# 2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over the season for cross-country skiers. It was the 28th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 22 November 2008 with 15 km freestyle races for women in Gällivare, won by Charlotte Kalla of Sweden. The World Cup is organised by the FIS who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.

## Calendar

Both men's and women's events tend to be held at the same resorts over a 2 or 3 day period. Listed below is a list of races which equates with the points table further down this page.
The Tour de Ski is a series of events which count towards the World Cup. This starts with the meet at Oberhof and concludes at Val di Fiemme.

### Men's team

| WC | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 23 November 2008 | Gällivare | 4 × 10 km relay C/F | Norway IMartin Johnsrud Sundby Eldar Rønning Tore Ruud Hofstad Petter Northug | Sweden IDaniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Rikard Andreasson Marcus Hellner | GermanyJens Filbrich Tobias Angerer Tom Reichelt Axel Teichmann |
| 2 | 7 December 2008 | La Clusaz | 4 × 10 km relay C/F | Norway ITor Arne Hetland Martin Johnsrud Sundby Tord Asle Gjerdalen Petter Northug | SwedenDaniel Rickardsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Marcus Hellner | France IJean-Marc Gaillard Vincent Vittoz Maurice Manificat Emmanuel Jonnier |
| 3 | 21 December 2008 | Düsseldorf | Team Sprint F | Norway ITor Arne Hetland Ola Vigen Hattestad | Sweden IBjörn Lind Thobias Fredriksson | Russia IAlexey Petukhov Nikolay Morilov |
| 4 | 18 January 2009 | Vancouver | Team Sprint F | Sweden IRobin Bryntesson Emil Jönsson | Italy IFabio Pasini Renato Pasini | Canada IGeorge Grey Alex Harvey |

### Women's team

| WC | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 23 November 2008 | Gällivare | 4 × 5 km relay C/F | Norway IMarit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marthe Kristoffersen | FinlandPirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Riitta-Liisa Roponen | Sweden IJenny Hansson Britta Norgren Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla |
| 2 | 7 December 2008 | La Clusaz | 4 × 5 km relay C/F | FinlandPirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | SwedenLina Andersson Sara Lindborg Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla | NorwayKristin Mürer Stemland Therese Johaug Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen Kristin Størmer Steira |
| 3 | 21 December 2008 | Düsseldorf | Team Sprint F | Russia INatalya Korostelyova Natalya Matveyeva | Norway ICeline Brun-Lie Maiken Caspersen Falla | Germany IClaudia Nystad Stefanie Böhler |
| 4 | 18 January 2009 | Vancouver | Team Sprint F | Italy IMagda Genuin Arianna Follis | GermanyNicole Fessel Stefanie Böhler | Sweden ILina Andersson Anna Olsson |

## World Cup points

The table shows the number of points won in the 2008–09 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.
| 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 |
| World Cup Final | 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 |
| 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 |
| Tour de Ski | 400 | 320 | 240 | 200 | 180 | 160 | 144 | 128 | 116 | 104 | 96 | 88 | 80 | 72 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Stage Tour de Ski | 50 | 46 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Stage World Cup Final | 50 | 46 | 43 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
A skier's best results in all distance races and sprint races counts towards the overall World Cup totals.
All distance races, included individual stages in Tour de Ski and in World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the distance standings. All sprint races, including the sprint races during the Tour de Ski and the first race of the World Cup Final (which counts as 50% of a normal race), count towards the sprint standings.
The Nations Cup ranking is calculated by adding each country's individual competitors' scores and scores from team events. Relay events count double (see World Cup final positions), with only one team counting towards the total, while in team sprint events two teams contribute towards the total, with the usual World Cup points (100 to winning team, etc.) awarded.

