FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Alpine Ski World Cup | |
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International Ski Federation (FIS) | |
People | Chief Race Directors Markus Waldner (men) Peter Gerdol (women) |
Sponsor | Audi Quattro |
The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of
The inaugural World Cup race was held on 5 January
Rules
Competitors attempt to achieve the best time in four disciplines:
The current scoring system was implemented in the 1991–92 season. For every race points are awarded to the top 30 finishers: 100 points to the winner, 80 for second, 60 for third, winding down to 1 point for 30th place. The racer with the most points at the end of the season in mid-March wins the cup, represented by a 9 kilogram crystal globe.[2] Sub-prizes are also awarded in each individual race discipline, with a smaller 3.5 kg crystal globe.
Since
The World Cup is held annually, and is considered the premier competition for alpine ski racing after the quadrennial Winter Olympics. Many consider the World Cup to be a more valuable title than the Olympics or the biennial World Championships, since it requires a competitor to ski at an extremely high level in several disciplines throughout the season, and not just in one race.[3]
Races are hosted primarily at ski resorts in the Alps in Europe, with regular stops in Scandinavia, North America, and east Asia, but a few races have also been held in the Southern Hemisphere. World Cup competitions have been hosted in 25 countries around the world: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.[4]
Lower competitive circuits include the
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Crystal Globe of the World Cup Winner
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Red Bib of the World Cup Leader
Overall winners
Multiple individual overall World Cup winners are marked with (#).
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Individual titles by country
Men overall titlesThe following skiers have at least three overall alpine World Cup titles.
Women overall titlesThe following skiers have at least three overall alpine World Cup titles.
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Discipline winners
Top ten small crystal globe podiums
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Most small globes per discipline
Combined crystal globes were officially awarded from 2007 to 2012. Here are counted all season titles, official and unofficial. The records for most World Cup titles in each discipline are as follows:
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Multiple disciplines small crystal globe winners
Only four men's racers have ever managed to win small crystal globe in four or more different alpine skiing disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below.
Men
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Marc Girardelli | 1980–1997 | 4 | 10 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1981–1990 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | |||
Kjetil André Aamodt |
1990–2006 | 4 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
Aksel Lund Svindal | 2003-2019 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 |
Wins
Most race wins in each discipline
As of 2 March 2024
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Most races won
A common measurement of how good individual skiers are is the total number of World Cup races won during their skiing career. The following skiers have won at least 20 World Cup races:
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Twenty or more speed and technical wins
All-event winners
Only a few racers have ever managed to win races in all five classic World Cup alpine skiing disciplines during their career, as listed in the table below.
Men
Career | Times | Seasons | Wins | DH | SG
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Bode Miller | 1997–2017 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | ||||
Marc Girardelli | 1980–1996 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 11 | N/A | – | N/A | ||||
Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1981–1990 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 11 | N/A | – | N/A | ||||
Kjetil André Aamodt |
1989–2006 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | N/A | – | N/A | ||||
Günther Mader | 1982–1998 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | N/A | – | N/A |
Women
Career | Times | Seasons | Wins | DH | SG
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Anja Pärson | 1998–2012 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 3 | N/A | – | – | ||||
Pernilla Wiberg | 1990–2002 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | N/A | – | N/A | ||||
Petra Kronberger | 1987–1992 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
Lindsey Vonn | 2001–2019 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 43 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 5 | N/A | – | – | ||||
Janica Kostelić | 1998–2006 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | N/A | – | N/A | ||||
Tina Maze | 1999–2015 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | N/A | – | – | ||||
Mikaela Shiffrin | 2012–active | 1 | 0 | 97 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 60 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
- Mikaela Shiffrin is the only skier in history who has won in six different disciplines—i.e., aside from the classic five disciplines, she has also won in parallel slalom.
