2021–22 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup explained

Nordic Combined World Cup 2021/22
Competition1:	Overall
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	(19)
Competition2ladies:	(2)
Competition3:	Best Jumper Trophy
Competition3men:	Jarl Magnus Riiber (3)
Competition3ladies:	Gyda Westvold Hansen (2)
Competition4:	Best Skier Trophy
Competition4men:	Ilkka Herola (3)
Competition4ladies:	Anju Nakamura (1)
Stageevent1:	Ruka Tour
Stageevent1men:	Jarl Magnus Riiber (3)
Stageevent1ladies:	—
Stageevent2:	Triple
Stageevent2men:	Jørgen Graabak (1)
Stageevent2ladies:	—
Menindividual:	20
Ladiesindividual:	8
Menseason:	39th
Ladiesseason:	2nd
Menlocations:	10
Ladieslocations:	5
Teammen:	2
Teamladies:	—
Mixedmen:	1
Mixedladies:	1
Cancelledmen:	2
Cancelledladies:	1
Previous:	2020–21
Next:	2022–23

The 2021/22 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation was the 39th Nordic Combined World Cup season for men, and the 2nd season for women. The men's competition started in Ruka, Finland, and the women's competition in Lillehammer, Norway. Both competitions concluded in Schonach, Germany.^{[1] [2]}

Norwegian Jarl Magnus Riiber and American Tara Geraghty-Moats are the defending overall champions from the 2020–21 season. The American will not defend her title due to the change of sport from Nordic combined to biathlon.^[3]

As of this season, women's mass start and mixed competitions are making their debut.

On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIS decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.^[4]

With his victory in Schonach, Jarl Magnus Riiber took his 49th World Cup win, overtaking Hannu Manninen (48 wins) in the overall standings and now is the most successful nordic combined skier in the history of the World Cup.

Map of world cup hosts

All 11 locations hosting world cup events for men (11), for women (6) and shared (5) in this season.

Men

World Cup history in real time

after GUN event in Schonach (13 March 2022)

Calendar

		Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
551	1	26 November 2021	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 5 km 125	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Jens Lurås Oftebro	Jarl Magnus Riiber	^[5]
552	2	27 November 2021			HS142 / 10 km 126	Terence Weber		Vinzenz Geiger	Terence Weber	^[6]
553	3	28 November 2021			HS142 / 10 km 127	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Jens Lurås Oftebro	Jarl Magnus Riiber	^[7]
4th Ruka Tour (25 – 28 November 2021)						Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Terence Weber
554	4	5 December 2021	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS140 / 10 km 128	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Eric Frenzel	Jarl Magnus Riiber	^[8]
555	5	11 December 2021	Otepää	Tehvandi	10 km / HS97 020	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Espen Bjørnstad	Manuel Faißt		^[9]
556	6	12 December 2021			HS97 / 10 km 076	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle			^[10]
557	7	18 December 2021	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km 077	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Vinzenz Geiger	Ilkka Herola		^[11]
558	8	19 December 2021			HS98 / 10 km 078	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Vinzenz Geiger	Eric Frenzel		^[12]
559	9	8 January 2022	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS106 / 10 km 079		Vinzenz Geiger	Eric Frenzel		^[13]
560	10	9 January 2022			HS106 / 10 km 080	Vinzenz Geiger	Johannes Lamparter			^[14]
561	11	15 January 2022	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km 129	Johannes Lamparter	Kristjan Ilves	Ryōta Yamamoto		^[15]
562	12	16 January 2022			HS140 / 10 km 130	Johannes Lamparter	Kristjan Ilves	Franz-Josef Rehrl	Johannes Lamparter	^[16]
	22 January 2022	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka	HS104 / 10 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[17]
23 January 2022	HS104 / 10 km
563	13	28 January 2022	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 7.5 km 081		Vinzenz Geiger		Johannes Lamparter	^[18]
564	14	29 January 2022			HS109 / 10 km 082	Vinzenz Geiger				^[19]
565	15	30 January 2022			HS109 / 12.5 km 083	Jørgen Graabak				^[20]
9th Nordic Combined Triple (28 – 30 January 2022)
2022 Winter Olympics (9 – 15 February)
566	16	27 February 2022	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 10 km 131		Vinzenz Geiger	Johannes Lamparter		^[21]
567	17	5 March 2022	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	HS134 / 10 km 132	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Jens Lurås Oftebro		^[22]
568	18	6 March 2022			HS134 / 10 km 133	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Mario Seidl	Jens Lurås Oftebro		^[23]
569	19	12 March 2022	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS100 / 10 km 084	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Jørgen Graabak	Jarl Magnus Riiber	^[24]
570	20	13 March 2022			HS100 / 10 km 085	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Vinzenz Geiger		^[25]

