FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France (Honore Bonnet) and the USA (Bob Beattie).[1] It was soon backed by International Ski Federation president Marc Hodler during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 at Portillo, Chile, and became an official FIS event in the spring of 1967 after the FIS Congress at Beirut, Lebanon.

Alpine Ski World Cup
Seidlalm, a gasthaus at "Streif" (Kitzbühel) where
World Cup was founded by Lang, Bonnet, and Beattie.
GenreAlpine skiing
Location(s)Europe and North America; occasionally in Japan, Russia, Australia, Argentina, South Korea, New Zealand
Inaugurated5 January 1967 (1967-01-05) (men)
7 January 1967 (7 January 1967) (women)
FoundersFrance Serge Lang
France Honore Bonnet
United States Bob Beattie
Organised byInternational Ski Federation
(FIS)
PeopleChief Race Directors
Italy Markus Waldner (men)
ItalySlovenia Peter Gerdol (women)
SponsorAudi Quattro

The inaugural World Cup race was held On 5 January 1967 in Berchtesgaden, West Germany, a slalom won by Heinrich Messner of Austria. Jean-Claude Killy of France and Nancy Greene of Canada were the overall winners for the first two seasons.

Rules

Competitors attempt to achieve the best time in four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super G, and downhill. The fifth event, the combined, employs the downhill and slalom. The World Cup originally included only slalom, giant slalom, and downhill races. Combined events (calculated using results from selected downhill and slalom races) were included starting with the 1974–75 season, while the Super G was added for the 1982–83 season.

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.

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 NorAm Cup in North America and the Europa Cup in Europe.

Overall winners

Multiple individual overall World Cup winners are marked with (#).

Discipline titles

Top ten small crystal globe podiums

  Still active

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:

Men's season titles

Women's season titles

Most race wins in each discipline

As of 16 March 2023

Men

Women

Hosts

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:

Most podiums and top ten results

As of 19 March 2023.[5][6]

  Still active

Career podiums

Career top ten results

  • 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 20 March 2023

Men's super ranking

Women's super ranking

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
Nations Cup
20 March 1976  Canada Mont St. Anne1975/76Italy Franco BielerSweden Ingemar StenmarkCanada Jim Hunter
26 March 1977  Spain Sierra Nevada1976/77Austria Manfred BrunnerAustria Klaus HeideggerItaly Bruno Nöckler
19 March 1978   Switzerland  Arosa1977/78United States Phil MahreSweden Ingemar StenmarkAustria Leonhard Stock
14 December 1978  Italy Madonna di Campiglio1978/79Sweden Ingemar StenmarkItaly Mauro BernardiItaly Karl Trojer
14 March 1980  Austria Saalbach1979/80Austria Anton SteinerSweden Ingemar StenmarkNorway Jarle Halsnes
30 March 1981   Switzerland  Laax1980/81Sweden Ingemar StenmarkNorway Jarle HalsnesUnited States Phil Mahre
28 March 1982  France Montgenèvre1981/82United States Phil MahreSweden Ingemar StenmarkAustria Hans Enn
21 March 1983  Japan Furano1982/83Sweden Ingemar Stenmark (3)United States Phil MahreLiechtenstein Andreas Wenzel
25 March 1984  Norway Oslo1983/84Austria Hans EnnAustria Anton SteinerSweden Ingemar Stenmark
6 January 1986  Austria Vienna1985/86Italy Ivano EdaliniGermany Markus WasmeierAustria Anton Steiner
22 March 1986  Canada BromontLiechtenstein Paul FrommeltItaly Marco TonazziLuxembourg Marc Girardelli
28 December 1986  West Germany Berlin1986/87Austria Leonhard StockSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bojan KrižajWest Germany Michael Eder
22 December 1987  Italy Bormio1987/88 Switzerland  Pirmin Zurbriggen Switzerland  Joël Gaspoz Switzerland  Martin Hangl
27 March 1988  Austria SaalbachItaly Alberto Tomba Switzerland  Pirmin ZurbriggenAustria Helmut Mayer
11 March 1989  Japan Shiga Kōgen1988/89Austria Bernhard Gstrein Switzerland  Pirmin ZurbriggenAustria Rudolf Nierlich
24 March 1991  United States Waterville1990/91 Switzerland  Urs Kälin Switzerland  Paul AccolaNorway Ole Kristian Furuseth
Promotional event
2 January 2009  Russia Moscow2008/09Germany Felix NeureutherFrance Jean-Baptiste GrangeUnited States Bode Miller
21 November 2009  Russia Moscow2009/10Austria Marcel HirscherFrance Steve MissillierCanada Michael Janyk
World Cup
23 March 1975  Italy Val Gardena1974/75Italy Gustav ThöniSweden Ingemar Stenmark Switzerland  Walter Tresch
24 October 1997  France Tignes1997/98Austria Josef StroblNorway Kjetil André AamodtAustria Hermann Maier

