FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the International Ski Federation. Women began competing during the 2011/12 season.
| Ski Jumping World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Ski jumping, ski flying |
| Location(s) | Europe Asia North America |
| Inaugurated | Men's individual: 27 December 1979 Men's team: 12 January 1992 Women's individual: 3 December 2011 Mixed team: 23 November 2012 Women's team: 16 December 2017 |
| Founder | Torbjørn Yggeseth |
| Organised by | International Ski Federation |
| People | Current race directors: Sandro Pertile (M) Chika Yoshida (L) |
| Sponsor | Viessmann, Konica Minolta |
The rounds are hosted primarily in Europe, with regular stops in Japan and rarely in North America. These have been hosted in 20 countries around the world for both men and women: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
Summer Grand Prix is the top level summer competition on plastic. The lower competitive circuits include the Continental Cup, the Inter-Continental Cup, the FIS Cup, the FIS Race and the Alpen Cup.
The Olympic Winter Games, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and the FIS Ski Flying World Championships do not count towards the World Cup. However, the 1984 Olympic Games, the 1982 Nordic World Ski Championships and the 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998 Ski Flying World Championships were counted towards the World Cup.