Men's team

World Cup history in real time

after Sprint in Lahti (26 February 2022)

		Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
47	1	4 December 2021	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS98 / 4x5 km Relay 025					^[26]
2022 Winter Olympics (17 February)
48	2	26 February 2022	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 2x7.5 km Sprint 021					^[27]

Standings

Overall

Rank	after all 20 events^[28]	Points
	Jarl Magnus Riiber	1383
2		1362
3		979
4		783
5		627
6		618
7		592
8		542
9		530
10		529

Nations Cup

Rank	after all 23 events^[29]	Points
		4691
2		4367
3		3874
4		2018
5		855
6		627
7		551
8		389
9		283
10		182

Best Jumper Trophy

Rank	after all 20 events^[30]	Points
	Jarl Magnus Riiber	1316
2		1003
3		970
4		933
5		751
6		733
7		631
8		563
9		502
10		495

Best Skier Trophy

Rank	after all 20 events^[31]	Points
	Ilkka Herola	1177
2		1061
3		992
4		936
5		916
6		646
7		582
8		556
9		528
10		507

Prize money

Rank	after all 27 payouts^[32]	CHF
1	Jarl Magnus Riiber	138 040
2		105 160
3		68 637
4		57 075
5		45 485
6		30 800
7		30 261
8		29 690
9		28 275
10		20 378

Women

World Cup history in real time

after GUL event in Schonach (13 January 2022)

Calendar

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	Date	Place (Hill)	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	1	3 December 2021	Lillehammer (Lysgårdsbakken HS98)	5 km GUN 002	Gyda Westvold Hansen	Mari Leinan Lund	Annika Sieff	^[33]
3	2	4 December 2021		5 km GUN 003	Gyda Westvold Hansen	Mari Leinan Lund	Lisa Hirner	^[34]
4	3	11 December 2021	Otepää (Tehvandi HS97)	5 km MSS 001	Gyda Westvold Hansen	Ida Marie Hagen	Yuna Kasai	^[35]
5	4	12 December 2021		5 km GUN 004	Gyda Westvold Hansen	Ida Marie Hagen	Marte Leinan Lund	^[36]
6	5	17 December 2021	Ramsau (W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98)	5 km GUN 005	Gyda Westvold Hansen	Ema Volavšek	Yuna Kasai	^[37]
7	6	8 January 2022	Val di Fiemme (Trampolino dal Ben HS106)	5 km MSS 002	Gyda Westvold Hansen		Lisa Hirner	^[38]
	23 January 2022	Planica (Bloudkova velikanka HS102)	5 km GUN cnx	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[39]
8	7	12 March 2022	Schonach (Langenwaldschanze HS100)	5 km GUN 006	Anju Nakamura	Haruka Kasai	Annika Sieff	^[40]
9	8	13 March 2022		5 km GUN 007	Gyda Westvold Hansen	Haruka Kasai	Ema Volavšek	^[41]

Overall leaders

Individual

Standings

Overall

Rank	after all 8 events^[42]	Points
	Gyda Westvold Hansen	700
2		411
3		387
4		364
5		338
6		290
7		286
8		258
9		227
10		205

Nations Cup

Rank	after all 9 events^[43]	Points
		1887
2		1008
3		899
4		700
5		575
6		540
7		349
8		208
9		162
10		59

Best Jumper Trophy

Rank	after all 8 events^[44]	Points
	Gyda Westvold Hansen	700
2		436
3		356
4		355
5		301
6		300
7		278
8		264
9		252
10		221

Best Skier Trophy

Rank	after all 8 events^[45]	Points
	Anju Nakamura	641
2		489
3		457
4		410
5		365
6		311
7		242
8		204
9		176
10		172

Prize money

Rank	after all 12 payouts^[46]	CHF
1	Gyda Westvold Hansen	36 000
2		10 450
3		9 900
4		9 600
5		8 200
6		6 750
7		5 000
8		4 900
9		4 500
10		3 950

Mixed team

World Cup history in real time

Provisional Competition Rounds (PCR)

