The 2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 37th World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 19th official World Cup season in ski flying and the 5th World Cup season for women.
Season began on 21 November 2015 in Klingenthal, Germany and ended on 20 March 2016 in Planica, Slovenia. Women's World Cup began on 4 December 2015 in Lillehammer, Norway and ended on 28 February 2016 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Peter Prevc won overall and ski flying title and Four Hills Tournament and Nations Cup was taken by Team of Norway. Sara Takanashi won her 3rd overall and women's Nations Cup went to Team of Austria.
29 men's individual events on 19 different venues in 10 countries and the 17 women's individual events on 10 different venues in 8 countries had been organised on two different continents (in Europe and Asia). And there were also 6 men's team events, 2 cancelled events for men and women; and 7 men's rescheduled events (6 Ind. and 1 Team).
Almaty (Kazakhstan) hosted ski jumping World Cup events for the first time in history. Cancelled individual event from Titisee-Neustadt was replaced in Planica on 17 March 2016, which meant that Letalnica bratov Gorišek became the 1st hill in history to host four World Cup events in a row.
Invalid world record List of world record distance (only invalid this time) achieved within this World Cup season. DateAthleteHillRoundPlaceMetresFeet 16 March 2016 Tilen Bartol Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 Vjumper – hill test – R2 Planica, Slovenia 252 827
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Men's Individual
Summary Peter Prevc, who was the runner-up in the previous two seasons, dominated the men's season. Prevc secured his first World Cup title by winning the second event in Almaty, six events before the end of the season. At the end of the season, Prevc broke several statistical records. He won the highest number of points in a single season (2303, the previous record being 2083 of Gregor Schlierenzauer from the 2008/09 season) and also recorded the highest number of victories, podium finishes, and average points per event in a season (15 victories, 22 podiums, and 79.41 points on average, the previous records being 13 victories, 20 podiums, and 77.15 points on average from Schlierenzauer's 2008/09 season). The point difference between the first and the second, 813 points, was also the highest ever. By winning the sky flying title, Prevc became the first ski jumper to win the title for three years in a row. In the overall standings, the defending champion Severin Freund finished second and Kenneth Gangnes finished third.
Prevc also won the prestigious 64th Four Hills Tournament. The tournament was broadcast in 57 different countries for 200 million viewers around the globe. Prevc won the competition with the highest total score ever with 1139.4 points and won three events out of four. At the FIS Ski Flying World Championships, which did not count for World Cup points, Prevc became the world champion in sky flying.
The event on 19 December 2015 in Engelberg, Switzerland, marked some interesting statistical features: Peter Prevc and Domen Prevc became first brothers in history who shared a ski jumping World Cup podium; Noriaki Kasai became the oldest contestant on a podium at 43 years and 196 days old; for the first time the oldest Noriaki Kasai (43) and the youngest Domen Prevc (16) participant of any competition both on podium and with record age difference between two on podium. The Prevc brothers finished on the podium again in Sapporo, where they were joined by Robert Kranjec.
Prevc also became only the third ski jumper who managed to win the event with falling or touching the ground upon landing, by winning the ski flying event in Vikersund on 14 February. Such a feat was previously achieved only by Andreas Goldberger in 1995 and Martin Schmitt in 1999.
In team events, Norway won three times, Germany twice, and Slovenia once. The Nations Cup was won by Norway, followed by Slovenia and Germany.
A total of 111,000 people (2,500 / 20,500 / 22,500 / 32,500 / 33,000) has gathered at hill test and 4 days of competitions at final in Planica.
