2018–19 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

The 2018/19 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 36th World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 24 November 2018 in Ruka, Finland and concluded on 17 March 2019 in Schonach, Germany.[1]

Nordic Combined World Cup 2018/19

Winners
Overall	Jarl Magnus Riiber
Lillehammer Tour	Jarl Magnus Riiber
Triple	Mario Seidl
Best Jumper Trophy	Franz-Josef Rehrl
Best Skier Trophy	Alessandro Pittin
Men's team	Norway
Nations Cup	Norway
Competitions
Venues	11
Individual	21
Team	3

Calendar

Men

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
506	1	24 November 2018	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 10 km	Mario Seidl	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Rydzek	Mario Seidl	[2]
507	2	30 November 2018	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS98 / 5 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Eric Frenzel	Franz-Josef Rehrl	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[3]
508	3	1 December 2018	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	10 km   / HS98	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Eric Frenzel	Fabian Rießle		[4]
509	4	2 December 2018	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS140 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Jørgen Graabak	Johannes Rydzek	[5]
1st Lillehammer Tour (30 November – 2 December 2018)						Jarl Magnus Riiber	Eric Frenzel	Jørgen Graabak
510	5	22 December 2018	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Franz-Josef Rehrl	Fabian Rießle	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[6]
511	6	23 December 2018	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Jørgen Graabak	Johannes Rydzek	Fabian Rießle		[7]
512	7	5 January 2019	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS100 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Akito Watabe	Martin Fritz		[8]
513	8	6 January 2019	Otepää	Tehvandi	HS100 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Johannes Rydzek	Akito Watabe		[9]
514	9	11 January 2019	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS135 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Jørgen Graabak	Mario Seidl		[10]
515	10	13 January 2019	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS135 / 10 km	Vinzenz Geiger	Johannes Rydzek	Akito Watabe		[11]
516	11	18 January 2019	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 5 km	Franz-Josef Rehrl	Espen Bjørnstad	Fabian Rießle	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[12]
517	12	19 January 2019	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 10 km	Franz-Josef Rehrl	Akito Watabe	Fabian Rießle		[13]
518	13	20 January 2019	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 15 km	Mario Seidl	Fabian Rießle	Franz-Josef Rehrl		[14]
6th Nordic Combined Triple (18–20 January 2019)
519	14	26 January 2019	Trondheim	Granåsen	HS140 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Magnus Krog	Wilhelm Denifl	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[15]
520	15	27 January 2019	Trondheim	Granåsen	HS140 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Vinzenz Geiger	Jørgen Graabak		[16]
521	16	2 February 2019	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Vinzenz Geiger	Johannes Rydzek		[17]
522	17	3 February 2019	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena	HS140 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Ilkka Herola	Fabian Rießle		[18]
523	18	10 February 2019	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 10 km	Jørgen Graabak	Akito Watabe	Mario Seidl		[19]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 (20 February – 3 March)
524	19	9 March 2019	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	HS134 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Ilkka Herola	Espen Bjørnstad	Jarl Magnus Riiber	[20]
525	20	16 March 2019	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 10 km	Bernhard Gruber	Lukas Greiderer	Jarl Magnus Riiber		[21]
526	21	17 March 2019	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 10 km	Jarl Magnus Riiber	Jan Schmid	Bernhard Gruber		[22]

Men's team

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
41	1	25 November 2018	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 4x5 km   Relay	Germany Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek Vinzenz Geiger Fabian Rießle	Japan Gō Yamamoto Yoshito Watabe Hideaki Nagai Akito Watabe	Norway Jan Schmid Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber Jørgen Graabak	Germany	[23]
42	2	12 January 2019	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS135 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint	Norway I Jan Schmid Jørgen Graabak	Germany I Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek	Germany II Eric Frenzel Vinzenz Geiger		[24]
43	3	9 February 2019	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 2x7.5 km   Sprint	Finland I Eero Hirvonen Ilkka Herola	Norway I Espen Bjørnstad Jørgen Graabak	Austria I Wilhelm Denifl Mario Seidl	Norway	[25]