Men

No.	Place	Provisional Round	Competition	Size	Winner
1	Ruka		26, 27, 28 November 2021	LH		^[48]
2	Lillehammer	3 December 2021	5 December 2021		^[49]
3	Otepää	10 December 2021	11, 12 December 2021	NH	cancelled due to strong wind
4	Ramsau	17 December 2021	18, 19 December 2021	Terence Weber	^[50]
5	Val di Fiemme	6 January 2022	8, 9 January 2022	Franz-Josef Rehrl	^[51]
6	Klingenthal	14 January 2022	15, 16 January 2022	LH	Simen Tiller	^[52]
	Planica	21 January 2022	22, 23 January 2022	NH	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[53]
7	Seefeld	27 January 2022	28 January 2022		^[54]
8		29 January 2022	29, 30 January 2022		^[55]
9	Lahti	25 February 2022	27 February 2022	LH	Franz-Josef Rehrl	^[56]
10	Oslo	4 March 2022	5, 6 March 2022		^[57]
11	Schonach	11 March 2022	12, 13 March 2022	NH		^[58]

Women

No.	Place	Provisional Round	Competition	Size	Winner
1	Lillehammer		3, 4 December 2021	NH		^[59]
2	Otepää	10 December 2021	11, 12 December 2021	cancelled due to strong wind
3	Ramsau	16 December 2021	17 December 2021		^[60]
4	Val di Fiemme	6 January 2022	8 January 2022	Annalena Slamik	^[61]
	Planica	22 January 2022	23 January 2022	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[62]
5	Schonach	11 March 2022	12, 13 March 2022	Gyda Westvold Hansen	^[63]

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2021/22 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup for men and women.

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Individual	100	80	60	50	45	40	36	32	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Nordic Combined Triple – Days 1 & 2	50	40	30	25	23	20	18	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Nordic Combined Triple – Day 3	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
Relay	400	350	300	250	200	150	100	50
Mixed Team, Team Sprint	200	175	150	125	100	75	50	25

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.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

Men

• Terence Weber (25), in his 7th season – the WC 2 in Ruka
• Johannes Lamparter (20), in his 4th season – the WC 9 in Val di Fiemme

Women

• Gyda Westvold Hansen (19), in her 2nd season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer
• Anju Nakamura (22), in her 2nd season – the WC 7 in Schonach

First World Cup podium:

Men

• Terence Weber (25), in his 7th season – the WC 2 in Ruka – 1st place
• Julian Schmid (22), in his 4th season – the WC 6 in Otepää – 3rd place

Women

• Mari Leinan Lund (22), in her 2nd season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer – 2nd place
• Ida Marie Hagen (21), in her 1st season – the WC 3 in Otepää – 2nd place
• Ema Volavšek (19), in her 2nd season – the WC 5 in Ramsau – 2nd place
• Haruka Kasai (18), in her 1st season – the WC 7 in Schonach – 2nd place
• Annika Sieff (18), in her 2nd season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer – 3rd place
• Lisa Hirner (18), in her 2nd season – the WC 2 in Lillehammer – 3rd place
• Yuna Kasai (17), in her 2nd season – the WC 3 in Otepää – 3rd place
• Marte Leinan Lund (20), in her 2nd season – the WC 4 in Otepää – 3rd place

Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins):

Men

• Jarl Magnus Riiber – 13 (49)
• Johannes Lamparter – 3 (3)
• Vinzenz Geiger – 2 (9)
• Jørgen Graabak – 1 (7)
• Terence Weber – 1 (1)

Women

• Gyda Westvold Hansen – 7 (7)
• Anju Nakamura – 1 (1)

Retirements

Following are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:

Men

• Taylor Fletcher
• Thomas Joebstl
• Lukas Klapfer
• Szczepan Kupczak
• Hideaki Nagai

