2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

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

2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Yellow bib Overall Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (3) Russia Natalya Nepryayeva (1)
Red bib Distance Finland Iivo Niskanen (1) Norway Therese Johaug (5)
Red bib Sprint France Richard Jouve (1) Sweden Maja Dahlqvist (1)
Green bib U23 Russia Alexander Terentyev (1) Sweden Frida Karlsson (1)
Bonus Ranking Finland Iivo Niskanen (1) Finland Kerttu Niskanen (1)
Nations Cup  Norway (33)  Sweden (2)
Nations Cup Overall  Norway (33)
Stage events
Tour de Ski Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (2) Russia 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 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]

Calendar

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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

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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

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Women

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Calendar

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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

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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

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Mixed team

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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

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Points distribution

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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

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Only individual events.

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

Retirements

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Change of discipline - biathlon

References

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  20. ^ a b BREAKING: FIS World Cup events Planica (SLO) cancelled
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