Nordic Combined World Cup 2020/21

World Cup 2020/21
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup
Nations ranking
Best runner
Best jumper
Ruka Opening		-
Nordic Combined Triple		-
Competitions
Venues	12	03
Individual competitions	24	05
Team competitions	03	0-
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The World Cup season 2020/21 the Nordic Combined (official sponsors Name: Viessmann FIS World Cup ) to November 27, 2020 Ruka start and expected to be on March 21, 2020 Schonach end. The season for the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf will be interrupted from February 23 to March 7, 2021.

This winter, for the first time, a women's series, which includes five competitions, will be held. The American Tara Geraghty-Moats is the favorite for the season. The top favorite and defending champion in the men's category is Jarl Magnus Riiber who has dominated the past two seasons .

Below the World Cup, the Nordic Combined Continental Cup 2020/21 will be the second highest competition series of the winter.

Venues

Ruka Lillehammer Otepää Klingenthal Lahti Oslo

Location of the venues in Europe

Ramsau Val di Fiemme Chaux-Neuve Seefeld Schonach

Venues in the Alps, the Jura and the Black Forest

Beijing

Location of the venue in Asia

Men's

World Cup overview

date	venue	discipline	winner	Second	Third	Yellow jersey
Ruka Opening
11/27/2020	Ruka	HS 142/5 km
11/28/2020		HS 142/10 km
11/29/2020		HS 142/10 km
Overall rating
05.12.2020	Lillehammer	HS 98/10 km
December 06, 2020		HS 140/10 km
12/12/2020	still open	HS? /? km
12/13/2020		HS? /? km
December 19, 2020	Ramsau	HS 98/10 km
December 20, 2020		HS 98/10 km
01/02/2021	Otepää	HS 97/10 km
03/01/2021		HS 97/10 km
01/09/2021	Chaux-Neuve	HS 115/10 km
01/10/2021		HS 115/10 km
January 16, 2021	Val di Fiemme	HS 104/10 km
January 17, 2021		Team sprint HS 104/2 × 7.5 km
January 18, 2021		HS 104/10 km
01/23/2021	Lahti	HS 130/10 km
01/24/2021		Team sprint HS 130/2 × 7.5 km
Nordic Combined Triple (half World Cup points for the first two stages, double World Cup points for the last stage)
01/29/2021	Seefeld	HS 109/5 km
01/30/2021		HS 109/10 km
01/31/2021		HS 109/15 km
02/06/2021	Klingenthal	HS 140/10 km
02/07/2021		HS 140/10 km
02/13/2021	Beijing	HS 140/10 km
02/14/2021		Team HS 140/4 × 5 km
02/20/2021	still open	HS? /? km
02/21/2021		HS? /? km
23 February to 7 March 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 in Oberstdorf
03/12/2021	Oslo	HS 134/10 km
03/13/2021		HS 134/10 km
March 20, 2021	Schonach	HS 100/10 km
03/21/2021		HS 100/15 km

Ladies

World Cup overview

date	venue	discipline	Winner	Second	third	Yellow jersey
December 4th, 2020	Lillehammer	HS 98/5 km
05.12.2020		HS 98/5 km
01/02/2021	Otepää	HS 97/5 km
03/01/2021		HS 97/5 km
March 20, 2021	Schonach	HS 100/5 km

Squad

Men's

Germany

The DSV announced its squad allocation for the 2020/21 season in May 2020. The athletes were divided into five course groups. In addition to course groups 1a, 1b and 2a and the support team, 18 athletes were also nominated for course group 2b. After the 2019/20 season there were personnel changes in the coaching team, so that the previous jumping coach Ronny Ackermann was replaced by Heinz Kuttin .

Course group 1a	Course group 1b	Course group 2a	Support squad
Surname Manuel Faisst Eric Frenzel Vincent Geiger Fabian Riessle Johannes Rydzek Jakob Lange Julian Schmid Terence Weber	Surname Martin Hahn Simon Hüttel Luis Lehnert David Mach Justin Moczarski Nick Siegemund Wendelin Thannheimer Tim Kopp Jonas Maier Maximilian Pfordte Christian Frank	Surname Jakob Fischer Jan Andersen Lenard Kersting Simon Mach Pirmin Maier David Brueckl Hannes Gehring Pepe Schula Tristan Sommerfeldt Finn support	Surname Aaron Uhrmann