Calendar + N – normal hill / L – large hill / F – flying hillDatePlace (Hill)WinnerSecondThirdOverall leader871122 November 2015 Klingenthal(Vogtland Arena HS140) Daniel-André Tande Peter Prevc Severin Freund Daniel-André Tande 27 November 2015 Ruka(Rukatunturi HS142)L cnxcancelled due to strong wind and rescheduled in one round next day — 28 November 2015 L cnxpostponed one round event finally cancelled due to melting inrun28 November 2015 L cnxstrong wind cancelled after 43 of 70 jumpers due to strong wind(one of them rescheduled to Lahti on 19 February)5 December 2015 Lillehammer(Lysgårdsbakken HS138 / 100)L cnxboth large hill events were moved to normal hill due to strong wind6 December 2015 L cnx87225 December 2015 Severin Freund Kenneth Gangnes Andreas Stjernen Severin Freund 87336 December 2015 N 152 Kenneth Gangnes Peter Prevc Johann André Forfang 874412 December 2015 Nizhny Tagil(Tramplin Stork HS134)L 618 Severin Freund Peter Prevc Joachim Hauer 875513 December 2015 L 619 Peter Prevc Michael Hayböck Johann André Forfang Peter Prevc 876619 December 2015 Engelberg(Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137) L 620 Peter Prevc Domen Prevc Noriaki Kasai 877720 December 2015L 621 Peter Prevc Michael Hayböck Kenneth Gangnes 878829 December 2015 Oberstdorf(Schattenbergschanze HS137)L 622 Severin Freund Michael Hayböck Peter Prevc87991 January 2016 Garmisch-Pa(Gr. Olympiaschanze HS140)L 623 Peter Prevc Kenneth Gangnes Severin Freund880103 January 2016 Innsbruck(Bergiselschanze HS130)L 624 Peter Prevc Severin Freund Kenneth Gangnes881116 January 2016 Bischofshofen(Paul-Ausserleitner HS140)L 625 Peter Prevc Severin Freund Michael Hayböck64th Four Hills Tournament Overall(29 December 2015 – 6 January 2016) Peter Prevc Severin Freund Michael Hayböck4H Tournament8821210 January 2016 Willingen(Mühlenkopfschanze HS145) L 626 Peter Prevc Kenneth Gangnes Severin Freund Peter Prevc FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016(15 – 16 January • Bad Mitterndorf)8831324 January 2016 Zakopane(Wielka Krokiew HS134)L 627 Stefan Kraft Michael Hayböck Peter Prevc Peter Prevc 8841430 January 2016 Sapporo(Ōkurayama HS134)L 628 Peter Prevc Domen Prevc Robert Kranjec 8851531 January 2016 L 629 Anders Fannemel Johann André Forfang Noriaki Kasai 7 February 2016 Oslo(Holmenkollbakken HS134) L cnxcancelled due to thick fog after hour and a half(rescheduled to Vikersund on 12 February) —8861610 February 2016 Trondheim(Granåsen HS140)L 630 Peter Prevc Stefan Kraft Noriaki Kasai Peter Prevc8871712 February 2016 Vikersund(Vikersundbakken HS225) Robert Kranjec Kenneth Gangnes Noriaki Kasai 8881813 February 2016 F 106 Peter Prevc Johann André Forfang Robert Kranjec 8891914 February 2016 F 107 Peter Prevc Stefan Kraft Andreas Stjernen 8902019 February 2016 Lahti(Salpausselkä HS130 / 100)L 631 Michael Hayböck Daniel-André Tande Severin Freund 8912121 February 2016N 153 Michael Hayböck Karl Geiger Taku Takeuchi 8922223 February 2016 Kuopio(Puijo HS127)L 632 Michael Hayböck Daniel-André Tande Stefan Kraft 8932327 February 2016 Almaty(Sunkar HS140)L 633 Peter Prevc Michael Hayböck Severin Freund 8942428 February 2016 L 634 Peter Prevc Severin Freund Daniel-André Tande 895254 March 2016 Wisła(Malinka HS134)L 635 Roman Koudelka Kenneth Gangnes Noriaki Kasai 5 March 2016 L cnxcancelled due to strong wind —8962612 March 2016 Titisee-Neustadt(Hochfirstschanze HS142) L 636 Johann André Forfang Peter Prevc Kenneth Gangnes Peter Prevc 13 March 2016 L cnxcancelled due to strong wind and rescheduled to Planica on 17 March —8972717 March 2016 Planica(Letalnica b. Gorišek HS225)F 108 Peter Prevc Johann André Forfang Robert Kranjec Peter Prevc 8982818 March 2016 F 109 Robert Kranjec Peter Prevc Johann André Forfang 8992920 March 2016 F 110 Peter Prevc Robert Kranjec Johann André Forfang 37th FIS World Cup Men's Overall(22 November 2015 – 20 March 2016) Peter Prevc Severin Freund Kenneth GangnesWorld Cup Overall
Standings
Overall Rankafter 29 eventsPoints1 Peter Prevc () 23032 Severin Freund 14903 Kenneth Gangnes 13484 Michael Hayböck 13015 Johann André Forfang 12406 Stefan Kraft 10067 Daniel-André Tande 9858 Noriaki Kasai 9099 Richard Freitag 68010 Anders Fannemel 670
Nations Cup Rankafter 35 eventsPoints1 72022 57603 54094 46525 30886 21547 18818 7939 256 10 228
Prize money Rankafter 35 eventsCHF1 Peter Prevc 248,8002 Severin Freund 169,5003 Kenneth Gangnes 168,3004 Johann André Forfang 150,000 5 Michael Hayböck 149,100 6 Daniel-André Tande 132,000 7 Stefan Kraft 119,400 8 Noriaki Kasai 99,900 9 Anders Fannemel 94,950 10 Richard Freitag 88,350
Ski Flying Rankafter 6 eventsPoints1 Peter Prevc 5302 Robert Kranjec 400 3 Johann André Forfang 3484 Kenneth Gangnes 3055 Noriaki Kasai 2486 Severin Freund 2477 Stefan Kraft 2398 Michael Hayböck 2279 Daniel-André Tande 17910 Andreas Stjernen 177
Four Hills Tournament Rankafter 4 eventsPoints1 Peter Prevc () 1139.42 Severin Freund 1112.93 Michael Hayböck 1081.6 4 Kenneth Gangnes 1073.55 Stefan Kraft 1036.2 6 J. André Forfang 1035.57 Noriaki Kasai 1013.2 8 Anders Fannemel 1010.19 Richard Freitag 1001.410 Andreas Wank 974.4
Women's Individual
Summary Sara Takanashi won her third overall title. She won 14 out of 17 events in held in the season and secured the title several events before the end.
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz finished second, while Maja Vtič finished third. No team events for women or mixed team events were scheduled this season. Since the last two events of the season were cancelled due to lack of snow, the award ceremony took place in Planica, together with men's.
Calendar DatePlace (Hill)SizeWinnerSecondThirdOverall leader 6114 December 2015 Lillehammer(Lysgårdsbakken HS100) Sara Takanashi Maja Vtič Maren Lundby Sara Takanashi 62212 December 2015 Nizhny Tagil(Tramplin Stork HS97) N 058 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Sara Takanashi Eva Pinkelnig 63313 December 2015 N 059 Sara Takanashi Yūki Itō Chiara Hölzl 64416 January 2016 Sapporo(Miyanomori HS100)N 060 Sara Takanashi Ema Klinec Daniela Iraschko-Stolz 65517 January 2016 N 061 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz J. Seifriedsberger 66622 January 2016 Zaō(Yamagata HS106)N 062 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Maja Vtič 67723 January 2016 N 063 Sara Takanashi Maja Vtič Ema Klinec 68830 January 2016 Oberstdorf(Schattenberg HS106) N 064 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Ema Klinec 69931 January 2016N 065 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Maren Lundby 70104 February 2016 Oslo(Holmenkollbakken HS134) Sara Takanashi Maren Lundby Irina Avvakumova 71116 February 2016 Hinzenbach(Aigner-Schanze HS94)N 066 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Maren Lundby 72127 February 2016 N 067 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz J. Seifriedsberger 731313 February 2016 Ljubno(Savina HS95)N 068 Maja Vtič Sara Takanashi Špela Rogelj 741414 February 2016 N 069 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Maja Vtič Chiara Hölzl 751519 February 2016 Lahti(Salpausselkä HS100) N 070 Sara Takanashi Maja Vtič Yūki Itō 761627 February 2016 Almaty(Sunkar HS106) N 071 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Jacqueline Seifriedsberger 771728 February 2016 N 072 Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Maja Vtič 5 March 2016 Râșnov(Trambulina Valea HS100)N cnxcancelled due to warm weather and lack of snow; since season final can't be rescheduled,women's crystal globe and nations cup trophy were awarded at men's final in Planica — 6 March 2016 N cnx 5th FIS World Cup Women's Overall(4 December 2015 – 6 March 2016) Sara Takanashi Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Maja VtičWorld Cup Overall
Standings
Overall Rankafter 17 eventsPoints1 Sara Takanashi 16102 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz 11393 Maja Vtič 9084 J. Seifriedsberger 6955 Chiara Hölzl 6326 Maren Lundby 5867 Irina Avvakumova 5728 Yūki Itō 5059 Ema Klinec 426 10 Špela Rogelj 415
Nations Cup