# 1973–74 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 8th World Cup season began in December 1973 and concluded in March 1974. Piero Gros of Italy won the overall title, denying the runner-up, countryman Gustav Thöni, a fourth straight overall title. Annemarie Pröll of Austria won the women's overall title, her fourth of five consecutive.
The break in the schedule was for the 1974 World Championships, held February 3–10 at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Due to the growth of the professional skiing tour (especially in the United States), which now featured World Cup winning stars such as Jean-Claude Killy, Karl Schranz, Patrick Russel, and Jean-Noël Augert, no World Cup races were held in North America for the first time in its history; the next time this happened was during the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020-21 season. Instead, the entire 1973–74 season took place in Europe.

## Men
### Overall

The Men's overall World Cup 1973/74 was divided into three periods. From the first 6 races the best 4 results count, from the next 10 races (Race No 7 to No 16) the best 6 results count and from the last 5 races the best 3 results count. Four racers had a point deduction.
| Place | Name | Country | Total |
| 1 | Piero Gros | Italy | 181 |
| 2 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 165 |
| 3 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 162 |
| 4 | Roland Collombin | Switzerland | 140 |
| 5 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 125 |
| 6 | Erwin Stricker | Italy | 73 |
| 7 | Johann Kniewasser | Austria | 67 |
| 8 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 66 |
| | Christian Neureuther | West Germany | 66 |
| 10 | Helmuth Schmalzl | Italy | 65 |
| 11 | David Zwilling | Austria | 62 |
| | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 62 |
| 13 | Fausto Radici | Italy | 49 |
| 14 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 46 |
| 15 | Reinhard Tritscher | Austria | 42 |
| | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 42 |

### Downhill

In men's downhill World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Three racer had a point deduction, which are given in. Roland Collombin won four races in a row.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 |
| 1 | Roland Collombin | Switzerland | 120 | - | 20 | (20) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| 2 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 100 | 15 | - | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (8) |
| 3 | Herbert Plank | Italy | 66 | 25 | - | - | 15 | - | 15 | 11 |
| 4 | Bernhard Russi | Switzerland | 40 | 2 | - | 15 | 4 | 8 | 11 | - |
| | Werner Grissmann | Austria | 40 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 8 | - | 4 | (2) |
| 6 | Karl Cordin | Austria | 37 | 8 | 25 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| 7 | Reinhard Tritscher | Austria | 36 | 11 | - | 6 | 11 | - | 8 | - |
| 8 | Giuliano Besson | Italy | 30 | 1 | - | - | 6 | - | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | David Zwilling | Austria | 26 | 4 | 2 | 8 | - | 6 | 6 | - |
| 10 | Stefano Anzi | Italy | 25 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | 20 |

### Giant slalom

In men's giant slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. Four racers a had point deduction, which are given in.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 |
| 1 | Piero Gros | Italy | 110 | 15 | (8) | 25 | 25 | 20 | (11) | 25 |
| 2 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 95 | 25 | 15 | - | 20 | 15 | 20 | (15) |
| 3 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 85 | - | - | 20 | 15 | 25 | 25 | - |
| 4 | Helmuth Schmalzl | Italy | 55 | 20 | (4) | 11 | 8 | 8 | (6) | 8 |
| 5 | Erwin Stricker | Italy | 48 | - | - | 15 | 11 | 11 | - | 11 |
| 6 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 37 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | 20 |
| 7 | Hubert Berchtold | Austria | 25 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Engelhard Pargätzi | Switzerland | 21 | (2) | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Thomas Hauser | Austria | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Franz Klammer | Austria | 17 | - | 11 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
| | Erik Håker | Norway | 17 | 3 | - | 6 | - | - | 2 | 6 |

### Slalom

In men's slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. Gustav Thöni won the cup with only four results.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 |
| 1 | Gustav Thöni | Italy | 80 | - | 20 | - | 15 | - | 20 | 25 |
| 2 | Christian Neureuther | West Germany | 65 | 15 | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Johann Kniewasser | Austria | 63 | 20 | - | - | 20 | 15 | 8 | - |
| 4 | Piero Gros | Italy | 61 | 25 | 2 | - | - | 25 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Hansi Hinterseer | Austria | 56 | 6 | 6 | - | 25 | 4 | 15 | - |
| 6 | Ingemar Stenmark | Sweden | 51 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 11 | 20 |
| 7 | Fausto Radici | Italy | 47 | 11 | 8 | 20 | - | 8 | - | - |
| 8 | Francisco Fernández-Ochoa | Spain | 46 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 25 | 15 |
| 9 | David Zwilling | Austria | 26 | - | 11 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Hansjörg Schlager | West Germany | 20 | - | 15 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |

## Ladies
### Overall

The Women's overall World Cup 1973/74 was most likely also divided into periods.
| Place | Name | Country | Total |
| 1 | Annemarie Pröll | Austria | 268 |
| 2 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 153 |
| 3 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 144 |
| 4 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 129 |
| 5 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 127 |
| 6 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 123 |
| 7 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 116 |
| 8 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 77 |
| 9 | Wiltrud Drexel | Austria | 72 |
| 10 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 70 |

### Downhill

In women's downhill World Cup 1973/74 all 5 results count. No racer had a point deduction. After her 8 victories of the previous season Annemarie Pröll reached a total of 11 downhill victories in a row, still records for female single discipline serial winner and downhill serial winner (Ingemar Stenmark later won 14 giant slaloms in a row).
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 1 | Annemarie Pröll | Austria | 120 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 25 |
| 2 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 72 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | Wiltrud Drexel | Austria | 70 | 15 | 20 | 20 | - | 15 |
| 4 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 35 | - | - | 6 | 25 | 4 |
| 5 | Ingrid Gfölner | Austria | 34 | 20 | 8 | - | - | 6 |
| 6 | Jacqueline Rouvier | France | 32 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | Betsy Clifford | Canada | 25 | 6 | 3 | 15 | - | 1 |
| 8 | Irmgard Lukasser | Austria | 20 | 8 | - | 8 | 4 | - |
| 9 | Claudia Giordani | Italy | 14 | - | 11 | 3 | - | - |
| 10 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | 11 |

### Giant slalom

In women's giant slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer had a point deduction, which is given in. Hanni Wenzel won the cup with only four results. In 6 races there were 5 different winners.
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 16 |
| 1 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 71 | 25 | - | 15 | 20 | - | 11 |
| 2 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 68 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 25 | (2) |
| 3 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 60 | - | - | 2 | 25 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 55 | - | 20 | - | - | 20 | 15 |
| 5 | Traudl Treichl | West Germany | 44 | 15 | 11 | 11 | - | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Claudia Giordani | Italy | 41 | 8 | - | 25 | - | - | 8 |
| 7 | Annemarie Pröll | Austria | 35 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 8 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 31 | 6 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | 28 | 20 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| 10 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 26 | 1 | 6 | - | 15 | 4 | - |

### Slalom

In women's slalom World Cup 1973/74 the best 5 results count. One racer a had point deduction, which is given in. Christa Zechmeister won four races in a row. All 6 races were won by athletes from West Germany!
| Place | Name | Country | Total | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| 1 | Christa Zechmeister | West Germany | 103 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 | - |
| 2 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 87 | 11 | (1) | 15 | 11 | 25 | 25 |
| 3 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 63 | - | 8 | 20 | 20 | 15 | - |
| 4 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 49 | 20 | 2 | 6 | - | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Annemarie Pröll | Austria | 41 | - | 15 | - | 6 | 20 | - |
| 6 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | - |
| 7 | Barbara Ann Cochran | United States | 26 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 8 | - | - |
| 8 | Lindy Cochran | United States | 23 | - | 20 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 9 | Lise-Marie Morerod | Switzerland | 22 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | Danièle Debernard | France | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |

## Nations Cup
### Overall

| Place | Country | Total | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Austria | 1132 | 650 | 482 |
| 2 | Italy | 751 | 690 | 61 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 478 | 280 | 198 |
| 4 | West Germany | 427 | 124 | 303 |
| 5 | France | 237 | 9 | 228 |
| 6 | United States | 168 | 26 | 142 |
| 7 | Liechtenstein | 125 | 3 | 122 |
| 8 | Canada | 104 | 25 | 79 |
| 9 | Sweden | 88 | 88 | 0 |
| 10 | Spain | 46 | 46 | 0 |
| 11 | Poland | 34 | 34 | 19 |
| 12 | Norway | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| 13 | Australia | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 |

### Men

| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Italy | 690 | 144 | 337 | 209 | 12 | 9 |
| 2 | Austria | 650 | 287 | 201 | 162 | 15 | 5 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 280 | 208 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | West Germany | 124 | 3 | 15 | 106 | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 88 | 0 | 37 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Spain | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | United States | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Canada | 25 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Australia | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Norway | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | France | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Ladies

| Place | Country | Total | DH | GS | SL | Racers | Wins |
| 1 | Austria | 482 | 269 | 125 | 88 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | West Germany | 303 | 16 | 88 | 199 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | France | 228 | 37 | 94 | 97 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 198 | 74 | 87 | 37 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | United States | 142 | 35 | 28 | 79 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 122 | 2 | 71 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Canada | 79 | 29 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 61 | 14 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |