2020–21 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

The 2020/21 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation was the 38th Nordic Combined World Cup season for men, and the 1st season for women. The men's competition started on 27 November 2020 in Ruka, Finland, and concluded on 21 March 2021 in Klingenthal, Germany. The women's inaugural competition started on 18 December 2020 in Ramsau, Austria.^[1]

Nordic Combined World Cup 2020/21
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Jarl Magnus Riiber (3)	Tara Geraghty-Moats (1)
Nations Cup	Germany (13)	Norway (1)
Best Jumper Trophy	Jarl Magnus Riiber (2)	Gyda Westvold Hansen (1)
Best Skier Trophy	Ilkka Herola (2)	Tara Geraghty-Moats (1)
Stage events
Ruka Tour	Jarl Magnus Riiber (2)	—
Triple	Jarl Magnus Riiber (2)	—
Competition
Edition	38th	1st
Locations	7	1
Individual	15	1
Team	2	—
Cancelled	8	6
←2019–20 2021–22→

Calendar

Men

World Cup history in real time

Total	GUL	GUN	GU	Sp	MSS	Pen	Hsp	Csp	Winners
550	124	75	239	86	19	4	2	1	73

after GUL event in Klingenthal (21 March 2021)

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
536	1	27 November 2020	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 5 km  117	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Lamparter	Jens Lurås Oftebro	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[2]
537	2	28 November 2020			HS142 / 10 km 118	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Eric Frenzel	Akito Watabe		[3]
538	3	29 November 2020	HS142 / 10 km 119	Jens Lurås Oftebro	Fabian Rießle	Manuel Faißt	[4]
3rd Ruka Tour (26–29 November 2020)						Jarl Magnus Riiber	Jens Lurås Oftebro	Johannes Lamparter
		5 December 2020	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS98 / 10 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		6 December 2020			HS140 / 10 km
539	4	19 December 2020	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km  69	Vinzenz Geiger	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Lukas Greiderer	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[5]
540	5	20 December 2020			HS98 / 10 km  70	Vinzenz Geiger	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Fabian Rießle		[6]
		2 January 2021	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS97 / 10 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		3 January 2021			HS97 / 10 km
541	6	15 January 2021	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS106 / 10 km  71	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Ilkka Herola	Vinzenz Geiger	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[7]
542	7	17 January 2021			HS106 / 10 km  72	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Eric Frenzel	Vinzenz Geiger		[8]
543	8	24 January 2021	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 10 km 120	Akito Watabe	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Ryōta Yamamoto		[9]
544	9	29 January 2021	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 5 km  73	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Akito Watabe	Vinzenz Geiger	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[10]
545	10	30 January 2021			HS109 / 10 km  74	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Akito Watabe	Ilkka Herola		[11]
546	11	31 January 2021			HS109 / 15 km  75	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Ilkka Herola	Akito Watabe		[12]
8th Nordic Combined Triple (29–31 January 2021)
547	12	6 February 2021	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km 121	Vinzenz Geiger	Fabian Rießle	Eric Frenzel	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[13]
548	13	7 February 2021			HS140 / 10 km 122	Vinzenz Geiger	Akito Watabe	Lukas Greiderer		[14]
		13 February 2021	Beijing	Kuyangshu	HS140 / 10 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; moved to Lillehammer
		13 February 2021	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS98 / 10 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		14 February 2021			HS140 / 10 km
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 (22 February – 7 March)
		13 March 2021	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	HS134 / 10 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		14 March 2021			HS134 / 10 km
		20 March 2021	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 10 km	Cancelled due to the lack of snow; moved to Klingenthal
		21 March 2021			HS106 / 15 km
549	14	20 March 2021	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km 123	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Akito Watabe	Johannes Lamparter	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[15]
550	15	21 March 2021			HS140 / 10 km 124	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Espen Bjørnstad	Fabian Rießle		[16]

Women

World Cup history in real time

Total	Gundersen	Winners
1	1	1

after Gundersen event in Ramsau (18 December 2020)

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
		4 December 2020	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS98 / 5 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		5 December 2020			HS98 / 5 km
1	1	18 December 2020	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 5 km  1	Tara Geraghty-Moats	Gyda Westvold Hansen	Anju Nakamura	Tara Geraghty-Moats	[17]
		2 January 2021	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS97 / 5 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		3 January 2021			HS97 / 5 km
		12 February 2021	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS98 / 5 km	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		13 February 2021			HS98 / 5 km
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 (22 February – 7 March)

Men's team

World Cup history in real time

Total	Relay	Sprint	Mass Start	Winners
46	24	20	2	5

after Sprint event in Lahti (23 January 2021)

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
45	1	16 January 2021	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS106 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint  19	Germany I Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle	Austria I Johannes Lamparter Lukas Greiderer	Finland I Ilkka Herola Eero Hirvonen	Germany	[18]
46	2	23 January 2021	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint  20	Norway I Jørgen Graabak Jarl Magnus Riiber	Germany I Fabian Rießle Vinzenz Geiger	Japan I Ryōta Yamamoto Akito Watabe		[19]
		14 February 2021	Beijing	Kuyangshu	HS 140 / 4x5 km Relay	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 (22 February – 7 March)

Men's standings

Overall Rank after all 15 events Points Jarl Magnus Riiber 1140 2 Vinzenz Geiger 810 3 Akito Watabe 757 4 Fabian Rießle 687 5 Eric Frenzel 608 6 Johannes Lamparter 602 7 Ilkka Herola 594 8 Jens Lurås Oftebro 491 9 Lukas Greiderer 425 10 Manuel Faißt 425

