FIS Cross-Country Balkan Cup

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FIS Cross-Country Balkan Cup
Genre Cross-country skiing
Date(s) Northern wintertime season
BeginsJanuary
EndsMarch
Location(s) Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Montenegro
Moldova
North Macedonia
Romania
Serbia
Turkey
Inaugurated2005 (2005)
Organised by International Ski Federation

The FIS Cross-Country Balkan Cup is a series of cross-country skiing events arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). It is one of the nine FIS Cross-Country Continental Cups, a second-level competition ranked below the World Cup. The Balkan Cup is open for competitors from all nations, but are mainly a competition for skiers from eleven nations; Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.

Contents

The Balkan Cup has been held since the 2005–06 season and has been a part of the Cross-Country Continental Cup since then.

World Cup qualification

In the end of certain periods, the overall leaders for both genders receive a place in the World Cup in the following period. The overall winners of the season receive a place in the World Cup in the beginning of the following season.

Overall winners

Men

SeasonWinnerSecondThird
2005–06 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov (1) Flag of Greece.svg Alexis Gkounko Flag of Turkey.svg Faith Yuksel
2006–07 Flag of Romania.svg Paul Constantin Pepene (1) Flag of Turkey.svg Sabahattin Oğlago Flag of Turkey.svg Izzet Kizilarslan
2007–08 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov (2) Flag of Romania.svg Paul Constantin Pepene Flag of Turkey.svg Sabahattin Oğlago
2009 Flag of Romania.svg Paul Constantin Pepene (2) Flag of Romania.svg Petrică Hogiu Flag of Turkey.svg Faith Yuksel
2009–10 Flag of Romania.svg Paul Constantin Pepene (3) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Burgov Flag of North Macedonia.svg Darko Damjanovski
2011 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov (3) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivan Burgov Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mladen Plakalović
2012 Flag of Romania.svg Paul Constantin Pepene (4) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov Flag of Romania.svg Petrică Hogiu
2013 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov (3) Flag of Croatia.svg Edi Dadić Flag of Croatia.svg Andrej Burić
2014 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Andrey Gridin Flag of Croatia.svg Edi Dadić Flag of Serbia.svg Milanko Petrović
2015 Flag of Romania.svg Paul Constantin Pepene (5) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov Flag of Romania.svg Petrică Hogiu
2016 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov (4) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mladen Plakalović Flag of Serbia.svg Damir Rastič
2017 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Veselin Tzinzov (5) Flag of Serbia.svg Damir Rastič Flag of Croatia.svg Edi Dadić
2018 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikolay Vijaczev (2) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Martin Penchev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Yordan Chuchuganov
2019 [1] Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Strahinja Erić Flag of Croatia.svg Edi Dadić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Stefan Anić
2020 [2] Flag of Romania.svg Petrică Hogiu Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Strahinja Erić Flag of Turkey.svg Ömer Ayçiçek
2021 Flag of Romania.svg Paul Constantin Pepene (6) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Strahinja Erić Flag of Romania.svg Petrică Hogiu

Women

SeasonWinnerSecondThird
2005–06 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoniya Grigorova (1) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ljunosłava Djulgerova Flag of Greece.svg Katerina Taoula
2006–07 Flag of Turkey.svg Kelime Çetinkaya (1) Flag of Romania.svg Mónika György Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Farkas
2007–08 Flag of Turkey.svg Kelime Çetinkaya (2) Flag of Romania.svg Mónika György Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoniya Grigorova
2009 Flag of Turkey.svg Kelime Çetinkaya (3) Flag of Romania.svg Mónika György Flag of Romania.svg Ionela Gabriela Leanca
2009–10 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoniya Grigorova (2) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Malcheva Flag of Romania.svg Mónika György
2011 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Malcheva (1) Flag of Greece.svg Maria Boumpa Flag of Bulgaria.svg Kamelia Ileva
2012 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoniya Grigorova (3) Flag of Romania.svg Mónika György Flag of Romania.svg Katalin Ferencz
2013 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Malcheva (2) Flag of Croatia.svg Vedrana Malec Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoniya Grigorova
2014 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Antoniya Grigorova (4) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Malcheva Flag of Croatia.svg Vedrana Malec
2015 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Tanja Karišik Flag of Romania.svg Timea Sara Flag of Croatia.svg Vedrana Malec
2016 Flag of Croatia.svg Vedrana Malec (1) Flag of Turkey.svg Zozan Malkoç Flag of Turkey.svg Ayşe Saydam
2017 Flag of Croatia.svg Vedrana Malec (2) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sanja Kusmuk Flag of Greece.svg Maria Danu
2018 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nansi Okoro Flag of Serbia.svg Anja Ilić Flag of Greece.svg Maria Danu
2019 [3] Flag of Croatia.svg Vedrana Malec (3) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Sanja Kusmuk Flag of Serbia.svg Anja Ilić
2020 [4] Flag of Croatia.svg Vedrana Malec (4) Flag of Serbia.svg Maida Drndić Flag of Serbia.svg Anja Ilić
2021 Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Hadžić Flag of Romania.svg Tímea Lőrincz Flag of Serbia.svg Anja Ilić

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