FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 – Nations team event

The Nations Team Event competition at the 2011 World Championships ran on February 16 at 11:00 local time, the seventh race of the championships. Athletes from the best 16 nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup ranking competed.

Nations team event
at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011
VenueGarmisch Classic
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, germany
Date16 February 2011
Teams11
Medalists
 Taïna Barioz
Anémone Marmottan
Tessa Worley
Thomas Fanara
Cyprien Richard
Gauthier de Tessières		   France
 Anna Fenninger
Michaela Kirchgasser
Marlies Schild
Romed Baumann
Benjamin Raich
Philipp Schörghofer		   Austria
 Sara Hector
Anja Pärson
Maria Pietilä-Holmner
Axel Bäck
Hans Olsson
Matts Olsson		   Sweden
Alpine skiing at the
World Ski Championships 2011
Combinedmenwomen
Downhillmenwomen
Giant slalommenwomen
Slalommenwomen
Super-Gmenwomen
Team mixed

Rules

The 16 best nations in the FIS Overall Nations Cup Ranking were eligible to participate in this event. If one or more nations didn't start, they were not replaced. Each team consisted of 4 to 6 skiers, but at least two female and two male skiers.

The format was a K.O. round competition with the pairings being made according to the Nations Cup Ranking. In each pairing 2 female & 2 male skiers from each team raced a parallel giant 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 will advance to the next round.[1]

FIS Overall Nations Cup standing (prior to the World Championships)
RankCountryPoints
1 Austria7662
2  Switzerland4573
3 France3734
4 Italy3728
5 United States3230
6 Germany3097
7 Sweden2487
8 Croatia1424
9 Norway1346
10 Canada1280
11 Slovenia976
12 Finland804
13 Czech Republic433
14 Slovakia257
15 Japan66
16 Liechtenstein55
17 Spain51
18 Moldova40
19 Great Britain9
20 Russia8
21 Poland4

Participating teams

Results bracket

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  1/8 Final 1/4 Final 1/2 Final Finals
                                     
       
  1  Austria (f) 2  
    8  Croatia 2  
8  Croatia 3
9  Canada 2  
  1  Austria 4  
  4  Italy 0  
       
       
  5  United States 1
    4  Italy 3  
     
       
  1  Austria 2
  3  France (f) 2
       
       
  3  France (f) 2 Third place
    6  Germany 2  
6  Germany 4 4  Italy 0
11  Slovakia 0   7  Sweden 4
  3  France (f) 2
  7  Sweden 2  
7  Sweden 3  
10  Czech Republic 1  
  7  Sweden 4
    2   Switzerland 0  
     
  • (f) = In the event of a tie, the faster cumulated time of the best male and the best female skier decides which team will advance to the next round

Results

As Norway, Slovenia, Finland, Japan, and Liechtenstein chose not to participate, the 5 highest-placed teams (Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, United States) in the FIS Overall Nations Cup Ranking received a bye in the qualification round.

1/8 Final

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Team 1 Score Team 2
Croatia 3–2 Canada
Palić 27.04 B. Janyk 27.04
Široki 26.25 M. Janyk 26.18
Novoselić 26.73 Gagnon 26.78
Zrnčić-Dim 30.31 Stutz 33.77
Germany 4–0 Slovakia
Dürr 27.23 Gantnerová 27.37
Dopfer 25.78 Babušiak 27.01
Hronek 27.08 Saalová 27.67
Neureuther 25.89 Zampa 29.01
Sweden 3–1 Czech Republic
Pärson 26.88 Paulathová 26.98
M. Olsson 26.59 Kryzl 25.44
Pietilä-Holmner 26.46 Zemanová 27.93
H. Olsson 25.80 Zika 25.86

1/4 Final

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Semifinals

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Finals

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In the end France won the title with three 2-2 results, always with the faster total time of the best male and the best female racer.

And the final victory was decided by 1/100 of a second: if Kirchgasser had raced 0,01 sec faster (or Marmottan 0,01 sec slower) the result would have been 3:2 for Austria.

References
  1. "Teambewerb Key Facts". GAP2011.com. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. "FIS World Ski Championships Nations Team Event Results" (PDF). FIS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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