FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals

FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals
Race details
Date	Mid-March
Venue(s)	Various
Competition	FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Type	Mini-tour
Organiser	International Ski Federation
History
First edition	14 March 2008
Editions	11 (as of 2019)
Men
First winner	Vincent Vittoz (FRA)
Most wins	Petter Northug (NOR) (3 wins)
Most recent	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)
Ladies
First winner	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)
Most wins	Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (6 wins)
Most recent	Stina Nilsson (SWE)

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 are 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.

Venues

Year	Venue
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	~~Canmore~~ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
2021	Beijing

Prize money

As of the 2018–19 edition, a total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, is awarded in cash prizes in the race.[3] 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.[3] All finishers in the top 20 are awarded money.[3] CHF 5,000 is given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.[3]

Overall winners

Men

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2008	Vincent Vittoz	Lukáš Bauer	Giorgio Di Centa
2009	Dario Cologna	Vincent Vittoz	Alexander Legkov
2010	Petter Northug	Maurice Manificat	Marcus Hellner
2011	Petter Northug	Finn Hågen Krogh	Dario Cologna
2012	Dario Cologna	Devon Kershaw	Niklas Dyrhaug
2013	Petter Northug	Finn Hågen Krogh	Martin Johnsrud Sundby
2014	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Alex Harvey	Alexander Legkov
2015	not arranged
2016	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Sergey Ustiugov	Petter Northug
2017	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Alex Harvey	Niklas Dyrhaug
2018	Alexander Bolshunov	Alex Harvey	Dario Cologna
2019	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Alex Harvey	Alexander Bolshunov
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

Women

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2008	Virpi Kuitunen	Justyna Kowalczyk	Claudia Künzel
2009	Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug	Charlotte Kalla
2010	Marit Bjørgen	Justyna Kowalczyk	Charlotte Kalla
2011	Marit Bjørgen	Justyna Kowalczyk	Therese Johaug
2012	Marit Bjørgen	Heidi Weng	Charlotte Kalla
2013	Marit Bjørgen	Therese Johaug	Charlotte Kalla
2014	Therese Johaug	Marit Bjørgen	Heidi Weng
2015	not arranged
2016	Therese Johaug	Heidi Weng	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2017	Marit Bjørgen	Heidi Weng	Stina Nilsson
2018	Marit Bjørgen	Jessica Diggins	Sadie Bjornsen
2019	Stina Nilsson	Therese Johaug	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

Records

Overall winners

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.

Men
Wins	Skier	Editions
3	Petter Northug (NOR)	2010, 2011, 2013
2	Dario Cologna (SUI)	2009, 2012
	Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR)	2014, 2016
	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)	2017, 2019
1	Vincent Vittoz (FRA)	2008
1	Alexander Bolshunov (RUS)	2018

Women
Wins	Skier	Editions
6	Marit Bjørgen (NOR)	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
2	Therese Johaug (NOR)	2014, 2016
1	Virpi Kuitunen (FIN)	2008
	Justyna Kowalczyk (POL)	2009
	Stina Nilsson (SWE)	2019

World Cup points

The overall winner are awarded 200 points.[4] 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.

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
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

References

"Prologue Ladies 2.5 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). 14 March 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
"Prologue Men 3.3 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). 14 March 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2018, pp. 41.
"Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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[1] "Prologue Ladies 2.5 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). 14 March 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[2] "Prologue Men 3.3 km Free Individual Results" (PDF). 14 March 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

[FOOTNOTE''Rules_for_the_FIS_Cross-Country_World_Cup''201841-3] Rules for the FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2018, pp. 41.

[4] "Rules for the FIS Cross-country World Cup" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 11 December 2018.