Most race wins in a single season
The following skiers have won at least ten World Cup races in a single season (events not available in a given season are marked "NA"):
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Hosts
Men'sTotal
Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
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Women'sTotal
Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom
Slalom
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Most podiums and top ten results
Career podiums
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Career top ten results
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- Note: Only parallel events from (1975, 1997, 2011–2013, 2016) which count for overall ranking, included on this list, are considered as official individual World Cup victories.
Greatest alpine skiers of all time
Based on ski-database super ranking system (since 1966), this scoring system is calculated using points from three categories: Olympic Games, World Championships, and World Cup (overall titles, discipline titles and individual top ten results).
- As of 3 December 2023
Men's super ranking
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Parallel events
Parallel slalom
Parallel slaloms from 1976 to 1991 counted for Nations Cup. There were no limitations regarding the number of athletes who could enter the competition, but each main event was limited to 32 competitors.
Men
Date | Place | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
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20 March 1976 | Mont St. Anne | 1975/76 | Franco Bieler | Ingemar Stenmark | Jim Hunter |
26 March 1977 | Sierra Nevada | 1976/77 | Manfred Brunner | Klaus Heidegger | Bruno Nöckler |
19 March 1978 | Arosa | 1977/78 | Phil Mahre | Ingemar Stenmark | Leonhard Stock |
14 December 1978 | Madonna di Campiglio | 1978/79 | Ingemar Stenmark | Mauro Bernardi | Karl Trojer |
14 March 1980 | Saalbach | 1979/80 | Anton Steiner | Ingemar Stenmark | Jarle Halsnes |
30 March 1981 | Laax | 1980/81 | Ingemar Stenmark | Jarle Halsnes | Phil Mahre |
28 March 1982 | Montgenèvre | 1981/82 | Phil Mahre | Ingemar Stenmark | Hans Enn |
21 March 1983 | Furano | 1982/83 | Ingemar Stenmark (3) | Phil Mahre | Andreas Wenzel |
25 March 1984 | Oslo | 1983/84 | Hans Enn | Anton Steiner | Ingemar Stenmark |
6 January 1986 | Vienna | 1985/86 | Ivano Edalini | Markus Wasmeier | Anton Steiner |
22 March 1986 | Bromont |
Paul Frommelt | Marco Tonazzi | Marc Girardelli | |
28 December 1986 | Berlin | 1986/87 | Leonhard Stock | Bojan Križaj | Michael Eder |
22 December 1987 | Bormio | 1987/88 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Joël Gaspoz | Martin Hangl |
27 March 1988 | Saalbach | Alberto Tomba | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Helmut Mayer | |
11 March 1989 | Shiga Kōgen |
1988/89 | Bernhard Gstrein | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Rudolf Nierlich |
24 March 1991 | Waterville | 1990/91 | Urs Kälin | Paul Accola | Ole Kristian Furuseth |
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2 January 2009 | Moscow | 2008/09 | Felix Neureuther | Jean-Baptiste Grange | Bode Miller |
21 November 2009 | Moscow | 2009/10 |
Marcel Hirscher | Steve Missillier | Michael Janyk |
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23 March 1975 | Val Gardena | 1974/75 | Gustav Thöni | Ingemar Stenmark | Walter Tresch |
24 October 1997 | Tignes | 1997/98 | Josef Strobl | Kjetil André Aamodt |
Hermann Maier |
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Date | Place | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
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20 March 1976 | Mont St. Anne | 1975/76 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Irene Epple | Monika Kaserer |
26 March 1977 | Sierra Nevada | 1976/77 | Christa Zechmeister | Marie-Theres Nadig | Annemarie Moser-Pröll |
19 March 1978 | Arosa | 1977/78 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Christa Zechmeister | Viki Fleckenstein |
16 March 1980 | Saalbach | 1979/80 | Annemarie Moser-Pröll (2) | Claudia Giordani | Maria Epple |
30 March 1981 | Laax | 1980/81 | Tamara McKinney | Traudl Hächer | Hanni Wenzel |
28 March 1982 | Montgenèvre | 1981/82 | Maria Epple | Lea Sölkner | Perrine Pelen |
21 March 1983 | Furano | 1982/83 | Anne-Flore Rey | Hanni Wenzel | Anni Kronbichler |
25 March 1984 | Oslo | 1983/84 | Olga Charvátová | Erika Hess | Tamara McKinney |
22 March 1986 | Bromont |
1985/86 | Vreni Schneider | Maria Walliser | Corinne Schmidhauser |
18 January 1987 | Munich | 1986/87 | Tamara McKinney | Małgorzata Tlałka-Mogore | Corinne Schmidhauser |
22 December 1987 | Bormio | 1987/88 | Brigitte Oertli | Corinne Schmidhauser | Michela Figini |
27 March 1988 | Saalbach | Christina Meier |
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11 March 1989 | Shiga Kōgen |
1988/89 | Chantal Bournissen | Michaela Gerg-Leitner | Tamara McKinney |
24 March 1991 | Waterville | 1990/91 | Anita Wachter | Ingrid Salvenmoser | Chantal Bournissen |
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21 November 2009 | Moscow | 2009/10 |
Therese Borssén | Maria Riesch |
Frida Hansdotter |
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24 March 1975 | Val Gardena | 1974/75 | Monika Kaserer | Claudia Giordani | Fabienne Serrat |
24 October 1997 | Tignes | 1997/98 | Leila Piccard | Ylva Nowén | Alexandra Meissnitzer |
28 November 1997 | Mammoth Mountain | Hilde Gerg | Martina Ertl |
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20 December 2017 | Courchevel | 2017/18 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Irene Curtoni |
9 December 2018 | St. Moritz | 2018/19 | Mikaela Shiffrin (2) | Petra Vlhová | Wendy Holdener |
15 December 2019 | St. Moritz | 2019/20 | Petra Vlhová | Anna Swenn-Larsson | Franziska Gritsch |
City event
Parallel city event is a version of parallel slalom where only Top16 ranked are allowed to compete. Length of the track and course/gates setting are also different from classic parallel slalom, and as of 2019/20 season, they are completely replaced with normal parallel races with qualification run.
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Date | Place | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
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2 January 2011 | Munich | 2010/11 |
Ivica Kostelić | Julien Lizeroux | Bode Miller |
21 February 2012 | Moscow | 2011/12 | Alexis Pinturault | Felix Neureuther | André Myhrer |
1 January 2013 | Munich | 2012/13 |
Felix Neureuther | Marcel Hirscher | Alexis Pinturault |
29 January 2013 | Moscow | Marcel Hirscher | André Myhrer | Ivica Kostelić | |
23 February 2016 | Stockholm | 2015/16 | Marcel Hirscher (2) | André Myhrer | Stefano Gross |
31 January 2017 | Stockholm | 2016/17 | Linus Straßer | Alexis Pinturault | Mattias Hargin |
1 January 2018 | Oslo | 2017/18 | André Myhrer | Michael Matt | Linus Straßer |
30 January 2018 | Stockholm | Ramon Zenhäusern | André Myhrer | Linus Straßer | |
1 January 2019 | Oslo | 2018/19 | Marco Schwarz | Dave Ryding | Ramon Zenhäusern |
19 February 2019 | Stockholm | Ramon Zenhäusern (2) | André Myhrer | Marco Schwarz |
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Date | Place | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
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2 January 2011 | Munich | 2010/11 |
Maria Pietilä-Holmner |
Tina Maze | Elisabeth Görgl |
21 February 2012 | Moscow | 2011/12 | Julia Mancuso | Michaela Kirchgasser | Lindsey Vonn |
1 January 2013 | Munich | 2012/13 |
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Tina Maze | Michaela Kirchgasser |
29 January 2013 | Moscow | Lena Dürr | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Mikaela Shiffrin | |
23 February 2016 | Stockholm | 2015/16 | Wendy Holdener | Frida Hansdotter | Maria Pietilä-Holmner
