# 2018–19 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup was the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the 2018–19 season marks the 53rd consecutive year for the FIS World Cup.
This season began in October 2018 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2019 at the finals in Soldeu, Andorra. The biennial World Championships interrupted the tour in early February in Åre, Sweden. During the season, the most successful female skier of all time, four-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States, retired after the World Championships, at which she won a bronze medal in downhill. Also, two-time overall champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway retired at the same meet, at which he won a silver medal in downhill.
Marcel Hirscher of Austria won his eighth straight men's overall championship, an all-time record, and moved in third place in overall wins (68) behind only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Vonn (82). Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won her third straight women's overall championship and moved into 5th place on the overall win list (60). After the season, Hirscher also retired.

## Men
### Calendar

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, AC – Alpine Combined, CE – City Event (Parallel), PG – Parallel Giant Slalom :
| # | Event | Date | Venue | Type | Winner | Second | Third | Details |
| | | 28 October 2018 | Sölden | GS $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall and excessive high winds; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December | heavy snowfall and excessive high winds; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December | heavy snowfall and excessive high winds; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December | heavy snowfall and excessive high winds; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December |
| 1709 | 1 | 18 November 2018 | Levi | SL $_{479}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Henrik Kristoffersen | André Myhrer | |
| 1710 | 2 | 24 November 2018 | Lake Louise | DH $_{480}$ | Max Franz | Christof Innerhofer | Dominik Paris | |
| 1711 | 3 | 25 November 2018 | Lake Louise | SG $_{205}$ | Kjetil Jansrud | Vincent Kriechmayr | Mauro Caviezel | |
| 1712 | 4 | 30 November 2018 | Beaver Creek | DH $_{481}$ | Beat Feuz | Mauro Caviezel | Aksel Lund Svindal | |
| 1713 | 5 | 1 December 2018 | Beaver Creek | SG $_{206}$ | Max Franz | Mauro Caviezel | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Dominik Paris Aksel Lund Svindal | |
| 1714 | 6 | 2 December 2018 | Beaver Creek | GS $_{405}$ | Stefan Luitz | Marcel Hirscher | Thomas Tumler | |
| 1715 | 7 | 8 December 2018 | Val d'Isère | GS $_{406}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Henrik Kristoffersen | Matts Olsson | |
| | | 9 December 2018 | Val d'Isère | SL $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall and strong wind; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 20 December | heavy snowfall and strong wind; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 20 December | heavy snowfall and strong wind; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 20 December | heavy snowfall and strong wind; rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 20 December |
| 1716 | 8 | 14 December 2018 | Val Gardena/Gröden | SG $_{207}$ | Aksel Lund Svindal | Christof Innerhofer | Kjetil Jansrud | |
| 1717 | 9 | 15 December 2018 | Val Gardena/Gröden | DH $_{482}$ | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Max Franz | Beat Feuz | |
| 1718 | 10 | 16 December 2018 | Alta Badia | GS $_{407}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Thomas Fanara | Alexis Pinturault | |
| 1719 | 11 | 17 December 2018 | Alta Badia | PG $_{004}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Thibaut Favrot | Alexis Pinturault | |
| 1720 | 12 | 19 December 2018 | Saalbach-Hinterglemm | GS $_{408}$ | Žan Kranjec | Loïc Meillard | Mathieu Faivre | |
