2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS) is the 44th World Cup for men and women as the highest level of international cross-country skiing competitions.[1][2]

2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo United States Jessie Diggins
Distance Norway Simen Hegstad Krüger United States Jessie Diggins
Sprint Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Finland Jasmi Joensuu
U23 Sweden Edvin Anger Germany Helen Hoffmann
Bonus ranking Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Therese Johaug
Nations Cup  Norway  Norway
Nations Cup overall  Norway
Stage events
Tour de Ski Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (4) Norway Therese Johaug (4)
Competition
Edition 44th 44th
Locations 12 12
Individual 30 30
Relay/Team 3 3
Mixed 1 1
2025–26→

The men's and women's season started on 29 November 2024 in Ruka, Finland and will end on 23 March 2025 in Lahti, Finland.[3]

The season will take a break in February and March due to the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2025 in Trondheim, Norway.

Harald Østberg Amundsen from Norway (men's) and Jessie Diggins from United States (women's) are the reigning champions from the previous season.

Season overview

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The proposed World Cup schedule for the 2024–25 season was approved at a meeting in Portorož on 8 May.

For the first time since the 2012/13 season, it will not open with a sprint competition. For the first time in 40 years, Lahti will host the traditional 50 km World Cup race. This race will not take place in Holmenkollen, in order to avoid overloading the athletes during the next two 50 km races after the World Championships.

The competition in Nové Město has been removed, and instead, it has been decided that the World Cup weekend will take place in Cogne.[4]

Map of world cup hosts

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Europe

 
 
  Period I
  Period II (Tour de Ski)
  Period III
  Period IV
Location of all 12 World Cup hosts of the season.

Calendar

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Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle ; MSS – Mass Start / PUR – Pursuit
No. WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third R.
1 29 November 2024   Ruka 10 km C   Iivo Niskanen   Harald Østberg Amundsen   Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget [5]
2 30 November 2024 Sprint C   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Erik Valnes   Lauri Vuorinen [6]
3 1 December 2024 20 km F MSS   Harald Østberg Amundsen   Jan Thomas Jenssen   Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget [7]
4 6 December 2024   Lillehammer 10 km F   Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget   Simen Hegstad Krüger   Harald Østberg Amundsen [8]
5 7 December 2024 Sprint F   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Even Northug   Federico Pellegrino [9]
6 8 December 2024 20 km skiathlon   Harald Østberg Amundsen   Jan Thomas Jenssen   Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget [10]
7 14 December 2024     Davos Sprint F   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Lucas Chanavat   Erik Valnes [11]
8 15 December 2024 20 km C   Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget   Iivo Niskanen   Hugo Lapalus [12]
TdS 9 28 December 2024   Toblach Sprint F   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Lucas Chanavat     Janik Riebli [13]
10 29 December 2024 15 km C MSS   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Erik Valnes   Håvard Moseby [14]
11 31 December 2024 20 km F   Harald Østberg Amundsen   Simen Hegstad Krüger   Andrew Musgrave [15]
12 1 January 2025 15 km C PUR   Harald Østberg Amundsen   Edvin Anger   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo [16]
13 3 January 2025   Val di Fiemme Sprint C   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Even Northug   Marcus Grate [17]
14 4 January 2025 20 km skiathlon   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Federico Pellegrino   Jan Thomas Jenssen [18]
15 5 January 2025 10 km F MSS Climb   Simen Hegstad Krüger   Mika Vermeulen   Friedrich Moch [19]
9 19th Tour de Ski Overall
(28 December 2024 – 5 January 2025)
  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Mika Vermeulen   Hugo Lapalus [20]
10 16 17 January 2025   Les Rousses 10 km F   Iver Tildheim Andersen   Pål Golberg   Ben Ogden [21]
11 17 18 January 2025 Sprint C   Edvin Anger   Ansgar Evensen   Erik Valnes [22]
12 18 19 January 2025 20 km C MSS   William Poromaa   Iivo Niskanen   Simen Hegstad Krüger [23]
13 19 25 January 2025     Engadin Sprint F   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Edvin Anger   Lucas Chanavat [24]
14 20 26 January 2025 20 km F MSS   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Iver Tildheim Andersen   Didrik Tønseth [25]
15 21 1 February 2025   Cogne Sprint C   Erik Valnes   Ansgar Evensen   Even Northug [26]
16 22 2 February 2025 10 km F   Harald Østberg Amundsen   Iver Tildheim Andersen   Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget [27]
17 23 14 February 2025   Falun Sprint C   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Erik Valnes   Oskar Opstad Vike [28]
18 24 15 February 2025 10 km C   Iivo Niskanen   Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Erik Valnes [29]
19 25 16 February 2025 20 km F MSS   Pål Golberg   Gus Schumacher   Harald Østberg Amundsen [30]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2025
(26 February – 8 March • Trondheim,   Norway)
20 26 15 March 2025   Oslo 20 km C [31]
21 27 16 March 2025 10 km F [32]
22 28 19 March 2025   Tallinn Sprint F [33]
23 29 21 March 2025   Lahti Sprint F [34]
24 30 23 March 2025 50 km C MSS [35]
44th FIS World Cup Overall
(29 November 2024 – 23 March 2025)

Overall leaders

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  Holder[a] Date Place(s) Number of competitions
  Iivo Niskanen 31 November 2024   Ruka 1
  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 30 November 2024   Ruka 1
  Harald Østberg Amundsen 1 December 2024 – 1 January 2025   Ruka  Toblach 10
  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 3 January 2025 - 16 February 2025   Val di Fiemme  Falun 14

Standings

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Women

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Calendar

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Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle ; MSS – Mass Start / PUR – Pursuit
No. WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third R.
1 29 November 2024   Ruka 10 km C   Frida Karlsson   Therese Johaug   Astrid Øyre Slind [42]
2 30 November 2024 Sprint C   Johanna Hagström   Julie Myhre   Maja Dahlqvist [43]
3 1 December 2024 20 km F MSS   Jessie Diggins   Jonna Sundling   Heidi Weng [44]
4 6 December 2024   Lillehammer 10 km F   Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng   Astrid Øyre Slind [45]
5 7 December 2024 Sprint F   Jonna Sundling   Johanna Hagström   Julie Myhre [46]
6 8 December 2024 20 km skiathlon   Therese Johaug   Heidi Weng   Jessie Diggins [47]
7 14 December 2024     Davos Sprint F   Jonna Sundling   Mathilde Myhrvold   Julie Myhre [48]
8 15 December 2024 20 km C   Astrid Øyre Slind   Kerttu Niskanen   Therese Johaug [49]
TdS 9 28 December 2024   Toblach Sprint F   Jessie Diggins   Jasmi Joensuu     Nadine Fähndrich [50]
10 29 December 2024 15 km C MSS   Jessie Diggins   Kerttu Niskanen   Astrid Øyre Slind [51]
11 31 December 2024 20 km F   Astrid Øyre Slind   Therese Johaug   Kerttu Niskanen [52]
12 1 January 2025 15 km C PUR   Astrid Øyre Slind   Therese Johaug   Kerttu Niskanen [53]
13 3 January 2025   Val di Fiemme Sprint C     Nadine Fähndrich   Linn Svahn   Heidi Weng [54]
14 4 January 2025 20 km skiathlon   Therese Johaug   Teresa Stadlober   Astrid Øyre Slind [55]
15 5 January 2025 10 km F MSS Climb   Therese Johaug   Astrid Øyre Slind   Heidi Weng [56]
9 19th Tour de Ski Overall
(28 December 2024 – 5 January 2025)
  Therese Johaug   Astrid Øyre Slind   Jessie Diggins [57]
10 16 17 January 2025   Les Rousses 10 km F   Jessie Diggins   Victoria Carl   Astrid Øyre Slind [58]
11 17 18 January 2025 Sprint C   Kristine Stavås Skistad   Maja Dahlqvist   Jonna Sundling [59]
12 18 19 January 2025 20 km C MSS   Frida Karlsson   Ebba Andersson   Teresa Stadlober [60]
13 19 25 January 2025     Engadin Sprint F   Jonna Sundling   Kristine Stavås Skistad   Maja Dahlqvist [61]
14 20 26 January 2025 20 km F MSS   Astrid Øyre Slind   Nora Sanness   Jonna Sundling [62]
15 21 1 February 2025   Cogne Sprint C   Maja Dahlqvist     Nadine Fähndrich   Laura Gimmler [63]
16 22 2 February 2025 10 km F   Jessie Diggins   Astrid Øyre Slind   Kerttu Niskanen [64]
17 23 14 February 2025   Falun Sprint C   Linn Svahn     Nadine Fähndrich   Kristine Stavås Skistad [65]
18 24 15 February 2025 10 km C   Ebba Andersson   Heidi Weng   Victoria Carl [66]
19 25 16 February 2025 20 km F MSS   Jessie Diggins   Heidi Weng   Ebba Andersson [67]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2025
(26 February – 9 March • Trondheim,   Norway)
20 26 15 March 2025   Oslo 20 km C [68]
21 27 16 March 2025 10 km F [69]
22 28 19 March 2025   Tallinn Sprint F [70]
23 29 21 March 2025   Lahti Sprint F [71]
24 30 23 March 2025 50 km C MSS [72]
44th FIS World Cup Overall
(29 November 2024 – 23 March 2025)

