# 2015–16 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

The 2015/16 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 33rd World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 4 December 2015 in Lillehammer, Norway and ended on 6 March 2016 in Schonach, Germany.

## Calendar
### Men

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Hill | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib | Ref. |
| | | 28 November 2015 | Ruka | Rukatunturi | HS142 / 10 km | strong wind; rescheduled to Trondheim | strong wind; rescheduled to Trondheim | strong wind; rescheduled to Trondheim | strong wind; rescheduled to Trondheim | strong wind; rescheduled to Trondheim |
| | | 29 November 2015 | Ruka | Rukatunturi | HS142 / 10 km | strong wind; rescheduled to Lahti | strong wind; rescheduled to Lahti | strong wind; rescheduled to Lahti | strong wind; rescheduled to Lahti | strong wind; rescheduled to Lahti |
| 442 | 1 | 4–5 December 2015 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken | HS138 / 10 km | Fabian Rießle | Akito Watabe | Ilkka Herola | Fabian Rießle | |
| 443 | 2 | 6 December 2015 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken | HS100 / 10 km | Magnus Krog | Fabian Rießle | Lukas Klapfer | Fabian Rießle | |
| 444 | 3 | 19 December 2015 | Ramsau | W90-Mattensprunganlage | HS98 / 10 km | Magnus Moan | Magnus Krog | Jarl Magnus Riiber | Magnus Krog | |
| 445 | 4 | 20 December 2015 | Ramsau | W90-Mattensprunganlage | HS98 / 10 km | Eric Frenzel | Jarl Magnus Riiber | Manuel Faißt | Magnus Krog | |
| | | 2 January 2016 | Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena | HS140 / 10 km | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to Schonach | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to Schonach | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to Schonach | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to Schonach | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to Schonach |
| | | 3 January 2016 | Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena | HS140 / 10 km | lack of snow and warm temperatures | lack of snow and warm temperatures | lack of snow and warm temperatures | lack of snow and warm temperatures | lack of snow and warm temperatures |
| | | 9 January 2016 | Schonach | Langenwaldschanze | HS106 / 10 km | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March |
| 446 | 5 | 23 January 2016 | Chaux-Neuve | La Côté Feuillée | HS118 / 10 km | Eric Frenzel | Bernhard Gruber | Akito Watabe | Fabian Rießle | |
| 447 | 6 | 24 January 2016 | Chaux-Neuve | La Côté Feuillée | HS118 / 10 km | Fabian Rießle | Eric Frenzel | Akito Watabe | Fabian Rießle | |
| 3rd Nordic Combined Triple Overall (29–31 Jan) |||||||||||
| 448 | 7 | 29 January 2016 | Seefeld | Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze | HS109 / 5 km | Eric Frenzel | Akito Watabe | Fabian Rießle | Fabian Rießle | |
| 449 | 8 | 30 January 2016 | Seefeld | Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze | HS109 / 10 km | Eric Frenzel | Akito Watabe | Fabian Rießle | Eric Frenzel | |
| 450 | 9 | 31 January 2016 | Seefeld | Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze | HS109 / 10 km | Eric Frenzel | Akito Watabe | Fabian Rießle | Eric Frenzel | |
| 451 | 10 | 6 February 2016 | Oslo | Holmenkollbakken | HS134 / 10 km | Jarl Magnus Riiber | Akito Watabe | Eric Frenzel | Eric Frenzel | |
| 452 | 11 | 9 February 2016 | Trondheim | Granåsen | HS140 / 10 km | Jørgen Graabak | Eric Frenzel | Jarl Magnus Riiber | Eric Frenzel | |
| 453 | 12 | 10 February 2016 | Trondheim | Granåsen | HS140 / 10 km | Eric Frenzel | Akito Watabe | Jørgen Graabak | Eric Frenzel | |
| 454 | 13 | 19 February 2016 | Lahti | Salpausselkä | HS130 / 10 km | Eric Frenzel | Akito Watabe | Jan Schmid | Eric Frenzel | |
| 455 | 14 | 21 February 2016 | Lahti | Salpausselkä | HS130 / 10 km | Fabian Rießle | Eric Frenzel | Akito Watabe | Eric Frenzel | |
| 456 | 15 | 23 February 2016 | Kuopio | Puijo | HS127 / 10 km | Johannes Rydzek | Akito Watabe | Wilhelm Denifl | Eric Frenzel | |
| 457 | 16 | 27 February 2016 | Val di Fiemme | Trampolino dal Ben | HS134 / 10 km | Bernhard Gruber | Eric Frenzel | Jørgen Graabak | Eric Frenzel | |
| 458 | 17 | 28 February 2016 | Val di Fiemme | Trampolino dal Ben | HS134 / 10 km | Magnus Krog | Jørgen Graabak | Fabian Rießle | Eric Frenzel | |
| 459 | 18 | 5 March 2016 | Schonach | Langenwaldschanze | HS106 / 10 km | Eric Frenzel | Jan Schmid | Akito Watabe | Eric Frenzel | |
| 460 | 19 | 6 March 2016 | Schonach | Langenwaldschanze | HS106 / 15 km | Jørgen Graabak | Fabian Rießle | Lukas Klapfer | Eric Frenzel | |

### Team

| Num | Season | Date | Place | Hill | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib | Ref. |
| | | 5 December 2015 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken | HS138 / 4x5 km | strong wind; replaced with an individual Gundersen | strong wind; replaced with an individual Gundersen | strong wind; replaced with an individual Gundersen | strong wind; replaced with an individual Gundersen | strong wind; replaced with an individual Gundersen |
| | | 10 January 2016 | Schonach | Langenwaldschanze | HS106 / 4x5 km | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March | lack of snow and warm temperatures; rescheduled to March |
| 31 | 1 | 20 February 2016 | Lahti | Salpausselkä | HS130 / 2x7.5 km Sprint | Germany IJohannes Rydzek Fabian Rießle | Austria ILukas Klapfer Bernhard Gruber | Austria IIFranz-Josef Rehrl Philipp Orter | Germany | |
| 32 | 2 | 26 February 2016 | Val di Fiemme | Trampolino dal Ben | HS134 / 2x7.5 km Sprint | Norway IMagnus Krog Jørgen Graabak | Germany ITobias Haug Tino Edelmann | France IFrançois Braud Maxime Laheurte | Germany | |
| 33 | 3 | 4 March 2016 | Schonach | Langenwaldschanze | HS106 / 4x5 km | NorwayMagnus Moan Jan Schmid Magnus Krog Jørgen Graabak | GermanyManuel Faißt Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek Fabian Rießle | AustriaBernhard Gruber Bernhard Flaschberger Lukas Klapfer Philipp Orter | Germany | |

## Achievements
### First World Cup career victory

* Fabian Rießle (GER), 24, in his 7th season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer; first podium was 2011–12 in Oberstdorf
* Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR), 18, in his 2nd season – the WC 10 in Oslo, first podium was 2014–15 in Seefeld

### First World Cup podium

* Ilkka Herola (FIN), 20, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 1 in Lillehammer
* Manuel Faißt (GER), 22, in his 7th season – no. 3 in the WC 4 in Ramsau

### Victories in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time)

* Eric Frenzel (GER), 8 (31) first places
* Fabian Rießle (GER), 3 (3) first places
* Magnus Krog (NOR), 2 (3) first places
* Jørgen Graabak (NOR), 2 (3) first places
* Magnus Moan (NOR), 1 (25) first place
* Bernhard Gruber (AUT), 1 (6) first place
* Johannes Rydzek (GER), 1 (6) first place
* Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR), 1 (1) first place

## Retirements

Following are notable nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:
* Ole Martin Storlien (NOR)
* Petr Kutal (CZE)
* Tino Edelmann (GER)

## Footnotes

* ↑ Originally this event was scheduled as team event, but the ski jumping round was cancelled because of strong wind. That's why it was transformed into an individual Gudersen with PCR round held on 4 December counted as a ski jumping part of competition. Cross-country round was held on regular schedule on 5 December and together counted as individual HS 138 / 10 km event.
* ↑ Ski jumping part of competition in Lillehammer on 6 December scheduled on large hill was moved to normal hill because of strong wind forecast.
* ↑ Cancelled event from 28 November 2015 in Ruka was replaced in Trondheim on 9 February 2016.
* ↑ Cancelled event from 29 November 2015 in Ruka was replaced in Lahti on 21 February 2016.
* ↑ Originally HS 134 / 15 km Gundersen event in Val di Fiemme on 28 January 2016 was replaced with HS 134 / 10 km event
* ↑ Cancelled event from 2 January 2016 in Klingenthal was replaced in Schonach on 5 March 2016.
* ↑ Originally scheduled individual event in Schonach on 9 January 2016 was rescheduled to 6 March 2016
* ↑ Originally scheduled team event in Schonach on 10 January 2016 was rescheduled to 4 March 2016