{{unreferenced, date=May 2015 The FIS Race (ski jumping) is the oldest series of ski jumping competitions arranged yearly by the International Ski Federation. It is considered the fourth level of international ski jumping, ranking below the

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

, Continental Cup and

FIS Cup The FIS Cup (ski jumping) is a series of ski jumping competitions arranged yearly by the International Ski Federation. It is considered the third level of international ski jumping, ranking below the World Cup and the Continental Cup. Most of th ...

. Most of the events are held on normal hills and large hills, with a

construction point The construction point ( ger, Konstruktionspunkt), also known as the K-point or K-spot and formerly critical point, is a line across a ski jumping hill. It is used to calculate the number of points granted for a given jump. It is therefore also ca ...

of 90 meters. All top level and other international events before the World Cup was founded were part of FIS (race) competitions. Higher competitive circuits are the

, the Summer Grand Prix and the Continental Cup; the lower circuits include the

and the Alpen Cup.

History

International Ski Federation was founded in 1924 and in 1979 World Cup was introduced. Between this period of time FIS Race was the top level of international ski jumping competition, not counting Olympics and world championships. All these events listed down below were the top-level competitions of those times. Even competition such as

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

was part of FIS race before World Cup (1953–1979). When World Cup was introduced there were suddenly no FIS races anymore. There was a huge gap of this competition in 1980s. But they returned in 1990s but as a fourth level of competition with many annual events. But since 2006, when a new third level of competition FIS Cup was introduced, the number of events drastically fell. Nowadays only a few FIS races are annually organized.

FIS Race events

(1953-1979) * Kongsberg Cup & Trophy (1953-1976) *

Holmenkollen Ski Festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March ...

(1933-1979, 1990) * International Ski Flying Week (1953-1962) * KOP Ski Flying Week (1963-1980) * Janez Polda Memorial (1965-1979) * Grand Prix of Nations (1968-1976) * Bohemia Tournament (1960-1979) * Tatra Cup (1967-1979) * Copper Peak Ski Flying (1970-1978) * Thunder Bay International (1975-1979) * Swiss Ski Jumping Tournament (1951-1979) * Sapporo International (1959-1979) * Czech-Marusarz Memorial (1953-1979) * Norwegian Tournament * Flubergrennet (1969-1979) * 3 Countries Tournament (1968-1979) * Friendship Tournament (1965-1979) * Iron Mountain International (1965-1979) * Garmisch Wintersportwoche (1937-1962) * Murau International (1970-1979)

External links

List of all FIS international ski jumpings cups and tournament
skisprungschanzen.com Ski jumping competitions

Race Race, RACE or "The Race" may refer to: * Race (biology), an informal taxonomic classification within a species, generally within a sub-species * Race (human categorization), classification of humans into groups based on physical traits, and/or s ...