2002–03 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup

FIS Continental Cup 2002/03

Winners
Summer	Stefan Pieper
Winter	Stefan Thurnbichler
Competitions
Venues	6 (Summer), 20 (Winter)
Individual	10 (Summer), 35 (Winter)
Team	1 (Summer)
Cancelled	1 (Summer), 8 (Winter)
Rescheduled	3 (Winter)

The 2002/03 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 12th in a row (10th official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men. Europa Cup was a predecessor of Continental Cup.^[1]

For the first they introduced the separated cup and ranking in summer ski jumping season. So far (from 1996 till 2001) summer ski jumping season was incorporated and joined with winter season, with all summer and winter jumps together, all points counting as one complete season.

Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Grand Prix.

Individual summer events in the CC history

after large hill event in Park City (29 September 2002)

All	No.	Date	Place (Hill)	Size	Winner	Second	Third	R.
1	1	5 July 2002	Velenje (Grajski grič K85)	N 001	Robert Kranjec	Primož Peterka	Damjan Fras	[2]
2	2	6 July 2002		N 002	Robert Kranjec	Primož Peterka	Damjan Fras	[3]
3	3	3 August 2002	Oberstdorf (Schattenbergschanze K90)	N 003	Frank Löffler	Stefan Pieper	Stefan Thurnbichler	[4]
4	4	24 August 2002	Rælingen (Marikollen K88)	N 004	Kai Bracht	Andreas Kofler	Arttu Lappi	[5]
5	5	25 August 2002		N 005	R. Schwarzenberger	Stefan Pieper	Jussi Hautamäki	[6]
6	6	31 August 2002	Falun (Lugnet K90)	N 006	Andreas Kofler	Kalle Keituri	R. Schwarzenberger	[7]
		1 September 2002		N cnx	cancelled
7	7	21 September 2002	Calgary (Alberta Ski Jump K89)	N 007	Kai Bracht	Isak Grimholm	Kang Chil-ku	[8]
8	8	22 September 2002		N 008	Choi Heung-chul	Rok Benkovič	Gregory Baxter	[9]
9	9	28 September 2002	Park City (Utah Olympic Park K120)	L 001	Clint Jones	Simon Ammann	Rok Benkovič	[10]
10	10	29 September 2002		L 002	Clint Jones	Johnny Spillane	Simon Ammann	[11]
1st FIS Summer Continental Cup Overall (5 July – 29 September 2002)					Stefan Pieper	Kai Bracht	Rok Benkovič

Rank	after 10 events	Points
1	Stefan Pieper	421
2	Kai Bracht	405
3	Rok Benkovič	362
4	Andreas Kofler	320
5	Reinhard Schwarzenberger	262
6	Blaž Vrhovnik	259
7	Jure Radelj	231
8	Isak Grimholm	216
9	Clint Jones	200
	Robert Kranjec	200

Individual men's events in the CC history

after normal hill event in Stryn (16 March 2003)