Women

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
Nations Cup
20 March 1976  Canada Mont St. Anne1975/76 Switzerland  Bernadette ZurbriggenWest Germany Irene EppleAustria Monika Kaserer
26 March 1977  Spain Sierra Nevada1976/77West Germany Christa Zechmeister Switzerland  Marie-Theres NadigAustria Annemarie Moser-Pröll
19 March 1978   Switzerland  Arosa1977/78Austria Annemarie Moser-PröllWest Germany Christa ZechmeisterUnited States Viki Fleckenstein
16 March 1980  Austria Saalbach1979/80Austria Annemarie Moser-Pröll (2)Italy Claudia GiordaniWest Germany Maria Epple
30 March 1981   Switzerland  Laax1980/81United States Tamara McKinneyWest Germany Traudl HächerLiechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
28 March 1982  France Montgenèvre1981/82West Germany Maria EppleAustria Lea SölknerFrance Perrine Pelen
21 March 1983  Japan Furano1982/83France Anne-Flore ReyLiechtenstein Hanni WenzelAustria Anni Kronbichler
25 March 1984  Norway Oslo1983/84Czechoslovakia Olga Charvátová Switzerland  Erika HessUnited States Tamara McKinney
22 March 1986  Canada Bromont1985/86 Switzerland  Vreni Schneider Switzerland  Maria Walliser Switzerland  Corinne Schmidhauser
18 January 1987  Germany Munich1986/87United States Tamara McKinneyFrance Małgorzata Tlałka-Mogore Switzerland  Corinne Schmidhauser
22 December 1987  Italy Bormio1987/88 Switzerland  Brigitte Oertli Switzerland  Corinne Schmidhauser Switzerland  Michela Figini
27 March 1988  Austria SaalbachWest Germany Christina MeierAustria Ulrike MaierAustria Roswitha Steiner
11 March 1989  Japan Shiga Kōgen1988/89 Switzerland  Chantal BournissenWest Germany Michaela Gerg-LeitnerUnited States Tamara McKinney
24 March 1991  United States Waterville1990/91Austria Anita WachterAustria Ingrid Salvenmoser Switzerland  Chantal Bournissen
Promotional event
21 November 2009  Russia Moscow2009/10Sweden Therese BorssénGermany Maria RieschSweden Frida Hansdotter
World Cup
24 March 1975  Italy Val Gardena1974/75Austria Monika KasererItaly Claudia GiordaniFrance Fabienne Serrat
24 October 1997  France Tignes1997/98France Leila PiccardSweden Ylva NowénAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer
28 November 1997  United States Mammoth MountainGermany Hilde GergGermany Martina ErtlAustria Alexandra Meissnitzer
20 December 2017  France Courchevel2017/18United States Mikaela ShiffrinSlovakia Petra VlhováItaly Irene Curtoni
9 December 2018   Switzerland  St. Moritz2018/19United States Mikaela Shiffrin (2)Slovakia Petra Vlhová Switzerland  Wendy Holdener
15 December 2019   Switzerland  St. Moritz2019/20Slovakia Petra VlhováSweden Anna Swenn-LarssonAustria 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.

Men

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
2 January 2011  Germany Munich2010/11Croatia Ivica KostelićFrance Julien LizerouxUnited States Bode Miller
21 February 2012  Russia Moscow2011/12France Alexis PinturaultGermany Felix NeureutherSweden André Myhrer
1 January 2013  Germany Munich2012/13Germany Felix NeureutherAustria Marcel HirscherFrance Alexis Pinturault
29 January 2013  Russia MoscowAustria Marcel HirscherSweden André MyhrerCroatia Ivica Kostelić
23 February 2016  Sweden Stockholm2015/16Austria Marcel Hirscher (2)Sweden André MyhrerItaly Stefano Gross
31 January 2017  Sweden Stockholm2016/17Germany Linus StraßerFrance Alexis PinturaultSweden Mattias Hargin
1 January 2018  Norway Oslo2017/18Sweden André MyhrerAustria Michael MattGermany Linus Straßer
30 January 2018  Sweden Stockholm Switzerland  Ramon ZenhäusernSweden André MyhrerGermany Linus Straßer
1 January 2019  Norway Oslo2018/19Austria Marco SchwarzUnited Kingdom Dave Ryding Switzerland  Ramon Zenhäusern
19 February 2019  Sweden Stockholm Switzerland  Ramon Zenhäusern (2)Sweden André MyhrerAustria Marco Schwarz

