Australia/New Zealand Cup Explained

FIS Cross-Country Australia/New Zealand Cup
Genre:Cross-country skiing
Date:Southern wintertime season
Begins:July
Ends:September
Location:Australia
New Zealand
Organised:International Ski Federation
Current:2019 FIS Cross-Country Australia/New Zealand Cup

The Australia/New Zealand Cup (ANC) is a series of cross-country skiing events arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). It is one of the nine FIS Cross-Country Continental Cups, a second-level competition ranked below the World Cup. The Australia/New Zealand Cup is open for competitors from all nations, but are mainly a competition for skiers from Australia and New Zealand. It is the only Continental Cup taking place in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Australia/New Zealand Cup has been held since the 2005, and has been a part of the Cross-Country Continental Cup since then.

World Cup qualification

In the end of certain periods, the overall leaders for both genders receive a place in the World Cup in the following period. The overall winners of the season receive a place in the World Cup in the beginning of the following season.

Overall winners

Men

SeasonWinnerSecondThird
2006 Ben Sim (1) Geoffroy Pais Ben Derrick
2007 Paul Murray Ben Sim Tomio Kanamaru
2008 Ben Sim (2) Geoffroy Pais Andrew Mock
2009 Thomas Diezig Ben Sim Valerio Leccardi
2010 Callum Watson (1) Ben Sim Chris Darlington
2011 Callum Watson (2) Ben Sim Phillip Bellingham
2012 Callum Watson (3) Alexander Legkov Alexei Almoukov
2013 Victor Gustafsson Callum Watson Phillip Bellingham
2014 Valerio Leccardi Phillip Bellingham Paul Kovacs
2015 Phillip Bellingham (1) Callum Watson Alasdair Tutt
2016 Phillip Bellingham (2) Nick Montgomery Jackson Bursill
2017 Phillip Bellingham (3) Callum Watson Paul Kovacs
2018[1] Phillip Bellingham (4) Callum Watson Mark Pollock
2019 Phillip Bellingham (5) Lauro Brändli Seve De Campo
2020Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Phillip Bellingham (6) Seve De Campo Mark Pollock
2022 Seve De Campo

Women

SeasonWinnerSecondThird
2006 Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Katherine Calder
2007 Katherine Calder (1) Esther Bottomley
2008 Esther Bottomley (1) Aimee Watson Evelyn Dong
2009 Katherine Calder (2) Esther Bottomley Aimee Watson
2010 Esther Bottomley (2) Aimee Watson Belinda Phillips
2011 Esther Bottomley (3) Lucy Glanville Georgia Merritt
2012 Esther Bottomley (4) Justyna Kowalczyk Aimee Watson
2013 Chisa Ōbayashi Jessica Yeaton Justyna Kowalczyk
2014 Esther Bottomley (5) Jessica Yeaton Anna Trnka
2015 Barbara Jezeršek(1) Katerina Paul Casey Wright
2016 Katerina Paul (1) Aimee Watson Mary Rose
2017 Barbara Jezeršek(2) Katerina Paul Aimee Watson
2018[2] Katerina Paul (2) Casey Wright Emily Champion
Ella Jackson
2019 Katerina Paul (3) Casey Wright Jessie Diggins
2020Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Casey Wright Zana Evans Aimee Watson
2022 Katerina Paul (4) Phoebe Cridland

References

  1. Web site: Australia/New Zealand Cup Overall 2018 Men . 9 March 2020 . fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation.
  2. Web site: Australia/New Zealand Cup Overall 2018 Women . 9 March 2020 . fis-ski.com . International Ski Federation.

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