# 1988–89 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 23rd World Cup season began in November 1988 in Austria and concluded in March 1989 in Japan. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg (his third) and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (her first). Schneider established the record for victories in a World Cup season, winning a total of 14 races (6 (out of 7) giant slaloms, 7 (out of 7) slaloms, and 1 (of 2) combined), surpassing the record of 13 established in 1978-79 by the great Swedish skier and three-time overall World Cup champion Ingemar Stenmark.
Stenmark, who became the primary example of the transition of the World Cup circuit from fully amateur to fully professional during his 16-year career, retired at the end of the season, after notching his all-time record 86th race victory in February. All of Stenmark's victories were either in giant slalom (46) or slalom (40).
The break in the schedule in early February was for the 1989 World Championships, held in Vail, Colorado, USA.

## Calendar

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### Ladies
## Men
### Overall

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In Men's Overall World Cup 1988/89 all results count. The parallel slalom did not count for the Overall World Cup. Marc Girardelli won his third Overall World Cup.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | SG | GS | SL | KB |
| 1 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 407 | 139 | 46 | 66 | 106 | 50 |
| 2 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 309 | 94 | 62 | 82 | 26 | 45 |
| 3 | Alberto Tomba | Italy | 189 | 0 | 37 | 40 | 112 | 0 |
| 4 | Ole Kristian Furuseth | Norway | 188 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 106 | 0 |
| 5 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 166 | 67 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Rudolf Nierlich | Austria | 144 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 65 | 0 |
| 7 | Armin Bittner | West Germany | 127 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 117 | 0 |
| 8 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | 126 | 112 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 114 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Hubert Strolz | Austria | 112 | 0 | 18 | 46 | 33 | 15 |
| 11 | Lars-Börje Eriksson | Sweden | 102 | 2 | 51 | 38 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 100 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Michael Mair | Italy | 89 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 89 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Martin Hangl | Switzerland | 87 | 0 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Franck Piccard | France | 82 | 21 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 79 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 76 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Helmut Mayer | Austria | 74 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Paul Accola | Switzerland | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 44 |

### Downhill

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In Men's Downhill World Cup 1988/89 all results count.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 26 |
| 1 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 139 | - | - | 12 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
| 2 | Helmut Höflehner | Austria | 112 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 15 | - | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Daniel Mahrer | Switzerland | 102 | - | - | 3 | - | 9 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| 4 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 94 | 12 | - | 20 | 6 | - | 12 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria | 89 | 7 | - | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 11 | - | 9 | 7 |
| 6 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 79 | 25 | 15 | - | - | 12 | 11 | - | - | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Michael Mair | Italy | 74 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 8 | Rob Boyd | Canada | 68 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 9 | 9 | - | 25 |
| 9 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 67 | 9 | - | 9 | 10 | - | - | 20 | 11 | 8 | - |
| 10 | Karl Alpiger | Switzerland | 65 | - | 10 | - | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 1 |
| 11 | Leonhard Stock | Austria | 57 | 5 | - | 15 | 25 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - |

### Super-G

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In Men's Super-G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count. Pirmin Zurbriggen won his third Super-G World Cup in a row. All events were won by a different racer.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 12 | 24 | 27 |
| 1 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 62 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Lars-Börje Eriksson | Sweden | 51 | - | 6 | 25 | 20 |
| 3 | Franck Piccard | France | 49 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| 4 | Martin Hangl | Switzerland | 47 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 10 |
| 5 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 46 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 43 | 11 | - | 20 | 12 |
| 7 | Alberto Tomba | Italy | 37 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Helmut Mayer | Austria | 35 | - | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| 9 | Hans Enn | Austria | 26 | 6 | 20 | - | - |
| 10 | Luc Alphand | France | 25 | 9 | - | 5 | 11 |

### Giant Slalom

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In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Ole Kristian Furuseth won Giant Slalom World Cup (20 points two times).
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 28 | 30 |
| 1 | Ole Kristian Furuseth | Norway | 82 | - | 10 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 25 |
| 2 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 82 | 25 | 20 | 11 | - | 15 | 11 |
| 3 | Rudolf Nierlich | Austria | 79 | 20 | 25 | - | - | 25 | 9 |
| 4 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 67 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 66 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 20 | 7 | - |
| 6 | Hubert Strolz | Austria | 46 | 8 | 9 | 7 | - | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Alberto Tomba | Italy | 40 | - | 15 | 15 | 10 | - | - |
| 8 | Martin Hangl | Switzerland | 40 | - | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Helmut Mayer | Austria | 39 | 12 | 5 | 12 | - | 10 | - |
| 10 | Lars-Börje Eriksson | Sweden | 38 | - | 4 | - | 15 | 12 | 7 |

