The 1990–91 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 12th

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season in

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and the 1st official World Cup season in

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with first ever small crystal globe awarded. Season began in Lake Placid,

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on 1 December 1990 and finished in

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on 21 March 1991. The individual World Cup winner was Andreas Felder and Nations Cup was taken by Team of

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. Total 4 events were cancelled;

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was rescheduled 3-times (two times to Oberhof) and finally cancelled due to bad weather. Oympic test for both events in Courchevel was cancelled as new hills were not yet completed. And last of the season in

was cancelled due to severe crashes and poorly prepared inrun. 22 men's individual events on 16 different venues in 10 countries were held on three different continents (Europe, Asia and North America). Two competition were cancelled this season. On 23 March 1991, André Kiesewetter made longest ever parallel style jump at 196 m (643 ft) in Planica, unfortunately with hand touch and didn't count as world record. Peaks of the season were FIS Ski Flying World Championships and Four Hills Tournament.

Map of world cup hosts

Calendar

Men's Individual

Standings

Overall

Ski Flying

Nations Cup

Four Hills Tournament

Notes

References

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