The 48th World Cup season began on 26 October 2013, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded on 16 March 2014 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The defending overall champions from the 2013 season were Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Tina Maze of Slovenia. The overall titles were won by Hirscher and Anna Fenninger, also of Austria. The season was interrupted by the 2014 Winter Olympics that took place from 7 to 23 February in Sochi, Russia, with the alpine events at Rosa Khutor.
Summary The men's title was won by Hirscher for the third time in a row, becoming the first man to achieve this since Phil Mahre in 1983. Hirscher secured the title after the second-to-last race of the season when he beat Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who did not compete in slalom. Svindal won both the downhill (second time in a row) and super-G titles (third time in a row). The giant slalom title went to Ted Ligety of the United States. Ligety and Hirscher shared the same number of points but Ligety had more victories (4, as opposed to 2 by Hirscher). This was Ligety's second consecutive giant slalom title and fifth overall. The slalom title went to Hirscher, who secured it in the last race of the season. The combined title was shared by Ligety and Alexis Pinturault of France, who each won a first and a second place in two combined races of the season.
Fenninger won the overall women's title, her first, and the first by an Austrian woman since Nicole Hosp in 2007. It was the first time since 2002 that both overall titles were won by Austrians. Fenninger secured the title at the super-G finals in Lenzerheide after her closest competitor, Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany, suffered an injury a day earlier in the downhill which ended her season. At the end of the season, Höfl-Riesch announced her retirement from the World Cup circuit. Höfl-Riesch won the downhill title, Lara Gut of Switzerland won the super-G title and also most races of the season (seven, followed by five of Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, who also won the slalom title). The giant slalom title went to Fenninger who secured it in the last race. There was only one combined event in the 2014 season, which was won by Marie-Michèle Gagnon, who therefore also won the combined title. Maze of Slovenia, the 2013 overall champion, was less successful this year compared to her record-breaking 2013 season. She won one race and four more podiums and finished fourth in the final standings. However, she stated that her main goal in the season were the Sochi Olympics, where she won two gold medals, in downhill and in giant slalom. Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein was another strong performer, holding a second place before the Olympics, but suffered an injury in downhill training in Sochi and had to skip the rest of the season, finishing fifth overall. Returning from a knee injury at the 2013 World Championships, four-time overall champion Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. appeared in only four races, all speed events in December 2013.
Calendar
Men + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combined, CE – City Event (Parallel)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails1522 1 27 October 2013 Sölden GS 364 Ted Ligety Alexis Pinturault Marcel Hirscher 1523 2 17 November 2013 Levi SL 431 Marcel Hirscher Mario Matt Henrik Kristoffersen 1524 3 30 November 2013 Lake Louise DH 433 Dominik Paris Klaus Kröll Adrien Théaux 1525 4 1 December 2013 SG 172 Aksel Lund Svindal Matthias Mayer Georg Streitberger 1526 5 6 December 2013 Beaver Creek DH 434 Aksel Lund Svindal Hannes Reichelt Peter Fill 1527 6 7 December 2013 SG 173 Patrick Küng Otmar Striedinger Peter Fill Hannes Reichelt 1528 7 8 December 2013 GS 365 Ted Ligety Bode Miller Marcel Hirscher 1529 8 14 December 2013 Val-d'Isère GS 366 Marcel Hirscher Thomas Fanara Stefan Luitz 1530 9 15 December 2013 SL 432 Mario Matt Mattias Hargin Patrick Thaler 