• National coach: Hermann Weinbuch , chief technician: Enrico Heisig , Ralf Adloff
• Trainer course group 1a: Heinz Kuttin , Kai Bracht , technician: Janis Morweiser
• Head coach of course group 1b: Constantin Kreiselmeyer , assistants: Björn Kircheisen , Florian Aichinger , technician: Roland Schmidt
• Head trainer of course group 2a: Frank Erlbeck , assistant: Thomas Krause , technician: Mathias Robl

Austria

The ÖSV announced its squad allocation for the 2020/21 season in Innsbruck at the beginning of May 2020. The athletes were divided into four squads. The line-up of the national team has not changed compared to the previous season. Paul Gerstgraser ended his career.

National team	A-team	B team	C team
Surname Martin Fritz Lukas Greiderer Bernhard Gruber Lukas Klapfer Franz-Josef Rehrl Mario Seidl	Surname Manuel Einkemmer Thomas Jöbstl Johannes Lamparter Philipp Orter	Surname Fabian Hafner Florian Kolb Samuel Mraz Fabio Obermeyr Marc-Luis Rainer Severin Reiter Stefan Rettenegger Thomas Rettenegger Max Teeling Dominik Terzer	Surname Sebastian Brandner Samuel Lev Stefan Peer Nicolas Pfandl Nico Rathgeb Paul Walcher

• Head coach: Christoph Eugen
• Group trainer course group II: Thomas Baumann , assistant: Wilhelm Denifl

Switzerland

After Switzerland did not set up a squad for Nordic combined in the preseason, one athlete got C-Team status for the 2020/21 season.

C team
Surname Pascal Mueller

Norway

The Norwegian Ski Association announced its squad division in the spring.

Elite layers	Utviklingslag
Surname Jørgen Graabak Jarl Magnus Riiber Espen Bjørnstad Einar Lurås Oftebro Jens Lurås Oftebro Espen Andersen Magnus Krog	Surname Harald Johnas Riiber Lars Ivar Skårset Andreas Skoglund Aleksander Skoglund Simen Tiller Kasper Moen Flatla Jakob Eiksund Sæthre Leif Torbjørn Næsvold Lars Buraas Aleksander Skoglund Sebastian Østvold Marius Solvik Emil Ottesen Simen Kvarstad

• Head coach: Peder Sandell , ski jumping coach: Stian Kvarstad and Tom Hilde , research assistant for cross-country skiing: Jan Schmid

Japan

The Japanese Ski Association only gave Aktito Watabe an A status for the 2020/21 season . The remaining athletes are divided into U40, U25, U23, U20 and U17 according to age categories.

National team A / U40 / U25	U23 team	U20 team	U17 team
Surname Akito Watabe Hideaki Nagai Yoshito Watabe Go Yamamoto Ryota Yamamoto	Surname Yoshihiro Kimura Sora Yachi Sakutaro Kobayashi	Surname Yuki Chiba Kodai Kimura Shogo Azegami Yūya Yamamoto Yūto Nishikata	Surname Takuya Nakazawa Daiki Chiba Taiga Onozawa

• Head coach: Takanori Kōno , assistant: Takashi Kitamura
• U20 coach: Tomoki Satō

Finland

The Finnish Ski Association nominated six athletes in the "Maajoukkue" in mid-May. In addition, three more groups were formed in July.

National team	Haastajaryhmä	Junior team
Surname Ilkka Herola Eero Hirvonen Will Karhumaa Leevi Mutru Arttu Mäkiaho Perttu Reponen	Surname Atte kettuns Olli Salmela Jesse Pääkkönen	Surname Otto Niittykoski Waltteri Karhumaa Rasmus Ähtävä Timi Heiskanen Herman Happonen Arsi Tietäväinen

• Head trainer: Petter Kukkonen , jumping trainer : Falko Krismayr , technician: Janne Ahonen
• Head coach junior and challenger squad : Antti Kuisma and Jouni Kaitainen

Italy

The Italian ski association FISI announced its cadre division in mid-May. Ivo Pertile will lead both the men's and women's teams. Moreover pushes Danny Winkelmann to coach team of men to Ivan Lunardi and Pietro Frigo it. Lukas Runggaldier ended his career. In addition to the four listed cadres, Giulio Bezzi belongs to the "Gruppo Osservati".

