| 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup | |
| Competition1: | Alpen Cup |
| Competition1men: |  Arnaud Chautemps |
| Competition1ladies: | Lisa Lohmann |
| Competition2: | Balkan Cup |
| Competition2men: |  Paul Constantin Pepene |
| Competition2ladies: | Tena Hadžić |
| Competition3: | Eastern Europe Cup |
| Competition3men: |  Andrey Larkov |
| Competition3ladies: | Lilia Vasilieva |
| Competition4: | Far East Cup |
| Competition4men: |  Kim Eun-ho |
| Competition4ladies: | Lee Chae-won |
| Competition5: | Slavic Cup |
| Competition5men: |  Petr Knop |
| Competition5ladies: |  Karolina Kaleta |
| Previous: | 2019–20 |
| Next: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup (COC) was a season of the FIS Cross-Country Continental Cup, a series of second-level cross-country skiing competitions arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
The 2020–21 Continental Cup contained originally nine different series of geographically restricted competitions; five in Europe, two in North America and one each from Asia and Oceania. Two tournament in North America and Canada (US Super Tour and Nor-Am Cup), one tournament in Europe (Scandinavian Cup) and the tournament from Oceania (Australia/New Zealand Cup) were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The overall winners from the 2020–21 season's Continental Cups are rewarded a right to start in the first period in the following 2021–22 World Cup season.
| Cup | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Second | Third | Winner | Second | Third | ||
| Alpen Cup[1] (or OPA Cup) | OPA | Arnaud Chautemps | Renaud Jay | Friedrich Moch | Lisa Lohmann | Désirée Steiner | Coletta Rydzek |
| Balkan Cup[2] | BC | Paul Constantin Pepene |  Strahinja Erić | Petrică Hogiu | Tena Hadžić | Tímea Lőrincz |  Ana Ilić |
| Eastern Europe Cup[3] | EEC | Andrey Larkov | Anton Timashov | Andrey Krasnov | Lilia Vasilieva |  Anastasia Kirillova Anastasia Moskalenko | |
| Far East Cup | FEC | Kim Eun-ho | Lee Geon-yong | Lee Jin-bok | Lee Chae-won | Han Da-som Lee Eui-jin | |
| Slavic Cup[4] | SC | Petr Knop | Paul Constantin Pepene | Petrică Hogiu | Karolina Kaleta |  Alena Procházková | Patricija Eiduka |
| Scandinavian Cup | SCAN | cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| Nor-Am Cup | NAC | cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| US Super Tour | UST | cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| Australia/New Zealand Cup | ANC | cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 December 2020 | Ulrichen | Sprint F | Artem Maltsev | Alexander Terentev | Janik Riebli | |
| 2 | 6 December 2020 | 15 km F | Artem Maltsev | Denis Spitsov |  Mika Vermeulen | ||
| 18 December 2020 |  Valdidentro | Sprint C | moved to Formazza, Italy on the same dates | ||||
| 19 December 2020 | 15 km C | ||||||
| 20 December 2020 | 20 km F Mass Start | ||||||
| 18 December 2020 | Formazza | Sprint C | cancelled | ||||
| 3 | 19 December 2020 | 15 km C |  Imanol Rojo |  Irineu Esteve Altimiras | Ueli Schnider | ||
| 4 | 20 December 2020 | 20 km F Mass Start | Adrien Backscheider | Mirco Bertolina | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | ||
| 5 | 6 March 2021 | Premanon | 15 km F | Gérard Agnellet | Renaud Jay | Cédric Steiner | |
| 6 | 7 March 2021 | 15 km C (low total climb) | Cédric Steiner | Gérard Agnellet | Martin Collet | ||
