FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Nations team event

Nations team event at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015
Venue	Vail, Colorado, United States
Date	10 February 2015
Teams	16
Medalists
Eva-Maria Brem Marcel Hirscher Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Christoph Nösig Philipp Schörghofer    Austria   Phil Brown Candace Crawford Erin Mielzynski Trevor Philp Marie-Pier Préfontaine Erik Read    Canada   Mattias Hargin Sara Hector Maria Pietilä Holmner Markus Larsson André Myhrer Anna Swenn-Larsson    Sweden

Alpine skiing at the World Ski Championships 2015
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 2015 World Championships was held on 10 February 2015.^[1]

FIS Overall Nations Cup standings

The participating nations were seeded according to the Overall Nations Cup standings prior to the World Championships:^[2]

Rank	Country	Points
1	Austria	7103
2	Italy	3845
3	United States	3428
4	Switzerland	3427
5	France	3045
6	Sweden	2747
7	Germany	2251
8	Norway	2076
9	Slovenia	1206
10	Canada	955
11	Czech Republic	444
12	Russia	398
13	Liechtenstein	300
14	Croatia	294
15	Slovakia	187
16	Finland	121
16	Spain	121
18	Hungary	99
19	Japan	58
20	Great Britain	45
21	Poland	26
22	Andorra	11
23	Monaco	3
–	Argentina	0

Argentina also participated, although as they had no points in the Nations Cup, they were seeded last.

Participating teams

Every nation submitted a team of four to six athletes, with at least two male and two female skiers.^[3]

Country Skiers 1  Austria Eva-Maria Brem Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser Marcel Hirscher Christoph Nösig Philipp Schörghofer 2  Italy Chiara Costazza Francesca Marsaglia Manuela Mölgg Giovanni Borsotti Matteo Marsaglia Davide Simoncelli 3  United States Julia Mancuso Paula Moltzan Mikaela Shiffrin Will Brandenburg David Chodounsky Ted Ligety 4   Switzerland Charlotte Chable Michelle Gisin Wendy Holdener Gino Caviezel Justin Murisier Elia Zurbriggen 5  France Adeline Baud Anemone Marmottan Tessa Worley Mathieu Faivre Thomas Fanara Thomas Mermillod-Blondin 6  Sweden Sara Hector Maria Pietilä-Holmner Anna Swenn-Larsson Mattias Hargin Markus Larsson André Myhrer 7  Germany Lena Dürr Veronique Hronek Viktoria Rebensburg Felix Neureuther Philipp Schmid Linus Strasser 8  Norway Nina Løseth Ragnhild Mowinckel Sebastian Foss Solevåg Leif Kristian Haugen

Country Skiers 9  Slovenia Ana Bucik Ana Drev Katarina Lavtar Klemen Kosi Žan Kranjec Matic Skube 10  Canada Candace Crawford Erin Mielzynski Marie-Pier Préfontaine Phil Brown Trevor Philp Erik Read 11  Czech Republic Gabriela Capová Martina Dubovská Kateřina Pauláthová Šárka Strachová Kryštof Krýzl Martin Vráblík 12  Russia Ksenia Alopina Anastasia Romanova Aleksander Andrienko Alexander Khoroshilov Pavel Trikhichev 13  Croatia Andrea Komšić Sofija Novoselić Leona Popović Ivica Kostelić Natko Zrnčić-Dim Filip Zubčić 14  Finland Kristiina Rove Merle Soppela Eemeli Pirinen Joonas Rasanen Marcus Sandell Samu Torsti 15  Great Britain Charlotte Guest Alexandra Tilley Charlie Raposo Dave Ryding 16  Argentina Salomé Báncora Nicol Gastaldi Tomas Birkner de Miguel Sebastiano Gastaldi

Bracket

^[4][5]

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

Results

Round of 16

Team 1 Score Team 2 Austria 4:0 Argentina Brem 23.18 Báncora 24.29 Hirscher 22.14 S. Gastaldi 23.33 Kirchgasser 23.64 N. Gastaldi 24.80 Nösig 22.36 Birkner de Miguel DNF Norway 3:1 Slovenia Mowinckel 23.93 Lavtar 24.06 Foss-Solevåg 22.75 Kranjec 22.67 Løseth 24.00 Bucik 24.01 Haugen 22.67 Skube 23.64 France 3:1 Russia Baud 23.47 Romanova 24.00 Mermillod Blondin 22.68 Khoroshilov 22.55 Worley 24.17 Alopina 24.69 Faivre 22.51 Trikhichev DNF Switzerland 2:2 Croatia Holdener 23.47 Popović DSQ Caviezel 22.65 Kostelić 22.99 Gisin 24.19 Novošelić 24.14 Murisier 22.86 Zubčić 22.55

Team 1 Score Team 2 United States 3:1 Finland Moltzan 24.04 Rove 24.27 Chodounsky 22.64 Pirinen 23.31 Shiffrin 24.08 Soppela 24.16 Ligety 22.76 Rasanen 22.69 Sweden 4:1 Czech Republic Pietilä-Holmner 24.06 Strachová 24.06 Hargin 22.39 Vráblík 22.97 Swenn-Larsson 23.86 Pauláthová 24.02 Myhrer 22.80 Krýzl DSQ Germany 2:2 Canada Hronek DSQ Mielzynski 23.61 Strasser 22.66 Brown 22.64 Rebensburg 23.89 Crawford DSQ Neureuther 22.27 Philp 22.50 Italy 3:1 Great Britain Costazza 24.15 Tilley 30.76 Borsotti 23.27 Ryding 22.54 F. Marsaglia 24.50 Guest 24.55 M. Marsaglia 23.43 Raposo 23.51

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Score Team 2 Austria 3:1 Norway Brem 23.59 Løseth 23.98 Hirscher 22.50 Haugen 22.68 Kirchgasser 24.04 Mowinckel 24.10 Nösig 22.75 Foss-Solevåg 22.60 France 1:3 Switzerland Baud 23.54 Gisin 24.09 Mermillod Blondin 23.06 Caviezel 22.48 Marmottan DSQ Holdener 23.53 Faivre 23.24 Murisier 23.05

Team 1 Score Team 2 United States 1:3 Sweden Moltzan DNF Swenn-Larsson 24.08 Chodounsky DNF Myhrer 22.67 Shiffrin 23.82 Pietilä-Holmner 23.85 Ligety DSQ Hargin 22.66 Canada 3:1 Italy Mielzynski 24.00 F. Marsaglia 24.56 Brown 23.07 Borsotti DSQ Crawford 24.15 Costazza 24.01 Philp 22.89 M. Marsaglia DSQ

Semifinals

Team 1 Score Team 2 Austria 3:1 Switzerland Brem 24.24 Gisin 24.36 Hirscher 22.36 Caviezel 22.51 Kirchgasser 23.71 Holdener 23.62 Nösig 22.78 Murisier 22.87

Team 1 Score Team 2 Sweden 2:2 Canada Pietilä-Holmner 24.28 Mielzynski 23.57 Hargin 22.49 Brown 22.80 Swenn-Larsson 24.15 Crawford 24.03 Myhrer 22.34 Philp 22.71

Small Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Switzerland	1:3	Sweden
Holdener DSQ		Swenn-Larsson 23.83
Caviezel 22.53		Myhrer 22.46
Gisin 24.28		Pietilä-Holmner 24.21
Murisier 22.60		Hargin 22.83

Big Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Austria	3:1	Canada
Brem 23.94		Mielzynski 23.68
Hirscher 22.38		Brown 22.77
Kirchgasser 23.97		Crawford 24.10
Nösig 22.84		Philp 22.95

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