1989–90 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1989/90
Discipline Men Women
Overall Pirmin Zurbriggen Petra Kronberger
Downhill Helmut Höflehner Katharina Gutensohn
Super G Pirmin Zurbriggen Carole Merle
Giant Slalom Ole Kristian Furuseth
Günther Mader
Anita Wachter
Slalom Armin Bittner Vreni Schneider
Nations Cup Austria Austria
Nations Cup overall Austria
Competition
Locations 19 16
Individual 34 33

The 24th World Cup season began in August 1989 in Australia (for men) and Argentina (for women), resumed in November 1989 in the United States and concluded in March 1990 in Sweden. During this season, the Soviet Union's empire collapsed, leading to the reunification of East and West Germany, the dissolution of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, and many other changes in Eastern Europe, which would have a significant effect on future World Cup seasons.

The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland (his fourth, tying the men's record held by Gustav Thöni) and Petra Kronberger of Austria (her first). At the end of the season, Zurbriggen retired, as did former women's World Cup overall champions Tamara McKinney of the United States and Maria Walliser and Michela Figini of Switzerland.

Calendar

Men

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
664 1 11 August 1989   Thredbo GS 178  Lars-Börje Eriksson Ole Kristian Furuseth Günther Mader
665 2 12 August 1989   SL 203  Armin Bittner Ole Kristian Furuseth Bernhard Gstrein
666 3 23 November 1989   Park City GS 179  Ole Kristian Furuseth Pirmin Zurbriggen Ivano Camozzi
667 4 29 November 1989   Waterville Valley SL 204  Alberto Tomba Pirmin Zurbriggen Marc Girardelli
668 5 30 November 1989   GS 180  Urs Kälin Lars-Börje Eriksson Günther Mader
669 6 2 December 1989   Mont St. Anne GS 181  Günther Mader Ole Kristian Furuseth Armin Bittner
670 7 3 December 1989   SL 205  Thomas Stangassinger Bernhard Gstrein Marc Girardelli
671 8 10 December 1989   Val d'Isère SG 031  Niklas Henning Franck Piccard Peter Runggaldier
672 9 12 December 1989   Sestriere SG 032  Pirmin Zurbriggen Lars-Börje Eriksson Franck Piccard
673 10 16 December 1989   Val Gardena DH 198  Pirmin Zurbriggen Franz Heinzer Kristian Ghedina
674 11 6 January 1990   Kranjska Gora SL 206  Jonas Nilsson Hubert Strolz Michael Tritscher
675 12 7 January 1990   SL 207  Armin Bittner Bernhard Gstrein Paul Accola
676 13 11 January 1990   Schladming DH 199  Franck Piccard Kristian Ghedina Daniel Mahrer
677 14 12 January 1990   SL 208  Armin Bittner Michael Tritscher Konrad Ladstätter
Tetsuya Okabe
678 15 12 January 1990   KB 057  Pirmin Zurbriggen Paul Accola Günther Mader
679 16 14 January 1990   Alta Badia GS 182  Richard Kröll Günther Mader Hubert Strolz
Rudolf Nierlich
680 17 20 January 1990   Kitzbühel DH 200  Atle Skårdal Helmut Höflehner Pirmin Zurbriggen
681 18 21 January 1990   SL 209  Rudolf Nierlich Ole Kristian Furuseth Armin Bittner
682 19 21 January 1990   KB 058  Pirmin Zurbriggen Paul Accola Markus Wasmeier
683 20 23 January 1990   Veysonnaz GS 183  Richard Kröll Hubert Strolz Rudolf Nierlich
684 21 27 January 1990   Val d'Isère DH 201  Helmut Höflehner Atle Skårdal William Besse
685 22 29 January 1990   DH 202  Helmut Höflehner William Besse Franz Heinzer
686 23 29 January 1990   SG 033  Steve Locher Armand Schiele Günther Mader
687 24 30 January 1990   Les Menuires SG 034  Günther Mader Ole Kristian Furuseth Atle Skårdal
688 25 3 February 1990   Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 203  Kristian Ghedina Daniel Mahrer Helmut Höflehner
689 26 4 February 1990   DH 204  Helmut Höflehner Franz Heinzer
Atle Skårdal
690 27 6 February 1990   Courmayeur SG 035  Pirmin Zurbriggen Günther Mader Peter Runggaldier
691 28 3 March 1990   Veysonnaz GS 184  Fredrik Nyberg Hubert Strolz Richard Kröll
692 29 4 March 1990   SL 210  Armin Bittner Alberto Tomba Hubert Strolz
693 30 8 March 1990   Geilo SL 211  Alberto Tomba Michael Tritscher Jonas Nilsson
694 31 10 March 1990   [[Hemsedal]] SG 036  Pirmin Zurbriggen Karl Alpiger Hans Stuffer
695 32 12 March 1990   Sälen SL 212  Alberto Tomba Rudolf Nierlich Armin Bittner
696 33 15 March 1990   Åre DH 205  Kristian Ghedina Franz Heinzer Helmut Höflehner
697 34 17 March 1990   DH 206  Atle Skårdal Helmut Höflehner Felix Belczyk

