The 47th World Cup season began on 27 October 2012, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 17 March 2013, at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall titles were won by Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia.
A break in the schedule was for the biennial World Championships, held 4–17 February in Schladming, Austria. Changes for the 2013 season included the awarding of World Cup points for the slalom crystal globe for the limited field city events (parallel slalom), not just in the overall standings. Also, a crystal globe trophy was no longer awarded for the combined event, as many organizers considered the event difficult to market, but its results still counted in the overall rankings.
Maze became the first Slovenian to win an overall World Cup title; she clinched it on 24 February after her eighth victory of the season, a super-combined race at Méribel, France. Her victory in a downhill race at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany on 2 March gave her wins in all five disciplines for the season, and she became the first racer in World Cup history to score more than 2,000 points in a single season. The previous record of 2,000 points was held by Hermann Maier, set during the 2000 season.New York Daily News, "Tina Maze is the Slovenian beauty who'll be Lindsey Vonn's biggest adversary at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014", Nathaniel Vinton, 16 March 2013.
Maze broke various statistical records in this season, including the highest number of podiums in a season (24, record previously held by Maier (22) and by Hanni Wenzel and Pernilla Wiberg for ladies (18)), highest number of top 5 finishes (31, previously Maier and Wiberg (24)), highest number of points after first 10 races (677, previously Katja Seizinger, 643), largest percent of possible points won (69%, previously 61% by Wiberg), and the highest margin over the runner-up (1313, compared to 743 for Maier and 578 for Lindsey Vonn).Vsi rekordi in obrazi Tine Maze :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija Maze finished on podium in all giant slalom events, previously achieved only by Vreni Schneider in 1989. She is also the first woman to remain at the top of the overall standings throughout the season - a feat previously achieved only by Bode Miller in 2005. In addition to the overall title, Maze won the super-G and giant slalom titles, finished at the top of the combined list by winning both races in the season, and finished second in the downhill and slalom. Those titles went respectively to two Americans, Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin. Vonn's season ended with a knee injury on 5 February at the World Championships, but she held on to win the downhill title by a single point after the final race was cancelled. Three days after turning 18, Shiffrin won the final slalom race at Lenzerheide on 16 March to overtake Maze and win that discipline's season title by 33 points.
The men's overall title wasn't decided until the World Cup finals at Lenzerheide. A runner-up finish in the giant slalom on 16 March gave Hirscher his second consecutive overall title, the first male to achieve this feat since Stephan Eberharter in 2002 and 2003. Hirscher also won the slalom title, while the downhill and super-G titles went to Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, the sixth and seventh discipline titles for the former two-time overall champion. The giant slalom title went to American Ted Ligety, who won six of the eight GS races for his fourth season title in that discipline.