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List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Nations Cup standings

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

Standings edit

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 edit

  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.

External links edit

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