The 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 41st official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women.
The season began on 26 November 2021 in Ruka, Finland and was scheduled to conclude with the World Cup Finals on 18–20 March 2022 in Tyumen, Russia. But after the Russian invasion of Ukraine FIS announced that the World Cup Finals would be cancelled or moved. As a result, the final competition was the mixed team events on 13 March 2022 in Falun, Sweden. The season featured a break in February for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIS decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.
Men
Calendar +Key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 11 Ruka Sprint C Alexander Terentyev Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Erik Valnes Alexander Terentyev 22 15 km C Iivo Niskanen Aleksey Chervotkin Alexander Bolshunov Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 33 15 km F Pursuit Alexander Bolshunov Sergey Ustiugov Artem Maltsev Alexander Bolshunov 44 Lillehammer Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Thomas Helland Larsen Richard Jouve Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 55 15 km F Simen Hegstad Krüger Hans Christer Holund Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 66 Davos Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Sergey Ustiugov Richard Jouve 77 15 km F Simen Hegstad Krüger Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Sergey Ustiugov 88 Dresden Sprint F Håvard Solås Taugbøl Federico Pellegrino Lucas Chanavat 9 Lenzerheide Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Richard Jouve Lucas Chanavat Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 10 15 km C Iivo Niskanen Alexander Bolshunov Pål Golberg 11 Oberstdorf 15 km F Mass Start Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alexander Bolshunov Sjur Røthe 12 Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Erik Valnes Pål Golberg 13 Val di Fiemme 15 km C Mass Start Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Iivo Niskanen Aleksey Chervotkin 14 10 km F Mass Start Climb Sjur Røthe Denis Spitsov Friedrich Moch 916th Tour de Ski Overall (28 December 2021 – 4 January 2022) Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alexander Bolshunov Iivo Niskanen Les Rousses Sprint FCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicBREAKING: Les Rousses (FRA) World Cup cancelled 15 km F 15 km C Pursuit Planica Sprint CCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicBREAKING: FIS World Cup events Planica (SLO) cancelled 30 km Skiathlon2022 Winter Olympics (6–19 February)1015 Lahti Sprint F Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Lucas Chanavat Sindre Bjørnestad Skar Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 1116 15 km C Iivo Niskanen Johannes Høsflot Klæbo William Poromaa 1217 Drammen Sprint C Richard Jouve Wang Qiang Lucas Chanavat 1318 Oslo 50 km C Mass Start Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Sjur Røthe Didrik Tønseth 1419 Falun Sprint C Richard Jouve Joni Mäki Lucas Chanavat 1520 15 km F Didrik Tønseth Calle Halfvarsson Harald Østberg Amundsen Tyumen Sprint FCancelled due to the Russian invasion of UkraineFalun arrangerer verdenscupfinalen 15 km F Mass Start 15 km C Pursuit2021–22 World Cup Finals (18–20 March 2022)
Men's relay +Key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 1 Lillehammer 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F 2 Dresden Team Sprint F 2022 Winter Olympics (13 February)
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 23 eventsPoints Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 1375 2. Alexander Bolshunov 878 3. Iivo Niskanen 744 4. Richard Jouve 614 5. Erik Valnes 559 6. Didrik Tønseth 527 7. Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 501 8. Harald Østberg Amundsen 493 9. Pål Golberg 489 10. Lucas Chanavat 461
Distance Rankafter all 12 eventsPoints Iivo Niskanen 493 2. Alexander Bolshunov 418 3. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 413 4. Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 399 5. Didrik Tønseth 383 6. Sjur Røthe 316 7. Aleksey Chervotkin 307 8. Simen Hegstad Krüger 304 9. Harald Østberg Amundsen 300 10. Hans Christer Holund 291
