2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

The 2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 37th World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 19th official World Cup season in ski flying and the 5th World Cup season for ladies. It began on 21 November 2015 in Klingenthal, Germany and concluded on 20 March 2016 in Planica, Slovenia.

2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Peter Prevc Sara Takanashi
Nations Cup  Norway  Austria
Ski flying Peter Prevc
Four Hills Tournament Peter Prevc
Competition
Edition 37th 5th
Locations 21 10
Individual 29 17
Team 6
Cancelled 5 2
Rescheduled 3 0

For men, the title holders from the previous season were Severin Freund in overall, Peter Prevc in ski flying, and Germany in the nations cup. For ladies, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz was defending the overall title and Austria the nations cup.

Almaty and the country of Kazakhstan hosted ski jumping World Cup events for the first time in history. Several events had to be cancelled or rescheduled to other venues due to weather conditions. The cancelled individual event from Titisee-Neustadt was replaced in Planica on 17 March 2016, which meant that Letalnica bratov Gorišek became the first hill in history to host four World Cup events in a row.

Peter Prevc is the 2015/16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Champion with 2303 points, breaking the record of the most points in a single season.
Severin Freund is the runner up with 1490 points.
Kenneth Gangnes placed third with 1348 points.
Norway is the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Nations Champion.
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