World cup team	A-team	B team	Junior team
Surname Samuel Costa Aaron Kostner Alessandro Pittin Raffaele Buzzi	Surname Iacopo Bartolas Stefano Radovan Domenico Mariotti	Surname Manuel Facchini	Surname Luca Libener Manuel Senoner Bryan Venturini

• Head coach: Ivo Pertile , coach: Danny Winkelmann , Ivan Lunardi , cross-country skiing coach : Pietro Frigo
• Trainer B- and C-Team: Andrea Bezzi

France

The French ski association FFS announced its cadre division in May. After a good season, Laurent Muhlethaler was promoted to the A-Team.

A-team	B team	Junior team	Coéquipier
Surname Antoine Gerard Laurent Muhlethaler	Surname Mattéo Baud Gaël Blondeau Maël Tyrode Edgar Vallet	Surname Nils Gouy Marco Heinis Tom Michaud Tom Rochat	Surname Samy Claret tournament Théo Rochat

• Director: Jérôme Laheurte , Trainer: Alex Mougin

United States

USA Nordic announced its cadre division back in April. The squad has been reduced from four to a men's national team and a junior national team. Jed Hinkley became the new sports director. At the end of June, the USA signed Chris Gilbertson as a ski jumping coach.

National team	Junior National Team
Surname Taylor Fletcher Ben Loomis Jared Shumate Jasper Good Stephan Schumann Grant Andrews Niklas Malacinski	Surname Aidan Ripp Beckett Ledger Bennet Gamber Carter Brubaker Evan Nichols Gunnar Gilbertson Henry Johnstone Tate Frantz Zach Selzman

• Head coach: Nick Hendrickson , ski jumping coach: Chris Gilbertson

Slovenia

The Slovenian A-team has been expanded to include two athletes with Rok Jelen . As part of the squad announcement, the financial report was also published, according to which the association closed the last season with a loss of around 100,000 euros due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

A-team	B team	Youth team
Surname Vid Vrhovnik Rok Jelen	Surname Ožbej Jelen Gašper Brecl	Surname Uroš Vrbek Matic Hladnik

• Head coach: Goran Janus , assistants: Gašper Berlot and Anže Obreza

Russia

The Russian Ministry of Sports approved the following cadres for the 2019/20 season: Alexander Paschajew announced the end of his career a few weeks later.

A-team	B team
Surname Ernest Jachin Vitaly Ivanov Dmitri Gelwig Konstantin Abramov Vitaly Sharshavin Alexander Milanin	Surname Alexander Pashaev Vyacheslav Barkov Timofei Borisov Alexander Kolganov Ivan Pronin

• Coach: Sergei Chervyakov , Anton Kalinichenko , Mikhail Botvinov

Ukraine

The Ukrainian national team for the 2020/21 season consists of five athletes. The list of candidates for the 2022 Winter Olympics is currently headed by Viktor Passitschnyk, followed by Dmytro Masurchuk .

Main squad	Juniors
Surname Vitaly Hrebenjuk Dmytro Masurchuk Viktor Passichnyk Ivan Pylyptschuk Oleksandr Schumbarez	Surname Artem Kuzewitsch Ivan Pylyptschuk Maxym Prokopyuk Wassyl Savchyn Ruslan Schumanskyj Valentyn Yashchuk

• Head coach: Mykola Koslow , assistants: Ruslan Balanda , Petro Henyk

Poland

The Polish Ski Association PZN nominated only one athlete, Szczepan Kupczak, for the A-Team. This was also due to the fact that with Adam Cieślar , Paweł Twardosz and Wojciech Marusarz three athletes ended their careers. For this reason, Kupczak has been training with the Czech national team since the preparations for the 2020/21 season. The youth will continue to be trained in Poland by Tomisław Tajner . Also Piotr Kudzia joined the training group.

A-team	Junior team
Surname Szczepan Kupczak	Surname Andrzej Szczechowicz Mateusz Jarosz Bartłomiej Klimowski Adam Skupień Maciej Gasenica ciaptak

• Head coach junior squad: Tomisław Tajner , assistant: Mariusz Hluchnik

South Korea

The South Korean national team consists only of Park Je-un . The South Koreans are also currently lacking athletes in the youth sector.

