Biathlon World Cup point system changes dramatically for season 2022/23

The IBU Biathlon World Cup has been known for tight overall competition due to the tight point system where the winner has received only six points more than the runner-up. This will propably change now as the World Cup point system will see a dramatic change in the season 2022-2023.

Only the points for top six positions of the individual races will change. The points for top six will be as follows: 90-75-60-50-45-40. Last season the top six athletes received 60-54-48-43-40-38 points. Points will still be given to the top 40 of each race (top 30 in mass starts). The points for positions 7-40 will the same as they were last season.

One might say that the new point system is more fair as the top spots receive more points compared to the lower positions. On the other hand the gaps in the overall competition may become much larger than before and reduce the tightness of the competition.

Also a couple of other changes will come next season:

• Biathlon World Championships wil no longer give World Cup points
• All of the World Cup races will be counted for the overall competition

Biathlon World Cup points season 2022-2023

See also: Another increase in biathlon prize money in 2022/23

Sources:

• IBU news
• IBU PDF