FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Nations team event

Nations team event
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013
Venue Planai
Schladming, Austria
Date 12 February 2013
Teams 16
Medalists
    Austria
    Sweden
    Germany
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013
Super combined men women
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Super-G men women
Team mixed

The nations team event competition at the 2013 World Championships was held on 12 February at 17:00 local time, the seventh race of the championships. Athletes from the best 16 nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup ranking competed.

Rules

The 16 best nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup Ranking were eligible to participate in this event. Each team consisted of 4 to 6 skiers, but at least two female and two male skiers.

The format was a knock-out round competition with the pairings being made according to the Nations Cup Ranking. In each pairing, two female and two male skiers from each team raced a parallel slalom in a best-of-4 system. In the event of a tie, the faster cumulated time of the best male and the best female skier decides which team advanced to the next round.[1]

FIS Overall Nations Cup standings

The standings prior to the World Championships:[2]

Rank Country Points
1  Austria 7856
2  Italy 4208
3  United States 4084
4  France 3697
5  Germany 3472
6  Sweden 2568
7   Switzerland 2455
8  Slovenia 2093
9  Norway 1908
10  Canada 1344
11  Finland 737
12  Croatia 705
13  Slovakia 508
14  Liechtenstein 171
15  Spain 164
16  Czech Republic 148
17  Japan 112
18  Russia 87
19  Netherlands 32
20  Poland 29
21  Great Britain 16
22  Hungary 8

Spain was eligible to participate, but decided not to. Therefore top seeded Austria started with a bye in the round of 16 (1/8 finals).

Participating teams

Every nation consists of 4 to 6 athletes.[3]

Country Skiers
 Austria Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Carmen Thalmann
Marcel Hirscher
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer
 Italy Chiara Costazza
Elena Curtoni
Denise Karbon
Matteo Marsaglia
Roberto Nani
Davide Simoncelli
 United States Stacey Cook
Laurenne Ross
Mikaela Shiffrin
Will Brandenburg
David Chodounsky
Tim Jitloff
 France Anne-Sophie Barthet
Anémone Marmottan
Tessa Worley
Thomas Mermillod-Blondin
Steve Missillier
Steven Theolier
 Germany Lena Dürr
Maria Höfl-Riesch
Veronique Hronek
Fritz Dopfer
Stefan Luitz
Felix Neureuther
 Sweden Nathalie Eklund
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Jens Byggmark
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer
  Switzerland Michelle Gisin
Wendy Holdener
Rahel Kopp
Gino Caviezel
Reto Schmidiger
Markus Vogel
 Slovenia Ana Bucik
Ana Drev
Ilka Štuhec
Zan Kranjec
Miha Kuerner
Misel Zerak

Country Skiers
 Norway Mona Løseth
Nina Løseth
Leif Kristian Haugen
Henrik Kristoffersen
 Canada Marie-Michèle Gagnon
Erin Mielzynski
Brittany Phelan
Elli Terwiel
Philip Brown
Michael Janyk
 Finland Nina Halme
Tanja Poutiainen
Merle Soppela
Victor Malmström
Eemeli Pirinen
Marcus Sandell
 Croatia Andrea Komšić
Sofija Novoselić
Sasa Tršinski
Ivica Kostelić
Dalibor Šamšal
Filip Zubčić
 Slovakia Veronika Zuzulová
Petra Vlhová
Matej Falat
Adam Žampa
Andreas Žampa
 Liechtenstein Anna-Laura Bühler
Joana Frick
Marina Nigg
Nico Gauer
Simon Heeb
Marco Pfiffner
 Czech Republic Martina Dubovská
Katerina Paulathová
Valentina Volopichová
Ondřej Bank
Ondřej Berndt
Filip Trejbal

Results bracket

After the withdrawal of Spain and with only 15 nations remaining, top-seed Austria received a bye to second round.[4]

  Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                     
        
  1   Austria 3  
    8   Slovenia 1  
8   Slovenia 2
9   Norway 2  
  1   Austria 4  
  5   Germany 0  
5   Germany 3  
12   Croatia 1  
  5   Germany 2
    4   France 2  
4   France 4
13   Slovakia 0  
  1   Austria 4
  6   Sweden 0
6   Sweden 3  
11   Finland 1  
  6   Sweden 3 Third place
    3   United States 1  
3   United States 3 5   Germany 2
14   Liechtenstein 2   10   Canada 2
  6   Sweden 3
  10   Canada 1  
7    Switzerland 1  
10   Canada 3  
  10   Canada 2
    15   Czech Republic 2  
15   Czech Republic 3
2   Italy 1  