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31 January 2017 | Stockholm | 2016/17 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Veronika Velez-Zuzulová | Nina Løseth
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1 January 2018 | Oslo | 2017/18 | Mikaela Shiffrin (2) | Wendy Holdener | Mélanie Meillard |
30 January 2018 | Stockholm | Nina Haver-Løseth | Wendy Holdener | Petra Vlhová | |
1 January 2019 | Oslo | 2018/19 | Petra Vlhová | Mikaela Shiffrin | Wendy Holdener |
19 February 2019 | Stockholm | Mikaela Shiffrin (3) | Christina Geiger |
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Knockout slalom
There were a total of two races (one in the men's category and one in the women's category) and it was in
Men
Date | Place | Season | Winner | Second | Third |
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16 December 2002 | Sestriere | 2002/03 |
Ivica Kostelić | Giorgio Rocca | Truls Ove Karlsen |
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15 December 2002 | Sestriere | 2002/03 |
Anja Pärson | Tanja Poutiainen | Nicole Hosp |
Parallel giant slalom
Introduced by the International Ski Federation to the World Cup as a spectator-friendly event in late 2015, the parallel giant slalom competition, or shortened parallel-G, joining the parallel slalom, is intended to lure more speed specialists into the faster of the two technical disciplines, along with attracting their fans to watch the races at the venue, on-line, and on television.[7] Few venues offer the slope and conditions required to host an extremely short Giant slalom course that can be readily viewed in its entirety by a compact gallery of fans. Modified or not, the Federation has not suggested that they will push the format to lower-level tours like the NorAm and Europa Cup.
Format
The Chief Race Director of the inaugural event at Alta Badia, Markus Waldner, on 20 December 2015 stated that "great performances" and "head-to-head fights" between the best giant slalom racers is the goal of the competition. The course for the first race was very compact at about 20–22 seconds duration, or about one-third of a normal GS run. The pace and cadence was the same as Giant slalom, not standard Slalom. Gates were set at roughly the same distances as GS and on a slope of about the same pitch. The field of thirty-two were drawn following an invitational format. The top four men in the overall World Cup rankings were automatic invitees, if they chose to compete. Another 16 racers were selected from the top of the current GS start list rankings, and the final twelve competitors were selected from the 1st run efforts at the standard GS event the day prior at the same venue. Overlapping qualifications allowed the sponsors to invite lower ranked participants to fill in gaps, as needed, and to replace individuals who declined to participate. Points were awarded and accumulated according to current standards for the race season in all relevant categories: the GS discipline, Overall and Nations Cup. The field was filled with thirty-two first round participants, each getting a run on either course. The best combined times moved the fastest racer to the second round through bracket preference protocols. From the second round, skiers the head-to-head competitions were held over one run only, with the faster skier from the previous round granted course selection between the 'red-right' or 'blue-left' course. At about one-third the time of a standard GS event, top performers/finalists were able to make multiple runs without the fatigue of a longer event. The course was methodically set with lasers, and a GPS-equipped Snowcat, to guarantee that both courses on the hill were as identical as possible to ensure equity and a fair competition. The Race Director suggested the difference between the two lanes were within "1–to–2 centimeters" tolerance of one another.
Events
Venue | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth | Notes |
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Alta Badia | 21 December 2015 | Kjetil Jansrud | Aksel Lund Svindal | Andre Myhrer |
Dominik Schwaiger | [8][9] |
Alta Badia | 19 December 2016 | Cyprien Sarrazin | Carlo Janka | Kjetil Jansrud | Leif Kristian Haugen |
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Alta Badia | 18 December 2017 | Matts Olsson | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | [12] |
Alta Badia | 17 December 2018 | Marcel Hirscher | Thibaut Favrot | Alexis Pinturault | Matts Olsson | [13][14] |
Alta Badia | 23 December 2019 | Rasmus Windingstad | Stefan Luitz | Roland Leitinger | Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen | [13][15] |
Chamonix | 9 February 2020 | Loïc Meillard | Thomas Tumler | Alexander Schmid | Tommy Ford | [16] |
Lech/Zürs | 27 November 2020 | Alexis Pinturault | Henrik Kristoffersen | Alexander Schmid | Adrian Pertl | [17] |
Lech/Zürs | 14 November 2021 | Christian Hirschbühl | Dominik Raschner | Atle Lie McGrath | Henrik Kristoffersen | [18] |
Venue | Date | Winner | Second | Third | Fourth | Notes |
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Sestriere | 19 January 2020 | Clara Direz | Elisa Mörzinger | Marta Bassino | Federica Brignone | [19] |
Lech/Zürs | 26 November 2020 | Petra Vlhová | Paula Moltzan | Lara Gut-Behrami | Sara Hector | [20] |
Lech/Zürs | 13 November 2021 | Andreja Slokar | Thea Louise Stjernesund | Kristin Lysdahl | Marta Bassino | [21] |
Various records
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Scoring system
The World Cup scoring system is based on awarding a number of points for each place in a race, but the procedure for doing so and the often-arcane method used to calculate the annual champions has varied greatly over the years. Originally, points were awarded only to the top ten finishers in each race, with 25 points for the winner, 20 for second, 15 for third, 11 for fourth, 8 for fifth, 6 for sixth, 4 for seventh, then decreasing by one point for each lower place. To determine the winner for each discipline World Cup, only a racer's best three results counted, from a typical six to eight races in each discipline (consistent with the then-current classification of skiers as amateurs, who couldn't be expected compete all the time). For the overall Cup, only these best three results in each discipline were included. Until 1970, the results of Winter Olympic Games races and Alpine World Ski Championship races were also included in the World Cup points valuation (i.e.,
Starting with the
This perennial tweaking of the scoring formula was a source of ongoing uncertainty to the World Cup racers and to fans. The need for a complete overhaul of the scoring system had grown increasingly urgent with each successive year, especially once the
In
With the ongoing expansion of the number and quality of competitors in World Cup races over the years, another major change to the scoring system was implemented in the
The table below compares the point values under all five scoring systems which have been in use:
Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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Current system 1993 –
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100 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
1992 system 1992
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100 | 80 | 60 | 55 | 51 | 47 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Top 15 system 1991
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1979 system † 1979
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25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Original system 1979
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25 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T5 (4) | T9 (8) |
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100 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 15 |
† The scoring system changed during the
Statistical analysis
Since the Top 30 scoring system was implemented in
The tables below contain a brief statistical analysis of the overall World Cup standings during the 21 seasons since the Top 30 scoring system was implemented in
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Races Completed | 1st Place Points | Margin of Victory | 2nd Place Points | 3rd Place Points | Number of Skiers per Season: | |||
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Maximum | 44 | 2000 | 743 | 1454 | 1307 | 5 | 21 | 50 |
Average | 35.4 | 1414 | 258 | 1155 | 1001 | 2.5 | 14 | 41 |
Minimum | 30 | 1009 | 2 | 775 | 760 | 1 | 8 | 37 |
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Races Completed | 1st Place Points | Margin of Victory | 2nd Place Points | 3rd Place Points | Number of Skiers per Season: | |||
> 1000 Pts | > 500 Pts | > 200 Pts | ||||||
Maximum | 39 | 1980 | 578 | 1725 | 1391 | 5 | 19 | 45 |
Average | 33.4 | 1570 | 244 | 1326 | 1117 | 3.3 | 13 | 37 |
Minimum | 30 | 1248 | 3 | 931 | 904 | 1 | 9 | 32 |
Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons | ||||||||
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> 1700 Pts | > 1500 Pts | > 1300 Pts | > 1200 Pts | > 1100 Pts | > 1000 Pts | > 900 Pts | > 800 Pts | |
First place | 7 | 19 | 30 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 42 |
Second place | 1 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 40 | 41 |
Third place | – | – | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 36 | 40 |
> 600 Pts | > 500 Pts | > 400 Pts | > 300 Pts | > 200 Pts | > 100 Pts | >= 50 Pts | < 50 Pts | |
Margin of Victory | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 11 |
Finals
Since 1993 the
From inception, the finals took place during one week, with the speed events held during the week and the technical events during the weekend. However, beginning in 2024, the schedule was changed so that the finals took up two weekends, with the technical events during the first weekend and the speed events during the second.
