2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

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2015-16 World Cup Champions
Discipline Men Women
Overall Austria Marcel Hirscher  Switzerland  Lara Gut
Downhill Italy Peter Fill United States Lindsey Vonn
Super-G Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde  Switzerland  Lara Gut
Giant Slalom Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Eva-Maria Brem
Slalom Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Sweden Frida Hansdotter
Combined France Alexis Pinturault  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener
Nations Cup
 Austria over →  Italy over →  France
Competition
Locations
21 venues
20 venues
Individual
44 events
40 events
Cancelled
5 events
10 events
Rescheduled
4 events
9 events
2015
2017

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup tour is the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the 2015-2016 season marked the 50th consecutive year for the FIS. This World Cup season began on 24 October 2015, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in Saint Moritz, Switzerland on 20 March 2016. The World Ski Championship, a biennial event, did not interrupt this competitive season, and is planned for Saint Moritz in February 2017 [1]

Men

Summary

Men's Overall Champion
Marcel Hirscher won the overall title for the fifth successive year.

By late December 2015, the season had seen year-ending injuries to two top skiers. Austrian Matthias Mayer suffered severe spinal damage[2] in the downhill competition at Gröden in Val Gardena, Italy, and German Josef Ferstl [3] damaged his knee during training in Santa Caterina, Italy on the Downhill course. Despite his broken back, Mayer is optimistic about returning for a 2017 World Cup try following his much debated crash.[4] During the crash that injured Mayer, another World Cup first took place when the 'body airbag' he was wearing inflated.[5] The new protective gear, now worn by many skiers, has never been deployed during a World Cup competition prior to this. The system is designed to minimalize severe thoracic injuries, like the one Mayer suffered, by deploying quickly during tumbles and mishap. Emergency responders could see that the "airbag" had engaged as designed before they even knew about the broken spine. It has not been determined if the "protective gear" prevented worse injury, promoted the injury that was received, or had no effect in the matter.

An odd incident marred the early season as a small, remotely-piloted camera helicopter, operated by broadcast media, nearly foiled Marcel Hirscher's podium effort by crashing during his run and narrowly missing him.[6] A day after the incident, the International Ski Federation adopted the policy of banning remotely-piloted vehicles from flying over their events as a matter of safety and concern for the welfare of their athletes, staff and viewers.[7] Senior Race Director Markus Waldner stated his displeasure with the occurrence and insisted that the ban will remain in effect as long as he is on the job. The newly introduced Parallel Giant Slalom [8] event at Alta Badia, Italy, was a relatively short Giant Slalom course that pitted the men against one another in a modified bracket-reduction format from thirty-two 1st run skiers, to sixteen 2nd bracket skiers that eventually dwindled to just four final round racers. The Snow Queen Trophy slalom planned for Sljême, Croatia was cancelled and diverted to Santa Caterina, Italy for lack of snow, while the early season slalom in Levi, Finland suffered similar conditions, but could not find a home to reschedule to in the very busy year.

By mid-season, the World Cup overall leader, as well as Downhill and Super-G discipline leader, Aksel Lund Svindal was out following a crash during the Downhill at Kitzbühel. He suffered a season-ending injury to his right knee and needed immediate surgery. Georg Streitberger of Austria also suffered a season-ending knee injury in the same race, which was ended after only thirty skiers left the starting gate. Poor visibility, and the number of serious crashes that were occurring, prompted race officials to halt the event at the minimum skiers required to have it qualify as a complete event.[9]

