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

Prize money

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

Men

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

Women

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

Records

Overall winners

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
WinsSkierEditions
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
WinsSkierEditions
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

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 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Overall 200160120100908072645852484440363230282624222018161412108642
Stage 504643403734323028262422201816151413121110987654321

References
  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. 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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