FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 – Nations team event

Nations team event
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013
VenuePlanai
Schladming, Austria
Date12 February 2013
Teams15
Medalists
gold medal Nicole Hosp
Michaela Kirchgasser
Carmen Thalmann
Marcel Hirscher
Marcel Mathis
Philipp Schörghofer		   Austria
silver medal Nathalie Eklund
Frida Hansdotter
Maria Pietilä Holmner
Jens Byggmark
Mattias Hargin
André Myhrer		   Sweden
bronze medal Lena Dürr
Maria Höfl-Riesch
Veronique Hronek
Fritz Dopfer
Stefan Luitz
Felix Neureuther		   Germany
Alpine skiing at the
World Ski Championships 2013
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Team

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]

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
3  United States 1
3  United States 3
14  Liechtenstein 2
6  Sweden 3
10  Canada 1
7  Switzerland 1 Third place
10  Canada 3
10  Canada 2 5  Germany 2
15  Czech Republic 2 10  Canada 2
15  Czech Republic 3
2  Italy 1

Results

1/8 final

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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

  1. ^ "Teamcontest Men and Women". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. ^ Cup Standings
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
  4. ^ "Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
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