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2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo United States Jessie Diggins
Distance Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo United States Jessie Diggins
Sprint Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Sweden Maja Dahlqvist
U23 Norway Lars Heggen Canada Alison Mackie
Bonus ranking Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo United States Jessie Diggins
Nations Cup Norway Norway Sweden Sweden
Nations Cup overall Norway Norway
Stage events
Tour de Ski Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (5) United States Jessie Diggins (3)
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. This is also the first season since the 2021-22 seasson that both Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to participate under certain rules.[3][4]

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.

Map of world cup hosts

All 12 locations hosting world cup events in this season.

Europe

North America

Period I Period II – Tour de Ski Period III Period IV

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 Finland Ruka 10 km C Norway Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Austria Mika Vermeulen [5]
2 29 November 2025 Sprint C Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Erik Valnes Norway Ansgar Evensen [6]
3 30 November 2025 20 km F MSS Norway Harald Østberg Amundsen Norway Einar Hedegart Sweden Edvin Anger [7]
4 5 December 2025 Norway Trondheim Sprint C Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Oskar Opstad Vike Sweden Alvar Myhlback [8]
5 6 December 2025 20 km skiathlon Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Harald Østberg Amundsen Norway Emil Iversen [9]
6 7 December 2025 10 km F Norway Einar Hedegart Norway Andreas Fjorden Ree Norway Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget [10]
7 13 December 2025  Switzerland  Davos Sprint F France Lucas Chanavat Italy Federico Pellegrino Norway Oskar Opstad Vike [11]
8 14 December 2025 10 km F Norway Einar Hedegart Norway Harald Østberg Amundsen Norway Mattis Stenshagen [12]
TdS 9 28 December 2025 Italy Toblach Sprint F Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Lars Heggen Norway Oskar Opstad Vike [13]
10 29 December 2025 10 km C Norway Mattis Stenshagen Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Emil Iversen [14]
11 31 December 2025 5 km F Heat MSS United States Gus Schumacher Austria Benjamin Moser Norway Lars Heggen [15]
12 1 January 2026 20 km C PUR Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Mattis Stenshagen Sweden Edvin Anger [16]
13 3 January 2026 Italy Val di Fiemme Sprint C Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo France Jules Chappaz Sweden Anton Grahn [17]
14 4 January 2026 10 km F MSS Climb Norway Mattis Stenshagen France Jules Lapierre Norway Emil Iversen [18]
9 20th Tour de Ski Overall
(28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026) 		Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Mattis Stenshagen Norway Harald Østberg Amundsen [19]
10 15 17 January 2026 Germany Oberhof Sprint F Norway Lars Heggen Italy Federico Pellegrino Norway Even Northug [20]
11 16 18 January 2026 10 km C Norway Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget Finland Iivo Niskanen Norway Erik Valnes [21]
12 17 24 January 2026  Switzerland  Goms Sprint C Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo United States Gus Schumacher Sweden Edvin Anger [22]
13 18 25 January 2026 20 km C MSS Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Norway Emil Iversen Norway Harald Østberg Amundsen [23]
2026 Winter Olympics
(7 February – 22 February • Milan,  Italy)
14 19 28 February 2026 Sweden Falun Sprint F [24]
15 20 1 March 2026 20 km skiathlon [25]
16 21 7 March 2026 Finland Lahti Sprint F [26]
17 22 8 March 2026 10 km C [27]
18 23 12 March 2026 Norway Drammen Sprint C [28]
19 24 14 March 2026 Norway Oslo 50 km F MSS [29]
20 25 20 March 2026 United States Lake Placid 10 km C [30]
21 26 21 March 2026 Sprint F [31]
22 27 22 March 2026 20 km F MSS [32]
45th FIS World Cup Overall
(28 November 2025 – 22 March 2026) 		[33]

Overall leaders

Holder[a] Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Norway Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget 28 November 2025 Finland Ruka 1
Norway Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 29 November 2025 – 25 January 2026 Finland Ruka – Switzerland Goms 18

