2017–18 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup explained

Competition:	Nordic Combined World Cup 2017/18
Competition1:	Overall
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition3:	Triple trophy
Venues:	13
Individual:	22
Team:	6
Following:	2018/19

The 2017/18 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 35th World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 24 November 2017 in Ruka, Finland and concluded on 25 March 2018 in Schonach, Germany.^[1]

Calendar

Men

		Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
484	1	24 November 2017	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 5 km	Espen Andersen	Jan Schmid	Akito Watabe	Espen Andersen	^[2]
485	2	25 November 2017	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Eero Hirvonen	Johannes Rydzek	Akito Watabe	^[3]
486	3	26 November 2017	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel	Eero Hirvonen		^[4]
1st Ruka Tour (24–26 November 2017)	Akito Watabe	Espen Andersen	Johannes Rydzek	^[5]
487	4	3 December 2017	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS138 / 10 km	Espen Andersen	Jan Schmid	Jørgen Graabak	Espen Andersen	^[6]
488	5	16 December 2017	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Fabian Rießle	Jan Schmid		^[7]
489	6	17 December 2017	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Alessandro Pittin	Eero Hirvonen	Jan Schmid	^[8]
		6 January 2018	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS100 / 10 km	lack of snow and warm temperatures; not rescheduled^[9]
490	7	12 January 2018	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 10 km	Jorgen Graabak	Johannes Rydzek	Lukas Klapfer	Jan Schmid	^[10]
491	8	14 January 2018	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 10 km	Jan Schmid	Lukas Klapfer	Fabian Rießle		^[11]
492	9	20 January 2018	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 10 km	Jan Schmid	Akito Watabe	Ilkka Herola		^[12]
5th Nordic Combined Triple (26–28 January 2018)
493	10	26 January 2018	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 5 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle	Jan Schmid	^[13]
494	11	27 January 2018	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Vinzenz Geiger			^[14]
495	12	28 January 2018	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 15 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle	Akito Watabe	^[15]
496	13	3 February 2018	Hakuba	Olympic Hills	HS134 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Jan Schmid	Manuel Faißt	Akito Watabe	^[16]
497	14	4 February 2018	Hakuba	Olympic Hills	HS134 / 10 km	Jan Schmid	Kristjan Ilves	Akito Watabe		^[17]
498	15	4 March 2018	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Vinzenz Geiger	Jørgen Graabak	Akito Watabe	^[18]
499	16	10 March 2018	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	HS134 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Fabian Rießle	Mario Seidl		^[19]
500	17	13 March 2018	Trondheim	Granåsen	HS140 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Akito Watabe	Fabian Rießle		^[20]
501	18	14 March 2018	Trondheim	Granåsen	HS140 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Eero Hirvonen		^[21]
502	19	17 March 2018	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Eero Hirvonen	Akito Watabe		^[22]
503	20	18 March 2018	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Johannes Rydzek	Akito Watabe		^[23]
504	21	24 March 2018	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Bernhard Gruber		^[24]
505	22	25 March 2018	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 15 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle

Men's team

		Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
37	1	2 December 2017	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS100 / 4x5 km   Relay					^[25]
		7 January 2018	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS100 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint	lack of snow and warm temperatures; not rescheduled
38	2	13 January 2018	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint					^[26]
39	3	21 January 2018	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 4x5 km   Relay					^[27]
40	4	3 March 2018	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint					^[28]

Standings

Overall

Rank	after all 22 events	Points
1	Akito Watabe	1495
2		1133
3		1087
4		849
5		830
6		755
7		669
8		622
9		593
10		500

Nations Cup

Rank	after all 26 events	Points
1		5033
2		4903
3		2944
4		2896
5		2247
6		1515
7		515
8		270
9		264
10		234

Prize money

Rank	after all 27 payouts	CHF
1	Akito Watabe	113760
2		81550
3		78190
4		60630
5		51548
6		49660
7		44434
8		41860
9		41460
10		33030

Best Jumper Trophy

Rank	after all 22 events	Points
1	Akito Watabe	1447
2		1130
3		776
4		751
5		746
6		675
7		640
8		613
9		590
10		557

Best Skier Trophy

Rank	after all 22 events	Points
1	Alessandro Pittin	1421
2		1120
3		974
4		690
5		660
6		656
7		611
8		557
9		540
10		478

Achievements

First World Cup podium:

• , 24, in his 6th season – no. 1 in the WC 1 in Ruka
• , 21, in his 6th season – no. 2 in the WC 15 in Hakuba

