# 2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2005–06 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 25th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Düsseldorf on 22 October 2005 and was concluded in Sapporo on 19 March 2006.

## Calendar
### Men's team

| WC | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 23 October 2005 | Düsseldorf | Team Sprint F | Norway IITrond Iversen Johan Kjølstad | SwedenThobias Fredriksson Björn Lind | Norway IEldar Rønning Tor Arne Hetland |
| 2 | 20 November 2005 | Beitostølen | 4 × 10 km relay C/F | GermanyAndreas Schlütter Axel Teichmann Jens Filbrich Tobias Angerer | FranceAlexandre Rousselet Christophe Perrillat Emmanuel Jonnier Vincent Vittoz | NorwayEldar Rønning Jens Arne Svartedal Tor Arne Hetland Tore Ruud Hofstad |
| 3 | 18 December 2005 | Canmore | Team Sprint C | NorwayJens Arne Svartedal Eldar Rønning | Sweden IBjörn Lind Thobias Fredriksson | Sweden IIMats Larsson Mikael Östberg |
| 4 | 15 January 2006 | Val di Fiemme | 4 × 10 km relay C/F | ItalyGiorgio di Centa Valerio Checchi Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi | GermanyRené Sommerfeldt Axel Teichmann Jens Filbrich Tobias Angerer | NorwayOdd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Jens Arne Svartedal Tord Asle Gjerdalen Tore Ruud Hofstad |
| 5 | 18 March 2006 | Sapporo | Team Sprint F | ItalyLoris Frasnelli Cristian Zorzi | NorwayJohan Kjølstad Eldar Rønning | GermanyTobias Angerer Axel Teichmann |

### Women's team

| WC | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 23 October 2005 | Düsseldorf | Team Sprint F | Norway IHilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen | Norway IIElla Gjømle Guro Strøm Solli | RussiaNatalya Matveyeva Alyona Sidko |
| 2 | 20 November 2005 | Beitostølen | 4 × 5 km relay C/F | NorwayElla Gjømle Vibeke Skofterud Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Marit Bjørgen | GermanyManuela Henkel Stefanie Böhler Claudia Künzel-Nystad Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | FinlandAino-Kaisa Saarinen Kirsi Välimaa Riitta-Liisa Roponen Virpi Kuitunen |
| 3 | 18 December 2005 | Canmore | Team Sprint C | GermanyManuela Henkel Viola Bauer | CanadaBeckie Scott Sara Renner | SwedenLina Andersson Anna Dahlberg |
| 4 | 15 January 2006 | Val di Fiemme | 4 × 5 km relay C/F | FinlandAino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Kaisa Varis | RussiaOlga Rocheva Natalya Baranova-Masalkina Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Abruzova Yuliya Chepalova | NorwayVibeke Skofterud Marit Bjørgen Kristin Mürer Stemland Kristin Størmer Steira |
| 5 | 18 March 2006 | Sapporo | Team Sprint F | GermanyEvi Sachenbacher-Stehle Claudia Künzel-Nystad | FinlandRiitta-Liisa Roponen Pirjo Manninen | SwedenBritta Norgren Anna-Karin Strömstedt |

## Points distribution

The World Cup points in the 2005–06 season were awarded according to the following table:
| Place | 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Individual | 100 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Sprint | 100 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Relay | 200 | 160 | 120 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 58 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |