2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's team pursuit

The women's team pursuit in the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup will be contested over four races, out of a total of six World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 13–15 November 2015, and the final occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 11–13 March 2016.[1]

The defending champion was the Netherlands. This year, Japan won three out of four races and the final classification.

Top three

Position	Country	Points	Previous season

Race medallists

WC #	Location	Date	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time	Report
1	Calgary, Canada	14 November	Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Marije Joling	2:56.11	Japan Ayaka Kikuchi Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri	2:56.46	Russia Olga Graf Natalya Voronina Elizaveta Kazelina	2:56.98	[2][3]
3	Inzell, Germany	5 December	Japan Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Misaki Oshigiri Ayaka Kikuchi	2:59.08	Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Marije Joling	2:59.69	Russia Natalya Voronina Olga Graf Elizaveta Kazelina Margarita Ryzhova	3:00.36	[4]
4	Heerenveen, Netherlands	12 December	Japan Ayaka Kikuchi Nana Takagi Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri	2:59.58	Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Linda de Vries Irene Schouten	3:01.26	Poland Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska Aleksandra Goss	3:01.51	[5]
6	Heerenveen, Netherlands	12 March	Japan Nana Takagi Miho Takagi Misaki Oshigiri	2:58.06	Netherlands Marrit Leenstra Antoinette de Jong Ireen Wüst	2:58.21	Poland Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Woźniak Luiza Złotkowska	3:02.34	[6]

Note: the races are over 6 laps.

Standings

#	Country	CGY	INZ	HVN1	HVN2	Total
1	Japan	80	100	100	150	430
2	Netherlands	100	80	80	120	380
3	Russia	70	70	60	90	290
4	Poland	35	60	70	104	269
5	Canada	60	45	50		155
6	Germany	45	50	45		140
7	China	40	35	40		115
8	South Korea	50	40	—		90
9	Czech Republic	30	—	35		65
10	United States	25	—	—		25

References

1. "International Skating Union – Communication No. 1958" (PDF). International Skating Union. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
2. "ISU World Cup Calgary – November 13-15, 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies – Rankings as of Nov 15 2015 4:47PM". International Skating Union. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
3. "Distance Result: 1. World Cup 2015/2016 – Ladies, Team, 6 Runden". SpeedSkatingNews[.info]. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
4. "ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Ladies". International Skating Union (ISU). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
5. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11–13 December 2015 – Result Team Pursuit Women". International Skating Union (ISU). 12 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
6. "ISU World Cup Heerenveen – 11-13 March 2016 – Result Team Pursuit Women". International Skating Union (ISU). 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 12 March 2016.