Ladies

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, KB – Combined[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
612 1 8 August 1989   Las Leñas DH 165  Michaela Gerg Heidi Zeller Veronika Wallinger
613 2 9 August 1989   SG 027  Anita Wachter Cathy Chedal Petra Kronberger
3 24 November 1989   Park City GS   Nathalie Bouvier Diann Roffe Anita Wachter
615 4 25 November 1989   SL 199  Vreni Schneider Monika Maierhofer Anita Wachter
616 5 2 December 1989   Vail SG 028  Regine Mösenlechner Sigrid Wolf Michaela Gerg
6 3 December 1989   GS   Anita Wachter Diann Roffe Vreni Schneider
618 7 9 December 1989   Steamboat Springs DH 166  Maria Walliser Michela Figini Michaela Gerg
619 8 10 December 1989   SL 200  Claudia Strobl Veronika Sarec Karin Buder
620 9 10 December 1989   KB 051  Brigitte Örtli Michaela Gerg Anita Wachter
621 10 16 December 1989   Panorama DH 167  Petra Kronberger Michaela Gerg Karen Percy
622 11 17 December 1989   DH 168  Petra Kronberger Katharina Gutensohn Michaela Gerg
623 12 6 January 1990   Piancavallo SL 201  Vreni Schneider Monika Maierhofer Claudia Strobl
624 13 8 January 1990   Hinterstoder GS 175  Petra Kronberger Anita Wachter Michaela Gerg
625 14 9 January 1990   SL 202  Vreni Schneider Anita Wachter Christine von Grünigen
626 15 13 January 1990   Haus im Ennstal DH 169  Maria Walliser Petra Kronberger Karin Dedler
627 16 14 January 1990   SL 203  Veronika Šarec Monika Maierhofer Claudia Strobl
628 17 14 January 1990   KB 052  Petra Kronberger Anita Wachter Ingrid Stöckl
629 18 20 January 1990   Maribor GS 176  Mateja Svet Anita Wachter Maria Walliser
630 19 21 January 1990   SL 204  Vreni Schneider Ida Ladstätter Patricia Chauvet
631 20 27 January 1990   Santa Caterina DH 170  Michela Figini Miriam Vogt Petra Kronberger
632 21 27 January 1990   SG 029  Sigrid Wolf Carole Merle Petra Kronberger
633 22 28 January 1990   GS 177  Petra Kronberger Anita Wachter Zoë Haas
634 23 3 February 1990   Veysonnaz DH 171  Katharina Gutensohn Carole Merle Michela Figini
635 24 4 February 1990   DH 172  Katharina Gutensohn Carole Merle Karin Dedler
25 5 February 1990   GS   Mateja Svet Anita Wachter Diann Roffe
637 26 10 February 1990   Méribel SG 030  Carole Merle Maria Walliser Michaela Gerg
638 27 11 February 1990   SG 031  Carole Merle Katja Seizinger Maria Walliser
639 28 10 March 1990   Stranda GS 179  Carole Merle Kristi Terzian Florence Masnada
640 29 11 March 1990   SL 205  Karin Buder Claudia Strobl Anita Wachter
641 30 13 March 1990   Vemdalen SL 206  Petra Kronberger Ida Ladstätter Claudia Strobl
642 31 14 March 1990   Klövsjö GS 180  Carole Merle Julie Lunde Hansen Mateja Svet
643 32 16 March 1990   Åre SG 032  Carole Merle Michaela Gerg Petra Kronberger
644 33 18 March 1990   SL 207  Vreni Schneider Patricia Chauvet Pernilla Wiberg