Women

Date Place Season Winner Second Third
2 January 2011  Germany Munich2010/11Sweden Maria Pietilä-HolmnerSlovenia Tina MazeAustria Elisabeth Görgl
21 February 2012  Russia Moscow2011/12United States Julia MancusoAustria Michaela KirchgasserUnited States Lindsey Vonn
1 January 2013  Germany Munich2012/13Slovakia Veronika Velez-ZuzulováSlovenia Tina MazeAustria Michaela Kirchgasser
29 January 2013  Russia MoscowGermany Lena DürrSlovakia Veronika Velez-ZuzulováUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin
23 February 2016  Sweden Stockholm2015/16 Switzerland  Wendy HoldenerSweden Frida HansdotterSweden Maria Pietilä-Holmner
31 January 2017  Sweden Stockholm2016/17United States Mikaela ShiffrinSlovakia Veronika Velez-ZuzulováNorway Nina Løseth
1 January 2018  Norway Oslo2017/18United States Mikaela Shiffrin (2) Switzerland  Wendy Holdener Switzerland  Mélanie Meillard
30 January 2018  Sweden StockholmNorway Nina Haver-Løseth Switzerland  Wendy HoldenerSlovakia Petra Vlhová
1 January 2019  Norway Oslo2018/19Slovakia Petra VlhováUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin Switzerland  Wendy Holdener
19 February 2019  Sweden StockholmUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin (3)Germany Christina GeigerSweden Anna Swenn-Larsson

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

Men's World Cup parallel giant slalom events
Venue Date Winner Second Third Fourth Notes
Italy Alta Badia21 December 2015  Norway Kjetil JansrudNorway Aksel Lund SvindalSweden Andre MyhrerGermany Dominik Schwaiger  [8][9]
Italy Alta Badia19 December 2016  France Cyprien Sarrazin Switzerland  Carlo JankaNorway Kjetil JansrudNorway Leif Kristian Haugen[10][11]
Italy Alta Badia18 December 2017  Sweden Matts OlssonNorway Henrik KristoffersenAustria Marcel HirscherNorway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde[12]
Italy Alta Badia17 December 2018  Austria Marcel HirscherFrance Thibaut FavrotFrance Alexis PinturaultSweden Matts Olsson[13][14]
Italy Alta Badia23 December 2019  Norway Rasmus WindingstadGermany Stefan LuitzAustria Roland LeitingerNorway Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen[13][15]
France Chamonix9 February 2020   Switzerland  Loïc Meillard Switzerland  Thomas TumlerGermany Alexander SchmidUnited States Tommy Ford[16]
Austria Lech/Zürs27 November 2020  France Alexis PinturaultNorway Henrik KristoffersenGermany Alexander SchmidAustria Adrian Pertl[17]
Austria Lech/Zürs14 November 2021  Austria Christian HirschbühlAustria Dominik RaschnerNorway Atle Lie McGrathNorway Henrik Kristoffersen[18]
Women's World Cup parallel giant slalom events
Venue Date Winner Second Third Fourth Notes
Italy Sestriere19 January 2020  France Clara DirezAustria Elisa MörzingerItaly Marta BassinoItaly Federica Brignone[19]
Austria Lech/Zürs26 November 2020  Slovakia Petra VlhováUnited States Paula Moltzan Switzerland  Lara Gut-BehramiSweden Sara Hector[20]
Austria Lech/Zürs13 November 2021  Slovenia Andreja SlokarNorway Thea Louise StjernesundNorway Kristin LysdahlItaly Marta Bassino[21]

Various records

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. Marc Girardelli (1988–89), Petra Kronberger (1990–91), Janica Kostelić (2005–06) and Tina Maze (2012–13) are the only skiers to have won all five events in a single season. Bode Miller is the only skier with at least five World Cup victories in all five disciplines.