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, KB – Classic Combined, SC – Super combined, CE – City Event (Parallel)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails1488 1 28 October 2012 Sölden GS 356 Ted Ligety Manfred Mölgg Marcel Hirscher 1489 2 11 November 2012 Levi SL 422 André Myhrer Marcel Hirscher Jens Byggmark 1490 3 24 November 2012 Lake Louise DH 425 Aksel Lund Svindal Max Franz Marco Sullivan Klaus Kröll 1491 4 25 November 2012 SG 167 Aksel Lund Svindal Adrien Théaux Joachim Puchner 1492 5 30 November 2012 Beaver Creek DH 426 Christof Innerhofer Aksel Lund Svindal Kjetil Jansrud 1493 6 1 December 2012 SG 168 Matteo Marsaglia Aksel Lund Svindal Hannes Reichelt 1494 7 2 December 2012 GS 357 Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Davide Simoncelli 1495 8 8 December 2012 Val-d'Isère SL 423 Alexis Pinturault Felix Neureuther Marcel Hirscher 1496 9 9 December 2012 GS 358 Marcel Hirscher Stefan Luitz Ted Ligety 1497 10 14 December 2012 Val Gardena SG 169 Aksel Lund Svindal Matteo Marsaglia Werner Heel 1498 11 15 December 2012 DH 427 Steven Nyman Rok Perko Erik Guay 1499 12 16 December 2012 Alta Badia GS 359 Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Thomas Fanara 1500 13 18 December 2012 Madonna di Campiglio SL 424 Marcel Hirscher Felix Neureuther Naoki Yuasa 1501 14 29 December 2012 Bormio DH 428 Hannes Reichelt Dominik Paris Aksel Lund Svindal 1502 15 1 January 2013 Munich CE 003 Felix Neureuther Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault 1503 16 6 January 2013 Zagreb SL 425 Marcel Hirscher André Myhrer Mario Matt 1504 17 12 January 2013 Adelboden GS 360 Ted Ligety Fritz Dopfer Felix Neureuther 1505 18 13 January 2013 SL 426 Marcel Hirscher Mario Matt Manfred Mölgg 1506 19 18 January 2013 Wengen SC 117 Alexis Pinturault Ivica Kostelić Carlo Janka 1507 20 19 January 2013 DH 429 Christof Innerhofer Klaus Kröll Hannes Reichelt 1508 21 20 January 2013 SL 427 Felix Neureuther Marcel Hirscher Ivica Kostelić 1509 22 25 January 2013 Kitzbühel SG 170 Aksel Lund Svindal Matthias Mayer Christof Innerhofer 1510 23 26 January 2013 DH 430 Dominik Paris Erik Guay Hannes Reichelt 1511 24 27 January 2013 SL 428 Marcel Hirscher Felix Neureuther Ivica Kostelić 1512 25 27 January 2013 KB 118 Ivica Kostelić Alexis Pinturault Thomas Mermillod-Blondin 1513 26 29 January 2013 Moscow CE 004 Marcel Hirscher André Myhrer Ivica Kostelić 2013 World Championships (5–17 February)1514 27 23 February 2013 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH 431 Christof Innerhofer Georg Streitberger Klaus Kröll 1515 28 24 February 2013 GS 361 Alexis Pinturault Marcel Hirscher Ted Ligety 1516 29 2 March 2013 Kvitfjell DH 432 Adrien Théaux Aksel Lund Svindal Klaus Kröll 1517 30 3 March 2013 SG 171 Aksel Lund Svindal Georg Streitberger Werner Heel 1518 31 9 March 2013 Kranjska Gora GS 362 Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault 1519 32 10 March 2013 SL 429 Ivica Kostelić Marcel Hirscher Mario Matt 13 March 2013 Lenzerheide DH cnx fog14 March 2013 SG cnx strong winds1520 33 16 March 2013 GS 363 Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault 1521 34 17 March 2013 SL 430 Felix Neureuther Marcel Hirscher Ivica Kostelić
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combined, CE – City Event (Parallel)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails1388 1 27 October 2012 Sölden GS 355 Tina Maze Kathrin Zettel Stefanie Köhle 1389 2 10 November 2012 Levi SL 401 Maria Höfl-Riesch Tanja Poutiainen Mikaela Shiffrin 1390 3 24 November 2012 Aspen GS 356 Tina Maze Kathrin Zettel Viktoria Rebensburg 1391 4 25 November 2012 SL 402 Kathrin Zettel Marlies Schild Tina Maze 1392 5 30 November 2012 Lake Louise DH 353 Lindsey Vonn Stacey Cook Maria Höfl-Riesch Tina Weirather 1393 6 1 December 2012 DH 354 Lindsey Vonn Stacey Cook Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden 1394 7 2 December 2012 SG 185 Lindsey Vonn Julia Mancuso Anna Fenninger 1395 8 7 December 2012 St. Moritz SC 092 Tina Maze Nicole Hosp Kathrin Zettel 1396 9 8 December 2012 SG 186 Lindsey Vonn Tina Maze Julia Mancuso 1397 10 9 December 2012 GS 357 Tina Maze Viktoria Rebensburg Tessa Worley 1398 11 14 December 2012 Val-d'Isère DH 355 Lara Gut Leanne Smith Nadja Kamer 15 December 2012 SG cnx heavy snow; replaced in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 