Series of ski jumping competitions
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the International Ski Federation . Women began competing during the 2011/12 season.[ 1]
The rounds are hosted primarily in Europe , with regular stops in Japan and rarely in North America . These have been hosted in total 21 countries around the world for both men 20 and women: Austria , Bosnia and Herzegovina , China , Canada , Czech Republic , Finland , France , Germany , Italy , Japan , Kazakhstan , Norway , Poland , Romania , Russia , Slovakia , Slovenia , South Korea , Sweden , Switzerland and the United States .[ 2] [ nb 1]
Summer Grand Prix is the top level summer competition on plastic. The lower competitive circuits include the Continental Cup , the Inter-Continental Cup , the FIS Cup , the FIS Race and the Alpen Cup .
The Olympic Winter Games , the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and the FIS Ski Flying World Championships do not count towards the World Cup. However, the 1984 Olympic Games, the 1982 Nordic World Ski Championships and the 1992 , 1994 , 1996 and 1998 Ski Flying World Championships were counted towards the World Cup.
Each season consists of 25–30 competitions, usually two competitions on the same hill during a weekend. One competition consists of a qualifying round; first round, with 50 competitors; and second round, with 30. Qualifying round for the main event was introduced in 1990 to limit the number of competitors. The top 30 in the first round advance to the second round, which is held in reverse order, so the best jumper in the first round jumps last. The aggregate score in the first and second rounds determine the competition results. The top 30 are awarded World Cup points. The winner gets 100 points while number 30 receives 1 point. At team events only top 8 receive points.
The table below shows the three highest ranked jumpers each year.
Season Winner Runner-up Third 1979/80 Austria Norway Japan 1980/81 Austria Norway Finland 1981/82 Austria Norway Finland 1982/83 Norway Finland Austria 1983/84 Finland East Germany Czechoslovakia 1984/85 Finland Austria Norway 1985/86 Austria Finland Norway 1986/87 Norway Finland Austria 1987/88 Finland Czechoslovakia Norway 1988/89 Norway Finland Austria 1989/90 Austria Czechoslovakia (2) Finland 1990/91 Austria Germany Finland 1991/92 Austria Finland Czechoslovakia (2) 1992/93 Austria Japan Norway 1993/94 Norway Japan Austria 1994/95 Finland Austria Japan 1995/96 Finland Japan (3) Austria 1996/97 Japan Norway Finland 1997/98 Japan Austria Germany 1998/99 Japan (3) Germany Austria 1999/00 Finland Austria Germany 2000/01 Finland (7) Austria Germany 2001/02 Germany Austria Finland 2002/03 Austria Finland Norway 2003/04 Norway Finland Austria 2004/05 Austria Finland Norway 2005/06 Austria Norway Finland 2006/07 Austria Norway Switzerland 2007/08 Austria Norway Finland (8) 2008/09 Austria Finland (9) Norway 2009/10 Austria Norway Germany 2010/11 Austria Norway Poland 2011/12 Austria Norway Germany 2012/13 Norway Austria Germany 2013/14 Austria Germany Slovenia 2014/15 Germany Norway Austria (8) 2015/16 Norway Slovenia Germany 2016/17 Poland Austria Germany 2017/18 Norway Germany Poland (2) 2018/19 Poland (2) Germany (5) Japan (3) 2019/20 Germany (3) Austria (9) Norway (8) 2020/21 Norway (9) Poland Germany 2021/22 Austria Slovenia Germany 2022/23 Austria Norway (12) Slovenia (2) 2023/24 Austria (21) Slovenia (3) Germany (11)
Ski Jumping (JP) Cup[ edit ] *This additional title was awarded from 1996 to 2000 for the best individual normal and large hill results only. The winner received a small Crystal Globe. This title was distinct from the overall WC, which included ski flying.
There are other tournaments as part of the World Cup:
K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week [ edit ] Willingen Five (2018–2020) / Six (2021)[ edit ] Titisee-Neustadt Five [ edit ] Russia Tour Blue Bird [ edit ]