The Nordic Tournament was an annual ski jumping tournament that was a part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The tournament started in 1997[1] as a counterpart to the widely successful Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria. It is held in March in Finland and Norway, earlier even in Sweden.

Nordic Tournament
Statusdefunct
Genresporting event
Date(s)February–March
Frequencyannual
CountryFinland
Norway
Sweden
Inaugurated1997 (1997)
Most recent2010

Hills edit

Place Hill K-Point Hill Size
  Lahti,   Finland Salpausselkä K-116 HS 130
  Kuopio,   Finland Puijo K-120 HS 127
  Trondheim,   Norway Granåsen K-123 HS 140
  Oslo,   Norway Nye Holmenkollbakken K-120 HS 134

Other hills edit

Winners edit

* Wins on all four events in the same year
Year Winner Country
1997 Kazuyoshi Funaki   Japan
1998 Andreas Widhölzl   Austria
1999 Noriaki Kasai   Japan
2000 Sven Hannawald   Germany
2001 Adam Małysz   Poland
2002 Matti Hautamäki   Finland
2003 Adam Małysz   Poland
2004 Roar Ljøkelsøy   Norway
2005 Matti Hautamäki*   Finland
2006 Thomas Morgenstern   Austria
2007 Adam Małysz   Poland
2008 Gregor Schlierenzauer   Austria
2009 Gregor Schlierenzauer   Austria
2010 Simon Ammann*    Switzerland

References edit

  1. ^ E. John B. Allen (2012). Nordic Tournament. Historical Dictionary of Skiing. p. 138. ISBN 9780810879775. Retrieved 22 December 2015.