Calendar

Event Key: DH Downhill, SL Slalom, GS Giant Slalom, SG Super Giant Slalom, AC Alpine Combined, SC Super Combined, CE City Event, PG Parallel Giant Slalom
# Event Date Venue Type Winner Second Third Details
1593 1 25 October 2015   Austria Sölden [10] GS 1 United States Ted Ligety France Thomas Fanara Austria Marcel Hirscher [11][12]
15 November 2015   Finland Levi [13] SLcnx cancelled: lack of snow, not rescheduled [14]
1594 2 28 November 2015   Canada Lake Louise [15] DH 1 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Italy Peter Fill United States Travis Ganong [16][17]
1595 3 29 November 2015   SG 1 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Austria Matthias Mayer Italy Peter Fill [18][19]
1596 4 4 December 2015   United States Beaver Creek [20] DH 2 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Norway Kjetil Jansrud France Guillermo Fayed [21][22]
1597 5 5 December 2015   SG 2 Austria Marcel Hirscher United States Ted Ligety United States Andrew Weibrecht [23][24]
1598 6 6 December 2015   GS 2 Austria Marcel Hirscher France Victor Muffat-Jeandet Norway Henrik Kristoffersen [25][26]
1599 7 12 December 2015   France Val-d'Isère [27] GS 3 Austria Marcel Hirscher Germany Felix Neureuther France Victor Muffat-Jeandet [28][29]
1600 8 13 December 2015   SL 1 Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Germany Felix Neureuther [30][31]
1601 9 18 December 2015   Italy Val Gardena [32] SG 3 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Norway Kjetil Jansrud Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde [33][34]
1602 10 19 December 2015   DH 3 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal France Guillermo Fayed Norway Kjetil Jansrud [35][36]
1603 11 20 December 2015   Italy Alta Badia [37] GS 4 Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen France Victor Muffat-Jeandet [38][39]
1604 12 21 December 2015   PGGS5 Norway Kjetil Jansrud Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Sweden André Myhrer [40][41]
1605 13 22 December 2015   Italy Madonna di Campiglio [42] SL 2 Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Austria Marco Schwarz [43][44]
1606 14 29 December 2015   Italy Santa Caterina [45][46] DH 4 France Adrien Théaux Austria Hannes Reichelt France David Poisson [47][48]
1607 15 6 January 2016   SL 3 Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Russia Aleksandr Khoroshilov [49][50]
1 January 2016   Germany Munich CESL9 cancelled: pre-season organizational issues, rescheduled to Stockholm, Sweden [51]
6 January 2016   Croatia Zagreb SL 3 cancelled: warm temperatures, lack of snow, rescheduled to Santa Caterina, Italy [45]
9 January 2016    Switzerland  Adelboden [52][53] GS 5 cancelled: dense fog, inclement weather, rescheduled to Hinterstoder, Austria [54][55]
1608 16 10 January 2016   SL 4 Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Russia Aleksandr Khoroshilov [56][57]
1609 17 15 January 2016    Switzerland  Wengen [58][59][60] AC 1 Norway Kjetil Jansrud Norway Aksel Lund Svindal France Adrien Théaux [61][62]
1610 18 16 January 2016   DH 5 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal Austria Hannes Reichelt Austria Klaus Kröll [63][64]
1611 19 17 January 2016   SL 5 Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Italy Giuliano Razzoli Italy Stefano Gross [65][66]
1612 20 22 January 2016   Austria Kitzbühel [67] SG 4 Norway Aksel Lund Svindal United States Andrew Weibrecht Austria Hannes Reichelt [68][69]
1613 21 22 January 2016   AC 2 France Alexis Pinturault France Victor Muffat-Jeandet France Thomas Mermillod-Blondin [70][71]
1614 22 23 January 2016   DH 6 Italy Peter Fill  Switzerland  Beat Feuz  Switzerland  Carlo Janka [72][73]
1615 23 24 January 2016   SL 6 Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Germany Fritz Dopfer [74][75]
1616 24 26 January 2016   Austria Schladming [76] SL 7 Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Austria Marcel Hirscher Russia Aleksandr Khoroshilov [77][78]
1617 25 30 January 2016   Germany Garmisch [79] DH 7 Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Slovenia Boštjan Kline  Switzerland  Beat Feuz [80][81]
31 January 2016   GS 9 cancelled: humid, pouring rain, dense fog, rescheduled to Kranjska Gora, Slovenia [82]
1618 26 6 February 2016   South Korea Jeongseon [83][84][85] DH 8 Norway Kjetil Jansrud Italy Dominik Paris United States Steven Nyman [86][87]
1619 27 7 February 2016   SG 5  Switzerland  Carlo Janka Italy Christof Innerhofer Austria Vincent Kriechmayr [88][89]
1620 28 13 February 2016   Japan Yuzawa Naeba [90] GS 6 France Alexis Pinturault France Mathieu Faivre Italy Massimiliano Blardone [91][92]
1621 29 14 February 2016   SL 8 Germany Felix Neureuther Sweden André Myhrer Austria Marco Schwarz [93][94]
1622 30 19 February 2016   France Chamonix [95] SCAC3 France Alexis Pinturault Italy Dominik Paris France Thomas Mermillod-Blondin [96][97]
1623 31 20 February 2016   DH 9 Italy Dominik Paris United States Steven Nyman  Switzerland  Beat Feuz [98][99]
1624 32 23 February 2016   Sweden Stockholm [100] CESL9 Austria Marcel Hirscher Sweden André Myhrer Italy Stefano Gross [101][102]
1625 33 26 February 2016   Austria Hinterstoder [103] GS 7 France Alexis Pinturault Austria Marcel Hirscher France Thomas Fanara [55][104]
1626 34 27 February 2016   SG 6 Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Slovenia Boštjan Kline Austria Marcel Hirscher [105][106]
1627 35 28 February 2016   GS 8 France Alexis Pinturault Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen [107][108]
1628 36 4 March 2016   Slovenia Kranjska Gora [109] GS 9 France Alexis Pinturault Austria Philipp Schörghofer Austria Marcel Hirscher [110][111]
1629 37 5 March 2016   GS10 Austria Marcel Hirscher France Alexis Pinturault Norway Henrik Kristoffersen [112][113]
1630 38 6 March 2016   SL10 Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Henrik Kristoffersen Italy Stefano Gross [114][115]
1631 39 12 March 2016   Norway Kvitfjell [116] DH10 Italy Dominik Paris France Valentin Giraud Moine United States Steven Nyman [117][118]
1632 40 13 March 2016   SG 7 Norway Kjetil Jansrud Austria Vincent Kriechmayr Italy Dominik Paris [119][120]
1633 41 16 March 2016    Switzerland  St. Moritz [121][122] DH11  Switzerland  Beat Feuz United States Steven Nyman Canada Erik Guay [123][124]
1634 42 17 March 2016   SG 8  Switzerland  Beat Feuz Norway Kjetil Jansrud & Norway Aleksander Aamodt Kilde [125][126]
1635 43 19 March 2016   GS11 France Thomas Fanara France Alexis Pinturault France Mathieu Faivre [127][128]
1636 44 20 March 2016   SL11 Sweden Andre Myhrer Austria Marcel Hirscher Norway Sebastian Foss-Solevåg [129][130]

