The FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup is a series of ski jumping competitions arranged yearly by the International Ski Federation. It is considered the second level of international ski jumping, ranking below the World Cup and not counting Grand Prix which world top class summer competition. Athletes competing in the Continental Cup are usually juniors and jumpers fighting for a spot on their nation's World Cup team. Some jumpers alternate between the World Cup and the Continental Cup and therefore, the winner of the Continental Cup is not necessarily the best jumper.
| Ski Jumping Continental Cup | |
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| Genre | ski jumping ski flying (rarely) |
| Location(s) | Europe Japan United States Russia Kazakhstan Canada (rarely) Turkey (rarely) South Korea (rarely) |
| Inaugurated | 1991/92 (Europa/Continental Cup) 1992/93 (Europa/Continental Cup) 1993/94 (1st official men season) 2002/03 (men's summer season) 2004/05 (1st women season) 2008/09 (women's summer season) |
| Organised by | International Ski Federation |
International Ski Federation considers the last two Europa Cup seasons in 1991/92 and 1992/93 where they competed only in Europe and with only European ski jumpers, as first two continental cup season. However, men officially began first season in 1993/94 spreading, with hosts spreading from Europe to Asian and North American ground. Competitors from United States, Canada and Asia previously competed in their own Pacific Rum Cup which was canceled, joined with Europeans on the second level of world ski jumping competition. Summer continental cup event was first time organized in 1996, however those summer events counted together in joined overall winter ranking until 2001/02. But from the season 2002/03 on, summer events counts in separated men's summer rankings.
The women competition was introduced in the 2004/05.[1] Summer events organized already in first season like with men counted together in joined overall winter ranking until 2007/08. But from the 2008/09 on, summer events counts in separated women's summer rankings. Until the 2010/11 this was the women's top international ski jumping competition and the season later, World Cup for women was introduced in 2011/12.
So far only four individual and none of the team events in this competition have been held on ski flying hills: two events in Ironwood (1994) and two events in Vikersund (2004).
Higher competitive circuits are the World Cup and the Summer Grand Prix; the lower circuits include the FIS Cup, the FIS Race and the Alpen Cup.
Global map of all Continental Cup hosts
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Men's standings
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Wins
editFirst 408 individual events for men between 1991 and 2001 are not yet calculated in the incomplete winning statistics list at the International Ski Federation official homepage, where they currently run statistics only from 17 November 2001 on. [2] However in this table all wins and also those from 1991 and 2001 period are included. For example: leader in this statistics Manuel Fettner has actually 21 wins and not 19 as mentioned in FIS statistics. He achieved those two wins before 17 November 2001.
MeneditAs of 8 March 2020
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WomeneditAs of 17 March 2023 (final Women's Continental Cup competition)
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Double wins
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edit| No. | Season | Date | Place | Hill | Size | Winners | |
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| 1 | 1993/94 | 19 December 1993 | Wörgl | Latella-Schanze K83 | NH | Andreas Beck | Hakon Johnsen |
| 2 | 1995/96 | 2 March 1996 | Örnsköldsvik | Paradiskullen K90 | NH | Wilhelm Brenna | Håvard Lie |
| 3 | 1996/97 | 10 January 1997 | Ramsau | W90-Mattensprunganlage K90 | NH | Frank Reichel | Hein-Arne Mathiesen |
| 4 | 1997/98 | 21 December 1997 | Lahti | Salpausselkä K90 | NH | Tom Aage Aarnes | Frode Håre |
| 5 | 1998/99 | 12 March 1999 | Vikersund | Vikersundbakken K90 | NH | Wilhelm Brenna | Kjell Erik Sagbakken |
| 6 | 1999/00 | 18 July 1999 | Villach | Villacher Alpenarena K90 | NH | Dennis Störl | Bernhard Metzler |
| 7 | 10 March 2000 | Våler | Čerťák K90 | NH | Bjørn Einar Romøren | Roland Audenrieth | |
| 8 | 2000/01 | 19 August 2000 | Rælingen | Marikollen K88 | NH | Morten Solem | Toni Nieminen |
| 9 | 10 March 2001 | Vikersund | Vikersundbakken K90 | NH | Bernhard Metzler | Yukitaka Fukita | |
| 10 | 2003/04 | 3 August 2003 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Mittlere Olympiaschanze K89 | NH | Wolfgang Loitzl | Akseli Kokkonen |
| 12 | 2009/10 | 3 July 2009 | Velenje | Grajski grič HS94 (night) | NH | Robert Kranjec | Primož Pikl |
| 13 | 2010/11 | 18 December 2010 | Erzurum | Kiremitliktepe HS109 | NH | Anssi Koivuranta | Stefan Thurnbichler |
| 14 | 2011/12 | 28 December 2011 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 | LH | Kenneth Gangnes | Wolfgang Loitzl |
Women
edit| No. | Season | Date | Place | Hill | Size | Winners | |
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| 1 | 2006/07 | 6 February 2007 | Ljubno | Savina HS95 | NH | Ulrike Gräßler | Lindsey Van |
| 2 | 2011/12 | 10 September 2011 | Trondheim | Granåsen HS105 | NH | Daniela Iraschko | Jacqueline Seifriedsberger |
References
edit- Overall Cup Standings fis-ski.com
- ^ "Women's Ski Jumping". FIS. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Continental Cup winners list". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2015.