The FIS Cross-Country Balkan Cup is a series of cross-country skiing events arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS). It is one of the nine FIS Cross-Country Continental Cups, a second-level competition ranked below the World Cup. The Balkan Cup is open for competitors from all nations, but are mainly a competition for skiers from eleven nations; Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
The Balkan Cup has been held since the 2005–06 season and has been a part of the Cross-Country Continental Cup since then.
World Cup qualification In the end of certain periods, the overall leaders for both genders receive a place in the World Cup in the following period. The overall winners of the season receive a place in the World Cup in the beginning of the following season.
Overall winners Men SeasonWinnerSecondThird 2005–06 Veselin Tzinzov (1) Alexis Gkounko Faith Yuksel 2006–07 Paul Constantin Pepene (1) Sabahattin Oğlago Izzet Kizilarslan 2007–08 Veselin Tzinzov (2) Paul Constantin Pepene Sabahattin Oğlago 2009 Paul Constantin Pepene (2) Petrică Hogiu Faith Yuksel 2009–10 Paul Constantin Pepene (3) Ivan Burgov Darko Damjanovski 2011 Veselin Tzinzov (3) Ivan Burgov Mladen Plakalović 2012 Paul Constantin Pepene (4) Veselin Tzinzov Petrică Hogiu 2013 Veselin Tzinzov (3) Edi Dadić Andrej Burić 2014 Andrey Gridin Edi Dadić Milanko Petrović 2015 Paul Constantin Pepene (5) Veselin Tzinzov Petrică Hogiu 2016 Veselin Tzinzov (4) Mladen Plakalović Damir Rastič 2017 Veselin Tzinzov (5) Damir Rastič Edi Dadić 2018 Nikolay Vijaczev (2) Martin Penchev Yordan Chuchuganov 2019 Strahinja Erić Edi Dadić Stefan Anić 2020 Petrică Hogiu Strahinja Erić Ömer Ayçiçek 2021 Paul Constantin Pepene (6) Strahinja Erić Petrică Hogiu
Women SeasonWinnerSecondThird 2005–06 Antoniya Grigorova (1) Ljunosłava Djulgerova Katerina Taoula 2006–07 Kelime Çetinkaya (1) Mónika György Raluca Farkas 2007–08 Kelime Çetinkaya (2) Mónika György Antoniya Grigorova 2009 Kelime Çetinkaya (3) Mónika György Ionela Gabriela Leanca 2009–10 Antoniya Grigorova (2) Teodora Malcheva Mónika György 2011 Teodora Malcheva (1) Maria Boumpa Kamelia Ileva 2012 Antoniya Grigorova (3) Mónika György Katalin Ferencz 2013 Teodora Malcheva (2) Vedrana Malec Antoniya Grigorova 2014 Antoniya Grigorova (4) Teodora Malcheva Vedrana Malec 2015 Tanja Karišik Timea Sara Vedrana Malec 2016 Vedrana Malec (1) Zozan Malkoç Ayşe Saydam 2017 Vedrana Malec (2) Sanja Kusmuk Maria Danu 2018 Nansi Okoro Anja Ilić Maria Danu 2019 Vedrana Malec (3) Sanja Kusmuk Anja Ilić 2020 Vedrana Malec (4) Maida Drndić Anja Ilić 2021 Tena Hadžić Tímea Lőrincz Anja Ilić
References
External links Balkan Cup 2019–20 Calendar at the International Ski Federation