FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup

The FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup is a series of cross-country skiing events arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The Cup is one of the nine FIS Cross-Country Continental Cups, a series of second-level cross-country skiing competitions ranked below the Cross-Country World Cup. The Far East is open for competitors from all nations, but eight main countries are associated to the Far East Cup, these are; China, Iran, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan.

Far East Cup
GenreCross-country skiing
Date(s)Northern wintertime season
BeginsNovember
EndsMarch
Location(s)China
Iran
Japan
Mongolia
South Korea
Chinese Taipei
Uzbekistan
Inaugurated2004 (2004)
Organised byInternational Ski Federation

The Far East Cup has been held annually since the 2004–05 season.

World Cup qualification

In the end of certain periods, the overall leaders for both genders receive a place in the World Cup in the following period. The overall winners of the season receive a place in the World Cup in the beginning of the following season.

Overall winners

Men
Season Winner Second Third
2006–07 Japan Masaaki Kōzu Japan Tomio Kanamaru Japan Tadashi Yamamuro
2007–08 Japan Shohei Honda Japan Tomio Kanamaru Japan Masakazu Aoki
2008–09 Japan Tomio Kanamaru Japan Shunsuke Komamura Japan Keishin Yoshida
2009–10 Japan Nobu Naruse Japan Keishin Yoshida South Korea Byung-joo Park
2010–11 Japan Akira Lenting Japan Kouhei Shimizu Japan Masaya Kimura
2011–12 Japan Hiroyuki Miyazawa Japan Nobu Naruse Japan Akira Lenting
2012–13 Japan Nobu Naruse (2) Japan Keishin Yoshida Japan Akira Lenting
2013–14 Japan Kouhei Shimizu Japan Nobuhito Kashiwabara Japan Akira Lenting
2014–15 Japan Kaichi Naruse Japan Nobuhito Kashiwabara Japan Takatsugu Uda
2015–16 Japan Akira Lenting (2) Japan Takanori Ebina Japan Hiroyuki Miyazawa
2016–17[1] Japan Nobuhito Kashiwabara Japan Akira Lenting Japan Hikari Fujinoki
2017–18[2] Japan Hiroyuki Miyazawa (2) Japan Naoto Baba Japan Keishin Yoshida
2018–19 Japan Hikari Fujinoki Japan Nobuhito Kashiwabara Japan Tomoki Sato
2019–20 Japan Hikari Fujinoki (2) South Korea Kim Min-woo South Korea Lee Geon-yong
2020–21 South Korea Kim Eun-ho South Korea Lee Geon-yong South Korea Lee Jin-bok

Women
Season Winner Second Third
2006–07 Japan Madoka Natsumi Japan Chizuru Soneta Japan Masako Ishida
2007–08 Japan Sumiko Yokoyama Japan Chisa Ōbayashi Japan Sumiko Ishigaki
2008–09 Japan Chisa Ōbayashi South Korea Lee Chae-won Japan Chie Maruyama
2009–10 South Korea Lee Chae-won Japan Risa Abe Japan Chisa Ōbayashi
2010–11 Japan Michiko Kashiwabara Japan Maria Boumpa Japan Yuki Kobayashi
2011–12 Japan Yuki Kobayashi Japan Nobuko Fukuda Japan Michiko Kashiwabara
2012–13 Japan Naoko Omori Japan Chisa Ōbayashi Japan Yuki Kobayashi
2013–14 Japan Yuki Kobayashi (2) Japan Chisa Ōbayashi Japan Yukari Tanaka
2014–15 Japan Yuki Kobayashi (3) South Korea Lee Chae-won Japan Sumika Ishigaki
2015–16 Japan Yuki Kobayashi (4) Japan Chisa Ōbayashi Japan Sumika Ishigaki
2016–17[1] South Korea Lee Chae-won (2) Japan Masako Ishida Japan Yuki Kobayashi
2017–18[2] Japan Miki Kodama Japan Yuki Kobayashi Japan Masako Ishida
2018–19 Japan Yukari Tanaka Japan Miki Kodama Japan Kozue Takizawa
2019–20 South Korea Lee Chae-won (3) South Korea Lee Eui-jin South Korea Je Sang-mi
2020–21 South Korea Lee Chae-won (4) South Korea Han Da-som
South Korea Lee Eui-jin		 —

References
  1. "FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup Overall 2016-17". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. "FIS Cross-Country Far East Cup Overall 2017-18". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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