The 27th

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season began in November 1992 in

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, Italy for men and Park City, Utah, USA for women, and concluded in March 1993 at the newly created World Cup Final in

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, Sweden. A break in the schedule was for the 1993 World Championships, held in

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, Japan, from February 4–14.

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of Luxembourg won his fifth overall title, which was the most for a man in World Cup history until surpassed by Austrian

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in 2017.

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of Austria won the women's overall title, her first. Both winners won narrow victories because of their superior performance in the combined (Girardelli won all three for men en route to a 32-point victory over

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; Wachter won one of the two for women (and was fourth in the other) en route to a 20-point victory over

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). In December, defending women's World Cup champion

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of Austria abruptly retired, saying that she had lost her motivation to continue. Lack of snow in Europe during the winter caused the schedule to be significantly rearranged. All of the races at the classic sites of

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and

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were cancelled.

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was installed at Kitzbühel that summer as a result. Also, Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two countries—the Czech Republic and Slovakia—effective as of January 1, 1993, although the ski team remained unified until the end of the season. At the end of the season in March, the International Ski Federation (FIS) added a World Cup Final, which immediately became a permanent part of the World Cup agenda. During this final, weather permitting, men's and women's races are held in each of the four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill, as well as a team parallel slalom competition. Only a limited number of racers are invited to ski at the Finals, including the top 25 in the World Cup standings in each discipline, plus the current junior World Champions in each discipline, plus competitors for the overall title who failed to qualify on points within the discipline (if any). Because of the smaller field, World Cup points are only awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race.

Calendar

Men

Ladies

Men

Overall

'' see complete table'' In 1993, all the results count toward the overall title.

won his fifth overall title.

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In 1993, all results were used to determine the title.

Franz Heinzer Franz Heinzer (born 11 April 1962 in Rickenbach, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former alpine ski racer, who specialized in downhill. He was World Cup champion in downhill three consecutive seasons (1991, 1992, 1993), second only to Franz Klammer ( ...

won his third Downhill title in a row.

Super G

'' see complete table'' In Men's Super G World Cup 1992/93 all results count.

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In 1993 all results counted toward the title.

Slalom

'' see complete table'' In 1993 all results counted towards the title.

Combined

'' see complete table'' In 1993, all three results count.

won his third Combined World Cup by winning all three competitions.

Ladies

Overall

'' see complete table'' In 1993 all results count.

Downhill

'' see complete table'' In 1993 all results count.

Super G

'' see complete table'' In 1993 all results count.

Giant Slalom

'' see complete table'' In 1993 all results count.

Slalom

'' see complete table'' In 1993 all results count.

Vreni Schneider Verena "Vreni" Schneider (born 26 November 1964) is a retired ski racer from Switzerland. She is the most successful alpine ski racer of her country, the fourth most successful female ski racer ever (after Lindsey Vonn, Annemarie Moser-Pröll a ...

won her fourth Slalom World Cup.

Combined

'' see complete table'' In 1993 both results count.

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Ladies

References

External links

FIS-ski.com
- World Cup standings - 1993 {{DEFAULTSORT:1992-93 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup FIS Alpine Ski World Cup