2016–17 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

The 2016/17 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 34th World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 26 November 2016 in Ruka, Finland and ended on 19 March 2017 in Schonach, Germany.^[1]

Nordic Combined World Cup 2016/17

Winners
Overall	Eric Frenzel
Nations Cup	Germany
Triple trophy	Eric Frenzel
Competitions
Venues	12
Individual	23
Team	2
← 2015/16 2017/18 →

Calendar

Men

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
461	1	26 November 2016	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel	Jørgen Graabak	Johannes Rydzek	[2]
462	2	27 November 2016	Ruka	Rukatunturi	HS142 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Wilhelm Denifl	Akito Watabe		[3]
463	3	3 December 2016	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS100 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Johannes Rydzek	Fabian Rießle		[4]
464	4	4 December 2016	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS138 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Björn Kircheisen	Jørgen Graabak		[5]
465	5	17 December 2016	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Fabian Rießle	Eric Frenzel		[6]
466	6	18 December 2016	Ramsau	W90-Mattensprunganlage	HS98 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Fabian Rießle	Vinzenz Geiger		[7]
467	7	7 January 2017	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Eero Hirvonen	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel	[8]
468	8	8 January 2017	Lahti	Salpausselkä	HS130 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Eric Frenzel	Johannes Rydzek		[9]
469	9	13 January 2017	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Johannes Rydzek	Magnus Moan		[10]
470	10	15 January 2017	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Johannes Rydzek	Akito Watabe		[11]
471	11	21 January 2017	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Fabian Rießle	Akito Watabe		[12]
472	12	22 January 2017	Chaux-Neuve	La Côté Feuillée	HS118 / 10 km	Fabian Rießle	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel		[13]
4th Nordic Combined Triple (27–29 January 2016)
473	13	27 January 2017	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 5 km	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel	Samuel Costa	Eric Frenzel	[14]
474	14	28 January 2017	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel	Samuel Costa	Johannes Rydzek	[15]
475	15	29 January 2017	Seefeld	Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze	HS109 / 15 km	Eric Frenzel	Johannes Rydzek	Bernhard Gruber	Eric Frenzel	[16]
476	16	4 February 2017	PyeongChang	Alpensia	HS140 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Mario Seidl	Fabian Rießle	Johannes Rydzek	[17]
477	17	5 February 2017	PyeongChang	Alpensia	HS140 / 10 km	Johannes Rydzek	Eric Frenzel	Mario Seidl		[18]
478	18	10 February 2017	Sapporo	Okurayama	HS134 / 10 km	Björn Kircheisen	Akito Watabe	Mikko Kokslien		[19]
479	19	11 February 2017	Sapporo	Okurayama	HS134 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Tim Hug	Manuel Faißt		[20]
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017
480	20	11 March 2017	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken	HS134 / 10 km	Akito Watabe	Eric Frenzel	Björn Kircheisen	Johannes Rydzek	[21]
481	21	15 March 2017	Trondheim	Granåsen	HS140 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Johannes Rydzek	Fabian Rießle	Eric Frenzel	[22]
482	22	18 March 2017	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	Wilhelm Denifl	Johannes Rydzek		[23]
483	23	19 March 2017	Schonach	Langenwaldschanze	HS106 / 10 km	Eric Frenzel	François Braud	Akito Watabe		[24]

Men's team

Num	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Ref.
34	1	2 December 2016	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken	HS100 / 4x5 km Relay	Germany Björn Kircheisen Eric Frenzel Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek	Norway Mikko Kokslien Espen Andersen Haavard Klemetsen Jørgen Gråbak	Austria David Pommer Mario Seidl Wilhelm Denifl Philipp Orter	Germany	[25]
35	2	14 January 2017	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben	HS134 / 2x7.5 km Sprint	Norway I Espen Andersen Jørgen Gråbak	Czech Republic I Tomáš Portyk Miroslav Dvořák	Italy I Samuel Costa Alessandro Pittin		[26]
36	3	4 February 2017	PyeongChang	Alpensia	HS140 / 4x5 km Relay	replaced with an individual Gundersen

Standings

Overall Pos Points 1 Eric Frenzel 1734 2 Johannes Rydzek 1609 3 Akito Watabe 1086 4 Fabian Rießle 1069 5 Björn Kircheisen 748 6 Mario Seidl 719 7 Ilkka Herola 475 8 Eero Hirvonen 464 9 Wilhelm Denifl 442 10 Bernhard Gruber 436 Final standings after 23 events.[27]

Nations Cup Pos Points 1 Germany 6688 2 Austria 3372 3 Norway 2823 4 Japan 2106 5 Finland 1450 6 France 860 7 Italy 675 8 Czech Republic 464 9 Switzerland 357 10 United States 215 Final standings after 25 events.[28]

Prize money Pos CHF 1 Eric Frenzel 135430 2 Johannes Rydzek 121420 3 Fabian Rießle 68860 4 Akito Watabe 61300 5 Björn Kircheisen 39920 6 Mario Seidl 34505 7 Jørgen Graabak 26940 8 Wilhelm Denifl 22300 9 Espen Andersen 21370 10 Eero Hirvonen 21220 Final standings after 25 events.[29]

Achievements

First World Cup podium

•  Vinzenz Geiger (GER), 19, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 6 in Ramsau
•  Eero Hirvonen (FIN), 20, in his 2nd season – no. 2 in the WC 7 in Lahti
•  Samuel Costa (ITA), 24, in his 6th season – no. 3 in the WC 13 in Seefeld
•  Mario Seidl (AUT), 24, in his 5th season – no. 2 in the WC 16 in PyeongChang

Victories in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time)

•  Eric Frenzel (GER), 10 (41) first places
•  Johannes Rydzek (GER), 8 (14) first places
•  Akito Watabe (JPN), 2 (9) first places
•  Fabian Rießle (GER), 2 (5) first places
•  Björn Kircheisen (GER), 1 (17) first place

Retirements

Following are notable Nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:

•  Håvard Klemetsen (NOR)^[30]

References

1. "FIS Nordic Combined World Cup 2016/17". FIS. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
2. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ruka, Finland" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
3. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ruka, Finland" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
4. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lillehammer, Norway" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
5. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lillehammer, Norway" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
6. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ramsau, Austria" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
7. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Ramsau, Austria" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
8. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lahti, Finland" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
9. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Lahti, Finland" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
10. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Val di Fiemme, Italy" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
11. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Val di Fiemme, Italy" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
12. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Chaux-Neuve, France" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
13. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Chaux-Neuve, France" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
14. "Individual Gundersen 5.0 km – Seefeld, Austria" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
15. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Seefeld, Austria" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
16. "Individual Gundersen 15.0 km – Seefeld, Austria" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
17. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – PyeongChang, South Korea" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
18. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – PyeongChang, South Korea" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
19. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Sapporo, Japan" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
20. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Sapporo, Japan" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
21. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Oslo, Norway" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
22. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Trondheim, Norway" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
23. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Schonach, Germany" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
24. "Individual Gundersen 10.0 km – Schonach, Germany" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
25. "Team Gundersen 4 x 5 km – Lillehammer, Norway" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
26. "Team Sprint 2 x 7.5 km – Val Di Fiemme, Italy" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
27. "World Cup Standings" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
28. "Nations Cup Standings" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
29. "Prizemoney Standings" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
30. "Norwegian veteran Håvard Klemetsen retires". fis-ski.com. 24 April 2017. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.