2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in Åre, Sweden.

Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December 2007, and also took the season title in Super G. Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. repeated as women's overall champion, taking the title by a substantial 384 points over Maria Riesch of Germany. Vonn also repeated as the season downhill champion, and added the season title in Super G.

Being an odd-numbered year, a break in the World Cup schedule was for the biennial World Championships. The 2009 World Championships were held February 2–15 in Val d'Isère, Savoie, France.

No pre-Olympic World Cup alpine events were run at Whistler Mountain, Canada, during the 2009 season. In late February 2008, a women's downhill and super-combined were run on Franz's Run, the women's Olympic course. The most recent men's World Cup events on the Dave Murray Downhill course were held in late February 1995. The World Cup races in North America were switched to the early part of the season in the fall of 1995, and the men's speed events at Whistler were canceled three consecutive years (December 1996-98) due to weather issues, which prompted the switch to Lake Louise in Alberta in December 1999.

Race calendar

Key

DH	Downhill
SG	Super G
GS	Giant Slalom
SL	Slalom
K	Combined (traditional)
SC	Super Combined
T	nations team event

Men

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
26-Oct-2008	Sölden, Austria	GS	Daniel Albrecht	Didier Cuche	Ted Ligety
16-Nov-2008	Levi, Finland	SL	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Bode Miller	Mario Matt
29-Nov-2008	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Peter Fill	Carlo Janka	Hans Olsson
30-Nov-2008		SG	Hermann Maier	John Kucera	Didier Cuche
04-Dec-2008 [1]	Beaver Creek, USA	SC	high snowfall	rescheduled	12-Dec
05-Dec-2008		DH	Aksel Lund Svindal	Marco Buechel	Erik Guay
06-Dec-2008		SG	Aksel Lund Svindal	Hermann Maier	Michael Walchhofer
07-Dec-2008		GS	Benjamin Raich	Ted Ligety	Aksel Lund Svindal
12-Dec-2008	Val d'Isère, France	SC	Benjamin Raich	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Marcel Hirscher
13-Dec-2008		GS	Carlo Janka	Massimiliano Blardone	Gauthier de Tessières
14-Dec-2008 [2]		SL	high winds	rescheduled	22-Dec
19-Dec-2008	Val Gardena, Italy	SG	Werner Heel	Didier Défago	Patrik Jaerbyn
20-Dec-2008		DH	Michael Walchhofer	Bode Miller	Manuel Osborne-Paradis
21-Dec-2008	Alta Badia, Italy	GS	Daniel Albrecht	Ivica Kostelić	Hannes Reichelt
22-Dec-2008		SL	Ivica Kostelić	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Benjamin Raich
28-Dec-2008	Bormio, Italy	DH	Christof Innerhofer	Klaus Kröll	Michael Walchhofer
02-Jan-2009	Moscow, Russia (unofficial promo event)	PSL	Felix Neureuther	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Bode Miller
06-Jan-2009	Zagreb, Croatia	SL	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Ivica Kostelić	Giuliano Razzoli
10-Jan-2009	Adelboden, Switzerland	GS	Benjamin Raich	Massimiliano Blardone	Kjetil Jansrud
11-Jan-2009		SL	Reinfried Herbst	Manfred Pranger	Felix Neureuther
16-Jan-2009	Wengen, Switzerland	SC	Carlo Janka	Peter Fill	Silvan Zurbriggen
17-Jan-2009		DH	Didier Défago	Bode Miller	Marco Sullivan
18-Jan-2009		SL	Manfred Pranger	Reinfried Herbst	Ivica Kostelić
23-Jan-2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	SG	Klaus Kröll	Aksel Lund Svindal	Ambrosi Hoffmann
24-Jan-2009		DH	Didier Défago	Michael Walchhofer	Klaus Kröll
25-Jan-2009		SL	Julien Lizeroux	Jean-Baptiste Grange	Patrick Thaler
25-Jan-2009		K	Silvan Zurbriggen	Ivica Kostelić	Natko Zrnčić-Dim
27-Jan-2009	Schladming, Austria	SL	Reinfried Herbst	Manfred Pranger	Ivica Kostelić
31-Jan-2009	Garmisch, Germany	DH	fog: mid-course	rescheduled	06-Mar
01-Feb-2009		SL	Manfred Mölgg	Giorgio Rocca	Reinfried Herbst
2–15 February	Val d'Isère, France	2009 World Championships
21-Feb-2009	Sestriere, Italy	GS	Didier Cuche	Stephan Görgl	Benjamin Raich
22-Feb-2009		SC	Romed Baumann	Julien Lizeroux	Carlo Janka Christof Innerhofer
28-Feb-2009	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	GS	Ted Ligety	Didier Cuche	Massimiliano Blardone
01-Mar-2009		SL	Julien Lizeroux	Giuliano Razzoli	Felix Neureuther
06-Mar-2009	Kvitfjell, Norway	DH	Manuel Osborne-Paradis	Michael Walchhofer	Aksel Lund Svindal
07-Mar-2009		DH	Klaus Kröll	Michael Walchhofer	Manuel Osborne-Paradis
08-Mar-2009		SG	snowstorm	cancelled
11-Mar-2009	Åre, Sweden	DH	Aksel Lund Svindal	Didier Cuche	Hans Olsson
12-Mar-2009		SG	Werner Heel	Aksel Lund Svindal	Christof Innerhofer
13-Mar-2009		GS	Benjamin Raich	Ted Ligety	Didier Cuche
14-Mar-2009		SL	Mario Matt	Julien Lizeroux	Jean-Baptiste Grange

