and Oslo-Holmenkollen (Norway).
The entire 2025/2026 Biathlon World Cup programme
Östersund 🇸🇪
- Saturday 29 November: women’s 4×6 km relay
- Saturday 29 November: men’s 4×7.5 km relay
- Sunday 30 November: mixed relay
- Sunday 30 November: mixed singles relay
- Tuesday 2 December: women’s 15 km individual
- Wednesday 3 December: men’s 20 km individual
- friday 5 december: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- Saturday 6 December: Men’s 10 km sprint
- Sunday 7 December: women’s 10 km pursuit
- Sunday 7 December: men’s 12.5 km pursuit
Hochfilzen 🇦🇹
- friday 12 december: men’s 10 km sprint
- friday 12 december: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- Saturday 13 December: men’s 12.5 km pursuit
- Saturday 13 December: women’s 10 km pursuit
- Sunday 14 December: Men’s 4×7.5 km relay
- sunday 14 december: women’s 4×6 km relay
Annecy – Le Grand Bornand 🇫🇷
- thursday 18 december: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- friday 19 december: men’s 10 km sprint
- Saturday 20 December: women’s 10 km pursuit
- Saturday 20 December: men’s 12.5 km pursuit
- sunday 21 december: women’s 12.5 km mass-start
- sunday 21 december: men’s 15 km mass-start
Oberhof 🇩🇪
- thursday 8 january: men’s 10 km sprint
- friday 9 january: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- Saturday 10 January: men’s 12.5 km pursuit
- Saturday 10 January: women’s 4×6 km relay
- sunday 11 january: women’s 10 km pursuit
- Sunday 11 January: Men’s 4×7.5 km relay
Ruhpolding 🇩🇪
- wednesday 14 january: women’s 4×6 km relay
- Thursday 15 January: Men’s 4×7.5 km relay
- friday 16 january: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- Saturday 17 January: Men’s 10 km sprint
- sunday 18 january: women’s 10 km pursuit
- Sunday 18 January: men’s 12.5 km pursuit
Nove Mesto 🇨🇿
- thursday 22 january: individual short 15 km homms
- friday 23 january: women’s individual short 12.5 km
- Saturday 24 January: mixed relay
- Saturday 24 January: mixed singles relay
- sunday 25 january: men’s 15 km mass-start
- sunday 25 january: women’s 12.5 km mass-start
> Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games 🇮🇹 : CLICK HERE to access the calendar
Kontiolahti 🇫🇮
- thursday 5 march: women’s 15 km individual
- Friday 6 March: men’s 20 km individual
- Saturday 7 March: women’s 4×6 km relay
- Saturday 7 March: men’s 4×7.5 km relay
- sunday 8 march: women’s 12.5 km mass-start
- sunday 8 march: men’s 15 km mass-start
Otepää 🇪🇪
- thursday 12 march: men’s 10 km sprint
- friday 13 march: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- Saturday 14 March: men’s 12.5 km pursuit
- Saturday 14 March: men’s 10 km pursuit
- Sunday 15 March: mixed relay
- Sunday 15 March: mixed singles relay
Oslo-Holmenkollen 🇳🇴
- thursday 19 march: women’s 7.5 km sprint
- friday 20 march: men’s 10 km sprint
- Saturday 21 March: women’s 10 km pursuit
- Saturday 21 March: men’s 12.5 km pursuit
- sunday 22 march: women’s 12.5 km mass-start
- sunday 22 march: men’s 15 km mass-start