Sprint Rankafter all 10 eventsPoints Richard Jouve 568 2. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 562 3. Lucas Chanavat 461 4. Federico Pellegrino 330 5. Håvard Solås Taugbøl 324 6. Alexander Terentyev 292 7. Erik Valnes 270 8. Even Northug 251 9. Gleb Retivykh 212 10. Joni Mäki 197
U23 Rankafter all 23 eventsPoints Alexander Terentyev 330 2. Friedrich Moch 213 3. William Poromaa 162 4. JC Schoonmaker 113 5. Valerio Grond 79 6. Ben Ogden 78 7. Håvard Moseby 71 8. Lars Agnar Hjelmeset 58 9. Olivier Léveillé 52 10. Håkon Skaanes 51
Bonus Ranking Rankafter all 4 eventsPoints 1. Iivo Niskanen 99 2. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 75 3. Didrik Tønseth 61 4. Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 60 5. Erik Valnes 54 6. Harald Østberg Amundsen 46 7. Pål Golberg 45 8. Hans Christer Holund 43 9. Even Northug 37 10. Andrew Musgrave 35
Prize money Rankafter all 33 payoutsCHF 1. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 176 400 2. Alexander Bolshunov 91 525 3. Iivo Niskanen 74 400 4. Richard Jouve 53 250 5. Erik Valnes 37 000 6. Didrik Tønseth 34 150 7. Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 32 400 8. Simen Hegstad Krüger 30 300 9. Håvard Solås Taugbøl 29 600 10. Lucas Chanavat 28 850
Women
Calendar +Key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow bib 11 Ruka Sprint C Maja Dahlqvist Johanna Hagström Maiken Caspersen Falla Maja Dahlqvist 22 10 km C Frida Karlsson Therese Johaug Katharina Hennig Frida Karlsson 33 10 km F Pursuit Therese Johaug Frida Karlsson Heidi Weng 44 Lillehammer Sprint F Maja Dahlqvist Jessie Diggins Tiril Udnes Weng Maja Dahlqvist 55 10 km F Frida Karlsson Therese Johaug Rosie Brennan Frida Karlsson 66 Davos Sprint F Maja Dahlqvist Nadine Fähndrich Anamarija Lampič 77 10 km F Therese Johaug Jessie Diggins Frida Karlsson 88 Dresden Sprint F Maja Dahlqvist Jonna Sundling Anamarija Lampič Maja Dahlqvist 9 Lenzerheide Sprint F Jessie Diggins Mathilde Myhrvold Anamarija Lampič Maja Dahlqvist 10 10 km C Kerttu Niskanen Ebba Andersson Natalya Nepryayeva 11 Oberstdorf 10 km F Mass Start Jessie Diggins Frida Karlsson Tatiana Sorina Frida Karlsson 12 Sprint C Natalya Nepryayeva Johanna Hagström Johanna Matintalo 13 Val di Fiemme 10 km C Mass Start Natalya Nepryayeva Heidi Weng Krista Pärmäkoski 14 10 km F Mass Start Climb Heidi Weng Ebba Andersson Delphine Claudel Jessie Diggins 916th Tour de Ski Overall (28 December 2021 – 4 January 2022) Natalya Nepryayeva Ebba Andersson Heidi Weng Natalya Nepryayeva Les Rousses Sprint FCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 10 km F 10 km C Pursuit Planica Sprint CCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 15 km Skiathlon2022 Winter Olympics (5–20 February)1015 Lahti Sprint F Jonna Sundling Emma Ribom Maja Dahlqvist Natalya Nepryayeva 1116 10 km C Therese Johaug Natalya Nepryayeva Krista Pärmäkoski 1217 Drammen Sprint C Maiken Caspersen Falla Jonna Sundling Anamarija Lampič 1318 Oslo 30 km C Mass Start Therese Johaug Krista Pärmäkoski Jonna Sundling 1419 Falun Sprint C Jonna Sundling Anamarija Lampič Maja Dahlqvist 1520 10 km F Therese Johaug Jonna Sundling Jessie Diggins Tyumen Sprint FCancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 10 km F Mass Start 10 km C Pursuit2021–22 World Cup Finals (18–20 March 2022)
Women's relay +Key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 1 Lillehammer 4 × 5 km Relay C/F 2 Dresden Team Sprint F 2022 Winter Olympics (12 February)
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 23 eventsPoints Natalya Nepryayeva 973 2. Jessie Diggins 793 3. Ebba Andersson 772 4. Krista Pärmäkoski 763 5. Therese Johaug 735 6. Heidi Weng 704 7. Kerttu Niskanen 695 8. Anamarija Lampič 683 9. Jonna Sundling 649 10. Maja Dahlqvist 645
Distance Rankafter all 12 eventsPoints Therese Johaug 735 2. Frida Karlsson 480 3. Krista Pärmäkoski 475 4. Ebba Andersson 452 5. Heidi Weng 424 6. Kerttu Niskanen 417 7. Katharina Hennig 376 8. Natalya Nepryayeva 365 9. Jessie Diggins 314 10. Rosie Brennan 311