Rankings

Women

Summary

Women's Overall Champion
Lara Gut. First Swiss female to capture the Overall since 1995.

The first part of the season produced many injuries to several top skiers. Sara Hector severely injured her knee [137] in Giant Slalom, during the competition in Åre, Sweden, and two event champions from the previous season, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin missed several events due to recent incidents. Vonn missed the October and November events to continue rehabilitating from last year's season-ending injury, and from a recent dog bite from one of her pets.[138] Shiffrin dropped-out in mid-December to recuperate from an injury suffered during practice at Åre.[139] Shiffrin's recovery was not immediate and she missed the heart of the race season, however, she returned to the circuit in mid-February a promptly dominated the competition.[140] The lack of snowy weather eliminated the women's race weekend at St. Anton's, Austria, two weeks before the planned event.[141] Officials recognized that they did not have enough snow on the ground, and that they did not have the ability to generate enough man-made snow for safe racing. The events were quickly relocated to Zauchensee, Austria, for the same dates.[142] A few days later, officials cancelled the Snow Queen Trophy slalom planned at Sljême, Croatia. The stop was the only one planned for Croatia this season, and was one of the few joint stops on tour where male and female teammates crossed paths during the year. The slalom event was quickly rescheduled to Santa Caterina, Italy on consecutive days.

The middle of the season saw a significant reshuffle of many of the events throughout The Alps. Six events were cancelled in January for unseasonably warm weather and insufficient snow. The events were promptly repositioned to snowier venues further down the schedule. In contrast, mid-February saw a few events abandoned due to soft and excessive snow, over two meters in one instance... a significant safety concern for the high speed disciplines. At the end of the February, during the Super-G in Soldeu, Vonn, having just returned from injury seven weeks earlier, crashed again while leading near the end of her run. She raced the next day in the Combined event, earned a few points, then ended her season on Monday after a complete medical evaluation in Barcelona revealed several hairline fractures in her knee. At the time of her departure, she had already won the Downhill discipline for the season and was leading the Overall, Super-G and Combined disciplines.[143]

