The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup, the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition, began in January 1967, and the 2019–20 season marked the 54th consecutive year for the FIS World Cup.[1][2] As it had every year since 2006 (when the Sölden races were cancelled by a snowstorm), the season began in Sölden, Austria in October. The season was supposed to end with the World Cup finals in March, which were to be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for the first time since they began in 1993, but the finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy.[3]
2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup | |||
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Downhill |
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Super-G |
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Giant slalom |
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Slalom |
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Alpine combined |
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Parallel |
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Nations Cup |
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Nations Cup Overall |
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Competition | |||
Locations |
20 venues |
17 venues | |
Individual |
36 events |
30 events | |
Mixed |
0 event |
0 event | |
Cancelled |
12 events |
16 events | |
Rescheduled |
4 events |
5 events | |
As part of an effort to control the expansion of the World Cup circuit while fighting increased specialization, the city events were dropped this season, to be replaced by more parallel events at regular venues, while the Alpine combined was expanded.[4] Due to the recent dominance of slalom specialists in the Alpine combined races, the format for that discipline was changed this season. As was previously the case, the first run continued to be the speed discipline (with Super-G having the preference over downhill). However, instead of the slalom run starting in reverse order of finish in the speed run, which allowed the slalom specialists (who tended to be slower in the speed run) to tackle fresh snow for their slalom run, while the speed specialists had to face the more challenging rutted snow at the end of the day, the skiers in the slalom run now started in the same order as the finish of the speed run, with the leader after the speed run becoming the first to race on the fresh slalom course.[5]
Parallel format was also changed to make the race more TV-friendly. Parallel races now began with one classic qualification run with a single competitor on the slope (which was shown in the live TV broadcast), after which the top 32 qualifiers by time advanced to the elimination phase of the main competition. The round of 32 used the current run and re-run format, so that each competitor got to start from each side, but from the round of 16 forward, there was only one run per race and a direct knockout system.[6] However, the new format immediately became controversial, as making two giant slalom courses equal in a single-run format proved impossible, and both the first men's and women's parallel giant slalom races suffered from "the luck of the draw" becoming determinative—in the men's race, all eight round-of-16 matches were won by the racer on the same randomly-selected course, and in the women's race, 17 of 20 winners came from the same course.[7][8]
In addition, a new sixth discipline—parallel events (which combined parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom in points distribution)—was introduced, joining downhill, Super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined. A small crystal globe was to be awarded to the winner.[9]
On 1 February 2020, then-women's World Cup overall leader (and 3-time defending champion) Mikaela Shiffrin's father Jeff suffered grave injuries in an accident, and Shiffrin immediately left the World Cup tour. His injuries proved fatal, and Shiffrin remained off the tour for the rest of the season.[10]
Men
edit- The number of races in the World Cup history
Total | DH | SG | GS | SL | AC | PS | PG | CE | K.O. | Winners |
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1782 | 496 | 217 | 419 | 497 | 134 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 291 |
including DH in Kvitfjell (7 March 2020)
Calendar
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Ladies
edit- The number of races in the World Cup history
Total | DH | SG | GS | SL | AC | PS | PG | CE | K.O. | Winners |
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1666 | 417 | 238 | 418 | 469 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 249 |
including SG in La Thuile (29 February 2020)
Calendar
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1637 | 1 | 26 October 2019 | Sölden | GS 413 | Alice Robinson | Mikaela Shiffrin | Tessa Worley | [47] |
1638 | 2 | 23 November 2019 | Levi | SL 464 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Wendy Holdener | Katharina Truppe | [48] |
1639 | 3 | 30 November 2019 | Killington | GS 414 | Marta Bassino | Federica Brignone | Mikaela Shiffrin | [49] |
1640 | 4 | 1 December 2019 | SL 465 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Anna Swenn-Larsson | [50] | |