## Men's standings
### Overall

| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| 1 | Dario Cologna | 1344 |
| 2 | Petter Northug | 1207 |
| 3 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | 792 |
| 4 | Sami Jauhojärvi | 789 |
| 5 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | 774 |
| 6 | Axel Teichmann | 724 |
| 7 | Giorgio Di Centa | 660 |
| 8 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | 627 |
| 9 | Lukáš Bauer | 612 |
| 10 | Vincent Vittoz | 583 |
| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| 11 | Alexander Legkov | 562 |
| 12 | Eldar Rønning | 518 |
| 13 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | 508 |
| 14 | Tobias Angerer | 477 |
| 15 | Johan Olsson | 462 |
| 16 | John Kristian Dahl | 444 |
| 17 | Vasily Rochev | 437 |
| 18 | Devon Kershaw | 398 |
| 19 | Tor Arne Hetland | 373 |
| 20 | Marcus Hellner | 367 |
| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| 21 | Renato Pasini | 359 |
| 22 | Yevgeny Dementyev | 354 |
| 23 | Jens Filbrich | 305 |
| 24 | Alexey Petukhov | 291 |
| 25 | Maxim Vylegzhanin | 288 |
| 26 | Jaak Mae | 275 |
| 27 | Andrus Veerpalu | 275 |
| 28 | Emil Jönsson | 272 |
| 29 | David Hofer | 265 |
| 30 | Nikolay Morilov | 260 |
| Distance Rank Athlete Points 1 Pietro Piller Cottrer559 2 Dario Cologna539 3 Petter Northug489 4 Sami Jauhojärvi466 5 Lukáš Bauer460 6 Axel Teichmann445 7 Johan Olsson432 8 Alexander Legkov407 9 Tobias Angerer377 10 Jean-Marc Gaillard374 | Sprint Rank Athlete Points 1 Ola Vigen Hattestad792 2 Renato Pasini359 3 Tor Arne Hetland335 4 John Kristian Dahl326 5 Petter Northug308 6 Alexey Petukhov278 7 Emil Jönsson272 8 Nikolay Morilov260 9 Dario Cologna205 10 Nikita Kriukov203 |

## Women's standings
### Overall

| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| 1 | Justyna Kowalczyk | 1810 |
| 2 | Petra Majdič | 1730 |
| 3 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | 1485 |
| 4 | Arianna Follis | 1127 |
| 5 | Virpi Kuitunen | 1124 |
| 6 | Pirjo Muranen | 999 |
| 7 | Marianna Longa | 991 |
| 8 | Kristin Størmer Steira | 771 |
| 9 | Therese Johaug | 725 |
| 10 | Marit Bjørgen | 714 |
| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| 11 | Riitta-Liisa Roponen | 710 |
| 12 | Charlotte Kalla | 623 |
| 13 | Claudia Nystad | 599 |
| 14 | Anna Olsson | 509 |
| 15 | Stefanie Böhler | 505 |
| 16 | Valentyna Shevchenko | 492 |
| 17 | Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | 484 |
| 18 | Alena Procházková | 423 |
| 19 | Anna Haag | 413 |
| 20 | Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova | 379 |
| Rank | Athlete | Points |
| 21 | Sara Renner | 333 |
| 22 | Katerina Smutna | 331 |
| 23 | Magda Genuin | 329 |
| 24 | Marthe Kristoffersen | 316 |
| 25 | Katrin Zeller | 306 |
| 26 | Natalya Matveyeva | 283 |
| 27 | Celine Brun-Lie | 247 |
| 28 | Alena Sidko | 240 |
| 29 | Lina Andersson | 226 |
| 30 | Karine Laurent Philippot | 219 |
| Distance Rank Athlete Points 1 Justyna Kowalczyk1004 2 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen706 3 Marianna Longa662 4 Kristin Størmer Steira590 5 Petra Majdič551 6 Virpi Kuitunen525 7 Therese Johaug507 8 Arianna Follis490 9 Marit Bjørgen435 10 Valentyna Shevchenko418 | Sprint Rank Athlete Points 1 Petra Majdič875 2 Arianna Follis469 3 Pirjo Muranen461 4 Aino-Kaisa Saarinen407 5 Justyna Kowalczyk406 6 Alena Procházková353 7 Magda Genuin319 8 Natalya Matveyeva283 9 Anna Olsson256 10 Celine Brun-Lie209 |

## Nations Cup

| Rank | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Norway | 9334 |
| 2 | Finland | 6675 |
| 3 | Italy | 6413 |
| 4 | Russia | 6197 |
| 5 | Sweden | 4920 |
| 6 | Germany | 4353 |
| 7 | France | 2738 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 2032 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 2028 |
| 10 | Poland | 1954 |

## Achievements
### First World Cup Podium

* Anton Gafarov (RUS), 21, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 20 (Sprint F) in Rybinsk