| FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals | |
| Date: | Mid-March |
| Venue: | Various |
| Competition: | FIS Cross-Country World Cup |
| Type: | Mini-tour |
| Organiser: | International Ski Federation |
| Number: | 11 (as of 2019) |
| Mostwins Men: | (3 wins) |
| Mostwins Ladies: | (6 wins) |
The FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2007–08 season in various places in Europe or Canada. The World Cup Finals is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and is held as the last World Cup race weekend of the season. The inaugural World Cup Finals was held in 2008 in Bormio, Italy. As of the 2018–19 season, the World Cup Finals consists of three stages; a sprint, a mass start race and a pursuit.
The first stages was arranged on 14 March 2008 and were won by Claudia Künzel[1] (ladies) and Pietro Piller Cottrer[2] (men). The first overall winners of the World Cup Finals were Virpi Kuitunen and Vincent Vittoz.
| Year | Venue | |
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| 2008 |  Bormio | |
| 2009 |  Stockholm and Falun | |
| 2010 | Stockholm and Falun | |
| 2011 | Stockholm and Falun | |
| 2012 | Stockholm and Falun | |
| 2013 | Stockholm and Falun | |
| 2014 | Falun | |
| 2015 | not arranged | |
| 2016 |  Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City, Canmore and Lake Louise | |
| 2017 | Quebec City | |
| 2018 | Falun | |
| 2019 | Quebec City | |
| 2020 | | |
| 2021 |  | |
| 2022 |  Tyumen |
As of the 2018–19 edition, a total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, is awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winners of the World Cup Finals receive CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 are awarded money. CHF 5,000 is given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.
Six skiers have won the World Cup Finals two or more times. Marit Bjørgen (NOR) is the only skier to win six times. Petter Northug (NOR) has won the World Cup Finals three times.
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The overall winner are awarded 200 points.[3] The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 350 points.
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| Overall | 200 | 160 | 120 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 58 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stage | 50 | 46 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