1531 10 20 December 2013 Val Gardena SG 174 Aksel Lund Svindal Jan Hudec Adrien Théaux 1532 11 21 December 2013 DH 435 Erik Guay Kjetil Jansrud Johan Clarey 1533 12 22 December 2013 Alta Badia GS 367 Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault Ted Ligety 1534 13 29 December 2013 Bormio DH 436 Aksel Lund Svindal Hannes Reichelt Erik Guay 1 January 2014 Munich CE cnx warm temperatures6 January 2014 Zagreb SL cnx warm temperatures; replaced in Bormio on 6 January 20141535 14 6 January 2014 Bormio SL 433 Felix Neureuther Marcel Hirscher Manfred Mölgg 1536 15 11 January 2014 Adelboden GS 368 Felix Neureuther Thomas Fanara Marcel Hirscher1537 16 12 January 2014 SL 434 Marcel Hirscher André Myhrer Henrik Kristoffersen 1538 17 17 January 2014 Wengen SC 119 Ted Ligety Alexis Pinturault Natko Zrnčić-Dim 1539 18 18 January 2014 DH 437 Patrick Küng Hannes Reichelt Aksel Lund Svindal 1540 19 19 January 2014 SL 435 Alexis Pinturault Felix Neureuther Marcel Hirscher 1541 20 24 January 2014 Kitzbühel SL 436 Felix Neureuther Henrik Kristoffersen Patrick Thaler 1542 21 25 January 2014 DH 438 Hannes Reichelt Aksel Lund Svindal Bode Miller 1543 22 26 January 2014 SG 175 Didier Défago Bode Miller Max Franz Aksel Lund Svindal 1544 23 26 January 2014 SC 120 Alexis Pinturault Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher 1545 24 28 January 2014 Schladming SL 437 Henrik Kristoffersen Marcel Hirscher Felix Neureuther 1 February 2014 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH cnx lack of snow; replaced in St. Moritz on 1 February 20142 February 2014 GS cnx lack of snow; replaced in St. Moritz on 2 February 2014 1 February 2014 St. Moritz DH cnx fog; finally replaced in Kvitfjell on 28 February 20141546 25 2 February 2014 GS 369 Ted Ligety Marcel Hirscher Alexis Pinturault 2014 Winter Olympics (7–23 February)1547 26 28 February 2014 Kvitfjell DH 439 Kjetil Jansrud Georg Streitberger Travis Ganong 1548 27 1 March 2014 DH 440 Erik Guay Johan Clarey Matthias Mayer 1549 28 2 March 2014 SG 176 Kjetil Jansrud Patrick Küng Matthias Mayer 1550 29 8 March 2014 Kranjska Gora GS 370 Ted Ligety Benjamin Raich Henrik Kristoffersen 1551 30 9 March 2014 SL 438 Felix Neureuther Fritz Dopfer Henrik Kristoffersen 1552 31 12 March 2014 Lenzerheide DH 441 Matthias Mayer Christof Innerhofer Ted Ligety 1553 32 13 March 2014 SG 177 Alexis Pinturault Thomas Mermillod-Blondin Bode Miller 1554 33 15 March 2014 GS 371 Ted Ligety Alexis Pinturault Felix Neureuther 1555 34 16 March 2014 SL 439 Marcel Hirscher Felix Neureuther Mario Matt
Ladies + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, SC – Super combined, CE – City Event (Parallel)DatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails1423 1 26 October 2013 Sölden GS 364 Lara Gut Kathrin Zettel Viktoria Rebensburg 1424 2 16 November 2013 Levi SL 410 Mikaela Shiffrin Maria Höfl-Riesch Tina Maze 1425 3 29 November 2013 Beaver Creek DH 360 Lara Gut Tina Weirather Elena Fanchini 1426 4 30 November 2013 SG 191 Lara Gut Anna Fenninger Nicole Hosp 1427 5 1 December 2013 GS 365 Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Mikaela Shiffrin Tina Weirather 1428 6 6 December 2013 Lake Louise DH 361 Maria Höfl-Riesch Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden Elena Fanchini 1429 7 7 December 2013 DH 362 Maria Höfl-Riesch Tina Weirather Anna Fenninger 1430 8 8 December 2013 SG 192 Lara Gut Tina Weirather Anna Fenninger 1431 9 14 December 2013 St. Moritz SG 193 Tina Weirather Kajsa Kling Anna Fenninger 1432 10 15 December 2013 GS 366 Tessa Worley Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Tina Maze 1433 11 17 December 2013 Courchevel SL 411 Marlies Schild Frida Hansdotter Bernadette Schild 1434 12 21 December 2013 Val-d'Isère DH 363 Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden Tina Maze Cornelia Hütter 1435 13 22 December 2013 GS 367 Tina Weirather Lara Gut Maria Pietilä-Holmner 1436 14 28 December 2013 Lienz GS 368 Anna Fenninger Jessica Lindell-Vikarby Mikaela Shiffrin 1437 15 29 December 2013 SL 412 Marlies Schild Mikaela