2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (3) Natalya Nepryayeva (1)
Distance Iivo Niskanen (1) Therese Johaug (5)
Sprint Richard Jouve (1) Maja Dahlqvist (1)
U23 Alexander Terentyev (1) Frida Karlsson (1)
Bonus Ranking Iivo Niskanen (1) Kerttu Niskanen (1)
Nations Cup  Norway (33)  Sweden (2)
Nations Cup Overall  Norway (33)
Stage events
Tour de Ski Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2) Natalya Nepryayeva (1)
Competition
Locations 11 venues 11 venues
Individual 20 events 20 events
Relay/Team 4 events 4 events
Cancelled 8 events 8 events

The 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 41st official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women.

The season began on 26 November 2021 in Ruka, Finland and was scheduled to conclude with the World Cup Finals on 18–20 March 2022 in Tyumen, Russia.[1] But after the Russian invasion of Ukraine FIS announced that the World Cup Finals would be cancelled or moved.[2] As a result, the final competition was the mixed team events on 13 March 2022 in Falun, Sweden. The season featured a break in February for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIS decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.[3]

Men

Calendar

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 1 26 November 2021   Ruka   Sprint C Alexander Terentyev Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Erik Valnes Alexander Terentyev [4]
2 2 27 November 2021     15 km C Iivo Niskanen Aleksey Chervotkin Alexander Bolshunov Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [5]
3 3 28 November 2021     15 km F Pursuit Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Artem Maltsev Alexander Bolshunov [6]
4 4 3 December 2021   Lillehammer   Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Thomas Helland Larsen Richard Jouve Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [7]
5 5 4 December 2021     15 km F Simen Hegstad Krüger Hans Christer Holund Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget [8]
6 6 11 December 2021      Davos   Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Sergey Ustiugov Richard Jouve [9]
7 7 12 December 2021     15 km F Simen Hegstad Krüger Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Sergey Ustiugov [10]
8 8 18 December 2021   Dresden   Sprint F Håvard Solås Taugbøl Federico Pellegrino Lucas Chanavat [11]
9 28 December 2021      Lenzerheide   Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Richard Jouve Lucas Chanavat Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [12]
10 29 December 2021     15 km C Iivo Niskanen Alexander Bolshunov Pål Golberg [13]
11 31 December 2021   Oberstdorf   15 km F Mass Start Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alexander Bolshunov Sjur Røthe [14]
12 1 January 2022     Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Erik Valnes Pål Golberg [15]
13 3 January 2022   Val di Fiemme   15 km C Mass Start Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Iivo Niskanen Aleksey Chervotkin [16]
14 4 January 2022     10 km F Mass Start Climb   Sjur Røthe Denis Spitsov Friedrich Moch [17]
9 16th Tour de Ski Overall (28 December 2021 – 4 January 2022) Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alexander Bolshunov Iivo Niskanen [18]
14 January 2022   Les Rousses   Sprint F Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[19]
15 January 2022     15 km F
16 January 2022     15 km C Pursuit
22 January 2022   Planica   Sprint C Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[20]
23 January 2022     30 km Skiathlon
2022 Winter Olympics (6–19 February)
10 15 26 February 2022   Lahti   Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Lucas Chanavat Sindre Bjørnestad Skar Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [21]
11 16 27 February 2022     15 km C Iivo Niskanen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo William Poromaa [22]
12 17 3 March 2022   Drammen   Sprint C Richard Jouve Wang Qiang Lucas Chanavat [23]
13 18 6 March 2022   Oslo   50 km C Mass Start Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Sjur Røthe Didrik Tønseth [24]
14 19 11 March 2022   Falun   Sprint C Richard Jouve Joni Mäki Lucas Chanavat [25]
15 20 12 March 2022     15 km F Didrik Tønseth Calle Halfvarsson Harald Østberg Amundsen [26]
18 March 2022   Tyumen   Sprint F Cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine[27][28]
19 March 2022     15 km F Mass Start
20 March 2022     15 km C Pursuit
2021–22 World Cup Finals (18–20 March 2022)

Men's relay

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Leader Ref.
1 5 December 2021   Lillehammer   4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F  Norway I
Erik Valnes
Emil Iversen
Simen Hegstad Krüger
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
 Russia II
Alexander Terentyev
Ilia Semikov
Artem Maltsev
Sergey Ustiugov
 Norway II
Pål Golberg
Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget
Hans Christer Holund
Harald Østberg Amundsen
 Norway [29]
2 19 December 2021   Dresden   Team Sprint F  Norway II
Thomas Helland Larsen
Even Northug
 Norway I
Sindre Bjørnestad Skar
Håvard Solås Taugbøl
 Russia I
Alexander Bolshunov
Gleb Retivykh
[30]
2022 Winter Olympics (13 February)

