The Nordic Combined World Cup: No other winter sports series demands such versatility from its athletes. First, a jump from legendary ski jumps, followed shortly afterwards by cross-country skiing on the world’s most challenging trails. No wonder, then, that the athletes’ performances thrill spectators along the courses and those watching on TV year after year. The Nordic combined athletes, led by the reigning overall World Cup champions Johannes Lamparter (Austria) and Ida Maria Hagen (Norway), will once again have the chance to demonstrate their skills during the 2026/2027 World Cup season. SnowTrex has now compiled a list of the venues for this famous competition series.
This is the Nordic Combined World Cup
- Start of the 2026/2027 Nordic Combined World Cup season: The season opener for the men’s Nordic combined team will take place from 26 to 29 November 2026 in Ruka (Finland), whilst the women’s team will kick off their season on 3 December 2026 in Trondheim (Norway).
- First mixed relay of the 2026/2027 season: The first mixed relay featuring both men and women will take place at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun (Sweden) from 25 February to 6 March 2027.
- 2026/2027 Nordic Combined World Cup Finals: The 2026/2027 Nordic Combined World Cup Finals will be held from 11 to 13 March 2027 in Oslo (Norway).
- History of the Nordic Combined World Cup: The Men’s Nordic Combined World Cup has been running since 1983, whilst the Women’s World Cup was held for the first time in the 2020/2021 season.
- TV coverage of the Nordic Combined World Cup: Eurosport regularly broadcasts live coverage, and they show highlights and summaries, such as the Nordic Combined ‘Seefeld Triple’.
- Prize money: Individual race winners receive up to 10,000 euros, and the overall winner receives 12,140 euros. For the women, the prize money is 5,100 euros (individual win) and 9,998 euros (overall win).
Overview of the 2026/2027 Women’s Nordic Combined World Cup events
| Date | Venue | Country | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 – 6 December 26 | Trondheim | Norway | Individual (normal hill + 5 km cross-country) & Mass Start (normal hill + 5 km cross-country) |
| 10 – 13 December 26 | Val di Fiemme | Italy | Individual (large hill + 5 km cross-country), Individual Compact (large hill + 5 km cross-country) & Team Sprint (large hill + 2 × 4.2 km cross-country) |
| 17 – 20 December 26 | Ramsau | Austria | Individual (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) & mass start (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 8 – 10 January 27 | Klingenthal | Germany | 2x Individual (large hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 14 – 17 January 27 | Otepää | Estonia | Individual (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) & mass start (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 22 – 24 January 27 | Schonach | Germany | Individual (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) & Individual Compact (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 28 – 31 January 27 (Seefeld Triple) | Seefeld | Austria | Individual (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) & mass start (normal hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 4 – 6 February 27 | Lake Placid | USA | Individual (large hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) & mass start (Normal Hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 11 – 13 February 27 | Lahti | Finland | Individual (Large Hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) & Mass Start (Normal Hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 25 February – 6 March 27 (Nordic World Ski Championships) | Falun | Sweden | Individual (Normal Hill + 5 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (Large Hill + 5 km cross-country skiing), Mixed Team (Normal Hill + 2 x 5 km & 2 × 2.5 km cross-country skiing) & Team Sprint (Normal Hill + 2 × 4.5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 11 – 13 March 27 | Oslo | Norway | Individual (Large Hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) & Individual Compact (Large Hill + 5 km cross-country skiing) |
Overview of the 2026/2027 Men’s Nordic Combined World Cup events
| Date | Venue | Country | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 – 29 November 26 (Nordic Opening) | Ruka | Finland | Individual (large hill + 10 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (large hill + 7.5 km cross-country skiing) & Mass Start (large hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 3 – 6 December 26 | Trondheim | Norway | Individual (large hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) & Mass Start (normal hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 10 – 13 December 26 | Val di Fiemme | Italy | Individual (large hill + 10 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (large hill + 7.5 km cross-country skiing) & Team Sprint (large hill + 2 × 7 km cross-country skiing) |