1641 | 5 | 6 December 2019 | Lake Louise | DH 410 | Ester Ledecká | Corinne Suter | Stephanie Venier | [51] |
1642 | 6 | 7 December 2019 | DH 411 | Nicole Schmidhofer | Mikaela Shiffrin | Francesca Marsaglia | [52] | |
1643 | 7 | 8 December 2019 | SG 233 | Viktoria Rebensburg | Nicol Delago | Corinne Suter | [53] | |
1644 | 8 | 14 December 2019 | St. Moritz | SG 234 | Sofia Goggia | Federica Brignone | Mikaela Shiffrin | [54] |
1645 | 9 | 15 December 2019 | PS 006 | Petra Vlhová | Anna Swenn-Larsson | Franziska Gritsch | [55] | |
1646 | 10 | 17 December 2019 | Courchevel | GS 415 | Federica Brignone | Mina Fürst Holtmann | Wendy Holdener | [56] |
21 December 2019 | Val d'Isère | DH cnx | heavy snowfall; rescheduled in Val d'Isère on 22 December | |||||
22 December 2019 | AC cnx | cancelled due to switched program schedule with downhill | ||||||
[nb 9]22 December 2019 | DH cnx | cancelled for the second time; heavy snowfall again; rescheduled in Bansko on 24 January | ||||||
1647 | 11 | 28 December 2019 | Lienz | GS 416 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Marta Bassino | Katharina Liensberger | [57] |
1648 | 12 | 29 December 2019 | SL 466 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Michelle Gisin | [58] | |
1649 | 13 | 4 January 2020 | Zagreb | SL 467 | Petra Vlhová | Mikaela Shiffrin | Katharina Liensberger | [59] |
1650 | 14 | 11 January 2020 | Altenmarkt | DH 412 | Corinne Suter | Nicol Delago | Michelle Gisin | [60] |
1651 | 15 | 12 January 2020 | AC 105 | Federica Brignone | Wendy Holdener | Marta Bassino | [61] | |
1652 | 16 | 14 January 2020 | Flachau | SL 468 | Petra Vlhová | Anna Swenn-Larsson | Mikaela Shiffrin | [62] |
1653 | 17 | 18 January 2020 | Sestriere | GS 417 | Federica Brignone Petra Vlhová |
Mikaela Shiffrin | [63] | |
1654 | 18 | 19 January 2020 | PG 001 | Clara Direz | Elisa Mörzinger | Marta Bassino | [64] | |
1655 | 19 | [nb 10]24 January 2020 | Bansko | DH 413 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Federica Brignone | Joana Hählen | [65] |
1656 | 20 | 25 January 2020 | DH 414 | Elena Curtoni | Marta Bassino | Federica Brignone | [66] | |
1657 | 21 | 26 January 2020 | SG 235 | Mikaela Shiffrin | Marta Bassino | Lara Gut-Behrami | [67] | |
1 February 2020 | Rosa Khutor | DH cnx | cancelled due to heavy snowfall; rescheduled in Crans-Montana on 21 February | |||||
1658 | 22 | 2 February 2020 | SG 236 | Federica Brignone | Sofia Goggia | Joana Hählen | [68] | |
1659 | 23 | 8 February 2020 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | DH 415 | Viktoria Rebensburg | Federica Brignone | Ester Ledecká | [69] |
1660 | 24 | 9 February 2020 | SG 237 | Corinne Suter | Nicole Schmidhofer | Wendy Holdener | [70] | |
15 February 2020 | Maribor | GS cnx | warm weather forecast; rescheduled in Kranjska Gora on 15–16 February | |||||
16 February 2020 | SL cnx | |||||||
1661 | 25 | [nb 11]15 February 2020 | Kranjska Gora | GS 418 | Alice Robinson | Petra Vlhová | Wendy Holdener Meta Hrovat |
[71] |
1662 | 26 | [nb 12]16 February 2020 | SL 469 | Petra Vlhová | Wendy Holdener | Katharina Truppe | [72] | |
1663 | 27 | [nb 13]21 February 2020 | Crans-Montana | DH 416 | Lara Gut-Behrami | Corinne Suter | Stephanie Venier | [73] |
1664 | 28 | 22 February 2020 | DH 417 | Lara Gut-Behrami | Corinne Suter | Nina Ortlieb | [74] | |
1665 | 29 | 23 February 2020 | AC 106 | Federica Brignone | Franziska Gritsch | Ester Ledecká | [75] | |
1666 | 30 | 29 February 2020 | La Thuile | SG 238 | Nina Ortlieb | Federica Brignone | Corinne Suter | [76] |
1 March 2020 | AC 107 | heavy snowfall | ||||||
7 March 2020 | Ofterschwang | GS cnx | lack of snow and bad weather forecast | |||||
8 March 2020 | SL cnx | |||||||
12 March 2020 | Åre | PS cnx | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | |||||
13 March 2020 | GS cnx | |||||||
14 March 2020 | SL cnx | |||||||
18 March 2020 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | DH cnx | ||||||
19 March 2020 | SG cnx | |||||||
21 March 2020 | SL cnx | |||||||
22 March 2020 | GS cnx |
Rankings
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Overalledit
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Alpine team event
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Total | SL + SG | PGS | Winners |
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14 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
including PGS in Soldeu (15 March 2019)
Calendar
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20 March 2020 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | PG cnx | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Nations Cup
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Overall
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Prize money
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Top-5 men
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Top-5 ladies
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Retirements
editThe following athletes announced their retirements during or after the season:
Footnotes
edit- ^ GS was originally scheduled on 14 December, but switched with Slalom to 15 December due to heavy snow on Friday. It was finally canceled after Slalom was canceled on 14 December due to strong wind and rescheduled on 15 December.