### Slalom

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In Men's Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 31 |
| 1 | Armin Bittner | West Germany | 117 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 25 | - | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Alberto Tomba | Italy | 112 | - | 25 | 15 | - | 20 | 20 | 20 | 12 |
| 3 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 106 | 25 | 20 | 25 | - | 12 | 12 | 12 | - |
| 4 | Ole Kristian Furuseth | Norway | 106 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 20 |
| 5 | Jonas Nilsson | Sweden | 70 | 20 | - | 7 | 8 | - | 10 | 15 | 10 |
| 6 | Rudolf Nierlich | Austria | 65 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 25 | - | 25 |
| 7 | Michael Tritscher | Austria | 54 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 9 | - | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Bernhard Gstrein | Austria | 51 | 11 | 11 | - | 20 | - | - | 9 | - |
| 9 | Felix McGrath | United States | 43 | 9 | - | 8 | 11 | - | - | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | Paul Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 42 | - | 10 | 1 | - | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 |

### Combined

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In Men's Combined World Cup 1988/89 all three results count.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 10 | 17 | 22 |
| 1 | Marc Girardelli | Luxembourg | 50 | - | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Markus Wasmeier | West Germany | 47 | 20 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Pirmin Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 45 | 25 | - | 20 |
| 4 | Paul Accola | Switzerland | 44 | 12 | 20 | 12 |
| 5 | Gustav Oehrli | Switzerland | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Atle Skårdal | Norway | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Jean-Luc Crétier | France | 19 | 9 | 10 | - |
| 8 | Hubert Strolz | Austria | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| | Michael Mair | Italy | 15 | - | 15 | - |
| 10 | Peter Müller | Switzerland | 15 | 4 | 11 | - |

## Ladies
### Overall

see complete table
In Women's Overall World Cup 1988/89 all results count. The parallel slalom did not count for the Overall World Cup.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | DH | SG | GS | SL | KB |
| 1 | Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | 376 | 0 | 11 | 165 | 175 | 25 |
| 2 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 261 | 142 | 27 | 87 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 248 | 176 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 | Carole Merle | France | 206 | 67 | 75 | 55 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Anita Wachter | Austria | 157 | 0 | 56 | 59 | 42 | 0 |
| 6 | Mateja Svet | Yugoslavia | 154 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 40 | 8 |
| 7 | Ulrike Maier | Austria | 150 | 0 | 33 | 60 | 26 | 31 |
| 8 | Michaela Gerg | West Germany | 148 | 91 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Karen Percy | Canada | 127 | 53 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 20 |
| 10 | Sigrid Wolf | Austria | 119 | 28 | 71 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Tamara McKinney | United States | 116 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 77 | 12 |
| 12 | Heidi Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 86 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Monika Maierhofer | Austria | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| 14 | Regine Mösenlechner | West Germany | 84 | 45 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Veronika Wallinger | Austria | 78 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ingrid Salvenmoser | Austria | 66 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 35 | 0 |
| 17 | Veronika Šarec | Yugoslavia | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 0 |
| 18 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 61 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 40 | 0 |
| 19 | Brigitte Oertli | Switzerland | 60 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 36 |
| 20 | Barbara Sadleder | Austria | 58 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 |

### Downhill

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In Women's Downhill World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Michela Figini won her fourth Downhill World Cup (the last three in a row). She was able to win six races and only her teammate Maria Walliser was able to take two wins. The second consecutive season that saw only wins by Swiss athletes!
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 1 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 176 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 142 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | Michaela Gerg | West Germany | 91 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
| 4 | Carole Merle | France | 67 | 12 | - | 15 | 20 | 20 | - | - | - |
| 5 | Veronika Wallinger | Austria | 65 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 7 | - | 7 | - | 11 |
| 6 | Chantal Bournissen | Switzerland | 55 | 7 | - | - | - | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | Karen Percy | Canada | 53 | 10 | - | 5 | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| 8 | Regine Mösenlechner | West Germany | 45 | 20 | - | 4 | 11 | 10 | - | - | - |
| 9 | Heidi Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 41 | 9 | - | 3 | 6 | 12 | 11 | - | - |
| | Barbara Sadleder | Austria | 41 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 6 |

### Super-G

see complete table
In Women's Super-G World Cup 1988/89 all four results count.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 15 | 19 | 24 |
| 1 | Carole Merle | France | 75 | 25 | 25 | 25 | - |
| 2 | Sigrid Wolf | Austria | 71 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Anita Wachter | Austria | 56 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Ulrike Maier | Austria | 33 | 20 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 5 | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 29 | 9 | 5 | - | 15 |
| 6 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 27 | - | 15 | 12 | - |
| | Regine Mösenlechner | West Germany | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | - |
| 8 | Michaela Gerg | West Germany | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | - |
| 9 | Catherine Quittet | France | 22 | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | Heidi Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 18 | - | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| | Cathy Chedal | France | 18 | 4 | - | 10 | 4 |

