The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup, the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition, began in January 1967, and the 2019–20 season marked the 54th consecutive year for the FIS World Cup.^[1][2] As it had every year since 2006 (when the Sölden races were cancelled by a snowstorm), the season began in Sölden, Austria in October. The season was supposed to end with the World Cup finals in March, which were to be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for the first time since they began in 1993, but the finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy.^[3]

Quick Facts Discipline, Overall ...

2019–20 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Federica Brignone
Downhill	Beat Feuz	Corinne Suter
Super-G	Mauro Caviezel	Corinne Suter
Giant slalom	Henrik Kristoffersen	Federica Brignone
Slalom	Henrik Kristoffersen	Petra Vlhová
Alpine combined	Alexis Pinturault	Federica Brignone
Parallel	Loïc Meillard	Petra Vlhová
Nations Cup	Switzerland	Italy
Nations Cup Overall	Switzerland
Competition
Locations	20 venues	17 venues
Individual	36 events	30 events
Mixed	0 event	0 event
Cancelled	12 events	16 events
Rescheduled	4 events	5 events
←2018–19 2020–21→

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As part of an effort to control the expansion of the World Cup circuit while fighting increased specialization, the city events were dropped this season, to be replaced by more parallel events at regular venues, while the Alpine combined was expanded.^[4] Due to the recent dominance of slalom specialists in the Alpine combined races, the format for that discipline was changed this season. As was previously the case, the first run continued to be the speed discipline (with Super-G having the preference over downhill). However, instead of the slalom run starting in reverse order of finish in the speed run, which allowed the slalom specialists (who tended to be slower in the speed run) to tackle fresh snow for their slalom run, while the speed specialists had to face the more challenging rutted snow at the end of the day, the skiers in the slalom run now started in the same order as the finish of the speed run, with the leader after the speed run becoming the first to race on the fresh slalom course.^[5]

Parallel format was also changed to make the race more TV-friendly. Parallel races now began with one classic qualification run with a single competitor on the slope (which was shown in the live TV broadcast), after which the top 32 qualifiers by time advanced to the elimination phase of the main competition. The round of 32 used the current run and re-run format, so that each competitor got to start from each side, but from the round of 16 forward, there was only one run per race and a direct knockout system.^[6] However, the new format immediately became controversial, as making two giant slalom courses equal in a single-run format proved impossible, and both the first men's and women's parallel giant slalom races suffered from "the luck of the draw" becoming determinative—in the men's race, all eight round-of-16 matches were won by the racer on the same randomly-selected course, and in the women's race, 17 of 20 winners came from the same course.^[7][8]

In addition, a new sixth discipline—parallel events (which combined parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom in points distribution)—was introduced, joining downhill, Super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined. A small crystal globe was to be awarded to the winner.^[9]

On 1 February 2020, then-women's World Cup overall leader (and 3-time defending champion) Mikaela Shiffrin's father Jeff suffered grave injuries in an accident, and Shiffrin immediately left the World Cup tour. His injuries proved fatal, and Shiffrin remained off the tour for the rest of the season.^[10]

The number of races in the World Cup history

including DH in Kvitfjell (7 March 2020)

Calendar

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, AC – Alpine combined, PG – Parallel giant slalom