Best Jumper Trophy Rank after all 15 events Points    Jarl Magnus Riiber 1010 2 Ryōta Yamamoto 822 3 Akito Watabe 792 4 Johannes Lamparter 604 5 Manuel Faißt 524 6 Yoshito Watabe 509 7 Laurent Muhlethaler 491 8 Terence Weber 461 9 Fabian Rießle 432 10 Lukas Greiderer 390

Best Skier Trophy Rank after all 15 events Points    Ilkka Herola 1126 2 Jørgen Graabak 979 3 Vinzenz Geiger 803 4 Fabian Rießle 596 5 Eric Frenzel 586 6 Eero Hirvonen 562 7 Johannes Rydzek 536 8 Jens Lurås Oftebro 463 9 Taylor Fletcher 423 10 Lukas Greiderer 379

Nations Cup Rank after all 17 events Points  Germany 3597 2  Norway 3127 3  Austria 2166 4  Japan 1552 5  Finland 1043 6  Italy 412 7  France 312 8  Estonia 187 9  Czech Republic 96 10  United States 81

Prize money Rank after all 21 events CHF 1 Jarl Magnus Riiber 118.640 2 Vinzenz Geiger 63.165 3 Akito Watabe 50.677 4 Fabian Rießle 47.391 5 Eric Frenzel 39.560 6 Ilkka Herola 37.210 7 Johannes Lamparter 34.960 8 Jens Lurås Oftebro 28.440 9 Lukas Greiderer 21.998 10 Jørgen Graabak 18.630

Women's standings

Overall Rank after all 1 event Points Tara Geraghty-Moats 100 2 Gyda Westvold Hansen 80 3 Anju Nakamura 60 4 Marte Leinan Lund 50 5 Sigrun Kleinrath 45 6 Lisa Hirner 40 7 Mari Leinan Lund 36 8 Veronica Gianmoena 32 9 Annika Sieff 29 10 Anastasia Goncharova 26

Best Jumper Trophy Rank after all 1 event Points    Gyda Westvold Hansen 100 2 Veronica Gianmoena 80 3 Anju Nakamura 60 4 Claudia Purker 50 5 Sigrun Kleinrath 45 6 Tara Geraghty-Moats 40 7 Annika Sieff 36 8 Lisa Hirner 32 9 Daniela Dejori 29 10 Mari Leinan Lund 26

Best Skier Trophy Rank after all 1 event Points    Tara Geraghty-Moats 100 2 Anju Nakamura 80 3 Gyda Westvold Hansen 60 4 Marte Leinan Lund 50 5 Anastasia Goncharova 45 6 Hanna Midtsundstad 40 7 Lisa Hirner 36 8 Sigrun Kleinrath 32 9 Mari Leinan Lund 29 10 Ayane Miyazaki 26

Nations Cup Rank after all 1 event Points  Norway 166 2  United States 105 3  Austria 97 4  Japan 92 5  Italy 83 6  Russia 48 7  Germany 41 8  Slovenia 19 9  France 9

Prize money Rank after all 1 payout CHF 1 Tara Geraghty-Moats 2,800 2 Gyda Westvold Hansen 2,000 3 Anju Nakamura 1,450 4 Marte Leinan Lund 1,100 5 Sigrun Kleinrath 850 6 Lisa Hirner 600 7 Mari Leinan Lund 450 8 Veronica Gianmoena 350 9 Annika Sieff 250 10 Anastasia Goncharova 150

Provisional Rounds

Men No. Place Provisional Round Competition Size Winner 1 Ruka 26 November 2020   27, 28, 29 November 2020   LH Manuel Faißt 2 Ramsau 18 December 2020   19, 20 December 2020   NH Jarl Magnus Riiber 3 Val di Fiemme 14 January 2021   15, 17 January 2021   Akito Watabe 4 Lahti 22 January 2021   23 January 2021   LH Ryōta Yamamoto 5 Seefeld 29 January 2021 NH Jarl Magnus Riiber 6 30 January 2021   30, 31 January 2021   Jarl Magnus Riiber 7 Klingenthal 5 February 2021   6, 7 February 2021   LH Ryōta Yamamoto 8 20 March 2021   20, 21 March 2021   Akito Watabe Women No. Place Provisional Round Competition Size Winner 1 Ramsau 17 December 2020   18 December 2020   NH Annika Sieff

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2020/21 FIS Nordic Combined 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
Nordic Combined Triple – Days 1 & 2	50	40	30	25	23	20	18	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1
Nordic Combined Triple – Day 3	200	160	120	100	90	80	72	64	58	52	48	44	40	36	32	30	29	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
Team Sprint	200	175	150	125	100	75	50	25

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men Jens Lurås Oftebro – 20, (4th season) – the WC 3 in Ruka; first podium was 2019–20 WC 1 in Ruka

Women Tara Geraghty-Moats – 27, (1st season) – the WC 1 in Ramsau; it also was her first podium

First World Cup podium

Men Johannes Lamparter – 19, (3rd season) – no. 2 in the WC 1 in Ruka Ryōta Yamamoto – 23, (5th season) – no. 3 in the WC 8 in Lahti

Women Tara Geraghty-Moats – 27, (1st season) – no. 1 in the WC 1 in Ramsau Gyda Westvold Hansen – 18, (1st season) – no. 2 in the WC 1 in Ramsau Anju Nakamura – 20, (1st season) – no. 3 in the WC 1 in Ramsau

Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Men Jarl Magnus Riiber, 9 (36) first places Vinzenz Geiger, 4 (7) first places Akito Watabe, 1 (19) first place Jens Lurås Oftebro, 1 (1) first place

Women Tara Geraghty-Moats, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:

Men

• Bernhard Gruber
• Magnus Krog

Women

• Tara Geraghty-Moats