Standings

Women

Calendar

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Ref.
1 1 26 November 2021   Ruka   Sprint C Maja Dahlqvist Johanna Hagström Maiken Caspersen Falla Maja Dahlqvist [36]
2 2 27 November 2021     10 km C Frida Karlsson Therese Johaug Katharina Hennig Frida Karlsson [37]
3 3 28 November 2021     10 km F Pursuit Therese Johaug Frida Karlsson Heidi Weng [38]
4 4 3 December 2021   Lillehammer   Sprint F Maja Dahlqvist Jessie Diggins Tiril Udnes Weng Maja Dahlqvist [39]
5 5 4 December 2021     10 km F Frida Karlsson Therese Johaug Rosie Brennan Frida Karlsson [40]
6 6 11 December 2021      Davos   Sprint F Maja Dahlqvist    Nadine Fähndrich Anamarija Lampič [41]
7 7 12 December 2021     10 km F Therese Johaug Jessie Diggins Frida Karlsson [42]
8 8 18 December 2021   Dresden   Sprint F Maja Dahlqvist Jonna Sundling Anamarija Lampič Maja Dahlqvist [43]
9 28 December 2021      Lenzerheide   Sprint F Jessie Diggins Mathilde Myhrvold Anamarija Lampič Maja Dahlqvist [44]
10 29 December 2021     10 km C Kerttu Niskanen Ebba Andersson Natalya Nepryayeva [45]
11 31 December 2021   Oberstdorf   10 km F Mass Start Jessie Diggins Frida Karlsson Tatiana Sorina Frida Karlsson [46]
12 1 January 2022     Sprint C Natalya Nepryayeva Johanna Hagström Johanna Matintalo [47]
13 3 January 2022   Val di Fiemme   10 km C Mass Start Natalya Nepryayeva Heidi Weng Krista Pärmäkoski [48]
14 4 January 2022     10 km F Mass Start Climb   Heidi Weng Ebba Andersson Delphine Claudel Jessie Diggins [49]
9 16th Tour de Ski Overall (28 December 2021 – 4 January 2022) Natalya Nepryayeva Ebba Andersson Heidi Weng Natalya Nepryayeva [50]
14 January 2022   Les Rousses   Sprint F Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[19]
15 January 2022     10 km F
16 January 2022     10 km C Pursuit
22 January 2022   Planica   Sprint C Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[20]
23 January 2022     15 km Skiathlon
2022 Winter Olympics (5–20 February)
10 15 26 February 2022   Lahti   Sprint F Jonna Sundling Emma Ribom Maja Dahlqvist Natalya Nepryayeva [51]
11 16 27 February 2022     10 km C Therese Johaug Natalya Nepryayeva Krista Pärmäkoski [52]
12 17 3 March 2022   Drammen   Sprint C Maiken Caspersen Falla Jonna Sundling Anamarija Lampič [53]
13 18 5 March 2022   Oslo   30 km C Mass Start Therese Johaug Krista Pärmäkoski Jonna Sundling [54]
14 19 11 March 2022   Falun   Sprint C Jonna Sundling Anamarija Lampič Maja Dahlqvist [55]
15 20 12 March 2022     10 km F Therese Johaug Jonna Sundling Jessie Diggins [56]
18 March 2022   Tyumen   Sprint F Cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine[27][28]
19 March 2022     10 km F Mass Start
20 March 2022     10 km C Pursuit
2021–22 World Cup Finals (18–20 March 2022)

Women's relay

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Leader Ref.
1 5 December 2021   Lillehammer   4 × 5 km Relay C/F  Russia I
Yuliya Stupak
Natalya Nepryayeva
Tatiana Sorina
Veronika Stepanova
 Sweden I
Emma Ribom
Frida Karlsson
Ebba Andersson
Moa Olsson
 Norway I
Tiril Udnes Weng
Heidi Weng
Therese Johaug
Helene Marie Fossesholm
 Sweden [57]
2 19 December 2021   Dresden   Team Sprint F  Sweden I
Jonna Sundling
Maja Dahlqvist
 United States I
Jessie Diggins
Julia Kern
 Slovenia I
Eva Urevc
Anamarija Lampič
[58]
2022 Winter Olympics (12 February)

Standings

Mixed team

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Leader Ref.
1 13 March 2022   Falun   4 × 5 km Mixed
Relay F
 United States I
Rosie Brennan
Zak Ketterson
Scott Patterson
Jessie Diggins
 Finland I
Kerttu Niskanen
Perttu Hyvärinen
Iivo Niskanen
Krista Pärmäkoski
 Norway I
Heidi Weng
Hans Christer Holund
Didrik Tønseth
Therese Johaug
 Norway (men)
 Sweden (women)
[64]
2   Mixed
Team Sprint F
 Sweden I
Jonna Sundling
Calle Halfvarsson
 Norway II
Tiril Udnes Weng
Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget
 Norway I
Lotta Udnes Weng
Harald Østberg Amundsen
[65]

Nations Cup

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points to win in every competition in the 2021/22 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women. Team Sprint and Relay used to count only for Nations Cup but in this season they also made an impact on individual standings, unless it is mixed competition for men and women. Starting this season bonus points will be counted for sprint qualifications.[69]

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 31 - 40 >40
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
Relay (Nations Cup) 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Team Sprint (Nations Cup)
Tour de Ski 400 320 240 200 180 160 144 128 116 104 96 88 80 72 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 20 20 20 20 10 5
Stage Tour de Ski 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relay (Individual points) 25 20 15 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Team Sprint (Individual points)
Bonus points (Mass Start checkpoints) 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Sprint Qualifications

Achievements

Only individual events.

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Retirements

Notes

  1. ^ a b Change of discipline - biathlon

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