The 2005–06 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 27th

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season in

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and the unofficial World Cup season in

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with no small crystal globe awarded. Season began in

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on 26 November 2005 and finished in

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on 19 March 2006. The individual overall World Cup was Czech ski jumper

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won Nordic Tournament and Nations Cup was taken by Team of

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. First and only time in history so far we had seen double Four Hills Tournament overall win with

and

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sharing the title (chances for this all almost none). 22 men's individual events on 16 different venues in 11 countries were held on the two different continents (Europe and Asia). With a quiet a few problems at the start of the season; individual opening competition in

was rescheduled on the next day (two competitions in one day) and both events from

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(due to lack of snow) were resheduled to

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and one event in

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was cancelled. There were also two men's team events held. Peaks of the season were Winter Olympics (in

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), FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Four Hills Tournament and Nordic Tournament.

Map of world cup hosts

Calendar

Men's Individual

Men's Team

Standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Four Hills Tournament

Nordic Tournament

Notes

References

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