The 63rd Four Hills Tournament 2014/15 was a series of ski jumping competitions held by the FIS between December 27, 2014 and January 6, 2015 as part of the Ski Jumping World Cup 2014/15 . The defending champion was the Austrian Thomas Diethart . As every year, the competition venues were the ski jumps in Oberstdorf , Garmisch-Partenkirchen , Innsbruck and Bischofshofen . As for all World Cup competitions, there were also World Cup points for the jumpers for the four stages of the tour. The overall ranking was won by Stefan Kraft , which is the seventh time in a rowWolfgang Loitzl (2008/09), Andreas Kofler (2009/10), Thomas Morgenstern (2010/11), Gregor Schlierenzauer (2011/12 and 2012/13) and also Thomas Diethart (2013/14) an Austrian ski jumper . Overall it was the 16th tour victory for Austria.
Apron
Before the Four Hills Tournament, nine individual competitions were completed in the World Cup. The season began at the end of November 2014 in Klingenthal, Germany .
Overall World Cup before the Four Hills Tournament
Nominee athletes
The number of athletes a nation is allowed to start depends on the results achieved in the World Cup. Germany and Austria, as the host nations, may also send a national group with six other jumpers to the start in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) and Innsbruck and Bischofshofen (Austria).
A total of 88 athletes from 19 nations took part in the 63rd Four Hills Tournament (the number of athletes per nation in brackets):
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Athletes
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Germany Germany (13) |
Markus Eisenbichler , Richard Freitag , Severin Freund , Marinus Kraus , Stephan Leyhe , Michael Neumayer , Daniel Wenig ; in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Sebastian Bradatsch , Tim Fuchs , Karl Geiger , Martin Hamann , Andreas Wank , Paul Winter
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Austria Austria (13) |
Thomas Diethart (defending champion), Manuel Fettner , Michael Hayböck , Andreas Kofler , Stefan Kraft , Manuel Poppinger , Gregor Schlierenzauer ; in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen: Clemens Aigner , Florian Altenburger , Daniel Huber , Markus Schiffner , Elias Tollinger , Ulrich Wohlgenannt
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Bulgaria Bulgaria (1) |
Vladimir Sografski
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Estonia Estonia (2) |
Martti Nõmme , Siim-Tanel Sammelselg
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Finland Finland (4) |
Lauri Asikainen , Anssi Koivuranta , Jarkko Määttä , Sami Niemi
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France France (2) |
Vincent Descombes Sevoie , Ronan Lamy Chappuis
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Greece Greece (1) |
Nico Polychronidis (except in Bischofshofen)
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Italy Italy (3) |
Davide Bresadola , Federico Cecon , Daniele Varesco
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Japan Japan (6) |
Daiki Itō , Noriaki Kasai , Junshirō Kobayashi , Kento Sakuyama , Reruhi Shimizu , Taku Takeuchi
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Canada Canada (1) |
Matthew Rowley
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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (2) |
Marat Schaparow , Konstantin Sokolenko
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Norway Norway (7) |
Anders Bardal , Anders Fannemel , Johann André Forfang , Anders Jacobsen , Phillip Sjøen , Daniel-André Tande , Rune Velta
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Poland Poland (8) |
Dawid Kubacki , Kamil Stoch , Aleksander Zniszczoł , Piotr Żyła ; in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Klemens Murańka , Jan Ziobro ; in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen: Krzysztof Biegun , Bartłomiej Kłusek
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Russia Russia (4) |
Vladislav Bojarinzew , Ilmir Chasetdinow , Mikhail Maximotschkin , Dmitri Wassiljew
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Switzerland Switzerland (4) |
Simon Ammann ; in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen: Gregor Deschwanden , Gabriel Karlen ; in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck: Killian Peier
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Slovenia Slovenia (7) |
Jernej Damjan , Nejc Dežman , Robert Kranjec , Peter Prevc , Matjaž Pungertar ; in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Anže Lanišek ; in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen: Rok Justin
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Korea South South Korea (3) |
Choi Seou ; in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Choi Heung-chul ; in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen: Kim Hyun-ki
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Czech Republic Czech Republic (5) |
Jakub Janda , Roman Koudelka , Jan Matura ; in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Antonín Hájek ; in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen: Lukáš Hlava
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United States United States (2) |
Nicholas Alexander , Nicholas Fairall
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Former tour winners Wolfgang Loitzl ( Austria ; winner 2008/09) and Janne Ahonen ( Finland ; 1998/99, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08) were not eligible for the tour due to declining performance in the World Cup nominated.
Venues
Oberstdorf
Germany Erdinger Arena (Große Schattenbergschanze, HS 137)
The qualification for the opening competition of the 63rd Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf took place on December 27, 2014. The competition planned for December 28, 2014 had to be canceled after eleven jumpers in the first round after numerous postponements and interruptions due to snowfall and strong wind and was held on the following day.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany Great Olympic Hill (HS140)
The qualification for the second competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the so-called New Year’s competition , took place on December 31, 2014. The competition took place on January 1st, 2015.
Tour intermediate result
Taking into account the results of Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the following intermediate result was obtained in the overall tour ranking (the ten best jumpers are listed):
innsbruck
Austria Bergiselschanze (HS130)
The qualification for the third competition in Innsbruck took place on January 3rd, 2015. The competition took place on January 4th, 2015. In this, the hill record set by Sven Hannawald , which was 134.5 m, was exceeded twice. In the first round, the Austrian Stefan Kraft reached a distance of 137.0 m, before Michael Hayböck (also Austria) jumped one meter further to 138.0 m in the second round, but reached into the snow with his left hand.
Tour intermediate result
After the first three stops of the Four Hills Tournament, Austrian Stefan Kraft already had a lead of over 20 points in first place. Taking into account the results of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck, the following intermediate result was obtained in the overall tour ranking (the ten best jumpers are listed):
Bischofshofen
Austria Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze (HS140)
The qualification for the final, fourth competition in Bischofshofen, traditionally also called Dreikönigsspringen , took place on January 5th, 2015. This and the previous training was overshadowed by the fall of several jumpers. The US American Nicholas Fairall had the worst fall, sustaining a spinal injury and having to undergo emergency surgery that same evening. The competition took place on January 6, 2015.
1 In the second round of the competition, the Swiss Simon Ammann could not safely stand a jump to 136.0 m and then fell heavily. The following day, it was revealed that he had suffered a severe concussion and severe bruises on his face.
Tour final score
Overall ranking of the 63rd Four Hills Tournament
After all four jumps, the points of the jumpers from all four jumps were added. The jumper with the highest number of points is the overall winner of the tour.
Overall World Cup after the Four Hills Tournament
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ Current information before the Four Hills Tournament ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the Four Hills Tournament. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
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↑ Start list of the qualification in Oberstdorf
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↑ Start list of the qualification in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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↑ Start list for the qualification in Innsbruck
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↑ Start list of the qualification in Bischofshofen
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↑ Nick Fairall suffers a back injury ( memento of the original from January 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vierschanzentournee.com
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↑ Simon Ammann: Severe concussion and contusions , nzz.ch, January 7, 2015.
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