| 17 – 20 December 26 | Ramsau | Austria | Individual (normal hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) & Mass Start (normal hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 8 – 10 January 27 | Klingenthal | Germany | 2 × Individual (Large Hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 14 – 17 January 27 | Otepää | Estonia | Individual (Normal Hill + 10 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (Normal Hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) & Mass Start (Normal Hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 22 – 24 January 27 | Schonach | Germany | Individual (Normal Hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) & Individual Compact (Normal Hill + 7.5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 28 – 31 January 27 (Seefeld Triple) | Seefeld | Austria | Individual (normal hill + 12.5 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (normal hill + 7.5 km cross-country skiing) & Mass Start (normal hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 4 – 6 February 27 | Lake Placid | USA | Individual (large hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) & Mass Start (normal hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 11 – 13 February 27 | Lahti | Finland | Individual (large hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) & mass start (normal hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) |
| 25 February – 6 March 27 (Nordic World Ski Championships) | Falun | Sweden | Individual (normal hill + 10 km cross-country skiing), Individual Compact (large hill + 7.5 km cross-country skiing), Mixed Team (normal hill + 2 × 5 km & 2 × 2.5 km cross-country skiing) & Team Sprint (Large Hill + 2 × 7.5 km cross-country skiing) |
| 11 – 13 March 27 | Oslo | Norway | Individual (Large Hill + 10 km cross-country skiing) & Individual Compact (Large Hill + 7.5 km cross-country skiing) |
Highlights of the 2026/2027 World Cup season
26 to 29 November: Ruka (Finland)
Just as for cross-country skiers, the 2026/2027 World Cup season for the men’s Nordic combined will also begin at the Nordic Opening in Ruka. At the winter sports centre in the Finnish town of Kuusamo, 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, the athletes will compete in three events over three days. Following a competition jump from the large hill (142 m hill size), the ‘Individual Compact’ competition – with fixed time intervals, features a 7.5 km cross-country race, an individual race and a mass start, each over 10 km on the cross-country trail. In the 2026/2027 Nordic Combined World Cup, Germany’s Vinzenz Geiger and Johannes Lamparter from Austria are the favourites for stage victories and, at the end of the season, for the overall title.
3 and 6 December: Trondheim (Norway)
The second World Cup stop for the Nordic combined athletes in Trondheim during the 2026/2027 season is the first for the women’s Nordic combined team and thus also the first joint event. Both the women and the men will compete in two events at the venue of the 2025 Nordic World Ski Championships. The combined athletes will each complete one jump from the large hill (140 m hill size) and one from the normal hill (100 m hill size), followed by a 10 km cross-country race in each case. The women’s Nordic combined athletes, on the other hand, will jump twice from the normal hill before tackling a 5-km cross-country race in each case.
17 to 20 December: Ramsau (Austria)
Two weeks after the stop in Norway, the Nordic Combined World Cup contingent heads to one of the first events in the Alps. In Ramsau, there will once again be two competitions each for men and women over the weekend of 17–20 December 2026. Ski jumping will take place exclusively from the normal hill (98 m hill size). With two 10 km races – one individual and one mass start – the cross-country course for the men’s Nordic combined team is twice as long as that for the women’s team. For the women, the programme features two 5 km races following the ski jumping.
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22 to 24 January: Schonach (Germany)
Schonach in the Black Forest is now regarded as something of a Mecca for Nordic combined in Germany. As part of the 2026/2027 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, men, and women will once again compete side by side for the ‘Black Forest Cup’. Both will each compete in two individual events here. The ski jumping will always take place on the normal hill (100 m hill size), although the men’s combined athletes will ski 10 km and 7.5 km on the cross-country course, whilst the women’s combined athletes will ski 5 km twice.
28 to 31 January: Seefeld (Austria)
Once again this season, the “Nordic Combined Triple”, colloquially known as the “Seefeld Triple”, is one of the highlights for Nordic combined athletes. In 2026, the three-day event will feature on the World Cup calendar for the thirteenth time. Overall, the Triple is so attractive for the Nordic Combined World Cup overall standings because, in addition to extra prize money, it also awards double World Cup points. Unlike at normal World Cup events, the cross-country distance to be covered varies from day to day. On Friday, following the qualifying jump from the Toni Seelos Olympic Hill (109 m hill size), competitors face a 7.5 km cross-country race; on Saturday, 10 km; and on Sunday, the final day, 12.5 km. In addition, the women’s Nordic combined athletes are also competing in Seefeld at the same time. They, too, will jump from the Seelos ski jump and then complete a 5 km cross-country race.