Victories in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time):

• , 8 (17) first places
• , 4 (9) first places
• , 3 (5) first places
• , 2 (43) first places
• , 2 (16) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (4) first place

Retirements

Following are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:

• ^[29]
• ^[30]
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Notes and References

1. Web site: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup 2017/18 calendar. International Ski Federation. 27 October 2017.
2. Web site: Individual Gundersen 5.0 km – Ruka, Finland . FIS . 25 November 2017.
3. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ruka, Finland . FIS . 25 November 2017.
4. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ruka, Finland . FIS . 28 November 2017.
5. Web site: Ruka Tour Standings – Ruka, Finland . FIS . 28 November 2017.
6. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lillehammer, Norway . FIS . 3 December 2017.
7. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ramsau, Austria . FIS . 16 December 2017.
8. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ramsau, Austria . FIS . 17 December 2017.
9. News: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup/Ladies' COC Otepää (EST) cancelled . . 29 December 2017 . 5 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229232113/http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/news-multimedia/official-communications/article=fis-nordic-combined-world-cup-ladies-coc-otepaa-est-cancelled.html . 29 December 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
10. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Val di Fiemme, Italy . FIS . 12 January 2018.
11. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Val di Fiemme, Italy . FIS . 14 January 2018.
12. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Chaux-Neuve, France . FIS . 20 January 2018.
13. Web site: Individual Gundersen 5.0 km – Seefeld in Tirol, Austria . FIS . 26 January 2018.
14. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Seefeld in Tirol, Austria . FIS . 27 January 2018.
15. Web site: Individual Gundersen 15.0 km – Seefeld in Tirol, Austria . FIS . 28 January 2018.
16. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Hakuba, Japan . FIS . 3 February 2018.
17. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Hakuba, Japan . FIS . 4 February 2018.
18. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lahti, Finland . FIS . 4 March 2018.
19. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Oslo, Norway . FIS . 10 March 2018.
20. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Trondheim, Norway . FIS . 13 March 2018.
21. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Trondheim, Norway . FIS . 14 March 2018.
22. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Klingenthal, Germany . FIS . 17 March 2018.
23. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Klingenthal, Germany . FIS . 18 March 2018.
24. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Schonach, Germany . FIS . 24 March 2018.
25. Web site: Team Gundersen 4 x 5 km – Lillehammer, Norway . FIS . 2 December 2017.
26. Web site: Team Sprint 2 x 7.5 km – Val di Fiemme, Italy . FIS . 13 January 2018.
27. Web site: Team Gundersen 4 x 5 km – Chaux-Neuve, France . FIS . 21 January 2018.
28. Web site: Team Sprint 2 x 7.5 km – Lahti, Finland . FIS . 3 March 2018.
29. Web site: Behind the Scenes: Goodbye, Bryan Fletcher! . 14 March 2018 . fis-ski.com . 15 March 2018.
30. Web site: Big names retire after Olympic season . 20 March 2018 . fis-ski.com . 25 March 2018 . 24 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180424112039/http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/news-multimedia/news/article=big-names-retire-after-olympic-season.html . dead .
31. Web site: 26-aastane Eesti kahevõistleja lõpetas karjääri, Tiirmaa pole veel otsustanud . postimees.ee. 2 April 2018.
32. Web site: Estonia’s Kail Piho and Japan’s Taihei Kato retire . fis-ski.com . 6 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180406101706/http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/news-multimedia/news/article=estonia-kail-piho-and-japan-taihei-kato-retire.html . 6 April 2018 . dead .
33. Web site: USA’s Adam Loomis and Germany's Michael Dünkel retire . fis-ski.com. 13 April 2018.
34. Web site: Austria’s Sepp Schneider ends his career . fis-ski.com . 29 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180529193940/http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/news-multimedia/news/article=austria-sepp-schneider-ends-his-career.html . 29 May 2018 . dead .
35. Web site: Italy’s Armin Bauer retires . fis-ski.com . 11 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022332/http://www.fis-ski.com/nordic-combined/news-multimedia/news/article=italy-armin-bauer-retires.html . 12 August 2018 . dead .
36. Web site: Kahevõistlejate read aina hõrenevad. Tiirmaa: mulle öeldi, et otsi 15 000 eurot, siis saad koondisesse . ohtuleht.ee. 3 October 2018.
37. Web site: Kahevõistlejate read aina hõrenevad. Tiirmaa: mulle öeldi, et otsi 15 000 eurot, siis saad koondisesse . ohtuleht.ee. 3 October 2018.