World Team Challenge live on TV and live stream today

As has become a tradition over the past few years, the best biathletes will compete in the World Team Challenge at Schalke shortly before New Year’s Eve. You can find out where and how you can watch the spectacle on TV and live stream here at SPOX.

World leaders in biathlon have been gathering for the World Team Challenge in the Veltins Arena on Schalke since 2002. The event has only taken place in Ruhpolding in recent years due to the corona pandemic. World Cup points are not collected here, it is an invitation race.

So today, Wednesday, December 28, 2022, the ten mixed teams are heading back to Gelsenkirchen, where short climbs and fast descents await them. At 6:15 p.m. the mass start begins, followed by the pursuit at 7:30 p.m.

But where can you watch the World Team Challenge live on TV and live stream? And what does the field of participants look like? SPOX provides answers.

Biathlon, broadcast: World Team Challenge live on TV and live stream today

As with most biathlon events, you have three options for the Team Challenge: a public broadcaster, Eurosport and DAZN.

Today draws that ZDF responsible for the transmission. Immediately after the Four Hills Tournament, reporter Volker Grube, presenter Alexander Ruda, experts Laura Dahlmeier and expert Sven Fischer will welcome you at around 6 p.m. You can receive the program on TV and in the live stream via the ZDF Mediathek.

Also Eurosport is part of the party again, the broadcast starts at 6:05 p.m. There is also a stream, this is via the Eurosport Player but at a cost.

All of you that one DAZNsubscription can be happy: Eurosport is available free of charge for the streaming service due to a cooperation. There’s also football, US sports, darts, tennis and martial arts – all for EUR 29.99 per month with a monthly subscription or EUR 24.99 per month with an annual subscription.

Biathlon, broadcast: World Team Challenge live on TV and live stream today – FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT DAZN

Biathlon, broadcast: World Team Challenge – mode

The event is divided into a classic mass start and pursuit, but it won’t be quite like the World Cup. In the mass start, the women start, after the shooting, the men take their place. Four laps (approx. 1.3 km) are scheduled for the women and five for the men. Each miss earns an extra 75 yards.

After the end of the mass start, there is a short break, with the gap halved, the pursuit begins. If teams are more than 45 seconds behind the leaders, they start together. The duo that crosses the finish line first wins.

Biathlon, Broadcast: World Team Challenge – Most important information

• Contest: Biathlon, World Team Challenge
• Date: December 28, 2022
• Kicking off: 6:15 p.m. Mass Start, 10:30 a.m. Pursuit
• Location: Veltins Arena, Geslenkirchen
• TV: ZDF, Eurosport
• live stream: ZDF media library, Eurosport Player, DAZN
• live ticker: –

Biathlon, broadcast: World Team Challenge – participants

Ten teams duel today, two of them with German cast: Denise Herrmann-Wick and Benedikt Doll, as well as Vanessa Voigt and Philipp Nawrath. These are all duos: