2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

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Nordic Combined World Cup 2008/09
Winners
Overall Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta
Grand Prix Germany Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta
Nations CupFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Competitions
Venues12
Individual23
Team1
Cancelled2
  2007/08
2009/10  

The 2008/09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 26th world cup season, a combination of ski jumping and cross-country skiing organized by FIS. It began in Kuusamo on 29 November 2008. Anssi Koivuranta from Finland became overall winner. Hannu Manninen retired before the season began.

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Changes

This World Cup is the first season with a new system. Instead of a sprint (1x jump and 7,5 km cross country skiing race) and Gundersen (2x jumps and 1x 15 km cross country skiing race), there is now a combined competition with a single jump and a single 10 km cross country skiing race. The Masstart is unchanged. [1] The Relay is now 5 km Cross country and one jump for every jumper in the team.

Calendar

Men

NumSeasonDatePlaceHillDisciplineWinnerSecondThird
313129 November 2008 Flag of Finland.svg Kuusamo Rukatunturi HS142 / 10 km Flag of Germany.svg Ronny Ackermann Flag of Finland.svg Janne Ryynänen Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta
314230 November 2008 Flag of Finland.svg Kuusamo Rukatunturi HS142 / 10 km Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of Finland.svg Janne Ryynänen Flag of Japan.svg Daito Takahashi
31536 December 2008 Flag of Norway.svg Trondheim Granåsen HS131 / 10 km Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of France.svg Jason Lamy-Chappuis Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta
31647 December 2008 Flag of Norway.svg Trondheim Granåsen HS131 / 10 km Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen Flag of France.svg Jason Lamy Chappuis
13 December 2008 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Liberec Ještěd A HS134 / 10 kmtemperatures and lack of snow
14 December 2008 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Liberec Ještěd A HS134 / 10 km
317520 December 2008 Flag of Austria.svg Ramsau W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98 / 10 km Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen Flag of Norway.svg Jan Schmid
318621 December 2008 Flag of Austria.svg Ramsau W90-Mattensprunganlage HS98 / 10 km Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of France.svg Jason Lamy Chappuis
3rd Grand Prix Germany (27 December 2008 - 4 January 2009)
319727 December 2008 Flag of Germany.svg Oberhof Hans-Renner-Schanze HS140 / 10 km Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of the United States.svg Todd Lodwick Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta
320828 December 2008 Flag of Germany.svg Oberhof Hans-Renner-Schanze HS140 / 10 km Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of the United States.svg Todd Lodwick Flag of France.svg Jason Lamy Chappuis
32194 January 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS96 / 10 km Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen
3221010 January 2009 Flag of Italy.svg Val di Fiemme Trampolino dal Ben 10 km / HS134 Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen Flag of Austria.svg Bernhard Gruber Flag of Norway.svg Jan Schmid
3231111 January 2009 Flag of Italy.svg Val di Fiemme Trampolino dal Ben HS134 / 10 km Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of Norway.svg Jan Schmid Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Churavý
3241216 January 2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver Whistler Olympic Park HS140 / 10 km Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen
3251317 January 2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver Whistler Olympic Park HS140 / 10 km Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong
3261431 January 2009 Flag of France.svg Chaux-Neuve La Côté FeuilléeHS100 / 10 km Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen
327151 February 2009 Flag of France.svg Chaux-Neuve La Côté FeuilléeHS100 / 10 km Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of Austria.svg Christoph Bieler Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan
328167 February 2009 Flag of Austria.svg Seefeld Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze HS100 / 10 km Flag of Austria.svg Mario Stecher Flag of Norway.svg Jan Schmid Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Klapfer
329178 February 2009 Flag of Austria.svg Seefeld Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze HS100 / 10 km Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of Austria.svg Mario Stecher Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta
3301814 February 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 / 10 km Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of Norway.svg Jan Schmid
3311915 February 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 / 10 km Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of France.svg Jason Lamy Chappuis Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Churavy
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
332206 March 2009 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 / 10 km Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of France.svg Jason Lamy Chappuis
333217 March 2009 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 / 10 km Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong
3342214 March 2009 Flag of Norway.svg Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS117 / 10 km Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan
3352315 March 2009 Flag of Norway.svg Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS117 / 10 km Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong Flag of Norway.svg Petter Tande Flag of Norway.svg Mikko Kokslien

Team

NumSeasonDatePlaceHillDisciplineWinnerSecondThird
913 January 2009 Flag of Germany.svg Schonach Langenwaldschanze HS96 / 4 x 5 kmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Georg Hettich
Eric Frenzel
Björn Kircheisen
Tino Edelmann
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Jan Schmid
Petter Tande
Håvard Klemetsen
Magnus Moan
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Lukas Klapfer
Bernhard Gruber
Wilhelm Denifl
Mario Stecher
8 February 2009 Flag of Austria.svg Seefeld Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze HS100 / 4 x 5 kmreplaced with individual event

Standings

Overall

RankPoints
1 Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Koivuranta 1461
2 Flag of Norway.svg Magnus Moan 1350
3 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Demong 1160
4 Flag of Germany.svg Björn Kircheisen 957
5 Flag of France.svg Jason Lamy Chappuis 806
6 Flag of Austria.svg Mario Stecher 630
7 Flag of Norway.svg Jan Schmid 622
8 Flag of Germany.svg Tino Edelmann 593
9 Flag of Austria.svg Bernhard Gruber 524
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Churavy 498

Nations Cup

RankPoints
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3402
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3344
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2989
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2374
5Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1807
6Flag of France.svg  France 1763
7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 992
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 868
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 435
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 163

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