National team
Surname Park Je-un

• Coach: Jukka Ylipulli

Ladies

Germany

In May 2020, the DSV announced the first squad division in its history for the women's Nordic combined. Six athletes were nominated for the 2020/21 season. The date in the Ski Jumping World Cup active Svenja Würth joined the Nordic combined.

Course group 1
Surname Svenja Würth Sophia Maurus Maria Gerboth Jenny Nowak Emilia Görlich Cindy Haasch

• Head trainer: Klaus Edelmann , assistant: Nico Reichenberger

Austria

The ÖSV announced its squad allocation for the 2020/21 season in Innsbruck at the beginning of May 2020. The athletes were divided into three squads, none of which was appointed to the national team.

National squad	A-team	B team	C team
Surname -	Surname Lisa Hirner	Surname Sigrun Kleinrath	Surname Eva Hubinger Laura Pletz Anja Rathgeb Annalena Slamik

• Head coach: Bernhard Aicher , trainer: Esther Steindl

Switzerland

The Swiss Ski Association did not put together a team for the coming season.

Norway

The Norwegian Ski Association announced its cadre division in spring.

Elite layers	Utviklingslag
Surname Gyda Westvold Hansen Mari Leinan Lund Marte Leinan Lund	Surname Ida Marie Hagen Hanna Midtsundstad Oda Leiråmo Mathilde Oustad Thea Øihaugen Mille Marie Hagen Nora Midtsundstad

• Head coach: Thomas Kjelbotn

Japan

The Japanese Ski Association nominated eight athletes for the 2020/21 season.

U23 team	U20 team
Surname Anju Nakamura Ami Sawaya Yura Murakami Yuzuki Shimizu	Surname Sana Azegami Ayane Miyazaki Yuna Kasai Haruka Kasai

• Head Coach: Kazuyoshi Yamada

Finland

The Finnish Ski Association announced Project 2026 in July 2020.

Project 2026
Surname Alva Thors Annamaija Aries Minja Korhonen Nonna Laitinen Hertta Luoma Julia Äikiä Selina Kaehkonen

• Head coach: Lasse Moilanen , ski jumping coach: Falko Krismayr

Italy

The Italian ski association FISI announced its cadre division in mid-May.

World cup team	A-team	B team	Junior team
Surname Daniela Dejori Annika Sieff Veronica Gianmoena	Surname -	Surname Greta Pinzani Martina Zanitzer	Surname Camilla Henni Comazzi Asia Marcato Lena Prinoth

• Head coach: Ivo Pertile , coach: Francesco Benetti

France

The French ski association FFS announced its cadre division in May.

A-team	B team
Surname -	Surname Léna Brocard

• Director: Jérôme Laheurte

United States

USA Nordic announced its cadre division back in April. At the head of the team is the favorite Tara Geraghty-Moats . In May USA Nordic announced the appointment of the Czech Jan Matura as the new coach of the Nordic combined women.

National team	Junior National Team
Surname Tara Geraghty-Moats Annika Malacinski Tess Arnone Alexa Brabec	Surname Charlotte Ripp Aspen Bennett-Manke

• Head coach: Jan Matura

Slovenia

In May, the Slovenian Ski Association announced the squad allocation for the 2020/21 season.

A-team	Youth team
Surname -	Surname Ema Volavšek Silva Verbič

Russia

The Russian Ministry of Sports approved the following cadres for the 2019/20 season:

A-team	B team
Surname Stefanija Nadymova Anastassija Goncharova Alexandra Glazunova Svetlana Gladikova Glafira Noskowa	Surname Chulpan Valiyeva Maria Yakovleva

• Trainer: Denis Tischagin , Vyacheslav Luchankin , Assistant: Alexander Voronin
• Trainer junior women: Nijas Nabejew

Ukraine

Ukraine only listed two juniors born in February 2007 for the 2020/21 season.

