List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Nations Cup standings

Statistics on the Alpine Ski World Cup

This is a list of the Nations Cup standings in FIS Alpine Ski World Cup from 1967 to present.[1]

Standings

The Nations Cup standings are calculated by adding up all points each season for all racers from a given nation.

Year Standings (total)   Standings (men)   Standings (women)
First Second Third First Second Third First Second Third
1967  France  Austria  Canada  France  Austria    Switzerland   France  Austria  Canada
1968  France  Austria    Switzerland   Austria  France    Switzerland   France  Austria  United States
1969  Austria  France  United States  Austria  France    Switzerland   France  United States  Austria
1970  France  Austria  United States  France  Austria    Switzerland   France  United States  Austria
1971  France  Austria    Switzerland   France    Switzerland   Austria  France  Austria  United States
1972  France  Austria    Switzerland     Switzerland   France  Italy  France  Austria  United States
1973  Austria  France    Switzerland   Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria  France  West Germany
1974  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany  France
1975  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Austria    Switzerland   West Germany
1976  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany    Switzerland 
1977  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   France
1978  Austria    Switzerland   United States  Austria  Italy  Sweden  Austria    Switzerland   West Germany
1979  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  West Germany  United States
1980  Austria    Switzerland   Liechtenstein  Austria    Switzerland   Sweden    Switzerland and   Austria  Liechtenstein
1981    Switzerland   United States  Austria  Austria    Switzerland   United States    Switzerland   United States  West Germany
1982    Switzerland   Austria  United States  Austria    Switzerland   United States  West Germany    Switzerland   United States
1983    Switzerland   Austria  United States    Switzerland   Austria  Sweden    Switzerland   Austria  United States
1984    Switzerland   Austria  United States  Austria    Switzerland   Sweden    Switzerland   United States  Austria
1985    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany    Switzerland   Austria  Italy    Switzerland   West Germany  Austria
1986    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany  Austria    Switzerland   Italy    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany
1987    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany    Switzerland   Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany
1988  Austria    Switzerland   West Germany  Austria    Switzerland   Italy    Switzerland   Austria  West Germany
1989  Austria    Switzerland   West Germany  Austria    Switzerland   West Germany    Switzerland   Austria  France
1990  Austria    Switzerland   West Germany  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   West Germany
1991  Austria    Switzerland   Germany  Austria    Switzerland   Norway  Austria    Switzerland   Germany
1992  Austria    Switzerland   Germany    Switzerland   Austria  Italy  Austria  Germany    Switzerland 
1993  Austria    Switzerland   Germany  Austria    Switzerland   Norway  Austria  Germany    Switzerland 
1994  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  Norway    Switzerland   Germany  Austria    Switzerland 
1995  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  Italy  Norway    Switzerland   Germany  Austria
1996  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  Germany    Switzerland 
1997  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria  Italy  Norway  Germany  Austria  Italy
1998  Austria  Germany  Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Norway  Germany  Austria  Italy
1999  Austria  Norway    Switzerland   Austria  Norway    Switzerland   Austria  Germany  France
2000  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria    Switzerland   Norway  Austria  France  Italy
2001  Austria    Switzerland   France  Austria    Switzerland   Norway  Austria  France    Switzerland 
2002  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   France  Austria    Switzerland   Italy
2003  Austria    Switzerland   United States  Austria    Switzerland   United States  Austria  Italy  Germany
2004  Austria  Italy  United States  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria  Germany  United States
2005  Austria  United States  Italy  Austria  United States  Italy  Austria  United States  Germany
2006  Austria  United States  Italy  Austria  United States  Italy  Austria  Sweden  United States
2007  Austria    Switzerland   United States  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  United States  Sweden
2008  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  United States  Italy
2009  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Germany
2010  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  Germany    Switzerland 
2011  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  Germany  United States
2012  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  United States  Italy
2013  Austria  Italy  United States  Austria  Italy  France  Austria  United States  Germany
2014  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  France  Italy  Austria    Switzerland   Sweden
2015  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria  France  Italy  Austria  United States  Italy
2016  Austria  Italy  France  Austria  France  Norway  Austria  Italy    Switzerland 
2017  Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria  France  Norway  Italy  Austria    Switzerland 
2018  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria  Norway    Switzerland   Austria    Switzerland   Italy  
2019  Austria    Switzerland   Norway  Austria    Switzerland   France  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  
2020    Switzerland   Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Norway  France  Italy  Austria    Switzerland 
2021    Switzerland   Austria  Italy    Switzerland   Austria  France    Switzerland   Austria  Italy
2022  Austria    Switzerland   Italy    Switzerland   Austria  Norway  Austria    Switzerland   Italy
2023    Switzerland   Austria  Norway    Switzerland   Norway  Austria    Switzerland   Italy  Austria