Shiffrin Maria Höfl-Riesch 1 January 2014 Munich CE cnx warm temperatures4 January 2014 Zagreb SL cnx warm temperatures; replaced in Bormio on 5 January 20141438 16 5 January 2014 Bormio SL 413 Mikaela Shiffrin Maria Pietilä-Holmner Nastasia Noens 1439 17 11 January 2014 Altenmarkt DH 364 Elisabeth Görgl Anna Fenninger Maria Höfl-Riesch 1440 18 12 January 2014 SC 094 Marie-Michèle Gagnon Michaela Kirchgasser Maria Höfl-Riesch 1441 19 14 January 2014 Flachau SL 414 Mikaela Shiffrin Frida Hansdotter Maria Pietilä Holmner 18 January 2014 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH cnx winter storm; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 19 January 201419 January 2014 DH cnx winter storm; second and final replace in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 24 January 201419 January 2014 SG cnx winter storm; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 23 January 20141442 20 23 January 2014 SG 194 Elisabeth Görgl Maria Höfl-Riesch Nicole Hosp 1443 21 24 January 2014 DH 365 Maria Höfl-Riesch Tina Weirather Nicole Schmidhofer 25 January 2014 Garmisch-Partenkirchen DH cnx lack of snow; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 25 January 201426 January 2014 SG cnx lack of snow; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 26 January 20141444 22 25 January 2014 Cortina d'Ampezzo DH 366 Tina Maze Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden Tina Weirather 1445 23 26 January 2014 SG 195 Lara Gut Tina Weirather Maria Höfl-Riesch 1 February 2014 Maribor GS cnx lack of snow; replaced in Kranjska Gora on 1 February 20142 February 2014 SL cnx lack of snow; finally replaced in Kranjska Gora on 2 February 20141 February 2014 Kranjska Gora GS cnx heavy snowfall; finally replaced in Åre on 6 March 20141446 24 2 February 2014 SL 415 Frida Hansdotter Marlies Schild Bernadette Schild 2014 Winter Olympics (7–23 February) 1 March 2014 Crans-Montana DH cnx fog; replaced in Crans-Montana on 2 March 1447 25 2 March 2014 DH 367 Andrea Fischbacher Anna Fenninger Tina Maze 2 March 2014 SC cnx cancelled; rescheduled with downhill 1448 26 6 March 2014 Åre GS 369 Anna Fenninger Anemone Marmottan Eva-Maria Brem Lara Gut 1449 27 7 March 2014 GS 370 Anna Fenninger Viktoria Rebensburg Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 1450 28 8 March 2014 SL 416 Mikaela Shiffrin Maria Pietilä-Holmner Anna Swenn-Larsson 1451 29 12 March 2014 Lenzerheide DH 368 Lara Gut Elisabeth Görgl Fränzi Aufdenblatten 1452 30 13 March 2014 SG 196 Lara Gut Anna Fenninger Tina Maze 1453 31 15 March 2014 SL 417 Mikaela Shiffrin Frida Hansdotter Marlies Schild 1454 32 16 March 2014 GS 371 Anna Fenninger Eva-Maria Brem Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
Nation team event + Event key: PG – Parallel giant slalom DatePlaceWinnerSecondThirdDetails8 1 25 February 2014 Innsbruck PG 005 9 2 14 March 2014 Lenzerheide PG 006
Men's standings
Overall Athlete SÖL LEV LKL BCR ISÈ VGA ABD BOR ADE WEN KIT SCH STM KVI KRG LEN Pts GS SL DH SG DH SG GS GS SL SG DH GS DH SL GS SL SC DH SL SL DH SG SC SL GS DH DH SG GS SL DH SG GS SL 1 Hirscher 3 1 16 3 1 41 1 2 3 1 3 23† 56 3 2 2 4 5 12 4 1 1222 2 Svindal 4 4 1 1 7 11 DNF1 1 4 13 1 12 5 3 2 3 DNF2 DNF2 5 6 4 17 5 16 DNF1 1091 3 Pinturault 2 DNF2 18 5 4 DNF1 2 DSQ1 4 23 2 1 4 18 1 5 3 18 8 1 2 9 1028 4 Ligety 1 11 DNF 42 5 1 DNF1 39 DNF 3 27 DNF2 DNF2 1 48 15 31 2 DNF1 1 1 16 2 5 1 12 991 5 Neureuther DNF2 27 7 10 5 1 1 DNF2 2 1 3 12 1 3 2 813 6 Jansrud 21 11 12 9 17 4 2 DNF1 34 DNF1 DNF1 21 13 9 11 10 13 1 5 1 DNF2 12 8 DNS1 657 7 Kristoffersen 32 3 9 14 12 7 13 3 15 2 1 12 3 3 8 11 639 8 Miller 19 16 23 13 14 2 DNF1 DNF1 8 5 40 35 DNF1 49 9 5 26 3 2 DSQ2 DSQ1 DNF1 16 8 12 24 8 3 15 DNF2 633 9 Mayer 13 2 DNF 10 DNF1 DNF 14 DNF1 5 8 6 11 13 14 22 DNF 3 3 DNF1 1 4 20 602 10 Küng 15 5 5 1 DNF 6 13 1 14 17 DNS2 12 12 2 11 15 562 Athlete GS SL DH SG DH SG GS GS SL SG DH GS DH SL GS SL SC DH SL SL DH SG SC SL GS DH DH SG GS SL DH SG GS SL Pts SÖL LEV LKL BCR ISÈ VGA ABD BOR ADE WEN KIT SCH STM KVI KRG LENBold – Best time in 1st run