#	Event	Date	Venue	Type	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1747	1	27 October 2019	Sölden	GS 413	Alexis Pinturault	Mathieu Faivre	Žan Kranjec	[11]
1748	2	24 November 2019	Levi	SL 489	Henrik Kristoffersen	Clément Noël	Daniel Yule	[12]
1749	3	30 November 2019	Lake Louise	DH 488	Thomas Dreßen	Dominik Paris	Beat Feuz    Carlo Janka	[13]
1750	4	1 December 2019		SG 212	Matthias Mayer	Dominik Paris	Vincent Kriechmayr    Mauro Caviezel	[14]
1751	5	6 December 2019	Beaver Creek	SG 213	Marco Odermatt	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Matthias Mayer	[15]
1752	6	7 December 2019		DH 489	Beat Feuz	Johan Clarey Vincent Kriechmayr		[16]
1753	7	8 December 2019		GS 414	Tommy Ford	Henrik Kristoffersen	Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen	[17]
		[nb 1] 15 December 2019	Val d'Isère	GS cnx	heavy snow and wind; moved to Hinterstoder on 1 March
1754	8	[nb 2] 15 December 2019		SL 490	Alexis Pinturault	André Myhrer	Stefano Gross	[18]
1755	9	[nb 3] 20 December 2019	Val Gardena/Gröden	SG 214	Vincent Kriechmayr	Kjetil Jansrud	Thomas Dreßen	[19]
		21 December 2019		DH cnx	heavy snowfall; rescheduled in Bormio on 27 December
1756	10	22 December 2019	Alta Badia	GS 415	Henrik Kristoffersen	Cyprien Sarrazin	Žan Kranjec	[20]
1757	11	23 December 2019		PG 005	Rasmus Windingstad	Stefan Luitz	Roland Leitinger	[21]
1758	12	[nb 4] 27 December 2019	Bormio	DH 490	Dominik Paris	Beat Feuz	Matthias Mayer	[22]
1759	13	28 December 2019		DH 491	Dominik Paris	Urs Kryenbühl	Beat Feuz	[23]
1760	14	29 December 2019		AC 132	Alexis Pinturault	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Loïc Meillard	[24]
1761	15	5 January 2020	Zagreb	SL 491	Clément Noël	Ramon Zenhäusern	Alex Vinatzer	[25]
1762	16	8 January 2020	Madonna di Campiglio	SL 492	Daniel Yule	Henrik Kristoffersen	Clément Noël	[26]
1763	17	11 January 2020	Adelboden	GS 416	Žan Kranjec	Filip Zubčić	Henrik Kristoffersen Victor Muffat-Jeandet	[27]
1764	18	12 January 2020		SL 493	Daniel Yule	Henrik Kristoffersen	Marco Schwarz	[28]
1765	19	17 January 2020	Wengen	AC 133	Matthias Mayer	Alexis Pinturault	Victor Muffat-Jeandet	[29]
1766	20	18 January 2020		DH 492	Beat Feuz	Dominik Paris	Thomas Dreßen	[30]
1767	21	19 January 2020		SL 494	Clément Noël	Henrik Kristoffersen	Aleksandr Khoroshilov	[31]
1768	22	24 January 2020	Kitzbühel	SG 215	Kjetil Jansrud	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Matthias Mayer		[32]
1769	23	25 January 2020		DH 493	Matthias Mayer	Beat Feuz Vincent Kriechmayr		[33]
1770	24	26 January 2020		SL 495	Daniel Yule	Marco Schwarz	Clément Noël	[34]
1771	25	28 January 2020	Schladming	SL 496	Henrik Kristoffersen	Alexis Pinturault	Daniel Yule	[35]
1772	26	1 February 2020	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	DH 494	Thomas Dreßen	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Johan Clarey	[36]
1773	27	2 February 2020		GS 417	Alexis Pinturault	Loïc Meillard	Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen	[37]
1774	28	8 February 2020	Chamonix	SL 497	Clément Noël	Timon Haugan	Adrian Pertl	[38]
1775	29	9 February 2020		PG 006	Loïc Meillard	Thomas Tumler	Alexander Schmid	[39]
1776	30	[nb 5]13 February 2020	Saalbach-Hinterglemm	DH 495	Thomas Dreßen	Beat Feuz	Mauro Caviezel	[40]
1777	31	[nb 6]14 February 2020		SG 216	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Mauro Caviezel	Thomas Dreßen	[41]
		15 February 2020	Yanqing	DH cnx	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic; rescheduled in Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 13–14 February
		16 February 2020		SG cnx
1778	32	22 February 2020	Naeba	GS 418	Filip Zubčić	Marco Odermatt	Tommy Ford	[42]
		23 February 2020		SL cnx	weather conditions; strong wind
1779	33	29 February 2020	Hinterstoder	SG 217	Vincent Kriechmayr	Mauro Caviezel	Matthias Mayer	[43]
1780	34	[nb 7]1 March 2020		AC 134	Alexis Pinturault	Mauro Caviezel	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	[44]
1781	35	[nb 8]2 March 2020		GS 419	Alexis Pinturault	Filip Zubčić	Henrik Kristoffersen	[45]
1782	36	7 March 2020	Kvitfjell	DH 496	Matthias Mayer	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Carlo Janka	[46]
		8 March 2020		SG cnx	Weather conditions; rain, wind and fog
		14 March 2020	Kranjska Gora	GS cnx	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
		15 March 2020		SL cnx
		18 March 2020	Cortina d'Ampezzo	DH cnx
		19 March 2020		SG cnx
		21 March 2020		GS cnx
		22 March 2020		SL cnx

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Rankings

More information Rank, after all 36 races ...

