Men's individual: 27 December 1979 (Men's individual: 27 December 1979) Men's team: 12 January 1992 (Men's team: 12 January 1992) Women's individual: 3 December 2011 (Women's individual: 3 December 2011) Mixed team: 23 November 2012 (Mixed team: 23 November 2012) Women's team: 16 December 2017 (Women's team: 16 December 2017)
Current race directors: Sandro Pertile (M) Chika Yoshida (L)
Sponsor
Viessmann, Konica Minolta
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the International Ski Federation. Women began competing during the 2011/12 season.[1]
The rounds are hosted primarily in Europe, with regular stops in Japan and rarely in North America. These have been hosted in 20 different countries around the world for both men and women: Austria, Bosnia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.[2][nb 1]
Summer Grand Prix is the top level summer competition on plastic. The lower competitive circuits include the Continental Cup, the FIS Cup, the FIS Race and the Alpen Cup.
The maps display all 64 locations around the globe that have hosted World Cup events for men (57) and women (20) at least one time in the history of the competition. Pyeongchang in 2017 was the latest new host.
Four Hills Tournament (1979– )Nordic Tour (1997–2010); Raw Air (2017– )Swiss Tour (1980–1992)Bohemia Tour (1981–1994)Nordic Tour (1997–2010)FIS Team Tour (Oberstdorf included, 2009–2013)
Scoring system[]
Each season consists of 25–30 competitions, usually two competitions on the same hill during a weekend. One competition consists of a qualifying round; first round, with 50 competitors; and second round, with 30. Qualifying round for the main event was introduced in 1990 to limit the number of competitors. The top 30 in the first round advance to the second round, which is held in reverse order, so the best jumper in the first round jumps last. The aggregate score in the first and second rounds determine the competition results. The top 30 are awarded World Cup points. The winner gets 100 points while number 30 receives 1 point. At team events only top 8 receive points.
*This additional title was awarded five times from 1996 to 2000 for the best individual normal and large hill results only, not including ski flying. The winner thus received a smaller version of the Crystal Globe trophy. This title was distinct from the overall World Cup, which included ski flying results.
Torbjørn Yggeseth was a founder of World Cup in 1979. A new function race director was established in 1988 by International Ski Federation, with its first director Niilo Halonen then called FIS coordinator for ski jumping. Before that season this function didn't exist.[3] In the premiere Women's 2011/12 World Cup season Chika Yoshida was entitled as World Cup Coordinator, but since the season 2012/13 Yoshida is called Race Director.
^Note that the rounds hosted in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia were held when the countries were still part of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia respectively.