The 2007–08 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 29th World Cup season in history. The season began on 1 December 2007 in Kuusamo , and finished on 16 March 2008 in Planica . The season was dominated by Austrian pair Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer who between them won 16 of the 27 individual competitions.
Thomas Morgenstern won the overall World Cup title – the first overall victory of his career – ahead of Gregor Schlierenzauer, with Finnish veteran Janne Ahonen finishing in third place. Ahonen won the traditional Four Hills Tournament , while Schlierenzauer won the Nordic Tournament .
The previous year's overall winner Adam Małysz had a disappointing season, finishing 12th overall, and failing to get a podium finish in any of the 27 competitions. The season also gave Tom Hilde and Anders Bardal of Norway the first World Cup victories of their respective careers.
Lower competitive circuits this season included the Continental Cup and Grand Prix .
Calendar
Men
Individual World Cup
The jumper highlighted in red was the leader of the World Cup at the time of the competition and wore the red jersey.
The jumper highlighted in azure was the leader of the Nordic Tournament at the time of the competition and wore the blue jersey.
The jumper highlighted in gold was the leader of the Four Hills Tournament at the time of the competition and wore the gold jersey.
Kuusamo
Rukatunturi , Finland 1 December 2007
Notes:
Trondheim
Granåsen , Norway 8 December 2007
Notes:
Granåsen , Norway 9 December 2007
Villach
Alpenarena , Austria 13 December 2007
This competition replaces the cancelled competition at Kranj (see below).
Alpenarena , Austria 14 December 2007
Kranj
Bauhenk , Slovenia 16 December 2007
Competition cancelled due to lack of snow and warm temperatures; replaced with an additional competition at Villach on 13 December 2007 (see above)
Engelberg
Gross-Titlis-Schanze , Switzerland 22 December 2007
Gross-Titlis-Schanze , Switzerland 23 December 2007
Four Hills Tournament
Oberstdorf
Schattenbergschanze , Germany 30 December 2007
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Große Olympiaschanze , Germany 1 January 2008
Notes:
Innsbruck
Bergiselschanze , Austria 4 January 2008
Competition cancelled due to strong winds; replaced with an additional competition at Bischofshofen on 5 January 2008 (see below)
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , Austria
5 January 2008
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze , Austria
6 January 2008
Val di Fiemme
Trampolino dal Ben , Italy 12 January 2008
Notes:
Tom Hilde 's first career World Cup victory.Second round cancelled after Bjørn Einar Romøren lost his ski on the jump and suffered a nasty fall at the start of the second round. Trampolino dal Ben , Italy 13 January 2008
Harrachov
Čerťák , Czech Republic 19 January 20 January 2008
Competition rescheduled due to poor weather conditions. Second round cancelled due to strong winds.
Čerťák , Czech Republic 20 January 2008
Competition cancelled due to strong winds
Zakopane
Wielka Krokiew , Poland 25 January 2008
Wielka Krokiew , Poland 26 January 27 January 2008
Competition rescheduled because of strong winds. Second round cancelled because of strong winds and heavy snow.
Notes:
Sapporo
Mt. Okura Ski Jump Stadium , Japan 2 February 2008
Notes:
Mt. Okura Ski Jump Stadium , Japan 3 February 2008
Liberec
Ještěd , Czech Republic 8 February 2008
Ještěd , Czech Republic 9 February 2008
Willingen
Mühlenkopfschanze , Germany 17 February 2008
Notes:
Nordic Tournament
Lahti
Salpausselkä skiing stadium , Finland 2 March 2008
Competition cancelled due to strong winds; replaced with an additional competition at Kuopio on 3 March 2008 (see below)
Kuopio
Puijo , Finland 3 March 2008
Puijo , Finland 4 March 2008
Lillehammer
Lysgårdsbakken , Norway 7 March 2008
Oslo
Holmenkollen , Norway 9 March 2008
Notes:
Planica
Letalnica , Slovenia 14 March 2008
Notes:
Letalnica , Slovenia 16 March 2008
Overall Top 20
Rk
Jumper
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Pts
1.
T. Morgenstern (AUT )
100
100
100
100
100
100
60
100
40
80
60
50
80
45
60
80
100
100
100
32
45
22
32
32
50
12
14
1794
2.
G. Schlierenzauer (AUT )
50
80
29
60
80
50
80
80
100
45
13
40
100
32
80
80
32
80
50
100
100
100
100
1561
3.
J. Ahonen (FIN )
18
50
36
80
60
15
16
60
80
100
100
45
50
100
20
15
50
45
29
29
100
50
18
80
45
1291
4.
T. Hilde (NOR )
60
60
40
36
60
24
50
32
40
100
100
80
40
36
45
22
32
24
36
50
60
45
80
40
36
1228
5.
A. Bardal (NOR )
11
26
22
8
22
16
11
13
24
12
80
29
36
15
36
100
26
60
45
16
60
40
80
40
29
45
40
942
6.
A. Jacobsen (NOR )
40
26
32
15
8
32
10
60
60
80
40
50
15
15
100
26
60
16
20
40
50
32
827
7.
A. Küttel (SUI )
12
29
18
22
10
36
100
26
36
29
6
36
11
14
29
45
29
36
60
40
16
9
10
80
26
13
778
8.
J. Happonen (FIN )
2
18
6
22
13
18
22
6
8
36
26
4
80
80
26
22
20
100
45
60
45
36
60
755
9.
S. Ammann (SUI )
32
32
24
16
40
22
7
45
29
60
5
26
18
32
60
24
26
22
50
24
45
20
20
20
29
728
10.
W. Loitzl (AUT )
10
40
60
45
50
45
50
40
26
32
60
29
20
50
11
36
14
20
18
3
12
9
13
7
6
9
715
11.
B. E. Romøren (NOR )
80
11
50
29
32
10
22
7
20
13
16
18
16
50
29
9
100
32
24
2
60
60
690
12.
A. Malysz (POL )
15
36
32
26
29
26
20
14
45
29
40
24
50
36
29
24
36
22
24
24
29
22
632
13.
A. Kofler (AUT )
20
80
32
36
80
45
11
15
32
24
13
20
22
12
9
10
40
26
18
36
32
8
6
627
14.
M. Koch (AUT )
36
12
4
32
5
18
16
9
24
29
16
60
24
24
60
18
7
29
26
16
24
80
569
15.
J. Damjan (SVN )
9
45
45
45
14
29
18
18
16
13
45
26
10
24
40
26
80
8
4
7
522
16.
M. Neumayer (GER )
29
24
24
12
40
15
36
60
36
26
32
7
22
14
40
4
24
14
12
14
12
10
507
17.
R. Koudelka (CZE )
22
13
50
50
20
15
50
1
24
20
11
22
14
14
36
9
13
26
1
411
18.
D. Vassiliev (RUS )
22
8
12
20
20
50
36
18
50
26
13
3
5
5
288
19.
M. Hautamäki (FIN )
45
18
26
16
14
10
12
14
2
12
1
10
1
7
6
12
15
2
32
18
273
19.
M. Schmitt (GER )
3
2
24
12
24
50
18
16
5
14
9
40
15
15
26
273
Key
1: Kuusamo (1 December 2007)
2: Trondheim (8 December 2007)
3: Trondheim (9 December 2007)
4: Villach (13 December 2007)
5: Villach (14 December 2007)
6: Engelberg (22 December 2007)
7: Engelberg (23 December 2007)
8: Oberstdorf (30 December 2007)
9: Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1 January 2008)
10: Bischofshofen (5 January 2008)
11: Bischofshofen (6 January 2008)
12: Val di Fiemme (12 January 2008)
13: Val di Fiemme (13 January 2008)
14: Harrachov (20 January 2008)
15: Zakopane (25 January 2008)
16: Zakopane (27 January 2008)
17: Sapporo (2 February 2008)
18: Sapporo (3 January 2008)
19: Liberec (8 February 2008)
20: Liberec (9 February 2008)
21: Willingen (17 February 2008)
22: Kuopio (3 March 2008)
23: Kuopio (4 March 2008)
24: Lillehammer (7 March 2008)
25: Oslo (9 March 2008)
26: Planica (14 March 2008)
27: Planica (16 March 2008)
Team World Cup
Kuusamo
Rukatunturi , Finland 30 November 2007
Notes:
Willingen
Mühlenkopfschanze , Germany 16 February 2008
Lahti
Salpausselkä , Finland 1 March 2008
Competition cancelled due to strong winds.
Planica
Letalnica , Slovenia 15 March 2008
Notes:
Gregor Schlierenzauer improved his Austrian national record, set the day before, to 233.5 meters. This jump also tied Schlierenzauer with Janne Ahonen for the 4th longest ski jump in history.Anders Bardal 's jump of 232.5 meters tied Schlierenzauer for the 6th longest ski jump in history.Martin Koch 's jump of 105.5 metres from the first round, plunged the Austrian team onto the 3rd position, ruining the chance of winning the last team competition of the season, despite his teammates' good results.
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