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Winners by country
The table below lists those nations which have won at least one World Cup race (current as of 23 March 2024).[29][30]
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Alpine team event
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1 | Switzerland | 5 | – | 5 |
2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Sweden | 3 | – | 3 | |
4 | Germany | 2 | – | 2 |
Norway | 2 | – | 2 | |
6 | Italy | 1 | 1 | – |
Czech Republic | 1 | – | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 3 | 14 |
Individual race wins are counted in this table, along with the nations team events held at World Cup Finals since 2006 (counts double as men and women in mixed competition contribute to a win). The "parallel race" is a head-to-head slalom race format used occasionally from the 1970s through 1990s, and again in 2011. Team event wins are doubled (because on one team event race competed both women and men; so it's counted separately each for women and men). Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table. All of Yugoslavia's wins are currently lumped in with Slovenia, since the skiers who won races for former Yugoslavia were all Slovenes from Slovenia (one of six Yugoslav Republics), and thus are listed under Slovenia in online databases. The Soviet Union and Russia are counted separately, as are Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
A total of 24 countries have won World Cup races, with 19 countries winning men's races and 20 winning women's races. As expected, the top ten nations in this list are the ten nations listed in the Nations Cup summary table (with slight changes in order).
Marc Girardelli accounted for all of Luxembourg's 46 wins, while Janica Kostelić has 30 of Croatia's 56 and her brother Ivica has the rest. Ingemar Stenmark still has nearly one-half of Sweden's 192 wins more than two decades after his retirement. Some nations specialize in either speed (downhill and Super G) or technical (slalom and GS) disciplines, while others are strong across the board. Among nations with 30+ wins, the Canadian team has won 73% of its races in speed events, while Yugoslavia/Slovenia has won 84% and Sweden 86% of their races in technical events, especially notable in Sweden's case given its large number of wins. Several nations with under 30 wins have 100% of them in technical events, led by Finland and Spain. In contrast Germany and Norway have the most even distribution without disproportionate strength or weakness in any one discipline. Some nations have strong teams in only one gender, as 92% of Norway's wins have come from their men and 83% of Germany's from their women, while the Swiss, French and Canadian totals are split almost equally.
Nations Cup
The Nations Cup standings are calculated by adding up all points each season for all racers from a given nation.
The total number of top-three placings for each nation in the Nations Cup (through the
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Austria | 42 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 6 | ||
Switzerland | 10 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | ||
France | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
Italy | – | 10 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||
United States | – | 3 | 10 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 10 | 9 | ||
Germany | – | 1 | 9 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | ||
Norway | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | 10 | – | – | – | ||
Canada | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
Liechtenstein | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 |
Note: Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table.
See also
- Other world competitions
- Statistics
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's champions
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's champions
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's race winners
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup winners of men's discipline titles
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup winners of women's discipline titles
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup host
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's hosts
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup ladies' hosts
- List of men's downhill races in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup races calendar
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Nations Cup standings
References
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External links
Media related to FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup at Wikimedia Commons
- FisAlpine.com FIS Alpine World Cup – Official website
- SkiWorldCup.org – History of the World Cup – by Serge Lang (see also ISHA: History of the World Cup)
- FIS-ski.com – official results for FIS alpine World Cup events
- Ski-db.com – World Cup results database
- Alpine Canada Alpin/Canadian Alpine Ski Team
- U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association
- U.S. Ski Team
- Podium places in the World Cup Women TOP 150
- Podium places in the World Cup Men TOP 150