| 1721 | 13 | 20 December 2018 | Saalbach-Hinterglemm | SL $_{480}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Loïc Meillard | Henrik Kristoffersen | |
| 1722 | 14 | 22 December 2018 | Madonna di Campiglio | SL $_{481}$ | Daniel Yule | Marco Schwarz | Michael Matt | |
| 1723 | 15 | 28 December 2018 | Bormio | DH $_{483}$ | Dominik Paris | Christof Innerhofer | Beat Feuz | |
| 1724 | 16 | 29 December 2018 | Bormio | SG $_{208}$ | Dominik Paris | Matthias Mayer | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | |
| 1725 | 17 | 1 January 2019 | Oslo | CE $_{009}$ | Marco Schwarz | Dave Ryding | Ramon Zenhäusern | |
| 1726 | 18 | 6 January 2019 | Zagreb | SL $_{482}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Alexis Pinturault | Manuel Feller | |
| 1727 | 19 | 12 January 2019 | Adelboden | GS $_{409}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Henrik Kristoffersen | Thomas Fanara | |
| 1728 | 20 | 13 January 2019 | Adelboden | SL $_{483}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Clément Noël | Henrik Kristoffersen | |
| 1729 | 21 | 18 January 2019 | Wengen | AC $_{130}$ | Marco Schwarz | Victor Muffat-Jeandet | Alexis Pinturault | |
| 1730 | 22 | 19 January 2019 | Wengen | DH $_{484}$ | Vincent Kriechmayr | Beat Feuz | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | |
| 1731 | 23 | 20 January 2019 | Wengen | SL $_{484}$ | Clément Noël | Manuel Feller | Marcel Hirscher | |
| 1732 | 24 | 25 January 2019 | Kitzbühel | DH $_{485}$ | Dominik Paris | Beat Feuz | Otmar Striedinger | |
| 1733 | 25 | 26 January 2019 | Kitzbühel | SL $_{485}$ | Clément Noël | Marcel Hirscher | Alexis Pinturault | |
| 1734 | 26 | ≥27 January 2019 | Kitzbühel | SG $_{209}$ | Josef Ferstl | Johan Clarey | Dominik Paris | |
| 1735 | 27 | 29 January 2019 | Schladming | SL $_{486}$ | Marcel Hirscher | Alexis Pinturault | Daniel Yule | |
| | | 2 February 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | DH $_{cnx}$ | fog, rain and heavy snowfall, rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 1 March | fog, rain and heavy snowfall, rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 1 March | fog, rain and heavy snowfall, rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 1 March | fog, rain and heavy snowfall, rescheduled to Kvitfjell on 1 March |
| | | 3 February 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | GS $_{cnx}$ | fog, rain and heavy snowfall | fog, rain and heavy snowfall | fog, rain and heavy snowfall | fog, rain and heavy snowfall |
| World Championships (5–17 February) |||||||||
| 1736 | 28 | 19 February 2019 | Stockholm | CE $_{010}$ | Ramon Zenhäusern | André Myhrer | Marco Schwarz | |
| 1737 | 29 | 22 February 2019 | Bansko | AC $_{131}$ | Alexis Pinturault | Marcel Hirscher | Štefan Hadalin | |
| | | 23 February 2019 | Bansko | SG $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall |
| 1738 | 30 | 24 February 2019 | Bansko | GS $_{410}$ | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | Thomas Fanara | |
| | | 1 March 2019 | Kvitfjell | DH $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall |
| 1739 | 31 | 2 March 2019 | Kvitfjell | DH $_{486}$ | Dominik Paris | Beat Feuz | Matthias Mayer | |
| 1740 | 32 | 3 March 2019 | Kvitfjell | SG $_{210}$ | Dominik Paris | Kjetil Jansrud | Beat Feuz | |
| 1741 | 33 | 9 March 2019 | Kranjska Gora | GS $_{411}$ | Henrik Kristoffersen | Rasmus Windingstad | Marco Odermatt | |
| 1742 | 34 | 10 March 2019 | Kranjska Gora | SL $_{487}$ | Ramon Zenhäusern | Henrik Kristoffersen | Marcel Hirscher | |
| 1743 | 35 | 13 March 2019 | Soldeu | DH $_{487}$ | Dominik Paris | Kjetil Jansrud | Otmar Striedinger | |
| 1744 | 36 | 14 March 2019 | Soldeu | SG $_{211}$ | Dominik Paris | Mauro Caviezel | Vincent Kriechmayr | |
| 1745 | 37 | 16 March 2019 | Soldeu | GS $_{412}$ | Alexis Pinturault | Marco Odermatt | Žan Kranjec | |
| 1746 | 38 | 17 March 2019 | Soldeu | SL $_{488}$ | Clément Noël | Manuel Feller | Daniel Yule | |

