The 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 27th official

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season in

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for men and women. The season began on 27 October 2007 with 800m sprint races for women in

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, won by Natalia Matveeva of Russia, who took her first World Cup victory. The season concluded with World Cup Finals, a mini-tour held in

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, Italy. Finnish skier

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won the overall women's cup for the 2nd consecutive season and

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of Czech Republic won the overall men's cup. The World Cup is organised by the

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who also run world cups and championships in

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and

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amongst others.

Calendar

Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page. The

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is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. This starts with the meet at Nové Město and concludes at

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Men

Women

Men's team

Women's team

World Cup points

The table shows the number of points won in the 2007–08 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women. A skier's best results in 18 distance races and 9 sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals. All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski (which counts as 50% of a normal race) and the total World Cup Final, count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski (which counts as 50% of a normal race) and the first race of the World Cup final, count towards the sprint standings. The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.

Men's standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

Women's standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Women

Achievements

;Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 2007/08 season in parentheses) ;Men * , 7 (10) first places * , 2 (8) first places * , 2 (5) first places * , 2 (2) first places * , 1 (12) first place * , 1 (12) first place * , 1 (9) first place * , 1 (8) first place * , 1 (5) first place * , 1 (4) first place * , 1 (3) first place * , 1 (3) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place ;Women * , 8 (22) first places * , 4 (4) first places * , 3 (7) first places * , 3 (5) first places * , 3 (3) first places * , 2 (31) first places * , 2 (2) first places * , 1 (3) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (2) first place * , 1 (1) first place * , 1 (1) first place

Footnotes

References

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