The FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2007–08 season in various places in Europe or Canada. The World Cup Finals is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and is held as the last World Cup race weekend of the season. The inaugural World Cup Finals was held in 2008 in Bormio, Italy. As of the 2018–19 season, the World Cup Finals consists of three stages; a sprint, a mass start race and a pursuit.
The first stages was arranged on 14 March 2008 and were won by Claudia Künzel (ladies) and Pietro Piller Cottrer (men). The first overall winners of the World Cup Finals were Virpi Kuitunen and Vincent Vittoz.
Venues Year Venue 2008 Bormio 2009 Stockholm and Falun 2010 Stockholm and Falun 2011 Stockholm and Falun 2012 Stockholm and Falun 2013 Stockholm and Falun 2014 Falun 2015not arranged 2016 Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City, Canmore and Lake Louise 2017 Quebec City 2018 Falun 2019 Quebec City 2020 Canmore Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada 2021 Beijing Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China 2022 Tyumen
Prize money As of the 2018–19 edition, a total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, is awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winners of the World Cup Finals receive CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 are awarded money. CHF 5,000 is given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.
Overall winners Men Year Winner Second Third 2008 Vincent Vittoz Lukáš Bauer Giorgio Di Centa 2009 Dario Cologna Vincent Vittoz Alexander Legkov 2010 Petter Northug Maurice Manificat Marcus Hellner 2011 Petter Northug Finn Hågen Krogh Dario Cologna 2012 Dario Cologna Devon Kershaw Niklas Dyrhaug 2013 Petter Northug Finn Hågen Krogh Martin Johnsrud Sundby 2014 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alex Harvey Alexander Legkov 2015not arranged 2016 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sergey Ustiugov Petter Northug 2017 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alex Harvey Niklas Dyrhaug 2018 Alexander Bolshunov Alex Harvey Dario Cologna 2019 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alex Harvey Alexander Bolshunov 2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in ChinaWomen Year Winner Second Third 2008 Virpi Kuitunen Justyna Kowalczyk Claudia Künzel 2009 Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug Charlotte Kalla 2010 Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla 2011 Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug 2012 Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng Charlotte Kalla 2013 Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Charlotte Kalla 2014 Therese Johaug Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng 2015not arranged 2016 Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2017 Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng Stina Nilsson 2018 Marit Bjørgen Jessie Diggins Sadie Bjornsen 2019 Stina Nilsson Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada 2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China
Records Overall winners Six skiers have won the World Cup Finals two or more times. Marit Bjørgen (NOR) is the only skier to win six times. Petter Northug (NOR) has won the World Cup Finals three times. +Men Wins Skier Editions 3 2010, 2011, 2013 2 2009, 2012 2014, 2016 2017, 2019 1 2008 2018+Women Wins Skier Editions 6 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 2 2014, 2016 1 2008 2009 2019
World Cup points The overall winner are awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 350 points.
Position1 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 Overall 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 Stage 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
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