| 7 | 12 March 2021 | Pokljuka | Sprint F | Lucas Chanavat | Renaud Jay | Arnaud Chautemps | |
| 8 | 13 March 2021 | 15 km C | Andreas Katz | Friedrich Moch | Arnaud Chautemps | ||
| 9 | 14 March 2021 | 15 km F Pursuit | Friedrich Moch | Arnaud Chautemps | Andreas Katz | ||
| 20 March 2021 | Oberwiesenthal | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 21 March 2021 | 20 km F |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 January 2021 | Ravna Gora | 10 km C | Paul Constantin Pepene | Petrică Hogiu | Raul Mihai Popa | |
| 17 January 2021 | 1,3 km F | cancelled | |||||
| 2 | 17 January 2021 | Sprint F | Raul Mihai Popa | Paul Constantin Pepene | Strahinja Erić | ||
| 3 | 30 January 2021 | Zlatibor | 10 km C | Paul Constantin Pepene | Petrică Hogiu |  Franco Dal Farra | |
| 31 January 2021 | Sprint F | cancelled | |||||
| 4 | 3 February 2021 |  Mavrovo | 10 km F | Krešimir Crnković | Strahinja Erić |  Hamza Dursun | |
| 5 | 4 February 2021 | 10 km F | Krešimir Crnković | Hamza Dursun | Daniel Peshkov | ||
| 6 February 2021 | Pigadia | 10 km F | cancelled | ||||
| 7 February 2021 | 10 km F | ||||||
| 6 | 19 February 2021 | Dvorišta-Pale | 10 km F | Krešimir Crnković | Franco Dal Farra | Strahinja Erić | |
| 7 | 20 February 2021 | 10 km F | Krešimir Crnković | Strahinja Erić | Franco Dal Farra | ||
| 8 | 13 March 2021 | Fundata | 10 km C | Paul Constantin Pepene | Petrică Hogiu | Raul Mihai Popa | |
| 9 | 14 March 2021 | 10 km F | Paul Constantin Pepene | Petrică Hogiu | Raul Mihai Popa | ||
| 10 | 18 March 2021 | Bolu-Gerede | 10 km C | Paul Constantin Pepene |  Martin Himma | Raul Mihai Popa | |
| 11 | 19 March 2021 | 10 km F | Paul Constantin Pepene | Petrică Hogiu | Martin Himma | ||
| 12 | 20 March 2021 | Sprint F | Paul Constantin Pepene | Raul Mihai Popa | Petrică Hogiu |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 November 2020 | Vershina Tea | Sprint F | Denis Filimonov | Andrey Krasnov | Ivan Gorbunov | |
| 2 | 29 November 2020 | 15 km C | Ivan Kirillov | Stanislav Volzhentsev | Artem Nikolaev | ||
| 3 | 1 December 2020 | Sprint C | Andrey Kuznetsov | Andrey Krasnov | Vladislav Vechkanov | ||
| 4 | 2 December 2020 | 15 km F | Artem Nikolaev | Ivan Kirillov | Andrey Larkov | ||
| 5 | 23 December 2020 | Krasnogorsk | Sprint F | Denis Filimonov | Andrey Krasnov | Andrey Parfenov | |
| 6 | 24 December 2020 | Sprint C | Sergey Ardashev | Anton Timashov | Denis Filimonov | ||
| 7 | 26 December 2020 | 15 km F | Dmitry Bagrashov | Anton Timashov | Artem Nikolaev | ||
| 8 | 27 December 2020 | 15 km C | Ilia Poroshkin | Sergey Ardashev | Andrey Larkov | ||
| 9 | 4 January 2021 | Minsk-Raubichi | Sprint C | Anton Timashov | Andrey Krasnov | Andrey Larkov | |
| 10 | 5 January 2021 | 10 km C | Andrey Larkov | Anton Timashov | Artem Nikolaev | ||
| 11 | 7 January 2021 | 10 km F | Anton Timashov | Artem Nikolaev | Andrey Larkov | ||
| 12 | 22 January 2021 | Krasnogorsk | Sprint F | Andrey Krasnov | Fedor Nazarov | Anton Timashov | |
| 13 | 5 February 2021 | 15 km C | Andrey Larkov | Ilia Poroshkin | Raul Shakirzianov | ||
| 14 | 7 February 2021 | Sprint F | Andrey Krasnov | Andrey Larkov | Iliya Tikhonenko | ||
| 15 | 11 February 2021 |  Almaty-Soldier Hollow | Sprint C | Anton Timashov | Artem Nikolaev | Ivan Kirillov | |
