FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals

The FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2007–08 season in various places in Europe or Canada. The World Cup Finals is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and is held as the last World Cup race weekend of the season. The inaugural World Cup Finals was held in 2008 in Bormio, Italy. As of the 2018–19 season, the World Cup Finals consists of three stages; a sprint, a mass start race and a pursuit.

FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals
Race details
DateMid-March
Venue(s)Various
CompetitionFIS Cross-Country World Cup
TypeMini-tour
OrganiserInternational Ski Federation
History
First edition14 March 2008; 16 years ago (2008-03-14)
Editions11 (as of 2019)
Men
First winner Vincent Vittoz (FRA)
Most wins Petter Northug (NOR)
(3 wins)
Most recent Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
Ladies
First winner Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
Most wins Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
(6 wins)
Most recent Stina Nilsson (SWE)

The first stages was arranged on 14 March 2008 and were won by Claudia Künzel[1] (ladies) and Pietro Piller Cottrer[2] (men). The first overall winners of the World Cup Finals were Virpi Kuitunen and Vincent Vittoz.

Venues

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Year Venue
2008   Bormio
2009   Stockholm and Falun
2010   Stockholm and Falun
2011   Stockholm and Falun
2012   Stockholm and Falun
2013   Stockholm and Falun
2014   Falun
2015 not arranged
2016   Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City, Canmore and Lake Louise
2017   Quebec City
2018   Falun
2019   Quebec City
2020   Canmore Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
2021   Beijing Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China
2022   Tyumen

Prize money

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As of the 2018–19 edition, a total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, is awarded in cash prizes in the race.[3] The overall winners of the World Cup Finals receive CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively.[3] All finishers in the top 20 are awarded money.[3] CHF 5,000 is given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.[3]

Overall winners

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Year Winner Second Third
2008   Vincent Vittoz   Lukáš Bauer   Giorgio Di Centa
2009   Dario Cologna   Vincent Vittoz   Alexander Legkov
2010   Petter Northug   Maurice Manificat   Marcus Hellner
2011   Petter Northug   Finn Hågen Krogh   Dario Cologna
2012   Dario Cologna   Devon Kershaw   Niklas Dyrhaug
2013   Petter Northug   Finn Hågen Krogh   Martin Johnsrud Sundby
2014   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Alex Harvey   Alexander Legkov
2015 not arranged
2016   Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Sergey Ustiugov   Petter Northug
2017   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Alex Harvey   Niklas Dyrhaug
2018   Alexander Bolshunov   Alex Harvey   Dario Cologna
2019   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Alex Harvey   Alexander Bolshunov
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Women

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Year Winner Second Third
2008   Virpi Kuitunen   Justyna Kowalczyk   Claudia Künzel
2009   Justyna Kowalczyk   Therese Johaug   Charlotte Kalla
2010   Marit Bjørgen   Justyna Kowalczyk   Charlotte Kalla
2011   Marit Bjørgen   Justyna Kowalczyk   Therese Johaug
2012   Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng   Charlotte Kalla
2013   Marit Bjørgen   Therese Johaug   Charlotte Kalla
2014   Therese Johaug   Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng
2015 not arranged
2016   Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2017   Marit Bjørgen   Heidi Weng   Stina Nilsson
2018   Marit Bjørgen   Jessie Diggins   Sadie Bjornsen
2019   Stina Nilsson   Therese Johaug   Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Records

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Overall winners

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Six skiers have won the World Cup Finals two or more times. Marit Bjørgen (NOR) is the only skier to win six times. Petter Northug (NOR) has won the World Cup Finals three times.

Men
Wins Skier Editions
3   Petter Northug (NOR) 2010, 2011, 2013
2   Dario Cologna (SUI) 2009, 2012
  Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) 2014, 2016
  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) 2017, 2019
1   Vincent Vittoz (FRA) 2008
  Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) 2018
Women
Wins Skier Editions
6   Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
2   Therese Johaug (NOR) 2014, 2016
1   Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) 2008
  Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2009
  Stina Nilsson (SWE) 2019

World Cup points

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The overall winner are awarded 200 points.[4] The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 350 points.

Position 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
Overall 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Stage 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

References

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  1. ^ "Prologue Ladies 2.5 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). 14 March 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Prologue Men 3.3 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). 14 March 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2018, pp. 41.
  4. ^ "Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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