Main squad	Juniors
Surname -	Surname Shanna Hluchowa Oksana Hruschizka

• Coach: AA Karpenko

See also

• Continental Cup of Nordic Combined 2020/21

Web links

• FIS database - results
• FIS database - tables

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIS: Draft: Viessmann FIS Nordic Combined World Cup 2020/21 Men, published on October 7, 2019 , accessed on March 8, 2020 (English)
2. ↑ FIS: Draft: FIS Nordic Combined World Cup 2020/21 Women, published on October 7, 2019 , accessed on March 8, 2020 (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Kader Deutscher Skiverband 2020/2021 , on weltcup-willingen.de, from May 15, 2020. Accessed on August 4, 2020.
4. ↑ ^{a b} German teams 20/21 announced - Würth changes to Nordic Combined. In: fis-ski.com. Fédération Internationale de Ski , May 14, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Personnel changes in the Nordic DSV disciplines , on deutscherskiverband.de, from May 12, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020.
6. ↑ ^{a b} The ÖSV squad for the 2020/21 season has been determined , on oesv.at, from May 4, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020.
7. ^ Paul Gerstgraser ends his career. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , May 11, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Combiner meeting in Eisenerz , on oesv.at, from June 19, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020.
9. ↑ Pascal Müller with C-Team status in Switzerland. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , April 9, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Landslag combined 2020-2021. In: skiforbundet.no. Retrieved August 5, 2020 (Norwegian). 
11. ↑ Norway nominates teams for 2020/21. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , May 25, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Trenerteamet. In: skiforbundet.no. Retrieved August 5, 2020 (Norwegian). 
13. ↑ ^{a b} 2020/2021 シ ー ズ ン. In: ski-japan.or.jp. Retrieved on August 6, 2020 (jp). 
14. ↑ Finland nominates six athletes to national team. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , May 14, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b} Finland sets up “Project 2026” women's development team. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , July 20, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b c} La composizione delle squadre di combinata nordica per la stagione 2020/21. In: fisi.org. Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali, May 15, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 (Italian). 
17. ↑ Italy names teams - Winkelmann returns to train men. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , May 21, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
18. ^ Runggaldier (ITA) and Søtvik (NOR) hang up their skis. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , June 8, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
19. ↑ ^{a b} Equipes de France 2020-2021 - Saut et Combiné Nordique. In: ffs.fr. Fédération Française de Ski, May 12, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 (French). 
20. ↑ ^{a b} Geraghty-Moats and Fletcher headline USA Nordic teams 2020/21. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , April 20, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
21. ^ Olympian Hinkley named new USA Nordic Sports Director. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , May 21, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
22. ^ Gilbertson returns to coaching with USA Nordic. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , June 29, 2020, accessed on August 6, 2020 . 
23. ↑ ^{a b} Slovenian teams 2020/21 named. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , June 15, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
24. ↑ Odbor za skoke in nordijsko Kombinacijo o ekipah, poročilih in načrtih. In: sloski.si. Smučarska zveza Slovenije, May 11, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 (Slovenian). 
25. ↑ ^{a b} Squad list Russia Nordic Combined Season 2020/21 , on minsport.gov.ru, from May 29, 2020. Accessed on August 5, 2020 (PDF) (Russian).
26. ↑ ^{a b} Russian teams 2020/21 nominated. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , June 19, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
27. ↑ Alexander Pashaev retires, Dmitry Gelvig sustains serious injury. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , July 27, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
28. ↑ ^{a b} СКЛАД НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ЗБІРНОЇ КОМАНДИ УКРАЇНИ НА 2020-2021 РІК З ЛИЖНОГО ДВОБОРСТВА. In: dsmsu.gov.ua. May 28, 2020, accessed August 6, 2020 (Ukrainian).  (PDF)
29. ↑ МІНІСТЕРСТВО МОЛОДІ ТА СПОРТУ УКРАЇНИ - Лижне двоборство. In: dsmsu.gov.ua. Retrieved August 6, 2020 (Ukrainian).  (PDF)
30. ↑ Cieslar, Marusarz and Twardosz end their careers. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , May 10, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
31. ↑ Anna Karczewska: Szczepan Kupczak rozpoczął treningi for Reprezentacja Czech. In: pzn.pl. Polski Związek Narciarski, June 8, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 (Polish). 
32. ↑ Athletes. In: ski.sports.or.kr. Retrieved August 6, 2020 (Korean). 
33. ^ Austrian women's team meets for camp in Villach and Planica. In: fis-ski.com. Fédération Internationale de Ski , August 19, 2020, accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
34. ↑ Esther Steindl , on oesv.at, accessed on August 4, 2020.
35. ↑ Italy invests in women's team ahead of World Cup start. In: fis-ski.com. FIS , May 21, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
36. ^ Matura Named Women's Nordic Combined Head Coach. In: usanordic.org. USA Nordic, May 25, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 .