| 16 | 12 February 2021 | 15 km C Individual | Artem Nikolaev | Andrey Larkov | Anton Timashov | ||
| 17 | 13 February 2021 | 20 km F Mass Start | Ivan Kirillov | Andrey Larkov | Anton Timashov | ||
| 18 | 27 February 2021 | Syktyvkar | 15 km C | Ilia Poroshkin | Ermil Vokuev | Anton Timashov | |
| 19 | 28 February 2021 | Sprint F | Fedor Nazarov | Ermil Vokuev | Ivan Gorbunov | ||
| 20 | 3 March 2021 | Skiathlon 15 km C/F | Anton Timashov | Andrey Larkov | Sergey Ardashev |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2020 | Pyeongchang | 10 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 20 December 2020 | 10 km F | ||||||
| 26 December 2020 |  Otoineppu | 10 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 27 December 2020 | 10 km F | ||||||
| 6 January 2021 | Sapporo | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 7 January 2021 | 10 km C | ||||||
| 8 January 2021 | 15 km F Pursuit | ||||||
| 1 | 3 February 2021 | Pyeongchang | 10 km C | Lee Jin-bok | Lee Geon-yong | Jeong Jong-won | |
| 2 | 4 February 2021 | 10 km F | Kim Eun-ho | Kim Min-woo | Lee Geon-yong | ||
| 3 | 13 February 2021 | Shiramine | 15 km C | Takatsugu Uda | Takahiro Suzuki | Masato Tanaka |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2020 | Zakopane | 10 km C | cancelled, moved to Wisła-Kubalonka | ||||
| 1 | 19 December 2020 | 10 km C | Paul Constantin Pepene | Adam Fellner | Petrică Hogiu | ||
| 2 | 20 December 2020 | 15 km F | Petr Knop | Petrică Hogiu | Paul Constantin Pepene | ||
| 29 December 2020 | Štrbské Pleso | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 30 December 2020 | 10 km F | ||||||
| 20 February 2021 | Štrbské Pleso | Sprint C | cancelled | ||||
| 21 February 2021 | 15 km C | ||||||
| 20 March 2021 | Wisła-Kubalonka | Sprint F | cancelled, moved to Zakopane | ||||
| 21 March 2021 | 15 km F | ||||||
| 3 | 20 March 2021 | Zakopane | Sprint C | Tomáš Kalivoda | Tomáš Lukeš | Maciej Staręga | |
| 4 | 21 March 2021 | 30 km Mass Start F | Petr Knop | Dominik Bury | Vladimír Kozlovský | ||
| 27 March 2021 | Kremnica-Skalka | 10 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 28 March 2021 | 10 km F |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 December 2020 |  Rovaniemi | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 13 December 2020 | 15 km F | ||||||
| 5 March 2021 | Madona | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 6 March 2021 | 15 km C Mass Start | ||||||
| 7 March 2021 | 15 km F Pursuit |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 December 2020 |  Sun Valley | 10 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 12 December 2020 | Sprint C | ||||||
| 13 December 2020 | 15 km F Mass Start | ||||||
| 27 February 2021 | Cable-Hayward | 50 km F Mass Start | cancelled |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2021 |  Whistler | Sprint C | cancelled | ||||
| 9 January 2021 | 10 km F | ||||||
| 10 January 2021 | 30 km C Mass Start |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 December 2020 | Ulrichen | Sprint F | Nadine Fähndrich | Antonia Fräbel | Alisa Zhambalova | |
| 2 | 6 December 2020 | 10 km F | Francesca Franchi | Anna Nechaevskaya | Antonia Fräbel | ||
| 18 December 2020 | Valdidentro | Sprint C | moved to Formazza, Italy on the same dates | ||||
| 19 December 2020 | 10 km C | ||||||
| 20 December 2020 | 15 km F Mass Start | ||||||