Notable skiers that did not participate this year include: Anna Fenninger, the defending World Cup champion who was forced to skip the season due to a serious knee injury.[144] Tina Maze, last season's runner-up decided to take a short hiatus during the 2016 season before permanently deciding to continue, or end, her World Cup career.[145] Champion skier Julia Mancuso decided to opt for hip surgery in November, 2015,[146] instead of rushing back after non-surgical therapy failed to give her the full recovery she had hoped for. Her stated goal is to get back to winning form in time to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Calendar

Event Key: DH Downhill, SL Slalom, GS Giant Slalom, SG Super Giant Slalom, AC Alpine Combined, CE City Event
# Event Date Venue Type Winner Second Third Details
1487 1 24 October 2015   Austria Sölden [10] GS 1 Italy Federica Brignone United States Mikaela Shiffrin Liechtenstein Tina Weirather [147][148]
14 November 2015   Finland Levi [13] SL 1 cancelled: lack of snow, rescheduled to Aspen, United States [149]
1488 2 27 November 2015   United States Aspen [150] GS 2  Switzerland  Lara Gut Austria Eva-Maria Brem Italy Federica Brignone [151][152]
1489 3 28 November 2015   SL 1 United States Mikaela Shiffrin Slovakia Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Sweden Frida Hansdotter [153][154]
1490 4 29 November 2015   SL 2 United States Mikaela Shiffrin Sweden Frida Hansdotter Czech Republic Šárka Strachová [155][156]
1491 5 4 December 2015   Canada Lake Louise [15] DH 1 United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Cornelia Hütter Austria Ramona Siebenhofer [157][158]
1492 6 5 December 2015   DH 2 United States Lindsey Vonn  Switzerland  Fabienne Suter Austria Cornelia Hütter [159][160]
1493 7 6 December 2015   SG 1 United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Tamara Tippler Austria Cornelia Hütter [161][162]
1494 8 12 December 2015   Sweden Åre [163] GS 3 United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Eva-Maria Brem Italy Federica Brignone [164][165]
1495 9 13 December 2015   SL 3 Slovakia Petra Vlhová Sweden Frida Hansdotter Norway Nina Løseth [166][167]
1496 10 18 December 2015   France Val-d'Isère [27] AC 1  Switzerland  Lara Gut United States Lindsey Vonn Austria Michaela Kirchgasser [168][169]
1497 11 19 December 2015   DH 3  Switzerland  Lara Gut  Switzerland  Fabienne Suter Canada Larisa Yurkiw [170][171]
1498 12 20 December 2015   France Courchevel [172] GS 4 Austria Eva-Maria Brem  Switzerland  Lara Gut tied with Norway Nina Løseth [173][174]
1499 13 28 December 2015   Austria Lienz [175][176] GS 5  Switzerland  Lara Gut Liechtenstein Tina Weirather Germany Viktoria Rebensburg [177][178]
1500 14 29 December 2015   SL 4 Sweden Frida Hansdotter  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener Slovakia Petra Vlhová [179][180]
1 January 2016   Germany Munich CESL9 cancelled: pre-season organizational issues, rescheduled to Stockholm, Sweden [51]
3 January 2016   Croatia Zagreb SL 5 cancelled: warm temperatures, lack of snow, rescheduled to Santa Caterina, Italy [45]
1501 15 5 January 2016   Italy Santa Caterina[45][46] SL 5 Norway Nina Løseth Czech Republic Šárka Strachová Slovakia Veronika Velez-Zuzulová [181][182]
9 January 2016   Austria St. Anton [183] DH 4 cancelled: warm temperatures, lack of snow,
rescheduled to Zauchensee, Austria
[141]
10 January 2016   SG 2
1502 16 9 January 2016   Austria Zauchensee [184] DH 4 United States Lindsey Vonn Canada Larisa Yurkiw Austria Cornelia Hütter [142][185][186]
1503 17 10 January 2016   SG 2 United States Lindsey Vonn  Switzerland  Lara Gut Austria Cornelia Hütter [187][188]
16 January 2016   Germany Ofterschwang [189][190] GS 6 cancelled: warm temperatures, lack of snow,
rescheduled to Flachau, Austria
[191]
17 January 2016   SL 7
1504 18 12 January 2016   Austria Flachau [192] SL 6 Slovakia Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Czech Republic Šárka Strachová Sweden Frida Hansdotter [193][194]
