# FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals

The FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2007–08 season in various places in Europe or Canada. The World Cup Finals is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and is held as the last World Cup race weekend of the season. The inaugural World Cup Finals was held in 2008 in Bormio, Italy. As of the 2018–19 season, the World Cup Finals consists of three stages; a sprint, a mass start race and a pursuit.
The first stages was arranged on 14 March 2008 and were won by Claudia Künzel (ladies) and Pietro Piller Cottrer (men). The first overall winners of the World Cup Finals were Virpi Kuitunen and Vincent Vittoz.

## Venues

| Year | Venue |
| 2008 | Bormio |
| 2009 | Stockholm and Falun |
| 2010 | Stockholm and Falun |
| 2011 | Stockholm and Falun |
| 2012 | Stockholm and Falun |
| 2013 | Stockholm and Falun |
| 2014 | Falun |
| 2015 | not arranged |
| 2016 | Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City, Canmore and Lake Louise |
| 2017 | Quebec City |
| 2018 | Falun |
| 2019 | Quebec City |
| 2020 | Canmore Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada |
| 2021 | Beijing Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China |
| 2022 | Tyumen |

## Prize money

As of the 2018–19 edition, a total of CHF 240,000, both genders included, is awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winners of the World Cup Finals receive CHF 22,500, with the second and third placed skiers getting CHF 17,500 and CHF 11,000 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 are awarded money. CHF 5,000 is given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2 and 3.

## Overall winners

| Men Year Winner Second Third 2008 Vincent Vittoz Lukáš Bauer Giorgio Di Centa 2009 Dario Cologna Vincent Vittoz Alexander Legkov 2010 Petter Northug Maurice Manificat Marcus Hellner 2011 Petter Northug Finn Hågen Krogh Dario Cologna 2012 Dario Cologna Devon Kershaw Niklas Dyrhaug 2013 Petter Northug Finn Hågen Krogh Martin Johnsrud Sundby 2014 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Alex Harvey Alexander Legkov 2015 not arranged 2016 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Sergey Ustiugov Petter Northug 2017 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alex Harvey Niklas Dyrhaug 2018 Alexander Bolshunov Alex Harvey Dario Cologna 2019 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Alex Harvey Alexander Bolshunov 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China | Women Year Winner Second Third 2008 Virpi Kuitunen Justyna Kowalczyk Claudia Künzel 2009 Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug Charlotte Kalla 2010 Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla 2011 Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Therese Johaug 2012 Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng Charlotte Kalla 2013 Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Charlotte Kalla 2014 Therese Johaug Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng 2015 not arranged 2016 Therese Johaug Heidi Weng Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2017 Marit Bjørgen Heidi Weng Stina Nilsson 2018 Marit Bjørgen Jessie Diggins Sadie Bjornsen 2019 Stina Nilsson Therese Johaug Ingvild Flugstad Østberg 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China |

## Records
### Overall winners

Six skiers have won the World Cup Finals two or more times. Marit Bjørgen (NOR) is the only skier to win six times. Petter Northug (NOR) has won the World Cup Finals three times.
Men :
| Wins | Skier | Editions |
| 3 | Petter Northug (NOR) | 2010, 2011, 2013 |
| 2 | Dario Cologna (SUI) | 2009, 2012 |
| 2 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR) | 2014, 2016 |
| 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) | 2017, 2019 |
| 1 | Vincent Vittoz (FRA) | 2008 |
| 1 | Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | 2018 |
Women :
| Wins | Skier | Editions |
| 6 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 |
| 2 | Therese Johaug (NOR) | 2014, 2016 |
| 1 | Virpi Kuitunen (FIN) | 2008 |
| 1 | Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) | 2009 |
| 1 | Stina Nilsson (SWE) | 2019 |

## World Cup points

The overall winner are awarded 200 points. The winners of each of the three stages are awarded 50 points. The maximum number of points an athlete can earn is therefore 350 points.
| Position | 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 |
| Overall | 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 |
| Stage | 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 |