Standings

Overall Rank after all 21 events Points 1 Jarl Magnus Riiber 1518 2 Akito Watabe 893 3 Franz-Josef Rehrl 841 4 Johannes Rydzek 806 5 Vinzenz Geiger 803 6 Mario Seidl 729 7 Jørgen Graabak 707 8 Fabian Rießle 693 9 Espen Bjørnstad 596 10 Manuel Faißt 485

Best Jumper Trophy Rank after all 21 events Points 1 Franz-Josef Rehrl 1260 2 Jarl Magnus Riiber 1135 3 Mario Seidl 844 4 Yoshito Watabe 814 5 Espen Bjørnstad 750 6 Szczepan Kupczak 713 7 Akito Watabe 697 8 Manuel Faißt 635 9 Gō Yamamoto 583 10 Terence Weber 538

Best Skier Trophy Rank after all 21 events Points 1 Alessandro Pittin 1168 2 Magnus Krog 1068 3 Ilkka Herola 885 4 Vinzenz Geiger 797 5 Fabian Rießle 765 6 Eero Hirvonen 707 7 Johannes Rydzek 670 8 Antoine Gerard 590 9 Bernhard Gruber 577 10 Jørgen Graabak 567

Nations Cup Rank after all 24 events Points 1  Norway 4937 2  Germany 4117 3  Austria 4060 4  Japan 2063 5  Finland 1196 6  France 743 7  Italy 697 8  Poland 345 9  Czech Republic 291 10  United States 111

Prize money Rank after all 25 payouts CHF 1 Jarl Magnus Riiber 120.900 2 Jørgen Graabak 56.710 3 Johannes Rydzek 55.097 4 Vinzenz Geiger 50.120 5 Akito Watabe 48.530 6 Mario Seidl 45.784 7 Fabian Rießle 45.125 8 Franz-Josef Rehrl 44.420 9 Espen Bjørnstad 28.961 10 Eric Frenzel 28.765

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Mario Seidl (AUT), 25, in his 7th season – the WC 1 in Ruka; first podium was 2016–17 in PyeongChang
•  Vinzenz Geiger (GER), 21, in his 4th season – the WC 10 in Val di Fiemme; first podium was 2016–17 in Ramsau
•  Franz-Josef Rehrl (AUT), 25, in his 7th season – the WC 11 in Chaux-Neuve; first podium was the WC2 in Lillehammer

First World Cup podium

•  Franz-Josef Rehrl (AUT), 25, in his 7th season – no. 3 in the WC 2 in Lillehammer
•  Martin Fritz (AUT), 24, in his 7th season – no. 3 in the WC 7 in Otepää
•  Lukas Greiderer (AUT), 25, in his 7th season – no. 2 in the WC 20 in Schonach

Victories in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time)

•  Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR), 12 (13) first places
•  Jørgen Graabak (NOR), 2 (6) first places
•  Franz-Josef Rehrl (AUT), 2 (2) first places
•  Mario Seidl (AUT), 2 (2) first places
•  Johannes Rydzek (GER), 1 (17) first place
•  Bernhard Gruber (AUT), 1 (7) first place
•  Vinzenz Geiger (GER), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:

•  François Braud (FRA)[26]
•  Wilhelm Denifl (AUT)[27]
•  Miroslav Dvořák (CZE)[28]
•  Bernhard Flaschberger (AUT)[29]
•  Maxime Laheurte (FRA)[26]
•  Tom Lubitz (GER)[30]
•  Magnus Moan (NOR)[31]
•  David Pommer (AUT)[32]
•  Paweł Słowiok (POL)[31]
•  David Welde (GER)[33]
•  Jan Schmid (NOR)[34]

References

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32. "Kombination: David Pommer hört mit 25 Jahren auf". fis-ski.com. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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