2017–18 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

The 2017/18 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 35th World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 24 November 2017 in Ruka, Finland and concluded on 25 March 2018 in Schonach, Germany.^[1]

Nordic Combined World Cup 2017/18

Winners
Overall	Akito Watabe
Nations Cup	Norway
Triple trophy	Akito Watabe
Competitions
Venues	13
Individual	22
Team	6
← 2016/17 2018/19 →

Calendar

Men

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
484	1	24 November 2017	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 5 km	Espen Andersen	Jan Schmid	Akito Watabe	Espen Andersen	[2]
485	2	25 November 2017	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Eero Hirvonen	Johannes Rydzek	Akito Watabe	[3]
486	3	26 November 2017	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel	Eero Hirvonen		[4]
1st Ruka Tour (24–26 November 2017)						Akito Watabe	Espen Andersen	Johannes Rydzek	[5]
487	4	3 December 2017	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS138 / 10 km	Espen Andersen	Jan Schmid	Jørgen Graabak	Espen Andersen	[6]
488	5	16 December 2017	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Fabian Rießle	Jan Schmid		[7]
489	6	17 December 2017	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Alessandro Pittin	Eero Hirvonen	Jan Schmid	[8]
		6 January 2018	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS100 / 10 km	lack of snow and warm temperatures; not rescheduled[9]
490	7	12 January 2018	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 10 km	Jorgen Graabak	Johannes Rydzek	Lukas Klapfer	Jan Schmid	[10]
491	8	14 January 2018	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 10 km	Jan Schmid	Lukas Klapfer	Fabian Rießle		[11]
492	9	20 January 2018	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 10 km	Jan Schmid	Akito Watabe	Ilkka Herola		[12]
5th Nordic Combined Triple (26–28 January 2018)
493	10	26 January 2018	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 5 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle	Jan Schmid	[13]
494	11	27 January 2018	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Vinzenz Geiger	Jarl Magnus Riiber		[14]
495	12	28 January 2018	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 15 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle	Akito Watabe	[15]
496	13	3 February 2018	Hakuba	Olympic Hills	HS134 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Jan Schmid	Manuel Faißt	Akito Watabe	[16]
497	14	4 February 2018	Hakuba	Olympic Hills	HS134 / 10 km	Jan Schmid	Kristjan Ilves	Akito Watabe		[17]
2018 Winter Olympics
498	15	4 March 2018	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Vinzenz Geiger	Jørgen Graabak	Akito Watabe	[18]
499	16	10 March 2018	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	HS134 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Fabian Rießle	Mario Seidl		[19]
500	17	13 March 2018	Trondheim	Granåsen	HS140 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Akito Watabe	Fabian Rießle		[20]
501	18	14 March 2018	Trondheim	Granåsen	HS140 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Eero Hirvonen		[21]
502	19	17 March 2018	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Eero Hirvonen	Akito Watabe		[22]
503	20	18 March 2018	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Johannes Rydzek	Akito Watabe		[23]
504	21	24 March 2018	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Bernhard Gruber		[24]
505	22	25 March 2018	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 15 km	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle

Men's team

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
37	1	2 December 2017	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS100 / 4x5 km   Relay	Norway Jan Schmid Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber Jørgen Graabak	Germany Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek Vinzenz Geiger Fabian Rießle	France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Antoine Gerard Jason Lamy-Chappuis	Norway	[25]
		7 January 2018	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS100 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint	lack of snow and warm temperatures; not rescheduled[9]
38	2	13 January 2018	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint	Germany II Eric Frenzel Vinzenz Geiger	Germany I Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek	Norway Mikko Kokslien Magnus Moan	Norway	[26]
39	3	21 January 2018	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 4x5 km   Relay	Norway Jan Schmid Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber Jørgen Graabak	Germany Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek Vinzenz Geiger	Finland Leevi Mutru Arttu Maekiaho Ilkka Herola Eero Hirvonen		[27]
40	4	3 March 2018	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint	Austria I Wilhelm Denifl Bernhard Gruber	Norway I Jan Schmid Jørgen Graabak	Finland I Eero Hirvonen Ilkka Herola		[28]

Standings

Overall Rank after all 22 events Points 1 Akito Watabe 1495 2 Jan Schmid 1133 3 Fabian Rießle 1087 4 Johannes Rydzek 849 5 Jørgen Graabak 830 6 Eero Hirvonen 755 7 Jarl Magnus Riiber 669 8 Eric Frenzel 622 9 Espen Andersen 593 10 Ilkka Herola 500

Nations Cup Rank after all 26 events Points 1  Norway 5033 2  Germany 4903 3  Austria 2944 4  Japan 2896 5  Finland 2247 6  France 1515 7  Italy 515 8  Estonia 270 9  Czech Republic 264 10  United States 234

Prize money Rank after all 27 payouts CHF 1 Akito Watabe 113760 2 Fabian Rießle 81550 3 Jan Schmid 78190 4 Johannes Rydzek 60630 5 Jørgen Graabak 51548 6 Jarl Magnus Riiber 49660 7 Eric Frenzel 44434 8 Eero Hirvonen 41860 9 Espen Andersen 41460 10 Vinzenz Geiger 33030

Best Jumper Trophy Rank after all 22 events Points 1 Akito Watabe 1447 2 Jarl Magnus Riiber 1130 3 Mario Seidl 776 4 Jan Schmid 751 5 Wilhelm Denifl 746 6 Franz-Josef Rehrl 675 7 Espen Andersen 640 8 Jørgen Graabak 613 9 Gō Yamamoto 590 10 Fabian Rießle 557

Best Skier Trophy Rank after all 22 events Points 1 Alessandro Pittin 1421 2 Ilkka Herola 1120 3 Johannes Rydzek 974 4 Fabian Rießle 690 5 Eric Frenzel 660 6 Eero Hirvonen 656 7 Jan Schmid 611 8 Magnus Moan 557 9 Björn Kircheisen 540 10 Mikko Kokslien 478

Achievements

First World Cup podium

•  Espen Andersen (NOR), 24, in his 6th season – no. 1 in the WC 1 in Ruka
•  Kristjan Ilves (EST), 21, in his 6th season – no. 2 in the WC 15 in Hakuba

Victories in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time)

•  Akito Watabe (JPN), 8 (17) first places
•  Fabian Rießle (GER), 4 (9) first places
•  Jan Schmid (NOR), 3 (5) first places
•  Eric Frenzel (GER), 2 (43) first places
•  Johannes Rydzek (GER), 2 (16) first places
•  Espen Andersen (NOR), 2 (2) first places
•  Jørgen Graabak (NOR), 1 (4) first place

Retirements

Following are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:

•  Bryan Fletcher (USA)^[29]
•  Hannu Manninen (FIN)^[30]
•  Mikko Kokslien (NOR)^[30]
•  Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA)^[30]
•  Björn Kircheisen (GER)^[30]
•  Kail Piho (EST)^[31]
•  Taihei Kato (JPN)^[32]
•  Adam Loomis (USA)^[33]
•  Sepp Schneider (AUT)^[34]
•  Armin Bauer (ITA)^[35]
•  Karl-August Tiirmaa (EST)^[36]
•  Han Hendrik Piho (EST)^[37]