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
Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Carmen Thalmann Marcel Hirscher Marcel Mathis Philipp Schörghofer    Austria   Nathalie Eklund Frida Hansdotter Maria Pietilä Holmner Jens Byggmark Mattias Hargin André Myhrer    Sweden   Lena Dürr Maria Höfl-Riesch Veronique Hronek Fritz Dopfer Stefan Luitz Felix Neureuther    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 2–2 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 3–1 Croatia Dürr 20.84 Novoselić 20.83 Dopfer 19.28 Šamšal 20.52 Höfl-Riesch 20.57 Tršinski 22.26 Neureuther Zubčić DQ France 4–0 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 3–1 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 3–2 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 1–3 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 3–1 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 3–1 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 2–2 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 3–1 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 2–2 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 4–0 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 3–1 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	2–2	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	4–0	Sweden
Hosp 20.95		Pietilä-Holmner 22.29
Hirscher 19.08		Hargin 19.52
Kirchgasser 20.32		Hansdotter 20.72
Schörghofer		Myhrer DQ

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