Nordic Tournament Explained

Nordic Tournament
Status:defunct
Genre:sporting event
Date:February–March
Frequency:annual
Country:Finland
Norway
Sweden
Last:2010

The Nordic Tournament was an annual ski jumping tournament that was a part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The tournament started in 1997[1] as a counterpart to the widely successful Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria. It is held in March in Finland and Norway, earlier even in Sweden.

Hills

PlaceHillK-PointHill Size
Lahti, FinlandSalpausselkäK-116HS 130
Kuopio, FinlandPuijoK-120HS 127
Trondheim, NorwayGranåsenK-123HS 140
Oslo, NorwayNye HolmenkollbakkenK-120HS 134

Other hills

Winners

Wins on all four events in the same year
YearWinnerCountry
1997Kazuyoshi Funaki Japan
1998Andreas Widhölzl Austria
1999Noriaki Kasai Japan
2000Sven Hannawald Germany
2001Adam Małysz Poland
2002Matti Hautamäki Finland
2003Adam Małysz Poland
2004Roar Ljøkelsøy Norway
2005Matti Hautamäki Finland
2006Thomas Morgenstern Austria
2007Adam Małysz Poland
2008Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria
2009Gregor Schlierenzauer Austria
2010Simon Ammann Switzerland

Notes and References

  1. Book: Nordic Tournament. 138. Historical Dictionary of Skiing. English. E. John B. Allen. 2012. 9780810879775. 22 December 2015.