2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Jessie Diggins
Distance Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Jessie Diggins
Sprint Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Jonna Sundling
U23 Oskar Opstad Vike Gina del Rio
Bonus ranking Mika Vermeulen Ebba Andersson
Nations Cup Norway Sweden
Nations Cup overall Norway
Stage events
Competition
Edition 45th 45th
Locations 12 12
Individual 27 27
Relay/Team 2 2
Mixed 0 0

The 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS) is the 45th World Cup for men and women as the highest level of international cross-country skiing competitions.[1]

The men's and women's season started on 28 November 2025 in Ruka, Finland and will conclude on 22 March 2026 in Lake Placid, United States.[2]

The season will take a break in February due to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo from Norway and Jessie Diggins from the United States are the reigning champions from the previous season.

Season overview

The proposed World Cup schedule for the 2025–26 season was approved at a meeting in Vilamoura on 8 May.

Men

Calendar

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle ; MSS – Mass Start / PUR – Pursuit
No. WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third R.
1 28 November 2025 Ruka 10 km C Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Mika Vermeulen [3]
2 29 November 2025 Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Erik Valnes Ansgar Evensen [4]
3 30 November 2025 20 km F MSS Harald Østberg Amundsen Einar Hedegart Edvin Anger [5]
4 5 December 2025 Trondheim Sprint C Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Oskar Opstad Vike Alvar Myhlback [6]
5 6 December 2025 20 km skiathlon Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Harald Østberg Amundsen Emil Iversen [7]
6 7 December 2025 10 km F Einar Hedegart Andreas Fjorden Ree Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget [8]
7 13 December 2025    Davos Sprint F Lucas Chanavat Federico Pellegrino Oskar Opstad Vike [9]
8 14 December 2025 10 km F Einar Hedegart Harald Østberg Amundsen Mattis Stenshagen [10]
TdS 9 28 December 2025 Toblach Sprint F [11]
10 29 December 2025 10 km C [12]
11 31 December 2025 5 km F Heat MSS [13]
12 1 January 2026 20 km C PUR [14]
13 3 January 2026 Val di Fiemme Sprint C [15]
14 4 January 2026 10 km F MSS Climb [16]
9 20th Tour de Ski Overall
(28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026) 		[17]
10 15 17 January 2026 Oberhof Sprint F [18]
11 16 18 January 2026 10 km C [19]
12 17 24 January 2026    Goms Sprint C [20]
13 18 25 January 2026 20 km C MSS [21]
2026 Winter Olympics
(7 February – 22 February • Milan,  Italy)
14 19 28 February 2026 Falun Sprint F [22]
15 20 1 March 2026 20 km skiathlon [23]
16 21 7 March 2026 Lahti Sprint F [24]
17 22 8 March 2026 10 km C [25]
18 23 12 March 2026 Drammen Sprint C [26]
19 24 14 March 2026 Oslo 50 km F MSS [27]
20 25 20 March 2026 Lake Placid 10 km C [28]
21 26 21 March 2026 Sprint F [29]
22 27 22 March 2026 20 km F MSS [30]
45th FIS World Cup Overall
(28 November 2025 – 22 March 2026) 		[31]

Overall leaders

Holder[a] Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 28 November 2025 Ruka 1
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo 29 November – 14 December 2025 Ruka –    Davos 7

