After a thrilling race to say the least, it was clear that five nations were competing for victory before the final round.
In the final leg, Sebastian Samuelsson secured a podium finish for Sweden after catching up with Germany.
"It's great, but we had the chance to win," Samuelsson said on SVT's broadcast.
Dream start
Jesper Nelin, Malte Stefansson and Martin Ponsiluoma ran other legs where the prone shooting was not enough to win.
Nelin opened the scoring for Sweden and gave the team a dream situation after a flawless shot. After him, Stefansson was given the confidence again - and responded in the standing shooting.
The 25-year-old missed four shots, but managed to avoid the penalty loop and kept Sweden in contention.
Then the biggest names took over. Martin Ponsiluoma missed three shots in prone but was hot in standing. With clean shooting there, he went into a shared lead before handing over to Sebastian Samuelsson in second.
“That's the charm”
Samuelsson began his stretch with three misses, also in prone. And the prone shooting ultimately became Sweden's downfall.
"It was a shame about that series. It needed to be a little better to really fight for it," Samuelsson said.
Norway won ahead of France. Samuelsson enjoyed running the relay.
"It was even. It was super fun. It shows how exciting biathlon is. It's not predictable. Everyone talks about Norway winning easily and so on; they don't. It was a tough fight for them too. That's the charm of our sport," Samuelsson said.
All three relays during the season have ended the same way: Norway, ahead of France, followed by Sweden.