- ^ Slalom was originally scheduled on 15 December, then switched with GS to 14 December, but due to strong wind again re-switched on 15 December.
- ^ Super-G in Val Gardena/Gröden on 20 December 2019, was postponed three times due heavy fog in mid-section. Official final results after 48 of 64 competitors in finish. Last 16 didn't start, again due to fog.
- ^ Canceled Downhill in Val Gardena/Gröden on 21 December 2019 is rescheduled to Bormio on 27 December 2019.
- ^ Canceled Downhill in Yanqing on 15 February 2020 is rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 13 February 2020.
- ^ Canceled Super-G in Yanqing on 16 February 2020 is rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 14 February 2020.
- ^ Canceled Alpine combined from Hinterstoder on 28 February 2020 is rescheduled on 1 March 2020.
- ^ Canceled giant slalom from Val d'Isere on 15 December 2019 is rescheduled to Hinterstoder on 2 March 2020.
- ^ Ladies' downhill in Val d'Isere was rescheduled from 21 to 22 December 2019 due to heavy snowfall, and was scheduled to be replaced by the alpine combined (cancelled) on 22 December 2019 due to tight schedule.
- ^ Canceled downhill from Val d'Isere on 22 December 2019 was rescheduled to Bansko on 24 January 2020.
- ^ Canceled giant slalom from Maribor on 15 February 2020 is rescheduled to Kranjska Gora due to warm weather forecast.
- ^ Canceled giant slalom from Maribor on 16 February 2020 is rescheduled to Kranjska Gora due to warm weather forecast.
- ^ Canceled downhill from Rosa Khutor on 1 February 2020 is rescheduled to Crans-Montana on 21 February 2020.
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- ^ Morgan, Liam (9 October 2019). "Soldeu to host 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup finals". Inside the Games. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Alta Badia (ITA)". www.fis-ski.com.
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- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bormio Men (ITA)". www.fis-ski.com.
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- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bormio Men (ITA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Zagreb Men (CRO)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Madonna di Campiglio Men (ITA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Adelboden Men (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
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- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Wengen Men (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
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- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kitzbühel Men (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Schladming Men (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Men (GER)". www.fis-ski.com.
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- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Saalbach-Hinterglemm Men (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Naeba Men (JPN)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Hinterstoder Men (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Hinterstoder Men (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Hinterstoder Men (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kvitfjell Men (NOR)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sölden Ladies (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Levi Ladies (FIN)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Killington Ladies (USA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Killington Ladies (USA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Ladies (USA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Ladies (USA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lake Louise Ladies (USA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Ladies (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Ladies (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Courchevel Ladies (FRA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lienz Ladies (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Lienz Ladies (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Zagreb Ladies (CRO)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Altenmarkt (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Altenmarkt (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Flachau (AUT)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sestriere Ladies (ITA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sestriere Ladies (ITA)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bansko Ladies (BUL)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bansko Ladies (BUL)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Bansko Ladies (BUL)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Rosa Khutor Ladies (RUS)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ladies (GER)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ladies (GER)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Ladies (SLO)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kranjska Gora Ladies (SLO)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Crans-Montana Ladies (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Crans-Montana Ladies (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
- ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Crans-Montana Ladies (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com.
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