Overall leaders

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  Holder[a] Date Place(s) Number of competitions
  Frida Karlsson 29 November 2024   Ruka 1
  Jasmi Joensuu 30 November 2024   Ruka 1
  Jonna Sundling 1 December 2024   Ruka 1
  Therese Johaug 6 December 2024   Lillehammer 1
  Jessie Diggins 7 December 2024 – 16 February 2025   Lillehammer  Falun 22

Standings

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Team events

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Event key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
# Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Red bib
(After competition)
 
R.
Mixed team
1 24 January 2025     Engadin 4 × 5 km relay C/F   Sweden I
1. Jens Burman
2. Emma Ribom
3. Edvin Anger
4. Moa Ilar
  Norway I
1. Pål Golberg
2. Nora Sanness
3. Iver Tildheim Andersen
4. Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs
   Switzerland I
1. Jonas Baumann
2. Anja Weber
3. Jason Rüesch
4. Nadine Fähndrich
  Norway [79]
Men's Team
1 13 December 2024     Davos Sprint F   Norway I
1. Pål Golberg
2. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
   Switzerland  I
1. Janik Riebli
2. Valerio Grond
  Sweden I
1. Johan Häggström
2. Edvin Anger
  Norway [80]
2 31 January 2025   Cogne Sprint C   Norway I
1. Even Northug
2. Erik Valnes
  France I
1. Jules Chappaz
2. Richard Jouve
  Sweden I
1. Calle Halfvarsson
2. Oskar Svensson
[81]
3 22 March 2025   Lahti Sprint F [82]
Women's Team
1 13 December 2024     Davos Sprint F   Sweden I
1. Emma Ribom
2. Jonna Sundling
  Norway
1. Astrid Øyre Slind
2. Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs
   Switzerland  I
1. Anja Weber
2. Nadine Fähndrich
  Norway [83]
2 31 January 2025   Cogne Sprint C   Finland I
1. Kerttu Niskanen
2. Jasmi Joensuu
  Sweden I
1. Johanna Hagström
2. Maja Dahlqvist
  Germany I
1. Laura Gimmler
2. Coletta Rydzek
[84]
3 22 March 2025   Lahti Sprint F [85]

Nations Cup

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Podium table by nation

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Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Norway34322894
2  Sweden138829
3  United States61310
4  Finland35412
5  Switzerland1348
6  France0336
7  Austria0314
8  Germany0145
9  Italy0112
10  Great Britain0011
Totals (10 entries)575757171

Point distribution

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The table shows the number of points to win in every competition in the 2024–25 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Individual 100 95 90 85 80 75 72 69 66 63 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relay 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Team sprint
Tour de Ski 300 285 270 255 240 225 216 207 198 189 180 174 168 162 156 150 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3
Stage Tour de Ski 50 47 44 41 38 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Bonus points (MSS checkpoints) 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Sprint Q

Achievements

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Only individual events.

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Comebacks

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The following notable skiers, who competed in the World Cup, resumed their careers for the 2024–25 season after retiring before.

Retirements

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The following notable skiers, who competed in the World Cup, retire during or after the 2024–25 season:

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The leading position in the World Cup belongs to the competitor who has accumulated the most points in the general classification of the series in the competitions held so far. In the event of an equal number of points, the World Cup leader is the competitor who has won more competitions.
  2. ^ Men's all-time record in World Cup history

References

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