Overall Rank after all 36 races Points 1   Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 1202 2 Alexis Pinturault 1148 3   Henrik Kristoffersen 1041 4 Matthias Mayer 916 5 Vincent Kriechmayr 794 Main article: 2020 Men's overall

Downhill Rank after all 9 races Points 1    Beat Feuz 650 2 Thomas Dreßen 438 3 Matthias Mayer 424 4   Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 413 5 Dominik Paris 384 Main article: 2020 Men's downhill

Super-G Rank after all 6 races Points 1    Mauro Caviezel 365 2 Vincent Kriechmayr 362 3   Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 336 4 Matthias Mayer 324 5   Kjetil Jansrud 305 Main article: 2020 Men's super-G

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More information Rank, after all 7 races ...

Giant slalom Rank after all 7 races Points 1   Henrik Kristoffersen 394 2 Alexis Pinturault 388 3 Filip Zubčić 368 4 Žan Kranjec 364 5 Tommy Ford 267 Main article: 2020 Men's giant slalom Parallel (2 PG) Rank after all 2 races Points 1    Loïc Meillard 129 2   Rasmus Windingstad 103 3 Stefan Luitz 82 4    Thomas Tumler 80 5 Roland Leitinger 73 Alexander Schmid 73 Main article: 2020 Men's parallel

Slalom Rank after all 9 races Points 1   Henrik Kristoffersen 552 2 Clément Noël 550 3    Daniel Yule 495 4    Ramon Zenhäusern 323 5   Sebastian Foss-Solevåg 297 Main article: 2020 Men's slalom

Alpine combined Rank after all 3 races Points 1 Alexis Pinturault 280 2   Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 172 3 Matthias Mayer 140 4 Riccardo Tonetti 140 5    Loïc Meillard 139 Main article: 2020 Men's combined

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The number of races in the World Cup history

including SG in La Thuile (29 February 2020)

Calendar

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, AC – Alpine combined, PS – Parallel slalom, PG – Parallel giant slalom

#	Event	Date	Venue	Type	Winner	Second	Third	Details
1637	1	26 October 2019	Sölden	GS 413	Alice Robinson	Mikaela Shiffrin	Tessa Worley	[47]
1638	2	23 November 2019	Levi	SL 464	Mikaela Shiffrin	Wendy Holdener	Katharina Truppe	[48]
1639	3	30 November 2019	Killington	GS 414	Marta Bassino	Federica Brignone	Mikaela Shiffrin	[49]
1640	4	1 December 2019		SL 465	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Anna Swenn-Larsson	[50]
1641	5	6 December 2019	Lake Louise	DH 410	Ester Ledecká	Corinne Suter	Stephanie Venier	[51]
1642	6	7 December 2019		DH 411	Nicole Schmidhofer	Mikaela Shiffrin	Francesca Marsaglia	[52]
1643	7	8 December 2019		SG 233	Viktoria Rebensburg	Nicol Delago	Corinne Suter	[53]
1644	8	14 December 2019	St. Moritz	SG 234	Sofia Goggia	Federica Brignone	Mikaela Shiffrin	[54]
1645	9	15 December 2019		PS 006	Petra Vlhová	Anna Swenn-Larsson	Franziska Gritsch	[55]
1646	10	17 December 2019	Courchevel	GS 415	Federica Brignone	Mina Fürst Holtmann	Wendy Holdener	[56]
		21 December 2019	Val d'Isère	DH cnx	heavy snowfall; recheduled in Val d'Isère on 22 December
		22 December 2019		AC cnx	cancelled due to switched program schedule with downhill
		[nb 9]22 December 2019		DH cnx	cancelled for the second time; heavy snowfall again; rescheduled in Bansko on 24 January
1647	11	28 December 2019	Lienz	GS 416	Mikaela Shiffrin	Marta Bassino	Katharina Liensberger	[57]
1648	12	29 December 2019		SL 466	Mikaela Shiffrin	Petra Vlhová	Michelle Gisin	[58]
1649	13	4 January 2020	Zagreb	SL 467	Petra Vlhová	Mikaela Shiffrin	Katharina Liensberger	[59]
1650	14	11 January 2020	Altenmarkt	DH 412	Corinne Suter	Nicol Delago	Michelle Gisin	[60]
1651	15	12 January 2020		AC 105	Federica Brignone	Wendy Holdener	Marta Bassino	[61]
1652	16	14 January 2020	Flachau	SL 468	Petra Vlhová	Anna Swenn-Larsson	Mikaela Shiffrin	[62]
1653	17	18 January 2020	Sestriere	GS 417	Federica Brignone Petra Vlhová		Mikaela Shiffrin	[63]
1654	18	19 January 2020		PG 001	Clara Direz	Elisa Mörzinger	Marta Bassino	[64]
1655	19	[nb 10]24 January 2020	Bansko	DH 413	Mikaela Shiffrin	Federica Brignone	Joana Hählen	[65]
1656	20	25 January 2020		DH 414	Elena Curtoni	Marta Bassino	Federica Brignone	[66]
1657	21	26 January 2020		SG 235	Mikaela Shiffrin	Marta Bassino	Lara Gut-Behrami	[67]
		1 February 2020	Rosa Khutor	DH cnx	cancelled due to heavy snowfall; rescheduled in Crans-Montana on 21 February
1658	22	2 February 2020		SG 236	Federica Brignone	Sofia Goggia	Joana Hählen	[68]
1659	23	8 February 2020	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	DH 415	Viktoria Rebensburg	Federica Brignone	Ester Ledecká	[69]
1660	24	9 February 2020		SG 237	Corinne Suter	Nicole Schmidhofer	Wendy Holdener	[70]
		15 February 2020	Maribor	GS cnx	warm weather forecast; rescheduled in Kranjska Gora on 15–16 February
		16 February 2020		SL cnx
1661	25	[nb 11]15 February 2020	Kranjska Gora	GS 418	Alice Robinson	Petra Vlhová	Wendy Holdener Meta Hrovat	[71]
1662	26	[nb 12]16 February 2020		SL 469	Petra Vlhová	Wendy Holdener	Katharina Truppe	[72]
1663	27	[nb 13]21 February 2020	Crans-Montana	DH 416	Lara Gut-Behrami	Corinne Suter	Stephanie Venier	[73]
1664	28	22 February 2020		DH 417	Lara Gut-Behrami	Corinne Suter	Nina Ortlieb	[74]
1665	29	23 February 2020		AC 106	Federica Brignone	Franziska Gritsch	Ester Ledecká	[75]
1666	30	29 February 2020	La Thuile	SG 238	Nina Ortlieb	Federica Brignone	Corinne Suter	[76]
		1 March 2020		AC 107	heavy snowfall
		7 March 2020	Ofterschwang	GS cnx	lack of snow and bad weather forecast
		8 March 2020		SL cnx
		12 March 2020	Åre	PS cnx	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
		13 March 2020		GS cnx
		14 March 2020		SL cnx
		18 March 2020	Cortina d'Ampezzo	DH cnx
		19 March 2020		SG cnx
		21 March 2020		SL cnx
		22 March 2020		GS cnx

