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 season marked the 55th consecutive year for the FIS World Cup. As it had every year since 2006 (when the Sölden races were cancelled due to a snowstorm), the season began in Sölden, Austria in October, and it ended with the World Cup finals in March, which were held in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many changes to the original racing schedule. Among them were the following:
Canceled events: Val d'Isere (AC); St. Anton (AC); Crans-Montana (AC); Levi (Men); Lech (Team); Lake Louise (3 DH, 2 SG); Alta Badia (P); Davos (P), Beaver Creek (DH, SG, GS); Chamonix (DH, P); Bansko (AC); Bormio (AC); Wengen (DH, SL, AC); Maribor (SL) and Åre (GS).
Ladies' calendar changes: Killington to Levi (SL); Killington to Courchevel (GS); Lake Louise to Val d'Isere (DH); Lake Louise to St. Moritz (SG); Åre to Maribor (GS); Maribor to Åre (SL) and Lake Louise to Crans-Montana (DH).
Men's calendar changes: Beaver Creek to Val d'Isere (GS, SG, DH); Val d'Isere to Alta Badia (SL): Garmisch to Adelboden (GS): Lake Louise to Wengen (DH); Lake Louise to Ga-Pa (SG) and Levi to Chamonix (SL).
Additional events: Chamonix (SL); Bansko (GS); Bormio (SG), St. Anton (SG) and Val d'Isere (Ladies' SG).
Further changes due to the pandemic were considered likely and are shown on the schedule below. However, two results of these COVID-related changes were that (1) no Alpine combined events were held during the season, despite the increased emphasis placed on such events beginning with the prior season, and (2) no World Cup races were held in North America for the first time since the 1973-74 season and only the second time in World Cup history.
Men The number of races in World Cup history Total DH SG GS SL AC PS PG Winners1817 503 223 429 508 134 2 7 10 1 297 after SL in Lenzerheide (21 March 2021)
Calendar + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, PS – Parallel slalom, PG – Parallel giant slalomDateVenue (slope %)WinnerSecondThird1783118 October 2020 SöldenGS 420 Lucas Braathen Marco Odermatt Gino Caviezel 1784227 November 2020 Lech/ZürsPG 007 Alexis Pinturault Henrik Kristoffersen Alexander Schmid 5 December 2020 Val-d'IsèreGS cnxcancelled due to lack of snow(moved to Santa Caterina on 5 and 7 December) 6 December 2020GS cnx178535 December 2020 Santa CaterinaGS 421 Filip Zubčić Žan Kranjec Marco Odermatt 178647 December 2020GS 422 Marco Odermatt Tommy Ford Filip Zubčić 1787512 December 2020 Val-d'Isère SG 218 Mauro Caviezel Adrian Smiseth Sejersted Christian Walder 1788613 December 2020DH 497 Martin Čater Otmar Striedinger Urs Kryenbühl 1789718 December 2020 Val Gardena/GrödenSG 219 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Mauro Caviezel Kjetil Jansrud 1790819 December 2020DH 498 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Ryan Cochran-Siegle Beat Feuz 1791920 December 2020 Alta BadiaGS 423 Alexis Pinturault Atle Lie McGrath Justin Murisier 17921021 December 2020SL 498 Ramon Zenhäusern Manuel Feller Marco Schwarz 17931122 December 2020 Madonna di CampiglioSL 499 Henrik Kristoffersen Sebastian Foss-Solevåg Alex Vinatzer 17941229 December 2020 BormioSG 220 Ryan Cochran-Siegle Vincent Kriechmayr Adrian Smiseth Sejersted 17951330 December 2020 DH 499 Matthias Mayer Vincent Kriechmayr Urs Kryenbühl 1796146 January 2021 ZagrebSL 500 Linus Straßer Manuel Feller Marco Schwarz 1797158 January 2021 AdelbodenGS 424 Alexis Pinturault Filip Zubčić Marco Odermatt 1798169 January 2021GS 425 Alexis Pinturault Filip Zubčić Loïc Meillard 17991710 January 2021SL 501 Marco Schwarz Linus Straßer Dave Ryding 15 January 2021 WengenDH cnxcancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic(1st DH and SL moved to Kitzbühel)(2nd DH moved to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on 5 March)16 January 2021DH cnx17 January 2021SL cnx16 January 2021 KitzbühelSL cnxcancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic(both moved to Flachau on same dates) 17 January 2021SL cnx18001816 January 2021 FlachauSL 502 Manuel Feller Clément Noël Marco Schwarz 18011917 January 2021 SL 503 Sebastian Foss-Solevåg Marco Schwarz Alexis Pinturault 18022022 January 2021 KitzbühelDH 500 Beat Feuz Matthias Mayer Dominik Paris 18032124 January 2021DH 501 Beat Feuz Johan Clarey Matthias Mayer 18042225 January 2021SG 221 Vincent Kriechmayr Marco Odermatt Matthias Mayer 18052326 January 2021 SchladmingSL 504 Marco Schwarz Clément Noël Alexis Pinturault 18062430 January 2021 ChamonixSL 505 Clément Noël Ramon Zenhäusern Marco Schwarz 18072531 January 2021SL 506 Henrik Kristoffersen Ramon Zenhäusern Sandro Simonet 1808265 February 2021 Garmisch-PartenkirchenDH 502 Dominik Paris Beat Feuz Matthias Mayer 1809276 February 2021 SG 222 Vincent Kriechmayr Matthias Mayer Marco Odermatt World Championships (8–21 February)18102827 February 2021 BanskoGS 426 Filip Zubčić Mathieu Faivre Stefan Brennsteiner 18112928 February 2021GS 427 Mathieu Faivre Marco Odermatt Alexis Pinturault 6 March 2021 KvitfjellDH cnxcancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic(moved to Saalbach-Hinterglemm on same dates)7 March 2021SG cnx5 March 2021 Saalbach-HinterglemmDH cnxcancelled due to fog after nine skiers had run1812306 March 2021 DH 503 Vincent Kriechmayr Beat Feuz Matthias Mayer 1813317 March 2021 SG 223 Marco Odermatt Matthieu Bailet Vincent Kriechmayr 18143213 March 2021 Kranjska GoraGS 428 Marco Odermatt Loïc Meillard Stefan Brennsteiner 18153314 March 2021SL 507 Clément Noël Victor Muffat-Jeandet Ramon Zenhäusern 17 March 2021 LenzerheideDH cnxcancelled due to heavy snowfall18 March 2021SG cnxcancelled due to fog and snowfall18163420 March 2021GS 429 Alexis Pinturault Filip Zubčić Mathieu Faivre 18173521 March 2021SL 508 Manuel Feller Clément Noël Alexis Pinturault
Rankings
Overall Rankafter all 35 racesPoints Alexis Pinturault 12602 Marco Odermatt 10933 Marco Schwarz 8144 Loïc Meillard 8055 Filip Zubčić 764
Downhill Rankafter all 7 racesPoints Beat Feuz 486 2 Matthias Mayer 4183 Dominik Paris 3384 Johan Clarey 2725 Vincent Kriechmayr 267
Super-G Rankafter all 6 racesPoints Vincent Kriechmayr 4012 Marco Odermatt 3183 Matthias Mayer 2764 Mauro Caviezel 2255 Aleksander Aamodt Kilde 172
Giant slalom Rankafter all 10 racesPoints Alexis Pinturault 7002 Marco Odermatt 6493 Filip Zubčić 6064 Loïc Meillard 3935 Mathieu Faivre 378
Slalom Rankafter all 11 racesPoints Marco Schwarz 6652 Clément Noël 5533 Ramon Zenhäusern 5034 Manuel Feller 4885 Sebastian Foss-Solevåg 431
Parallel (PG) Rankafter all 1 racePoints Alexis Pinturault 100 2 Henrik Kristoffersen 80 3 Alexander Schmid 60 4 Adrian Pertl 50 5 Semyel Bissig 45
Ladies The number of races in World Cup history Total DH SG GS SL AC PS PG Winners1697 424 244 426 478 106 6 2 10 1 251 after GS in Lenzerheide (21 March 2021)
Calendar + Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, SG – Super giant slalom, PS – Parallel slalom, PG – Parallel giant slalom # Event Date Venue Type Winner Second Third Details1667117 October 2020 SöldenGS 419 Marta Bassino Federica Brignone Petra Vlhová 1668221 November 2020 LeviSL 470 Petra Vlhová Mikaela Shiffrin Katharina Liensberger 1669322 November 2020SL 471 Petra Vlhová Michelle Gisin Katharina Liensberger 1670426 November 2020 Lech/ZürsPG 002 Petra Vlhová Paula Moltzan Lara Gut-Behrami 5 December 2020 St. MoritzSG cnxheavy snow and wind; first race moved to Crans Montanasecond race moved to Val di Fassa6 December 2020SG cnx1671512 December 2020 CourchevelGS 420 Marta Bassino Sara Hector Petra Vlhová 1672614 December 2020 GS 421 Mikaela Shiffrin Federica Brignone Tessa Worley 1673718 December 2020 Val-d'IsèreDH 418 Corinne Suter Sofia Goggia Breezy Johnson 1674819 December 2020 DH 419 Sofia Goggia Corinne Suter Breezy Johnson 1675920 December 2020 SG 239 Ester Ledecká Corinne Suter Federica Brignone 28 December 2020 SemmeringGS cnx second run and competition canceled; strong wind16761029 December 2020 SL 472 Michelle Gisin Katharina Liensberger Mikaela Shiffrin 1677113 January 2021 ZagrebSL 473 Petra Vlhová Katharina Liensberger Michelle Gisin 1678129 January 2021 St. AntonDH 420 Sofia Goggia Tamara Tippler Breezy Johnson 16791310 January 2021 SG 240 Lara Gut-Behrami Marta Bassino Corinne Suter 16801412 January 2021 FlachauSL 474 Mikaela Shiffrin Katharina Liensberger Wendy Holdener 16811516 January 2021 Kranjska GoraGS 422 Marta Bassino Tessa Worley Michelle Gisin16821617 January 2021 GS 423 Marta Bassino Michelle Gisin Meta Hrovat 16831722 January 2021 Crans-MontanaDH 421 Sofia Goggia Ester Ledecká Breezy Johnson 16841823 January 2021 DH 422 Sofia Goggia Lara Gut-Behrami Elena Curtoni 168519 24 January 2021 SG 241 Lara Gut-Behrami Tamara Tippler Federica Brignone 16862026 January 2021 Kronplatz GS 424 Tessa Worley Lara Gut-Behrami Marta Bassino 16872130 January 2021 Garmisch-PartenkirchenSG 242 Lara Gut-Behrami Kajsa Vickhoff Lie Marie-Michèle Gagnon 1688221 February 2021 SG 243 Lara Gut-Behrami Petra Vlhová Tamara Tippler World Championships (8–21 February)16892326 February 2021 Val di FassaDH 423 Lara Gut-Behrami Ramona Siebenhofer Corinne Suter 16902427 February 2021 DH 424 Lara Gut-Behrami Corinne Suter Kira Weidle 16912528 February 2021 SG 244 Federica Brignone Lara Gut-Behrami Corinne Suter 1692266 March 2021 JasnáSL 475 Mikaela Shiffrin Petra Vlhová Wendy Holdener 1693277 March 2021 GS 425 Petra Vlhová Alice Robinson Mikaela Shiffrin 16942812 March 2021 ÅreSL 476 Petra Vlhová Katharina Liensberger Mikaela Shiffrin 16952913 March 2021 SL 477 Katharina Liensberger Mikaela Shiffrin Wendy Holdener 17 March 2021 LenzerheideDH cnx cancelled due to heavy snowfall18 March 2021 SG cnx cancelled due to fog and snowfall16963020 March 2021 SL 478 Katharina Liensberger Mikaela Shiffrin Michelle Gisin 16973121 March 2021 GS 426 Alice Robinson Mikaela Shiffrin Meta Hrovat
Rankings
Overall Rankafter all 31 racesPoints Petra Vlhová 14162 Lara Gut-Behrami 12563 Michelle Gisin 11304 Mikaela Shiffrin 10755 Katharina Liensberger 903
Downhill Rankafter all 7 racesPoints Sofia Goggia 4802 Corinne Suter 4103 Lara Gut-Behrami 3834 Breezy Johnson 3305 Kira Weidle 265
Super-G Rankafter all 6 racesPoints Lara Gut-Behrami 5252 Federica Brignone 3233 Corinne Suter 3104 Tamara Tippler 2725 Ester Ledecká 236
Giant slalom Rankafter all 8 racesPoints Marta Bassino 5462 Mikaela Shiffrin 4203 Tessa Worley 3914 Michelle Gisin 3895 Federica Brignone 372
Slalom Rankafter all 9 racesPoints Katharina Liensberger 6902 Mikaela Shiffrin 6553 Petra Vlhová 6524 Michelle Gisin 4915 Wendy Holdener 415
Parallel (PG) Rankafter all 1 racePoints Petra Vlhová 100 2 Paula Moltzan 80 3 Lara Gut-Behrami 60 4 Sara Hector 50 5 Marta Bassino 45
Alpine team event World Cup history in real time Total SL + SG PG Winners15 3 12 6 after PG in Lenzerheide (20 March 2021)
Calendar + Event key: PG – Parallel giant slalom # Event Date Venue Type Winner Second Third DetailsWorld Championships (8–21 February) 15119 March 2021 Lenzerheide PG 012 * reserve skiers
Nations Cup
Overall Rankafter all 67 racesPoints 100872 92113 57354 49915 4591
Men Rankafter all 36 racesPoints 53292 52583 41414 30685 1936
Ladies Rankafter all 32 racesPoints 47582 39533 37994 21545 1523
Prize money
Top-5 men Rankafter all 35 racesCHF1 Alexis Pinturault 379,0642 Vincent Kriechmayr 335,0903 Marco Odermatt 285,9204 Marco Schwarz 263,7805 Beat Feuz 226,440
Top-5 ladies Rankafter all 31 racesCHF1 Lara Gut-Behrami 485,0912 Petra Vlhová 444,5013 Mikaela Shiffrin 410,9784 Katharina Liensberger 333,1295 Marta Bassino 288,606
Achievements First World Cup career victory
Men