The 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 43rd
World Cup
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season in
ski jumping
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for men, the 25th official World Cup season in
ski flying
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, and the 11th World Cup season for women. The men's season started in November 2021 in
Nizhny Tagil
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, Russia and concluded in March 2022 in
Planica
Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hikin ...
, Slovenia. The women's season started in December 2021 in
Lillehammer
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, Norway and was expected to conclude in March 2022 in
Chaykovsky, Russia. However, because of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, the women's season concluded in
Oberhof, Germany.
Halvor Egner Granerud (men's) and
Nika Križnar (women's) were the defending overall champions from the
previous season.
Season overview
The first edition of the
Silvester Tournament (women's version of the
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...
) was held with two knockout events from 31 December 2021 to 1 January 2022 in
Ljubno
Ljubno ob Savinji (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 44.) is the largest settlement and the centre of the Municipality of Ljubno on ...
, Slovenia. The Alpenkrone Tournament – consisting of one competition in
Ramsau and two in
Hinzenbach
Hinzenbach is a municipality in the district of Eferding (district), Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
Hinzenbach lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 10 percent of the municipality is forest and 77 percent farmland.
Spo ...
– also made its debut in the women's competition.
Fatih Arda İpcioğlu became the first Turkish ski jumper in history of World Cup who managed to qualify to the main competition at the season opener in
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, boundary ...
.
On 26 November 2021,
Marita Kramer won the individual competition with the biggest ever lead over the second-placed athlete (
Ema Klinec) in the history of the Women's World Cup with 41.7 points.
For the first time since the
1983–84 season, six different athletes won the first six men's individual competitions.
After the competition in
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...
was cancelled, the Four Hills Tournament was held only on three hills; this has only happened once before in the tournament's 70-year history, in the
2007–08 season.
On 1 March 2022, following the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, the International Ski Federation (FIS) decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.
Map of World Cup hosts
All 21 locations that hosted World Cup events in this season.
Men
Calendar
Men's team
Standings
Overall
Nations Cup
Prize money
Ski flying
Four Hills Tournament
Raw Air
Planica7
Women
Calendar
Women's team
Standings
Overall
Nations Cup
Prize money
Silvester Tournament
Alpenkrone
Raw Air
Mixed team
Podium table by nation
Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
Points distribution
The table shows the number of points won in the 2021/22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup for men and women.
Qualifications
In case the number of participating athletes is 50 (men) / 40 (women) or lower, a Prologue competition round must be organized. In the Women's
Silvester Tournament qualifies 50 jumpers.
Men
Women
Achievements
;First World Cup career victory:
;Men
*
Anže Lanišek (25), in his 9th season – the WC 4 in
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Jan Hörl (23), in his 4th season – the WC 5 in
Wisła
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Daniel Huber (29), in his 7th season – the WC 13 in
Bischofshofen
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Žiga Jelar (24), in his 6th season – the WC 27 in
Planica
Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hikin ...
;Women
*
Ema Klinec (23), in her 8th season – the WC 2 in
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a classification of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, boundary ...
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Urša Bogataj (26), in her 11th season – the WC 12 in
Hinzenbach
Hinzenbach is a municipality in the district of Eferding (district), Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
Hinzenbach lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 10 percent of the municipality is forest and 77 percent farmland.
Spo ...
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Silje Opseth (22), in her 7th season – the WC 16 in
Oslo
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;First World Cup podium:
;Men
*
Lovro Kos (22), in his 2nd season – the WC 11 in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...
– 3rd place
*
Cene Prevc (25), in his 8th season – the WC 19 in
Willingen – 3rd place
;Women
*
Aleksandra Kustova (23), in her 7th season – the WC 11 in
Willingen – 3rd place
*
Lisa Eder (20), in her 5th season – the WC 12 in
Hinzenbach
Hinzenbach is a municipality in the district of Eferding (district), Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
Hinzenbach lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 10 percent of the municipality is forest and 77 percent farmland.
Spo ...
– 3rd place
*
Joséphine Pagnier (19), in her 4th season – the WC 13 in
Hinzenbach
Hinzenbach is a municipality in the district of Eferding (district), Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
Hinzenbach lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 10 percent of the municipality is forest and 77 percent farmland.
Spo ...
– 3rd place
;Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins):
;Men
*
Ryōyū Kobayashi
is a Japanese ski jumper.
As a ski jumper, he has won 35 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, Four Hills Tournament three times, and is an individual Winter Olympics, Olympics gold m ...
– 8 (27)
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Marius Lindvik
Marius Lindvik (born 27 June 1998) is a Norwegian ski jumper and Olympic gold medalist.
Career
He won the silver medal in the normal hill at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed at the Junior World Championships in 2016, 2017
2 ...
– 5 (8)
*
Stefan Kraft
Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles three times each, the Four Hills Tournament once ...
– 4 (25)
*
Karl Geiger
Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German Ski jumping, ski jumper who has competed at FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the FIS Nordic World Ski Champi ...
– 4 (13)
*
Halvor Egner Granerud – 2 (13)
*
Daniel-André Tande – 1 (8)
*
Timi Zajc – 1 (2)
*
Anže Lanišek – 1 (1)
*
Jan Hörl – 1 (1)
*
Daniel Huber – 1 (1)
*
Žiga Jelar – 1 (1)
;Women
*
Marita Kramer – 7 (15)
*
Sara Takanashi – 3 (63)
*
Nika Križnar – 3 (5)
*
Urša Bogataj – 3 (3)
*
Katharina Althaus – 1 (8)
*
Ema Klinec – 1 (1)
*
Silje Opseth – 1 (1)
Retirements
The following ski jumpers retired during or after the 2021–22 season:
;Men
*
Andreas Alamommo
*
Thomas Diethart
*
Richard Freitag
*
Severin Freund
*
Kilian Maerkl
*
Adrian Sell
*
Daiki Itō
*
Čestmír Kožíšek
*
Marinus Kraus
*
Jonathan Learoyd
*
Viktor Polášek
*
Cene Prevc
*
Andreas Schuler
*
Anže Semenič
*
Markus Schiffner
;Women
*
Jerneja Brecl
*
Susanna Forsström
*
Océane Avocat Gros
*
Park Guy-lim
*
Yurika Hirayama
*
Kaori Iwabuchi
*
Nina Lussi
*
Štěpánka Ptáčková
*
Špela Rogelj
*
Misaki Shigeno
*
Joanna Szwab
*
Carina Vogt
*
Virág Vörös
See also
*
2021 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
*
2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
*
2021–22 FIS Cup (ski jumping)
Notes
References
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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 name is ...
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 name is ...