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Rankings

More information Rank, after all 30 races ...

Overall Rank after all 30 races Points 1 Federica Brignone 1378 2 Mikaela Shiffrin 1225 3 Petra Vlhová 1189 4    Corinne Suter 837 5 Marta Bassino 817 Main article: 2020 Women's overall

Downhill Rank after all 8 races Points 1    Corinne Suter 477 2 Ester Ledecká 322 3 Federica Brignone 320 4    Lara Gut-Behrami 288 5 Mikaela Shiffrin 256 Main article: 2020 Women's downhill

Super-G Rank after all 6 races Points 1    Corinne Suter 360 2 Federica Brignone 341 3 Nicole Schmidhofer 217 4    Lara Gut-Behrami 209 5 Stephanie Venier 205 Main article: 2020 Women's super-G

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Giant slalom Rank after all 6 races Points 1 Federica Brignone 407 2 Petra Vlhová 333 3 Mikaela Shiffrin 314 4 Marta Bassino 309 5 Alice Robinson 300 Main article: 2020 Women's giant slalom

Slalom Rank after all 6 races Points 1 Petra Vlhová 460 2 Mikaela Shiffrin 440 3 Katharina Liensberger 276 4    Wendy Holdener 260 5 Anna Swenn-Larsson 235 Main article: 2020 Women's slalom

Alpine combined Rank after all 2 races Points 1 Federica Brignone 200 2    Wendy Holdener 125 3 Ester Ledecká 100 4 Franziska Gritsch 80 5 Ramona Siebenhofer 64 Main article: 2020 Women's combined

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Parallel (1 PG + 1 PS) Rank after all 2 races Points 1 Petra Vlhová 113 2 Clara Direz 100 3 Federica Brignone 90 4 Anna Swenn-Larsson 80 Elisa Mörzinger 80 Main article: 2020 Women's parallel

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World Cup history in real time

including PGS in Soldeu (15 March 2019)

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Event key: PG – Parallel giant slalom

#	Event	Date	Venue	Type	Winner	Second	Third	Details
		20 March 2020	Cortina d'Ampezzo	PG cnx	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic

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The following athletes announced their retirements during or after the season: