The 2015/16 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 33rd World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 4 December 2015 in Lillehammer, Norway and ended on 6 March 2016 in Schonach, Germany.
Calendar
Men DatePlaceHillDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 28 November 2015 Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 / 10 kmstrong wind; rescheduled to Trondheim 29 November 2015 Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 / 10 kmstrong wind; rescheduled to Lahti 442 1 4–5 December 2015 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS138 / 10 km Fabian Rießle Akito Watabe Ilkka Herola Fabian Rießle443 2 6 December 2015 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 / 10 km Magnus Krog Fabian Rießle Lukas Klapfer444 3 19 December 2015 Ramsau W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98 / 10 km Magnus Moan Magnus Krog Jarl Magnus Riiber Magnus Krog 445 4 20 December 2015 Ramsau W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98 / 10 km Eric Frenzel Jarl Magnus Riiber Manuel Faißt 2 January 2016 Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 / 10 kmlack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to Schonach 3 January 2016 Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 / 10 kmlack of snow and warm temperatures 9 January 2016 Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS106 / 10 kmlack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March446 5 23 January 2016 Chaux-Neuve La Côté Feuillée HS118 / 10 km Eric Frenzel Bernhard Gruber Akito Watabe Fabian Rießle 447 6 24 January 2016 Chaux-Neuve La Côté Feuillée HS118 / 10 km Fabian Rießle Eric Frenzel Akito Watabe 3rd Nordic Combined Triple Overall (29–31 Jan) 448 7 29 January 2016 Seefeld Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze HS109 / 5 km Eric Frenzel Akito Watabe Fabian Rießle Fabian Rießle 449 8 30 January 2016 Seefeld Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze HS109 / 10 km Eric Frenzel Akito Watabe Fabian Rießle Eric Frenzel 450 9 31 January 2016 Seefeld Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze HS109 / 10 km Eric Frenzel Akito Watabe Fabian Rießle 451 10 6 February 2016 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 / 10 km Jarl Magnus Riiber Akito Watabe Eric Frenzel Eric Frenzel 452 11 9 February 2016 Trondheim Granåsen HS140 / 10 km Jørgen Graabak Eric Frenzel Jarl Magnus Riiber 453 12 10 February 2016 Trondheim Granåsen HS140 / 10 km Eric Frenzel Akito Watabe Jørgen Graabak 454 13 19 February 2016 Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 / 10 km Eric Frenzel Akito Watabe Jan Schmid455 14 21 February 2016 Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 / 10 km Fabian Rießle Eric Frenzel Akito Watabe456 15 23 February 2016 Kuopio Puijo HS127 / 10 km Johannes Rydzek Akito Watabe Wilhelm Denifl457 16 27 February 2016 Val di Fiemme Trampolino dal Ben HS134 / 10 km Bernhard Gruber Eric Frenzel Jørgen Graabak458 17 28 February 2016 Val di Fiemme Trampolino dal Ben HS134 / 10 km Magnus Krog Jørgen Graabak Fabian Rießle459 18 5 March 2016 Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS106 / 10 km Eric Frenzel Jan Schmid Akito Watabe 460 19 6 March 2016 Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS106 / 15 km Jørgen Graabak Fabian Rießle Lukas Klapfer
Team DatePlaceHillDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 5 December 2015 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS138 / 4x5 kmstrong wind; replaced with an individual Gundersen 10 January 2016 Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS106 / 4x5 km lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March31 1 20 February 2016 Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 / 2x7.5 kmSprint 32 2 26 February 2016 Val di Fiemme Trampolino dal Ben HS134 / 2x7.5 kmSprint 33 3 4 March 2016 Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS106 / 4x5 km
Standings
Overall RankPoints 1 Eric Frenzel 1389 2 Akito Watabe 1070 3 Fabian Rießle 1064 4 Jørgen Graabak 908 5 Johannes Rydzek 685 6 Magnus Krog 666 7 Bernhard Gruber 618 8 Jan Schmid 595 9 Lukas Klapfer 577 10 Ilkka Herola 373 Final standings after 19 events.
Nations Cup RankPoints 1 4662 2 4317 3 3019 4 1858 5 1100 6 606 7 558 8 440 9 289 10 158 Final standings after 22 events.
Prize money RankCHF 1 Eric Frenzel 102700 2 Fabian Rießle 74840 3 Akito Watabe 71720 4 Jørgen Graabak 63460 5 Magnus Krog 46690 6 Johannes Rydzek 39610 7 Bernhard Gruber 37325 8 Jan Schmid 31730 9 Lukas Klapfer 29550 10 Jarl Magnus Riiber 24750 Final standings after 22 events.
Achievements
First World Cup career victory , 24, in his 7th season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer; first podium was 2011–12 in Oberstdorf , 18, in his 2nd season – the WC 10 in Oslo, first podium was 2014–15 in Seefeld
First World Cup podium , 20, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 1 in Lillehammer , 22, in his 7th season – no. 3 in the WC 4 in Ramsau
Victories in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time) , 8 (31) first places , 3 (3) first places , 2 (3) first places , 2 (3) first places , 1 (25) first place , 1 (6) first place , 1 (6) first place , 1 (1) first place
Retirements
Following are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:
Footnotes
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