List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Nations Cup standings

This is a list of the Nations Cup standings in FIS Alpine Ski World Cup from 1967 to present.[1]

Standings

The Nations Cup standings are calculated by adding up all points each season for all racers from a given nation.

Year Standings (total)   Standings (men)   Standings (women)
First Second Third First Second Third First Second Third
1967 France Austria Canada France Austria   Switzerland  France Austria Canada
1968 France Austria   Switzerland  Austria France   Switzerland  France Austria United States
1969 Austria France United States Austria France   Switzerland  France United States Austria
1970 France Austria United States France Austria   Switzerland  France United States Austria
1971 France Austria   Switzerland  France   Switzerland  Austria France Austria United States
1972 France Austria   Switzerland    Switzerland  France Italy France Austria United States
1973 Austria France   Switzerland  Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria France West Germany
1974 Austria Italy   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Austria West Germany France
1975 Austria Italy   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Austria   Switzerland  West Germany
1976 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Italy Austria   Switzerland  Austria West Germany   Switzerland 
1977 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  France
1978 Austria   Switzerland  United States Austria Italy Sweden Austria   Switzerland  West Germany
1979 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria West Germany United States
1980 Austria   Switzerland  Liechtenstein Austria   Switzerland  Sweden   Switzerland and   Austria Liechtenstein
1981   Switzerland  United States Austria Austria   Switzerland  United States   Switzerland  United States West Germany
1982   Switzerland  Austria United States Austria   Switzerland  United States West Germany   Switzerland  United States
1983   Switzerland  Austria United States   Switzerland  Austria Sweden   Switzerland  Austria United States
1984   Switzerland  Austria United States Austria   Switzerland  Sweden   Switzerland  United States Austria
1985   Switzerland  Austria West Germany   Switzerland  Austria Italy   Switzerland  West Germany Austria
1986   Switzerland  Austria West Germany Austria   Switzerland  Italy   Switzerland  Austria West Germany
1987   Switzerland  Austria West Germany   Switzerland  Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria West Germany
1988 Austria   Switzerland  West Germany Austria   Switzerland  Italy   Switzerland  Austria West Germany
1989 Austria   Switzerland  West Germany Austria   Switzerland  West Germany   Switzerland  Austria France
1990 Austria   Switzerland  West Germany Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  West Germany
1991 Austria   Switzerland  Germany Austria   Switzerland  Norway Austria   Switzerland  Germany
1992 Austria   Switzerland  Germany   Switzerland  Austria Italy Austria Germany   Switzerland 
1993 Austria   Switzerland  Germany Austria   Switzerland  Norway Austria Germany   Switzerland 
1994 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria Norway   Switzerland  Germany Austria   Switzerland 
1995 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria Italy Norway   Switzerland  Germany Austria
1996 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria Germany   Switzerland 
1997 Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria Italy Norway Germany Austria Italy
1998 Austria Germany Italy Austria   Switzerland  Norway Germany Austria Italy
1999 Austria Norway   Switzerland  Austria Norway   Switzerland  Austria Germany France
2000 Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria   Switzerland  Norway Austria France Italy
2001 Austria   Switzerland  France Austria   Switzerland  Norway Austria France   Switzerland 
2002 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  France Austria   Switzerland  Italy
2003 Austria   Switzerland  United States Austria   Switzerland  United States Austria Italy Germany
2004 Austria Italy United States Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria Germany United States
2005 Austria United States Italy Austria United States Italy Austria United States Germany
2006 Austria United States Italy Austria United States Italy Austria Sweden United States
2007 Austria   Switzerland  United States Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria United States Sweden
2008 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria United States Italy
2009 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Germany
2010 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria Germany   Switzerland 
2011 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria Germany United States
2012 Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria United States Italy
2013 Austria Italy United States Austria Italy France Austria United States Germany
2014 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria France Italy Austria   Switzerland  Sweden
2015 Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria France Italy Austria United States Italy
2016 Austria Italy France Austria France Norway Austria Italy   Switzerland 
2017 Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria France Norway Italy Austria   Switzerland 
2018 Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria Norway   Switzerland  Austria   Switzerland  Italy  
2019 Austria   Switzerland  Norway Austria   Switzerland  France Austria   Switzerland  Italy  
2020   Switzerland  Austria Italy   Switzerland  Norway France Italy Austria   Switzerland 
2021   Switzerland  Austria Italy   Switzerland  Austria France   Switzerland  Austria Italy
2022 Austria   Switzerland  Italy   Switzerland  Austria Norway Austria   Switzerland  Italy
2023   Switzerland  Austria Norway   Switzerland  Norway Austria   Switzerland  Italy Austria

The early years of the World Cup, ‘67 through ‘72, were dominated by the French, as reflected in their Nations Cup wins in 5 of the first 6 years. The Austrian team then took over throughout the rest of the 1970s, followed by Swiss superiority during most of the 1980s. A resurgent Austrian team charged back to the top in 1988, beginning a long streak of consecutive Nations Cup triumphs. Austrian dominance reached its zenith in the late 1990s and 2000s (decade), when their points total regularly doubled that of the second-place finisher, and was capped in the 1999–2000 and 2003–4 seasons with totals that tripled those of runner-up Italy. Their 17927-point total in 1999–2000 is a Nations Cup record, as is their 12066-point margin of victory in 2003–4.

As of the end of the 2016–17 season, the Austrian team has won 30 consecutive Nations Cups, while topping the men's standings for 25 straight years. Austria is the only nation to have finished in the top 3 of the Nations Cup standings in all 50 years in which World Cup competition has been held, winning in 38 of those years, runner-up in 11 years, and third place in a single year. Austrian men have failed to make the podium in only one season: 1972. Austrian women have failed to make the podium in only 2 seasons: 1981 and 1982. Switzerland with 7 wins and France with 5 wins are the only other nations to have won the nations cup. In the midst of the ongoing Austrian juggernaut, the Swiss or Italian teams have usually held second place. The German team reached the runner-up spot for the first time in 1997–8, as did the Norwegians the next season. The US enjoyed its best placings ever starting in 2004–5, grabbing second in the Nations Cup for two straight years.

Under the current scoring system (since 1992), the winning nation (Austria every year) has averaged over 13000 points, with an average of over 6400 for the runner-up, 5400 for third place, 4200 for fifth, and 1300 for tenth. The all-inclusive scoring system (simply adding together all World Cup points earned) favors national teams with great depth and many racers scoring World Cup points, and even teams with several top racers have no realistic chance of breaking the Austrian grip on the top spot, while a team with only one or two top-ranked racers will struggle to ever break the top five in the standings. There have been numerous calls for a revamped scoring system which would allow other nations to compete more readily for top spots in the Nations Cup, but no changes are likely to be made.[2] In 2016, however, the Austrian men's team narrowly beat France by just 201 points.

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   Ladies' standings
First Second Third First Second Third First Second Third
 Austria421414211234156
   Switzerland10261292612111310
 France522375634
 Italy–101936202311
 United States–310–23–109
 Germany–19––141213
  Norway–12–510–––
 Canada––1–––––1
 Liechtenstein––1–––––1
 Sweden–––––4–12

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

References
  1. "Alpine Ski - Statistics". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. "Black Diamonds: Nations Cup more than half empty". Ski Racing. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
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