The early years of the World Cup, ‘67 through ‘72, were dominated by the French, as reflected in their Nations Cup wins in 5 of the first 6 years. The Austrian team then took over throughout the rest of the 1970s, followed by Swiss superiority during most of the 1980s. A resurgent Austrian team charged back to the top in 1988, beginning a long streak of consecutive Nations Cup triumphs. Austrian dominance reached its zenith in the late 1990s and 2000s (decade), when their points total regularly doubled that of the second-place finisher, and was capped in the 1999–2000 and 2003–4 seasons with totals that tripled those of runner-up Italy. Their 17927-point total in 1999–2000 is a Nations Cup record, as is their 12066-point margin of victory in 2003–4.

As of the end of the 2016–17 season, the Austrian team has won 30 consecutive Nations Cups, while topping the men's standings for 25 straight years. Austria is the only nation to have finished in the top 3 of the Nations Cup standings in all 50 years in which World Cup competition has been held, winning in 38 of those years, runner-up in 11 years, and third place in a single year. Austrian men have failed to make the podium in only one season: 1972. Austrian women have failed to make the podium in only 2 seasons: 1981 and 1982. Switzerland with 10 wins and France with 5 wins are the only other nations to have won the nations cup. In the midst of the ongoing Austrian juggernaut, the Swiss or Italian teams have usually held second place. The German team reached the runner-up spot for the first time in 1997–8, as did the Norwegians the next season. The US enjoyed its best placings ever starting in 2004–5, grabbing second in the Nations Cup for two straight years.

Under the current scoring system (since 1992), the winning nation (Austria every year) has averaged over 13000 points, with an average of over 6400 for the runner-up, 5400 for third place, 4200 for fifth, and 1300 for tenth. The all-inclusive scoring system (simply adding together all World Cup points earned) favors national teams with great depth and many racers scoring World Cup points, and even teams with several top racers have no realistic chance of breaking the Austrian grip on the top spot, while a team with only one or two top-ranked racers will struggle to ever break the top five in the standings. There have been numerous calls for a revamped scoring system which would allow other nations to compete more readily for top spots in the Nations Cup, but no changes are likely to be made.[2] In 2016, however, the Austrian men's team narrowly beat France by just 201 points.

The total number of top-three placings for each nation in the Nations Cup (through the 2022–23 season) are summarized below:

Nation Total standings   Men's standings   Ladies' standings
First Second Third First Second Third First Second Third
 Austria 42 14 1 42 11 2 34 15 6
   Switzerland 10 26 12 9 26 12 11 13 10
 France 5 2 2 3 7 5 6 3 4
 Italy – 10 19 3 6 20 2 3 11
 United States – 3 10 – 2 3 – 10 9
 Germany – 1 9 – – 1 4 12 13
  Norway – 1 2 – 5 10 – – –
 Canada – – 1 – – – – – 1
 Liechtenstein – – 1 – – – – – 1
 Sweden – – – – – 4 – 1 2

Note: Results for West Germany and Germany are counted together in this table.

References

  1. ^ "Alpine Ski - Statistics". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Black Diamonds: Nations Cup more than half empty". Ski Racing. Retrieved 21 February 2007.

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