### Rankings
## Women

Prior to the start of the season, 4-time overall World Cup champion (and 20-time crystal globe winner) Lindsey Vonn of the United States announced her retirement effective as of the end of the season. Due to lingering injuries, she moved her retirement date up to the World Championships in February.
In December, Mikaela Shiffrin became the eighth athlete (four men, four women) to win at least 50 World Cup races across all disciplines, as well as the youngest (at age 23) to do so. Shiffrin ended the season with 17 race victories (3 Super Gs, 4 giant slaloms, 8 slaloms, and 2 parallel slaloms/city events), breaking Vreni Schneider's 30-year-old record of 14 wins in a (much shorter) season, which was set in the 1988-89 season. Shiffrin also won four crystal globes for the season, tying the women's record held by Vonn and Tina Maze.
On 6 March 2019, former slalom season champion (and Olympic gold medalist) Frida Hansdotter announced her retirement from alpine skiing following the 2018–2019 season.

### Calendar

Event Key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant Slalom, SG – Super Giant Slalom, AC – Alpine Combined, CE – City Event (Parallel), PS – Parallel slalom (qualification run) :
| # | Event | Date | Venue | Type | Winner | Second | Third | Details |
| 1602 | 1 | 27 October 2018 | Sölden | GS $_{405}$ | Tessa Worley | Federica Brignone | Mikaela Shiffrin | |
| 1603 | 2 | 17 November 2018 | Levi | SL $_{455}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Bernadette Schild | |
| 1604 | 3 | 24 November 2018 | Killington | GS $_{406}$ | Federica Brignone | Ragnhild Mowinckel | Stephanie Brunner | |
| 1605 | 4 | 25 November 2018 | Killington | SL $_{456}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Frida Hansdotter | |
| 1606 | 5 | 30 November 2018 | Lake Louise | DH $_{402}$ | Nicole Schmidhofer | Michelle Gisin | Kira Weidle | |
| 1607 | 6 | 1 December 2018 | Lake Louise | DH $_{403}$ | Nicole Schmidhofer | Cornelia Hütter | Michelle Gisin | |
| 1608 | 7 | 2 December 2018 | Lake Louise | SG $_{227}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Ragnhild Mowinckel | Viktoria Rebensburg | |
| 1609 | 8 | 8 December 2018 | St. Moritz | SG $_{228}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Lara Gut-Behrami | Tina Weirather | |
| 1610 | 9 | 9 December 2018 | St. Moritz | PS $_{005}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Wendy Holdener | |
| | | 14 December 2018 | Val d'Isère | AC $_{cnx}$ | warm weather and lack of snow | warm weather and lack of snow | warm weather and lack of snow | warm weather and lack of snow |
| | | 15 December 2018 | Val d'Isère | DH $_{cnx}$ | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 18 December | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 18 December | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 18 December | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 18 December |
| | | 16 December 2018 | Val d'Isère | SG $_{cnx}$ | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 19 December | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 19 December | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 19 December | warm weather and lack of snow; rescheduled in Val Gardena on 19 December |
| 1611 | 10 | 18 December 2018 | Val Gardena/Gröden | DH $_{404}$ | Ilka Štuhec | Nicol Delago | Ramona Siebenhofer | |
| 1612 | 11 | 19 December 2018 | Val Gardena/Gröden | SG $_{229}$ | Ilka Štuhec | Nicole Schmidhofer Tina Weirather | | |
| 1613 | 12 | 21 December 2018 | Courchevel | GS $_{407}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Viktoria Rebensburg | Tessa Worley | |
| 1614 | 13 | 22 December 2018 | Courchevel | SL $_{457}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Frida Hansdotter | |
| 1615 | 14 | 28 December 2018 | Semmering | GS $_{408}$ | Petra Vlhová | Viktoria Rebensburg | Tessa Worley | |