Men

Overall

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In Men's Overall World Cup all results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his fourth Overall World Cup. He became the second male athlete to win four times. Following Gustav Thöni, who won his fourth Overall World Cup 15 years ago.

Place Name Country Total DH SG GS SL KB
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 357 105 98 48 56 50
2 Ole Kristian Furuseth  Norway 234 0 43 96 95 0
3 Günther Mader  Austria 213 0 71 96 31 15
4 Armin Bittner  West Germany 193 0 0 43 150 0
5 Helmut Höflehner  Austria 174 166 8 0 0 0
6 Atle Skårdal  Norway 167 120 47 0 0 0
7 Hubert Strolz  Austria 155 0 33 71 51 0
8 Lars-Börje Eriksson  Sweden 121 4 61 56 0 0
9 Alberto Tomba  Italy 116 0 0 21 95 0
10 Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 110 0 0 42 68 0
11 Paul Accola   Switzerland 109 0 11 0 58 40
12 Daniel Mahrer   Switzerland 105 88 9 0 0 8
13 William Besse   Switzerland 102 88 0 0 0 14
14 Franck Piccard  France 101 27 52 12 0 10
15 Konrad Ladstätter  Italy 97 0 28 0 69 0
Kristian Ghedina  Italy 97 87 0 0 0 10
17 Bernhard Gstrein  Austria 96 0 0 5 91 0
18 Franz Heinzer   Switzerland 95 84 10 0 0 1
19 Michael Tritscher  Austria 93 0 0 0 93 0
20 Markus Wasmeier  West Germany 91 20 35 9 0 27

Downhill

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1989/90 all results count. Race No. 17 at Kitzbühel saw the first ever downhill-sprint held in two heats.

Place Name Country Total 10 13 17 21 22 25 26 33 34
1 Helmut Höflehner  Austria 166 10 11 20 25 25 15 25 15 20
2 Atle Skårdal  Norway 120 - - 25 20 9 10 20 11 25
3 Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 105 25 9 15 11 11 11 10 8 5
4 Daniel Mahrer   Switzerland 88 5 15 8 5 12 20 12 - 11
William Besse   Switzerland 88 12 5 12 15 20 - 6 9 9
6 Kristian Ghedina  Italy 87 15 20 - - - 25 1 25 1
7 Franz Heinzer   Switzerland 84 20 - 8 - 15 1 20 20 -
8 Felix Belczyk  Canada 49 - - - 9 6 7 2 10 15
9 Roman Rupp  Austria 38 - - 10 6 10 4 8 - -
10 Bernhard Fahner   Switzerland 35 11 - 9 3 - 9 3 - -
11 Peter Wirnsberger  Austria 34 9 - - - - 6 7 12 -
12 Danilo Sbardellotto  Italy 28 - - - - - - 11 5 12
13 Franck Piccard  France 27 - 25 2 - - - - - -

Super-G

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In Men's Super-G World Cup 1989/90 all results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his fourth Super-G World Cup in a row!