Results

1/8 final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Slovenia Slovenia 2–2 Norway Norway
Drev 20.87 M. Løseth 20.40
Kranjec 19.56 Kristoffersen 19.96
Bucik 20.40 N. Løseth 20.86
Kuerner 20.02 Haugen 19.62
Germany Germany 3–1 Croatia Croatia
Dürr 20.84 Novoselić 20.83
Dopfer 19.28 Šamšal 20.52
Höfl-Riesch 20.57 Tršinski 22.26
Neureuther Zubčić DQ
France France 4–0 Slovakia Slovakia
Worley 20.02 Zuzulová 20.08
Mermillod-Blondin 19.80 Falat 20.44
Marmottan 20.37 Vlhová 20.89
Missillier 19.42 Adam Zampa 19.66

Team 1 Score Team 2
Sweden Sweden 3–1 Finland Finland
Hansdotter 20.41 Poutiainen 20.18
Hargin 19.45 Sandell 20.01
Pietilä-Holmner 20.42 Soppela 21.06
Myhrer 19.39 Pirinen 20.08
United States United States 3–2 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Cook 24.46 Nigg 21.80
Jitloff 20.39 Heeb 20.39
Ross 21.84 Bühler DNF
Chodounsky 19.76 Pfiffner 20.14
Switzerland Switzerland 1–3 Canada Canada
Holdener 20.63 Gagnon 21.03
Vogel 24.10 Janyk 19.73
Kopp 20.54 Mielzynski 20.31
Caviezel 19.87 Brown 19.72
Czech Republic Czech Republic 3–1 Italy Italy
Paulathova 20.94 Costazza 21.04
Berndt 20.26 Simoncelli 20.31
Dubovska 21.42 Curtoni 21.06
Trejbal 20.19 Nani 21.03

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Austria Austria 3–1 Slovenia Slovenia
Thalmann 21.81 Drev 20.75
Hirscher 19.08 Kranjec DNF
Kirchgasser 20.68 Bucik 21.20
Schörghofer 20.04 Zerak 22.27
Germany Germany 2–2 France France
Dürr 20.51 Marmottan 20.48
Neureuther 19.47 Mermillod-Blondin DNF
Höfl-Riesch 21.01 Worley 20.53
Dopfer 19.35 Missillier 19.42

Team 1 Score Team 2
Sweden Sweden 3–1 United States United States
Pietilä-Holmner 20.61 Ross 21.64
Hargin 19.71 Chodounsky 19.55
Hansdotter 20.65 Cook 21.61
Myhrer 19.44 Jitloff 20.14
Canada Canada 2–2 Czech Republic Czech Republic
Mielzynski 20.49 Paulathova 20.69
Brown 19.98 Berndt DNF
Gagnon 21.18 Dubovska 20.69
Janyk 20.02 Trejbal 19.95

Semifinals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Austria Austria 4–0 Germany Germany
Hosp 21.13 Dürr DNF
Hirscher 18.90 Dopfer 19.35
Kirchgasser 20.73 Höfl-Riesch DNF
Schörghofer 19.23 Neureuther 19.54

Team 1 Score Team 2
Sweden Sweden 3–1 Canada Canada
Hansdotter 20.70 Phelan 21.83
Hargin 19.54 Janyk 19.44
Pietilä-Holmner 20.30 Mielzynski 20.50
Myhrer 19.53 Brown 21.62

Bronze medal races

Team 1 Score Team 2
Germany Germany 2–2 Canada Canada
Dürr 20.70 Phelan 21.21
Neureuther 19.28 Janyk 19.21
Höfl-Riesch 20.73 Mielzynski 20.72
Dopfer 19.18 Brown 19.19

Gold medal races

Team 1 Score Team 2
Austria Austria 4–0 Sweden Sweden
Hosp 20.95 Pietilä-Holmner 22.29
Hirscher 19.08 Hargin 19.52
Kirchgasser 20.32 Hansdotter 20.72
Schörghofer Myhrer DQ

References

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