25 February to 6 March: Falun (Sweden)
The Nordic World Ski Championships are the absolute highlight of the season for Nordic combined athletes. In 2027, the World Championships will take place from 25 February to 6 March in Falun, Sweden. Three events are on the programme for the men. These consist of an individual event and an individual compact event, featuring a 10 km and a 7.5 km cross-country race respectively, preceded by jumps from the normal hill (109 m) and the large hill (143 m). There is also a team sprint for the men, featuring two Nordic combined athletes, in which both athletes first compete on the large hill and then take turns covering 7.5 km on the cross-country course. The Nordic combined athletes then compete together in the mixed relay. For the women, the programme also includes an individual event, an Individual Compact and a team sprint.
11 to 13 March: Oslo (Norway)
The ‘Holy Mountain’ of Nordic skiing is, and always will be, Holmenkollen in Oslo. No other competition is steeped in as much legend as the one held in Norway’s capital. The sense of awe and anticipation is correspondingly high, even among the Nordic combined athletes. For the men, an individual event is on the programme here. In their event, they will jump from the large hill (134 m hill size), then ski 10 km on the cross-country track, thereby fulfilling the key requirements to avoid disqualification in the Nordic combined. In the women’s Nordic combined event in 2027, there will also be a single jump from the large hill, followed by a 5 km cross-country race on the trail, before the overall World Cup winners are crowned.
The Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) has compiled an atmospheric video featuring the best images from the dominant 2025/26 World Cup season of the two winners of the large Crystal Globe, Norway’s Ida Maria Hagen and Austria’s Johannes Lamparter:
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FAQs on the Nordic Combined World Cup
When does the 2026/2027 Nordic Combined World Cup start?
The season opener of the 2026/2027 Nordic Combined World Cup will take place in Ruka from 26 to 29 November 2026. The athletes will gather in Finland, 60 km south of the Arctic Circle, for the Nordic Opening. The women, on the other hand, will not begin their competition series by 3 to 6 December 2026 in Trondheim (Norway).
When will the first relay of the 2025/2026 season take place?
The first relay of the 2026/2027 season is, in fact, a mixed relay for women and men. It will be held during the highlight of the Nordic Combined World Cup, the Nordic World Ski Championships, in Falun, Sweden, from 25 February to 6 March 2027. Here, following their jumps from the normal hill, the two men must each complete 5 km on the cross-country ski trail, whilst the two women must complete 2.5 km following their jumps.
Where will the 2026/2027 Nordic Combined World Cup conclude?
The 2026/2027 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup will conclude with a final competition weekend in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. There, from 11 to 13 March 2027, one individual event and one individual compact event will take place for both male and female Nordic combined athletes.
Since when has the Nordic Combined World Cup been running?
The first official season of the Nordic Combined World Cup kicked off in 1983. The very first competition took place on 17 December in Seefeld. Following a jump from the normal hill (90 m hill size) and a 15 km cross-country race, the victory in Austria was shared by Kerry Lynch from the USA and Uwe Dotzauer from the GDR. The women, however, did not compete in their very first official World Cup event until the 2020/2021 season. On 18 December, the American Tara Geraghty-Moats claimed victory in Ramsau (Austria) following a jump from the normal hill (98 m hill size) and a 5 km cross-country race.
Where can I watch the Nordic Combined World Cup on TV?
Recently, the private sports channel Eurosport has provided sporadic live coverage of the Nordic Combined World Cup, featuring live broadcasts, several highlights programmes and other highlights from events such as the ‘Seefeld Triple’ in Austria.
How much money do the winners of the Nordic Combined World Cup earn?
The Nordic Combined World Cup winner receives 12,140 euros for first place in the overall standings. Victory in a single World Cup event, on the other hand, is worth 10,000 euros. For the women, the overall winner receives 9,998 euros, and the winner of a single World Cup event receives 5,100 euros. In winter sports, it is also traditional for the overall World Cup trophies to be made of the finest crystal glass. That is why the best Nordic combined athletes are each honoured by the International Ski Federation (FIS) with a large ‘crystal globe’.
