The FIS Ski Flying World Cup is an annual competition in

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, contested as part of the

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internatio ...

and organized by

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. It should not be confused with the

FIS Ski Flying World Championships The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation and held every two years. The event takes place on hills much larger than ski jumping hills, with the K-point set between and . Unlike ord ...

, which are a separate one-off event contested biennially during the World Cup season, but with points not counting towards it. Four

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in ski flying organized in

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and

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also counted for World Cup points. From 1979/80 until 1989/90 ski flying world cup events were organized as K.O.P. Ski Flying Week Tournaments and were not awarded with trophies but counted in overall ranking. Ski Flying World Cup was first time officially organized from 1990/91 until 2000/01 and after eight years break again since 2008/09 have been awarded with small crystal globe. Only forty competitors can enter the competition. First individual event organized in 1980 is the only world cup event in history where single event took three days in total. First team event in history was organized in 2000 in

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. There are six ski flying hills that exists in the world:

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, Kulm,

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and

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. They are joined in the »K.O.P.« (Kulm-Oberstdorf-Planica) ski flying hills association founded in 1962 in

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. The only hill located outside of Europe is

which is expected to be reopened and covered with plastic mate in 2017 as the only flying hill active all year round. First test flights for women are provided in season 2023/2024 in case women jump technique developed at same speed. According to the results women competition should start next season.

Scoring system

Each season consists of 2–7 competitions, usually two competitions on the same hill during a weekend. One competition consists of a qualifying round, first round and second round. The top 10 jumpers in FIS ranking qualify directly to the first round, while the rest of the jumpers fight for the remaining 30 spots. The top 30 men in the first round advance to the second round, which is held in reverse order, so the best jumper in the first round jumps last. The aggregate score in the first and second rounds determine the competition results. The top 30 are awarded World Cup points. The winner gets 100 points while number 30 receives 1 point. At team events only top 8 receive points.

Individual

Men's team

Full list

Individual

Team

World Cup standings

Ski Flying

Nations Cup unofficial

Stats

Wins

Podiums

Top ten appearances

update: 27 March 2022

Medals table

Individual

(As of 27 March 2022)

Team events

(As of 26 March 2022)

Titles

Titles by country

As of 27 March 2022

Individual wins by country

As of 27 March 2022

Total wins by country

As of 27 March 2022

Individual team wins

As of 24 March 2019

Various

Timeline calendar

Last updated: 27 March 2022

Individual hosts

Team hosts

Most points in a ski flying season

Ski flying rankings overall leader

updated: 27 March 2022 *officially awarded seasons only (

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–present)

References

Ski Flying World Cup calendar
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Ski flying Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially designed takeoff ...

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