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 Finland Ruka 10 km C Sweden Frida Karlsson Norway Heidi Weng Sweden Moa Ilar [45]
2 29 November 2025 Sprint C Norway Kristine Stavås Skistad Sweden Jonna Sundling Sweden Maja Dahlqvist [46]
3 30 November 2025 20 km F MSS Sweden Jonna Sundling United States Jessie Diggins Norway Heidi Weng [47]
4 5 December 2025 Norway Trondheim Sprint C Sweden Johanna Hagström Sweden Emma Ribom Sweden Linn Svahn [48]
5 6 December 2025 20 km skiathlon United States Jessie Diggins Norway Heidi Weng Sweden Ebba Andersson [49]
6 7 December 2025 10 km F Sweden Ebba Andersson Sweden Moa Ilar United States Jessie Diggins [50]
7 13 December 2025  Switzerland  Davos Sprint F Sweden Jonna Sundling Norway Mathilde Myhrvold  Switzerland  Nadine Fähndrich [51]
8 14 December 2025 10 km F Norway Karoline Simpson-Larsen Sweden Moa Ilar Norway Astrid Øyre Slind [52]
TdS 9 28 December 2025 Italy Toblach Sprint F Norway Kristine Stavås Skistad Germany Coletta Rydzek Sweden Maja Dahlqvist [53]
10 29 December 2025 10 km C Norway Astrid Øyre Slind Austria Teresa Stadlober United States Jessie Diggins [54]
11 31 December 2025 5 km F Heat MSS United States Jessie Diggins Sweden Emma Ribom Sweden Moa Ilar [55]
12 1 January 2026 20 km C PUR United States Jessie Diggins Sweden Moa Ilar Austria Teresa Stadlober [56]
13 3 January 2026 Italy Val di Fiemme Sprint C Finland Jasmi Joensuu Switzerland Nadine Fähndrich Sweden Johanna Hagström [57]
14 4 January 2026 10 km F MSS Climb Norway Karoline Simpson-Larsen United States Jessie Diggins Norway Heidi Weng [58]
9 20th Tour de Ski Overall
(28 December 2025 – 4 January 2026) 		United States Jessie Diggins Austria Teresa Stadlober Norway Heidi Weng [59]
10 15 17 January 2026 Germany Oberhof Sprint F Sweden Jonna Sundling Germany Coletta Rydzek Sweden Maja Dahlqvist [60]
11 16 18 January 2026 10 km C Sweden Moa Ilar Austria Teresa Stadlober Sweden Jonna Sundling [61]
12 17 24 January 2026  Switzerland  Goms Sprint C Sweden Linn Svahn Germany Laura Gimmler Switzerland Nadine Fähndrich [62]
13 18 25 January 2026 20 km C MSS Finland Johanna Matintalo United States Jessie Diggins Norway Astrid Øyre Slind [63]
2026 Winter Olympics
(7 February – 22 February • Milan,  Italy)
14 19 28 February 2026 Sweden Falun Sprint F [64]
15 20 1 March 2026 20 km skiathlon [65]
16 21 7 March 2026 Finland Lahti Sprint F [66]
17 22 8 March 2026 10 km C [67]
18 23 12 March 2026 Norway Drammen Sprint C [68]
19 24 14 March 2026 Norway Oslo 50 km F MSS [69]
20 25 20 March 2026 United States Lake Placid 10 km C [70]
21 26 21 March 2026 Sprint F [71]
22 27 22 March 2026 20 km F MSS [72]
45th FIS World Cup Overall
(28 November 2025 – 22 March 2026) 		[73]

Overall leaders

Holder[a] Date Place(s) Number of competitions
Sweden Frida Karlsson 28 November 2025 Finland Ruka 1
Sweden Moa Ilar 29 November 2025 Finland Ruka 1
United States Jessie Diggins 30 November 2025 – 25 January 2026 Finland Ruka – Switzerland Goms 17

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  Switzerland  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 Norway [85]
2 23 January 2026  Switzerland  Goms Sprint F  Norway I
1. Harald Østberg Amundsen
2. Einar Hedegart
  Italy I
1. Elia Barp
2. Federico Pellegrino
  United States I
1. Ben Ogden
2. Gus Schumacher
 Norway Norway [86]
Women's Team
1 12 December 2025  Switzerland  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 Sweden [87]
2 23 January 2026  Switzerland  Goms Sprint F  Germany I
1. Laura Gimmler
2. Coletta Rydzek
  Norway I
1. Astrid Øyre Slind
2. Julie Bjervig Drivenes
  Norway II
1. Karoline Grøtting
2. Tiril Udnes Weng
 Sweden Sweden [88]

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.

After Women's 20 km C Mass Start in Goms (25 January 2026)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway24172061
2 Sweden961530
3 United States54312
4 Finland2103
5 Germany1304
6 France1203
7 Austria0426
8 Italy0404
9 Switzerland0123
Totals (9 entries)424242126

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

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