Men

Career Times Seasons Wins DH SG GS SL KB PGS PSL CE
United States Bode Miller1997–2017503385956
Luxembourg Marc Girardelli1980–199631463971611N/AN/A
 Switzerland  Pirmin Zurbriggen1981–1990204010107211N/AN/A
Norway Kjetil André Aamodt1989–2006102115618N/AN/A
Austria Günther Mader1982–1998101416214N/AN/A

Women

Career Times Seasons Wins DH SG GS SL KB PGS PSL CE
Sweden Anja Pärson1998–201230426411183N/A
Sweden Pernilla Wiberg1990–20022024232143N/AN/A
Austria Petra Kronberger1987–1992211662332N/AN/AN/A
United States Lindsey Vonn2001–201920824328425N/A
Croatia Janica Kostelić1998–20061130112206N/AN/A
Slovenia Tina Maze1999–20151126411443N/A
United States Mikaela Shiffrin2012–active1088352153123
  • 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"):

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 count, from a typical six to eight races in each discipline. For the overall Cup, the best three results in each discipline are summed. Until 1970, also the results of Winter Olympic Games races and Alpine World Ski Championship races were included in the World Cup valuation (i.e. Grenoble 1968 and Val Gardena 1970); this was abandoned after 1970, mainly due to the limited number of racers per nation who are admitted to take part in these events. For the 1971–72 season, the number of results counted was increased to five in each discipline. The formula used to determine the overall winner varied almost every year over the next decade, with some seasons divided into two portions with a fixed number of results in each period counting toward the overall, while in other seasons the best three or four results in each discipline would count.

Starting with the 1979–80 season, points were awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race. After 1980–81, the formula for the overall title stabilized for several years, counting the best 5 results in the original disciplines (slalom, giant slalom, and downhill) plus the best three results in combined. When Super G events were introduced for the 1982–83 season, the results were included with giant slalom for the first three seasons, before a separate discipline Cup was awarded starting in 1985–86 and the top 3 Super G results were counted toward the overall. The formula for the overall was changed yet again the following season, with the top four results in each discipline counting, along with all combined results (although the combined was nearly eliminated from the schedule, reduced to one or two events per season).

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, and in 1987–88 the FIS decided to fully simplify the system: all results would now count in each discipline and in the overall. This new system was an immediate success, and the practice of counting all results has been maintained in every subsequent season. With the ongoing expansion of the number and quality of competitors in World Cup races over the years, a major change to the scoring system was implemented in the 1991–92 season. The top 30 finishers in each race would now earn points, with 100 for the winner, 80 for second, 60 for third, and then decreasing by smaller increments for each lower place. The point values were adjusted slightly the following season (to reduce the points for places 4th through 20th), and the scoring system has not been changed again since that year. The table below compares the point values under all five scoring systems which have been in use:

Place123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Current system
1993
1008060504540363229262422201816151413121110987654321
1992 system
1992
1008060555147434037343128262422201816141210987654321
Top 15 system
19801991
252015121110987654321
1979 system †
1979
25242322212019181716151413121110987654321
Original system
19671979
25201511864321
Place1234T5 (4)T9 (8)
   Parallel slalom   
1008060504015

† The scoring system changed during the 1978–79 season; this special system was used for the last two men's downhills and the last three races in every other discipline except combined.

Statistical analysis

Since the Top 30 scoring system was implemented in 1991–92., the number of completed men's or women's World Cup races each year has ranged from 30 to 44, so the maximum possible point total for an individual racer is about 3000–4400 under the current scoring system. Very few racers actually ski in all events. Bode Miller is the only skier who competed in every World Cup race[22] during the three seasons from 2003 to 2005. The current record for total World Cup points in a season is Tina Maze's 2414 points in 2012–13, with the men's record of 2000 points set by Hermann Maier in 1999–2000. The fewest points for an overall champion under the current system thus far have been 1009 for men by Aksel Lund Svindal in 2008–09 and 1248 for women by Vreni Schneider in 1994–95. The largest margin of victory in the overall has been Maze's 1313 points in 2012–13, more than doubling second-place finisher Maria Höfl-Riesch's total, while the largest men's margin was 743 points by Hermann Maier in 2000–01. Note that in the early days of World Cup (when the first place was awarded only 25 points), even larger relative margins of victory were recorded in 1967 by Jean-Claude Killy with 225 points over Heinrich Messner with 114 points and in 1973–74 by Annemarie Moser-Pröll with 268 points over Monika Kaserer with 153 points. The closest finishes since 1992 have been minuscule margins of 6 points in 1994–95 (Vreni Schneider over Katja Seizinger), 3 points in 2004–05 (Anja Pärson over Janica Kostelić) and in 2010–11 (Maria Riesch over Lindsey Vonn), and only 2 points in 2008–09 (Aksel Lund Svindal over Benjamin Raich). The current men's record for total World Cup points in one month of the season is Ivica Kostelić's 999 points from January 2011.