1505 19 15 January 2016   SL 7 Slovakia Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Sweden Frida Hansdotter Slovakia Petra Vlhová [195][196]
1506 20 17 January 2016   GS 6 Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Slovenia Ana Drev Italy Federica Brignone [197][198]
1507 21 23 January 2016   Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo [199] DH 5 United States Lindsey Vonn Canada Larisa Yurkiw  Switzerland  Lara Gut [200][201]
1508 22 24 January 2016   SG 3 United States Lindsey Vonn Liechtenstein Tina Weirather Germany Viktoria Rebensburg [202][203]
1509 23 30 January 2016   Slovenia Maribor [204] GS 7 Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Slovenia Ana Drev Liechtenstein Tina Weirather [205][206]
31 January 2016   SL 8 cancelled: warm temperatures, poor track conditions, rescheduled to Crans-Montana, Switzerland [207]
1510 24 6 February 2016   Germany Garmisch [79] DH 6 United States Lindsey Vonn  Switzerland  Fabienne Suter Germany Viktoria Rebensburg [208][209]
1511 25 7 February 2016   SG 4  Switzerland  Lara Gut Germany Viktoria Rebensburg United States Lindsey Vonn [210][211]
13 February 2016    Switzerland  Crans-Montana [212] DH 7 cancelled: excessive snow, unsafe, rescheduled to La Thuile, Italy [213]
14 February 2016   ACcnx cancelled: excessive snow forced delay in previous days event, not rescheduled [214]
1512 26 15 February 2016   SL 8 United States Mikaela Shiffrin France Nastasia Noens Canada Marie-Michèle Gagnon [207][215][216]
1513 27 19 February 2016   Italy La Thuile [217] DH 7  Switzerland  Lara Gut Austria Cornelia Hütter Italy Nadia Fanchini [218][219]
1514 28 20 February 2016   DH 8 Italy Nadia Fanchini United States Lindsey Vonn Italy Daniela Merighetti [220][221]
1515 29 21 February 2016   SG 5 Liechtenstein Tina Weirather  Switzerland  Lara Gut United States Lindsey Vonn [222][223]
1516 30 23 February 2016   Sweden Stockholm [100] CESL9  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener Sweden Frida Hansdotter Sweden Maria Pietilae-Holmner [224][225]
1517 31 27 February 2016   Andorra Soldeu [226] SG 6 Italy Federica Brignone United States Laurenne Ross Austria Tamara Tippler [227][228]
1518 32 28 February 2016   AC 2 Canada Marie-Michèle Gagnon  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener France Anne-Sophie Barthet [229][230]
5 March 2016   Slovakia Jasná [231] GS 8 postponed: excessive high winds. delayed two days [232]
1519 33 6 March 2016   SL10 United States Mikaela Shiffrin  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener Slovakia Veronika Velez-Zuzulová [233][234]
1520 34 7 March 2016   GS 8 Austria Eva-Maria Brem Germany Viktoria Rebensburg Italy Federica Brignone [235][236]
1521 35 12 March 2016    Switzerland  Lenzerheide [237] SG 7 Austria Cornelia Hütter  Switzerland  Fabienne Suter Austria Tamara Tippler [238][239]
1522 36 13 March 2016   AC 3  Switzerland  Wendy Holdener Austria Michaela Kirchgasser  Switzerland  Lara Gut [240][241]
1523 37 16 March 2016    Switzerland  St. Moritz [121][122] DH 9 Austria Mirjam Puchner  Switzerland  Fabienne Suter Italy Elena Curtoni [242][243]
1524 38 17 March 2016   SG 8 Liechtenstein Tina Weirather  Switzerland  Lara Gut Austria Cornelia Hütter [244][245]
1525 39 19 March 2016   SL11 United States Mikaela Shiffrin Slovakia Veronika Velez-Zuzulová Sweden Frida Hansdotter [246][247]
1526 40 20 March 2016   GS 9 Germany Viktoria Rebensburg France Taina Barioz  Switzerland  Lara Gut [248][249]

Rankings

Team

Event Key: TE Team Event - Nation Grand Prix
No. Season Date Location Event Winner Second Third Fourth Details
11 1 18 March 2016 Switzerland St. Moritz [121][122][256] TE  Switzerland
(200 points)
 Germany
(160 points)
 Sweden
(120 points)
 France
(100 points)
[257][258]
Fifth Fifth Fifth Fifth
 Norway
(60 points)
 Italy
(60 points)
 Austria
(60 points)
 United States
(60 points)
points accumulate toward the Nations Cup award

Nations Cup

Prize Money

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