Women

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Cup Calendar Men's Nordic Combined 2021/22. fis-ski.com.
2. Web site: World Cup Calendar Women's Nordic Combined 2021/22. fis-ski.com.
3. Web site: I have decided to take a temporary leave from the sport of nordic combined.... https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CN8G5p0D9jE . 2021-12-24 . registration. Instagram.
4. News: Russian and Belarusian Athletes not to take part in FIS Competitions. FIS. 1 March 2022.
5. Web site: Individual Gundersen 5.0 km – Ruka (FIN). FIS. 26 November 2021.
6. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ruka (FIN). FIS. 27 November 2021.
7. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ruka (FIN). FIS. 28 November 2021.
8. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lillehammer (NOR). FIS. 5 December 2021.
9. Web site: Individual Mass Start – Otepää (EST). FIS. 11 December 2021.
10. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Otepää (EST). FIS. 12 December 2021.
11. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ramsau (AUT). FIS. 18 December 2021.
12. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ramsau (AUT). FIS. 19 December 2021.
13. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Val di Fiemme (ITA). FIS. 8 January 2022.
14. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Val di Fiemme (ITA). FIS. 9 January 2022.
15. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Klingenthal (GER). FIS. 15 January 2022.
16. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Klingenthal (GER). FIS. 16 January 2022.
17. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/cross-country/cross-country-news-multimedia/news/2021-22/breaking-fis-world-cup-events-planica-slo-cancelled BREAKING: FIS World Cup events Planica (SLO) cancelled
18. Web site: Individual Gundersen 7.5 km – Seefeld (AUT). FIS. 28 January 2022.
19. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Seefeld (AUT). FIS. 29 January 2022.
20. Web site: Individual Gundersen 12.5 km – Seefeld (AUT). FIS. 30 January 2022.
21. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lahti (FIN). FIS. 27 February 2022.
22. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Oslo (NOR). FIS. 5 March 2022.
23. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Oslo (NOR). FIS. 6 March 2022.
24. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Schonach im Schwarzwald (GER). FIS. 12 March 2022.
25. Web site: Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Schonach im Schwarzwald (GER). FIS. 13 March 2022.
26. Web site: Team Gundersen 4 x 5 km – Lillehammer (NOR). FIS. 4 December 2021.
27. Web site: Team Sprint 2 x 7.5 km – Lahti (FIN). FIS. 26 February 2022.
28. Web site: Men's Overall standing. FIS Ski.
29. Web site: Men's Nations Cup standing. FIS Ski.
30. Web site: Men's Best Jumper Trophy. FIS Ski.
31. Web site: Men's Best Skier Trophy. FIS Ski.
32. Web site: Men's Prize Money standing. FIS Ski.
33. Web site: Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km - Lillehammer (NOR). FIS. 3 December 2021.
34. Web site: Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km - Lillehammer (NOR). FIS. 4 December 2021.
35. Web site: Women Individual Mass Start - Otepää (EST). FIS. 11 December 2021.
36. Web site: Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km - Otepää (EST). FIS. 12 December 2021.
37. Web site: Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km - Ramsau (AUT). FIS. 17 December 2021.
38. Web site: Women Individual Mass Start 5.0km/NH - Val di Fiemme (ITA). FIS. 8 January 2022.
39. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/cross-country/cross-country-news-multimedia/news/2021-22/breaking-fis-world-cup-events-planica-slo-cancelled BREAKING: FIS World Cup events Planica (SLO) cancelled
40. Web site: Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km - Schonach (GER). FIS. 12 March 2022.
41. Web site: Women Individual Gundersen NH/5.0km - Schonach (GER). FIS. 13 March 2022.
42. Web site: Women's Overall standing. FIS Ski.
43. Web site: Women's Nations Cup standing. FIS Ski.
44. Web site: Women's Best Jumper Trophy. FIS Ski.
45. Web site: Women's Best Skier Trophy. FIS Ski.
46. Web site: Women's Prize Money Standing. FIS Ski.
47. Web site: Mixed Team Gundersen 2x2.5 km + 2x5 km – Val di Fiemme (ITA). FIS. 7 January 2022.
48. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Ruka (FIN). FIS. 25 November 2021.
49. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Lillehammer (NOR). FIS. 3 December 2021.
50. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Ramsau (AUT). FIS. 17 December 2021.
51. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Val di Fiemme (ITA). FIS. 6 January 2022.
52. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Klingenthal (GER). FIS. 14 January 2022.
53. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/cross-country/cross-country-news-multimedia/news/2021-22/breaking-fis-world-cup-events-planica-slo-cancelled BREAKING: FIS World Cup events Planica (SLO) cancelled
54. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Seefeld (AUT). FIS. 27 January 2022.
55. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Seefeld (AUT). FIS. 29 January 2022.
56. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Lahti (FIN). FIS. 25 February 2022.
57. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Oslo (NOR). FIS. 4 March 2022.
58. Web site: Men's Results Provisional Competition Round Schonach im Schwarzwald (GER). FIS. 11 March 2022.
59. Web site: Women's Results Provisional Competition Round Lillehammer (NOR). FIS. 2 December 2021.
60. Web site: Women's Results Provisional Competition Round Ramsau (AUT). FIS. 16 December 2021.
61. Web site: Women's Results Provisional Competition Round Val di Fiemme (ITA). FIS. 6 January 2022.
62. https://www.fis-ski.com/en/cross-country/cross-country-news-multimedia/news/2021-22/breaking-fis-world-cup-events-planica-slo-cancelled BREAKING: FIS World Cup events Planica (SLO) cancelled
63. Web site: Women's Results Provisional Competition Round Schonach im Schwarzwald (GER). FIS. 11 March 2022.