1 March 20131399 12 16 December 2012 Courchevel GS 358 Tina Maze Kathrin Zettel Tessa Worley 1400 13 19 December 2012 Åre GS 359 Viktoria Rebensburg Anna Fenninger Tina Maze 1401 14 20 December 2012 SL 403 Mikaela Shiffrin Frida Hansdotter Tina Maze 1402 15 28 December 2012 Semmering GS 360 Anna Fenninger Tina Maze Tessa Worley 1403 16 29 December 2012 SL 404 Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Kathrin Zettel Tina Maze 1404 17 1 January 2013 Munich CE 003 Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Tina Maze Michaela Kirchgasser 1405 18 4 January 2013 Zagreb SL 405 Mikaela Shiffrin Frida Hansdotter Erin Mielzynski 1406 19 12 January 2013 St. Anton DH 356 Alice McKennis Daniela Merighetti Anna Fenninger 1407 20 13 January 2013 SG 187 Tina Maze Anna Fenninger Fabienne Suter 1408 21 15 January 2013 Flachau SL 406 Mikaela Shiffrin Frida Hansdotter Tanja Poutiainen 1409 22 19 January 2013 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 357 Lindsey Vonn Tina Maze Leanne Smith 1410 23 20 January 2013 SG 188 Viktoria Rebensburg Nicole Schmidhofer Tina Maze 1411 24 26 January 2013 Maribor GS 361 Lindsey Vonn Tina Maze Anna Fenninger 1412 25 27 January 2013 SL 407 Tina Maze Frida Hansdotter Kathrin Zettel 1413 26 29 January 2013 Moscow CE 004 Lena Dürr Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Mikaela Shiffrin 2013 World Championships (5–17 February)1414 27 23 February 2013 Méribel DH 358 Carolina Ruiz Castillo Maria Höfl-Riesch Marie Marchand-Arvier 1415 28 24 February 2013 SC 093 Tina Maze Nicole Hosp Michaela Kirchgasser 1416 29 1 March 2013 Garmisch-Partenkirchen SG 189 Tina Weirather Tina Maze Julia Mancuso 1417 30 2 March 2013 DH 359 Tina Maze Laurenne Ross Maria Höfl-Riesch 1418 31 3 March 2013 SG 190 Anna Fenninger Maria Höfl-Riesch Julia Mancuso 1419 32 9 March 2013 Ofterschwang GS 362 Anna Fenninger Tina Maze Viktoria Rebensburg 1420 33 10 March 2013 SL 408 Tina Maze Wendy Holdener Mikaela Shiffrin 13 March 2013 Lenzerheide DH cnx fog14 March 2013 SG cnx strong winds1421 34 16 March 2013 SL 409 Mikaela Shiffrin Bernadette Schild Tina Maze 1422 35 17 March 2013 GS 363 Tina Maze Tessa Worley Lara Gut
Nation team event + Event key: PG – Parallel giant slalomDatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails7 1 15 March 2013 Lenzerheide PG 004
Men's standings
Overall Rankafter all 34 racesPoints 1 Marcel Hirscher 1535 2 Aksel Lund Svindal 1226 3 Ted Ligety 1022 4 Felix Neureuther 948 5 Ivica Kostelić 900
Downhill Rankafter all 8 racesPoints 1 Aksel Lund Svindal 439 2 Klaus Kröll 381 3 Dominik Paris 378 4 Christof Innerhofer 370 5 Hannes Reichelt 290
Super-G Rankafter all 5 racesPoints 1 Aksel Lund Svindal 480 2 Matteo Marsaglia 249 3 Matthias Mayer 228 4 Werner Heel 224 5 Adrien Théaux 191
Giant slalom Rankafter all 8 racesPoints 1 Ted Ligety 720 2 Marcel Hirscher 575 3 Alexis Pinturault 326 4 Manfred Mölgg 301 5 Thomas Fanara 236
Slalom Rankafter all 11 racesPoints 1 Marcel Hirscher 960 2 Felix Neureuther 716 3 Ivica Kostelić 535 4 André Myhrer 532 5 Manfred Mölgg 335
Super combined Rankafter all 2 racesPoints 1 Ivica Kostelić (no trophy) 180 1 Alexis Pinturault (no trophy) 180 3 Thomas Mermillod-Blondin 96 4 Carlo Janka 86 5 Aksel Lund Svindal 63
Women's standings
Overall Rankafter all 35 racesPoints 1 Tina Maze 2414 2 Maria Höfl-Riesch 1101 3 Anna Fenninger 1029 4 Julia Mancuso 867 5 Mikaela Shiffrin 822
Downhill Rankafter all 7 racesPoints 1 Lindsey Vonn 340 2 Tina Maze 339 3 Maria Höfl-Riesch 272 4 Stacey Cook 244 5 Lara Gut 228
Super-G Rankafter all 6 racesPoints 1 Tina Maze 420 2 Julia Mancuso 365 3 Anna Fenninger 304 4 Lindsey Vonn 286 5 Maria Höfl-Riesch 251
Giant slalom Rankafter all 9 racesPoints 1 Tina Maze 800 2 Anna Fenninger 480 3 Viktoria Rebensburg 411 4 Tessa Worley 383 5 Kathrin Zettel 382
Slalom Rankafter all 11 racesPoints 1 Mikaela Shiffrin 688 2 Tina Maze 655 3 Veronika Velez-Zuzulová 500 4 Frida Hansdotter 435 5 Tanja Poutiainen 354
Super combined