The 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 43rd World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 25th official World Cup season in ski flying, and the 11th World Cup season for women. The men's season started in November 2021 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia and concluded in March 2022 in Planica, Slovenia. The women's season started in December 2021 in Lillehammer, Norway and was expected to conclude in March 2022 in Chaykovsky, Russia. However, because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the women's season concluded in Oberhof, Germany.[1][2]
| 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Men | Women | |
| Overall |  Ryōyū Kobayashi |  Marita Kramer | |
| Nations Cup | Austria |  Slovenia | |
| Ski flying | Žiga Jelar | — | |
| Stage events | |||
| Raw Air | Stefan Kraft | Nika Križnar | |
| Four Hills Tournament | Ryōyū Kobayashi | — | |
| Planica7 | Timi Zajc | — | |
| Silvester Tournament | — | Marita Kramer | |
| Alpenkrone | — | Nika Križnar | |
| Russia Tour Blue Bird | — | cancelled | |
| Competition | |||
| Edition | 43rd | 11th | |
| Locations | 16 | 10 | |
| Individual | 28 | 19 | |
| Team | 5 | 1 | |
| Mixed | 2 | 2 | |
| Cancelled | 4 | 8 | |
| Rescheduled | 4 | 1 | |
Halvor Egner Granerud (men's) and Nika Križnar (women's) were the defending overall champions from the previous season.
Season overview
The first edition of the Silvester Tournament (women's version of the Four Hills Tournament) was held with two knockout events from 31 December 2021 to 1 January 2022 in Ljubno, Slovenia.[3] The Alpenkrone Tournament – consisting of one competition in Ramsau and two in Hinzenbach – also made its debut in the women's competition.[4]
Fatih Arda İpcioğlu became the first Turkish ski jumper in history of World Cup who managed to qualify to the main competition at the season opener in Nizhny Tagil.[5]
On 26 November 2021, Marita Kramer won the individual competition with the biggest ever lead over the second-placed athlete (Ema Klinec) in the history of the Women's World Cup with 41.7 points.[6]
For the first time since the 1983–84 season, six different athletes won the first six men's individual competitions.[7]
After the competition in Innsbruck was cancelled, the Four Hills Tournament was held only on three hills; this has only happened once before in the tournament's 70-year history, in the 2007–08 season.[8]
On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ski Federation (FIS) decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.[9]
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Map of World Cup hosts
All 21 locations that hosted World Cup events in this season.
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Men
Calendar
Men's team
| Num | # | Date | Place | Hill | Event | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | 1 | 4 December 2021 |  Wisła | Malinka HS134 (night) | LH 086 | Austria |  Germany | Slovenia | Germany | [46] |
| 113 | 2 | 9 January 2022 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 (night) | LH 087 | Austria | Japan
|  Norway | Austria | [47] |
| 114 | 3 | 15 January 2022 | Zakopane | Wielka Krokiew HS140 (night) | LH 088 | Slovenia | Germany | Japan | [48] | |
| 2022 Winter Olympics (14 February) | ||||||||||
| 115 | 4 | 26 February 2022 |  Lahti | Salpausselkä HS130 (night) | LH 089 | Austria
| Slovenia | Germany | Germany | [49] |
| FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2022 (13 March) | ||||||||||
| 116 | 5 | 26 March 2022 | Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 | FH 025 | Slovenia | Norway
| Austria | Austria | [50] |
Standings
Nations Cup
| Rank | after 35 events[52] | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria  | 5789 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 5742 |
| 3 | Germany | 5389 |
| 4 | Norway | 5360 |
| 5 | Japan | 4047 |
| 6 | Poland | 2321 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 881 |
| 8 |  Russia | 684 |
| 9 | Finland | 447 |
| 10 |  Czech Republic | 54 |
Prize money
| Rank | after 38 payouts[53] | CHF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryōyū Kobayashi | 306 400 |
| 2 | Karl Geiger | 193 100 |
| 3 | Stefan Kraft | 176 400 |
| 4 | Halvor Egner Granerud | 144 450 |
| 5 | Marius Lindvik | 141 600 |
| 6 | Anže Lanišek | 125 600 |
| 7 | Timi Zajc | 123 550 |
| 8 | Markus Eisenbichler | 116 250 |
| 9 | Jan Hörl | 91 450 |
| 10 | Cene Prevc | 86 050 |
Four Hills Tournament
| Rank | after 4 events[54] | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryōyū Kobayashi  | 1162.3 |
| 2 | Marius Lindvik | 1138.1 |
| 3 | Halvor Egner Granerud | 1128.2 |
| 4 | Karl Geiger | 1123.6 |
| 5 | Markus Eisenbichler | 1117.6 |
| 6 | Robert Johansson | 1107.9 |
| 7 | Lovro Kos | 1093.0 |
| 8 | Jan Hörl | 1075.7 |
| 9 | Daniel Huber | 1069.9 |
| 10 | Yukiya Satō | 1064.7 |
Raw Air