| 1616 | 15 | 29 December 2018 | Semmering | SL $_{458}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Wendy Holdener | |
| 1617 | 16 | 1 January 2019 | Oslo | CE $_{009}$ | Petra Vlhová | Mikaela Shiffrin | Wendy Holdener | |
| 1618 | 17 | 5 January 2019 | Zagreb | SL $_{459}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Petra Vlhová | Wendy Holdener | |
| 1619 | 18 | 8 January 2019 | Flachau | SL $_{460}$ | Petra Vlhová | Mikaela Shiffrin | Katharina Liensberger | |
| | | 12 January 2019 | St. Anton | DH $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow; rescheduled in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 18 January | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow; rescheduled in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 18 January | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow; rescheduled in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 18 January | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow; rescheduled in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 18 January |
| | | 13 January 2019 | St. Anton | SG $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow | heavy snowfall with over three metres of snow |
| 1620 | 19 | 15 January 2019 | Kronplatz | GS $_{409}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Tessa Worley | Marta Bassino | |
| 1621 | 20 | 18 January 2019 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | DH $_{405}$ | Ramona Siebenhofer | Ilka Štuhec | Stephanie Venier | |
| 1622 | 21 | 19 January 2019 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | DH $_{406}$ | Ramona Siebenhofer | Nicole Schmidhofer | Ilka Štuhec | |
| 1623 | 22 | 20 January 2019 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | SG $_{230}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Tina Weirather | Tamara Tippler | |
| 1624 | 23 | 26 January 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | SG $_{231}$ | Nicole Schmidhofer | Sofia Goggia | Lara Gut-Behrami | |
| 1625 | 24 | 27 January 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | DH $_{407}$ | Stephanie Venier | Sofia Goggia | Kira Weidle | |
| 1626 | 25 | 1 February 2019 | Maribor | GS $_{410}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová | | Ragnhild Mowinckel | |
| 1627 | 26 | 2 February 2019 | Maribor | SL $_{461}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Anna Swenn-Larsson | Wendy Holdener | |
| World Championships (5–17 February) |||||||||
| 1628 | 27 | 19 February 2019 | Stockholm | CE $_{010}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Christina Geiger | Anna Swenn-Larsson | |
| 1629 | 28 | 23 February 2019 | Crans-Montana | DH $_{408}$ | Sofia Goggia | Nicole Schmidhofer | Corinne Suter | |
| 1630 | 29 | 24 February 2019 | Crans-Montana | AC $_{104}$ | Federica Brignone | Roni Remme | Wendy Holdener | |
| | | 1 March 2019 | Rosa Khutor | DH $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall |
| | | 2 March 2019 | Rosa Khutor | SG $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall |
| | | 3 March 2019 | Rosa Khutor | SG $_{cnx}$ | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall | heavy snowfall |
| 1631 | 30 | 8 March 2019 | Špindlerův Mlýn | GS $_{411}$ | Petra Vlhová | Viktoria Rebensburg | Mikaela Shiffrin | |
| 1632 | 31 | 9 March 2019 | Špindlerův Mlýn | SL $_{462}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Wendy Holdener | Petra Vlhová | |
| 1633 | 32 | 13 March 2019 | Soldeu | DH $_{409}$ | Mirjam Puchner | Viktoria Rebensburg | Corinne Suter | |
| 1634 | 33 | 14 March 2019 | Soldeu | SG $_{232}$ | Viktoria Rebensburg | Tamara Tippler | Federica Brignone | |
| 1635 | 34 | 16 March 2019 | Soldeu | SL $_{463}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Wendy Holdener | Petra Vlhová | |
| 1636 | 35 | 17 March 2019 | Soldeu | GS $_{412}$ | Mikaela Shiffrin | Alice Robinson | Petra Vlhová | |

### Rankings
## Alpine team event
### Calendar

Event Key: PG – Parallel Giant Slalom :
| # | Event | Date | Venue | Type | Winner | Second | Third | Details |
| 14 | 1 | 15 March 2019 | Soldeu | PG $_{011}$ | SwitzerlandAline Danioth Wendy Holdener Sandro Simonet* Daniel Yule Ramon Zenhäusern | NorwayMina Fürst Holtmann Sebastian Foss-Solevåg Kristin Lysdahl* Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen Thea Louise Stjernesund Rasmus Windingstad* | GermanyLena Dürr Christina Geiger Fabian Himmelsbach Alexander Schmid* Anton Tremmel | |
* reserve skiers

## Nations Cup

| Rank | after all 74 races | Points |
| 1 | Austria | 11581 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 8102 |
| 3 | Norway | 5716 |
| 4 | Italy | 5685 |
| 5 | France | 5543 |
| Rank | after all 39 races | Points |
| 1 | Austria | 6102 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 4650 |
| 3 | France | 4202 |
| 4 | Norway | 3754 |
| 5 | Italy | 2881 |
| Rank | after all 36 races | Points |
| 1 | Austria | 5479 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3452 |
| 3 | Italy | 2804 |
| 4 | United States | 2498 |
| 5 | Norway | 1962 |

## Prize money

| Rank | after all 38 races | CHF |
| 1 | Marcel Hirscher | 565,111 |
| 2 | Dominik Paris | 382,710 |
| 3 | Alexis Pinturault | 242,631 |
| 4 | Henrik Kristoffersen | 234,150 |
| 5 | Clément Noël | 207,860 |
| Rank | after all 35 races | CHF |
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 886,386 |
| 2 | Petra Vlhová | 428,195 |
| 3 | Nicole Schmidhofer | 209,450 |
| 4 | Viktoria Rebensburg | 174,750 |
| 5 | Wendy Holdener | 166,909 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ heavy snowfall; Downhill in Beaver Creek was switched with super giant slalom and rescheduled from 1 December 2018 to 30 November 2018
* ↑ heavy snowfall; Super giant slalom in Beaver Creek was switched with downhill and rescheduled from 30 November 2018 to 1 December 2018; start of competition was postponed for one hour and moved lower because of the heavy snowfall
* ↑ FIS disqualified Stefan Luitz from the GS victory at Beaver Creek for breaking the organisation's rule by inhaling oxygen before the competition. However, he didn't break the rules of doping and he can continue to compete on normally. Marcel Hirscher initially inherited the race victory. However, later Luitz has successfully overturned his disqualification at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and his result was reinstated.
* ↑ opening Giant Slalom from Sölden scheduled on 28 October 2018 is rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 19 December 2018.
* ↑ Slalom from Val d'Isère is rescheduled to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 20 December 2018.
* ↑ Because of the worst weather forecast on Saturday, Downhill in Kitzbühel was rescheduled from 26 to 25 January 2019 on Friday. It was switched with original Super-G date.
* ↑ Because of the worst weather forecast in the weekend, Slalom in Kitzbühel which is easier to organize, is rescheduled from 27 to 26 January 2019. It will be switched with original downhill date.
* ↑ Because of the downhill switch date on Friday, Super-G in Kitzbühel is rescheduled from 25 to 27 January 2019.
* ↑ Slalom start in Levi on 17 November 2018 was moved lower; strong wind on top of the course
* ↑ Downhill from Val d'Isère was rescheduled in Val Gardena/Gröden on 18 December 2018
* ↑ Super giant slalom from Val d'Isère was rescheduled in Val Gardena/Gröden on 19 December 2018
* ↑ Downhill from St. Anton was rescheduled in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 18 January 2019
* ↑ Because of the bad weather forecast, program in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is switched. Super-G is rescheduled from 27 to 26 January 2019.
* ↑ Because of the bad weather forecast, program in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is switched. Downhill is rescheduled from 26 to 27 January 2019.