Ladies

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
25-Oct-2008	Sölden, Austria	GS	Kathrin Zettel	Tanja Poutiainen	Andrea Fischbacher
15-Nov-2008	Levi, Finland	SL	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Pietilä-Holmner	Maria Riesch
29-Nov-2008	Aspen, USA	GS	Tessa Worley	Tanja Poutiainen	Elisabeth Görgl
30-Nov-2008		SL	Šárka Záhrobská	Nicole Hosp	Tanja Poutiainen
05-Dec-2008	Lake Louise, Canada	DH	Lindsey Vonn	Nadia Fanchini	Maria Riesch
06-Dec-2008 [3]		DH	high snowfall	rescheduled	23-Jan
07-Dec-2008		SG	Nadia Fanchini	Fabienne Suter Andrea Fischbacher
13-Dec-2008	La Molina, Spain	GS	Tanja Poutiainen	Manuela Mölgg	Nicole Hosp
14-Dec-2008		SL	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Vonn	Kathrin Zettel
19-Dec-2008	St. Moritz, Switzerland	SC	Anja Pärson	Nicole Hosp	Fabienne Suter
20-Dec-2008		SG	Lara Gut	Fabienne Suter	Nadia Fanchini
21-Dec-2008 [4]		DH	high winds	rescheduled	27-Feb
28-Dec-2008	Semmering, Austria	GS	Kathrin Zettel	Manuela Mölgg	Lara Gut
29-Dec-2008		SL	Maria Riesch	Tanja Poutiainen	Lindsey Vonn
04-Jan-2009	Zagreb, Croatia	SL	Maria Riesch	Nicole Gius	Šárka Záhrobská
10-Jan-2009	Maribor, Slovenia	GS	Tina Maze	Denise Karbon	Kathrin Hölzl
11-Jan-2009		SL	Maria Riesch	Kathrin Zettel	Tanja Poutiainen
17-Jan-2009	Altenmarkt, Austria	SC	Lindsey Vonn	Kathrin Zettel	Anja Pärson
18-Jan-2009		DH	Dominique Gisin Anja Pärson	-	Lindsey Vonn
22-Jan-2009	Cortina, Italy	SG	blizzard	rescheduled	26-Jan
23-Jan-2009		DH	high snowfall	cancelled
24-Jan-2009		DH	Dominique Gisin	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson
25-Jan-2009		GS	Kathrin Zettel	Michaela Kirchgasser	Elisabeth Görgl
26-Jan-2009		SG	Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	Anna Fenninger	Andrea Dettling
30-Jan-2009	Garmisch, Germany	SL	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Riesch	Maruša Ferk
31-Jan-2009 [5]		SG	fog: mid-course	rescheduled	01-Feb
01-Feb-2009		SG	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson	Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
2–15 February	Val d'Isère, France	2009 World Championships
20-Feb-2009	Tarvisio, Italy	SC	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Vonn	Kathrin Zettel
21-Feb-2009		DH	Gina Stechert	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson
22-Feb-2009		SG	Lindsey Vonn	Fabienne Suter	Tina Maze
27-Feb-2009	Bansko, Bulgaria	DH	Fabienne Suter	Andrea Fischbacher	Nadia Fanchini Lindsey Vonn
28-Feb-2009		DH	Andrea Fischbacher	Tina Maze	Fabienne Suter
01-Mar-2009		SG	Lindsey Vonn	Fabienne Suter	Tina Maze
06-Mar-2009	Ofterschwang, Germany	GS	Kathrin Zettel	Elisabeth Görgl	Tanja Poutiainen
07-Mar-2009		SL	Sandrine Aubert	Frida Hansdotter	Nicole Hosp
11-Mar-2009	Åre, Sweden	DH	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Riesch	Renate Götschl
12-Mar-2009		SG	Lindsey Vonn	Nadia Fanchini	Maria Riesch
13-Mar-2009		SL	Sandrine Aubert	Fanny Chmelar	Therese Borssen Šárka Záhrobská
14-Mar-2009		GS	Tina Maze	Tanja Poutiainen	Manuela Moelgg