| Rank | after 6 events[55] | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Kraft | 1203.3 |
| 2 | Karl Geiger | 1172.6 |
| 3 | Ryōyū Kobayashi | 1162.9 |
| 4 | Cene Prevc | 1154.7 |
| 5 | Markus Eisenbichler | 1149.2 |
| 6 | Halvor Egner Granerud | 1132.9 |
| 7 | Robert Johansson | 1132.1 |
| 8 | Manuel Fettner | 1128.6 |
| 9 | Daniel-André Tande | 1126.5 |
| 10 | Daniel Huber | 1122.4 |
Women
Calendar
Women's team
| Num | # | Date | Place | Hill | Event | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 25 February 2022 | Hinzenbach | Aigner-Schanze HS90 | NH 009 | Austria | Russia | Slovenia | Slovenia | [83] |
Standings
Nations Cup
| Rank | after 22 events[85] | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 4570 |
| 2 | Austria | 3823 |
| 3 | Japan | 2213 |
| 4 | Germany | 1931 |
| 5 | Norway | 1809 |
| 6 | Russia | 897 |
| 7 |  France | 553 |
| 8 |  Canada | 391 |
| 9 |  Sweden | 359 |
| 10 | Finland | 278 |
Prize money
| Rank | after 25 payouts[86] | CHF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nika Križnar | 107 932 |
| 2 | Marita Kramer | 71 508 |
| 3 | Urša Bogataj | 68 988 |
| 4 | Sara Takanashi | 56 939 |
| 5 | Silje Opseth | 37 721 |
| 6 | Katharina Althaus | 34 333 |
| 7 | Ema Klinec | 33 340 |
| 8 | Yūki Itō | 18 416 |
| 9 | Chiara Kreuzer | 17 697 |
| 10 | Lisa Eder | 17 080 |
Alpenkrone
| Rank | after 3 events[88] | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nika Križnar | 701.0 |
| 2 | Marita Kramer | 684.3 |
| 3 | Lisa Eder | 638.3 |
| 4 | Frida Westman | 637.2 |
| 5 | Jacqueline Seifriedsberger | 615.8 |
| 6 | Silje Opseth | 611.9 |
| 7 | Thea Minyan Bjørseth | 611.5 |
| 8 | Špela Rogelj | 605.2 |
| 9 | Sofia Tikhonova | 601.7 |
| 10 | Abigail Strate | 599.7 |
Raw Air
| Rank | after 8 events[89] | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nika Križnar | 1592.7 |
| 2 | Sara Takanashi | 1553.1 |
| 3 | Urša Bogataj | 1546.0 |
| 4 | Marita Kramer | 1511.0 |
| 5 | Yūki Itō | 1406.9 |
| 6 | Silje Opseth | 1402.7 |
| 7 | Chiara Kreuzer | 1318.8 |
| 8 | Joséphine Pagnier | 1298.5 |
| 9 | Jerneja Brecl | 1275.1 |
| 10 | Jacqueline Seifriedsberger | 1239.6 |
Podium table by nation
Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 17 | 4 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 14 | 17 | 17 | 48 |
| 3 | Japan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Norway | 9 | 13 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 56 | 54 | 55 | 165 | |
Points distribution
The table shows the number of points won in the 2021/22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup for men and women.
| Place | 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 |
| Individual | 100 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 400 | 350 | 300 | 250 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed Team | 200 | 175 | 150 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
Qualifications
In case the number of participating athletes is 50 (men) / 40 (women) or lower, a Prologue competition round must be organized.[92] In the Women's Silvester Tournament qualifies 50 jumpers.
Women
| No. | Place | Qualifications | Competition | Size | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nizhny Tagil | 25 November 2021 | 26 November 2021 | NH | Marita Kramer |
| 2 | 27 November 2021 | Katharina Althaus | |||
| 3 | Lillehammer | 3 December 2021 | 4 December 2021 | Marita Kramer | |
| 4 | 5 December 2021 | LH | Ema Klinec | ||
| 5 | Klingenthal | 9 December 2021 | 10 December 2021 | Marita Kramer | |
| 6 | 11 December 2021 | Marita Kramer | |||
| 7 | Ramsau | 16 December 2021 | 17 December 2021 | NH | Marita Kramer |
| 8 | Ljubno | 30 December 2021 | 31 December 2021 | Marita Kramer | |
| 9 | 1 January 2022 | Urša Bogataj | |||
| Sapporo | 7 January 2022 | 8 January 2022 | LH | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 9 January 2022 | |||||
| Zaō | 13 January 2022 | 14 January 2022 | NH | ||
| 15 January 2022 | |||||
| 10 | Willingen | 28 January 2022 | 29 January 2022 | LH | Yūki Itō (Prologue) |
| 11 | 30 January 2022 | Cancelled due to strong wind (Prologue) | |||
| 12 | Hinzenbach | 24 February 2022 | 26 February 2022 | NH | Špela Rogelj |
| 13 | 27 February 2022 | Nika Križnar | |||
| 14 | Lillehammer | 2 March 2022 | LH | Nika Križnar | |
| 15 | 3 March 2022 | Urša Bogataj | |||
| 16 | Oslo | 5 March 2022 | Nika Križnar | ||
| 17 | 6 March 2022 | Nika Križnar | |||
| 18 | Oberhof | 11 March 2022 | 12 March 2022 | NH | Urša Bogataj |
| 19 | 13 March 2022 | Urša Bogataj | |||
| Nizhny Tagil | 18 March 2022 | 19 March 2022 | cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| 20 March 2022 | |||||
| Chaykovsky | 25 March 2022 | 26 March 2022 | LH | ||
Achievements
- First World Cup career victory
- First World Cup podium
- Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)
Retirements
The following ski jumpers retired during or after the 2021–22 season:[93]