All	No.	Date	Place (Hill)	Size	Winner	Second	Third	R.
		7 December 2002	Oberwiesenthal (Fichtelbergschanzen K90)	N cnx	cancelled due to lack of snow
		8 December 2002		N cnx
439	1	14 December 2002	Lahti (Salpausselkä K116)	L 163	Mathias Hafele	Thomas Morgenstern	Lars Bystøl Anders Bardal	[12]
440	2	15 December 2002		L 164	Thomas Morgenstern	Mathias Hafele	Christian Nagiller	[13]
441	3	21 December 2002	Liberec (Ještěd A K120)	L 165	Thomas Morgenstern	Lars Bystøl	Jakub Janda	[14]
442	4	22 December 2002		L 166	Thomas Morgenstern	Jakub Janda	Anders Bardal	[15]
443	5	26 December 2002	St. Moritz (Olympiaschanze K95)	N 275	Bastian Kaltenböck	Stefan Thurnbichler	Stefan Kaiser	[16]
444	6	28 December 2002	Engelberg (Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120)	L 167	Stefan Thurnbichler	Christian Nagiller	Emmanuel Chedal	[17]
445	7	1 January 2003	Seefeld (Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze K90)	N 276	Christian Nagiller	R. Schwarzenberger	Wolfgang Loitzl
446	8	4 January 2003	Bischofshofen (Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120)	L 168	Jussi Hautamäki	Risto Jussilainen Michael Neumayer
		10 January 2003	Tarvisio (Gross-Titlis-Schanze K90)	N cnx	canceled
447	9	10 January 2003	Sapporo (Miyanomori K90) (Ōkurayama K120)	N 277	Morten Solem	Ferdinand Bader	Shingo Ueno	[18]
448	10	11 January 2003		L 169	Hideharu Miyahira	Pekka Salminen	Akira Higashi	[19]
449	11	11 January 2003	Planica (Srednja Bloudkova K90)	N 278	Christian Nagiller	Kai Bracht	Stefan Thurnbichler Jure Bogataj	[20]
450	12	12 January 2003	Sapporo (Ōkurayama K120)	L 170	Hideharu Miyahira	Pekka Salminen	Noriaki Kasai	[21]
451	13	12 January 2003	Planica (Srednja Bloudkova K90	N 279	Christian Nagiller	Stefan Thurnbichler Janne Happonen		[22]
		14 January 2003	Ramsau (W90-Mattensprunganlage K90)	N cnx	cancelled
		15 January 2003		N cnx
		25 January 2003	Schönwald (Adlerschanzen Schönwald K85)	N 091	cancelled and replaced in Titisee-Neustadt on the same day
452	14	[a]25 January 2003	Titisee-Neustadt (Hochfirstschanze K120)	L 171	Christof Duffner	Daniel Forfang	Kai Bracht	[23]
453	15	26 January 2003		L 172	Robert Mateja	Igor Medved	Daniel Forfang	[24]
31st Schwarzwald Tournament Overall (25 – 26 January 2003)					Robert Mateja	Daniel Forfang	Igor Medved
454	16	1 February 2003	Braunlage (Wurmbergschanze K90)	N 280	Michael Möllinger	Morten Solem	Balthasar Schneider	[25]
455	17	2 February 2003		N 281	Morten Solem	Bine Zupan	Stefan Thurnbichler	[26]
456	18	5 February 2003	Willingen (Mühlenkopfschanze K120)	L 173	Michael Möllinger	Stefan Thurnbichler	Maximilian Mechler	[27]
457	19	8 February 2003	Zakopane (Wielka Krokiew K120)	L 174	Daniel Forfang	Jure Radelj	Robert Mateja	[28]
458	20	9 February 2003		L 175	Daniel Forfang	Stefan Thurnbichler	Robert Mateja	[29]
459	21	15 February 2003	Eisenerz (Erzbergschanzen K90)	N 282	R. Schwarzenberger	Mathias Hafele	Frank Ludwig	[30]
		15 February 2003	Westby (Snowflake K106)[b]	L cnx	cancelled
460	22	16 February 2003	Eisenerz (Erzbergschanzen K90)	N 283	Stefan Thurnbichler	Frank Ludwig	Jure Radelj	[31]
461	23	16 February 2003	Westby (Snowflake K106)[b]	L 176	Ferdinand Bader	Bernhard Metzler	Markus Eigentler	[32]
462	24	21 February 2003	Brotterode (Inselbergschanze K98)	N 284	Janne Happonen	Stefan Thurnbichler	Michael Neumayer	[33]
463	25	22 February 2003		N 285	Janne Happonen	Jörg Ritzerfeld	Daniel Forfang	[34]
		22 February 2003	Iron Mountain (Pine Mountain Ski Jump K120)	L cnx	cancelled and one of them replaced in Ishpeming on 28 February
		23 February 2003		L cnx
464	26	23 February 2003	Lauscha (Marktiegelschanze K92)	N 286	R. Schwarzenberger	Michael Neumayer	Daniel Forfang Morten Solem Janne Happonen	[35]
465	27	[c]28 February 2003	Ishpeming (Suicide Hill K90)	N 287	Kai Bracht	Ferdinand Bader	Lauri Hakola	[36]
466	28	1 March 2003	Ruhpolding (Große Zirmbergschanze K115)	L 177	Stefan Thurnbichler	Michael Neumayer	Bastian Kaltenböck	[37]
467	29	1 March 2003	Ishpeming (Suicide Hill K90)	N 288	Roland Audenrieth	Kai Bracht	Ferdinand Bader	[38]
468	30	[d]2 March 2003	Ruhpolding (Große Zirmbergschanze K115)	L 178	Stefan Thurnbichler	R. Schwarzenberger	Morten Solem	[39]
469	31	2 March 2003	Ishpeming (Suicide Hill K90)	N 289	Ferdinand Bader	Juha-Matti Ruuskanen	Lauri Hakola	[40]
		8 March 2003	Kuusamo (Rukatunturi K120)	L cnx	cancelled
		9 March 2003		L cnx
470	32	12 March 2003	Zaō (Yamagata K90)	N 290	Akira Higashi	Thomas Lobben	Takanobu Okabe	[41]
471	33	13 March 2003		N 291	Yūsuke Kaneko	Jim Denney	Hiroki Yamada	[42]
472	34	15 March 2003	Stryn (Bjørkelibakken K90)	N 292	Morten Solem	Michael Möllinger	Markus Eigentler	[43]
473	35	16 March 2003		N 293	Morten Solem	Ferdinand Bader	Michael Möllinger	[44]
12th FIS Winter Continental Cup Overall (14 December 2002 – 16 March 2003)					Stefan Thurnbichler	Morten Solem	Michael Möllinger

Rank	after 35 events	Points
1	Stefan Thurnbichler	1252
2	Morten Solem	958
3	Michael Möllinger	829
4	Ferdinand Bader	813
5	Daniel Forfang	804
6	Bastian Kaltenböck	747
7	Kai Bracht	621
8	Bernhard Metzler	605
9	Christian Nagiller	593
10	Wolfgang Loitzl	523

Team events in the CC history

after men's NH summer event in Oberstdorf (4 August 2002)

All	No.	Date	Place (Hill)	Size	Winner	Second	Third	R.|
Men's summer team
1	1	4 August 2002	Oberstdorf (Schattenbergschanze K90)	N 001	Germany Stefan Pieper Frank Ludwig Michael Möllinger Frank Löffler	Austria Stefan Thurnbichler Andreas Kofler Christian Nagiller Reinhard Schwarzenberger	Poland Łukasz Kruczek Tomisław Tajner Wojciech Skupień Marcin Bachleda	[45]

• Last two Europa Cup seasons (1991/92 and 1992/93) are recognized as first two Continental Cup seasons by International Ski Federation (FIS), although Continental Cup under this name officially started first season in 1993/94 season.

• 2002–03 FIS World Cup
• 2002 FIS Grand Prix