The men's slalom in the 2020 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup involved only nine events, as the final three scheduled slaloms of the season were cancelled. After the retirement of

Marcel Hirscher Marcel Hirscher (born 2 March 1989) is an Austrian-Dutch FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined ...

, who had won the slalom discipline in six of the prior seven seasons, the strong favorite for the discipline championship was 2016 winner

Henrik Kristoffersen Henrik Kristoffersen (born 2 July 1994) is a Norwegian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Men's giant slalom, World Champion, and Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olymp ...

of Norway (the only prior champion still active). Kristoffersen, in fact, had gotten off to a huge lead over the field in the middle of the season. However, after failing to finish a slalom in

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, Kristoffersen was clinging to just a two-point lead in this discipline over Clément Noël of France (who won the race), with three races still remaining on the schedule. But then a race in Japan was canceled due to high winds, followed by the season finale scheduled for

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being cancelled by the

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, and finally, the race scheduled in

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was also cancelled by the pandemic. The cancellations handed the season title in slalom (as well as the title in giant slalom) to Kristoffersen without the expected showdown.

Standings

* * * *DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 *DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 *DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 Updated at 21 March 2020 after all events.

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at FIS website {{DEFAULTSORT:2020 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Men's slalom Men's slalom FIS Alpine Ski World Cup men's slalom discipline titles

Standings

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