Place Name Country Total 8 9 23 24 27 31
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 98 8 25 6 9 25 25
2 Günther Mader  Austria 71 - 1 15 25 20 10
3 Lars-Börje Eriksson  Sweden 61 12 20 10 12 2 5
4 Franck Piccard  France 52 20 15 7 10 - -
5 Atle Skårdal  Norway 47 - 12 11 15 - 9
6 Ole Kristian Furuseth  Norway 43 11 - 12 20 - -
7 Niklas Henning  Sweden 39 25 11 - - 3 -
8 Peter Runggaldier  Italy 37 15 - - - 15 7
9 Armand Schiele  France 35 4 - 20 11 - -
Markus Wasmeier  West Germany 35 10 - 8 7 10 -
11 Hubert Strolz  Austria 33 2 4 1 8 12 6
12 Hans Stuffer  West Germany 30 - - 5 - 10 15
13 Konrad Ladstätter  Italy 28 6 9 2 - 11 -
14 Stephan Eberharter  Austria 26 - - 9 5 4 8
15 Steve Locher   Switzerland 25 - - 25 - - -

Giant Slalom

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1989/90 all results count. There were 6 different winners in 7 races. Richard Kröll won two consecutive races (in the first, Alta Badia, he had the starting number 34). Ole Kristian Furuseth won this title for a second year in a row (20 points two times).

Place Name Country Total 1 3 5 6 16 20 28
1 Ole Kristian Furuseth  Norway 96 20 25 - 20 11 12 8
2 Günther Mader  Austria 96 15 - 15 25 20 11 10
3 Hubert Strolz  Austria 71 3 11 - 2 15 20 20
4 Richard Kröll  Austria 65 - - - - 25 25 15
5 Lars-Börje Eriksson  Sweden 56 25 - 20 - - - 11
6 Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 48 10 20 9 - - 2 7
7 Armin Bittner  West Germany 43 7 12 - 15 - - 9
8 Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 42 - - - 12 15 15 -
9 Fredrik Nyberg  Sweden 35 - - - - 10 - 25
10 Hans Pieren   Switzerland 31 1 - 10 - 6 9 5
11 Urs Kälin   Switzerland 25 - - 25 - - - -

Slalom

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1989/90 all results count.

Place Name Country Total 2 4 7 11 12 14 18 29 30 32
1 Armin Bittner  West Germany 150 25 11 9 - 25 25 15 25 - 15
2 Alberto Tomba  Italy 95 - 25 - - - - - 20 25 25
Ole Kristian Furuseth  Norway 95 20 12 10 10 9 - 20 - 8 6
4 Michael Tritscher  Austria 93 - 7 - 15 11 20 12 - 20 8
5 Bernhard Gstrein  Austria 91 15 10 20 11 20 - - 4 11 -
6 Jonas Nilsson  Sweden 78 - 1 5 25 12 - 11 - 15 9
7 Tetsuya Okabe  Japan 75 3 - 12 - - 15 11 12 10 12
8 Konrad Ladstätter  Italy 69 - 9 7 7 10 15 - 11 - 10
9 Rudolf Nierlich  Austria 68 1 - - 12 - 10 25 - - 20
10 Paul Accola   Switzerland 58 7 5 6 9 15 8 8 - - -
11 Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 56 9 20 - - - 6 4 10 7 -
Thomas Stangassinger  Austria 56 12 - 25 - - - - - 12 7

Combined

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In Men's Combined World Cup 1989/90 both results count.

Place Name Country Total 15 19
1 Pirmin Zurbriggen   Switzerland 50 25 25
2 Paul Accola   Switzerland 40 20 20
3 Markus Wasmeier  West Germany 27 12 15
4 Thomas Hangl  Austria 23 11 12
5 Günther Mader  Austria 15 15 -
6 William Besse   Switzerland 14 3 11
7 Kristian Ghedina  Italy 10 10 -
Franck Piccard  France 10 - 10
9 Peter Runggaldier  Italy 9 9 -
Peter Wirnsberger  Austria 9 - 9

Ladies

Overall

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In Women's Overall World Cup all results count. After 11 years Petra Kronberger was able to bring back the Women's Overall World Cup to Austria.