Team event

Date	Venue	Event	Winner	Second	Third
15-Mar-2009	Åre, Sweden	T	Italy	Austria	Switzerland

Final standings: Men

Names in bold clinched title.

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Aksel Lund Svindal	1009
2.	Benjamin Raich	1007
3.	Didier Cuche	919
4.	Ivica Kostelic	891
5.	Jean-Baptiste Grange	887

Final standings after 36 races

Downhill

Pos.		Points
1.	Michael Walchhofer	470
2.	Klaus Kröll	424
3.	Didier Défago	363
4.	Aksel Lund Svindal	323
5.	Manuel Osborne-Paradis	323

Final standings after 9 races.

Super G

Pos.		Points
1.	Aksel Lund Svindal	292
2.	Werner Heel	256
3.	Didier Défago	242
4.	Hermann Maier	231
5.	Christof Innerhofer	168

Final standings after 5 races.

Giant slalom

Pos.		Points
1.	Didier Cuche	474
2.	Benjamin Raich	462
3.	Ted Ligety	421
4.	Massimiliano Blardone	325
5.	Aksel Lund Svindal	260

Final standings after 8 races.

Slalom

Pos.		Points
1.	Jean-Baptiste Grange	541
2.	Ivica Kostelic	454
3.	Julien Lizeroux	419
4.	Manfred Pranger	415
5.	Reinfried Herbst	396

FInal standings after 10 races

Combined

Pos.		Points
1.	Carlo Janka	242
2.	Silvan Zurbriggen	231
3.	Romed Baumann	169
4.	Ivica Kostelic	166
5.	Benjamin Raich	165

Final standings after 4 races.

Final standings: Ladies

Names in bold clinched titles.

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Lindsey Vonn	1788
2.	Maria Riesch	1404
3.	Anja Pärson	1059
4.	Kathrin Zettel	1046
5.	Tanja Poutiainen	914

Final Standings after 34 races

Downhill

Pos.		Points
1.	Lindsey Vonn	502
2.	Andrea Fischbacher	326
3.	Maria Riesch	292
4.	Dominique Gisin	291
5.	Nadia Fanchini	276

Final standings after 7 races.

Super G

Pos.		Points
1.	Lindsey Vonn	461
2.	Nadia Fanchini	416
3.	Fabienne Suter	408
4.	Anja Pärson	251
5.	Andrea Dettling	221

Final standings after 7 races.

Giant slalom

Pos.		Points
1.	Tanja Poutiainen	508
2.	Kathrin Zettel	501
3.	Tina Maze	368
4.	Elisabeth Görgl	318
5.	Denise Karbon	282

Final standings after 8 races

Slalom

Pos.		Points
1.	Maria Riesch	670
2.	Šárka Záhrobská	459
3.	Lindsey Vonn	440
4.	Tanja Poutiainen	406
5.	Sandrine Aubert	325

Final standings after 9 races.

Combined

Pos.		Points
1.	Anja Pärson	205
2.	Lindsey Vonn	180
3.	Kathrin Zettel	162
4.	Maria Riesch	150
5.	Elisabeth Görgl	113

Final Standings after 3 races

Final Nations Cup standings

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Austria	10740
2.	Switzerland	7786
3.	Italy	5974
4.	France	4490
5.	United States	4158

Final standings after 70 races

Men

Pos.		Points
1.	Austria	5982
2.	Switzerland	4238
3.	Italy	3426
4.	France	2681
5.	United States	1881

Final standings after 36 races.

Ladies

Pos.		Points
1.	Austria	4758
2.	Switzerland	3548
3.	Germany	2550
4.	Italy	2548
5.	Sweden	2441

Final Standings after 34 races

External links

• FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings
• Ski Racing.com - U.S.-based magazine - alpine racing news
• U.S. Ski Team.com - alpine news