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 1991–92. In general, over 1000 points are needed to contend for the overall title. At least 1 man and 1 woman has scored 1000 points in each of these seasons, but no more than 5 men's or women's racers have crossed that threshold in any single season. Of the 42 men's and women's overall champions in these years, 38 scored over 1200 points, 30 had over 1300 points, 19 reached 1500 points, and only 7 amassed more than 1700 points during their winning seasons. As for the runners-up, 37 of the 42 second-place finishers scored over 1000 points, 18 had over 1300 points, and only 4 reached 1500 points yet failed to win. Most overall titles have been won quite convincingly, by more than 200 points in 23 of 42 cases, while only 11 margins of victory have been tighter than 50 points.

Annual Statistics Calculated for the 19922012 Seasons
Men's overall World Cup
Races Completed1st Place PointsMargin of Victory2nd Place Points3rd Place PointsNumber of Skiers per Season:
> 1000 Pts> 500 Pts> 200 Pts
Maximum 4420007431454130752150
Average 35.41414258115510012.51441
Minimum 30100927757601837
Women's overall World Cup
Races Completed1st Place PointsMargin of Victory2nd Place Points3rd Place PointsNumber of Skiers per Season:
> 1000 Pts> 500 Pts> 200 Pts
Maximum 3919805781725139151945
Average 33.41570244132611173.31337
Minimum 30124839319041932
Aggregate Statistics Calculated for the 19922012 Seasons
Men's and Women's overall World Cups: Total Numbers Across 21 Seasons
> 1700 Pts> 1500 Pts> 1300 Pts> 1200 Pts> 1100 Pts> 1000 Pts> 900 Pts> 800 Pts
First place 719303841424242
Second place 14182428374041
Third place 4715273640
> 600 Pts> 500 Pts> 400 Pts> 300 Pts> 200 Pts> 100 Pts>= 50 Pts< 50 Pts
Margin of Victory 26101923283111

Finals

Since 1993 the International Ski Federation (FIS) has hosted a World Cup Final at the end of each season in March. During five days, men's and women's races are held in four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill, as well as a team event. Only a limited number of racers are invited to ski at the Finals, including the top 25 in the World Cup standings in each discipline, the current junior World Champions in each discipline, and any skiers with at least 500 points in the general classification. Because of the smaller field, World Cup points are only awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race.

Hosts

Winners by country

The table below lists those nations which have won at least one World Cup race (current as of 19 March 2023).[27][28]

Alpine team event

Rank Nation Total By disciplines
PSL PGS
1  Switzerland55
2 Austria321
 Sweden33
4 Germany22
 Norway22
6 Italy11
 Czech Republic11
Total17314

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 2022–23 season) are summarized below:

Nation Total standings   Men's standings   Women's standings
First Second Third First Second Third First Second Third
 Austria421414211234156
   Switzerland10261292612111310
 France522375634
 Italy101936202311
 United States31023109
 Germany19141213
 Norway12510
 Canada11
 Liechtenstein11
 Sweden412

Note: Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table.

Crystal globe

Since 1967, the big crystal globe has been awarded for the overall title. From the beginning to 1971–72, discipline titles were awarded with medals. Statistically, those titles have the same value as the small crystal globes, which first appeared for discipline titles in slalom, giant slalom and downhill in the 1977–78. In super-G, the small globe has been awarded since 1985–86. For super-g races in the three seasons previous, points were added and calculated in the giant slalom ranking. In combined, the small crystal globe was officially awarded only between 2007-2012. Before that, combined season winners could not officially be considered as season titles. In those years FIS simply calculated points from the other two races, DH and SL.

See also

Other world competitions
Statistics

References

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