Standings

Women

Calendar

Key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle ; MSS – Mass Start / PUR – Pursuit
No. WC Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third R.
1 28 November 2025 Ruka 10 km C Frida Karlsson Heidi Weng Moa Ilar [43]
2 29 November 2025 Sprint C Kristine Stavås Skistad Jonna Sundling Maja Dahlqvist [44]
3 30 November 2025 20 km F MSS Jonna Sundling Jessie Diggins Heidi Weng [45]
4 5 December 2025 Trondheim Sprint C Johanna Hagström Emma Ribom Linn Svahn [46]
5 6 December 2025 20 km skiathlon Jessie Diggins Heidi Weng Ebba Andersson [47]
6 7 December 2025 10 km F Ebba Andersson Moa Ilar Jessie Diggins [48]
7 13 December 2025    Davos Sprint F Jonna Sundling Mathilde Myhrvold    Nadine Fähndrich [49]
8 14 December 2025 10 km F Karoline Simpson-Larsen Moa Ilar Astrid Øyre Slind [50]
TdS 9 28 December 2025 Toblach Sprint F [51]
10 29 December 2025 10 km C [52]
11 31 December 2025 5 km F Heat MSS [53]
12 1 January 2026 20 km C PUR [54]
13 3 January 2026 Val di Fiemme Sprint C [55]
14 4 January 2026 10 km F MSS Climb [56]
9 20th Tour de Ski Overall
(28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026) 		[57]
10 15 17 January 2026 Oberhof Sprint F [58]
11 16 18 January 2026 10 km C [59]
12 17 24 January 2026    Goms Sprint C [60]
13 18 25 January 2026 20 km C MSS [61]
2026 Winter Olympics
(7 February – 22 February • Milan,  Italy)
14 19 28 February 2026 Falun Sprint F [62]
15 20 1 March 2026 20 km skiathlon [63]
16 21 7 March 2026 Lahti Sprint F [64]
17 22 8 March 2026 10 km C [65]
18 23 12 March 2026 Drammen Sprint C [66]
19 24 14 March 2026 Oslo 50 km F MSS [67]
20 25 20 March 2026 Lake Placid 10 km C [68]
21 26 21 March 2026 Sprint F [69]
22 27 22 March 2026 20 km F MSS [70]
45th FIS World Cup Overall
(28 November 2025 – 22 March 2026) 		[71]

Overall leaders

Holder[a] Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Frida Karlsson 28 November 2025 Ruka 1
Moa Ilar 29 November 2025 Ruka 1
Jessie Diggins 30 November – 14 December 2025 Ruka – Davos 6

Standings

Team events

Event key: C – Classic / F – Freestyle
# Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Red bib
(After competition)
 R.
Men's Team
1 12 December 2025    Davos Sprint F  Norway I
1. Erik Valnes
2. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
  Italy I
1. Elia Barp
2. Federico Pellegrino
  Sweden I
1. Johan Häggström
2. Edvin Anger
 Norway [83]
2 23 January 2026    Goms Sprint F [84]
Women's Team
1 12 December 2025    Davos Sprint F  Sweden I
1. Maja Dahlqvist
2. Jonna Sundling
  Norway II
1. Astrid Øyre Slind
2. Mathilde Myhrvold
  Norway I
1. Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs
2. Kristine Stavås Skistad
 Sweden [85]
2 23 January 2026    Goms Sprint F [86]

Nations Cup

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway1011829
2 Sweden64717
3 United States1113
4 France1001
5 Italy0202
6 Austria0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (7 entries)18181854

Point distribution

The table shows the number of points to win in every competition in the 2025–26 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women.

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Individual 100 95 90 85 80 75 72 69 66 63 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relay 200 160 120 100 90 80 72 64 58 52 48 44 40 36 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Team sprint
Tour de Ski 300 285 270 255 240 225 216 207 198 189 180 174 168 162 156 150 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 3
Stage Tour de Ski 50 47 44 41 38 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Bonus points (MSS checkpoints) 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1
Sprint Q

Achievements

Only individual events.

First World Cup career victory
First World Cup podium
Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)

Retirements

The following notable skiers, who competed in the World Cup, retire during or after the 2025–26 season:

Notes

  1. ^ a b The leading position in the World Cup belongs to the competitor who has accumulated the most points in the general classification of the series in the competitions held so far. In the event of an equal number of points, the World Cup leader is the competitor who has won more competitions.
  2. ^ Men's all-time record in World Cup history

References

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