title: 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
text: # 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit
  
  The men's team pursuit in the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over four races on four occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 16–18 November 2012, and the final occasion also taking place in Heerenveen on 8–10 March 2013.
  
  The Netherlands successfully defended their title from the previous season, while South Korea came second and Russia came third.
  
  ## Top three
  
  | Medal | Country | Points | Previous season |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Netherlands | 450 | 1st |
  | Silver | South Korea | 350 | 2nd |
  | Bronze | Russia | 285 | 5th |
  
  ## Race medallists
  
  | Occasion # | Location | Date | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 17 November | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:39.76 | Russia Yevgeny Lalenkov Ivan Skobrev Denis Yuskov | 3:42.90 | South Korea Joo Hyung-joon Ko Byung-wook Lee Seung-hoon | 3:43.57 |
  | 3 | Astana, Kazachstan | 1 December | Netherlands Jorrit Bergsma Koen Verweij Jan Blokhuijsen | 3:41.27 | South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Joo Hyung-joon Kim Cheol-min | 3:41.49 | Norway Håvard Bøkko Sverre Lunde Pedersen Simen Spieler Nilsen | 3:43.43 |
  | 8 | Erfurt, Germany | 2 March | Netherlands Sven Kramer Jorrit Bergsma Koen Verweij | 3:45.21 | South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Ko Byung-wook Kim Cheol-min | 3:45.33 | Poland Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | 3:45.79 |
  | 9 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | 8 March | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij Jorrit Bergsma | 3:40.64 | South Korea Joo Hyung-joon Ko Byung-wook Lee Seung-hoon Kim Cheol-min | 3:42.69 | Russia Yevgeny Lalenkov Ivan Skobrev Denis Yuskov | 3:43.02 |
  
  ## Standings
  
  Standings as of 10 March 2013 (end of the season).
  
  | # | Country | HVN1 | AST | ERF | HVN2 | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Netherlands | 100 | 100 | 100 | 150 | 450 |
  | 2 | South Korea | 70 | 80 | 80 | 120 | 350 |
  | 3 | Russia | 80 | 40 | 60 | 105 | 285 |
  | 4 | Norway | 45 | 70 | 50 | 90 | 255 |
  | 5 | Poland | 40 | 50 | 70 | – | 160 |
  | 6 | Canada | 60 | 60 | 30 | – | 150 |
  | 7 | Germany | 50 | 35 | 45 | – | 130 |
  | 8 | Italy | 35 | 25 | 40 | – | 100 |
  | 9 | France | 30 | 45 | – | – | 75 |
  | 10 | Belgium | 16 | 30 | 25 | – | 71 |
  | 11 | United States | 25 | – | 35 | – | 60 |
  | 12 | Japan | 21 | 18 | 18 | – | 57 |
  | 13 | China | 18 | – | 21 | – | 39 |
  | 14 | Kazakhstan | – | 21 | – | – | 21 |
  