The 1976/77 Cross-Country World Cup was a series of competitions organized by the FIS . The World Cup began on December 18, 1976 in Davos and ended on March 12, 1977 in Oslo . The World Cup was held on a trial basis and therefore unofficially. The athletes in places 1 to 20 received World Cup points (1st place = 26 points, 2nd place = 22 points, 3rd place = 19 points, 4th to 20th place, descending 17 points to 1 point). For the individual evaluation, the best six placements were evaluated for the overall evaluation, there were four discarded results. The overall ranking was won by Thomas Wassberg .