Place Name Country Total DH SG GS SL KB
1 Petra Kronberger  Austria 341 106 69 85 56 25
2 Anita Wachter  Austria 300 0 43 133 89 35
3 Michaela Gerg  West Germany 270 105 79 47 7 32
4 Maria Walliser   Switzerland 227 99 56 55 0 17
5 Carole Merle  France 202 50 99 53 0 0
6 Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 198 0 4 69 125 0
7 Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 140 0 0 89 51 0
8 Michela Figini   Switzerland 134 105 24 5 0 0
9 Sigrid Wolf  Austria 133 33 73 27 0 0
10 Diann Roffe  United States 130 0 29 82 19 0
11 Karin Dedler  West Germany 125 62 36 21 0 6
12 Katharina Gutensohn  West Germany 114 110 4 0 0 0
13 Claudia Strobl  Austria 108 0 0 0 108 0
14 Veronika Wallinger  Austria 102 69 33 0 0 0
15 Ida Ladstätter  Austria 98 0 0 0 98 0
Karin Buder  Austria 94 0 0 0 94 0
17 Kristi Terzian  United States 93 0 18 32 32 11
18 Regine Mösenlechner  West Germany 85 9 52 24 0 0
19 Monika Maierhofer  Austria 83 0 0 12 71 0
20 Heidi Zeller   Switzerland 72 62 3 0 0 7

Downhill

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1989/90 all results count.

Place Name Country Total 1 7 10 11 15 20 23 24
1 Katharina Gutensohn  West Germany 110 - 11 12 20 10 7 25 25
2 Petra Kronberger  Austria 106 7 3 25 25 20 15 3 8
3 Michaela Gerg  West Germany 105 25 15 20 15 6 12 2 10
Michela Figini   Switzerland 105 12 20 10 9 7 25 15 7
5 Maria Walliser   Switzerland 99 11 25 - 9 25 11 9 9
6 Veronika Wallinger  Austria 69 15 12 11 5 12 2 - 12
7 Heidi Zeller   Switzerland 62 20 8 5 12 - 10 7 -
Karin Dedler  West Germany 62 6 5 7 6 15 - 8 15
9 Miriam Vogt  West Germany 54 - 10 2 2 9 20 11 -
10 Carole Merle  France 50 10 - - - - - 20 20

Super-G

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In Women's Super-G World Cup 1989/90 all results count.

Place Name Country Total 2 5 21 26 27 32
1 Carole Merle  France 99 4 - 20 25 25 25
2 Michaela Gerg  West Germany 79 6 15 12 15 11 20
3 Sigrid Wolf  Austria 73 - 20 25 11 6 11
4 Petra Kronberger  Austria 69 15 7 15 5 12 15
5 Maria Walliser   Switzerland 56 - 12 - 20 15 9
6 Regine Mösenlechner  West Germany 52 12 25 4 1 - 10
7 Cathy Chedal  France 45 20 - 5 6 2 12
8 Anita Wachter  Austria 43 25 - - 12 - 6
9 Karin Dedler  West Germany 36 8 10 9 9 - -
10 Veronika Wallinger  Austria 33 5 - 10 8 10 -

Giant Slalom

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In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1989/90 all results count. Anita Wachter won the cup with only one win.

Place Name Country Total 3 6 13 18 22 25 28 31
1 Anita Wachter  Austria 133 15 25 20 20 20 20 4 9
2 Mateja Svet  Yugoslavia 89 - 1 3 25 8 25 12 15
3 Petra Kronberger  Austria 85 4 - 25 12 25 2 10 7
4 Diann Roffe  United States 82 20 20 10 9 - 15 - 8
5 Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 69 - 15 11 11 11 9 - 12
6 Maria Walliser   Switzerland 55 3 - 6 15 12 10 3 6
7 Carole Merle  France 53 - - - - 3 - 25 25
8 Michaela Gerg  West Germany 47 10 7 15 - 9 6 - -
9 Zoe Haas   Switzerland 43 11 - - - 15 12 5 -
10 Nathalie Bouvier  France 39 25 8 - - - - 6 -

Slalom

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In Women's Slalom World Cup 1989/90 all results count.