Sprint Rankafter all 10 eventsPoints Maja Dahlqvist 638 2. Anamarija Lampič 506 3. Jonna Sundling 442 4. Jessie Diggins 351 5. Nadine Fähndrich 329 6. Johanna Hagström 322 7. Maiken Caspersen Falla 236 8. Julia Kern 235 9. Mathilde Myhrvold 229 10. Natalya Nepryayeva 208
U23 Rankafter all 23 eventsPoints Frida Karlsson 526 2. Helene Marie Fossesholm 114 3. Kristine Stavås Skistad 92 4. Louise Lindström 86 5. Sophia Laukli 84 6. Novie McCabe 66 7. Veronika Stepanova 65 8. Jasmin Kähärä 59 9. Patrīcija Eiduka 43 10. Flora Dolci 34
Bonus Ranking Rankafter all 4 eventsPoints 1. Kerttu Niskanen 102 2. Mathilde Myhrvold 98 3. Anamarija Lampič 94 4. Natalya Nepryayeva 88 5. Johanna Hagström 84 6. Krista Pärmäkoski 70 7. Jessie Diggins 66 8. Coletta Rydzek 64 9. Therese Johaug 60 10. Tatiana Sorina 51
Prize money Rankafter all 33 payoutsCHF 1. Natalya Nepryayeva 119 450 2. Therese Johaug 87 000 3. Jessie Diggins 76 375 4. Jonna Sundling 72 700 5. Maja Dahlqvist 71 200 6. Ebba Andersson 70 625 7. Krista Pärmäkoski 59 000 8. Heidi Weng 53 050 9. Frida Karlsson 52 025 10. Kerttu Niskanen 39 075
Mixed team +Key: C – Classic / F – FreestyleDatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 1 Falun 4 × 5 km Mixed Relay F (men) (women) 2 Mixed Team Sprint F
Nations Cup
Overall Rankafter all 48 eventsPoints 8207 2. 5436 3. 4861 4. 4214 5. 2874 6. 2566 7. 2449 8. 1901 9. 1737 10. 1082
Men Rankafter all 25 eventsPoints 4859 2. 2903 3. 1962 4. 1773 5. 1454 6. 1221 7. 898 8. 896 9. 677 10. 414
Women Rankafter all 25 eventsPoints 3982 2. 3348 3. 2441 4. 2197 5. 1958 6. 1551 7. 959 8. 841 9. 680 10. 604
Points distribution The table shows the number of points to win in every competition in the 2021/22 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women. Team Sprint and Relay used to count only for Nations Cup but in this season they also made an impact on individual standings, unless it is mixed competition for men and women. Starting this season bonus points will be counted for sprint qualifications. Place1 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 31 - 40 >40 Individual100 80 60 50 45 40 36 32 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Relay (Nations Cup)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 Team Sprint (Nations Cup) Tour de Ski 400 320 240 200 180 160 144 128 116 104 96 88 80 72 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 20 20 20 20 10 5 Stage Tour de Ski50 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 Relay (Individual points)25 20 15 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Team Sprint (Individual points) Bonus points (Mass Start checkpoints)15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sprint Qualifications
Achievements
Only individual events.
First World Cup career victory
Men Alexander Terentyev (22), in his 4th season – the WC 1 (Sprint C) in Ruka; also first podium Håvard Solås Taugbøl (28), in his 9th season – the WC 8 (Sprint F) in Dresden; first podium was 2019–20 WC 5 (Sprint F) in Davos Richard Jouve (27), in his 8th season – the WC 12 (Sprint C) in Drammen; first podium was 2014–15 WC 23 (Sprint F) in Lahti Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget (29), in his 9th season – the WC 13 (50 km Mass Start C) in Oslo; first podium was 2019–20 WC 14 (15 km Pursuit C) in Östersund
Women
First World Cup podium
Men Alexander Terentyev (22), in his 4th season – the WC 1 (Sprint C) in Ruka – 1st place Thomas Helland Larsen (23), in his 3rd season – the WC 4 (Sprint F) in Lillehammer – 2nd place Wang Qiang (28), in his 4th season – the WC 12 (Sprint C) in Drammen – 2nd place Joni Mäki (27), in his 9th season – the WC 14 (Sprint C) in Falun – 2nd place Friedrich Moch (21), in his 3rd season – the WC 9 (10 km Mass Start F) in Val di Fiemme – 3rd place William Poromaa (21), in his 4th season – the WC 11 (15 km C) in Lahti – 3rd place Harald Østberg Amundsen (23), in his 4th season – the WC 15 (15 km F) in Falun – 3rd place
Women