FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

The FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup is an annual freestyle skiing competition arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1980.[1][2] Currently six disciplines are included in world cup: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air. In the 1980s and 1990s there were also ski ballet and combined, which no longer exist.

FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
Genrefreestyle skiing
- moguls, aerials, ski cross
- halfpipe, slopestyle, big air
Location(s)Europe, Japan, Canada,
United States, Australia,
Belarus, New Zealand,
South Korea, China,
Russia
Inaugurated5 January 1980 (5 January 1980)
Organised byInternational Ski Federation
PeopleJoe Fitzgerald (coordinator)
Kathrin Hostettler (assistant)
JP Baralo (SX and SBX race director)
2022–23 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

Races are hosted primarily at ski resorts in North America, the Alps in Europe, with regular stops in Scandinavia, east Asia, but a few races have also been held in the Southern Hemisphere. World Cup competitions have been hosted in 22 countries around the world: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States.[3] (note that all world cup races hosted at ski resort in Ukraine was still part of Soviet Union respectively.)

Number of events

Mixed team events are not included in this list.

Women

SeasonMOAEDMSXHPSSBAACCOTotal
1980555520
1981889833
198211911940
1983667625
1984998834
1984–85101010939
1985–86687627
1986–87998834
1987–881010101040
1988–891010101040
1989–90999936
1990–911213131250
1991–921112111145
1992–9312910940
1993–941111111043
1994–95101110940
1995–96111131035
1996–977116933
1997–988105629
1999543214
1999–00774220
2000–0177115
2001–0297319
2002–031093325
2003–04121228337
2004–051112629
2005–0611115229
2006–077623119
2007–089918330
2008–0977210329
2009–101161128
2010–1167511332
2011–127106102237
2012–13676105438
2013–14853114536
2014–15574113232
2015–164641244135
2016–171261313
Total31832263125341741781391200

Points distribution

Rank123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Discipline1008060504540363229262422201816151413121110987654321
Overall20161210987.26.45.85.24.84.443.63.232.82.62.42.221.81.61.41.210.80.60.40.2

Overall results

Women

     Season     Winner     Runner-up     Third
1980 Stephanie Sloan Lauralee Bowie Hedy Garhammer
1981 Marie-Claude Asselin Renée Lee Smith Stéphanie Sloan
1982 Marie-Claude Asselin (2) Conny Kissling Hayley Wolff
1983 Conny Kissling Marie-Claude Asselin Eveline Wirth
1984 Conny Kissling (2) Catherine Frairer Meredith Gardner
1984–85 Conny Kissling (3) Meredith Gardner Anna Fraser
1985–86 Conny Kissling (4) Anna Fraser Meredith Gardner
1986–87 Conny Kissling (5) Anna Fraser Melanie Palenik
1987–88 Conny Kissling (6) Meredith Gardner Melanie Palenik
1988–89 Conny Kissling (7) Meredith Gardner Melanie Palenik
1989–90 Conny Kissling (8) Donna Weinbrecht Sonja Reichart
1990–91 Conny Kissling (9) Jilly Curry Maja Schmid
1991–92 Conny Kissling (10) Maja Schmid Jilly Curry
1992–93 Katherina Kubenk Maja Schmid Jilly Curry
1993–94 Kristean Porter Natalia Orekhova Katherina Kubenk
1994–95 Kristean Porter (2) Maja Schmid Katherina Kubenk
1995–96 Katherina Kubenk (2) Donna Weinbrecht Elena Batalova
1996–97 Stacey Blumer Elena Batalova Katherina Kubenk
1997–98 Nikki Stone Elena Batalova Oksana Kushenko
1999 Jacqui Cooper Nikki Stone Veronica Brenner
1999–00 Jacqui Cooper (2) Veronica Brenner Ann Battelle
Marja Elfman
2000–01 Jacqui Cooper (3) Kari Traa Alla Tsuper
2001–02 Kari Traa Alla Tsuper Hannah Hardaway
2002–03 Kari Traa (2) Ingrid Berntsen Margarita Marbler
2003–04 Kari Traa (3) Marie Martinod Virginie Faivre
2004–05 Nina Li Ophélie David Karin Huttary
2005–06 Ophélie David Karin Huttary Jennifer Heil
2006–07 Jennifer Heil Jacqui Cooper Nina Li
2007–08 Ophélie David (2) Jacqui Cooper Aiko Uemura
2008–09 Ophélie David (3) Hannah Kearney Jennifer Heil
2009–10 Nina Li (2) Ophélie David Jennifer Heil
2010–11 Hannah Kearney Jennifer Heil Shuang Cheng
2011–12 Hannah Kearney (2) Mengtao Xu Marielle Thompson
2012–13 Mengtao Xu Virginie Faivre Rosalind Groenewoud
2013–14 Hannah Kearney (3) Nina Li Justine Dufour-Lapointe
2014–15 Hannah Kearney (4) Anna Holmlund Kiley Mckinnon
2015–16 Devin Logan Anna Holmlund Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen
2016–17 Britteny Cox Emma Dahlström Marielle Thompson
2017–18 Sandra Näslund Xu Mengtao Jennie-Lee Burmansson
2018–19 Perrine Laffont Xu Mengtao Fanny Smith
2019–20 Perrine Laffont (2) Sandra Näslund Fanny Smith

Top 10 podiums

Updated after 2017–18 season.

RankNationWinsSecondThirdTotal
1  Canada23222873
2  United States17161447
3  France1011526
4   Switzerland106323
5  Australia53210
6  China3339
7  Norway3317
8  Russia2327
9  Finland2013
10  Belarus1236

Most overall World Cup titles

The following skiers have at least 3 overall Freestyle World Cup titles:

Men

9: Mikael Kingsbury

5: Éric Laboureix

Ladies

10: Conny Kissling

4: Hannah Kearney

3: Ophélie David, Jacqui Cooper, Kari Traa

Most discipline World Cup titles

The records for most World Cup titles in each discipline are as follows:

DisciplineMenLadies
NameTitlesNameTitles
Moguls Mikael Kingsbury10 Hannah Kearney6
Ski Ballet (Acro) H. Reitberger5 Jan Bucher7
Combined Éric Laboureix
Alain Laroche
4 Conny Kissling9
Ski Cross Tomáš Kraus4 Ophélie David7
Aerials Nicolas Fontaine
Steve Omischl
4 Jacqui Cooper5
Dual moguls Jesper Rönnback
Thony Héméry
Janne Lahtela
2 Candice Gilg
Kari Traa
2
Halfpipe Kalle Leinonen
David Wise
Kevin Rolland
2 Sarah Burke
Virginie Faivre
Ayana Onozuka
2
Slopestyle6 skiers15 skiers1

See also

References

  • fis-ski.com FIS Freestyle News, Calendar, Rules and Results