| 18 December 2020 | Formazza | Sprint C | cancelled | ||||
| 3 | 19 December 2020 | 10 km C | Anna Comarella | Martina Di Centa | Sara Pellegrini | ||
| 4 | 20 December 2020 | 15 km F Mass Start | Ilaria Debertolis | Ilenia Defrancesco | Anna Comarella | ||
| 5 | 6 March 2021 | Premanon | 10 km F | Coralie Bentz | Lisa Lohmann | Kim Hager | |
| 6 | 7 March 2021 | 10 km C (low total climb) | Coralie Bentz | Lisa Lohmann | Julia Preussger | ||
| 7 | 12 March 2021 | Pokljuka | Sprint F | Coletta Rydzek | Enora Latuillière | Alina Meier | |
| 8 | 13 March 2021 | 10 km C | Katherine Sauerbrey | Lisa Lohmann | Coletta Rydzek | ||
| 9 | 14 March 2021 | 10 km F Pursuit | Lisa Lohmann | Katherine Sauerbrey | Lydia Hiernickel | ||
| 20 March 2021 | Oberwiesenthal | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 21 March 2021 | 15 km F |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 January 2021 | Ravna Gora | 5 km C | Vedrana Malec | Tena Hadžić | Tímea Lőrincz | |
| 17 January 2021 | 1,3 km F | cancelled | |||||
| 2 | 17 January 2021 | Sprint F | Nina Jagenić | Tena Hadžić | Tímea Lőrincz | ||
| 3 | 30 January 2021 | Zlatibor | 5 km C | Varvara Prokhorova | Tena Hadžić | Tímea Lőrincz | |
| 31 January 2021 | Sprint F | cancelled | |||||
| 4 | 3 February 2021 | Mavrovo | 5 km F | Vedrana Malec | Anika Kožica | Varvara Prokhorova | |
| 5 | 4 February 2021 | 5 km F | Vedrana Malec | Varvara Prokhorova | Anika Kožica | ||
| 6 February 2021 | Pigadia | 5 km F | cancelled | ||||
| 7 February 2021 | 5 km F | ||||||
| 6 | 19 February 2021 | Dvorišta-Pale | 5 km F | Anika Kožica | Nika Blaženić | Tena Hadžić | |
| 7 | 20 February 2021 | 5 km F | Tena Hadžić | Anita Klemenčič | Anika Kožica | ||
| 8 | 13 March 2021 | Fundata | 5 km C | Tímea Lőrincz | Ana Ilić | Tena Hadžić | |
| 9 | 14 March 2021 | 5 km F | Tímea Lőrincz | Tena Hadžić | Maida Drndić | ||
| 10 | 18 March 2021 | Bolu-Gerede | 5 km C | Kaidy Kaasiku | Keidy Kaasiku | Hanna-Brita Kaasik | |
| 11 | 19 March 2021 | 5 km F | Kaidy Kaasiku | Keidy Kaasiku | Hanna-Brita Kaasik | ||
| 12 | 20 March 2021 | Sprint F | Kaidy Kaasiku | Keidy Kaasiku | Tímea Lőrincz |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 November 2020 | Vershina Tea | Sprint F | Marina Chernousova | Anna Grukhvina | Veronika Stepanova | |
| 2 | 29 November 2020 | 10 km C | Lilia Vasilieva | Anastasiya Faleeva | Alija Iksanova | ||
| 3 | 1 December 2020 | Sprint C | Anastasiya Faleeva | Anastasia Kirillova | Olga Tsareva | ||
| 4 | 2 December 2020 | 10 km F | Lilia Vasilieva | Marina Chernousova | Olga Zholudeva | ||
| 5 | 23 December 2020 | Krasnogorsk | Sprint F | Anastasia Kirillova | Olga Kucheruk | Nina Dubotolkina | |
| 6 | 24 December 2020 | Sprint C | Olga Tsareva | Alena Baranova | Anastasia Moskalenko | ||
| 7 | 26 December 2020 | 10 km F | Ekaterina Smirnova | Evgeniya Krupitskaya | Anastasia Rygalina | ||
| 8 | 27 December 2020 | 10 km C | Nataliya Mekruykova | Alija Iksanova | Ekaterina Smirnova | ||
| 9 | 4 January 2021 | Minsk-Raubichi | Sprint C | Anastasia Kirillova | Lilia Vasilieva | Anastasia Moskalenko | |
| 10 | 5 January 2021 | 5 km C | Anastasia Kirillova | Lilia Vasilieva | Anastasia Moskalenko | ||
| 11 | 7 January 2021 | 5 km F | Lilia Vasilieva | Anastasia Kirillova | Anastasia Moskalenko | ||
| 12 | 22 January 2021 | Krasnogorsk | Sprint F | Anastasia Kirillova | Anastasia Moskalenko | Elizaveta Shalaboda | |