Place Name Country Total 4 8 12 14 16 19 29 30 33
1 Vreni Schneider   Switzerland 125 25 - 25 25 - 25 - - 25
2 Claudia Strobl  Austria 108 7 25 15 11 15 - 20 15 -
3 Ida Ladstätter  Austria 98 6 12 6 - 12 20 11 20 11
4 Karin Buder  Austria 94 11 15 4 12 3 - 25 12 12
5 Anita Wachter  Austria 89 15 8 12 20 5 8 15 6 -
6 Monika Maierhofer  Austria 71 20 - 20 - 20 11 - - -
7 Christine von Grünigen   Switzerland 61 - - 10 15 9 9 8 - 10
8 Patricia Chauvet  France 59 - 7 - - 10 15 - 7 20
9 Kristina Andersson  Sweden 58 8 11 7 6 8 10 - - 8
10 Veronika Šarec  Yugoslavia 56 - 20 11 - 25 - - - -
Petra Kronberger  Austria 56 12 - 2 8 - - 9 25 -

Combined

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In Women's Combined World Cup 1989/90 both results count.

Place Name Country Total 9 17
1 Anita Wachter  Austria 35 15 20
2 Michaela Gerg  West Germany 32 20 12
3 Brigitte Oertli   Switzerland 25 25 -
Petra Kronberger  Austria 25 - 25
5 Chantal Bournissen   Switzerland 23 12 11
6 Ingrid Stöckl  Austria 21 6 15
7 Maria Walliser   Switzerland 17 8 9
8 Heidi Zurbriggen   Switzerland 14 4 10
Anja Haas  Austria 14 7 7
10 Kristi Terzian  United States 11 11 -

Nations Cup

Overall

Place Country Total Men Ladies
1  Austria 2793 1249 1544
2   Switzerland 1981 1075 906
3  West Germany 1224 448 776
4  France 671 228 443
5  Italy 577 556 21
6  Norway 516 462 54
7  Sweden 467 321 146
8  United States 370 84 286
9  Yugoslavia 329 36 293
10  Canada 178 88 90
11  Japan 75 75 0
12  Luxembourg 64 64 0
13  Liechtenstein 26 26 0
14  Soviet Union 20 1 19
15  United Kingdom 3 3 0

Men

Place Country Total DH SG GS SL KB Racers Wins
1  Austria 1249 293 140 379 399 38 19 9
2   Switzerland 1075 446 187 139 137 166 21 8
3  Italy 556 143 98 53 238 24 19 5
4  Norway 462 128 112 126 96 0 6 3
5  West Germany 448 73 79 73 196 27 8 4
6  Sweden 321 13 102 127 79 0 5 4
7  France 228 51 114 27 26 10 10 1
8  Canada 88 73 0 0 15 0 3 0
9  United States 84 28 0 0 45 11 7 0
10  Japan 75 0 0 0 75 0 1 0
11  Luxembourg 64 0 0 23 41 0 1 0
12  Yugoslavia 36 0 0 23 13 0 5 0
13  Liechtenstein 26 0 0 0 26 0 1 0
14  United Kingdom 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
15  Soviet Union 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

Ladies

Place Country Total DH SG GS SL KB Racers Wins
1  Austria 1544 293 250 333 554 114 17 11
2   Switzerland 906 297 118 182 219 90 12 9
3  West Germany 776 355 218 124 37 42 14 4
4  France 443 66 164 137 76 0 8 6
5  Yugoslavia 293 0 0 128 165 0 4 3
6  United States 286 18 65 118 67 18 9 0
7  Sweden 146 0 0 24 122 0 4 1
8  Canada 90 64 11 2 5 8 7 0
9  Norway 54 0 0 51 0 3 3 0
10  Italy 21 0 9 10 2 0 2 0
11  Soviet Union 19 18 0 0 0 1 3 0

References

  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1990 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1990 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.