Australia/New Zealand Cup

The Australia/New Zealand Cup (ANC) 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 Australia/New Zealand Cup is open for competitors from all nations, but are mainly a competition for skiers from Australia and New Zealand. It is the only Continental Cup taking place in the Southern Hemisphere.

FIS Cross-Country Australia/New Zealand Cup
GenreCross-country skiing
Date(s)Southern wintertime season
BeginsJuly
EndsSeptember
Location(s)Australia
New Zealand
Inaugurated2005 (2005)
Organised byInternational Ski Federation
2019 FIS Cross-Country Australia/New Zealand Cup

The Australia/New Zealand Cup has been held since the 2005, and has been a part of the Cross-Country Continental Cup since then.

World Cup qualification edit

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 edit

Men edit

Season Winner Second Third
2006   Ben Sim (1)   Geoffroy Pais   Ben Derrick
2007   Paul Murray   Ben Sim   Tomio Kanamaru
2008   Ben Sim (2)   Geoffroy Pais   Andrew Mock
2009   Thomas Diezig   Ben Sim   Valerio Leccardi
2010   Callum Watson (1)   Ben Sim   Chris Darlington
2011   Callum Watson (2)   Ben Sim   Phillip Bellingham
2012   Callum Watson (3)   Alexander Legkov   Alexei Almoukov
2013   Victor Gustafsson   Callum Watson   Phillip Bellingham
2014   Valerio Leccardi   Phillip Bellingham   Paul Kovacs
2015   Phillip Bellingham (1)   Callum Watson   Alasdair Tutt
2016   Phillip Bellingham (2)   Nick Montgomery   Jackson Bursill
2017   Phillip Bellingham (3)   Callum Watson   Paul Kovacs
2018[1]   Phillip Bellingham (4)   Callum Watson   Mark Pollock
2019   Phillip Bellingham (5)   Lauro Brändli   Seve De Campo
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021   Phillip Bellingham (6)   Seve De Campo   Mark Pollock
2022   Seve De Campo   Lars Young Vik   Bentley Walker-Broose

Women edit

Season Winner Second Third
2006   Samantha Bondarenko   Natascia Leonardi Cortesi   Katherine Calder
2007   Katherine Calder (1)   Esther Bottomley   Samantha Bondarenko
2008   Esther Bottomley (1)   Aimee Watson   Evelyn Dong
2009   Katherine Calder (2)   Esther Bottomley   Aimee Watson
2010   Esther Bottomley (2)   Aimee Watson   Belinda Phillips
2011   Esther Bottomley (3)   Lucy Glanville   Georgia Merritt
2012   Esther Bottomley (4)   Justyna Kowalczyk   Aimee Watson
2013   Chisa Ōbayashi   Jessica Yeaton   Justyna Kowalczyk
2014   Esther Bottomley (5)   Jessica Yeaton   Anna Trnka
2015   Barbara Jezeršek(1)   Katerina Paul   Casey Wright
2016   Katerina Paul (1)   Aimee Watson   Mary Rose
2017   Barbara Jezeršek(2)   Katerina Paul   Aimee Watson
2018[2]   Katerina Paul (2)   Casey Wright   Emily Champion
  Ella Jackson
2019   Katerina Paul (3)   Casey Wright   Jessie Diggins
2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021   Casey Wright   Zana Evans   Aimee Watson
2022   Katerina Paul (4)   Phoebe Cridland   Zana Evans

References edit

  1. ^ "Australia/New Zealand Cup Overall 2018 Men". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Australia/New Zealand Cup Overall 2018 Women". fis-ski.com. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

External links edit