| 13 | 5 February 2021 | 10 km C | Lidia Durkina | Lilia Vasilieva | Diana Golovan | ||
| 14 | 7 February 2021 | Sprint F | Elizaveta Shalaboda | Daria Storozhilova | Lilia Vasilieva | ||
| 15 | 11 February 2021 | Almaty-Soldier Hollow | Sprint C | Lilia Vasilieva | Anna Shevchenko | Anastasia Moskalenko | |
| 16 | 12 February 2021 | 10 km C Individual | Lilia Vasilieva | Anna Shevchenko | Tamara Ebel | ||
| 17 | 13 February 2021 | 15 km F Mass Start | Lilia Vasilieva | Anna Shevchenko | Anastasia Moskalenko | ||
| 18 | 27 February 2021 | Syktyvkar | 10 km C | Alija Iksanova | Nataliya Mekryukova | Ekaterina Smirnova | |
| 19 | 28 February 2021 | Sprint F | Anna Grukhvina | Marina Chernousova | Kristina Kuskova | ||
| 20 | 3 March 2021 | Skiathlon 10 km C/F | Ekaterina Smirnova | Diana Golovan | Larisa Ryasina |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2020 | Pyeongchang | 5 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 20 December 2020 | 5 km F | ||||||
| 26 December 2020 | Otoineppu | 5 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 27 December 2020 | 5 km F | ||||||
| 6 January 2021 | Sapporo | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 7 January 2021 | 5 km C | ||||||
| 8 January 2021 | 10 km F Pursuit | ||||||
| 1 | 3 February 2021 | Pyeongchang | 5 km C | Lee Chae-won | Lee Eui-jin | Han Da-som | |
| 2 | 4 February 2021 | 5 km F | Lee Chae-won | Han Da-som | Lee Eui-jin | ||
| 3 | 13 February 2021 | Shiramine | 10 km C | Rin Sobue | Nao Maita | Kozue Takizawa |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2020 | Zakopane | 5 km C | cancelled, moved to Wisła-Kubalonka | ||||
| 1 | 19 December 2020 | 5 km C | Patrīcija Eiduka | Karolina Kaleta | Eliza Rucka | ||
| 2 | 20 December 2020 | 10 km F | Patrīcija Eiduka | Karolina Kaleta | Eliza Rucka | ||
| 29 December 2020 | Štrbské Pleso | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 30 December 2020 | 7,5 km F | ||||||
| 20 February 2021 | Štrbské Pleso | Sprint C | cancelled | ||||
| 21 February 2021 | 10 km C | ||||||
| 20 March 2021 | Wisła-Kubalonka | Sprint F | cancelled, moved to Zakopane | ||||
| 21 March 2021 | 7,5 km F | ||||||
| 3 | 20 March 2021 | Zakopane | Sprint C | Alena Procházková | Monika Skinder | Izabela Marcisz | |
| 4 | 21 March 2021 | 15 km Mass Start F | Alena Procházková | Sandra Schützová | Monika Skinder | ||
| 27 March 2021 | Kremnica-Skalka | 5 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 28 March 2021 | 5 km F |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 December 2020 | Rovaniemi | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 13 December 2020 | 10 km F | ||||||
| 5 March 2021 | Madona | Sprint F | cancelled | ||||
| 6 March 2021 | 10 km C Mass Start | ||||||
| 7 March 2021 | 10 km F Pursuit |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 December 2020 | Sun Valley | 5 km C | cancelled | ||||
| 12 December 2020 | Sprint C | ||||||
| 13 December 2020 | 10 km F Mass Start | ||||||
| 27 February 2021 | Cable-Hayward | 30 km F Mass Start | cancelled |
| + Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2021 | Whistler | Sprint C | cancelled | ||||
| 9 January 2021 | 5 km F | ||||||
| 10 January 2021 | 15 km C Mass Start |
Web site: RULES FOR THE FIS CROSS-COUNTRY CONTINENTAL CUP . fis-ski.com . . 5 March 2020 . .