### Giant Slalom

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In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her third Giant Slalom World Cup by winning 6 races out of 7. Only her teammate Maria Walliser was able to win a single race.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 27 |
| 1 | Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | 165 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Mateja Svet | Yugoslavia | 106 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | Maria Walliser | Switzerland | 87 | - | 11 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 12 |
| 4 | Ulrike Maier | Austria | 60 | 15 | - | 20 | 20 | 5 | - | - |
| 5 | Anita Wachter | Austria | 59 | 20 | 15 | - | - | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Carole Merle | France | 55 | - | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | - | - |
| 7 | Catherine Quittet | France | 35 | - | 1 | 9 | 3 | - | 12 | 10 |
| 8 | Michaela Gerg | West Germany | 34 | 8 | - | - | 8 | 7 | - | 11 |
| 9 | Traudl Hächer | West Germany | 32 | 9 | - | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | - |
| 10 | Ingrid Salvenmoser | Austria | 31 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | - | 10 | 1 |

### Slalom

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In Women's Slalom World Cup 1988/89 all results count. Vreni Schneider won all races and won the cup with maximum points. Up to now this was the last time an athlete was able to win a cup with maximum points. Together with the win in the first race next season 1989/90 Vreni Schneider was able to win nine world cup slalom races in a row!
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 28 |
| 1 | Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | 175 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Monika Maierhofer | Austria | 85 | 12 | - | 20 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Tamara McKinney | United States | 77 | 15 | - | 15 | - | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| 4 | Veronika Šarec | Yugoslavia | 61 | 2 | - | - | 12 | 12 | 20 | 15 |
| 5 | Christine von Grünigen | Switzerland | 48 | - | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | - |
| 6 | Patricia Chauvet | France | 45 | 11 | - | - | 15 | 9 | 10 | - |
| 7 | Anita Wachter | Austria | 42 | - | 12 | - | 8 | - | 11 | 11 |
| 8 | Blanca Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 40 | 9 | 20 | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| | Mateja Svet | Yugoslavia | 40 | 10 | - | - | 20 | 10 | - | - |
| 10 | Katjuša Pušnik | Yugoslavia | 39 | 20 | - | 10 | - | 7 | - | 2 |

### Combined

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In Women's Combined World Cup 1988/89 both results count. Brigitte Oertli won her fourth Combined World Cup (the last three in a row).
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 6 | 17 |
| 1 | Brigitte Oertli | Switzerland | 36 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Ulrike Maier | Austria | 31 | 20 | 11 |
| 3 | Vreni Schneider | Switzerland | 25 | 25 | - |
| | Michela Figini | Switzerland | 25 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | Karen Percy | Canada | 20 | - | 20 |
| 6 | Petra Kronberger | Austria | 19 | 15 | 4 |
| 7 | Heidi Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | Tamara McKinney | United States | 12 | 12 | - |
| | Florence Masnada | France | 12 | - | 12 |
| 10 | Ulrike Stanggassinger | West Germany | 9 | 9 | - |
| | Carole Merle | France | 9 | - | 9 |
| | Lenka Kebrlová | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 7 | 2 |

## Nations Cup
### Overall

| Place | Country | Total | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Switzerland | 2225 | 928 | 1297 |
| 2 | Austria | 1967 | 1037 | 930 |
| 3 | West Germany | 834 | 433 | 401 |
| 4 | France | 609 | 170 | 439 |
| 5 | Italy | 414 | 414 | 0 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 407 | 407 | 0 |
| 7 | Sweden | 366 | 294 | 72 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 335 | 80 | 255 |
| 9 | Canada | 276 | 85 | 191 |
| 10 | Norway | 256 | 256 | 0 |
| 11 | United States | 217 | 74 | 143 |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 77 | 42 | 35 |
| 13 | Spain | 61 | 0 | 61 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 39 | 19 | 20 |
| 15 | Japan | 38 | 38 | 0 |
| 16 | Soviet Union | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 18 | Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Men

All points were shown. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slaloms were only show-events.)
| Place | Country | Total | DH | SG | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 1037 | 404 | 132 | 195 | 270 | 36 | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 928 | 447 | 128 | 166 | 43 | 144 | 15 | 7 |
| 3 | West Germany | 433 | 131 | 58 | 29 | 143 | 72 | 15 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy | 414 | 105 | 53 | 67 | 164 | 25 | 16 | 1 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 407 | 139 | 46 | 66 | 106 | 50 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Sweden | 294 | 2 | 54 | 137 | 84 | 17 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | Norway | 256 | 48 | 0 | 82 | 106 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | France | 170 | 21 | 74 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Canada | 85 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 80 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | United States | 74 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Japan | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

### Ladies

All points were shown. But without parallel slalom, because result ? (Also possible, that the parallel slaloms were only show-events.) Only three teams were able to win races.
| Place | Country | Total | DH | SG | GS | SL | KB | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1297 | 493 | 110 | 314 | 265 | 115 | 18 | 24 |
| 2 | Austria | 930 | 219 | 212 | 204 | 236 | 59 | 17 | 1 |
| 3 | France | 439 | 88 | 123 | 115 | 91 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 4 | West Germany | 401 | 180 | 71 | 119 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 255 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 140 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Canada | 191 | 97 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | United States | 143 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 87 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Sweden | 72 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Spain | 61 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 35 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Soviet Union | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |