2006-07 Ski Jumping World Cup

The kick-off event of the 2006/07 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup begun in Kuusamo, Finland on November 24 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on March 25 2007. Adam Małysz, Poland won the individual World Cup. e.on Ruhrgas was this season's main sponsor, and therefore, this season's leader's jersey was red, in reference to the company, rather than the traditional yellow.

Individual World Cup

*The jumper highlighted in red was the leader of the World Cup at the time of the competition and wore the red jersey.
*The jumper highlighted in azure was the leader of the Nordic Tournament at the time of the competition and wore the blue jersey.
*The jumper highlighted in pink was the leader of the Four Hills Tournament at the time of the competition. This competition has no leader's jersey.

Kuusamo

flagicon|Finland K-120 Rukatunturi, Finland
November 24, 2006

Notes:
*Jakub Janda wore the red jersey as the reigning champion.
*Due to difficult weather conditions, the qualifying round was cancelled twice. Therefore, 67 jumpers participated in the first round.
* As the competition progressed, the weather worsened, and the jumpers with the high starting numbers faced conditions which German jumper Michael Uhrmann said gave "the best jumpers no chance". [de icon [http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/7/0,1872,4080647,00.html Vom Winde verweht] , from ZDF.de, retrieved 24 November 2006] The jury decided to finish the first round to get a result, and the jumpers with the early start numbers ended up dominating the top of the result list. Arttu Lappi took his first World Cup win, and Anders Jacobsen took third place in his first ever World Cup event. 4 of the top 10 were from the national group, entering as extra competitors for the home nation, while the likes of Adam Małysz (34th), Andreas Küttel (41st), Jakub Janda (52nd), Janne Happonen (53rd), Janne Ahonen (55th) and Roar Ljøkelsøy (65th), all among the top 20 in last year's World Cup standings, would not have qualified for an eventual second round.

Harrachov

flagicon|Czech Republic K-120 Certak, Czech Republic
Notes:

*The competitions in Harrachov were cancelled due to lack of snow and warm temperatures.

Engelberg

flagicon|Switzerland K-125 Gross-Titlis-Schanze, Switzerland
December 16, 2006

Notes:

*Gregor Schlierenzauer took his second win on a row, with his victory in Switzerland. Simon Ammann kept his World Cup lead, but is now only 30 points ahead of Schlierenzauer and 34 ahead of Anders Jacobsen who took his third podium of the season.
*Several of the big names again struggled to find form. Last years World Cup-winner Jakub Janda only finished 14th, and Janne Ahonen ended up on a 21st place.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

flagicon|Germany K-115 Große Olympiaschanze, Germany
January 1, 2007
Notes:
*Gregor Schlierenzauer was the leader of both the World Cup, and the Four Hills Tournament before the competition.
*Anders Jacobsen once again won the qualifying round, and jumped in the last duel against the reigning K-90 World Champion, Rok Benkovič from Slovenia.
*Due to concerns over rain and wind, the second round was cancelled.
*Noriaki Kasai, who failed to qualify for the first round, finished third after making the longest jump in the competition.
*Thomas Morgenstern made the fourth longest jump, but nearly fell, and was deducted style points to finish 11th.
*Simon Ammann finished 17th and fell down to third place in the overall World Cup standings.
*Küttel, who finished second in Oberstdorf, won the event and cut Schlierenzauer's lead in the overall Four Hills standings to three points.

Vikersund

flagicon|Norway K-185 Vikersundbakken, Norway
January 13, 2007
Notes:
*Gregor Schlierenzauer did not participate in Vikersund.
*Only 42 jumpers, the smallest in any World Cup event thus far in the season, took part in the training session. However, 13 of the top 16 in the World Cup are participating, with only Austrians Schlierenzauer, Loitzl and Höllwarth skipping the meet.
*Four Hills Tournament winner, Anders Jacobsen, set a new personal best in the training session, with his 202 meter long jump. This was his first jump over 200 meters. Janne Ahonen had the longest jump during the session with his 214.5 meter long jump.

flagicon|Germany K-120 Schattenbergschanze, Germany
January 28, 2007

Klingenthal

flagicon|Germany K-125 Vogtlandarena, Germany
February 7, 2007

Notes:
*This is to replace the cancelled competitions in Harrachov, and is therefore organized by the Czech ski federation.
*World Cup leader Anders Jacobsen did not participate.

Kuopio

flagicon|Finland K-120 Puijo, Finland
March 13, 2007

Planica

flagicon|Slovenia K-185 Letalnica, Slovenia
March 23, 2007

Team World Cup

Willingen

flagicon|Germany K-130 Mühlenkopfschanze, Germany
February 10, 2007
Notes:
*Slovenia, Poland and Japan did not participate.
*Finland competed with a b-team.

Notes:

* Michael Uhrmann suffered an accident and was unable to finish the season.

ee also

* 2007 in ski jumping

References

* [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/skijumping/cupstandings.html?suchen=true&suchcompetitorid=&suchseason=2007&sector=JP&suchgender=M&suchcup=WC&suchnation=&discipline=&search=Search World Cup standings] , from fis-ski.com